As mentioned last time, Sijiu chatted with the village chief, learned a lot of news, and found an excuse to let the village chief do some small things, so he came to report the situation to this strange young master.

"Master, things aren't good. Sijiu ran over and whispered, "The village chief said that it may not be long before the other side will come to collect taxes." The tax we exempt them from will still be taken away by the other side. ”

Lu Jingzhi didn't care much about how many things he collected over there, he wanted to keep the people of this village, if he could buy the lives of a villager, what if dozens of baskets of sulfur were given to others?

"What kind of force is there over there? It's not a small person who can fight with our lord. Lu Jingzhi asked.

"It's not small, but it's not too big. Forty-nine drew two fields on the ground with branches, and a small piece of the border intersected, "On the left is the territory of us, the Duke of Winsha, on the right, the territory of the former prime minister Ados, and in the middle is this sulphur lake." We're on this side of the lake. ”

I can't see it, Sijiu still understands this?

"Sijiu, where did you learn it?" Lu Jingzhi didn't look at Sijiu's explanation, but asked about irrelevant things. He couldn't help but ask, if Sijiu was pretending to be stupid and pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, he would be in danger.

"This young master, don't bother me, I just learned it from the eldest brother of the village chief, and I can see it at a glance when I learn and sell it with you. Sijiu smiled and scratched his head.

Lu Jingzhi glanced at him suspiciously, and said to the undead infantry on the side, "Go and call me the village chief just now." ”

In a few moments the infantry took the village chief, put him on the ground, and turned back to his place. Lu Jing's heart secretly praised, it seems that the undead are much simpler than people, let them do whatever they want, and they don't talk or think much.

The village chief stood there, looking at Lu Jingzhi and Sijiu dumbfounded, not knowing what they wanted to do.

Lu Jingzhi coughed dryly and said, "Village Chief, just now Sijiu drew this map for me, do you think he made a mistake?" said and pointed to the two map-like figures on the ground.

The village chief nodded and said, "It's a little wrong, it's too big here." As he spoke, he wiped a third of Prime Minister Ados's territory with his feet, and made up for some more, saying, "It should be like this." But just now I just drew it, and this little brother remembered it, and this memory is really rare. ”

Lu Jingzhi believed what Sijiu had just said, kicked Sijiu's leg, and said: "You can't learn a picture, what's the use of you!" Although the kick is fast, the focus is light, and the mouth is even more so, although the scolding is ruthless, the tone is quite complimentary.

Sijiu has been with this strange young master for some days, and naturally understands that this strange young master sometimes has different hearts, and the more he beats and scolds himself in front of others, the more beneficial he is in private. hurriedly said: "Young master, it's not good to be small, you have a lot of adults, spare the small one this time." ”

Lu Jingzhi waved his hand to let the village chief busy himself, and said to Sijiu: "Sijiu, you have to work hard for the young master." ”

Sijiu said: "This young master, what do you have to do, even if you tell me, how dare the little one not do it." ”

Lu Jingzhi said: "It is a bit dangerous to let you go back to the castle alone, but I can't give you a single entourage on my side, so I have to stay in case that the other side comes to collect taxes." In case of a fight, young master, I have to have someone to protect me. ”

Sijiuyi was startled when he heard that he was asked to go back to the castle alone, and hurriedly said: "This young master, the little one doesn't dare to lie to you, the little one really doesn't dare to go back alone, there are always some wild ghosts or something on the way, and those rangers who have lost their mines, I can't afford to provoke them." ”

The strength of those wild ghosts is similar to that of the undead infantry, and they generally won't touch the zombie minions who are attached to them when they see power, otherwise they will be hunted down and killed by the lord, and they will definitely die with their strength. Although the body is undead, being captured and re-refining the soul is the same as dead. Ranger is a different story. The Ranger and the Undead Knights were of the same rank, except that they were defeated in the war and were punished by the lord by confiscating the fiefdom and even the horses, weapons, and armor. They can only look for animals to use as mounts in the wild, hoping to get the lord's approval in the next war, return to the knight team, and get even a village of fiefs. However, the average village cannot refuse to provide a ranger with necessities, such as sulphur or sour lake water, and if there is one, and the ranger needs it, it must be given. Otherwise, it would have been easy for the rangers to kill the village.

Let Sijiu alone face these terrifying low-level undead, he really didn't dare. But Lu Jingzhi couldn't send the undead infantry back, or let the undead infantry escort Sijiu back. Each undead infantry was an important recourse against the tax collectors on the side of Prime Minister Ados. Let the zombie minions or the stupid two go, and maybe they will be lost before they even return to the castle.

"Forty-nine, if you don't go, no one will go. Lu Jingzhi said very calmly, if you don't go, I won't give up this village. Either you go and die, or we die together. If you send you to death, there is still a glimmer of life, and if we send us to death together, there will be no life.

"This young master, do you really want to go?" Although Sijiu had already understood his situation, he still wanted to struggle. Lu Jingzhi nodded, indicating that he had to go. Sijiuyi Fu looked like he was about to cry, and said: "This young master, the little one is not afraid of death, but the little one is afraid that he will delay the young master's major event after he dies." ”

Lu Jingzhi also knew that if something really happened to Sijiu on the road, his side would not be spared. He took out the token given to him by the undead knight Bergo and said, "This is the token of our Windsand Castle, as long as you don't leave the road, this token can be known by people and ghosts." Then he took out the box he had received in Tianshang Village from his bosom, handed it over, and said, "These are two extremely precious ice mushrooms, if a ranger stops you on the road, give him one." If there are many wild ghosts that stop you, throw one to the ground. That's enough for you to escape at least twice. ”

When Sijiu saw these two things, he couldn't help but be bold, and said: "This young master, you trust the little one so much, and give such a valuable thing to the little one to save his life, if the little one says more, he will let you down." Rest assured, I'll be back at the castle. ”

After speaking, he put his things in his hands and said goodbye with tears.

Lu Jingzhi watched Sijiu leave like this, and felt as if something was wrong. But I can't remember what was wrong. If you can't think of it, you don't want to, the young master never puts inexplicable things at ease. It wasn't until the charcoalmaker's family came over with a small jar of burnt charcoal that he remembered what was wrong: the boy was running so fast that he didn't even have time to tell him what he wanted to bring to Belgo.

If I can go back alive, young master, I must skin him. Lu Jingzhi thought hatefully.

Although he was very angry with Sijiu, the high quality of the activated carbon burned by the charcoal craftsman still made Lu Jingzhi a little excited.

"That's it, it's almost ready to use. Lu Jingzhi picked up a charcoal grain, looked for something to crush, and saw the countless pores inside, he was secretly happy in his heart, and couldn't help joking, "If you stuff this thing in your nose, you won't be poisoned." ”

"Ah...... "The charcoal maker's family is stupid, can they stuff this thing in their noses?"

Looking at the stunned appearance of the family, Lu Jingzhi laughed, the unhappiness just now was swept away, it was time to teach them to make a simple breathing filter.

Lu Jingzhi asked the village chief to find all the burlap, and asked them to cut it according to the size and shape they had drawn, put these cinder particles in it, and then seal it to become a breathing filter that could be fastened to the mouth and nose.

"Put this thing over your face and gasp a little harder, but it shouldn't be pungent. Lu Jingzhi asked the fool to squat down, hung the breathing filter on his face, and demonstrated it to the villagers, "Change this thing every two hours, don't use it for too long, if there is a feeling of irritation in the nose, it means that this thing needs to be replaced when it runs out." "In fact, it can also be used to clean the used carbon particles under pressure and gas with water, and if it is further reacted, it can also be used to prepare real sulfuric acid. But this craft is certainly not something that can be made by a small village with nothing.

Can this thing work? The village chief was skeptical, but he didn't dare to say it. Not to mention the two undead infantry behind Lu Jingzhi and the auxiliaries armed by the four zombie minions behind them, just the two big men who carried the sliding rod were not something he could afford to provoke. Since the adults said that they should wear this thing before going to the sulfur mines, let's put it on.

Lu Jingzhi sent a large group of people to go to mining, but he himself refused to go. The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, in case this thing is not good, it is normal for those villagers, and they have to go with or without this filter. But it's not worth the risk for yourself, and if it doesn't work, you can help them improve.

"Silly big, go and help the young master get some red wine. He had brought the wine from the castle and had made a slight addition to the wines he had passed along the way. At this time, in addition to supplying the food needs of the border villages for a period of time, there are also many good things to eat and drink.

Because that's how you won't be lonely.

Lu Jingzhi sat in the village chief's room, although the castle was not clean enough, it was also well organized. It's still barely acceptable to eat in such an environment. Silly Da took the wine, poured it for Lu Jingzhi, and watched him eat and drink nonsense, drooling. Lu Jingzhi generously rewarded him with a large piece of bread smeared with mashed potato salad dressing, and let him go out and eat it with the fool, so as not to let his saliva drip everywhere and ruin the young master's mood. After eating, let Silly Dasha take away the things and go to sleep. I thought in my heart that Sijiu should not have an accident, and he would return to the castle safely, and slowly, he really fell asleep.

When I woke up, I heard someone whispering outside the door. Lu Jing's heart tightened, could someone have had an accident? After the stupid big came in, he looked at Lu Jingzhi blankly. Lu Jingzhi slowly remembered that the stupid big was not the familiar Sijiu after all. Fortunately, he is stupid and tall, and he can at least be a bodyguard or something.

Lu Jingzhi stood behind the stupid big man and looked out of the door, and the village chief was waiting for him at the door with a group of villagers. It's just that the undead infantry he brought with him stopped him, and he didn't let him in anyway. Seeing the undead infantry protecting him, Lu Jingzhi was relieved. Although Sijiu is gone, these infantrymen are also intelligent and can communicate with ghosts. There are also several kinds of ghost words, and the most widely used is the lingua franca of the Undead Empire, and Lu Jingzhi will only speak this one.

"What do you want to do? What are you doing around my bedroom, young master? What is the village chief coming out to say. Everyone else scattered for me. "It's a lot of words, but Lu Jingzhi knows that this is the performance of lust and inwardness. Let people disperse quickly, clearly saying: I'm afraid that there are too many of you, so let's go.

If it weren't for the undead infantry, the village chief would have pounced, and if it hadn't been for the villagers, the village chief would have pounced a few more times, and the undead infantry would have cut him down. Lu Jingzhi hid behind the undead infantry and zombie auxiliaries, looked at them coldly, and gradually heard what the village chief said.

"My lord, this thing is so effective, we wear it to go to the sulfur mining, and we won't cough after a day of mining. My lord, if you have any orders in the future, we will serve you to the death, my lord. "I thought that I would not die because of such a dangerous job as collecting sulfur in the future, and everyone from the village chief to the villagers was deeply grateful.

Lu Jingzhi smiled, his theoretical guidance and the practice of these people really got things done. Winning hearts and minds is sometimes as simple as that.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.