Qin Che rolled his eyes at him and said, "There's plenty of food. You don't need to be so paranoid."
"Even if we don't have anything to eat, can't we still go hunting?" Little Stone said innocently.
“You’re wrong. The further north you go, the colder it gets. Haven’t you noticed these past few days?” Li Xin said. “I estimate that the temperature around Yonghuan Fort is no more than 15 degrees Celsius.”
Little Stone was taken aback and shook his head.
Qin Che said, "Indeed, the weather is getting colder, and it may be difficult to hunt in the north."
"But there's no need to worry about food. We had enough to begin with; I brought several years' worth of rations with me when I came out."
Li Xin said in a low voice, "Those slaves eat a lot."
Qin Che smiled: "They have to work, so of course they need to eat more."
"That's too much." Li Xin shook his head with a look of disgust.
Hu Ting doesn't eat much, but the six of them—Gongxi, Fulu, Shoucai—can eat the equivalent of more than a dozen people's worth of food.
One is worth three.
Like a glutton.
Moreover, the food Qin Che brought was mostly starchy food, including rice and flour, and there were also many vegetables, but they didn't last long.
Dried meat is quite common.
Li Xin was tired of eating it all; he ate dried meat every day.
We finally made it to Yonghuanbao, but yesterday and today we ate porridge and dried meat, which was even worse.
Leopard Court's food industry is quite advanced. In places like Yonghuanbao, food processing is very difficult, and the resulting staple foods don't taste very good.
"I want to buy some slaves. If we want to establish a base on the border of the Ice Plains, we need people," Qin Che said.
"There's a war going on here, and there are slaves everywhere. Just find that General Xu and buy some."
Qin Che nodded: "That's what I think too."
"Two more troops returned last night, and they captured quite a few slaves, probably close to a thousand."
"Why bring so many people back?" Li Xin wondered.
Little Stone said from the side, "Master, it's not easy to manage if we buy too many slaves."
“What’s so hard to manage? Just kill the ones who don’t obey,” Li Xin said dismissively from the side.
With just him and Qin Che, two extraordinary beings, in charge, not even tens of thousands of people could cause a ripple.
Want to rebel? They have no weapons, and even if they escape in the wilderness, they're likely to starve to death. It's better to follow them; they'll have food and drink, and they won't whip slaves—the treatment is actually quite good.
“Building a stronghold will require a lot of people and building materials. We’ll buy a batch, spend all the money, and then go to Wumenbao to buy another batch,” Qin Che said.
"These things are not easy to carry."
“I can put it in my space.”
Li Xin: ……
"I almost forgot, you also have a spatial ability."
...
After reaching an agreement, they left Xiao Shitou at the residence to wait.
The two went together to the government office in Yonghuan Fort to find Xu Yisong.
"We are a caravan from Leopard Court, and we would like to make a deal with your commander."
The soldiers standing in front of the gate were ramrod straight. The two men were about the same height, like twins. They looked at each other and then at the two men.
"Xu Shuai is busy with work, please come back this afternoon."
"No, I want to see him now," Qin Che said with a smile.
The two soldiers had no choice but to frown.
"Xu Shuai is busy and cannot receive guests at the moment."
His tone was very polite, after all, Qin Che had already introduced himself.
Even the soldiers here give the caravans from Leopard Court a lot of respect.
After all, strictly speaking, they were still part of the Onsen-sha military organization, and Hyo-ting was the big brother of the South, as everyone knew.
Li Xin said impatiently, "Is it so difficult to meet your commander? We've come from Leopard Court, aren't you going to give us this much face?"
Haven't you heard of us?
This kind of borrowed power made Qin Che roll his eyes.
The two soldiers shook their heads: "We haven't heard of it. Yonghuan Fort is a border area. We've always been fighting and never concern ourselves with things in the south. Come back this afternoon if you have any business."
Li Xin was somewhat angry: "We want to see him now! Make him come out and greet the guests!"
Qin Che stopped him: "Why are you acting like a villain? We're not here to cause trouble."
Li Xin: ……
So it's still my fault?
Qin Che smiled and said, "Hand this sign to your commander; he'll recognize it."
As he spoke, he took out the Leopard Court's business card.
This first-class brand name is enough to demonstrate their status in Leopard Court.
Even in the South, they were still considered nobles.
The two soldiers clearly didn't understand the intricacies of the situation. One of them went inside with the sign, while the other remained blocking the entrance, preventing them from entering.
A short while later, he returned the sign to Qin Che and made an inviting gesture.
"Our Marshal Xu invites you."
Li Xin snorted coldly, pushed aside the two simple-minded soldiers, and stepped into the government compound.
Qin Che thanked him.
They're here to do business, not to fight.
There's no need for it to be this popular.
"This place is awful," Li Xin remarked, looking at the dilapidated areas around the building where even the plaster had peeled off, with a disdainful expression.
The two soldiers at the door were furious. They glared at Li Xin and their breathing quickened.
Qin Che laughed and said, "It shows that they are frugal, while Leopard Court is too wasteful."
Once inside the Executive Yuan, the decor was terrible; it looked like a well-preserved ruin.
The hall was filled with soldiers coming and going.
Some were wearing military uniforms, some were not.
They were all in a hurry, carrying documents in their hands, but each of them had a gun tucked into their waistband.
This pistol was produced at the arsenal in Onsen-sha.
They did not have the advanced technology of the Leopard Court, but they still inherited the industrial facilities of the Sun God Church.
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