Are you serious?
Lu Tu said solemnly, "It's normal for you to have doubts about my abilities, but it's an insult to me to have doubts about my character."
Zhao Qingyao chuckled upon hearing this: "Then I'll wait for your good news. I hope you won't disappoint me, otherwise you'll inevitably be stuck in the quagmire with me."
After saying that, Zhao Qingyao got up and left. Lu Tu stared at her graceful back for a moment, somewhat lost in thought. It has to be said that Zhao Qingyao's waist-to-hip ratio was simply outstanding. Although it was not as perfect as Song Yuxi's or Nangong Huiyu's, her status and position gave people a stronger sense of conquest.
The thought that such a good woman was going to be sent to the Wuhuan royal court to be defiled by those beasts made Lü Tu grit his teeth in hatred.
Having received all the credit, Lü Tu saw no need to linger in the Commandant's mansion any longer. After bidding farewell to Prince Duan, he discovered upon leaving that the rewards promised by Prince Duan had already been fulfilled.
The Shence Army soldiers bowed and said, "Lieutenant Lü, your warhorse is ready outside the South Gate. You can collect it at any time."
Lu Tu nodded: "Thanks."
The Shence Army soldiers were taken aback. They hadn't expected Lü Tu to be so easy to talk to, and he even thanked them. It seemed that Lü Tu wasn't the heinous madman they had always imagined.
"Lieutenant Lü, please take care. I must apologize, I have important matters to attend to and cannot see you off any further!"
With a wave of his hand, Lü Tu led everyone away from the Commandant's Mansion. After the commotion just now, it seems that the Shence Army will behave themselves for a while, especially since Ye Qingyu failed to gain any advantage over Lü Tu twice in a row. At least in the future, he will not obstruct Lü Tu in public.
When passing through the Wuchuan market, Lü Tu had someone buy a large amount of grain, oil, salt, and sugar, all of which are necessities of life. It would be too much trouble to obtain them all by himself.
Money is for buying time; that's Lu Tu's attitude towards money.
Of course, when he passed by the candied hawthorn vendor, he bought all the candied hawthorns and planned to take them back to his wives and daughters to try.
This time, Lü Tu's gains were substantial. The obvious resources go without saying, and they are extremely beneficial to the future development of the entire village. With many skilled craftsmen under his command, Lü Tu is confident that he can rapidly increase his power.
More importantly, if we look at Ye Qingyu's concessions to Lü Tu from a political perspective, the implications could be vastly different.
This indirectly reflects that, within the small territory of Wuchuan, a new force led by Lü Tu has begun to rise under the direction of Prince Duan and Zhao Qingyao.
Two hours later, Lü Tu returned in triumph with several hundred warhorses.
Jia Dazhuang, who was in charge of guarding the gate of Kuishan Village, saw Lü Tu from a distance. Just like when he was guarding Wuchuan City before, he ran over and took the initiative to lead Lü Tu's horse.
If this happened to anyone else, they would have been called a bootlicker, but Jia Dazhuang was still happy to accept it and didn't care at all.
In his eyes, Lü Tu was the savior of his whole family. He would not complain even if Lü Tu were to ride him, let alone lead the horse or carry the knife.
Lu Tu saw all of this, but he would not promote Jia Dazhuang because of it. The premise of strict military discipline is clear rewards and punishments. If Lu Tu promoted someone just because they flattered him or because he liked them, who would train hard and fight bravely in the future?
After handing these warhorses over to Nie Yun, Liu Hong, Liu Yang, and Tuoba Yue, Lü Tu emphasized that Tuoba Yue should teach the new recruits horsemanship.
Among so many people, even Lü Tu's own horsemanship was not as good as that of Tuoba Yue, a member of a nomadic tribe. He was the most suitable person to be the cavalry instructor.
Instead of immediately starting training, Lü Tu used the coarse sugar he had just bought to begin boiling it into fine white sugar.
They poured all the coarse sugar into the same big pot in the yard, and for a moment, a faint, sweet aroma filled half the village.
In this era of sugar scarcity, a little sugar is enough to whet everyone's taste buds. All the villagers couldn't help but swallow hard: "Where is that smell coming from? It's so sweet!"
"Stop talking, Lord Lü is making sugar at home. I just passed by and took a look, and good heavens, there are dozens of kilograms of it!"
"My goodness, so much sugar! How wonderful it would be to drink a sip of it!"
"Forget it, you want to drink some more? I could drink a fingertip of it and I'd be laughing in my sleep."
"Mom, I want some candy!"
"What are you eating? Do I look like candy to you? Have you finished your homework?"
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At home, the maids Cuiguo and Lingdang were unable to help Lü Tu, so they just squatted on the ground blankly, propping their heads up with their hands, staring longingly at the pot full of syrup.
Not to mention those girls, even Jiang Wanyu and Wang Miaoling couldn't help but stand in the courtyard and swallow their saliva.
If the others hadn't forbidden Song Yuxi from getting off the kang (heated brick bed), she would have definitely run out. Among them, only Nangong Huiyu was the boldest. She smiled sweetly at Lü Tu and said, "Husband, it's so sweet. Can I have some?"
Nangong Huiyu, heavily pregnant, blushed slightly with shyness, which delighted Lü Tu. He put down the shovel and gently stroked Nangong Huiyu's nose, saying, "You greedy girl, this is very hot."
She knew it was hot, but she still felt a little disappointed when she heard that.
But the next second, Lü Tu pulled out a string of candied hawthorns from the bundle behind him and handed it over.
Upon seeing this, Nangong Huiyu's earlier disappointment vanished, and she was so excited that she almost jumped up. Fortunately, Lü Tu quickly held her down: "Little ancestor, with such a big belly, you shouldn't do strenuous exercise."
"Thank you, my husband!" Nangong Huiyu smacked Lü Tu on the cheek, leaving his face covered in drool.
Although Wang Miaoling and Jiang Wanyu didn't say anything when they saw this, a hint of sourness flashed in their eyes.
Lu Tu beckoned to the two of them: "Come here and give me a kiss!"
The two girls pouted and reluctantly came over to kiss Lü Tu on the cheek. Lü Tu then gave each of them two strings of candied hawthorns.
"Wow, thank you, husband!"
Lu Tu then beckoned to the maids in the house: "You all have food too, no need to hide!"
Cuiguo timidly waved her hand and said, "Young master, please give it to the madam. She is currently in confinement after childbirth."
Lu Tu forced the food down their throats: "Alright, how could I not have thought of this? Everyone has some, you should eat too."
"Thank you, son-in-law!"
"Thank you, Lord Lü!"
Lu Tu walked into the house and personally fed Song Yuxi a candied hawthorn: "Yuxi, you eat first, I have to go now."
The process of boiling sugar requires constant human intervention; if you're not careful, the pot will burn.
Lu Tu spent quite a while before he finally managed to boil the sugar. Next, he mixed the sugar with gunpowder to greatly increase its power!
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