Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland.

Chapter 591 Gift (Combined Chapter)
"Dong dong."

Following the knock on the door, a figure crawled in and placed the tray in front of the two people's desk, which was filled with tea for the guests.

The figure didn't even say hello and rushed out again.

The beeman prince Hui picked up a cup of tea.

When he was among the anti-slavery forces in the past, he never needed anyone to serve him, but... when he saw the figure who just came in, he didn't know what to say.

Because, it was a baby orangutan.

These animals usually run and walk on all fours, and only stand up upright at critical moments. However, this cub is too young and too weak to go to the construction site, so it has to be kept in the camp.

After a long time, I was so accustomed to it that I could learn the movements and trajectories just like a real person.

"...I didn't expect you could do this." The Bee Prince took a sip of tea and said bluntly with a hint of helplessness and admiration: "What's in your head?"

"The nomadic tribes have always made a living by raising livestock, and using animal power has been a tradition since the beginning of civilization... There's nothing surprising about it, right?" another person said, "It's just about expanding the product category."

But it was Lu Meng.

He had just received a report not long ago that it was time to harvest grain in the swamps again, and a large number of pack animals would be needed to transport the supplies, while suitable oxen would be needed for farming next year... After cooperating with the Shan tribes, these problems were resolved to a large extent.

For example, the Far Traveler Clan gained a lot of benefits from the trade between the two places and rose rapidly.

The village swamp dwellers who do business with these herdsmen are equally happy.

In terms of total volume.

As the livestock of Shan land entered the swamp, now every grain-producing village can own at least one ox.

In the past, only towns controlled by large gangs could afford to buy livestock, but now the situation is very different.

The key point is that once the land of Shan is peaceful and stable for a long time and there are no frequent animal disasters, the number of pack animals that the wandering tribes can provide will continue to increase.

By then, as the village's production reaches saturation, the surplus labor force will be absorbed by the newly opened industrial factories... The development of both places will be able to spiral upward.

Gray chuckled.

Sometimes he didn't know whether the other party really didn't understand what he meant or was simply pretending to be stupid.

Of course he was familiar with the lifestyle of the nomadic tribes...but it was the first time he heard of the use of domesticated gorillas to replace manual labor.

These giant apes are tall, strong and powerful. Even if their IQ is not as high as that of intelligent and civilized creatures, it is still far higher than that of other wild animals.

After training.

It is fully capable of simple repetitive work.

Orangutans even have "hands".

Operating some tools is no problem.

It can be said that the workload of an adult beaked gorilla in a whole day is equivalent to that of four ordinary wandering land laborers - and the latter are from the stone mines and are considered experienced.

The population of the land of Shem could not compare to that of the city-states in prosperous and wealthy areas. Even if it was absorbing refugees and settling them down, it would still be a long process.

During this period, the successful domestication of orangutans just made up for the labor shortage to a great extent. If they can be further trained in the future and equipped with tailor-made tools... they may become a group of special skilled workers, and their potential is immeasurable.

"With them, how much faster can you build your defenses?" Mr. Gray decided to ignore the other party's pretense of stupidity. He didn't believe that the Red King didn't understand the value of it... After all, this was the idea that the other party had come up with.

"Five months...half a year." Lu Meng replied, "According to the current construction workload, the Great Wall of Shandi can be sealed half a year in advance."

This is just the outermost city wall.

However, being able to achieve what we have now is indeed a miracle.

Not only the swamp engineering department, the Shan land herders, and the laborers left behind by the roaming landlubbers were working at full capacity...but the orangutans really played a huge role among them.

As the animal disaster recedes, clearing out stray wild animals has become a priority.

However, in the past, the tribes of Shan would wait for them to retreat on their own, but this time people took the initiative to attack - with the mobility of the wolf cavalry, it was almost equivalent to a pack of wolves hunting.

There is no need to say much about the other wild wolves, as they have already been caught...The most difficult one left is the solitary and intelligent orangutan.

Therefore, Lu Meng mainly uses entrapment tactics to capture and harvest in batches.

In addition to the white tent, there are many other traps... They may not be effective against ordinary wild animals, but they are special attacks on beaked apes that have a certain degree of intelligence.

Just like dealing with humans.

Sometimes it’s not about how smart you are, but about letting your opponent’s greed destroy itself.

Being able to catch orangutans is one thing, but being able to tame them is more important.

In the past, even if herders captured orangutans, they would mostly abandon them because their meat was inedible - the hunting cost-effectiveness was too low, which made tribal hunters unwilling to take action, which to some extent further encouraged the orangutans' unscrupulous arrogance.

In addition, like the beaked gorilla, the beaked gorilla is extremely difficult to tame, and the difficulty of quantifying it is probably even greater than that of the bone-burying wolf.

However, Lu Meng was well prepared.

Moreover, to a certain extent, he was able to make these orangutans work for him, and the ability to tame animals was only auxiliary, not the main factor.

In this way, we can obtain such a large number of free strong laborers who have almost no needs other than food.

Greatly accelerated the speed of stronghold construction.

After hearing the time given by Lu Meng, Mr. Gray thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then half a year."

"During this period... Diu will continue to stay here to help you deter other forces that may covet and come."

His tone was calm, but each word seemed heavy and contained unimaginable weight.

Because that's just the way it is.

That's a war-level martial artist.

Even though it is not the type suitable for charging into battle, its actual value is equivalent to that of thousands of troops.

He knew why Lu Beiyou was so eager to build defensive fortifications and build long walls on the grassland, and even went to such great lengths to come up with such an unconventional method and set his sights on wild orangutans... It was all due to the situation.

Or rather, trapped.

"Lu Beiyou is trapped."

If you tell ordinary people that they are the kings at the height of their careers, but now their hands and feet are tied...then the other party will definitely think you are crazy.

However, Mr. Gray knows:
This is a fact.

Moreover, this is precisely due to his war-level status.

Today's Flash Land seems to be developing in full swing, and it is indeed so... But if it loses the Red King, it cannot fight against another war-level power independently.

The earth wall plus the watchtower and the wolf cavalry's mobile support are enough to resist the beast disaster... but if another war-level enemy comes, they will probably be killed directly.

This was also the reason why Diu led the team. Even though he only had a dozen people, he had the confidence to go deep into the Flash Land. Of course, the results of his fight also proved what the result would be if he rashly entered the Flash Land where the Red King was.

Afterwards, Diu reported to Hui, and the bee prince denied the claim that Lu Beiyou, as a new combat-class warrior, had concealed his strength - he judged that Lu Beiyou's strength had increased again during this period, so that the intelligence of the anti-slavers seemed to be lagging behind.

This conclusion,

In fact, it is even more terrifying than Diu's guess.

In other words, his current strength is not only far beyond the general war level... but also has the potential to continue to improve, which can be seen with the naked eye. Such strength is estimated to be equivalent to the two powerful ministers of the Holy Empire, the crown prince of the Shark Kingdom, and the generals of the United Cities who have truly made military achievements. There are only a handful of them in the entire continent... But in Mr. Gray's eyes, this is far from enough.

After all, he is only one person.

It's difficult to split yourself.

When the Red King is in the flash land, the enemies may be afraid and dare not take action... but once you leave, they will not hesitate to use all means.

The bottom line is that deterrence is not enough.

It is not enough to rely on the strength of one person to make the other party dare not act rashly, or at least make the person who takes action unable to bear the consequences of revenge.

——Suppress everything.

But we have to do this.

Throughout history, there are only a few of them.

Among all the heroes of this generation that Hui had seen, only the queen known as the Stone Demon had touched the edge...but she only touched the edge.

Today's Red King is extremely talented, and perhaps he will have the hope of reaching that level in the future... but at least not now.

Moreover, he had heard a secret from Tin Fist.

Or a hazy feeling.

It seems that those who can surpass the war level must first have certain qualifications as a prerequisite... Otherwise, even if they work hard all their lives and meet all the conditions, they will eventually be stuck at the threshold.

It seems that they are the candidates.

It's all stipulated.

Of course, it’s hard to tell which part of the skeleton’s chip is burned out, so we can’t take everything they say seriously.

Back to reality, Lu Beiyou could only try his best to make up for this weakness. When he was unable to split himself up, he developed the power of Shandi, upgraded its armaments, and built city defenses so that it could protect itself when facing an army led by a war-level warrior - or in other words, it could help him hold back another enemy of the same level.

If you weren't prepared for this.

Gray couldn't think of any other reason.

But before that, there is an obvious solution: ask another war-class to take charge and help guard.

"Don't worry about Diu's lack of experience," the bee prince stretched out his dry fingers and rubbed the rim of the cup. "Don't look at him like this now... When the anti-slavers were first established, the United City discovered our temporary base and organized a large army to encircle and suppress it. Even I felt that we had to abandon the car to save the king and made a plan for transfer. It was Diu who led the newly formed militia to hold on for seven days and seven nights... until Tin Fist arrived."

Hui doesn't talk much usually, but that's because he can always guess what the other person is thinking. He has already made plans in his mind and has no interest in speaking.

But when he met the white-haired young man in front of him whose thinking was very different from that of ordinary people, the Bee Prince felt unpredictable and discovered for the first time that he might have some talkative qualities.

"Mr. Hamut has already gone south with Jaeger. To be honest, I can't stay here for long... But Diu is different. I just received a message - Tin Fist is back." Gray said, "Headquarters doesn't need him for the time being."

Lu Meng noticed that when the bee prince mentioned the news about Tin Fist, his tone was relaxed from the bottom of his heart, which was a far cry from the nervousness he had when his action was thwarted by Long En a few months ago.

It's like losing all worries.

"Should I relay these exact words to that Ronin gentleman?" he said.

"...That's not necessary." Hui smiled awkwardly, "Don't let Diu think that I despise him."

He added:
"I'll tell them myself."

As an anti-slavery activist, the Bee Prince made no secret of Tin Fist's whereabouts, in order to, to some extent, borrow his influence.

——This "killing machine" is back.

Even if the anti-slavery forces suffered any disastrous defeat, the United Cities would not dare to pursue the victory;

It is also because of him that no matter how many lows we have experienced, he has always been like a rooted weed that will be revived by the spring breeze and cannot be eliminated.

Anti-slavery activists would also be encouraged if they heard the news about Tin Fist.

Whether in terms of strength or status, he is unmatched by many people.

Hui looked at Lu Meng again.

There was a hint of solemnity in his gaze.

Although neither party brought it up during this period, after that conversation, they both knew that they were in a kind of community of interests.

With the Flash Land as the core, the connection between the North and South United Cities was cut off. Although both sides judged that Long En would most likely stand idly by and not take the initiative to attack, the United City did not belong to him alone.

Once under pressure from the nobles, or if the Tengu Emperor simply goes crazy, the imperial army and their generals may still launch an attack at any time.

It goes without saying that Lu Beiyou must keep Shandi, and once the imperial army opens up a connection between the north and the south, it is very likely to threaten the anti-slavery forces' current secret base "Quanyan".

The anti-slavery forces had just suffered a setback, and Tin Fist was unable to take charge...what Gray did not say was that that period was indeed their most critical time.

Otherwise he would not have come to Shem in person.

Monitor the situation in real time to facilitate dispatch.

But the harvest was better than expected.

The forces led by the Red King have indeed changed the production and life of the people under their rule, but at the same time they have no tendency to move closer to other corrupt forces.

It can be said that as long as Lu Beiyou is here for one day, it will be difficult for the Imperial Army of the United City to move south across the Land of Shem.

From this perspective.

Gray welcomes and even looks forward to the other party being "trapped".

But, this cannot last forever.

Must change.

The bee prince stood up and raised his robe. A black gold box suddenly appeared on the table, as if it came out of thin air. It was long and square, and its size even covered the entire round table.

But the falling movement is quite light.

Not a sound was made.

If the other party had hidden the box on his body before, no one knew where to put it. Its size was already more than half of the bee man's body size - this move made Lu Meng a little amazed.

"I learned this trick in prison..." Noticing his gaze, Gray smiled and said, "Just consider it a parting gift... But it's a bit shabby, but you still hope that I can give it back after you use it. Although it may not be very valuable, it was given to me by someone else after all, so it's not easy to resell it."

"Okay." Lu Meng nodded.

As he watched the bee prince leave, a line of subtitles appeared in his sight:
[Anti-slavery (friendly)]

Is it just the third level... Lu Meng was a little surprised, but from another perspective.

A war-class ronin.

Plus this…

He lifted the box, feeling its weight.

That's really a big gift.

(End of this chapter)