Chapter 163 On the way back to the barracks
In the restaurant, we couldn't be as casual as setting up tents in the wild before.
He Yunxiao had one room, Feibao and Xiaoxiao had one room each, and they lived separately, no one leaned on each other, and they lived in peace with each other.
The layout of the room was naturally He Yunxiao in the middle, Feibao and Xiaoxiao on both sides. Since Feibao and Xiaoxiao were both great masters, they were very sensitive, so neither He Yunxiao nor Xiaoxiao ran away.
Some of the three practiced and some slept, and the peace lasted until the next morning.
The people of Qi went to bed early and got up early. Soon after dawn, the restaurant downstairs became lively. He Yunxiao also took the heroines downstairs for breakfast.
"Waiter, three bowls of mutton noodles!" He Yunxiao stretched out his hand.
"Okay."
Mutton noodles are not a complicated dish, but mutton and water are precious things in this remote place, and the price is not cheap. Although He Yunxiao didn't care about these small amounts of money, he was also surprised when paying.
However, this situation will soon be improved. Because the abundant groundwater here will surely greatly improve the living conditions of the residents here.
Thinking of this, He Yunxiao, the "Father of Groundwater", couldn't help but feel happy.
It's not important to be famous in history, the main thing is to improve people's lives.
After the three of them finished breakfast, He Yunxiao took the heroines to the Tingfeng Tower in Suiye City.
The Tingfeng Tower in Suiye City is far less impressive than the Tingfeng Tower in other cities. Other cities are self-built stone buildings, while Suiye City is a wooden building, and the grade is immediately opened.
However, this is inevitable. Tingfeng Tower is going to do business, and the scale must naturally match the market. Big cities have big Tingfeng Towers, and small cities have small Tingfeng Towers. Don't just make a style, but put practicality first. With such a pragmatic business idea, maintain profits and cash flow, no wonder Tingfeng Tower can achieve its current scale.
After He Yunxiao asked the shopkeeper of Tingfeng Tower to pass on his message, he borrowed several thousand taels of silver from him as icing on the cake.
Now that Yinjing has been relieved, the military supplies of the rear army are provided by the court. He Yunxiao does not have to borrow money from Tingfenglou. But He Yunxiao has his own plan. Money can make the devil work, but it is also a useful hostage.
If you borrow too little, you are a grandson, and if you borrow too much, you are a master.
He Yunxiao has borrowed all the Tingfenglou around Yinjing and Suiye City. All in all, it must be more than 200,000 taels. In order to make He Yunxiao pay back the money, these dozen shopkeepers have to say a few good words for him in front of others.
He Yunxiao has already calculated that if he really wants to take advantage of Nangong Yuer in the future, he must have some useful manpower in Tingfenglou. These creditors look very good. You work for me, I give you money, isn't this reasonable?
He Yunxiao is not worried that Tingfenglou will force him to pay the debt.
Just kidding, if Tingfenglou has some ability, it will definitely find out that Ruobao has an unusual relationship with him. Moreover, he would propose marriage to the Fan Mansion later, and thoroughly establish the connection between the He and Fan families. The 120,000 He Family Army of the He Mansion did not suffer much loss, and the nearly 100,000 rear-line troops in Ruobao's hands were no joke.
The Qi Army will inevitably undergo a reorganization after the war. Each army has a quota of personnel, reducing or increasing personnel. With He Yunxiao's connections in the court of Qi State, it is hard to say whether there will be a wave of expansion opportunities after the war.
Even if these armed forces that are not easy to mobilize are not counted, He Yunxiao still has a short-sword army of nearly 2,000 people, well-equipped and well-disciplined. The scale of 2,000 people is enough to be considered a medium-sized sect in the martial arts world.
Although Tingfeng Tower is rich, its armed forces have been suppressed very much. He Yunxiao is not worried that Tingfeng Tower will be forced to fight him.
To ask for money to the point of fighting is too low-minded. He Yunxiao believes in the pattern of Tingfeng Tower. To be able to open such a large enterprise, it must have some real skills.
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On the way back, Xiaoxiao and Feibao still did not say a word.
He Yunxiao rode in the middle, and two beauties stood on both sides of He Yunxiao.
Because Feibao's realm fell to Grandmaster, she could no longer use her internal force to isolate the wind and sand. The fine sand blew on Feibao's snow-white clothes and veil, causing the beautiful master to frown frequently.
This time, He Yunxiao naturally bought the tonics that he promised to buy for her, but Qing Yuzi knew that if she wanted to rely on these tonics to return to the Grandmaster realm, she would not be able to do so without taking them for two or three consecutive years. This time was different from the last time the realm fell. Last time it was a loss, and this time it was an injury.
The gap between Grandmaster and Grandmaster is no joke. Even as strong as Qing Yuzi, she was a Grandmaster at the age of nineteen, and it took her a full ten years to advance to Grandmaster.
Ordinary tonics and Soul Devouring Pills are indeed incomparable.
If it is Soul Devouring Pills, the time to advance to Grandmaster can be shortened from two or three years to one month. If combined with the dual cultivation method, it may not even take a month.
Thinking of this, Qing Yuzi unconsciously glanced at He Yunxiao in front of her.
Qing Yuzi knew some things in her heart. Even if He Yunxiao really betrayed her master and ancestors, she had no other tricks to use except scolding him. After all, He Yunxiao was her lifesaver. Qing Yuzi would never do such a thing as repaying kindness with hatred.
As if sensing Feibao's gaze, He Yunxiao suddenly turned his head and looked at her.
"Master, it's almost noon. Let's take a break and eat before leaving?"
"Okay." Qing Yuzi responded silently.
Under the guidance of He Yunxiao, the three of them led the horses to a big tree on the side of the road. He Yunxiao first took out the horse food to feed the horse, and then found a few dead branches to make a fire and barbecue.
The journey was boring, and He Yunxiao tried every means to do something fancy for the heroines.
The barbecued meat was naturally bought in Suiye City. This Gobi Desert is not as dense as the forests around Yinjing. There are only lizards but no pheasants or rabbits.
He Yunxiao also brought the soul of barbecue, cumin, oil and chili peppers.
However, the heavy oil and spicy ones are his special supplies, and the heroines eat less light flavors.
This is not the first time Xiaoxiao has eaten barbecue with He Yunxiao. She first ate it with Nanzhu, and later she ate it once when she went to Yan State. Xiaoxiao looked at He Yunxiao with her eyes, and her mind was full of memories.
Qing Yuzi looked at the "young couple" silently, and then heard He Yunxiao say: "Master, here, be careful of the heat."
He Yunxiao handed her a skewer, and the meat on the skewer was very considerately cut into small pieces, fully considering the size of the heroines' mouths.
What's more, none of the heroines eat with big mouths.
"Master, take off your hat. There are no outsiders here."
Qing Yuzi looked at the shiny meat skewers and the snow-white veil hanging from the hat. She, who loves cleanliness, listened to He Yunxiao silently and took off the hat and put it aside.
This was not the first time He Yunxiao saw Feibao eating.
The last time he saw Feibao eating was after "that night" when he fed her porridge.
But eating porridge is different from eating skewers. He Yunxiao saw Feibao holding the meat skewers, opening her beautiful mouth slightly, just a little bigger than the meat, and then biting the meat with her pearly teeth, tearing it off and holding it in her mouth.
He Yunxiao felt very magical.
He watched Feibao eat several skewers, but there was not even much oil on her mouth.
It was almost the same when I saw other female protagonists eating before. Girls are really magical creatures. He Yunxiao, with his mouth full of oil, thought so.