Those who stand in the way will be killed without mercy! I understand."
Lu Chen has already made his decision.
Ji Hongdie, who had been following Lu Chen for a long time, saw Lu Chen's expression and immediately understood what Lu Chen was doing. She immediately said: "Do you need me to summon the sons of the leaders of the surrounding villages and towns? If I just transfer some people, the rest will be gone."
Your Highness should be able to hold on for a few days, and Your Highness can return to the royal court on the Sky Whale with the sons of the leaders, and then protect the tribe back with them."
This is a normal approach, and Lu Chen nodded in agreement.
"Okay, one leader's son will be selected from each village. You can take the Sky Whale back to the Royal Court with them during the day tomorrow and prepare everything there."
Hearing Lu Chen's promise, Ji Hongdie nodded in agreement, but soon, she sensed some other meanings.
"My lord husband, won't you return with us?"
"Of course I will return to the royal court."
With that said, Lu Chen picked up the dragon hunting sword in his hand, stood up and looked outside the village.
At this time, the sun was setting, and there was no light in the wilderness outside the village. The pitch-black night was like a chasm in the abyss, exuding fear and swallowing everything.
This silent scene did not stop Lu Chen.
"The strong one clears the way!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"I will return to the Royal Court. When I arrive at the Royal Court, I will open a safe road."
Lu Chen is preparing to return to the royal court alone for thousands of miles, and on the way back, he will open a road to the sky for the Chen tribe and the royal court.
Such thoughts shocked Ji Hongdie.
"Sir, we don't have to be like this, we can be with others..."
"This is an order. Gather the others here, return with them tomorrow, and then wait for me in the royal court."
Seeing Lu Chen's firm eyes without any trace of weakness, Ji Hongdie could only stop her words.
But she didn't give up yet and looked to the side.
There, Lu Chen's tribe and Wu Zhu had gathered over, and Ji Hongdie was signaling with her eyes to ask Lu Chen's tribe to persuade him.
And Wei Song did step forward, but before he could say anything, a terrifying coercion came down. When the pressure came, Wei Song, who wanted to step forward, went blank for an instant, and his whole person was confused.
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Fortunately, the pressure comes and goes quickly. After a fleeting moment, the pressure disappears completely.
But the coercion that just flashed through made Wei Song understand the gap between the two, which made it difficult for him to say that he wanted to fight with Lu Chen.
Lu Chen, on the other hand, comforted him.
"Don't be discouraged, I'm just taking the first step."
After finishing speaking, Lu Chen glanced at a few people, immediately turned around, and headed towards the night without hesitation.
"When I open up a safe road to the royal court and return here, my people will die less."
"Well, I have a hunch. It looks like there will be a lot of dangers along the way!"
"But isn't that what I want, Xie Sui, come on, hunters and prey can call at any time!"
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It is said that men do not shed tears lightly, and barbarians do not respect tears.
But at this time, looking at the fearless Lu Chen's back walking alone, the tears in Wei Song's eyes could not go away no matter what.
"Asshole, it's all my fault for being too weak!"
Wei Song was not the only one to cry. All the barbarians here knew that Lu Chen went to the wilderness alone to open up a safe road for them.
This approach means that one person is fighting against a city. This approach makes the people being guarded feel helpless.
At this time, Ji Hongdie, who was crying, also understood why the soldiers who followed Lu Chen to establish the sub-town were all like crazy fans.
Looking at the crying warrior, Ji Hongdie also understood that no matter who he was dealing with, no matter how powerful he was, as long as he dared to insult Lu Chen, anyone here would dare to fight.
This includes Ji Hongdie.
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Under Lu Chen's order, Ji Hongdie and others could only stand guard.
As the night faded and the sun rose, a son of a leader from each of the six villages gathered together in the first Chen tribe established by Lu Chen.
After learning what Lu Chen did, the sons of the leaders were also filled with worries, and many of them were reckless and wanted to rush into the wilderness to look for Lu Chen.
Fortunately, after a night, Ji Hongdie had regained some sense, and she directly suppressed the recklessness of the leader's sons.
"You were just causing trouble to my husband. Follow me back to the royal court and have a good rest in the royal court. When you return, there will be places where your efforts are needed."
However, Ji Hongdie, who was talking to the barbarian warriors and busy with everything, looked into the distance from time to time, with worry in her eyes.
There was no surprise in returning on the Sky Whale. They returned to the Royal Court within one day.
In the huge royal court, there were many people paying attention to Lu Chen. Soon, various detection methods were used to overwhelm those soldiers.
The barbarians would not deliberately keep the progress secret, and Ji Hongdie would not stop it. What she wanted was to spread Lu Chen's reputation and make the royal court pay more attention to the genius of Lu Chen.
Soon, a large number of people discovered that Lu Chen established six villages in four days.
In addition to this, they also learned that Lu Chen was walking alone in the wilderness, opening a way of life for his people.
Among them, Yunzhou businessmen are the most active in asking for information, and they are the duck prophets of spring river water warmth.
As businessmen, if they want to succeed, they must get the news one step ahead.
Especially those who are preparing to invest in Lu Chen are the most concerned about this point. After all, the success of Lu Chen's expansion of the territory will determine whether their investment will benefit, so they are the most concerned.
Tianyun Restaurant is a restaurant opened by Yunzhou people in Wangting. At this time, a large number of Yunzhou businessmen gathered in a private room.
These are all small businessmen, who are anxiously waiting for the return of those who went to inquire about the news.
These businessmen were not kept waiting for a long time. Soon, the subordinates who went to inquire about the news returned.
However, the person who returned had a dull look on his face.
"What's going on with His Royal Highness the Thirteenth Prince? Judging from the way his soldiers returned, they must have encountered some obstacles."
"Is the trouble big? Do you need any support from us?"
These anxious businessmen were all the people who supported Lu Chen when he didn't open up a village.
It was also because of their support that Lu Chen, who was completely broke and had to sacrifice the extraordinary items he got from hunting to the system, was able to pull out a team of hundreds of people to go to the open space.
It can be said that Lu Chen's food, drink, and weapons and armor consumption during the expansion process were all supported by materials paid in advance by these merchants.
It seems a bit stupid to provide support before the village is built. It is very likely that they will lose everything if Lu Chen fails.
But wealth is gained in danger, and if they fail, they will lose everything. Once Lu Chen wins, they will gain more benefits.
In particular, Lu Chen chose to build a commercial town in Langyuan. According to the contract, they who invested in advance would get some shops in the Chen tribe according to the amount of materials they paid.
In this way, these small merchants no longer even need to walk hard in the wilderness, but can rely on shops for transactions.
Getting your own shop in a major commercial town is the dream of countless small businessmen.
But now, looking at the sluggish look on the returned spies, many businessmen felt that their hearts were about to jump out of their chests.
They seemed to have a premonition of their own failure.
But then, what the spy said made countless people pause in an instant.
"My lords, I heard from those warriors that His Highness Chen's tribe has been established and the totem has been erected. They are returning this time to bring their clansmen there."
As soon as he said this, the place was silent for a moment.
Those who invested in Lu Chen in advance had all imagined optimistic scenarios.
But even the most optimistic person never thought that Lu Chen could completely build his tribe in just a few days.
In fact, these businessmen were shocked because the information was so good.
"It's been built, so fast."
The subordinate's words made the place silent for a moment.
Then, spies belonging to the merchants here kept returning, bringing exactly the same news.
This made those businessmen understand that the prince they were optimistic about had really succeeded, even if they couldn't believe it.
The dream-like success caused bursts of cheers to erupt from the place.
"I knew it, I knew His Highness the Prince would succeed."
"Lao Li, I was the one who persuaded you to invest at that time. I was right. Follow His Highness and we will not fail."
Surprise, real surprise hit these businessmen. They had already had a premonition that they were going to get their own shops.
But they thought this was the end, and then, even more shocking words came from the mouths of the spies.
"I inquired that His Highness Prince Chen did not choose to return on the Sky Whale. Instead, after establishing the village, he went deep into the wilderness alone to open up a safe road for the barbarians in the future."
"One man opens the road! How is this possible?"
If villages are nails, nailing the tentacles of human civilization to the vast and desolate land, then roads are lines, the thread of life that links the villages together.
A village without communication is destined not to last long. Only when a large number of villages are connected by roads can mankind prosper.
At the same time, safe roads can also allow businessmen walking on them to buy and sell here and there to gain profits.
But it was fine in the past, but now the road is becoming increasingly difficult.
The unkillable evil spirits make human communication increasingly difficult.
But human beings cannot help but communicate. In this case, a safe road is even more important.
Every time a road is opened, it brings endless benefits.
Of course, it is not easy to open a road, and guarding and cleaning it requires more manpower. Therefore, if you want to do business on that road, you must not pay any price.
Even if highways in the 21st century still charge tolls, in this world, roads opened by life have higher tolls.
But these businessmen are willing to do this, because the benefits they gain from doing business on the road are more than what they pay.
At the same time, the road opened by the strong is more important than safety.
Although, for the sake of 200% profit, some people will do even the beheading business, but wouldn't it be better to be safe and make huge profits at the same time?
Now, Lu Chen is walking alone. Although the road was opened for his tribe, it can allow a large number of barbarians to walk, making it easier for small businessmen to walk.
By extending the highway to other places, merchants can gain countless benefits.
And if you can convince His Royal Highness to maintain this path, it will be a path of money.
But in this world, there are many merchants and few safe roads.
As you can imagine, not everyone can walk on that road.
Even if you can walk all the way, the road toll standards will be different depending on your friendship and how much you have invested in the past.
It can be foreseen that the Chen tribe, which is already on the main transportation road, coupled with safe roads, will become an important commercial town, which is just around the corner.
Thinking of this, these businessmen were surprised and at the same time even more devastated.
"Let's go to His Highness Chen's mansion quickly. We need additional investment."
After hearing the news, the businessmen didn't even bother to eat, and they all rushed to Lu Chen's mansion as fast as possible.
However, after arriving here, they found that the place was already crowded with people, and countless businessmen who had learned the news were making additional investments.
It can be foreseen that with the optimism of so many businessmen, the people who have been moved there by Lu Chen will not be short of food.
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The small businessmen were desperately sending money to Lu Chen's prince's residence. On the other side, where the large chamber of commerce was located, they had already stocked up a large amount of supplies and were preparing to give them to Lu Chen when Lu Chen arrived, so that he could pull him back.
tribe.
If it is said that small businessmen still rely on guesswork.
Those big businessmen had relied on special methods to confirm that what the barbarian warriors said was true.
Therefore, while they were shocked, they found Ji Hongdie early and made the prices of the supplies cheaper, and even gave some away for free.
Of course, this will not be without cost. They want more shops in the town and the promise that Lu Chen's open road will be smooth.
Ji Hongdie did not refuse.
If he were still a businessman, Ji Hongdie would have blocked it and wanted to monopolize the profits from the open road.
But now Ji Hongdie has advanced from a businessman to a lord...and his wife, and a lord, even if he is not in business, can still obtain a lot of profits by other means.
For example, tax collection, road tax and commodity tax, it can be said that as long as those merchants pass through the Chen tribe, Lu Chen can gain profits.
Such benefits also made Ji Hongdie sigh: "It is the lord who really makes money!"
Of course, the subsequent tax collection is only a future plan, and the Chen tribe, which is completely impoverished, also needs investment from those people.
"Although it is dangerous for Your Highness to open up, once this incident happened, coupled with the shock caused by the rapid development of the village, the gifts sent by those merchants were enough to arm my husband with a thousand soldiers."
"With more subordinates, my husband will be safer."
Lu Chen sent Ji Hongdie to the royal court to prepare manpower and supplies, and she did a much better job than Lu Chen imagined.