28: Why do you think you can survive?

Floating Turret and Mechanical Wolf are extremely obedient, agile, and have very high combat intelligence.

After the training was complete, Hua Mulan was also very surprised!

In her mind, these all belonged to war puppets, and war puppets were not uncommon on this continent; the Mo Family's war puppets were world-renowned.

But these robots were different from puppets, more flexible, and their combat intelligence was astonishingly high.

They understood various tactics as soon as they were explained, and you didn't need to tell them a second time, as if these robots were specifically born for war and slaughter.

They were easier to control than all other soldiers, almost like an extension of one's own arm.

Seeing Hua Mulan's shock, Han Huohuo finally beamed with joy, thinking, 'Little girl, so there are things that can surprise you too?'

Artificial Intelligence, you don't understand it, right!

Alright, actually, I don't understand it either, but I'm the one who made these robots.

Hua Mulan stared at the area a hundred zhang outside the city gate and began to ponder.

How clever Han Huohuo was; he could tell at a glance that Hua Mulan was figuring out how to suddenly eliminate the Monks' troops.

Han Huohuo had already given Hua Mulan a copy of all the troop type information, even more detailed than the one sold online.

Unconsciously, night fell. The camp was brightly lit, and not a single person was resting; everyone was working overtime.

You don't need to work hard every day, but at critical moments, you must step up for me!

Han Huohuo was not a soft-hearted person!

Kindness does not command troops!

Before war arrives.

No matter how hard or inhumane it is, it is only right and proper.

I would rather the soldiers live to curse me than for everyone to die in battle because of my kindness!

On the night of the fifth day, Han Huohuo suddenly had a realization: to be a Lord, you must learn to take the blame, to be cursed by countless people. If you cherish your reputation and want to be a good person, you might as well just kill yourself, to avoid dragging everyone down with you to die.

Regardless, Han Huohuo worked hard with everyone, fighting together for the common goal of survival.

Hua Mulan, after demonstrating the last tactic with the Floating Turret and Mechanical Giant Wolf, looked up and saw Han Huohuo still sitting on the large stone in the middle of the camp, watching everyone.

She couldn't help but smile slightly.

This little Lord is actually not bad!

There was a crack on that large stone; it had been split open by a Barbarians' axe, and Han Huohuo had almost been killed by it.

"Lord, it's late, and there's still a lot to do tomorrow, go rest." After Hua Mulan finished speaking, she strode back to the Generals Residence. Cuihua was leaning against the Generals Residence entrance, constantly yawning, waiting for General Hua to return.

"King, it's getting late!"

Liu Qiang also came over and helped Han Huohuo back to the Main Camp.

The fire in the room had already been lit by Liu Qiang in advance, making it especially warm inside. Liu Qiang said apologetically, "King, Liu Long and Zhang Xiaoan originally promised to add a fireplace to your room, yes, the thing you drew last time, but Liu Long has been making chevaux de frise today..."

Han Huohuo laughed loudly, "No rush, it's not too late to get a fireplace after we repel the government troops who are suppressing the Bandits."

"Alright, King, please rest!"

Liu Qiang closed the door and left. Han Huohuo sneezed a few times, expelling the cold air. He had been a bit frozen outside just now, and upon seeing the warmth, he felt a little overwhelmed.

His eyelids were already fighting.

Lying on the wolf skin mattress, he fell asleep instantly.

The sixth day.

Cloudy, strong wind.

Ding Ding, Dang Dang, Zi Zi.

After washing up, Han Huohuo walked out of the Main Camp and heard the sound of saws and other tools coming from the direction of the workshop.

Arriving at the workshop, he saw Liu Long and several workers, their eyes red, still making chevaux de frise.

Huh?

They didn't rest all night?

"King!"

Seeing Han Huohuo enter, Liu Long's voice was hoarse.

"You didn't rest last night?"

"It's alright, we know the King urgently needs these chevaux de frise right now. Not sleeping for a day or two won't affect us!"

Liu Long laughed loudly, and the surrounding workers also smiled.

Han Huohuo couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Ordinary workers were truly honest; as long as you gave them a little more money, they would work their hearts out for you.

"Everyone, take a short rest, it won't hurt to take a moment."

"Okay, we'll just take a simple rest when we go for breakfast later. King, you go ahead and be busy. It's too messy here, don't get hurt."

Well, he was disliked for being in the way and was chased out.

Coming out of the workshop, he looked at the chevaux de frise on the square; the stock was almost gone.

It seemed everyone was working overtime mining last night and traded all the chevaux de frise.

It seems working overtime in the middle of the night isn't just happening at Black Wind Stronghold!

He looked at the transaction data; some people exchanged for a dozen or so chevaux de frise, while others only exchanged for a few.

Overnight, the black stone increased by over a thousand!

But the problem was, the gold coins decreased by over four hundred!

This kind of transaction was taxed. The Main Camp only produced 400 gold coins in one night, and it all went to paying taxes. Han Huohuo felt a pang of pain.

The sky was gloomy.

The wind was strong, and withered yellow leaves flew everywhere. The atmosphere was very oppressive; this was the last day before Judgment Day arrived.

A paper crane flew very high, blown askew by the strong wind, flying over the Black Wind Stronghold.

Han Huohuo had a feeling that he was being watched.

But the paper crane was flying too high, and Han Huohuo had no way to shoot it down; he could only watch as the paper crane flew away overhead.

The autumn wind was like a knife, and the scent of blades and halberds could be felt in the air.

The killing intent permeated the Ten Thousand Mountains, becoming extremely thick.

Unfortunately, the Floating Turret could only float and could not truly fly, and their attack range could not reach such a high place.

"Da Ge, have you gotten up?"

Han Huohuo looked and saw it was a private message from Wang Dali.

"Oh, it's Dali, yes, I'm up."

"Da Ge, I exchanged a lot of scrap iron for you according to your request. This stuff is really good; you don't even need gold coins for transactions. Please take it."

"Okay!"

Han Huohuo wasn't pretentious either and accepted all the junk Wang Dali had traded over.

It piled up into a mountain of garbage.

Scrap pots, scrap barrels, damaged weapons and armor, and all sorts of strange things; there was nothing you couldn't think of that wasn't in this pile of junk.

"Holy crap, brother, how much did you exchange?"

"It's nothing, Da Ge, I made a fortune this time. This is just a small token of my appreciation; you must accept it."

This young man is worth befriending!

Truly sincere!

"Alright, I've accepted the stuff and received your kindness. I'll teach you some key points about defense. Your defense line should be set up like this..."

Han Huohuo excerpted a bit of Hua Mulan's defense line setup and taught it to this kid, not knowing how much he could learn.

Because Wang Dali didn't look like he was very smart either.

"Da Ge, you're too amazing. After we repel the enemy's attack this time, I'll follow you from now on."

"Alright! There's not much time left, hurry up and get it set up."

"Okay, I'll go set it up then!"

Hanging up the chat, Han Huohuo sat by the recycling furnace and sent these scrap copper and iron pieces into the recycling furnace one by one.

Iron Ingot +14

Iron Ingot +8, Wood +4

Iron Ingot +2

Iron Ingot +24, Wood +6

Iron Ingot +6

.......

So much! After throwing all the waste materials into the recycling furnace, he actually recycled over three thousand iron ingots. This was truly a huge fortune!

Even Han Huohuo was shocked. How much money did this guy make selling information?

The online economy is truly terrifying!

The magnitude far exceeds the real economy!

Besides the over three thousand iron ingots, he also obtained several hundred pieces of wood. Although most of it was scrap iron, some weapon handles were made of wood, so he also recycled quite a bit of wood.

The amount of black stone was almost enough.

Han Huohuo hesitated for a moment, then adjusted the trade options. He could also exchange chevaux de frise for some wood.

One chevaux de frise for one hundred pieces of wood. One chevaux de frise for one black stone.

Both trades were listed simultaneously.

The price for wood was the same as others.

Making one chevaux de frise required twenty pieces of wood. Exchanging it for one hundred pieces of wood meant a gross profit of 80%, which was pretty decent.

Hua Mulan was still training the troops. Seeing Han Huohuo walk over after finishing with the scrap iron, she couldn't help but complain, "There are a bit too few soldiers, especially the Floating Turret. If this troop type can be used well, it's very strong."

Han Huohuo comforted Hua Mulan, "No rush. After I build the White Pagoda tonight, I'll recruit more soldiers. You can figure out the most reasonable ratio for recruiting Floating Turret and Mechanical Wolf."

Hua Mulan nodded. It seemed the Lord was no longer lacking resources, which put her mind at ease.

No matter how powerful a General is, they still need soldiers.

Han Huohuo was a little curious and asked Hua Mulan, "Aren't our current troops strong enough? Can't they withstand the Great Qian Dynasty's government troops?"

It was no wonder Han Huohuo had this question. He thought to himself that even without recruiting more soldiers, his troops were already considered top-tier in the Ten Thousand Mountains. If he couldn't hold on, how could others survive?

Hua Mulan looked at Han Huohuo strangely and simply said one sentence.

"Don't you know? When the Great Qian Dynasty suppresses Bandits, they intend to completely kill all the Bandits in the Ten Thousand Mountains. Why would you think that any Bandits must survive?"