Starting as a centurion, he fought his way through the chaos of the world.

Chapter 36 Home

Chapter 36 Going Home
"My husband, you're back!"

Li Xirou's voice rang out in surprise. During the days Lu Ming was away, she hadn't been sleeping well. Now that she saw him return, her eyes were filled with joy.

"came back."

Lu Ming said softly.

At the same time, he gently patted Li Xirou's back.

"I'm going to cook. I figured you'd be back, so I bought a lot of groceries this morning."

“Okay!” Lu Ming nodded.

After watching Li Xirou walk away with her two maids.

Lu Ming went into the training room to check his gains from this training session.

After redeeming a large number of items, he only had a little over 100,000 points left from the last time he earned them.

But with this battle, the number of points directly reached more than 500,000.

This way, you can redeem even more items.

However, there's no rush right now.

You can use it after you get promoted.

"The Moyun Village caused such a ruckus a while ago, but now that I've wiped them out, I should at least get a promotion!"

However, it's hard to say. As the saying goes, it's easier to get things done if you have connections in high places.

We still need to find a way to make use of it.

After counting his points, he left the training room.

The soldiers in the front yard had already started eating. Because the attack on Moyun Village was a surprise attack, the men did not suffer many losses, only a few dozen with minor injuries, so everyone was quite happy.

Now that they've received their reward, they're happily munching on chunks of meat.

"Husband, let's eat!" Li Xirou also came over.

Lu Ming was indeed hungry, so he immediately sat down and began to wolf down his food.

These dishes weren't particularly refined, but they were served in large quantities.

Li Xirou sat obediently to the side, watching her husband eat, her face showing excitement.

Now, as autumn draws to a close, she is wearing a thin brocade cotton dress, which makes her look quite adorable.

Seeing her like this, Lu Ming felt a surge of passion in his heart.

It's already dark now.

After finishing their meal, he couldn't wait to pull Li Xirou into the house.

After the red candles went out, the red curtains began to swirl.

After a night of intense struggle, the pent-up anger of the past few days has been completely quelled.

The next morning, Lu Ming walked out of the house feeling refreshed.

When I arrived at the front yard, I saw that my men had already started training.

He beckoned, and Zhang Meng came running over eagerly.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

“I’ll go out and recruit some decent young men these next few days. I feel we still need too few strongmen. Give me another two thousand.”

If we recruit now, we can train them for a winter, and they'll be ready to use as soon as spring arrives.

Things are not peaceful in various places these days.

Not only has Yuzhou rebelled, but I've also heard that a rebel army has emerged in Yunzhou, though they haven't reached Hongdu Prefecture yet.

Now we have silver.

Lu Ming had naturally made preparations well in advance.

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhang Meng responded and then left.

Today, Qianhusuo is quite famous in the surrounding villages and towns.

If you want to recruit soldiers, it's really not difficult.

After all, the compensation package is there.

As for the dead, who cares about that in this world? Even in your own home, bandits can still break in and kill people. So, no sooner had Zhang Meng's notice been posted than people came to inquire about it around noon.

It almost filled the entire thousand-household office.

At the same time, inside the Li family's back courtyard, a large table of food was laid out, and Li Ren's children had all come for a family gathering.

Because today is the day Li Ren is hosting a banquet for his future son-in-law, Wang Yue.

The family sat around the table in high spirits as a variety of delicious dishes were served in a continuous stream, along with the finest wines.

The treatment she received was quite different from that of Lu Ming.

Wang Yue was quite tall and fit, and the blue martial arts outfit made him look even more robust. Growing up in an official's family, he also had a touch of nobility about him.

Li Ren was very satisfied with this son-in-law.

He changed his usual serious demeanor and said with a smile, "My dear son-in-law, I heard that Fenglei Town is going to be promoted to a county and will need to fill a vacancy for town garrison. This is your opportunity. You are so young. If you can take this step, your future achievements will be limitless."

“Yes, brother-in-law, if you could go to Fenglei Town to be the town's garrison commander, our family would be spared from having to rely on other families' caravans. I’ve been so anxious these past few days.”

Li Ren's eldest son, Li Song, raised his wine glass, drank a cup with his brother-in-law, and then said with a smile.

He was one of the first to help manage the family business and now oversees the entire Li family's caravan.

During this period, the caravan's income decreased, and they were constantly being harassed.

He's the most troublesome one.

Wang Yue said somewhat awkwardly, "Father-in-law, I can't take the position of captain in Fenglei County."

"Why is that? If Fenglei Town is promoted to a county, it will be no ordinary place. It will be a town with great power. Didn't your father help you with that? If you need money, just tell your family. The Li family has accumulated quite a bit over the years."

For a wealthy family like the Li family, money is a minor matter; what matters is having someone in the family become an official and wield power.

After all, in today's world, those who hold power and military force are the true elite.

Even if you have money at home, without enough power to protect you, you are just a lamb to the slaughter.

“Father-in-law, the captain of Fenglei County, I heard from the garrison commander that someone has already been chosen, and that others should not waste their money.”

"Oh, if that's the case, then there's nothing we can do." Li Ren shook his head regretfully.

Otherwise, the Wang family, with two captains, would be able to protect the Li family in this place.

Moreover, Fenglei Town is a necessary stop on the trade route, which would have made it easier to negotiate with Moyun Village, but now all of that has fallen through.

“My brother-in-law works in Fenglei Town, right? Why don’t we ask him?” Li Ren’s second daughter glanced at her father carefully and said. The three sisters had been close since childhood. Her mother said that when her older sister came to see her after her engagement, she cried for a whole day.

Now, it's clear that she wants to take this opportunity to get her father to find her sister and brother-in-law.

"Him? What could he possibly know? Don't mention him in front of me!"

Li Ren said in a gloomy voice.

For a moment, no one in the house dared to speak.

And right now.

Wang Yue looked at his wife and shook his head helplessly.

However, a very important person has now arrived in Fenglei Town.

It was Qian Yong, along with his clerk who had come to deliver the official documents.

Qian Yong walked in front, while the advisor followed behind.

Besides the two men, there was a group of yamen runners and thousands of city guards.

After all, bandits are rampant these days.

One wrong move and you risk being wiped out.