Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1336 621: This Needs My Decision_3
Previously on Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'...
Mengzi hurriedly called out: "What are you doing, all of you, get up, Seventh Master doesn't want you kowtowing!"
Trying to help thirty thousand people up is quite an effort. Li Banfeng asked Juanzi: "How do you usually manage these people?"
Juanzi replied: "When we were in the City of Sinners, each room had a manager, called Fang Zhang. There was a Tang Zhang for each trip of rooms, a Third Trip Leader for every three trips of rooms, and if one person made a mistake, all three trips of rooms were punished together..."
"Enough!" Li Banfeng waved his hand repeatedly, just listening to this management model was discomforting, "Forget about the rooms, appoint a Centurion for every hundred people, a Chiliarch for every thousand, the Chiliarchs will be from our Qi Qiu City, roughly divide the people, and arrange for everyone to eat first."
Steamed buns and cooked food, the first meal prepared was very simple, but it was a luxury for the Three-Headed People, especially those from outside the City of Sinners, who hadn't eaten their fill for a long time and were much thinner than those inside the city. This meal, they only dared to eat half, hiding the rest on themselves for the next meal.
Xiao Yeci and Lu Chunying settled the Three-Headed people, busying themselves back and forth, putting in a lot of effort.
Each time the Three-Headed people came, these two helped a lot; if Li Banfeng didn't show any gesture, it wouldn't be right.
But the situation with the Lu Family was somewhat special. Lu Chunying was taking elixirs and diligently cultivating daily; she was currently just a Second Layer Travel Cultivation, while Xiao Yeci had barely reached the Third Layer, but hadn't learned the technique.
If they were forced to become the Local Deity, the land would definitely be hard to defend. But Li Banfeng still allocated two thousand people to Lu Chunying; they led these people to open up new lands.
The next morning, another batch of guests arrived at Sheqiao Village.
Sha Dingzhong, Rong Si Jiao, Xie Laizi, Half a Horse, and Dui Shuangliu, a group of Local Deities from the New Land came. Some brought elixirs, some brought magical treasures, claiming to congratulate Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng could tell at a glance their intentions; these Local Deities were all here for the Three-Headed People.
Sha Dingzhong, the oldest, was the first to stand out and talk business with Li Banfeng: "Those who were with Seventh Master earlier are now living in luxury. We few were short-sighted, and didn't even get a bit of the soup or water,
Now that Seventh Master has brought good helpers, if we still can't grasp this wealth, we can only blame ourselves for not knowing any better.
Seventh Master, we take care of the He Family's territory, help out in the Chu Family's territory, and needless to say about Master Wu's territory, for any matter, we exert all efforts to assist,
And we'd like to trouble Seventh Master to bring a group of men to visit our territory, open some land in our areas too, so that we can see some light, and in the future, what Seventh Master says here will be undoubted. We will follow your orders, ready at your command."
The way they spoke in Puluo State was straightforward and bright, pleasing to Li Banfeng's ears.
However, the Swearing Woman glanced at Li Banfeng, subtly shaking her head.
The other Local Deities also expressed their willingness to follow Li Qi in the future. Li Qi neither agreed nor disagreed, arranging for someone to host the Deities for a meal. He found a civilian house and called some trusted people from the New Land to discuss strategies.
These people were the Swearing Woman, Liang Wucui, Bai Shoulian, Kui Bafang, and Chi Liuhe. They were all originally subordinates of Qiu Luoye, and one, Duan Wuchou, who had been with Ma Wu, didn't come today.
These individuals had been in the New Land for many years and had heard of the conduct of these Local Deities.
The Swearing Woman began: "Seventh Master, don't pay attention to how pleasant Sha Dingzhong's words are; his way of doing things is all sand-style, please be extra cautious."
"What's sand-style?"
The Swearing Woman said: "When you seek his help, he can certainly stir up a storm, seeming very formidable, but when the dust settles, it's just a layer of dust, and things remain as they were."
Liang Wu knew something about Rong Si Jiao and first said: "Seventh Master, Rong Si Jiao is a fickle person. He used to call Big Brother Qiu his brother, but later turned against him over a small issue,
If he had clarified things face-to-face, it would be fine, but he waited to stab Qiu in the back during battles.
At that time Big Brother Qiu had just been defeated by Master Shui, with very few men left under his command, and Rong came to take ten-li territory from him. "
Li Banfeng frowned: "Did Big Brother Qiu give it to him?"
Liang Wu shook their head: "Big Brother Qiu didn't give it and was ready to fight to the death. At the critical moment, it was Master Shui who set up a trap for Rong Si Jiao, luring him into Big Brother Qiu's territory.
Master Shui and Big Brother Qiu joined hands to give him a beating. After that, Rong Si Jiao never dared to show his face in front of Big Brother Qiu again, and Big Brother Qiu never had disagreements with Master Shui again."
Liang Cai, hearing this, sighed softly, saying with an air of melancholy: "Big Brother Qiu and Master Shui, perhaps these two men were a couple in their past life."
Upon hearing this, Liang Wu furrowed their brows but didn't want to say any more.
These days, Li Banfeng was shuttling back and forth between Puluo and the Outside Provinces, doing some things too hastily, and some people and matters hadn't been thoroughly investigated.
Today was the time to really understand it; Li Banfeng left the civilian house, and the Local Deities quickly came up to greet him.
They had no appetite to eat, all waiting for Li Banfeng's response.
Li Banfeng first asked: "If I send people over to you, are their meals and accommodations arranged?"
The Local Deities looked at each other, and Xie Laizi was the first to speak: "I have prepared everything, meals and lodging are all arranged."
Seeing Xie Laizi dare to say so, the others all chimed in in agreement: "We've prepared too, ensuring everyone won't suffer."
"All prepared?" Li Banfeng smiled, "Alright, then I'll visit each place one by one. Brother Xie, shall we go to your place first?"