Chapter 1447: The Lord Representative Going to the Exhibition

After the selection method for the lord representative to attend the agricultural products exhibition in Bai Yi was announced, the lord channel was buzzing with activity.

Shi Du asked, "Huai-ge, are you there?"

Tang Huai, who had been quiet for the past few days, replied, "Here. I've already checked in with Captain Tan. I'll attend at my own expense and won't take up a lord quota."

Xia Qing, who was clearing snow, silently added: The exhibition expenses for Hui Three Base this time are sponsored by your family, so whether or not you take up a quota, it's still your family paying.

Zhao Ze also joined the discussion enthusiastically, "Huai-ge isn't taking a quota, and Luo-ge definitely won't go either, so it's Number 118 Territory's turn. He's really lucky."

Qi Fu corrected, "It's not luck—it's because they cultivated more farmland."

This time, the lord representative attending the exhibition in Bai Yi is selected based on the effective cultivated area within the territory. The Territory Management Department pulled up the territory cultivation area rankings: Number 1 Territory ranked first with 1,458 mu, followed by Number 12 Territory with 1,136 mu, and Number 118 Territory in third with 577 mu.

If the first two lords give up their spots, it falls to the lord of Number 118 Territory.

Wen Nengjie came online, "It's not just hard work—there's an element of luck too. If the Western Wolves hadn't launched a beast tide this spring, it definitely wouldn't have been Number 118 Territory's turn. I remember when the cultivation area was announced last winter, several territories in the East and West had already broken two hundred mu."

The Western Wolves launched a beast tide, driving away the lords of the Western territories who had come out to farm, and then fought a major battle against humans in the Eastern territories, damaging a lot of farmland and slowing down the reclamation progress of lords in those two regions.

For the lords, this was an uncontrollable disaster; the territories that weren't hit by the disaster were simply lucky.

Shimu came online, "Thanks be to the Divine Wolf."

If the Northern Wolves hadn't stepped in to block the Western Wolves, the territories destroyed by the beast tide this spring wouldn't have been the Eastern territories—it would have been our Northern Region One territories.

Huo Zhun sighed along, "Right, our Northern Region One is still impressive. Of the top 50, we occupy 17 spots."

The three lords of Number 3 Territory, ranked 153rd with an effective cultivation area of 13.6 mu, were taking advantage of the good weather to clear snow, weeds, and loose rocks, reclaiming wasteland.

Xia Qing scooped up a large shovelful of snow and dumped it onto the snow cart, "Boss, it's full!"

"Baa!" Sheep Boss slipped into the harness and ran off pulling the sled cart.

Wolf Lao Er, the wolfhound following behind Xia Qing, used its sharp claws to dig out an egg-sized stone from the frozen soil that had been exposed after shoveling the snow, then pushed it into the snow pile.

Xia Qing immediately praised, "Lao Er found another stone? Great job! I'll reward Lao Er with a chicken drumstick at noon!"

Lao Er grinned, its smile so wide that the warm breath it exhaled couldn't hide it.

The lords' topic quickly shifted from the territory representative to the Planting Center's representative. Zhu Li asked, "Sister Qing, who is the Jiuzhongxin Sect sending to attend?"

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie button, "Yue-ge is going. His mission this trip is the same as Qing-ge's—he can take turns with Qing-ge watching our alliance's exhibition booth."

Northern Region One's territory funds were limited, so Kuang Qingwei alone definitely couldn't handle everything. That's why Xia Qing had Yue Haiying, who was exceptionally capable, go along too.

"That's great. With Yue-ge helping, I can take some time to walk around the exhibition more." Kuang Qingwei happily responded, then called for backup, "Heng-ge, send me the brief intro for the organic fertilizer plant. I'll add it to our promotional materials."

Tang Heng responded, "Okay, five minutes."

The territory alliance's organic fertilizer plant had already been built and put into production. The first batch of crab shell fertilizer was currently in its high-temperature fermentation period. After high-temperature fermentation, it still needed six to eight weeks of maturation and aging before it could be bagged and sold, so they couldn't bring finished fertilizer to this exhibition.

Quality fertilizer had no trouble selling. Kuang Qingwei wanted to add the fertilizer plant's introduction to the promotional materials not to boost sales, but to make a name for the Hui Three Territory Alliance, so he'd have more confidence when negotiating cooperation with other exhibiting businesses.

Actually, the territory alliance's biggest confidence came from Zhang San, the lord of Number 7 Territory, followed by the two top sniper lords, but Kuang Qingwei couldn't use their names to attend the exhibition.

Because Article Two of the alliance agreement stipulated that without the prior written explicit permission of the relevant ally member involved, no alliance member could use that ally's name for publicity, promises, contract-making, or any other activities.

So, even though Kuang Qingwei was attending the exhibition as the Territory Alliance's Minister of Commerce, he couldn't put Zhang San's name out there.

"Xia Qing, are you there?"

Luo Pei's gentle voice sounded in the lord channel, and everyone immediately pricked up their ears to listen.

Xia Qing pressed the walkie-talkie, "Here."

"I just heard from A-Jin that the Jiuzhongxin Sect is sending Old Yue to attend the exhibition?"

Xia Qing immediately understood what Luo Pei coming online meant, "Right. Has Luo-ge seen the notice issued by the Territory Management Department? Number 1 Territory ranks first in cultivation area, so you qualify to attend the exhibition as the lord representative. Would you like to go with Yue-ge and look around?"

Everyone...

"Sure."

Everyone!!!

The news that Hui Three's top sniper and second-in-command of the Azure Dragon Squad was going to attend the agricultural products exhibition in Bai Yi as a lord quickly spread throughout Hui Three Base, sparking all kinds of speculation. Xu Juan quickly compiled everyone's guesses and sent them to Xia Qing.

Regarding Luo Pei's trip this time, some believed he was stepping back to a support role to farm because his combat power had declined after being poisoned last year, while others insisted Luo Pei was going to Bai Yi on a secret mission.

Xia Qing, sitting at the table picking vegetables, looked up, glanced at Luo Pei chopping chicken pieces in the kitchen with a clack-clack-clack, wiped her hands and was about to reply to Xu Juan's message when she saw the three big characters "Tang Zhengpo" appear on her phone screen.

"Tang Dong."

Hearing Xia Qing's phone call from the living room, Luo Pei stopped chopping chicken, gently closed the door, and only then did Yang Jincai put the washed spices into the pot and continue simmering the hot pot base.

After Xia Qing hung up the phone, Luo Pei opened the door, and Yang Jincai brought out the small pot and set it on the charcoal brazier on the conference table. Xia Qing proactively brought up the reason Tang Zhengpo had called her, "Tang Dong found out Tang Huai is going to Bai Yi. He tried to contact Third Brother but couldn't get through, so he called me to ask for information."

Yang Jincai took the vegetables Xia Qing had picked clean to the kitchen to wash. Luo Pei put the chopped chicken pieces on the table and sighed, "Tang Zhengpo is truly a good father."

Xia Qing nodded—this was beyond doubt. She handed over the sesame sauce dish, "He'll probably call you soon to ask you to look after Tang Huai a bit."

Yang Jincai came out carrying the washed vegetables and picked up the thread, "Although Tang Lu ran off to Bai Yi, she's still under Tang Zhengpo's control. He doesn't need Luo-ge to handle Tang Lu."

Luo Pei nodded, "After Tang Zhengsu died, Tang Lu's last value was letting Tang Huai stay in Number 2 Territory and get closer to you. Now that you and the Tang brothers are already solid allies, Tang Lu has lost her last value."

When the water in the pot started to bubble, Yang Jincai put the beef slices in. Xia Qing raised her tea cup, "Congratulations on your recovery, Luo-ge."

"I'll skip the thanks—cheers!" Luo Pei raised his cup and clinked it with Xia Qing and Yang Jincai, then drained his cup in one go.

Xia Qing also boldly downed a cup of tea, took the small dish Yang Jincai handed her with beef slices, then continued the previous topic, "Luo-ge got one thing wrong: Tang Zhengpo keeping Tang Lu around has another purpose—to let Tang Huai grow."