Chapter 89: Traditional Arts Regarding this news...

Fu Li was not surprised by this news at all, as it was the result of Ge following her instructions and pressing the Wu tribe step by step.

She wanted to annex the Wu tribe, but didn't want to lose her reputation for righteousness, so she had to use the traditional skills of the flower-growing family that had been around for five thousand years.

—Foreign enemies have invaded. I no longer care to argue about right and wrong. Either the enemy dies, or I live!

The only thing that surprised Fu Li was that the person who brought him this news was Taiyi Zhenren.

Lingzhuzi asked, "Teacher, how did you know this?"

Taiyi Zhenren said, "The Wu tribe suddenly attacked, and the people from the Jinjiang tribe couldn't find Fu Li for a while, so they asked the little demon she subdued to help look for her.

Qianyuan Mountain is closer to the Jinjiang tribe than Emei Mountain, so that little demon came to me under your name."

He looked at Ling Zhuzi with some helplessness: "It's not right for your master to ignore your affairs, right?"

Just one sentence made Lingzhuzi smile happily.

——He likes others to treat Fuli’s business as his own, and vice versa.

In short, he and Fu Li are one and the same. Anyone who separates them has ulterior motives and is plotting something evil!

Fu Li immediately said goodbye to Wen Zhong, and instructed Fu Yue in person to stay calm and follow the Grand Tutor's instructions.

"Don't worry, senior sister." Fu Yue also expressed her opinion in person.

Regardless of her inner thoughts, she would not appear to clash with Wen Zhong. This was because she knew very well that although Fu Li seemed to be flourishing among the nobles of Bo Yi, her foundation was actually very weak.

Although several noble families headed by the Xue family have some interests involved with Fuli, they will not change their family's position because of these interests.

They would reveal some insignificant information to Fuli in order to gain more benefits for themselves.

But that's all.

Furthermore, the Xue and Han families were so powerful that the other three could only barely resist by uniting. If one of the families suddenly replaced their heir with a mediocre person, and was coerced and bribed by the two families, the three-family alliance would dissolve, and Fuli would immediately go from being the active one to the passive one.

Fu Yue positioned himself as taking root in Boyi to provide support and prevent the interests of Shu, led by Fu Li, from being harmed.

The more stable Shu is, the more she can do in Boyi, and both sides will benefit from it.

Although Wen Zhong's character is not as upright as in the original novel, he is not interested in court struggles and is not good at them.

Fu Yue had trained under Fu Li, and her mind was deeper and her methods more diverse. Leaving her in Boyi, Fu Li was not worried at all that she wouldn't be able to cope.

After bidding farewell to Wen Zhong and Fu Yue, the three masters and apprentices left the city together.

Fu Li smiled and said, "Uncle Taiyi, if you're free, why don't you come with us to Jinjiang? While the spiritual energy there isn't as great as your Qianyuan Mountain, the scenery there is magnificent and beautiful, and it's also a great place to visit."

Taiyi Zhenren looked at Lingzhuzi and felt a little moved.

Seeing this, Fu Li immediately said, "Actually, Ling Zhuzi has always missed you, but if I go back to Qianyuan Mountain to stay by your side, he'll inevitably miss me. It's better for us to stay together, so he won't have to worry about us and can see me anytime, anywhere."

Hearing this, Taiyi Zhenren was immediately convinced and nodded, saying, "Okay then." He then smiled at Lingzhuzi and said, "You are really something, kid. If you miss your master, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Lingzhuzi, who was forced to miss his teacher: “…………”

He tried hard to suppress the blush on his cheeks, lowered his eyelashes and said nothing.

When Taiyi Zhenren saw this, he thought he was shy and laughed heartily. He stroked his beard and rode the cloud in front of him, looking quite impatient.

Behind him, Lingzhuzi signaled to Fuli with his eyes: I helped you to cover up this lie, how are you going to thank me?

Fu Li smiled and walked forward, kissing him on the cheek. Ling Zhuzi was naturally dissatisfied with such a light gesture.

"Let's go quickly, our uncle is still waiting." Fu Li squeezed his palm and whispered, "This is interest."

Lingzhuzi was satisfied then. He held her in his arms and stepped on the Hot Wheels. In the blink of an eye, he caught up with Taiyi Zhenren.

In fact, when Lingzhuzi became Taiyi Zhenren's disciple, not only had his mind matured, but his cultivation was also almost perfect.

He knew very well that he entered the gate of Qianyuan Mountain only to serve as a link between the Wahuang Palace and the Chanjiao Alliance, so naturally he did not have any deep feelings for Taiyi Zhenren.

But Taiyi Zhenren was truly sincere to him. The reason why he lowered his head and remained silent and acted shy was partly to speak for Fu Liyuan, and partly because he didn't want to make Taiyi Zhenren sad.

But he still didn't quite understand why Fu Li wanted to bring Taiyi Zhenren to Jinjiang?

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After returning to the Jinjiang tribe, Fu Li asked Lingzhuzi to take Taiyi Zhenren to settle down, while she went to the front line in person, abandoned her magic, and led the young men and women of the Jinjiang tribe together with Ge to fight against the enemies from the Wu tribe.

She learned her swordsmanship from Yuanshi Tianzun, which is a grand and bold swordsmanship that is very suitable for fighting on the battlefield.

The young and strong men who participated in the battle of Jinjiang Army were all trained by her, and they were all wearing bamboo armor, and even bronze armor plates on key parts such as the heart.

The weapons in their hands were unified bronze weapons. Although they could not be compared with the iron weapons that were already popular in the Central Plains, they were a dimensionality reduction attack in Shu, where wooden and bone weapons were the main weapons.

The Wu army was quickly defeated, and its leader Wu was seriously injured and kidnapped by his confidants. The entire army fled, leaving behind more than a hundred corpses and three or four hundred prisoners.

Fu Li did not continue the pursuit, but ordered the uninjured to clean up the battlefield. All those who died in the battle, whether from the Jinjiang or Wu tribes, were buried in makeshift coffins.

"Another thing: you must not mistreat the prisoners. Confiscate their weapons and lock them up together. Assign two hundred soldiers to guard them. Give them two meals a day: one dry meal and one liquid meal."

It’s not that Fu Li is stingy, but he wants to control the physical strength of the captives so that they can’t resist.

"Also, the coffins of the Wu tribe soldiers who died in battle will be placed in the prisoner camp. Let them identify them first. Then carve the names of the deceased on the coffins and nail them shut to prevent their families from claiming them in the future."

In addition to Xiaoshi, there was also Ge's eldest daughter Songtong following her.

Among them, Songtong learned to recognize characters very quickly. Fuli taught him the traditional Chinese characters that were used the longest in ancient times by the flower-growing countries. Songtong has already recognized all the more than 3,000 commonly used characters, and he has no difficulty in reading or writing.

Fu Li's orders were recorded by her using charcoal on special bark.

It was birch bark, and the method of making it was invented by the people of Shu. When Fu Li saw Song Tong using it to take notes, he couldn't help but think about making paper again.

When it comes to recording materials, paper is more cost-effective.

After writing down her orders, Song Tong went downstairs to make the arrangements, leaving Xiao Shi to continue staying with Fu Li.

Fu Li walked her back slowly and asked casually, "I heard your sister gave birth? Boy or girl?"

Speaking of his sister and their newborn baby, Xiao Shi said excitedly, "It's a boy. He was born with long arms and legs. My sister said he'll be tall in the future. If we take good care of him, he'll definitely be very strong."

Fu Li then asked, "How is Gu-ao doing? During my absence, have the subsidies promised to the elderly and pregnant women been paid out on a per capita basis?"

"Don't worry, Chief. They've all been distributed. The Great Elder personally led the group to distribute them door to door. Song Tong still has the records. When I get back, I'll ask Song Tong to bring them over for you to review."

Fu Li nodded and asked some other questions. When she saw her residence, she asked her to organize a group of people to go up the mountain to cut bamboo and mulberry branches.

Both of these are raw materials for paper.

"Yes." Xiaoshi took the order and left.

Since she was promoted to the position of leader, her residence has become the center of the entire Jinjiang tribe. Taking advantage of her absence, Ge asked the craftsmen to expand it again, and now there are twelve rooms.

Lingzhuzi's residence was naturally next to hers, and the meeting room was on the other side of her room.

At this time, Lingzhuzi had already arranged accommodation for Taiyi Zhenren, which was behind Fuli's house, next to the room reserved for Ji Meng.

Because the area was flat and open, they built a platform by compacting the loess to facilitate family gatherings. After school, the children liked to gather here to play and climb up and down the platform.

Fu Li saw He Qing at a glance. The little girl had grown a lot taller. Due to good nutrition in recent years, her body began to develop. At such a young age, one could already see the shadow of her future tall and strong figure.

"He Qing." Fu Li called out.

Hearing her voice, a group of children looked over. When they confirmed that she was back, they gathered around her and shouted "Leader" in unison.

Fu Li touched their heads one by one, and suddenly felt a sense of connection. She turned around and saw Ling Zhuzi walking towards her from behind the house.

She smiled brightly and waved at Lingzhuzi.

He Qing, a smart little boy, said "Oh~" meaningfully, pushed his friend beside him and shouted, "Let's go, let's go, if we don't go now, we'll be in the way!"

The older children burst into laughter, and the younger ones, although ignorant, laughed when they saw others laughing.

A group of children pushed each other, pinched each other, made faces at each other, and walked away in groups of three or four.

Fu Li grabbed He Qing and said, "Please stay for a moment. I have something to ask you."

He Qing struggled: "No, my mother asked me to go back early to eat."

Seeing her eyes rolling around, Fu Li said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't argue with you. I really have something to ask you."

He Qing stared at her suspiciously, looked at her carefully, and only when he was sure that she wouldn't suddenly give him a brain explosion did he relax and said with a smile: "Ask me, I will tell you everything I know."

"Good boy, I know you are the smartest. There is nothing in our tribe that you don't know. I have been away for a while, do you know which family is in trouble?

Although I previously issued an order to subsidize widows, orphans, and pregnant women, there are bound to be things I haven't noticed. Others may not dare to speak up, but I know you dare. You have to tell me, otherwise I will be deaf and blind.

In fact, to put it bluntly, she just asked He Qing the same questions she had just asked Xiao Shi in a roundabout way and asked them in a different way.

As a tribal leader, he only had one source of information, so he couldn't believe it. Besides Xiaoshi and Heqing, Fuli also had other secret sources of information.

Only through comprehensive verification from the three parties can she maximize her real-time understanding of the internal affairs of the tribe.

A teenager like He Qing, who was just in the middle school syndrome stage, felt a sense of mission when Fu Li praised him, and he told Fu Li everything he knew.

Although a lot of it was nonsense, Fu Li did not stop her. She listened and extracted the information she needed from it.

The final conclusion is: It seems that Xiaoshi did not lie, and the benefits she promised in the past have been paid on time and in full.

It’s just that the lonely old people felt sorry for the orphans and always secretly saved their food rations to feed the orphans.

Fu Li realized that she had not done enough to raise the orphans.