After verifying that Bai Yuanguo was white radish, Xiao Yu was no longer so excited.
He began to pay attention to other gains after capturing the royal capital this time.
First of all, there are those defeated generals. For the Gangdu Kingdom, which is a small country with few people, they are all valuable manpower.
It happened that the noble families in the Kingdom of Steel who survived after the great purge wanted to please the protector of the kingdom, so they provided money and technology. These defeated soldiers contributed their efforts to build a highway from the royal capital to the Canyon of the Gods.
The avenue does not need to be cut into stone slabs like the Double Horse Road in the Royal Capital, but it must be flat. This is also a big project for the Lilliputian country.
Even with the help of nobles and extraordinary people, the total amount of the project is enough to make ordinary people jaw-dropping.
But in order to please the Lord Protector of the Kingdom, this difficulty is nothing to everyone in the Gangdu Kingdom!
Don’t you see, those nobles who stood in the wrong line were all confiscated and exterminated, and their bodies are still hanging in rows at the city gate?
As soon as Xiao Yu nodded in agreement, a group of nobles over there started vying for the right to build various road sections.
It seems that pleasing Xiao Yu has become a profitable business.
After deciding to build the highway, Xiao Yu listened to Aenodia's report on the special talents that the royal capital had harvested.
Naturally, all the craftsmen were included in Xiao Yu's direct camp, with a total of more than 1,500 people. It can be said that the craftsman industry in the royal capital was almost wiped out, leaving only a few apprentices to support the facade of the royal capital, so that local residents could not even build a toilet.
No one can be found.
In addition to craftsmen, some people with special abilities are also on Xiao Yu's list.
For example, the old director of the library is very knowledgeable. Although he saved the library this time, he did not dare not to come and serve in the face of Xiao Yu's invitation.
After all, Xiao Yu's current reputation is much greater than that of Grand Duke Bianan! As Xiao Yu destroyed the entire Feilan Kingdom army in an instant! His story became more and more widespread and bizarre.
There are even rumors that giant Xiao Yu likes to eat human flesh and drink human blood, especially raw food, so all the legions of Feilan Kingdom were eaten alive by the giant and died without their intact bodies.
Such rumors don't even think about whether the few kilograms of meat of the little people are enough for Xiao Yu to stuff his teeth.
But ordinary people just like to hear and believe them! It can be said that the more outrageous these rumors are, the wider they spread, and the more people believe them.
However, Xiao Yu's prestige spread throughout the entire Gangdu Kingdom in a short period of time. Many small towns and towns declared their submission in advance without even seeing the banner of the King of Gangdu.
Apart from these intellectuals, what interests Xiao Yu are the artistic talents.
There are not many artists in the royal capital, only two painters, a bard and a song and dance troupe.
Xiao Yu also took a look at the portraits of the two painters. They were similar to oil paintings, and the style was more realistic. They belonged to the group of people who had forgotten to add artistic talent and could understand them clearly.
Unfortunately, the painting market in Zhongzheng is a deep pit. Most of the time, it’s not just your paintings that are worth it, it’s all about flattering each other and raising prices.
Xiao Yu just kept these two as backup, and asked them to refer to several world-famous paintings to create.
Naturally, this new painting must be at least as big as a normal drawing board. Such a large-scale painting is unprecedented for the painters of the Gangdu Kingdom!
The two painters expressed some doubts about whether their physical strength and future life span would be enough to complete this masterpiece.
In response, Xiao Yu asked Ainodia to tell these artistic talents not to worry, as he would give them a surprise when they returned to the camp.
None of them will regret their choice!
Then Xiao Yu met the bard.
This is a young boy who makes Xiao Yu doubt his gender at first glance.
With short light blue hair, ice blue eyes, as delicate skin as snow, and a slender figure, Xiao Yu suspected that if he were born in Zhongzheng, he would definitely become the second Obama to influence the gender concept of a large number of fans.
At Xiao Yu's request, the bard sang a poem praising the great hero.
He had a very good voice, but Xiao Yu felt sleepy listening to it.
On the other hand, Aenodia, General Babu and others looked intoxicated. Is it because they have different cultures and cannot understand?
Xiao Yu shook his head secretly in his heart. The singing and dancing troupe behind him didn't meet him either. He just asked people to take him to the car and pack them away together with other craftsmen and various harvested materials.
Xiao Yu's direct camp is still in the old place, near Rongtie Castle. With Xiao Yu's return with a full load this time, there is no doubt that this camp will continue to expand and become an important foundation in Xiao Yu's hands.
Xiao Yu placed his craftsmen here not only for the important reason of being close to home, but also because this iron-melting castle has ready-made iron ore and has channels to obtain large amounts of coal and coke.
In addition, there are abundant underground water resources here, and there is a river flowing through many countries to the south. When the foundation is expanded, a lot of effort can be saved.
Xiao Yu returned to the camp with the harvest. After a lot of trouble, even if Xiao Yu helped personally, the work was not finished until the moon was high in the sky.
Bonfires were lit among the tents.
In several brick and stone cooking rooms, chefs worked hard to process the delicious food provided by the great protector of the kingdom.
Ham sausage, luncheon meat, local barbecue and vegetables make up today's dinner dishes.
As for the staple food, it is naturally rice.
But the chefs didn't need to do anything, Xiao Yu lit the gas stove and started cooking in the gas rice cooker.
Including what Xiao Yu ate himself, it was only a bowl of half a rice... Of course, it was undeniable that most of the rice would end up in Xiao Yu's stomach.
The intestines and stomach of a villain, which is less than ten thousand, can't compare to Xiao Yu's.
Not to mention that Xiao Yu also became a big eater after becoming a beginner knight!
The Hoovers were a craftsman couple. They made a good living by their craftsmanship in the royal capital and raised five children who were also good at their craftsmanship.
The Hoovers thought that they would die like their father and grandfather in this life, and then watched their son continue on the path of being a craftsman.
Unexpectedly, the entire family was first recruited by Grand Duke Yanan to build the terrifying armor-breaking crossbow, and then was captured and made prisoners.
Fortunately, the Hoovers learned that the protector of the kingdom who liked to eat human flesh was looking for craftsmen. Thinking that no matter how greedy the monster was, he would never eat his own people, the Hoovers and their entire family took the initiative to join Xiao Yu's craftsman camp.
Later in the day, the huge figure of the giant and the steel three-legged monster that could make a deafening roar made the Hoovers frightened until now.
Then we worked together to set up tents and smooth the road.
Finally... I can have some peace and enjoy a dinner.
The Hoovers set up their tent and went to the open space outside to gather around the campfire and wait.
Everyone around me was coming here for the first time, and they were a little uneasy, but they were also looking forward to it.
During this period of contact, it seemed that the giant was not as scary as they thought, and they also heard that the food here was frighteningly good!
Not only is there meat in every meal, but there is also delicious food that even the nobles cannot eat!
The Hoovers were very suspicious of this. They were just small craftsmen, how could they compare with the nobles?
If you eat delicious food that even the nobles cannot eat, you will be beheaded in the royal capital!
Soon after today's dinner was served, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover screamed excitedly and joined the crowd of people grabbing the food.
The taste of ham sausage and luncheon meat conquered the tongues and stomachs of these craftsmen.
It also relieves their fatigue and mental exhaustion throughout the day.
"Is this the surprise that Master Wizard Aenodia told us?" Mr. and Mrs. Hoover murmured while eating:
"Your Excellency is so kind to us. Even if we only eat one meal like this every week, it is enough for us to serve him."
"Yeah, I'm still a little worried about the shop in the capital. I don't know if it can survive without us..." Mrs. Hoover nodded in agreement, but she still thought of the situation at home.
At this time, a voice reached the sky above the entire camp, causing every craftsman to stop eating.
"My craftsmen, my subordinates!" Xiao Yu finished his dinner, stood behind the one-meter-high platform he had built, and shone his car lights on himself.
"I, the protector of the Gangdu Kingdom, am very happy with the decision you made!"
"I believe you will never regret the choice you made today in the future!" Xiao Yu paused for a moment, then continued after Ainodia nodded slightly:
"Because I can not only give you money, but also status..."
"Well enough……"
"Making you extraordinary!"
As soon as Xiao Yu finished speaking, the whole camp suddenly became excited after a brief silence!
"What!"
"God! I, I heard it right!"
"It's impossible. I don't have the talent to be a knight, but can I still become extraordinary?"
Chapter completed!