A sickly fellow ridiculed by the entire army? I'll be the most beautiful woman in the barracks!

Zhao Daxuan finished three bowls of rice and dishes before he felt satisfied. He then called Li Tiezhu, who was standing next to him, to a corner.

"Tiezhu, how's the preparation for providing us with food going?"

Li Tiezhu leaned closer and said with a smile, "Brother Xuan, after I went back yesterday, I asked some chefs I know. It's not a big problem. The main issue is the wages, and there's also the shop's location. I haven't figured out how to resolve that yet."

"Wages are not a problem, you can handle it yourself. As for the shop, have you forgotten? Don't I have two adjacent shops?" Zhao Daxuan reminded him with a smile.

Li Tiezhu gave an awkward smile, "It's only been a few days, how could I forget? It's just that your shop is in the east of the city, it's very expensive. I was thinking of finding one in the north of the city, it'll be cheaper."

"It's alright. If we're going to do it, let's not make it a small-scale affair." Zhao Daxuan shook his head with a smile.

Zhao Daxuan looked at Li Tiezhu earnestly, "I'll use those two shops as storefronts, and I'll provide the capital. You just need to manage them, and we'll split the profits 50/50, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Li Tiezhu's expression changed, and he shook his head vigorously.

"No, no, Brother Xuan, are you trying to make me a target of gossip? If you want to arrange it this way, then just give me some wages later."

"Tiezhu, I didn't just say I'd make you rich. If it weren't for you helping me out when I was going through the toughest times, I wouldn't be where I am today." Zhao Daxuan's face darkened, and he looked displeased.

"In this case, you take 45% of the profits, no less!"

The two argued for a while about the profit split, and finally agreed on a 30/70 split.

Li Tiezhu looked at Zhao Daxuan with gratitude, "Brother Xuan, from this day forward, my life belongs to you!"

Zhao Daxuan shook his head, patted Li Tiezhu on the shoulder, and everything was understood without words.

Turning his head, he saw that everyone had finished eating, so he went to Zhang Xiaoshan's tent to report.

Back at the training ground, Zhao Daxuan shouted, "Ten men, come with me to move these things!"

Immediately, hundreds of people stood up and crowded around Zhao Daxuan, shouting, "Sir, I'm strong, let me go!"

Zhao Daxuan called Zhao Fubao, then randomly selected nine of his more robust subordinates, before turning around, taking out a key from under his leather armor, and handing it to the disappointed Li Erlong.

"Erlong, this is a house I own on General East Street in the east of the city. You take the rest of the brothers and help me tidy up. I'll go home and get my luggage and come over."

Li Erlong was overjoyed upon hearing this. After taking the keys, he patted his chest and promised to clean it up thoroughly.

Zhao Daxuan nodded, gave Li Erlong the detailed address, and then split into two groups, each leading ten men straight to the Zhao family's residence.

Pushing open the gate of the Zhao family's house, Zhao Daxuan saw several packages and some pots and pans neatly arranged on the ground in the courtyard.

Hearing the door open, several women slowly walked out of the room.

When Li Shishi and her sister saw that it was Zhao Daxuan, they happily went to greet him, while Lin Zhiqing looked at Zhao Daxuan with complicated emotions.

For some reason, even though she had just gone home with him yesterday, today she felt that her whole being was focused on Zhao Daxuan, because he had become her man.

Shaking her head to clear her mind, Lin Zhiqing followed. No matter what, they would be family from now on, and the home she had lost might return to her in this way.

Li Shishi smiled and said, "Husband, you're back. I only found the note when I woke up this morning. Why are we moving all of a sudden?"

"I forgot to tell you guys about the house that Jubao Fang gave me before. Last night, the kitchen was very crowded with several of us, so I thought about moving."

As Zhao Daxuan explained with a smile, he waved to his men to move the items. There weren't many items; most of them were added after Li Shishi and the others arrived.

After Zhao Daxuan's men entered, they couldn't take their eyes off Li Shishi and the other two when they appeared before them at the same time, and they felt a momentary dizziness.

It wasn't until Zhao Daxuan coughed a few times that the group came to their senses. They awkwardly ran to the luggage, picked it up, and followed behind Zhao Daxuan with their heads down, not daring to look at Li Shishi and the others anymore.

Zhao Daxuan approached Lin Zhiqing with an apologetic look. "Zhiqing, I was in a rush to get to work this morning, and I didn't tell you because you weren't awake yet."

Lin Zhiqing felt a warmth in her heart at Zhao Daxuan's concern for her feelings, and shook her head, "Husband... it's okay, it's the same if I see the message when I get up."

Zhao Daxuan nodded and led the women and his soldiers toward General East Street in the east of the city.

The Zhao family's old house wasn't far from General East Street, but it still took them 15 minutes to walk there.

As soon as Zhao Daxuan arrived at General East Street, he immediately recognized which house was his new residence, because the gate of the house was wide open and a group of city guards were going in and out, wiping the door panels and walls.

The two large black lacquered paulownia wood doors, covered with brass animal-shaped door knockers, had been polished to a shine. Apart from a pair of plain stone drums, there were no other decorations in front of the doors.

"My lord, you've arrived!" Several city guards greeted Zhao Daxuan as he approached, then their eyes lit up when they saw Li Shishi and the others behind him, before they quickly bowed in salute.

Zhao Daxuan nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you to an extra meal tonight."

He then stepped onto the two blue stone steps in front of the gate and entered the front yard of his new house. The ground was paved with blue stone slabs. On the left side of the front yard was a carriage and horse shed, and on the right side was a gatehouse and a guest room.

Passing through the front yard, you enter the inner courtyard, which is the core living area of ​​the house. There are three main rooms: a living room, a master bedroom, and a study. There are also two side rooms on the east and west sides.

In the northwest corner of the courtyard, there is a private well and an old tree that remains lush and green despite it being late autumn.

What surprised Zhao Daxuan the most was that the side yard of this house not only had a stable that could accommodate two or three warhorses, but also a small training ground with solid ground.

Zhao Daxuan led the three women on a tour of the entire house, and the three women had excited expressions on their faces.

"Little sister, look at the study! It's so big!"

"Hmm, the homeowner must have been a scholar. I'm going to fill all the bookshelves here with books!"

The three women chattered excitedly, imagining how the house would be arranged in the future.

Zhao Daxuan smiled. He didn't care about these details and let them arrange it themselves.

Many hands make light work, and fortunately, the house hadn't been abandoned for long. An hour later, Li Erlong arrived in front of Zhao Daxuan.

"Sir, we've cleaned the house inside and out, and we guarantee there's not a single spot missed!" Li Erlong patted his chest and assured him.

Zhao Daxuan saw this and knew he was telling the truth. He smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Good job. Tell the brothers we're having an extra meal tonight!"

Li Erlong grinned upon hearing this. He was already quite satisfied with the amount of food he had received over the past two days. It would be wonderful if he could have more!

He turned and relayed the message, and the crowd cheered again.

Seeing that things were almost done, and not wanting to delay the afternoon training, Zhao Daxuan told the three women and then led his men back to the core training ground.

Although everyone had been busy for nearly two hours, they immediately threw themselves into the afternoon's sword formation training after returning to the training ground.

Zhao Daxuan was even more demanding in today's training than yesterday, requiring them not only to strike with force but also to move in perfect unison.

In the meantime, someone was specifically asked to tell Li Tiezhu to raise the standards again for the evening.

After training in the afternoon, Li Tiezhu brought dinner with several large pieces of mutton with a good balance of fat and lean meat, which was more than in previous meals.

Zhao Daxuan simply told Li Tiezhu that they would go to see the shops in the east of the city together at noon the next day, and then turned and headed towards his new residence on General East Street.