26: This is a free card.

This fellow is really disobedient. Han Huohuo clearly arranged for him to patrol, so why did he suddenly get lazy and go fishing?

But then he thought again, something was wrong.

"That's not right? Where are there any rivers or lakes near our Main Camp? Where are you going fishing?"

Seeing Han Huohuo press the question, Gou San knew he couldn't hide it anymore. He explained with a mournful face, "King, didn't you ask me to patrol yesterday? I climbed down the back mountain and accidentally discovered a pond halfway up the mountain. That pond is quite deep, and it kept bubbling. I suspected there were big fish in it, so I wanted to try. If there were fish in there, wouldn't our Main Camp have another source of food?"

"Huh? What you said makes sense. Let's go, take me to see that pond."

"K... King... the road... might not be too easy to walk."

"It's fine, just climbing a mountain. This little thing is not a problem. Lead the way."

Gou San had no choice but to lead Han Huohuo towards the cliff on the back mountain.

At the cliff, in a hidden spot, there was a small gap. Gou San carefully climbed down along the gap. It was very steep, but luckily there were many vines growing on the side. Holding onto the vines, he slowly descended, and it was still possible to go down.

The two of them climbed for half a day and reached the middle of the mountain.

There was a small platform jutting out suspended halfway up the mountain. A spring flowed out of the rock face, forming a very deep pond on this platform. The excess water flowed out of the pond and down into the deep valley below.

"King, look!"

Gou San pointed to the center of the pond and saw that bubbles were indeed coming out there.

It really did look like there were big fish.

"You try fishing. I'll watch from the side. If there are really fish here, the King will reward you."

"Alright!"

Although Gou San wasn't enthusiastic about work, he was very passionate about fishing. He sat by the small pond, cast his rod, and threw the hook in.

"No, did you forget to put bait on?"

"Ah, I was nervous just now and forgot!"

Gou San quickly pulled the fishing rod, wanting to reel in the line to put on the bait first, but he found that the entire fishing rod was bent.

"Huh, did I hook something?"

The fishing rod was sturdy, but Gou San didn't have enough strength. He pulled for a long time, his face red, but couldn't pull the hook back. It seemed like he had hooked something very heavy.

Han Huohuo couldn't stand it anymore.

He rolled up his sleeves and pulled the fishing rod together with Gou San.

Very heavy!

It was really heavy!

The two of them pulled together with force and finally pulled the item out.

It was a dark black iron treasure chest.

No wonder it was so heavy!

At this moment, Han Huohuo's gaze towards Gou San changed. Holy crap, this guy was the number one treasure in the Main Camp.

Indeed, extraordinary people must have extraordinary personalities.

"Bo... Boss... I was wrong, I thought there were fish in here."

The black iron treasure chest was pulled up, and the bubbles in the pond also disappeared. Clearly, the bubbles in the pond were due to this treasure chest; there were no fish at all. Gou San was very dejected.

"It's okay!"

Han Huohuo opened the clasp of the treasure chest, then opened this heavy black iron treasure chest. Only a card lay inside.

The card was sparkling gold, engraved with ancient and mysterious patterns.

[Free Card]: Use this card to help the Lord build a new building for free.

Han Huohuo's heart was trembling!

What kind of luck is this?

Is this my luck, or Gou San's luck?

"Is this card useful?" Gou San was illiterate and couldn't understand the description on the card, not knowing what it was used for.

"It's alright, it has some use!" Han Huohuo said.

Gou San finally turned from sadness to joy, grinning, "Since the King says it's useful, that's great! Otherwise, we would have come here for nothing."

Han Huohuo stood on the cliff halfway up the mountain, looking down. It was too steep, and it was difficult to go down further, nor was there a need to take the risk.

"Let's go, we'll go back."

This black iron chest was very heavy and looked like a good item. The two of them wrapped it with vines, then dragged it as they climbed back up the cliff.

It took a great deal of effort for the two of them to pull and drag this black iron chest up.

He didn't know what this heavy black iron chest was useful for. Since he didn't have any furniture, he would move it back to his bedroom for now and use it as a storage cabinet.

After putting the chest away, he came out of the Main Camp again. Han Huohuo directly took out the White Pagoda blueprint.

White Pagoda. Han Huohuo had never dared to dream of building this wonder in the ancient era, because the resource requirements for building a wonder were simply insane.

The kind that couldn't be built even if you went bankrupt.

[Do you want to build the World Wonder "White Pagoda"? It is detected that your resources are severely insufficient, but you possess a Free Card. Do you want to use the Free Card?]

"Use the Free Card!"

"Build!"

A rumbling sound echoed. This was the sound of the White Pagoda starting construction.

Everyone looked towards the center of the camp. A huge foundation first appeared, with five-colored light shooting straight up to the clouds. The White Pagoda began to build itself automatically.

[White Pagoda]: Under construction. Construction will be completed in approximately 24 hours.

Zhang Xiaoan had already gone to help with the construction, otherwise, it would take even longer.

Although the White Pagoda is a wonder, it is an ancient wonder. Therefore, even though the Main Camp is still in the ancient era, it can be built completely. Moreover, the White Pagoda is not a wonder of super-large scale, so the construction time does not need to be very long.

Han Huohuo, however, was extremely excited.

By this time tomorrow, the White Pagoda will be built.

What day is tomorrow? It's the sixth day!

That is the last day before the official army suppresses the bandits. In other words, the White Pagoda can be fully used in the bandit suppression battle.

Because after the White Pagoda is built, the troops recruited in the barracks can directly reach level two, one level higher than normal recruitment.

Don't underestimate this one level. It is extremely difficult for ordinary soldiers to level up, and each level increase is exceptionally large.

Level one is Recruit.

Level two is Veteran.

Level three is Elite.

Level four is called King's Troops!

In addition to increasing basic combat power, leveling up also adds some special skills. Any type of soldier, once they become Elite troops, can be equivalent to a soldier of a higher tier. For example, Pikeman are Tier 1 units, and Rattan Armor Soldiers are Tier 2 units. This means that a Level 3 Elite Spear soldier is equal to the combat power of a Level 1 Vines Armor Soldier! A Level 4 King's Spear soldier can surpass Rattan Armor Soldiers and can completely kill enemies across tiers!

So Han Huohuo is not in a hurry to recruit soldiers now. He plans to recruit after the White Pagoda is built.

His mood was simply too good.

The cold wind brought by the autumn colors couldn't dispel the warmth in Han Huohuo's heart at this moment.

At this time, Han Huohuo was beaming, amiable, and full of energy due to the happy event. He started wandering around again.

Pang Muzhi was holding a hoe, carefully tending to the furrows in the medicinal garden. His movements were very light, each hoe stroke had a great sense of rhythm, clearly showing he was an experienced hand.

Han Huohuo squatted by the side watching him work, sighing, professional matters must be handled by professionals. He himself was just messing around.

"King!"

Pang Muzhi heard some movement, looked up, saw Han Huohuo, and quickly greeted him.

"It's okay, you continue working. I'll just watch and learn from you."

Seeing Han Huohuo's curiosity, Pang Muzhi didn't act like a stranger. While tending to the small medicinal garden, he explained to the Lord, "These plants, I don't know who planted them. They were just haphazardly done. The planting distance is not enough, and there are no furrows. The roots of the herbs are already lacking air. Not only lacking air, but also lacking nutrients, especially since too much water was added later, which seriously affected the growth of these herbs. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn't matter much, at most it would affect some harvest, but now it's late autumn. If they cannot be harvested in time before the cold winter arrives, this batch of herbs will all be wasted. Fortunately, I discovered it in time, and it's still possible to correct it now."

As Pang Muzhi explained.

The system sent a brief report.

[The herbs planted in the medicinal garden have received careful care, increasing yield by 30% and shortening the growth period by 30%.]

Awesome, this is an expert!

"Add money, must add money!"

Han Huohuo didn't feel the slightest bit of guilt for his haphazard planting and generously increased Pang Muzhi's wages.

He had a thick skin and didn't care about the disdain in Pang Muzhi's words. He wasn't a professional planter, so what if there were some problems? He even felt a little smug in his heart, thinking, look, what a good boss I am, I didn't betray the working class.

"By the way, I'll build you a Medical Center later. If anyone in the camp gets injured or sick in the future, there will be a place for treatment."

As soon as Pang Muzhi heard these words from Han Huohuo, his face clearly became excited. He quickly stood up and bowed to Han Huohuo, "Thank you, King!"

Pang Muzhi's gratitude was truly sincere. He had been a beggar for several years and dreamed of returning to a Medical Center, because that was his battlefield.

Seeing that Pang Muzhi was about to cry, Han Huohuo couldn't stand it.

He thought to himself, I am a hero, I will not be affected by such childish emotions. Tears will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword and kill people.