The river outside Thorn City is only a tributary of the big river, the volume of water is not large, and the winter is dry, and it will even stop flowing.

In addition to the relatively low rainfall, there is another important reason, that is, the river silts up year after year, but it is rarely cleaned up.

As a result, the riverbed is getting higher and higher in many places, and the banks are prone to burst during heavy rains and cut off when there are droughts.

In order to improve the situation, Gu Bei decided to dig deep and widen the river, and this is a good opportunity.

Autumn and winter intersect in the season, there is drought and little rain, and now there is not much water in the river, which is very suitable for digging.

Gu Bei first sent people to build a dam upstream to completely intercept the water, and then excavated it from downstream.

This work will continue until the snow falls so hard that it can no longer be excavated.

In addition to digging the river, Gu Bei also plans to repair all the ditches connecting the river, which are also in disrepair, and many places have collapsed badly, making it difficult to divert water.

The second thing is to continue to recruit cultivators.

Cultivators are extremely important high-end combat power in this world, even if they are first-order martial artists, they are much stronger than a group of ordinary soldiers.

Moreover, the role of many cultivators is not just fighting.

For example, alchemists can refine pills with amazing medicinal effects, which can be used to treat diseases and save people, and some of the best pills can even prolong life.

For example, the refiner can not only refine weapons and magic weapons used in battle, but also refine a series of things that are useful to everyone, such as large transport flying boats and messenger jade slips.

Another example is that some high-level monks can really turn their hands into clouds and turn their hands into rain, as long as they are willing to take action, whether it is a drought or a flood, they can quickly solve it.

Gu Bei now had a large amount of gold and silver in his hands, and although the gold and silver could not impress the high-level cultivators, it was still possible to recruit some low-level cultivators below the fourth order.

Gu Bei hung the sign recruiting cultivators outside the Shenlong Inn, and it was quickly seen by many cultivators.

If it had been before, the solicitation of the Six Princes would not have been very attractive to most cultivators, because there would be no hope for him to follow.

But now it's different, the Six Princes have become famous in Thorn City.

He raised a very powerful dragon, had powerful guards under his command, rebuilt the city guards, and also founded industries such as the Shenlong Ruins Scenic Area and the Shenlong Inn.

Not long ago, the bandits who had been entrenched in Black Fox Mountain for many years were defeated, and life can be described as thriving.

The most important thing is that everyone knows that Gu Bei can get Warcraft and Demon Beasts.

This veritable cultivation resource, martial artists can become stronger by eating demon beast meat, alchemists can use various parts of demon beasts to alchemize, and demon beasts and demonic beasts also have various uses for other cultivators.

The six princes, who have money, cultivation resources, and strength, can be said to be truly different from what they used to be.

Therefore, as soon as the recruitment sign was put out, someone immediately came to ask about the treatment.

Gu Bei asked people to bring these interested cultivators to the second floor of the Shenlong Inn, lined up, and selected them one by one.

In other words, it was unthinkable before.

Gu Bei selected twenty cultivators, nineteen of them were martial artists, and only one was a sword cultivator, or the weakest order, and he didn't have much combat power.

Whether it is the Eastern Continent or the Western Continent, the number of martial artists in the cultivation world is the largest, because it is easy to cultivate, and the cultivation exercises are relatively easy to obtain, which is suitable for grassroots cultivators.

If you choose the path of cultivation and alchemy, you not only need a lot of cultivation resources, but also need to be led by a good teacher, and the conditions are relatively harsh.

Just as Gu Bei was about to return to the City Lord's Mansion with these newly recruited cultivators, a woman dressed in white with a beautiful face pushed open the door.

"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince, are you recruiting alchemists here?"

This woman is about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a very good voice, good-looking, blown-breakable skin, warm as jade, very delicate facial features, and a pair of big eyes.

Gu Bei looked this woman up and down, and said in surprise: "You are an alchemist?" ”

The woman nodded and said proudly, "I am not only an alchemist, but also a second-order alchemist!" ”

"Second Order!"

Gu Bei felt that it was not very real, the number of alchemists was very rare, let alone the second order, even if it was a first-order alchemist, it was also very popular with the big forces.

In addition, if you want to hire an alchemist, the price is very expensive, and you can't afford to raise a strong enough family.

Although Gu Bei's recent development has been good, he has not floated, and with his ability at this stage, he should not be very attractive to second-order alchemists.

"What is this girl's name?"

"Li Qingling."

"Miss Li, I have to tell you one thing, Thorn City is currently relatively poor, and the second-order alchemist's Yu Lu, this prince can't afford it for the time being."

Li Qingling smiled: "I don't want to be a fool." ”

Gu Bei glanced at Ye Wei behind him, and Ye Wei gave him an innocent look.

Gu Bei knows very well that generally this kind of people who don't want to be paid for are interested in something more important than remuneration, and this thing must be something that Gu Bei can provide.

For example, Ye Wei, when she heard about Bao Bao Bao and Bao Zhu, she came here, and she was even willing to lower her salary a little, the reason was that she was too good at eating, and she mostly ate meat.

"Miss Li, you might as well say directly, what do you want." Gu Bei didn't want to go around the bend.

Li Qingling blinked and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness the Prince often rides dragons into the mysterious forest?" ”

"That's right." Gu Bei didn't deny it, and this kind of thing couldn't be hidden, after all, Ao Xing was too conspicuous.

Li Qingling continued: "Your Royal Highness, if I stay to help you with alchemy, can you take me into the mysterious forest next time?" I need to find some alchemy materials. ”

It turned out to be the idea.

After listening to Li Qingling's words, Gu Bei immediately understood.

Alchemy is very money-burning and requires all kinds of materials to keep trying, which is also the reason why ordinary forces can't afford to raise alchemists at all, and they can't provide the materials that alchemists need for a long time.

In the mysterious forest, there are countless alchemy materials, but there are just as many dangers inside, all kinds of powerful demonic beasts and demon beasts are infested, and there are unknown dangers.

If an alchemist wants to go in alone to find alchemy materials, unless his own strength is strong enough, it is very dangerous.

But if there is a strong dragon brought in, it will be different, most of the monsters and demon beasts are instinctively afraid of dragons, and they will not provoke unless they have to.

And the dragon is very strong, if you can fight, you can fight, but if you can't fight, you can fly into the sky to escape, with the protection of the dragon, it will be much safer to enter the mysterious forest.

The reason why Li Qingling didn't want to be paid was because after entering the mysterious forest, she could get more things.

Gu Bei thought for a while and said, "Your conditions can be agreed to by this prince, but there are countless dangers in the mysterious forest, and after entering, this prince cannot guarantee your safety." ”

Li Qingling said confidently: "Please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Prince, I have my own means to save my life." ”

Gu Bei nodded and said, "In that case, welcome Miss Li to join Thorn City." ”

"I won't let His Royal Highness down."

Li Qingling laughed, her big eyes narrowed slightly, her eyelashes were very long, and she was very beautiful.