When Wang Dalu heard Li Jinbao explain to him about the sons-in-law and sons-in-law in the family, he couldn't help but think of the descendants of criminals born to prisoners encountered in the mines in the North District, and asked.
"Li Jinbao, do you know what happened to the criminals I asked Li Meng to rescue now?"
Li Jinbao replied.
"The students saw that the adults were practicing hard during this period, so they didn't report it to you. In the first month of the first month, those children would kneel in front of the North District Deacon's Mansion at ten o'clock in the morning and wait for you for half an hour before running to the mine to start work.
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"Later, the students couldn't bear their hard work, so they persuaded them to quit."
"Well, you did the right thing, and they are also interested."
After saying that, Wang Dalu looked out the window in the direction of the mine in the north area.
The room was quiet for a while, and the old man coughed and said slowly.
"My king, now that you have both the wealth of desolate crystals and the treasure of desolate elixirs, all you lack is manpower. In my opinion, it is better to take these criminals for your own use. What do you think?"
"Old Turtle is right, and it should be so. It's better to choose a day than to hit it. I think today I will call everyone to the mine to have a feast and drink. It is a reward for everyone's hard work in the past few months. At the same time, I will select some that are useful to me.
of talent.”
"By the way, Li Jinbao, if you have time, you and my brother Lu Mi will discuss setting up a chamber of commerce. If we want to gain revenue, we can't sit back and do money-losing business."
Li Jinbao responded.
At noon, Wang Dalu, accompanied by Old Turtle and others, came to the mine cave in the North District for the second time.
"Come, come, come, put these big pots in the middle and arrange them in order."
Li Zhaocai continued to direct the soldiers to place the prepared large iron pots on the mine.
According to Wang Dalu's request, these iron pots were meat meals prepared for the sinners in the mine at noon.
Looking down at Beishan from a high place, we can see that along the entire mountain trail, teams of soldiers carried pigs, sheep and other live animals in twos and threes, and took them to the North District mine for slaughter.
The entire North District mine was filled with the smell of blood, but Wang Dalu and others did not pay attention to this. They all sat on the ground chatting and laughing while waiting for the soldiers to stew meat in the cauldron.
The managers at the North District mine didn't know what was going on, so they came here to ask.
Li Jinbao conveyed Wang Dalu's order and came here to reward the mine managers, soldiers from the North District Prefecture and the mine miners.
The stewards thought they had heard wrongly at first, and they asked several times before confirming that what they heard was true. Their deacon really wanted to reward the criminals in the North District mine. This was really an unheard of thing.
I used to spend my own money to buy coarse linen and linen clothes for the lowly miners, but now I treat them to meat.
These stewards didn't understand what it was about those miners that deserved to be treated like this by the deacon. Could it be that the deacon did this out of pity because he was young and sentimental?
However, everyone buried their questions in their hearts and stopped asking.
The soldiers in charge of food in the entire mine were constantly busy, and Li Zhaocai's thick voice continued to echo around these soldiers.
It seems that Li Zhaocai has become the busiest person in the mine.
The reason why he handled this matter personally was because before leaving, he told Wang Dalu that he wanted to invite people from Bei District Town to attend this luncheon.
Wang Dalu agreed to Li Zhaocai's request, but asked him to be responsible for supervising all matters related to the luncheon.
The soldiers standing in the mine were divided into three teams, led by Li Meng, Jin Lie, and Xiang Guang respectively.
To add to the fun, Wang Dalu asked the three soldiers to compete in a martial arts competition, and the winner would receive a reward.
Xiang Guang is an honest and honest man who previously worked for Lu Yu in the palace of Nanshan City.
This time Wang Dalu took office as the deacon of the North District, and Lu Yu asked him to lead one hundred essence and blood guards to the deacon's mansion for Wang Dalu's command.
After returning from Luofengpo, Old Turtle rewarded Xiang Guang with a True Beast Wild Pill in the name of Wang Dalu and asked him to take it.
Xiang Guang knew how important this Desolate Pill was to him. Without Wang Dalu's cultivation, he would never have been able to obtain a Desolate Pill and become a master of the Du Yuan realm, no matter how hard he worked. Instead, he could only linger at the peak of the Wuzong realm for the rest of his life.
Wang Dalu's gift made him grateful, and he helped Wang Dalu train his soldiers day and night every day without stopping. Even Li Meng and Jin Lie had advised him not to work too hard, but he still did so
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"Yes, they fought well, and each of them has entered the martial arts realm."
Wang Dalu looked at the soldiers who were constantly fighting and praised them greatly, and then asked Li Jinbao.
"Do you know how many people in our North District Prefecture have entered the Wuzong realm now?"
Li Jinbao obviously understood these clearly and replied.
"There are twenty-three soldiers at the Wuzong level in the North District Deacon Mansion, fifteen people from the wealthy family in Luofengpo, and five among the villagers in the North District Town."
As Li Zhaocai spoke, he pointed at the mine ahead with his feather fan.
"There are forty-four prisoners in the North District Mine and eleven criminals. The students from the other three districts' mines haven't had time to count them yet."
Finally, Li Zhaocai vaguely mentioned that there were four people at Lu Yu's place.
When Wang Dalu heard Li Jinbao's report, he didn't say anything, but kept scanning the people around him with his green and gold eyes.
These are all people who can be used by him in the future. As long as they have enough Huangdan transformation, they will definitely become a force that can shake mountains.
"grown ups?"
Xiang Guang's voice came.
Seeing Wang Dalu looking at him, Xiang Guang bowed his body slightly and said.
"These Wuzong-level soldiers have finished their duel and are waiting for your lecture."
Wang Dalu looked at the rows of soldiers standing in the distance, all looking at him with their heads held high, and a little excitement appeared in their eyes.
He walked up to these soldiers, his face turned red, and he said loudly.
"You are all good, but do you feel aggrieved by following me?"
Li Meng and others took the lead in expressing their stance and responded loudly to Wang Dalu, and the soldiers behind them followed their lead in answering.
Wang Dalu waved his hand, passed Li Meng and the others and walked closer. He patted the shoulders of the twenty-three people one by one with his calloused right hand, and stayed for a moment on the soldiers behind.
"I, the King of the Mainland, hereby honor you today. Anyone who is willing to follow me will be regarded as a brother by me. He will be rewarded generously, and your family will be proud of you!"
Wang Dalu paused for a moment and pointed to hundreds of fragrant meat pot dishes not far away.
"What I can do for you now is to make sure you have enough meat. In a few months, the best among you will receive my reward, which is the reward you deserve."
"Subordinates must die for your Majesty!"
"Subordinates must die for your Majesty!"
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Seeing these soldiers gathering around the pot, eating meat and drinking wine, Wang Dalu felt a lot of pride in his heart, and he ate large pieces of meat and drank wine.
After a while, he asked Li Meng beside him.
"I heard that you had a fierce fight with the young criminals you rescued before?"
Li Meng said respectfully.
"I just feel that these young men are pure and kind and should not bear the faults of the previous generation, so I asked Lu Mi's office for help and exempted them from two hours of work every three days to practice martial arts with my subordinates."
"how?"
Li Meng said with shame.
"At first there were only three boys and one girl, but in the past few months, three to four hundred children and subordinates have been practicing martial arts. There are also some who can't bear the pain. Now there are 312 people who still persist."
Wang Dalu didn't expect that Li Meng's approach would lead to so many years of martial arts practice. This was a good thing.
These criminals have never been out of Nanshan because of their previous generation's involvement, so they can only work to death in the mines. They are worse than those prisoners.
If he could help them escape from the mine and turn slaves into soldiers, then one can imagine that these people would be grateful and loyal to him.
"Li Meng, you did a good job. Discuss with Li Zhaocai the training methods of these martial arts practitioners to tap their talents. You can also let the prisoners join the training. If they can't be used by me..."
There was a trace of sternness on Wang Dalu's face, and he said in a serious voice.
"Then kill him!"
Li Meng's heart trembled, and he looked at Wang Dalu secretly. He didn't know when the former young master Ya Nei had a trace of majesty in him, but he and others didn't notice it.