Chapter 368 - 368 368 I'm Also Good at Making a Mess

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368: Chapter 368 I’m Also Good at Making a Mess 368: Chapter 368 I’m Also Good at Making a Mess “Stop following, go clean yourself up; you’re filthy.” Zhao Guang patted Jeana, who wanted to follow, and told her to go take a bath. Just then, he saw Xi Fei approaching in the distance and quickly called out, “Xi Fei, don’t rush to rest yet. We need you to verify the next batch of burning lime and glass to make sure there are no issues with the kiln.” Xi Fei nodded in a somewhat groggy state; these few days had really worn her out. Continuously unleashing her own flame power left her feeling as if her whole body was drained, even more exhausted than when her master took care of her at night. But since it was a command from her master, Xi Fei perked up and continued working. Didn’t she see how busy her master was? As the most loyal servant of the master, how could Xi Fei allow herself to fall behind others? After giving the instructions, Zhao Guang followed them to another place. By this time, the five pigs here had already been arranged, and even the fast-growing special weeds had been planted. “Good, foster these weeds well, don’t let the five pigs eat them all. Breed them quickly; I will have someone continue to purchase five more pigs.” There was no helping it, this was still not enough. As more slaves kept arriving, the increase of the five pigs here couldn’t keep up with the population growth. Looking at the wooden fence outside, Zhao Guang hesitated, “Is this thing, sturdy enough?” “My Lord, this is how all places that breed five pigs are made. Although some pigs do get past the fence, such an occurrence is very rare.” This person had experience with breeding five pigs, though only as a laborer. Zhao Guang looked into the distance and then said, “So, these fences actually can’t hold the five pigs.” The slave could only nod. The five pigs were large and very strong. The reason they didn’t leave was because they were completely domesticated. In fact, when slaughtering five pigs, these creatures wouldn’t even be shown. Otherwise, the frightened pigs would definitely all run away. “Ahead lies our enemy; we are doomed to be unsafe here. Therefore, we must prevent the escape of the five pigs. For now, we use fences, but later we will build walls out of concrete around the perimeter, which can also serve as city walls.” Zhao Guang thought about the blueprint and realized he would have to reschedule. Keeping pigs within city walls, surely only he could think of such a thing. Of course, since the five pigs were also a kind of organism, it wasn’t possible to make all city walls this way. “In the future, spread out the five pigs; don’t breed them all in one centralized location. After this is done, I’ll grant you civilian status,” Zhao Guang made his promise. “As you command, my Lord, I will strive to complete the task.” What the slaves wanted most now was just that; the merits of the slaves were announced publicly each day. And at this time of day, the slaves were at their happiest. Perhaps becoming a civilian wasn’t much different from their current life, but it was a different matter entirely whether or not one had freedom. With freedom, one gets a kind of release deep from within the soul, and that’s completely different. Haven’t they seen those two chaps who have already become civilians? They show off in front of everyone every day. But whenever they saw those two, envy was all that was in their eyes, without the slightest bit of anything else. Having given his orders, Zhao Guang immediately went back to work because there were still many things to be done. Once a person started to get busy, they would find that there was no end to the tasks at hand. Only after much difficulty, when the time finally came, did Zhao Guang put down his work to cultivate. Nothing could stop his determination to practice cultivation; improving oneself was the most important task of all. However, no sooner had he finished cultivating than someone was already waiting by his side. “Miller, didn’t you just put together a merchant team? Why aren’t you staying with them?” Zhao Guang didn’t expect not only Qiao Miya to come over, but Miller as well, who had been even busier than Zhao Guang during this period. “Master, we’ve discovered something recently. Two small territories to the south are probing us.” “The southern territories? They must be Viscount Kohen and Viscount Lariel.” Zhao Guang had already got to know the surroundings the moment he arrived here. Kohen and Lariel were also border territory lords, but after inheriting their fathers’ lands, they lacked the ability to expand further. These two were right to the south of his own territory, bordering his land. Further south was Marquis Coruas, and both of the viscounts had previously been vassals to Marquis Coruas. If they were taking the initiative to contact him, it was highly unlikely. Because they had no autonomy and their own strength was not very strong, it was impossible for them to disobey Marquis Coruas’s orders. So, they were here to cause trouble, and behind them must be Marquis Coruas’s indication. But their own strength was relatively weak, so they could only come over to test the waters, not daring to make a move for the time being. “Exactly those two. I’m not sure what they want to do. Should we establish trade relations with them?” Zhao Guang thought for a moment, then smiled, “I think I roughly understand what they are up to. It’s nothing new, just the same old tactics to create nuisances for us. But as for creating nuisances, we can do that too.” Zhao Guang directly ordered, “Send someone to establish trade relations with them. We need to properly support them in the future.” Miller was puzzled, but he did not ask any questions and simply nodded in understanding. “You need to know, although these two are attached to Coruas, they certainly don’t want to be. We have to give them benefits, to sow discord among them, so they would be reluctant to continue following Coruas’s orders.” Zhao Guang had also learned about Marquis Coruas, who could be described as very domineering in his dealings. While he couldn’t be called incompetent, he was sometimes quite irascible. He drew as much as eighty percent of the tax revenues from the territories that were dependent on him. The little that was left was barely enough to maintain their own territories, let alone support an army. If it weren’t for Marquis Coruas’s army protecting them, these territories would have been doomed long ago. It was impossible for these people not to have grievances against Coruas, so as long as Zhao Guang treated them better and allowed them to prosper, the contradictions between them would naturally erupt. After all, when their earnings were modest, they were willing to give up most of it. But once they started earning more, things would be different. They would surely think to themselves, with so much earned, they could establish their own army; why should they have to depend on someone else? Once this idea took root, those people would begin to spiral out of control. What Zhao Guang needed to do now was to completely destroy the alliance between them with economic incentives.

Chapter 368 - 368 368 I'm Also Good at Making a Mess

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