Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Su Xia listened carefully: "I didn't expect this escort to be so magical."

In fact, Su Xia can throw darts.

But this was his first time using a "rope dart" like the Golden Lock Dart.

When serving in the special forces, dart practice is also a combat skill that every special forces member must master.

This golden lock dart is nothing more than a dart with a chain. When encountering an enemy, it is wrapped around the wrist and fired suddenly with lightning speed.

Compared with chainless darts, the advantage of chained "rope darts" is that they can be reused.

When the dart flies towards the enemy, even if the enemy dodges and misses the blow, the rope can be quickly retracted and the dart is fired again.

Although the selling price is as high as 100 taels of silver, Su Xia thinks it is worth it. Holding this dart in hand, the more she looks at it, the more she likes it!

It’s truly an artifact!

But what Su Xia didn't know was that the first owner of this escort, Master Xingyuan's friend, was Zhou Tong.

As for who Zhou Tong is? Some people may not have heard of it, and Zhou Tong himself may not be that famous.

But his closed disciples are well known.

That's right, Zhou Tong's closed disciple is the famous national hero-Yue Fei!

Without further ado, when Su Xia returned to the inn, Tao Zongcai had already gotten up.

The big guy was having brunch.

Good guy, what I ate when I got up early in the morning was very greasy, two roast chickens, a plate of braised pig feet, and several plates of cooked mutton.

Tao Zongcai was weird when it came to eating mutton. He didn't dip it in any seasonings, just grabbed the mutton with both hands and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it wholeheartedly.

He grabbed the new mutton in his hand and prepared to stuff it into his mouth.

Su Xia didn't bother him, and watched as he ate all the meat cleanly, and it was over!

Su Xiacai said: "Brother Zongcai, are you full?"

Seeing that Su Xia had come back, Tao Zongcai, who was "eating alone", felt a little embarrassed. He wiped the oil on his mouth and grinned: "Sir, are you back?"

"You just came back, are you full?"

Tao Zongcai nodded: "Sir, yesterday... I was too tired yesterday, so I woke up. I wanted to have brunch with you, but I didn't wait for you. My stomach was so heavy I’m just hungry, so just eat a little more.”

After Tao Zongcai finished speaking, he burped again.

Su Xia smiled again: "I didn't drink."

"Didn't drink, didn't drink." Tao Zongcai seemed like a child who was caught eating alone, feeling a little embarrassed in front of Su Xia.

"You haven't eaten any staple food here. I brought some cooking cakes from outside. Can you try them?"

Tao Zongcai didn't refuse, he just killed a lot of meat.

At this moment, he accepted Su Xia's cooking cakes without hesitation, and ate several more until he touched his round belly and said, "Sir, I'm really full now. I'm a little stuffed!"

"Okay, then pack your things and take a rest. Let's set off early and try to get to Bianliang, Tokyo as soon as possible."

"okay."

Tao Zongcai, who had eaten enough, was unambiguous when he heard that Su Xia was leaving. He immediately packed his bag and packed his luggage.

Tao Zongcai was not greedy for wine. Although it was delicious, no matter how much meat he had eaten before, his stomach seemed to be empty. However, Tao Zongcai was unambiguous about his words and walked away as he was told. He was very obedient.

Now that Su Xia left, Xiong Hui, who was far away on Shamen Island, was a little at a loss because of Su Xia's departure.

Su Xia has always been in charge of Salmon Island, with him as his deputy.

At this moment, Su Xia suddenly sent a message telling him that he had gone to Bianliang, Tokyo, and that he had been there for ten days and a half. He was here alone to look after his "home", which made him feel really burdened and stressed.

However, Zhu Gui comforted him and said: "Master Xiong, don't worry about this. There is no problem with my safety. Before I left, I asked Tao Zongcai to protect him along the way. Moreover, I have a carrier pigeon with me at all times. Your Majesty asked me to give you the Paper tape to keep you on track.”

Xiong Hui felt a little uneasy in his heart. He was a low-level officer who fought and killed, and he had never been a "top leader" at all.

Faced with such a mess, he waved his hand and said as if he was complaining about Su Xia: "My lord, I feel comfortable when I go. I am left alone on such a big island. How can I be the backbone? If he wants to go, he can go." But the brothers don't know where he has gone, what should they do?

Brother Zhu Gui, didn't he tell you what he was doing in Bianliang, Tokyo? "

"This... I didn't say this, so I didn't ask. I think you must have your own reasons for coming."

After listening to what Zhu Gui said, Xiong Hui could only say: "Maybe you haven't understood the behavior of my lord in the past. To be honest, since my lord woke up inexplicably last time on Salmon Island, his behavior has become more and more weird. Yes, where is the paper you gave me?"

Zhu Gui quickly took out the paper left by Su Xia from his arms and handed it to Xiong Hui.

Xiong Hui opened the letter and looked a little indifferently: "Your Excellency wants us to buy spinning machines and cotton yarn. Why do we buy these things? Why do you want us to buy a large amount of kudzu and kudzu?"

"Mr. Xiong, I don't know about this either. But Mr. Su made some random sketches when he was in my restaurant a few days ago. I don't understand it very well. It seems to be a textile machine, but it doesn't look particularly similar. Judging from the sketches, It is much larger than an ordinary textile machine, and I don’t understand these mechanisms.”

Xiong Hui guessed: "Could we buy textile machines on Salmon Island to produce spinning yarn?"

Zhu Gui nodded repeatedly: "I'm guessing that this may be what you mean."

Xiong Hui said nothing more and looked at the next line on the paper. He and Zhu Gui were asked to jointly handle the matter and quickly introduce some displaced refugees from outside the island. The age limit was 15 to 40 years old, and there was no restriction on male or female.

The purpose is to expand the island's workforce and allow them to live in all the newly built houses.

Xiong Hui handed the note written by Su Xia to Zhu Gui and said: "Look, Mr. Su is really a living Bodhisattva. There are so many civilians fleeing as refugees. Now we can take hundreds of people to our island every day, distribute houses, and I wonder what the land will be used for in the future? That’s a lot of food to eat every day.”

Zhu Gui paused and said, "There are quite a lot of desolate places on Salmon Island. Didn't these people also do some work when they came to the island?"

"But too many people have been brought in, and the island's stock is almost stretched. I don't know that the land opened up on Salmon Island can only grow food every year."

Listening to Xiong Hui's complaints, Zhu Gui could only say: "I think there must be a reason for your Majesty to do this. If your Majesty asks us to do it, we will execute it."

Xiong Hui had no choice but to say: "This is what we have to do, Zhu Gui, after you return to the restaurant, you will continue to arrange for people to recruit soldiers by recruiting soldiers. Recruit these young and middle-aged people according to what the Lord said, but how can you recruit this woman?" On the island?”

"Sir, I think as for women, we can ask the masons who came to the island before to go back to their respective villages, find women who meet the requirements, and bring these people to the island!"

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