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

[Rubber for a certain machine]: This is a type of rubber for a revolutionary machine. It is thanks to this rubber that the machine can operate perfectly.

Zhao Daxuan grinned. As expected of his lucky charm, it was so thoughtful.

If he's right, this should be the rubber that Li Shishi and her sister have been searching for for so long.

However, it's not appropriate to bring this up now, so let's wait until tomorrow to give Li Shishi and her sister a surprise.

With that thought in mind, he finally fell asleep contentedly.

The next day, Zhao Daxuan woke up early. Unlike usual, the three women didn't continue sleeping; instead, they woke up before him.

And when he woke up, she took good care of him.

Li Weiwei carried hot water, which Li Shishi wrung out by hand, and helped Zhao Daxuan wipe his face.

After wiping him clean, Lin Zhiqing brought a bowl of hot porridge to Zhao Daxuan's lips.

This allowed Zhao Daxuan to experience the decadence of a feudal dynasty.

After helping Zhao Daxuan put on the city guard's armor, Li Shishi gently wiped away non-existent dust from the armor.

As the time for parting drew near, my eyes involuntarily welled up with tears again.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Daxuan shook his head.

He bent down and reached under the bed, actually taking out the rubber from the space-transformation device in a corner unseen by the women.

He placed the rubber in front of Li Shishi and said with a smile, "Shishi, take a look, do you think this can be used on Watt's steam engine?"

Li Shishi picked up a collar, squeezed it in her hand, her eyes lit up, and her voice was filled with suppressed elation.

"At first glance, it seems somewhat feasible, but whether it can withstand high temperatures remains to be tested, and the dimensions are perfect, surprisingly similar to those in the drawings."

Her eyes lit up as she looked at Zhao Daxuan. "Husband, how did you find me?"

Zhao Daxuan chuckled, "They're all products from the turntable, so they should all be the same size, that's how it should be."

"Hehe, I suddenly remembered that these things came with the blueprints. Why don't you take them and give them a try!"

At this moment, Li Shishi and her sister played with the rubber bands in their hands with delight, which dispelled a lot of the sadness of parting.

"Sixi, load this wooden box onto the carriage and take me to the core campus."

Zhao Daxuan pointed to a large wooden box in the corner of the room and gave instructions to Sixi.

The wooden box contained the armor and bow and arrows that Zhao Daxuan had previously acquired.

Because it was too eye-catching, he didn't want to wear it in Zhenbei City, so he put it in a wooden box and took it to the north.

"I should get going, or I'll be late. Wait for me to come back!"

Zhao Daxuan kissed each of them goodbye, gently kissing their cheeks, which brought a blush to the fair skin of the three women.

After a short, bumpy ride in the carriage, we arrived at the core training camp. There were already many teams in the training ground, all carrying supplies.

Most of the teams looked somber, while only a few, who were more easygoing or had already come to terms with things, appeared relaxed.

When Li Erlong saw Zhao Daxuan arrive carrying a wooden box, he took the box from him.

When I took it, I felt a sudden weight on my hands and almost strained my back.

He looked at Zhao Daxuan in surprise, "Sir, this is incredibly heavy, what's inside?"

"It's just another set of my equipment. Keep an eye on it for me on the way," Zhao Daxuan said with a calm smile.

He then looked at his team, a hundred men, all dressed in their gear and standing ramrod straight.

Holding heavy armor and heavy sabers, the leather armor on their bodies seemed somewhat out of place with these two pieces of equipment, but it did not diminish the chilling and murderous aura emanating from the team.

"Brothers, this journey is just the beginning of our adventure. Are you ready?" Zhao Daxuan said in a deep voice.

"Ready!" everyone answered in unison.

Zhao Daxuan waved his hand dismissively, "Let's go!"

Without any unnecessary chatter, the team marched forward in neat formation.

Despite pushing several carts of supplies, the group quickly left the other groups behind and soon left Zhenbei City, heading north.

After leaving Zhenbei City and walking for several miles, Zhao Daxuan saw that they were far from the city gate, so he smiled and said to the people behind him, "Alright, everyone, take out your load-bearing clothes. Don't waste this time traveling."

Upon hearing this, everyone grinned and crowded around the cart, taking out weighted clothing from it, each weighing at least a hundred pounds.

Zhao Daxuan had no intention of missing any opportunity to train his subordinates, so he had each of them receive a 100-jin weight-bearing garment, which was already the heaviest weight-bearing garment in the Zhenbei Camp.

They quickly put on their load-bearing clothes, and nowadays, if they don't wear them, they feel a little empty.

They carried heavy shields, had heavy sabers at their waists, and wore heavy armor weighing over 100 pounds. Their total weight was over 160 pounds, which would have made it difficult for an ordinary person to move.

However, Zhao Daxuan's team was still able to advance at a normal pace, heading towards their destination, "Wangbei Village".

Wangbei Village is the village where Zhao Daxuan and his men are stationed. It is located in the northernmost part of the Great Xia Dynasty, a full 80 kilometers away from Zhenbei City.

Although Wangbei Village is within the radiation range of Zhenbei City, the distance is such that even if beacon fires were lit, Zhenbei City would not be able to know immediately.

Adding to the distance, even a forced march would take three or four days.

Therefore, Zhao Daxuan doesn't really understand why Wangbei Village still exists today.

Zhao Daxuan's team jogged forward, with several carts being pushed by members of the team in turns. Apart from a lunch break, the entire team did not rest at all.

Along the way, Zhao Daxuan activated his newly acquired skill, [Perception Domain]. Instantly, everything within a 6-kilometer radius appeared vaguely in his mind, and he could even distinguish friend from foe, which amazed Zhao Daxuan.

Using this skill, Zhao Daxuan found many prey along the way, and none of them fell to his arrows.

He did allow his soldiers to enjoy a lot of rare wild game every day when they ate their meals.

Zhao Daxuan's troops did not suffer any delays during the march.

Three days later, in the afternoon, they arrived at the entrance of Wangbei Village according to the map.

Looking at the dilapidated village before him, Zhao Daxuan frowned. Was it really necessary to guard such a village?

Wangbei Village doesn't resemble a village; it's more like a dilapidated complex of buildings forgotten on the northern mining soil.

Dozens of crooked thatched huts stand before you, surrounded by no walls, only a long wooden fence.

The entire village was filled with a smell that was a mixture of livestock odor, cheap coal smoke, and rotten wood.

There is a large expanse of farmland in front of the village, where the wheat grown in the north is almost ready for harvest.

It was at this time of year that the northern Tartars came to scavenge the readily available grain.

There were quite a few people working in the fields at that moment. When they saw Zhao Daxuan's team arrive, their eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

Most people bent down again and continued working on the unfinished farm work.

Only one old man squinted at them for a while, dusted off his hands, and walked towards Zhao Daxuan and the others.

"Gentlemen, are you the ones who came to guard Wangbei Village this year? Alas, you... shouldn't have come!"