Chapter 393
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Chapter 393: Inspection Tour
Looking at this attribute panel, Luo Ji was at a loss for words for a moment. Was he being given a personal bodyguard?
To be honest, Luo Ji had always considered himself quite capable, skilled in archery and horsemanship, and his spear techniques were also respectable.
Coupled with the buffs from skills, weapons, armor, and his mount Liaoyuan Huo, plus his pet Shadow’s protection, as long as he didn’t do anything extremely reckless, with the accompanying guard troop, he would rarely run into trouble.
In the current situation, instead of a personal bodyguard, he’d rather have another fierce general who could lead independently.
However, things in this world rarely go as one wishes.
Luo Ji had recently come to fully understand that one cannot force things.
If it was an extra guard, then an extra guard it would be. Being a bit safer was always good.
It was just that Jie Zichuan had only just submitted, and how could anyone be His Majesty the Emperor’s personal guard?
Besides being skilled, experience and loyalty were also very important.
But looking at the attribute panel, his strength and loyalty seemed to be no concern. The problem was experience.
If he were to directly recruit Jie Zichuan as his guard, He Liang and the other accompanying guards would inevitably be displeased, and it would also somewhat break the rules.
He would have to assign him some tasks first to let him earn some merits.
With this thought, Luo Ji immediately asked.
“Jie Zichuan, I ask you, deep within the northern forests, besides your tribe, are there any other tribes?”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, to my knowledge, there should be five more tribes.”
Jie Zichuan imitated their address, calling him ‘Your Majesty,’ which was quite clever.
Luo Ji nodded in satisfaction, then spoke again.
“If I were to ask you to lead the way to incorporate those five tribes, would you be willing?”
“Naturally, I am willing, it’s just that…”
As he spoke, Jie Zichuan’s voice suddenly trailed off, a hint of hesitation in his tone.
“If we venture deeper into the northern forests at this time, there might be a risk of encountering those strange… beastmen.”
“Don’t worry about that. With Li Ke leading troops to protect your safety, nothing will go wrong.”
At this moment, Luo Ji fully displayed his trust in Li Ke, moving Li Ke below him greatly.
Subtly, his loyalty increased by another point.
At the same time, Li Ke secretly swore that he would perform exceptionally well on this mission, not only for the wolf tribe but also to repay Luo Ji’s trust.
With this thought, after a moment’s consideration, Li Ke immediately spoke.
“Your Majesty, in the process of incorporating those tribes, how should we deal with the Hyenamen if we encounter them?”
“On the premise of preserving the people of those tribes, kill them if you can.”
Luo Ji said ruthlessly.
“The appearance of Hyenamen is an unexpected event. To be safe, I will send another team to support you.”
He had no interest whatsoever in subduing the Hyenaman tribe.
Both from Jie Zichuan’s words and Li Ke’s explanation, it was very clear that those Hyenamen were cunning.
Such a tribe would inevitably be difficult to control and might even cause internal strife.
The mere thought of it was a headache; it was better not to have them.
Of course, besides that, there was an even more important reason: Hyenamen, like hyenas, liked to eat rotting flesh.
The sanitation conditions within beastman tribes were already quite poor.
If you added a group of Hyena-men who liked to eat rotting flesh, it would surely lead to a plague!
This was a situation Luo Ji absolutely did not want to face.
So, whether facing hyenas or Hyenamen, he had only one principle: show no mercy!
Although Jie Zichuan was injured, people who survived in this era were naturally not so delicate.
He departed early the next day with the wolfman troop led by Li Ke.
During this time, the only thing Jie Zichuan found fortunate about this expedition was that, besides Li Ke’s wolfman troop, Luo Ji had also specifically dispatched a human troop for support as a precaution.
Although he had gained a basic understanding of the ‘beastman’ race and some misunderstandings had been resolved, he still felt more at ease being with humans like himself.
Meanwhile, as Li Ke’s expeditionary force officially departed, Luo Ji naturally had his own tasks to attend to in White River City.
After all, his trip to White River City, besides confirming the situation, had another purpose: to reassure the populace.
Cities located on the border of Myriad World Civilization were inevitably prone to disasters.
What’s more, there had recently been successive incidents involving beastmen and northern barbarians.
It was essential for His Majesty the Emperor to periodically visit in person to inspect and reassure the people.
After a day of inspection, Luo Ji left White River City with his guard troop.
Next, he planned to make a detour to Azure Water Lake.
The fishing village and salt-drying workshop there had been established for some time.
The salt-drying workshop, in particular, was incredibly important to Luo Ji, so it naturally warranted extra attention.
The personal arrival of His Majesty Luo Ji inevitably caused some tension among the workers.
After a brief reassurance, signaling everyone to continue with their work, Luo Ji asked the factory manager.
“How is the salt-drying progressing?”
The method for drying salt was something he had researched extensively after going offline. Logically, there shouldn’t be any problems.
The factory manager quickly replied.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, the first batch of finished products is out. Just yesterday, your humble servant already sent people to Mirror City.”
“Yesterday?”
Luo Ji raised an eyebrow. Well, that was an unfortunate coincidence.
“Bring some finished products for me to see.”
“Your Majesty, please wait. Your humble servant will fetch it now.”
The factory manager hurried quickly, returning with a black pottery bowl in his hand.
Luo Ji glanced into the pottery bowl.
For him, who was accustomed to the pure white salt grains of modern times, the salt in this pottery bowl was truly unappealing, being coarse salt still containing many impurities.
In modern times, anyone who bought such salt would report the merchant.
However, the situation here was different; after all, technology was limited.
You had to eat bite by bite; you couldn’t expect to get fat in one gulp.
As thoughts raced through his mind, Luo Ji picked up a few grains of coarse salt and put them in his mouth to taste.
He then nodded with reasonable satisfaction.
“Good. Use this level as the passing standard. While mass-producing, don’t forget to refine it further to continue improving the quality.”
“Your humble servant understands.”
“Is it almost time for lunch?”
“Your humble servant will immediately have someone prepare it…”
“No need, no need.”
Luo Ji waved his hand directly.
“I can take care of it myself. I’ll take this bowl of salt with me. You go about your business.”
Undoubtedly, having rarely made a trip to Azure Water Lake, and having awakened his grilling talent since his diet was controlled, Luo Ji clearly intended to sample the taste of saltwater fish.
