Chapter Eighty-Five: Escorting the Caravan
With a bang, a flash of lightning broke out in the sky, and then the clear sky suddenly became gloomy, and the downpour poured down without warning.
"Guys, it's raining, work stoppage. Lu Bu shouted, and everyone put down their work and went to the village to take shelter from the rain. Lu Bu picked up the cloak he had put aside and put it on Ling Qin.
"You go to shelter from the rain first!" Lu Bu touched Ling Qin's head and said.
"Oh!" Ling Qin blinked her eyes wide, and then ran towards the stockade.
Suddenly, a loud sound came, accompanied by the dust in the sky, Lu Bu was startled, one of the veins was actually a landslide, he jumped onto the boulder over there, and checked the situation below.
Due to the early evacuation of the workers, there was no one in the mine at the moment, but Lu Bu still shouted uneasily: "Is anyone injured?"
No one answered, Lu Bu looked at a few workers nearby, and said loudly: "Hey, no one is crushed underneath!"
Several workers shook their heads, Lu Bu sighed, and he said loudly to Zhang Wenfeng: "Count the number of people immediately." ”
"Yes. Zhang Wenfeng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately counted the number of people.
Suddenly, at the place of the collapse, a rock was pushed out, Lu Bu secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and he flew down, only to see that under this rock, an old soldier was covered in blood, and his lower body was still pressed under the rock.
Lu Bu hurriedly moved the rocks, divided them by two, and moved all the rocks away.
"Hey, how are you?" Lu Bu said eagerly, patting the veteran on the face lightly.
The veteran opened his eyes and saw Lu Bu's eager look, and he couldn't help but feel a panic in his heart, and his somewhat confused head seemed to be a lot clearer.
"Thank you, sir, I'm fine......," the veteran said, trying to stand up, but not wanting to lower his body and lose a trace of consciousness.
Lu Bu didn't say a word, picked him up, and then ran quickly to the camp.
"Hey, where is the military doctor?" Lu Bu roared loudly.
When he was young, the military doctor arrived and gave the veteran an emergency bandage, and at the same time applied healing medicine.
"He has a broken leg, but after my treatment, he should be able to heal after half a year of rest. The medic wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead and sighed.
"That's good, you take him down to rest, according to the regulations set by Chen Wentai, how much compensation should be given, and nothing is in place. Lu Bu said in a deep voice.
On the side, Ling Qin silently watched what Lu Bu had done, and a hint of appreciation couldn't help but flash in his eyes. It is rumored that Lu Bu is a murderous killing god, but if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, how would she know that Lu Bu and her subordinates share weal and woe, and treat everyone equally.
"Zhang Wenfeng, how about counting the number of people?" When he was young, Lu Bu asked Zhang Wenfeng.
"The number of people has been counted, and there are 500 registered workers in the mine, not one of them is bad. Zhang Wenfeng reported with the booklet of the record.
"Let's rest for the time being, wait until the rain stops, and then start work. Lu Bu said loudly.
"Yes!" ......
As the days passed, the mining of obsidian went smoothly on the whole. And the traders who came to Uehara Castle also began to buy these obsidian stones one after another. With these funds, Chen Wentai continued to invest in Shangyuan City, vigorously developing the city, technology, and farmland outside the city was also being opened up on a large scale.
When everyone was busy, Ling Qin was not idle, he assisted Chen Wentai in statistics during his usual government time, and often went to the obsidian vein to deliver water in his spare time, of course, the key water delivery object was Lu Bu. In addition, Ling Qin will also compete with the soldiers of Yunzhou Iron Cavalry if she has nothing to do, at first Yunzhou Iron Cavalry saw that she was a pretty girl, and she was the eldest daughter of Yunzhou Mu Ling Yunzhi, so she was naturally cautious, for fear of hurting Ling Qin. As a result, the person who played for the first time was knocked to the ground by Ling Qin before he could figure out what was going on.
Then, when no one was Ling Qin's opponent in a single fight, the Yunzhou Iron Cavalry began to go into battle in pairs, and later fought against one out of ten, but he could barely fight with Ling Qin. Although compared to strength, Ling Qin is naturally not the opponent of Yunzhou Iron Cavalry, but as an elite disciple of the Fengyun Society, Ling Qin, with his dexterous body and tricks, it is not very difficult to defeat them.
On this day, a large caravan of 300 men arrived in Uehara City, and they bought all the obsidian in one go, and at the same time asked for Lu Bu to escort them.
Originally, Lu Bu didn't want to agree, after all, Shangyuan City still had a lot of things that he needed to deal with, so let Long Tianyu bring some people to escort him. However, when the caravan was willing to bid a thousand gold coins, Lu Bu immediately compromised.
For money, discipline or something, just lose it.
In this way, Lu Bu personally went to escort the caravan, and the reason why he didn't bring his subordinates was because his subordinates either went to cultivate wasteland, or mined ores, or stationed in important places. So after thinking about it, he didn't bring anyone, anyway, his combat power alone is an elite division.
"Hey, you're waiting for me!" Just as Lu Bu was about to set off, Ling Qin followed unceremoniously.
"What's the matter? are you going to see me off?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.
"What a send-off. Ling Qin glanced at Lu Bu and said, "Since I came here for training, then I will definitely follow this task!"
Lu Bu pursed his lips and thought about it, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with him, after all, he was not his subordinate, so since it was an experience, it didn't hurt to bring her.
"Okay, but you must listen to my command along the way, and you can't run around without permission, you know?" Lu Bu instructed.
"Yes, I'll be obedient. "Ling Qin is very well-behaved.
Lu Bu shook his head with a smile, then turned over and got on the horse, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go." ”
The caravan moved forward slowly, and Ling Qin, who also rode a white horse, followed.
"Where are we going?" Ling Qin asked softly as he drove the white horse and Lu Bu side by side.
"Go to Jinju, reach the Jinju border, and my escort mission will be completed. Lu Bu said.
"Oh!" Ling Qin responded, her eyes glanced at Lu Bu on the side, but she happened to meet Lu Bu's gaze and also glanced at her, Ling Qin couldn't help lowering her head and was silent for a while.
"Do you know?" After a while, Ling Qin turned his gaze to Lu Bu again, and said with a slight exaggeration: "It is rumored outside that you are a murderous and bloodthirsty ghost, extremely vicious and terrifying. ”
Lu Bu's face couldn't help but darken, his eyes glanced at Ling Qin beside him, and said, "Then are you afraid of me?"
"Don't be afraid, although you really look super fierce, I think you're actually quite easy-going. Ling Qin smiled, these days of getting along, what she saw was the side of Lu Bu and the soldiers sharing weal and woe, not as vicious as rumored outside.
After a pause, Ling Qin added, "Actually, if you look closely, you are quite handsome. ”
"Yes!" Lu Buwaner smiled, he still liked this evaluation.
"Actually, I really envy you. A hint of loneliness suddenly flashed in Ling Qin's eyes: "You have broken out of your own path with your own ability, and I, even if I go to the ends of the earth, I still can't escape the fate of my family." ”
"What is your fate?" Lu Bu couldn't help but ask.
"Political marriage, as the daughter of a wealthy family, is just a chess piece used by the family for political marriage, and I, who are also 19 years old this year, should have reached the age of talking about marriage, just because the situation is still unclear, otherwise it will ......" Ling Qin sighed and said: "Anyway, since I was reincarnated in the Ling family, then my marriage can no longer be decided by myself." ”
Lu Bu didn't know what to say, perhaps, this was the helplessness of fate!
"You...... Won't you say something?" Ling Qin said as he looked at Lu Bu with some resentment.
"Do you know what the life of a military general is?" Lu Bu suddenly asked.
"My father once said that if you go to the army in fifteen, you will return in eighty. Ling Qin thought for a moment and said.
Lu Bu looked into the distance and sighed: "Victory, there is still an endless war waiting for you, defeated, the family of the deceased curses you, the military law punishes you, retreat from the battle, the history books will definitely belittle you, and future generations will not be able to raise their heads for the rest of their lives." If you are lucky enough to be 80 years old and not die, when you see the younger generation killing the enemy on the battlefield, but you have a weak heart, then it is more uncomfortable than death. Lu Bu turned his gaze to Ling Qin and said, "The life of a military general is so helpless and ridiculous, since I have chosen this path, there is no room for regret." ”
Ling Qin looked at Lu Bu, it turned out that everyone was the same, in this world, maybe everyone from birth, no matter which path they choose, they would not be able to escape the shackles and helplessness.
"Oh, here you go. Ling Qin untied a bag, handed it to Lu Bu, and said, "The first time I arrived, this can be regarded as a meeting gift for you." ”
Lu Bu took the bag, opened it and saw that it was a bag of wine, opened the stopper, and suddenly a strong aroma of wine came, Lu Bu couldn't help but take a sip, and said refreshingly: "This wine is mellow, good wine." ”
"This is fruit wine, which I made with my own hands. Ling Qin said proudly.
"Such a good wine, I Lu Bu smiled. Lu Bu put away the wine bag and said, "Come and don't be rude, if Miss Ling wants anything, just tell me." ”
"Really?" Ling Qin thought for a moment and said, "But I haven't thought about it yet, when I think about it, I'll tell you!"
"Good!" Lu Bu smiled lightly.
"By the way, how heavy has your True Qi cultivation been?" Ling Qin asked curiously.
"Thirty-two. ”
"Thirty-two?" Ling Qin couldn't help but cover his mouth, thirty-two, this is a realm that his father has not been able to break through for more than ten years, although the top level of the true legend is only one realm away from the legend, but the gap between this is not too big.
"You're only 24 years old this year, aren't you! How do you cultivate?" Ling Qin really couldn't believe it, this kind of cultivation speed was too terrifying! Not to mention the current era, throughout history, the person who surpassed Lu Bu was only Xiang Wu.
Lu Bu didn't answer, but asked, "How many realms have you reached now?"
"Three months ago, I reached the sixteenth year. Ling Yun then said.
"I have been studying the cultivation of true qi and found that simple penance may be acceptable in the early stage, but when it reaches a certain level, it will be difficult to improve. This is due to the fact that the previous practice was not well stabilized. Therefore, this is also the reason why the sect assigns so many tasks, because only in actual combat can the cultivation be better stabilized, so as to lay a good foundation for the future realm. Lu Bu said seriously.
"Then ......" Ling Qin's black eyes rolled and said, "Can you instruct me to practice?"
Lu Bu smiled and said, "Since it is a request from a beautiful woman, I, Lu Bu, am willing to serve." ”