Tamer: I Build My Home on the Back of Xuanwu

knock knock knock...

There was a knock on the study door.

"Master Muliang, the workshop has sent samples of pencils." Wei Youlan's voice came into the study.

"..." Mu Liang's face darkened for three seconds.

He and Yue Qinlan looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and let go of their hands regretfully.

Yue Qinlan quickly stood up and quietly let out a sigh of relief.

She regained her elegance and composure, and said with a smile, "Then I'll go to the management office first."

"Go." Mu Liang smiled wryly and waved his hand.

ta ta ta ......

Yue Qinlan turned around with a graceful gait, opened the study door to let Wei Youlan in, and then left the study.

"Lord Mu Liang." Wei Youlan blinked, and placed a small wooden box in front of Mu Liang.

Mu Liang opened the wooden box, which contained charcoal refills and finished pencils.

He twisted a charcoal refill, and found that the thickness of the whole stick was the same, and there was no unevenness in size.

"The charcoal refill is not bad." Mu Liang put down the charcoal refill in satisfaction, and then picked up the finished pencil.

He tore a piece of paper and wrote a line of words on the paper with a pencil. The writing was smooth, but the feel was poor.

Mu Liang's writing movement stopped, and his fingers began to exert force, and found that the paper on the pencil was very loose, not tight, and it was easy to rub it apart.

He picked up several other pencils in the wooden box and found that they were all in the same situation.

Mu Liang threw the unqualified pencils back into the wooden box, raised his eyes and said, "Xiao Lan, go to the workshop and tell the person in charge there to roll the pencil tighter."

"Yes." Wei Youlan replied obediently.

She picked up the wooden box and turned to leave.

Mu Liang thought for a while, then changed his mind and said, "Just stare there, and show me the pencil when it's finished."

"Yes." Wei Youlan replied again.

She knew that Mu Liang was dissatisfied with the finished product of the pencil, and wanted her to supervise the work. If the work was not done well, the head of the workshop might be replaced.

".' That's a big head." Mu Liang leaned back, reached out and rubbed the space between his eyebrows.

He wasn't bothered about the pencils, but he was overwhelmed by the lack of people.

Xuanwu City is now ten times larger, not only the inner city is short of people, but the outer city is even more short of people.

The bigger the land, the more people are needed to manage it.

People have always been one of the productive forces, especially in this world, without automated equipment, manpower is an important resource for urban development.

Before arriving at Yutu City, the rock-shelled tortoise will pass through two small towns. Do you want to stop here and recruit some new townspeople?

After the rock turtle evolved to level ten, its forward speed more than doubled.

It used to take more than ten days to travel, but now it can reach Yutu City in two or three days.

If you stop in two small cities halfway, you will need to delay at least four days.

"Or... move the whole town up?" Mu Liang's black eyes flickered.

With his current strength, it is absolutely possible to raise an entire small city, including earth belt buildings, and move it to Xuanwu City.

"Let's make plans after arriving in the small town." Mu Liang leaned back and decided to take a nap.

More than an hour passed.

The little maid is back with a new and improved pencil.

"Master Muliang?" Wei Youlan asked in a low voice.

"I'm back." Mu Liang slowly opened his eyes, and the black eyes flashed across the valley.

Wei Youlan put the pencil in front of Mu Liang, and said softly, "Master Mu Liang, this is a new pencil."

Mu Liang picked up the pencil, and obviously noticed that the weight had changed, which was due to an extra sheet of paper being rolled.

He exerted force with his two fingers, and this time the feel was much firmer, meeting his requirements.

"Okay, let them produce pencils like this." Mu Liang nodded in satisfaction.

"Okay." Wei Youlan replied respectfully.

Mu Liang put the pencil in his hand into the pen holder, and said calmly: "Tell them, the first batch of pencils will be sent to the school after they are made, and they will be used by the children for free."

"Okay." Wei Youlan felt happy for the children in the school.

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Chapter 599

Huhu~~~

The strong wind blows into the street from the dilapidated city wall, and the dust billows, making people blind.

Yutai City is a small city with a population of only about [-], located on a flat Gobi.

The lord of the city is a strong man at the peak of the sixth level. At this moment, he is walking back and forth in the main hall of the lord's mansion with a sad face.

ta ta ta ......

The hurried footsteps came from far to near, and the guard ran into the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion with a pale face.

"City... Lord City Master." The guard swayed and barely stood still.

Qi Ma asked anxiously, "How is it? Is there water?"

"My lord, no." The guard said with despair in his eyes.

"not yet?"

Qi Ma staggered, and whispered with trembling lips: "There is no water yet, what should I do?"

There used to be a spring in Yutai City, and water gushed out every day, but the water volume was barely enough for [-] people in the city to drink.

The springs were originally shared by the city residents.

But three years ago, Qi Ma came to Yutai City. Relying on his strength, he directly took the spring as his own, and forced the former city lord to death to replace him.

From then on, if the city residents want to use water, they can only exchange things such as beast crystals, green plants, and beast materials to the City Lord's Mansion.

However, five days ago, the spring suddenly stopped gushing water, and until now, there is no water in Yutai City.

The people of the city are miserable, and those who are weak are already on the verge of death.

"My lord, what should I do now?" the guard asked in a daze.

"Let me think..." Qi Ma had a gloomy face, his thoughts were confused and he didn't know what to do.

He raised his eyes and asked hoarsely, "Is there no water in the city now?"

"No, the city lord's mansion has no water." The chief guard replied with a bitter face and shook his head.

"The city lord's mansion is also out of water?" Qi Ma asked in shock.

"It was used up yesterday." The guard responded with a look of despair.

Qi Ma's face changed, and then he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "There is no water, so we can't stay here any longer."

The guard asked suspiciously: "My lord, what do you mean?"

"Leave here, everyone who can leave will leave Yutai City with me." Qi Ma said in a hoarse voice with a serious face.

"Get out of here?" the guard said in astonishment.

He said unwillingly: "My lord, we finally settled down in Yutai City, and now we have to leave again!!"

The guards are loyal subordinates who have been with Qi Ma for several years. They used to be thieves, but now they want to settle down and stop living a life of stealing everywhere.

"If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave." Qi Ma said coldly.

There is no water in the city, and the small towns and tribes closest to Yutai City also need to walk for two days.

If you don't leave now, if you drag it on, even he will die of thirst.

"Then where are we going?" A trace of reluctance flashed in the guard's eyes.

After all, he still wanted to live a stable life. He was used to living a life with water and someone to serve him every day, which was much more comfortable than being a thief.

Qi Ma's eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Go to Yutu City, it's a big city for thieves."

"Yutu City, we have to walk for about ten days to get there, it's too far away."

The guard's expression changed, and he said anxiously, "Before we get there, we'll die of thirst on the way."

Qi Ma said in a deep voice: "No, we can go to Nanfeng City first, where we can trade for water, replenish consumption and then continue to Yutu City."

The guard calculated in his mind, and said sadly: "My lord, even if you go to Nanfeng City, you still need to walk for two days."

Qi Ma waved his hand and said in a low voice, "It's only two days, it's okay to persevere."

"But..." the guard opened his mouth, still feeling that the risk was too great.

"Don't waste any more time, you go and make arrangements. Those who are willing to come with me will gather at the gate of the city." Qi Ma said in a weak voice.

"Including those city residents?" the guard asked with a sigh.

He was unwilling to leave Yutai City, but if the spring stopped gushing out, if he didn't leave, he would have to wait for death.

Yutai City has no special features, and merchants rarely come to wasteland, so it is impossible to get water from other places.

"Well, call them and help move the things in the treasure house." Qi Ma said coldly.

The guard persuaded: "My lord, there are too many things in the treasury. If you want to take them all away, those city residents will not be able to persist in Nanfeng City."

There is no drop of water for several days, and there is no need to carry heavy objects on the road, which is undoubtedly worse and will inevitably lead to death.

"So what?" Qi Ma asked indifferently.