Chapter 169: Welcome to True Dragon (Part 2)

The barracks, more than a zhang wide and nearly ten zhang long, were divided into five sleeping platforms, housing more than forty soldiers.

At mealtime, everyone went to the kitchen camp to get porridge together and stood there to fill their stomachs.

Then they returned to the barracks to sleep.

But no matter how thick the corn porridge was, it was just water, and although they felt full at the time, after a while, their stomachs would 'gurgle...' again from hunger.

Lu Lihu finally reached land and slept on a hot kang.

He originally felt he could sleep for three days and three nights in one breath.

But by evening, he woke up dizzy from hunger and could no longer sleep.

He tossed and turned on the big sleeping platform for a long time.

Seeing that Lu Yousheng, who was lying on his right, was always sleeping soundly, he couldn't help but sigh with envy.

He turned over and turned his head toward the wall on his left.

After a while, bored, he counted the hemp spots on the wall.

Counting and counting, his heart inexplicably caught fire, and he couldn't lie still anymore, so Lu Lihu jumped off the platform.

Seeing that Manager Ma was sitting by the fire basin roasting fire.

Lu Lihu ran over, sat down on the stool next to him, and asked with a cheeky face:

"Manager Ma, what time is dinner tonight?

Is there anything dry this time?"

"There is no meal at night when there is no training."

"This is cheating people!", Lu Lihu jumped up in anger upon hearing this,

"When we were recruited to the island, it was said that every meal would have white flour steamed buns, and there would be an oily salted egg every day.

And fatty meat dishes every two days.

But now it's so harsh.

Training without any oil and water like this, even a strong foundation won't last ten days, and you will definitely collapse.

Your body will be ruined!"

"Young man, don't be anxious, listen carefully to my words," Manager Ma explained with a smile:

"When there is no training, it is when there is no training, and there will be corn porridge with pickles once a day.

When there is training, it naturally won't be so shabby, corn buns are always enough.

There is also a full bowl of 'pork fat soy sauce soup' to drink in the morning, so it won't be completely without oil and water."

Lu Lihu's mouth twitched,

"This, this is not much better, sure enough, crows in the world are generally black!

I didn't expect Prince Zhen, Prince Zhen also, also..."

He seemed to want to say something bad, but because Prince Zhen was his idol, he swallowed it back and finally said nothing in frustration.

Manager Ma laughed 'hehe' in a low voice upon seeing this,

"Alright, stop talking nonsense.

If you are really hungry, I will take you to Zhao the cook, who I am familiar with, to beg for a small pumpkin to eat."

"Really!" Lu Lihu's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing this.

But afterward, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly protected his back,

"Manager Ma, I have no relatives or friends with you, and this is the first time we've met today.

Why are you so good to me and want to give me pumpkin to eat?

Don't tell me you are the legendary old pervert who hasn't seen a woman for ten or twenty years and has become so hungry that you only walk the 'dry path'?"

Manager Ma, who was drinking tea, sprayed a mouthful of strong tea onto the ground with a 'pfft,'

"You bear child know quite a lot, it's just that your eyes are blind and you love to think wildly.

I, the manager, am a good man of five and a half feet, how could I do such filthy things."

"Then there are so many newcomers today, why do you want to give me pumpkin to eat alone?

Just because I called out hungry?

Doesn't look like it, doesn't look like it, even a ghost can see that everyone is very hungry..."

"Stop guessing, I'll tell you why I look at you differently."

Manager Ma waved his hand and said:

"Among the ten newcomers who came into our room, you are the one who looks most likely to get ahead.

It's worth me selling a favor for a few pumpkins.

To tell you the truth, this 'Manager' position of mine was exchanged this way."

Lu Lihu was stunned, thought about it, exerted his thick arms, felt his muscles were indeed solid, and couldn't help but nod with self-satisfaction,

"I believe what you said.

I have to say your eye for people is really good.

Then let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"Naturally, to find that cook Zhao or whatever to beg for pumpkin.

You can rest assured, when I become successful, I will definitely repay you a hundredfold or a thousandfold."

Lu Lihu stood up impatiently and said:

"Although pumpkin is sweet, it's not as good as proper food for resisting hunger.

Why don't you help me ask for a few corn buns and half a piece of salted vegetable?"

As he spoke, he pulled Manager Ma and walked out of the barracks with big strides.

After a toss, he finished eating the pumpkin raw and drank the soy sauce soup with pork fat through boiling water.

When the two returned to the barracks.

The night watchman of the training ground just struck the watch of the sixth quarter of the Xu hour, which was eight-thirty in the evening.

Lu Lihu was only half full, but his stomach was no longer uncomfortable.

Logically speaking, he should have been able to fall asleep.

But when he returned to the barracks, he accidentally saw Zhao the cook secretly give Manager Ma two big buns, which he hid in his sleeves.

He was thinking about sharing two bites, so he couldn't sleep.

Unexpectedly, Manager Ma supported his spirit and talked nonsense with him for a while, and yawned several times.

He looked like he really couldn't hold on anymore.

He got up and came to the sleeping platform in the middle, patted the heads of two thin young men who were closing their eyes,

"Fengzi, Xiao Si, get up and wake up, eat a bun to snack before sleeping."

The two thin young men slowly opened their eyes.

One smiled dryly at Manager Ma, "Thank you, Manager, for letting me be a full ghost."

The other had a pale face and trembling lips, "No, it might not be me, Manager, I won't eat this bun.

No training, no rules for eating buns."

Manager Ma sighed softly upon hearing this and forced a corn bun into his hand,

"I didn't say it must be you.

But including today, you have been peeing blood for three days and haven't trained.

Eat something dry, nourish yourself well, maybe you can train tomorrow, right?"

Eating corn buns to nourish the body, let alone wealthy families, even ordinary people would find it absurd.

But when people are truly desperate, even seeing a straw makes them feel they can be saved.

The pale-faced young man listened to Manager Ma's words and actually seemed to believe it, his dim eyes lighting up.

He gnawed on the bun in big mouthfuls.

Eating it dry and hard, it was difficult to swallow, but he still chewed vigorously without stopping.

Seeing this scene, Lu Lihu didn't know why he felt his heart trembling, the hair on his back stood up, and he quietly walked behind Manager Ma, leaning his head and asking in a low voice:

"Manager, what's wrong with this?"

"Sleep, you'll understand tomorrow," Manager Ma replied with a dry voice.

Yawning, he climbed onto the sleeping platform.

Afterward, as time passed, the firelight on the kang in the room gradually dimmed.

At the third watch, the firelight suddenly went out completely, and then lit up again, everything as usual.

It's just that the number of people in the barracks changed from more than forty to exactly forty.

At the same time, in the Guiyang Palace of the True Dragon Kingdom on Giant Serpent Head Island.

Zhang Gui stood on the high platform, looking at the thousands of men and women he had brought with his divine authority, whose expressions were either shocked or numb.

He revealed eight snow-white teeth,

"Hello everyone, welcome to escape from the sea of bitterness and come to a free and civilized country, True Dragon!"

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