40: Wanqingcheng Wang Family

This technology is too important, especially for Han Huohuo. His subordinates are all mechanical workers, and their numbers are far greater than others. In other words, the biggest characteristic of Han Huohuo's camp is its super-strong productivity. If it's boosted by another 30%, others won't even be able to catch up.

Then he built a Level 1 Magician Guild.

[Level 1 Magician Guild]: A place for researching and learning magic.

[Construction]: 2000 wood, 2000 stone.

[Are you sure you want to build a Level 1 Magician Guild?]

"Confirm!"

Wood -2000

Stone -2000

A black magic tower appeared in the base. Han Huohuo went in to take a look, and there was only one magic spell available to learn inside.

[Slow]: Earth Magic, makes enemies' actions become Slow. Duration is affected by the Intelligence attribute.

Not bad, it's actually Earth Magic. He just happens to have an Earth specialty, but he doesn't know what the actual effect of this magic is.

The Slow magic was recorded in the magic book. This was the first magic skill Han Huohuo mastered.

Then he saw the magic research option.

[To research Level 1 magic, it requires 2000 wood and 2000 stone. Are you sure you want to research the next magic spell?]

Only Level 1 magic could be researched; there was no option to research Level 2 magic.

"Research!"

Wood -2000

Stone -2000

[Researching Level 1 magic, research time is three days.]

Alright, it takes that long. He can only wait and see what the second magic spell is.

Next, Han Huohuo built three more exploration vehicles. These vehicles were extremely expensive; each vehicle required 2000 stone and 2000 iron ingots.

But he needed these vehicles to prospect for black oil deposits. If there were too few mining carts and they couldn't find underground oil wells, it would be troublesome. Han Huohuo also knew the importance of black oil, so he would rather waste resources than be negligent.

So he simply built three in one go and sent these vehicles in different directions to explore.

Then he arranged all the normal mining matters, manufactured many workers, and temporarily let Liu Qiang handle the internal affairs.

Liu Qiang was just a bandits; even if he had read a little, he was still just a bandits, not an Internal Affairs Hero. Han Huohuo could only set the overall direction for him, and letting him execute was fine, but expecting him to manage internal affairs creatively was unrealistic.

There were too many things.

After the war, everything needed to be organized.

He was busy for a whole day before finishing handling everything.

Naturally, he couldn't go to Wanqing City with Hua Mulan either.

Hua Mulan wasn't in a hurry either and waited until the next day. Only then did Han Huohuo finally catch his breath.

"Are you free now? Can we go?"

"Yes! Let's go!"

There were four warhorses. Han Huohuo hesitated for a moment and simply called Liu Long and Gou San to go with him. If they were buying clothes, it was better to bring a few more people; he and Hua Mulan couldn't possibly pull the cart back themselves.

Moreover, Liu Long was from the Wang family and was familiar with the place. Han Huohuo always felt that this Wang family Hua Mulan mentioned had some issues. As for Gou San, this kid was a bit strange; bringing him along might bring some good luck.

Hua Mulan didn't mind either.

"Neigh!"

Hua Mulan was skilled with horses and led the way, pulling the warhorse. Han Huohuo, however, was not. It took him a long time to control the warhorse, and he didn't know how to ride very well. His backside was bumpy all the way. Fortunately, his attributes were very high now, especially his super-strong stamina, which prevented him from making a fool of himself.

The warhorses were extremely fast. In less than half a day, they reached the exit of the Ten Thousand Mountains. After leaving this mountain pass, Wanqing City was very close ahead.

Hua Mulan stopped the warhorse.

Han Huohuo asked with a smile, "Why don't we go straight into the city?"

Hua Mulan shook her head. "We can enter the city, but these warhorses can't."

Han Huohuo immediately understood. These were warhorses. A few beggars riding warhorses swaggering into the city – it clearly looked like Bandits from the mountains.

"What should we do then?"

"Let's find a place to hide the horses first."

The few people looked around and saw a small hillside nearby. They rode their horses all the way to the top of the hill and found that it was an abandoned camp.

There were still bloodstains on the ground, as well as some discarded swords and weapons.

The camp's walls had been completely destroyed, and all the buildings had been burned to the ground by a large fire.

It was a very desolate place.

"Let's tie the horses here for now. We'll come back for them after we leave the city."

"Okay!"

The few people dismounted and started looking for a place to tie the horses.

Han Huohuo glanced into the distance, and his heart stirred. From the mountaintop, he could see Wanqing City in the distance.

In the entire Ten Thousand Mountains, only Wang Dali's camp could directly see Wanqing City.

He felt a little somber. So this was that young man's camp, but it had already been completely annihilated.

This world was just that cruel.

If he wasn't careful one day, he would meet the same fate.

After tying up the horses, the few people went down the mountain. Not long after walking, the four of them arrived at the city gate.

"Beggars are not allowed in the city!"

The guards at the gate looked at the four people with disgust and were about to drive them out.

"Officer, don't you recognize me? I'm not a beggar, I'm from the Wang family. My name is Liu Long. I even greeted you the last time I left the city. Take a look at me?"

The officer widened his eyes and saw that Liu Long indeed looked familiar.

"You can enter, but they cannot!"

"Officer, please do me a favor. These are all my friends. I promised to take them to the Wang family to find work. Back in the mountains, if it weren't for the help of these friends, I wouldn't have been able to come back."

Liu Long leaned over and quietly slipped a gold coin into the officer's hand.

"......Since that's the case, hurry up and go in. Remember not to cause me any trouble! The Lord is unhappy these past few days and isn't allowing beggars into the city."

"We won't, we won't!"

The officer waved his hand, and the four people quickly entered the city.

This was truly judging people by their appearance.

Wanqing City is the largest city on the Northwest frontier. The city is extremely prosperous, but even in such a prosperous city, there are beggars everywhere in the corners.

A few days ago, the City Lord got angry because of the beggars everywhere, so beggars haven't been allowed into the city these past few days. The four of them almost didn't get in.

Hua Mulan and Liu Long were both very familiar with the city.

They quickly passed through the streets and entered a quiet alley. It was full of large mansions with high walls, clearly an area where wealthy people lived in large houses.

A lantern with the character "Wang" was hung at the main entrance.

Hua Mulan led the way, picked up the door knocker, and started knocking vigorously.

"Bang bang bang!"

Several servants came out from inside. Seeing a beggar knocking on the door, they immediately became furious. "Where did this beggar come from? Get out of here quickly, don't court death!"

Hua Mulan naturally refused to leave.

Without a word, the servants took out sticks and were about to attack directly. Han Huohuo quickly covered his eyes.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"Ah! Ah!"

Hua Mulan went up and knocked these wicked servants to the ground with a few punches. Each of them was bruised and swollen, groaning incessantly.

She was quite ruthless. Han Huohuo even heard the sound of bones breaking.

"Quick, someone is attacking the house, call for people!"

Before long, a large group of people, surrounding a steward, rushed out.

"Who dares to cause trouble at the Wang family's entrance? Which audacious desperado is it?"

"Wang Ming, haven't seen you in a few days, don't you recognize me?"

Hua Mulan said coldly.

Wang Ming was the head steward of the Wang family. It was just that Hua Mulan was dressed in beggar's clothes, so he didn't recognize her right away. Hearing Hua Mulan say that, he was immediately startled.

He took a closer look, and sweat immediately dripped down.

"Ah? So it's General Hua, why are you here?" He originally wanted to ask, why are you dressed like a beggar? What happened? Later, he thought it might be impolite to ask that, so he didn't dare to say it out loud.

"You don't welcome me?"

Wang Ming's expression changed, and he quickly said, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. General Hua, please come in and sit for a moment. I will immediately invite the master over."

Now it was over. Those four household servants still groaning on the ground had been beaten for nothing.

Seeing the head steward speaking in a humble tone, this group of servants finally realized they had kicked an iron plate. They felt resentful, thinking, 'You're a noble person, dressed like a beggar, can you blame us for this?'

The steward ordered someone to take the four people to the reception hall to wait for a moment. He hurried into the inner residence to call the master.

Everyone knew that the Wang family had two brothers with immense power: Da Ge Wang Zizhong and the second brother Wang Ziyi. At this time, Da Ge Wang Zizhong happened to be home, and he quickly came out to welcome Hua Mulan after a short while.

Hua Mulan sat there, too lazy to stand up, tilting her head to look at the plump-faced Wang Zizhong. Han Huohuo was even more composed; this guy had nothing to do with him. He glanced at him without the slightest hint of reverence.