What he lacks most right now is manpower, and even if these Kunlun slaves join him, it will be a huge gain for Lü Tu.

With these people doing hard labor, more military slaves and villagers can be freed up, and suitable people can be selected from among them to join the border army.

As for sending these Kunlun slaves to fight in the army? Lü Tu had considered it, but the key issue was the language barrier. Lü Tu tried speaking simple English and Arabic to these guys, but the Kunlun slaves just stared at him blankly.

In the end, he could only use the gestures that Sarshu had taught him to give simple instructions to the Kunlun slave.

Lu Tu had no intention of teaching them the language. After all, given the intelligence of the Kunlun slaves, it would take them many years to reach the level of communication, which would be a complete waste of time.

When Lü Tu led a large group of Kunlun slaves to Kuishan Village, it still startled Ban Wei and his men who were on patrol.

He exclaimed in alarm, "Sir, where did you find this group of evil spirits?"

Liu Hu laughed and said, "Brother Ban, don't panic. These are Kunlun slaves that the master bought from Arab merchants. They are all good at working and they are not aggressive. They are all eunuchs."

"Oh~" Upon hearing the word "eunuch," everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the refugees who had just married.

They had long noticed the bulge in Kunlun slave's crotch and secretly thought that if the other women in the village saw it, they would definitely have wicked thoughts.

The news spread quickly throughout the village, and everyone rushed out to see what was going on.

The village women, in particular, became even more interested after learning that Lu Tu had brought back a large number of eunuchs: "Sir, are you going to become emperor? You've brought back so many eunuchs!"

Lu Tu glared at the shrew: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have your husband tie you up at home and beat you three times a day!"

The village woman trembled with fright and quickly retreated behind the crowd.

As Xiao Zhong arrived at the training ground with the Kunlun slaves, he also happened to receive the news and rushed over. Upon seeing these people, he exclaimed in surprise, "Kunlun slaves? How much silver did you spend to buy them, sir?"

Lu Tu looked at Xiao Zhong in surprise: "Mr. Xiao really knows half of what's in the world, and even knows everything. He has even seen the Kunlun slave."

"You flatter me, sir. I've only seen the illustrations in rare books from the previous dynasty. I thought they were just deliberately drawn so dark, but I didn't expect them to be this dark! Can you still see them at night?"

Lu Tu laughed and said, "There's nothing we can do if they can't see it. Who told them to be born that way? These guys are yours to take over. Let them mine coal and give them 5 taels of millet a day. Replace those 300 military slaves."

"Sir, could I spare 100 men to go to the brick kiln? They are desperately short-handed there, and it's so hot that many people have suffered from heatstroke."

Lu Tu waved his hand and said, "That's perfect. The weather in these Kunlun slaves' hometown is hot, which is suitable for working in that kind of environment. You don't need to treat them like human beings."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhong rubbed his hands excitedly: "Understood! My lord, you can rest assured and leave it to me. With these naturally born oxen and horses, I guarantee that we can produce 1,000 blue bricks every three days from now on!"

Lu Tu patted him heavily on the shoulder: "Alright, you'd better keep your word. I'm still waiting for your bricks!"

He handed the Kunlun slave over to Xiao Zhong, and then had Nie Yun lead 30 men to supervise him before returning home.

"Husband, I heard you went to a human trafficker to buy someone?" Nangong Huiyu asked curiously.

"Yes, did you see the Kunlun slave we bought just now?"

Song Yuxi laughed and said, "I saw them. They all looked like charcoal, and they were quite frightening."

"It's alright, they can't leave Luzhuang Village, you won't see them again. By the way, I saw Wang Miaoling today."

Lu Tu then recounted the events that had transpired in the city that day to the two of them. Song Yuxi frowned and asked, "Does Yun Tian still want to marry his daughter to you?"

Lu Tu was taken aback. She hadn't expected Song Yuxi to notice this. Shouldn't she be paying attention to his feud with Yun Tian?

Nangong Huiyu pouted: "Just from what my husband said, I know what kind of person Yun Wei is. Does someone like that even deserve to enter the Lü family? She can only dream about it!"

Lu Tu embraced the two of them, affectionately stroking their lower abdomens: "Don't worry, after this incident, Yun Tian will only hate me to the bone and will never have the idea of ​​marrying Yun Wei to me again. After all, the Wang family is such a big piece of fat meat, and I took it from their mouth."

Song Yuxi nodded: "Husband, although you have been promoted to the rank of Eighth Grade Imperial Guard, you are still under Yun Tian's jurisdiction. This will make things difficult for us in the future."

Nangong Huiyu wrinkled his nose: "Difficult to handle? Then let's not handle it. I'll send someone to find my junior sister right now and have her come and assassinate Yun Tian!"

This was the second time Lu Tu had heard her mention his junior sister, and he couldn't help but be curious about this extraordinary woman who was skilled in disguise and assassination: "Where is our junior sister? If she's not too far away, we can have her come and help us out."

"It's not far, my junior sister is in Minzhou."

Lu Tu frowned: "Minzhou? Is it the Minzhou by the sea?"

"yes."

Lu Tu sighed and said, "Alright, Xiao Yu, let's see what Yun Tian's attitude is first. Even if he wants to target me, he needs a legitimate reason. He won't make a move against me anytime soon."

Song Yuxi pondered for a moment: "I think my husband is right. If we let Xiaoyu's junior sister assassinate Yuntian at this time, Wuchuan will be leaderless. It will be difficult to replace him in his current position in the Wuchuan border army. And that's not even the worst thing."

The worst-case scenario is that the imperial court will send someone else to assume the position of Commandant of Wuchuan, which could complicate matters further. At least for now, Yun Tian and her husband are somewhat in a position of mutual restraint.

Song Yuxi truly lives up to her reputation as the daughter of a great general; her thinking is comprehensive, especially some of her ideas, which can only be understood by those who have witnessed court intrigues and are familiar with the structure of the imperial court.

Lu Tu was only able to have such foresight because he possessed memories of his past life.

This is why, despite the peasant uprisings breaking out all over the Great Yu Dynasty, Lü Tu remains completely unperturbed.

It's not that those peasant uprisings were ineffective; they certainly came together initially for a common interest. However, as their forces grew, they would fall into a vicious cycle where they didn't know what to do next.

Without a wise mentor to guide them and help them understand their own limitations, the vast majority of peasant uprisings are destined to fail.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been a case in history where 10,000 government troops defeated 200,000 rebel troops. Ultimately, it was because information was scarce in that era, and the vast majority of ordinary people simply didn't have the opportunity to read books and broaden their horizons.

Throughout history, most books, especially those on military strategy and politics, were either kept by the imperial family or passed down through generations by powerful clans. Ordinary people wouldn't even dare to dream of seeing them.

This also increased Lu Tu's sense of urgency; he had to turn his jurisdiction into a fortified city in the shortest possible time!