Chapter Twenty-Six: The Way Home and the Wilderness
"What about Agnes and Houyi? Why didn't you see them? Han Ji found that Hou Yi was missing from the crowd.
"Your Excellency, Miss Agnes has gone shopping for some things that may be used on the journey, such as tents, kettles, pots, and other items. Hou Yi is there to protect her safety. Arthur replied.
"It's wonderful, well thought out, we really need someone like this to take care of these things." Han Ji felt more and more that it was a wise choice for him to let her into the team.
"We're back and we've seen Jazz." Agnes and Hou Yi returned with their things.
"No need to be polite, Miss Agnes, we are partners now." Han Ji nodded.
"Now that everyone is here, let's go! We must get to Zhivading before sunset tomorrow, time is running out, so let's do it! Han Ji motioned for everyone to get ready to go.
Han Ji and dozens of people took their horses and belongings and walked out of Winterson Town towards Zhivading City.
When night came, Han Ji and they set up camp in a clearing, set up a few tents, lit a bonfire, and had a simple dinner.
"The lord did a good job today, Arthur is honored for this, and Hou Yi also appreciates the way the lord handled it." As Han Ji was about to go to bed, Arthur walked over.
"Do you mean the captives?" Han Ji felt that what Arthur said should be this.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Hou Yi could have easily dealt with those robbers, but he chose to sit on the sidelines. He knew that the robbers were landless peasants in the vicinity, and he was reluctant to kill them. In addition, he also hopes to take this opportunity to learn about the lord's behavior. Arthur obviously knew Hou Yi's thoughts, and knew that if he wanted to make a move, none of those robbers would be able to get out of the woods.
"It turns out that there is such an inside story!" Han Ji was very emotional, all of his heroes have independent personality thoughts, and they are living people, not a piece of data.
"Your Excellency's approach today is wise, punishing the robbers and mercifully taking care of their families. This saved many families and lives. Arthur is very satisfied with Han Ji's decision, which is in line with his philosophy and spirit.
"That's good, it's a pity that I didn't see Hou Yi's true ability today!" Han Ji said with some pity.
"Your Excellency, there will be a chance, we have another battle to face in a few days! Then you will be able to see his true strength. Arthur smiled and said, "That will amaze Your Excellency, at a certain distance, I am no match for him!" ”
"I'm really looking forward to the battle." Han Ji is looking forward to seeing Hou Yi make a move, the title of the first person among archers is not something that anyone can have.
"Your Excellency, I'm still going on patrol, so let's part! Good night. Arthur got up to leave Han Ji's tent, and tonight he proposed to take on the responsibility of this vigil.
"Okay, I'm sorry for you tonight, Arthur." Han Ji nodded and replied.
The night passed, the morning sun appeared, Han Ji slept soundly last night, nothing unexpected happened, he got up early and prepared to practice the cheats.
"Good morning, Arthur! I slept soundly last night after working hard for you, and it's all your credit. Han Ji found Arthur by the campfire, he was still in good spirits after not sleeping all night, no matter when Han Ji saw him, he was full of energy and fighting spirit, the early morning sun shone on his golden hair, making him seem to be glowing, this is a sun-like man, Han Ji thought.
"Good morning, Your Excellency, it is also my duty to protect you!" Arthur replied with a smile.
By this time the camp had begun to get busy, and the old cow was shouting as the captives went about their work, while Agnes prepared breakfast beside him.
Han Ji walked to the side of the open space to practice, first of all, he cultivated the "Five Birds Guidance Technique" to strengthen the five internal organs, the cultivation method of this secret book is gentle and soothing, and it is most suitable for warm-up, and then there is a set of rigid fists in the "Horizontal Practice of the Thirteen Taibao", other cultivation methods that strengthen the musculoskeletal need the help of props and people, and there is no such condition for the time being.
Then it is to use the footwork of "Tiger Leaping Ape Climbing" to practice the subtleties in "Ma Lance Famous Collection".
After a rough cultivation, Han Ji broke out in a hot sweat, and felt that the cells in his body were active, "I will practice every day as much as possible in the future" Han Ji made a decision in his heart.
"Your Excellency, it's time to dine!" Arthur saw Han Ji come over after finishing his cultivation.
"Okay, I'll go over here." Han Ji took the cloth from Arthur and wiped the sweat off his body.
The process of dining was very quiet, and the captives were far away from Han Ji and them, and they were contented with bread and wheat cereal porridge.
Han Ji's food was more sumptuous, with re-baked white bread, wheat porridge, cheese and air-dried meat, although it didn't taste very good, at least it was very nutritious, which was all thanks to Agnes.
Han Ji and they ate quietly, the loudest sound was made by the Bull Demon, he ate and chewed violently, Bian Que peeked at the old cow on the side, and found that he had eaten at least four people's portions, "The cow has four stomachs, I don't know how many stomachs the Bull Demon has?" I'd love to cut him open and study it! ”
After a simple meal, the team began to pack their things, and today's goal was to return to Zhivading City.
The journey was very smooth, and he didn't encounter any robbers and bandits, but Hou Yi found some distant peeping figures, but none of them had a tendency to attack, because Han Ji's team didn't have much merchandise, but it was like a group of mercenaries, and there were few bands of thieves who wanted to face such a team.
At noon, Han Ji ordered to eat and rest, the weather in April and May is still very cool, there is no need to hide from the scorching sun, the summer in the Kingdom of Virgia is relatively short, and it will not be very hot.
After the rest, the group began to hurry again, and finally arrived at Zhihuading City before sunset, Han Ji unfurled the noble banner, negotiated with Zhihuading's city guards and tax officials, and paid a reasonable price before Han Ji's spoils could enter Zhihuading.
The four provinces and cities of the Kingdom of Virginia are all owned by the kingdom and are governed by a cabinet government composed of a noble council, which has five elected ministers who are responsible for all aspects of affairs. They were representatives of the nobility and governed the entire country with the king.
The kingdom required taxes to be paid on all goods entering the city, regardless of who owned them.
Han Ji's spoils of war were treated as commodities and were subject to commodity tax.
Han Ji accepted this situation, although there was a lot of tax revenue in Zhivading City, it was obvious that the profits from selling goods here would be greater, which was why he didn't dispose of it in Omur.