Chapter 1919

A few hundred copper coins for a single meal is already very expensive.

But now, seeing an income of over 10,000 gold coins, his heart could already remain calm and undisturbed.

Gu Qing was at Cloud Dream Village.

Cloud Dream Village, as the port city Zhao Chi had planned, had actually never been developed.

However, this place was the first county-level territory Zhao Chi had planned.

"My lord, you've returned."

Gu Qing smiled charmingly, revealing a face of boundless allure.

The beauty of a woman and a woman really is different.

Just now he had clearly thought Li Ruanyu was a peerless beauty, every frown and smile perfect without flaw.

Now seeing Gu Qing, he felt Gu Qing was also a matchless, unrivaled beauty under heaven.

"Mm, how is the conversion going?"

"The flower demons will be converted very soon, and those rat-men have all joined Cloud Dream Village. The population has already broken through 10,000. If nothing unexpected happens, once this monthly summary is completed, this place can advance to a county-level territory."

"Good, you've worked hard these past few days."

"My lord is the one who's worked hard, gone for so long before coming back…" Gu Qing's eyes flickered as she looked Zhao Chi up and down: "How was it just now? The medicine's effects weren't bad, were they?"

"…Mm."

"Was Sister Ruanyu happy?"

"Happy, so happy she's just as dewy-eyed as you."

"Really or not… I want to try it too."

Gu Qing bit her lower lip, staring at Zhao Chi.

Just as he knew…

When a woman has already taken the initiative to bring up such a thing, what else can be done?

If he couldn't perform that would be another matter, but Zhao Chi not only could, he could very well.

Looking around, there were only some innocent flower demons.

And even if there were others, Gu Qing wouldn't care; the other female villagers had all gotten used to it too.

Then… let's do it?

Gu Qing's voice was very wanton.

She had now been promoted to nobility, all her attributes were very strong, and she had fully withstood 15 points of energy.

Zhao Chi watched Gu Qing's happy appearance and felt a bit puzzled.

"Gu Qing, is this thing you gave me to eat really for increasing basic attribute experience? Why do I feel you two only made me eat it for this matter?"

Gu Qing lay lazily, completely satisfied.

She chuckled lightly: "My lord, whatever are you saying, would I deceive you? Didn't Sister Ruanyu tell you this is only a side effect? And if we didn't help you relieve it, you'd have problems too. How do you feel now, does it still feel unobstructed?"

"You two taking turns coming at me, how could it not be unobstructed… Li Ruanyu looks like a very proper woman, how is she now just like you? You didn't instill some strange things into her, did you?"

"Hehe, not at all. Sister Ruanyu's state has nothing to do with me. She probably felt that since she's already become your woman anyway, her mindset loosened up too. And her age is very mature, she's already fully capable of receiving you every day, so naturally it turned out like this. Mainly it's because every time you make an effort, she feels great, so how could she not like this kind of thing?"

"Alright then…"

"But this kind of medicine is different from the Attribute Jade; it doesn't raise your attributes in a short time, but rather increases the experience for your subsequent attribute accumulation, meaning breaking through attributes later will be a bit faster."

"Understood, I really have to thank you for always thinking about this kind of medicine for me."

"Hehe, I had long wanted to do this, but the materials were hard to buy. Only Sister Ruanyu could go find them. The two of us hit it off perfectly at first try. I have half the credit, and Sister Ruanyu has the other half."

"You are quite modest."

"That's just how it is… In a while I'm going out with Su Qin, is that alright?"

"Sure, Su Qin told me, she wants to go with you to buy little cakes."

Gu Qing laughed: "What buying little cakes, that's just what she likes to eat. I want to go out and browse, buy some other things to bring back and improve our lives."

"Mm, good. Whatever you want to buy, go ahead and buy it. Don't worry about money, spend freely."

"Hehe, my lord, you're really domineering, but I won't spend recklessly."

"Mm, I know."

The matter was basically finished.

Zhao Chi found Zhuang Ya and re-entered the military factory.

Just as he was about to begin the Mystic Woman Armor production, he received a notice from the World-Breaking Army.

【Notice】:

【All members of the World-Breaking Army, please note】

【I am Yue Xiao】

【Today is already December 26th, the New Year is almost here】

【However, everyone must absolutely not let down your guard. Many sneak attacks and raids happen during festivals】

【This year is different from previous years. This year we are in wartime, the situation is special, so during the New Year period all personnel may not go out, they must stand by】

【I see that some people's hearts have already slackened, actually thinking about going out to play during the New Year, and even openly discussing it?】

【Is now the time to play?】

【I don't care about the matters in your territories, nor can I manage them, but in the Greater World you all better keep yourselves in check!】

【During the New Year period, drinking is forbidden! Debauchery is forbidden! Wasting combat power is forbidden!!】

【Be ready for battle at all times】

【This year's year-end assembly will no longer be held centrally; each regiment and each brigade may hold them separately on-site】

【Everything centers on combat】

【More detailed information will be sent down to each squad leader — please check and receive it.】

【That's all!】

Yue Xiao?

The name rang a bell for Zhao Chi.

Su Qin had mentioned the high-ranking lords of the World-Breaking Army back in bed, and this name was among them — he was the World-Breaking Army's Vice Commander.

Zhao Chi had never actually met him.

From his voice, which was deep and resonant, full of inner breath, he sounded like a combat-oriented middle-aged man.

Vice Commander, huh… wonder what his strength is like?

Generally speaking, the higher the position, the stronger the combat ability.

Only those with strong combat ability can hold high positions.

The two go hand in hand.

But it's not absolute.

Especially in a faction with a fairly established institutional structure.

If it were a bandit outfit like the Heavenly King Army, that principle would basically hold.

But in the World-Breaking Army, it's not necessarily so.

Zhao Chi didn't know about others, but when he had joined the World-Breaking Army, the heads of every clan had all been granted the rank of Lieutenant Colonel or even Colonel.

And they all held squad leader positions.

Yet the gap in combat ability between the various clan heads was still enormous.

Li Ruanyu had also told Zhao Chi that several of the female lords under her command already had combat ability on par with squad leaders.

But they were still willing to follow Li Ruanyu and serve as her direct subordinates.

Regardless, this Vice Commander Yue Xiao's strength was definitely formidable — that much was certain.

It was only after his notice that Zhao Chi realized the New Year was just a few days away.