Fengli County, the city lord's mansion!

As soon as Du Long returned to the mansion, he immediately began to summon Fu Bo, Sun Lin, and Xia Ye to deal with the important affairs in the territory, and the three core members of Fengli County began to report to him on the recent work in the territory!

This time it was the end of 1009, the work of Fengli County Territory was progressing smoothly, and under the continuous implementation of various preferential policies, the entire territory had long been out of poverty and achieved gratifying profits!

"Young Master, over the whole year, our income is still quite considerable, a few gold mines, plus the taxes in the territory, it should have been very rich!

With an establishment of 100,000 people, the cost of military expenses alone alone has reached a terrifying 400,000 yuan! Combined with the average cost of equipment close to two or three hundred gold coins per person, this cost alone is nearly 30 million!

This is still the result of the calculation that our demon beasts, war horses, and black dark iron are all free of money!

Several gold mines have been mined at full strength, and although this large hole has barely been filled, the maintenance cost for the next month is an astronomical amount!

We can't make ends meet for a long time, and if we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we won't even be able to pay for next month's military expenses!" Fu Bo, the great steward of the territory, complained to Du Long there.

"Major General!" Sun Lin also followed up and began to complain: "You also know that this secret work also requires a lot of money to complete some special work, and the Shadow Guard is currently starting to have the problem of poor capital turnover, if it is not solved quickly, I am afraid it will seriously affect the work of the Shadow Guard!"

Du Long looked at the two core members of the territory with a smile and cried there, looking like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, and after seeing that the two of them didn't talk anymore, he turned his head and glanced at Xia Ye, who was silent from beginning to end.

"Hey, Uncle Xia, they are both crying poor, why are you acting like you're nothing?!" Du Long asked a little puzzled.

Xia Ye smiled and said: "Hehe, the part that Fu Bo and General Sun are responsible for are big spenders, if I am short of money here, I can just go to Fu Bo directly......

"Hahaha!" Du Long laughed when he heard this, turned over his hand and took out a large stack of golden tickets and said: "Fu Bo! This is 20 million golden tickets, it should be enough for this year's expenses, right?!"

Looking at this large stack of golden tickets with bright eyes, Fu Bo immediately reached out unceremoniously to take it, and then counted the number directly in front of everyone, and after confirming that it was indeed 20 million gold coins, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Young Master, your gold coin is really timely! Now all the problems have been solved, the places that should be spent in the early stage have been almost spent, and the next is just daily supply and maintenance, and it shouldn't be a problem to spend 20 million a year!" Fu Bo said excitedly, and then sighed almost without old tears: "Alas, young master, you don't know, I am being urged to do this and that every day, and this hair is almost white and useless, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!"

"In short, the affairs of the territory are still difficult for you, if you have any hard work, let Uncle Xia do more work, you have to take care of your health!" Du Long said gratefully to the great steward of the territory.

"The young master is serious! I can get the appreciation and trust of the young master and the master, and hand over such an important position to Ah Fu, and Ah Fu vows to do a good job to the death! Lord Xia Ye is very capable, and he is also very delicate in doing things, and he has also helped Ah Fu a lot, otherwise he will ......"

Xia Ye can only help a little in some details...... Xia Ye hurriedly said modestly.

"Haha, I've survived the busiest period in the early stage, and the next days will be much easier!Fu Bo doesn't have to work so hard!" Sun Lin interjected with a smile.

"No, no!" Before they could speak, Du Long waved his hand and said with a serious face: "I think it's still a long time before the easy day!

It was rare to see his serious face, and the three core members of the territory present immediately put away their smiles, and it was Fu Bo who took the lead and asked solemnly: "Young Master, what do you mean by this?!"

Flipping his hand again and taking out a large stack of golden tickets, Du Long solemnly glanced at the three people: "Fu Bo! here are 30 million golden tickets, you can accept them together!"

"This ......" This time, Fu Bo did not snatch it unceremoniously like just now, but his eyes widened, and his face was full of doubts: "Young Master, what do you mean by this? The 20 million gold tickets in my hand are enough for a whole year, why do you still give me 30 million gold coins?!"

"Alas!" Under the gaze of the three core members, Du Long sighed: "After preparing for so long, the war is finally approaching! It's time for us to enter the pre-war preparation stage in advance, and we will start preparing war materials for the 100,000 army!"

"Ah......h

The three core members of the territory were all dumbfounded, although they knew that they had made so many preparations and spent a lot of money for this day, and when this day was approaching, it felt so unreal!

"Chuan Ben Xiao rode Zhong Lang General's order!" Du Long began to give orders with a serious face, Fu Bo, Sun Lin and Xia Ye all subconsciously sat up straight, waiting for Du Long's latest order.

"The territory of Fengli County has entered a state of second-level combat readiness, and no one is allowed to take a vacation, and no one is allowed to act at will in areas other than the garrison, and generals at all levels are in place, ready to enter a state of combat at any time!

"Yes," the three core members all replied solemnly.

"Major General, will this time we enter the second-level combat readiness state secretly?" or will we come openly?" Sun Lin, who was in charge of intelligence and security work, was the first to think of this question.

"Secretly carried out! The training of those new cavalry troops outside Fengli County is still the same, and the 100,000 cavalry demon beast legions have entered a state of combat readiness, ordering the Flame Tiger Legion to move out of their original station and merge into the demon beast swamp station, and all demon beast legions will begin to cooperate with all arms in offensive and defensive training!" Du Long replied in a deep voice.

"Subordinates get it"

"Okay! There's nothing else to do, let's all disperse! Fauber, the preparation of war materials should be accelerated, so as to preliminarily complete the material reserve work within three months!" Du Long finally gave another explanation, and then announced the dissolution of the meeting.

After answering, the three of them were about to leave, but Fu Bo walked to the gate and turned back, and said to Du Long who looked puzzled: "Young master, I forgot to tell you one thing, a few days ago, a woman came from outside the mansion, saying that she wanted to discuss something important with you, because the young master was not in Fengli County, Ah Fu sent them to come back in a few days, and then every one or two days, she would come, I guess she would come again in these two days!"

"Oh?!Then did you ask her origin and identity?!" Du Long wondered, there was actually a woman looking for him, and after thinking about it, the women he knew were only Jiang Yan and Elinda who were rescued in the Demon Beast Forest!

'Could it be one of the two of them who came looking for him?' Du Long thought to himself.

"Yes, but she can only tell you alone if she can meet the young master!" Fauber nodded.

"Alright, go get busy, tell the people below that if this woman comes to me again, bring her in!" Du Long waved his hand......

In the City Lord's Mansion, on the practice ground in the back garden, the three of Du Long were cultivating, and since they could no longer take the three-grade spiritual liquid, he could only rely on penance to increase his strength.

"My lord, there's a girl outside asking to see you!" While he was practicing, the guards outside the garden gate loudly reported.

"Hehe, there are actually beautiful women asking to see, husband, shouldn't you hide that we have other old faces outside?!" Princess Huofeng on the side laughed and teased on the spot, Xia Qinglian covered her mouth and chuckled, but did not follow suit.

"I don't know who this woman is, maybe it's Jiang Yan or Elinda, two women we all know, since you're curious, then it's okay to meet this woman together!" Du Long shook his head and explained.

"Bring someone into the living room, let her stay for a while, and I'll wash up and come over and meet!" Du Long explained to the guards outside the gate.

Soon, in the living room of the City Lord's Mansion, Du Long saw the woman sitting on the side and drinking tea, and there were two heroic maids standing behind her, and at first glance they were two guards who were not weak.

This woman was actually wearing a white cloak on her head, and her face was looming in the white silk scarf, and she couldn't see it clearly, so she could only vaguely feel that she was a woman with a good face.

After taking their seats with Huofeng and Qinglian, Du Long carefully looked at the woman in the guest seat, and at just one glance he judged that this woman had reached the ninth order strength of the cyclone, and the two female guards behind her had reached the fifth to sixth order strength of the qi sea!

Facing Du Long's burning gaze, this girl didn't know if it was because she was wearing a cloak, but she felt very calm, looking at her white hands holding the teacup, and her elegant tea tasting movements were not chaotic.

"I don't know what this girl is looking for Du?! I heard that you have been waiting in Fengli County for several days?!" Du Long took the lead in breaking the silence and said politely.

Turning her head and glancing, the girl said in a smart voice: "Forgive the little woman for being presumptuous, I don't know if I can ask Lord Du to send his subordinates back, this ...... The girl doesn't want to leak the news of her coming!"

Looking at this mysterious woman suspiciously, Du Long still waved his hand to dismiss a few subordinates standing aside, and then said curiously: "As the girl wants!

Under the curious gaze of Du Long and the others, the mysterious woman reached out and gently took off the cloak, and soon, a blow bomb could be broken, and the extremely beautiful face was displayed under the eyes of everyone.

This is a beautiful woman whose beauty is no less than that of Huofeng and Xia Qinglian, which is a little different from Huofeng's enthusiasm and refreshment, Xia Qinglian's non-cannibalistic fireworks, and gentle and graceful beauty!

Her beauty is formed from the inside out, not only revealing a touch of heroism, but also with a hint of softness, and between the blinks of her eyes, the light of wisdom is constantly flashing.

Looking at this strange and beautiful girl, Du Long was a little dumbfounded, not because he was stunned by the beauty of others, but because in his impression, he had never seen this woman, but why did her eyes have obvious hatred?!

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Chapter II