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Chapter 458 - 458 458 The Talent Issue is Resolved

458: Chapter 458 The Talent Issue is Resolved 458: Chapter 458 The Talent Issue is Resolved “How are these people doing?” Zhao Guang approached and asked at the door of Qiao Miya.

Qiao Miya had already returned, having made a trip outside and having opened up the commercial channels in various places.

With Qiao Miya’s capabilities, the territories along the river had accepted their usual demands.

Some people had even begun to emulate their design and manufacture sleds.

Sleds had become the most popular item of this winter, and with the help of the sleds’ influence, Xuanwu Territory also became famous.

If it hadn’t been for those developments, hardly anyone would have recognized Xuanwu Territory, nor would they have initiated trade voluntarily.

Given that the Northern Territory was along the border, negotiating there proved much easier than Zhao Guang had expected.

At the very least, they were not as mindless as the inland nobles, who still recognized the need for territorial development.

Perhaps those who remained unaware had already been replaced or eliminated.

And having completed these tasks, Qiao Miya had returned to the territory.

With Qiao Miya around, some of the more minor matters no longer needed his personal attention.

Upon seeing Zhao Guang arrive, Qiao Miya quickly bowed and said respectfully, “Much better than before, although some still trigger the contracts, some no longer do,” Qiao Miya whispered.

It really makes one wonder what’s going on with these people.

One by one, they seemed despondent.

Didn’t they understand what a slave contract entailed?

Everyone knew about it.

Either they had been given some special order by their master, leading them to continuously trigger the contract instinctively.

Such cases were almost a form of punishment.

I heard that some nobles enjoyed doing this.

However, after such a long stint, Qiao Miya knew that his master was not that kind of person.

“Alright, you stay here, and I’ll go in and have a look.

If these people have resolved their issues, then the talent problems of our territory will be considered thoroughly resolved,” Zhao Guang said.

Talent, huh?

These people must be extraordinary to be so valued by the master.

Given that the master had bought so many slaves before, only three had ever been favored.

Qiao Miya was one of them and thus knew all too well how rigorous his master was in this regard.

Walking into their midst, Zhao Guang said, “You’ve all thought it through, haven’t you?

If you have, I’ll start assigning you work.” Zhao Guang’s words caught everyone’s attention.

They all knew that their being there was because of this man.

“Would you, could you please stop tormenting us?

We’ll agree to anything,” they pleaded.

Zhao Guang shook his head, “It’s not me tormenting you, but the contract reacting automatically.

If you don’t think about violating orders or about bad things, the contract wouldn’t be triggered.”

It’s often said that the human heart is unpredictable, but the contract measures exactly that—what’s inside a heart.

No matter how skilled they are at deceiving others, can they deceive themselves?

That’s impossible.

These people knew this, yet they still instinctively tried to argue.

“I’ve made it very clear; you cannot expose any information about our world, nor can you spread some excessive knowledge to this world.

Everything must be approved by me,” Zhao Guang explained.

“Additionally, you can’t focus on cultivating or seek ways to break the contract.

Simple, isn’t it?

Even if I didn’t impose these restrictions, you’d still be unable to accomplish anything substantial,” he added.

Many of them still didn’t believe that this place was not Earth, but the kind of power at play here was indeed very strange.

They didn’t want to explore it because everyone craves freedom inherently.

It was this very instinct that had caused their suffering all these days.

This instinct was almost as strong as Xu Mo’s inclination for gambling.

But today, seeing that quite a few had no reaction, it seemed they had fully resigned themselves to fate.

“Good, you few come with me.

You should have adapted by now.

As for the others, they can come out once they’ve completely adjusted,” Zhao Guang motioned for them to follow him as he led them out.

When they saw the entirely different world outside, they were somewhat surprised.

But when they saw the Rabbitfolk and even the Werewolves, they finally realized that this world might not be as simple as they thought.

If it were a performance, where would one find so many children, and their physical fitness was also remarkable.

“Qiao Miya, arrange for them to learn our language quickly.

Otherwise, the work ahead will be difficult,” Zhao Guang instructed.

Qiao Miya immediately nodded in understanding, Zhao Guang hadn’t expected that Qiao Miya was also a language prodigy.

Zhao Guang did not want to teach all the languages himself, so he had found some people in the territory to teach them.

As a result, Qiao Miya stood out, having learned the fastest despite not being in the territory for long.

If not for the circumstances, Qiao Miya would probably be almost like the Earth people by now.

Of course, these people were not the same as they had to first master widely used languages like Chinese or English and use these languages as a bridge to learn the local language.

Anyway, for the next while, these people won’t be able to fully immerse themselves in work.

After making arrangements, Zhao Guang went to his own residence; some matters still required his personal attention.

“Master, recently the Magic Beasts from the North have become more numerous, should our sniper team take action?

If this continues, we might not have enough manpower and might need to deploy the Wolf Cavalry,” Xi Fei immediately approached and took Zhao Guang’s coat as he returned.

However, Xi Fei found a strand of hair on Zhao Guang’s coat.

Indeed, it was another hair.

Why were these women so sensitive about this?

Zhao Guang was speechless.

Fortunately, Xi Fei didn’t make anything of it, casually tossing it away as if she hadn’t seen it.

This very act made Zhao Guang feel somewhat guilty.

“Are there many Magic Beasts in the North?” Zhao Guang quickly changed the subject.

“Yes, quite a few, and they are very strong.

Because of these Magic Beasts, our trade routes have been affected,” she explained.

“And the other territories?” Zhao Guang frowned, an impact on trade routes was not a trivial matter.

“The other territories have been affected too, even more severely than ours.” Their Xuanwu Territory, after all, was somewhat off-center and not directly opposite the Great Swamp, so fewer Magic Beasts migrated south.

This indicated that the Undead Mages probably were not targeting them specifically, a situation that was still favorable for them.