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Chapter 520 - 520 520 Trade Military Achievements for a Horse-slaying Saber

520: Chapter 520: Trade Military Achievements for a Horse-slaying Saber 520: Chapter 520: Trade Military Achievements for a Horse-slaying Saber After giving the steel coins to Xi Fei, Zhao Guang didn’t bother himself with it anymore, because he had other matters to take care of.

First was the painkiller production on his end.

Zhao Guang had already arranged for the cultivation of the appropriate medicinal crops nearby.

Of course, they weren’t the prohibited kind like opium.

Instead, they were of even lower quality than the painkillers he had brought with him.

After all, they were being produced in large quantities in this Otherworld, so naturally, the quality would decline somewhat.

Even if someone were to acquire the technology, at least it wouldn’t be as detrimental to him.

Once the crops were grown, the production could naturally proceed.

Next, Zhao Guang had intended to check the progress of the road repairs, but was suddenly stopped by Elena.

“Lord, this is the statistical report of our military achievements from the last battle.”

“What’s the matter, weren’t you given your rewards?” That shouldn’t be possible.

The matters he had ordered were something Coscola dared not to disobey, especially with the contract binding him.

Could it be that someone below was embezzling?

If that was the case, then a thorough cleanup was in order.

They were just starting to develop, and already such weevils had appeared—what would happen if things went on for longer?

Unexpectedly, Elena shook her head directly: “No, the rewards have already been distributed, but we do not wish to accept them.”

“Why?” Zhao Guang had indeed never heard of anyone refusing their rewards after achieving merit.

Elena seemed somewhat embarrassed: “Mainly because those things are meaningless to us.”

I see, they were dissatisfied with the rewards.

Zhao Guang felt it was a bit tricky.

“Then, what is it that you would like?” He decided to just ask them directly what they wanted.

“The Red Blood Potion would be good, as it can directly increase the volume of Combat Energy.”

Red Blood Potion, I see.

That would indeed be very valuable to the Beastmen.

For Beastmen, personal strength has always been the most important thing, far exceeding anything else.

In the eyes of Beastmen, as long as you have strong power, you can fight for anything you want with that power.

“Your idea is not bad, but there is a problem.

The Red Blood Potion is in too short supply.

I can’t meet the needs of two thousand Wolf Cavalry just yet,” Zhao Guang said somewhat helplessly.

Speaking of which, he didn’t want to supply such a precious thing to these Wolf Cavalrymen.

This elite unit of Wolf Cavalry nominally served under him and actually was quite obedient.

But Zhao Guang never forgot that these Wolf Cavalrymen were sent by the Beastman Royal Court to do him a favor, essentially on loan.

That is to say, with just one order from the Beastman Royal Court, they could be recalled.

If he gave them the precious Red Blood Potions and trained them to be more powerful, they wouldn’t be his to command.

Helping the Beastmen improve wasn’t Zhao Guang’s style—he wasn’t such a fool.

If it were just ordinary things, it wouldn’t have been a big loss to him.

But the Red Blood Potion was different.

If he gave it away, his loss would be great.

And in the event he was held accountable by the Empire in the future, he would have no way to explain it.

“I see, that’s similar to what I thought.

Such a precious potion indeed won’t be easy to make.”

Although Elena was somewhat disappointed, she wasn’t too upset, as she had been prepared for this.

“Is there anything else you would like?” Zhao Guang asked casually.

But what Elena didn’t expect was that she actually said it, “The Horse-slaying Saber, they have always been envious of this kind of weapon, and now with their merit, they want to exchange weapons.

I have tallied it up, and except for a few, everyone else has enough.”

Sure enough, her statistic was meticulous.

Just a few people short, and those few probably weren’t in the best of moods.

It was their own way of management, and there was no need for Zhao Guang to interject too much.

“If it’s the Horse-slaying Sabers, then there is no problem.

But I need to place an order first.”

“That’s great, thank you for your generosity, Lord,” Elena said, bowing deeply.

One could imagine that once those Wolf Cavalry skilled at speed were all equipped with large Horse-slaying Sabers, the increase in strength would be unimaginable.

They would sweep by like a gust of wind, leaving behind nothing but scattered pieces.

Even just thinking about that scenario made Elena’s whole body tremble.

If Zhao Guang didn’t know about the werewolves’ nature, he might have thought Elena had some sort of issue.

After sending Elena off, Zhao Guang finally stepped out, this time with only guards following.

It couldn’t be helped; everyone else was too busy.

As he walked by, Zhao Guang looked around.

In his territory, the era of massive construction had already begun, with workers everywhere busy building structures.

The first to be built were villages, but now there were towns starting to be constructed as well.

Zhao Guang could see that trade within the towns was problematic due to the lack of currency.

Deals that could have been made were falling through because of currency issues; this could not continue.

Fortunately, he had already roughly solved the currency problem, with the money being distributed through channels, but it was definitely not enough.

How much was specifically needed would have to be calculated by professionals.

“Looks like I’ll have to take a trip to the south soon; it seems I don’t have skilled people in this area over here.”

Zhao Guang thought about it and realized he truly didn’t have any experts in currency, and such talent was not easy to find among criminals because it was a high-end skill.

It was a shame he couldn’t apply to the state for such people, only to look enviously at those high-end talents in prison.

He shook his head, not wanting to think about this anymore, and continued walking.

On his journey, it wasn’t just the houses and such that Zhao Guang was inspecting; what he truly valued were the roads and bridges.

Those were the foundation of his territory.

‘To be rich, build roads first’ wasn’t just an empty saying.

Whether for turnover within the territory or for future connections to other places, it was essential to build good roads.

Of course, due to the absence of bitumen, it wasn’t possible to build bituminous roads.

Within Zhao Guang’s territory, what was being built were cement roads.

Cement is quite hard, so gaps were needed at intervals to avoid future cracks or bulging due to temperature differences.

At the same time, full-spectrum reinforcement with the Earth Attribute was necessary, and this task was left to Mokli’s apprentices.

But those apprentices were too few; it seemed more apprentices and mages needed to be hired.

If only he could train Mage Apprentices on a large scale; however, it seemed that no one in the whole world had this method.

“This speed isn’t bad already; what originally took two days to reach can now be done in just over half a day.

But we still need to continue strengthening transport, striving to circle the entire territory within a day,” Zhao Guang said to himself.