Seven-star Sword Master

After the shift, a group of people were sitting in the lobby of the patrol camp.

There were two old men from the Ningtai Township Inspection Office, the village chief Wang Qingping, and four captains of the patrol team.

They were discussing how to resolve the magic frog incident more perfectly.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chen Dongsheng told Wang Qingping and Liu Yuansi what had happened one by one.

At this time, everyone in the hall was expressing their opinions.

Chen Dongsheng looked around at everyone and said, "I think we should first listen to the opinions of the two elders."

Lu Feipeng and the others nodded in agreement with what Chen Dongsheng said.

Then Chen Dongsheng said to the two elders Ma and Zhao:

"You two adults are well-informed. Even if you have not experienced this situation, you must have heard about how to solve this problem perfectly, right?"

Zhao Yufeng also looked at Ma Chengyou and said, "Old Ma, you go ahead and tell me."

Ma Chengyou nodded and said, "Okay, let me tell you then."

After saying this, Ma Chengyou glanced at the people in the hall and then said:

“Regarding the incident with the magic frog, we have indeed not experienced it ourselves, but we have heard about how the incident with the magic frog was resolved in Ningtai Township.

I have discussed this with Lao Zhao before, and we have already come up with the general direction, but we still need you to fill in the details on how to implement it.”

So Ma Chengyou then told Zhao Yufeng about the plan he had previously negotiated with him.

“Our idea is to dig four reservoirs around the pond to release the water from the pond.

Next we just need to wait quietly for the magic frog to come out and take care of it."

After finishing speaking, Ma Chengyou looked at Chen Dongsheng and the others and raised his hand to signal:

“The solution is so simple, but what difficulties will be encountered in its implementation? This is something you need to supplement and improve.

After all, you have always been working on the front line. In this respect, Lao Ma and I really cannot compare with you."

Chen Dongsheng waved his hand quickly and said:

"You are being too modest. You and Lord Zhao have always been the pillars of our Sanjia Village.

As long as you stay in Sanjia Village for one day, no one will dare to invade our Sanjia Village forever!"

At this time, Zhao Yufeng joked:

"Hahaha, Old Ma, you see, Dongsheng is still the one who can talk."

Ma Chengyou raised his hand and pointed at the air with his index finger, then scolded Chen Dongsheng with a smile:

"You, you..."

Zhao Yufeng interrupted and said:

"Okay, okay, time is running out, let's get down to business now. Do you have any additional details about Dongsheng?"

Chen Dongsheng hesitated for a moment and said:

"I think the four reservoirs we dug cannot be drained at the same time."

Zhao Yufeng: "Oh, what do you mean?"

Chen Dongsheng looked at him and said:

"That's right, Lord Zhao. Didn't you say before that if you encounter a mother frog, as long as you release the water quickly enough, the mother frog will not come out on its own?

So what I thought was, we should first build a pool in a direction with higher terrain, so that it doesn’t matter if it takes a little longer, after all, safety comes first.

In this way, after one pool is filled, fill this one.

Similarly, if four reservoirs are not enough, we can dig another reservoir next to the first reservoir to drain it.”

After hearing what Chen Dongsheng said, Ma Chengyou and Zhao Yufeng looked at each other. They had actually overlooked this when they were considering the problem.

It's not their fault. After all, they used this question to deceive Chen Dongsheng and his group. But who would have thought that Chen Dongsheng would even consider this issue.

Ma Chengyou stroked his beard and said:

"Well, very good. Dongsheng has made a good point. Lao Zhao and I haven't considered this before. Does anyone have anything to add?"

Liu Yuansi said:

“Where will the manpower for digging the reservoir come from?

Should we have the patrol team do the digging, or recruit people from the village?"

Ma Chengyou looked at Liu Yuansi and nodded:

“Captain Liu is right, Lao Zhao and I have considered this before.

However, we don’t have many captains who are good at this matter, so it is up to you captains to decide how to do it.”

Chen Dongsheng pondered and said:

“The patrol members cannot move, at least in the early stages.

In the early stage, we just need to dig a reservoir, and we can recruit some villagers to do it.

It won’t be too late to transfer some old players when the water is released later.”

After Chen Dongsheng finished speaking, seeing that the other captains remained silent, Ma Chengyou spoke again:

“I wonder if the captains have anything to add?

If not, then we will make this arrangement for now."

After finishing speaking, Ma Chengyou turned his head and looked at Lu Feipeng and the other three deputy captains. Seeing that they had no intention of speaking, he spoke again:

"Okay, let's follow Captain Chen's instructions regarding personnel. Does anyone have anything else to say?"

At this time, Wang Yushi slowly said:

"Master Zhao, I have no objection to these, but how will safety be guaranteed at that time?

After all, the village cannot be left without someone in charge, and the patrol post outside the village cannot be left without a captain, not to mention that there are so many villagers digging a reservoir next to the frog colony."

After hearing this, Lu Feipeng looked at Wang Yu Shi and secretly gave Wang Yu Shi a thumbs up in his heart. What he said was exactly what he thought.

After hearing this, Ma Chengyou and Zhao Yufeng were silent for a moment. It was obvious that the question raised by Wang Yushi was something they had not thought of before.

Then Ma Chengyou slapped the table and said:

"Captain Wang, what you said is simple. When the time comes, the patrol team will continue to operate as usual, but only one captain can remain on duty.

The night duty is temporarily handed over to Captain Liu and Village Chief Wang, and the other captains must be assigned to guard the safety of the villagers.

I don't think anything will happen in the village, but just in case, I hope all of us can live in the camp for the next few days.

In this way, the village will not be left unattended, and if any accident occurs, we can provide timely support.

By then, Lao Zhao and I will be able to free up our hands and work together to protect the safety of the villagers at the pond."

After listening to Ma Chengyou's words, several people nodded and said:

"Okay." "It has to be Lord Ma, otherwise we really can't come up with such a good countermeasure."

Ma Chengyou's face flushed with praise, but he was not yet too proud. He just pressed his hands down and said:

“Does anyone have any additional comments?

If not, then we will implement it as is for the time being.”

At this time, the village chief Wang Qingping began to speak, but he did not participate in how to deal with the magic frog incident. Instead, he considered the human cost and slowly said:

"Wait a moment, Master Zhao."

"Oh?"

Ma Chengyou was quite surprised to see that it was Wang Qingping who spoke, because Wang Qingping was usually very smooth in his dealings with others.

So no matter whether it is a small matter or a big matter, he has always adhered to the concept that doing nothing is not wrong, but doing more will lead to more mistakes, and never gets involved.

"Captain Wang, do you have anything else to add? Feel free to tell me."

Wang Qingping said:

“Master Ma, I really don’t have anything to add regarding the magic frog, but I would like to ask how to pay the villager’s wages?

Should it be used from the patrol team’s public account or from the village’s daily expenses?

After all, the combination of these two amounts to a considerable sum.

Just like what Captain Chen said today, team members standing guard at the edge of the pond will be rewarded with a silver coin.

Just the two teams on day duty and night duty combined would cost eight silver coins.

It is not time for the higher authorities to allocate funds yet, so the village has no money to distribute during this period of time.”

"Village Chief Wang, you don't have to worry too much at this moment. If we can solve the frog swarm incident, when I go to work at the Ningtai Township Inspection Office, the higher-ups will definitely reward us with a large sum of money, and the money will come naturally at that time.

If we can’t get rid of the frogs, that would be even better. We can then openly ask the Ningtai Township Inspection Office for money.”

Seeing that his problems had been solved, Wang Qingping was no longer worried, but continued:

"Master Ma, Captain Chen, how many villagers should I recruit tomorrow? How will the wages be calculated then?"

Ma Chengyou did not make a decision immediately on this issue. He first looked at Chen Dongsheng and said:

"Captain Chen, how many villagers do you think should be recruited for a reservoir?"

Chen Dongsheng pondered and said, "Master Ma, we will recruit fifty people for one reservoir for the time being. If it's not enough, we can talk about it later."

Ma Chengyou made the decision and said, "Okay, then we will recruit 200 people and start working on the four reservoirs at the same time. The wages will be set at one hundred copper coins per day.

"When you report, please write 300 people. This way, we can get an extra 10 silver coins per day as our hard work fee. Each person present will get one silver coin per day. The extra money will be kept for next time until the matter is over."

"Master Ma is wise..."

……

I had dinner with Ma Chengyou and others in the patrol team after the meeting. When I returned home, it was almost the end of the hour of Hai.

Fortunately, he asked Dou Fei to come to his house in advance to inform him that he would stay in the patrol team for a meeting.

After returning to the room, Lu Feipeng sat cross-legged on the couch and took out a small jade bottle from his clothes. Then he poured out a pill from the bottle.

This elixir is exactly the "Spirit-Guiding Pill".

That’s right, three days have passed, and today is the day for him to take the Soul-Attracting Pill.

He swallowed the Soul-Attracting Pill very skillfully. The pill melted in his mouth and soon turned into a stream of pure spiritual power that rushed towards his dantian.

The four water droplets transformed from spiritual energy that were originally lying quietly in the Dantian began to instinctively reject it after feeling another external force.

The four water droplets began to rotate, and the speed became faster and faster. The spiritual power that had just entered the Dantian felt at a loss. He even forgot what to do next.

However, just as the new spiritual power that had entered the Dantian was in a daze, the water droplets that had already taken root and started spinning in the Dantian seemed to have an inexplicable attraction, wanting to assimilate it.

Soon it felt a very strong suction coming from the vortex, and it was sucked into the vortex.

"Boom..."

A new drop of water forms, making a popping sound.

Lu Feipeng murmured to himself:

"The fifth level of the Soul Induction Realm!"

"Hahaha……"