56: First snow of winter

"Lord!"

Yan Yun found Han Huohuo when he was free.

This was a merchant from the Tulip Merchant Group who would be stationed here from now on. Han Huohuo smiled and went over to pat his shoulder: "How is it? Are you getting used to living here?"

Yan Yun quickly cupped his hands: "Lord, this place is excellent. I was prepared for hardship, but when I saw it, it wasn't hardship at all. It was like arriving in paradise to enjoy happiness."

Han Huohuo pointed at him and laughed loudly: "You merchants are the best at talking."

"Lord, I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

"Please speak!"

"Lord, I would like to build a merchant guild here specifically for trading external goods. Could you see if you could give me a plot of land so I can start construction?"

Han Huohuo glanced at Mu Jiu. The planning decisions were made by Mu Jiu.

Mu Jiu nodded and said: "Our Tongtian City welcomes merchants from all over to trade. The original plan included six large markets, but due to population issues, these markets have not yet begun construction, and the supporting facilities are not complete. I can give you two options: either build a smaller merchant guild in the currently developing community, or build a standard large merchant guild in one of our planned markets."

Yan Yun had obviously already figured out the situation and had an idea in mind. He quickly said: "Our Tulip Merchant Guild is willing to take the lead and build a standard large merchant guild in the planned market."

Actually, Jin Biao had told him this. When Jin Biao left, he had great confidence in Tongtian City. He believed that this city was likely to become a prosperous trading city in the future, where every inch of land would be precious. Don't look at how Han Huohuo is currently attracting businesses everywhere, and the land is free – just come. But it won't always be like this in the future, so he told him to occupy a good location first to plan for greater development later.

Han Huohuo and Mu Jiu took Yan Yun to the location where the market was originally planned to be built. It was still an empty field, and the supporting facilities were not complete. Finally, Yan Yun chose Market One East.

This choice was very practical because Market One East was the market closest to the current community.

Han Huohuo waved his hand grandly and directly allocated one-third of the land in Market One East to the Tulip Merchant Guild for them to build.

This completely exceeded Yan Yun's expectations, and he repeatedly expressed his thanks.

After sending Yan Yun off, Mu Jiu quietly said: "That piece of land is worth a fortune. You just gave it to him like that? You're too generous, aren't you?"

Han Huohuo pinched Mu Jiu's nose and smiled: "You little girl, what do you know? This is called 'buying bones with a thousand gold pieces'. The fortune it's worth is a future expectation, but before we reach that expectation, we still need them to smuggle supplies for us. Let's make the city prosperous first."

Unconsciously, night had fallen.

Han Huohuo's heart couldn't settle down. He stayed at Yanmen Pass and didn't return. He was waiting for news from Hua Mulan.

Suddenly, a cloud of dust from a large group of people was seen in the distance.

Hua Mulan was back.

They quickly opened the gate to welcome Hua Mulan back. Seeing that Hua Mulan was safe, Han Huohuo finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it's easy to buy a thousand soldiers, but difficult to find one General.

Han Huohuo was mentally prepared for the entire army to be lost, as long as Hua Mulan was safe.

But then he saw that Hua Mulan had brought back the team mostly intact.

"This subordinate failed to break through the enemy camp and has come to request punishment!"

"What are you saying, General Hua? We were just going to test them. There was no mission to definitely wipe them out. It's good that you are safe."

The Plasma Cannons were still there. Hua Mulan put all her troops back on Yanmen Pass, and then recounted the details of the battle to Han Huohuo.

"Lord, Nine Dragon Mountain is indeed powerful. We eliminated so many of their troops, but they still have many catapults and crossbows in their camp. I probed them and couldn't force a breakthrough. Our mechanical units also didn't have enough power to support a forced attack.

I pretended to retreat, guessing they would pursue. I left half of the mechanical Wolves in the forest as an ambush. When our main force retreated, they couldn't resist pursuing us. I suddenly turned back halfway, and the ambushing mechanical Wolves destroyed two more of their catapults. They could only flee back in disarray. Seeing that it was too late at night, and worried that our troops would run out of power if we continued fighting, I quickly returned."

Hua Mulan spoke lightly, but one could imagine how thrilling the process was.

Although they failed to capture Nine Dragon Mountain, the cunning Hua Mulan had tricked them again, eliminating many elites.

This is a top-tier General.

Retreating without collapsing, and even counterattacking, I predicted your prediction.

It's estimated that Wu Qiming is spitting blood right now!

Presumably, she killed many people just now. Han Huohuo saw that Hua Mulan had already reached level ten.

【Hero】: Hua Mulan

【Level】: Ten

【Attributes】: Strength 21 (4), Defense 15 (4), Stamina 10, Intelligence 12.

【Exclusive Skill】: Bloodlust

【General Skills】: Primary Leadership, Primary Attack Technique, Primary Archery.

【Loyalty】: 100

She gained another skill.

【Primary Archery】: Ranged units under command have their attack increased by 10%.

This skill is also very practical.

Han Huohuo just realized that he didn't know when Hua Mulan's loyalty had reached 100. It's not easy for a Hero's loyalty to increase. The little girl by his side, whom he dotes on so much, is only in the early 70s. How did Hua Mulan reach 100?

After thinking about it, he suddenly understood. It turned out that when he agreed to Hua Mulan burying the Barbarians' legendary Hero Hagg, her loyalty suddenly increased.

Could it be that this Hagg has some connection with Hua Mulan?

The relationships between the Barbarians are too complex, and Han Huohuo didn't care about them. Seeing Hua Mulan's loyalty so high, he was naturally in a very good mood.

"General, get some rest early. It's late today!"

Since Hua Mulan had returned, Han Huohuo also put his worried heart at ease. It didn't matter if they didn't capture Nine Dragon Mountain. When they gathered more Plasma Cannons in the future, they could just level it in one go.

Currently, the black oil mine can produce 26 units per day.

This means they can build a Plasma Cannon in two days. In a few months, they can pull out dozens of cannons and blast them to death!

Just as Han Huohuo's heart finally settled down, in Nine Dragon Mountain, Wu Qiming's face was pale. Just now, he thought the opportunity had arrived and sent a large army to pursue, but he was hit by a counterattack from Hua Mulan. He happened to be in the pursuing team and was almost killed by a terrifying cannon, fleeing in panic.

Several Heroes desperately escorted him back to the camp.

"This woman is too vicious. Who is she?"

"Reporting, sir, that woman is a Barbarian, extremely fierce, with the courage to take the head of a high-ranking General among ten thousand troops. You must not be careless."

"They indeed received support from the Barbarians. I knew it, how else could they have killed so many people during the official crackdown on bandits!"

"But sir, something is wrong. The troops she leads are mostly puppet troops, not like support from the Barbarians, but more like support from the Mo Family."

"The Mo Family?"

"Yes, sir, you may not know this, but the Mo Family is the most mysterious ethnic group on this continent, extremely skilled in puppetry. According to legends, they also possess a giant city that can fly in the sky, and there are giants there that can release lightning, which is quite terrifying. All the dynasties on the ground greatly revere the Mo Family, but the Mo Family never interferes in ground wars."

"Don't be afraid, I know this. The Mo Family never directly participates in wars. Perhaps they just obtained a few puppet blueprints from the Mo Family, nothing to fear. We should quickly ask the City Lord's Mansion for reinforcements. We must pull out this nail so it doesn't ruin the City Lord's Mansion's grand plan. We must completely clear out the Ten Thousand Mountains."

.......

After being tense all day, Han Huohuo finally went back and had a good rest.

The next morning, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that a huge amount of resources had disappeared, and then even more resources were produced.

A city's ability to consume and produce resources is truly terrifying.

This is just a small city with a few hundred people, the level of a small village on Earth. If it were a truly large city, how much wealth would be needed to circulate daily? Just thinking about it is chilling.

Managing a city and keeping it from losing money is already the mark of a top-tier manager.

Without Mu Jiu, Han Huohuo felt he definitely couldn't do it.

He slapped Mu Jiu's butt, waking up the lazy girl.

It was another beautiful day.

As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw snowflakes drifting down from the sky, scattering everywhere. The first snow of winter had finally arrived.