Thinking of this, Lü Tu became even more excited. The Jiangnan region beyond the Great Wall—what a wonderful thing! Grain production would also increase dramatically. More importantly, Lü Tu was really tired of eating wild vegetables and millet porridge every day; his mouth was so bland it tasted like bird's nest.

If you have lotus root, you can make some cold lotus root slices or lotus root cakes. Just fry them in oil, and the taste is simply amazing.

Seeing Lü Tu standing there in a daze, occasionally wiping the drool from the corner of his mouth, Xiao Zhong couldn't help but ask curiously, "My lord, what are you thinking about?"

Lu Tu said excitedly, "So, does that mean I have to go to Dragon City myself?"

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zhong nodded: "Actually, to be honest, I don't want you to go, sir. After all, without an adult in charge of our village, nothing else will happen, but I'm afraid the Wuhuan people might suddenly come. I'm not an expert in this area."

Lu Tu nodded: "That's what I'm worried about too, but if it's really as you say, there are large lotus ponds in Longcheng, and with our soap business, I might have to go to Longcheng myself."

This is something that Lü Tu has always wanted to do. Wuchuan is, after all, just a small border town, and the situation under the Fubing system has made Wuchuan very isolated from news.

Lü Tu had absolutely no proper understanding of the overall situation in the world; his knowledge of the outside world came entirely from hearsay. This put him in a very passive position, which was a great challenge for someone like Lü Tu who aspired to achieve great things.

Xiao Zhong also saw through his thoughts: "Sir, it's only about 600 li to Longcheng. If we take a carriage, it will take two days, but if we ride a fast horse, we can arrive in a day and a night."

Upon hearing the distance, Lü Tu didn't feel it was that far. Of course, this was from his perspective in his previous life. But just this 600-mile distance would require changing horses three times to travel day and night. The current resources didn't support Lü Tu's extravagance.

Lu Tu nodded and said, "How about this, I'll go back and discuss it first. If I can't go, you help me find a few trustworthy people to go to Longcheng and make sure they bring the lotus root back!"

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, Lü Tu snapped out of his excitement. The digging of the lotus pond was indeed important and urgent, but with Song Yuxi and Nangong Huiyu about to give birth, it was of paramount importance to Lü Tu, and he could not afford to be careless in the slightest.

In the end, Lü Tu abandoned his idea of ​​going to Longcheng first and asked Xiao Zhong to find someone to bring it back.

Once Lu Tu has settled everything in Wuchuan and the army is strong and well-equipped, it will not be too late to go to Longcheng. At that time, he will not go secretly, but will swagger to the Jiang family in Longcheng with Jiang Wanyu to demand an explanation!

Thinking of this, Lü Tu went to Hu Delu's blacksmith shop, and from a distance he could hear Hu Delu scolding his apprentice again: "Do you even have a brain? You can't even do this little thing right? If you can't do it right, get the hell out of here!"

The apprentice who was scolded didn't dare to utter a single murmur, nodding repeatedly in agreement, his face flushed with shame.

Regardless of the era, craftsmen all have to go through this hurdle. Even if Hu Delu was strict with his apprentices, he was genuinely skilled at teaching, and that alone was enough to warrant a beating and scolding.

After all, a teacher who doesn't hold back his knowledge deserves to be called "Master" by his students, because he is the one who truly teaches them the skills to make a living.

"Old Hu!"

"Lord Lü!"

Lu Tu noticed that although Hu Delu had lost some weight, his energy and spirit were noticeably better than before.

Previously, when Hu Delu was still in Wuchuan, he would sleep in late every day in the shop, and he was too lazy to get up and greet customers.

But ever since he married Zeng Xiaolan, he has completely changed. He works tirelessly in the blacksmith shop from dawn till dusk, all to keep his promise to Zeng Xiaolan to support her.

Lu Tu nodded and said, "Old Hu has been working hard lately."

"Hey, what's so hard about it? Compared to you, sir, what hardship are we experiencing? I heard you returned victorious from the battle against the Wuhuan. How many Wuhuan dogs did you kill this time?"

Lu Tu didn't hide anything; he didn't need to show off in front of Hu Delu and the others: "This time I just went there to freeload and killed two herdsmen."

Upon hearing this, the blacksmith apprentices paused noticeably, all looking over in astonishment: "Sir, you only killed two herdsmen?"

Lu Tu nodded: "That's right."

In the eyes of these disciples, Lü Tu was a peerless martial arts god of Wuchuan. How could such a god of war only kill two herdsmen?

The apprentices looked at Lü Tu with expectant faces: "Sir, you must not have found the main force of the Wuhuan, right?"

Lu Tu nodded again: "That's true, we really didn't find it."

Upon hearing this, the apprentices secretly breathed a sigh of relief, believing that as long as Lü Tu didn't run away, it wouldn't have any impact.

Lu Tu finally understood. He never expected that in the hearts of these ordinary villagers, he had become a milestone figure, and honors had been bestowed upon them.

After scolding his apprentice a few times, Hu Delu pulled Lü Tu aside and asked in a low voice, "Sir, are those herdsmen also to be killed?"

Lu Tu asked in bewilderment, "Do you think I shouldn't have killed the herdsmen?"

"I think it's a waste of talent."

"You don't know anything! Just because the Wuhuan dogs can come south and kill our villagers, doesn't mean I can't go north and kill a few of their herders?"

"That's not how it works, sir. You have no idea how admirable you are in everyone's eyes right now. We can talk about this in private."

Lu Tu waved his hand dismissively: "What's the use of all this nonsense? I just want them to know that I'm not only going to kill the Wuhuan cavalry, but I'm also going to kill their herdsmen along with them. In my eyes, as long as they are enemies, I'll kill them without hesitation!"

As his voice rose, his disciples, who were not far away, naturally heard what Lü Tu said. However, they did not show the worry that Hu Delu had shown. On the contrary, they shouted excitedly, "Sir, we support you. This is the right thing to do!"

"That's right, we shouldn't let even a dog of our enemies go!"

Seeing this, Lü Tu nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, that's more like the soldiers I lead. Keep up the good work, and I'll give you wives!"

These young men already knew about Hu Delu's marriage. They were all poor boys before, some even having wandered from other places. If it weren't for Lu Tu's help in finding a job, they probably would never have had anything to do with carrying on the family line.

Hu Delu asked curiously, "Sir, let's get down to business. What do you want to fight today?"

"Mo Dao!"