Are you crazy? Trying to trick him into military service? He's the number one dragon on the fro

"Hahaha……"

Fan Changxin, seeing his sister's expression, knew she had her eye on Lu Xiao, and was immediately overjoyed:

"I wonder who it was that resisted so much before, saying they'd rather stay home alone and grow old than get married!"

"But now is not the time to talk about love with Lu Xiao, wipe your drool first!"

He shook his head with a smile, marveling that men and women really are the same—they all like to look at faces!

My sister's current appearance perfectly embodies the phrase "lust at first sight."

"...Is there anything you all still don't understand?"

By this time, Lu Xiao had already explained many relevant policies to the refugees.

He stated that any able-bodied young man willing to join the White Wolf outpost could bring his family along and settle them on the spot.

Because it was located directly next to the territory where the Hu people lived, there were almost no people living on the north and south sides of the outpost, especially some fertile fields to the south, which had been abandoned for many years.

These refugees settled down there and supported themselves.

When young men who join the army see their parents, wives and children behind them, they will fight even more bravely against the Hu people!

Because they cannot retreat, otherwise they would be handing over their parents, wives and children to the barbarians for slaughter!

One after another, words of great satisfaction came from the crowd. After all, Lu Xiao not only provided them with a place to stay, but would also continue to provide them with porridge until the autumn or spring harvest.

Such a huge temptation almost made some displaced people who were not of the appropriate age burst into tears, regretting that they could not join the army.

After a flurry of activity, over a hundred more able-bodied young refugees joined the effort.

After teasing his sister, Fan Changxin, seeing that the recruitment seemed far from over, couldn't help but ask curiously:

"How many soldiers does the lord intend to recruit this time?"

Just call me Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao casually replied, his gaze fixed ahead, his smile gradually brightening:

"Initially, the plan was to recruit 800 people, but more than 300 homeless people applied for the job at the East Gate alone. I suppose the situation at the other three gates can't be too bad."

"So I've decided to increase the number to one thousand!"

Upon hearing this, Fan Changxin nodded slightly:

"This number is just right; it can solve the problem of most of the refugees without putting too much burden on the outposts."

"Brother Fan, there's something I need to ask you for a favor."

Seeing that the order here was still well maintained, Lu Xiao prepared to go and check out the porridge shops near the other three gates:

"Please take the well-fed refugees to rest outside the city. Continue to provide them with porridge tomorrow, and I will take them back to the White Wolf Outpost the day after tomorrow morning."

"Don't worry, Xiao Di."

Knowing he had won the bet, Fan Changxin hurriedly patted his chest and agreed:

"Go with peace of mind. I will definitely prepare a batch of grain before nightfall tomorrow."

"This grain, besides providing sustenance for the refugees traveling to the outpost, can sustain the outpost for ten to fifteen days!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiao quickly said that 10,000 shi of grain would soon be transported to the outpost, so Fan Changxin did not need to prepare too much; just enough to feed the refugees would suffice!

Having discussed the matter, Fan Changxin noticed his younger sister tugging at his sleeve and smiled as he invited her:

"Brother Xiao, you won't be able to return to the outpost for the next two days, and finding an inn in the city will cost money. Why don't you stay at my house?"

"In that case, we can discuss the follow-up matters."

"good!"

……

Night fell, and the moon and stars were few.

Lu Xiao toured the soup kitchens near the four city gates, personally explaining the benefits of joining the army to the refugees, which attracted countless people to sign up.

However, he didn't accept just anyone, so he only selected one thousand people based on merit.

After finishing these tasks, he arrived at the Fan residence as promised.

Just as she was about to raise her hand to knock, the door to the Fan residence was opened from the inside. Then, Fan Changrui, dressed in a light blue dress and wearing light makeup, gave a graceful bow and said sweetly:

"My brother knew that Young Master Lu would be busy until now, so he ordered me to personally greet him to avoid neglecting him."

"Please come this way, young master. My brother has prepared some simple wine. Please do me the honor of joining us."

"it is good."

Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, secretly admiring the woman's beauty, and then followed her into the mansion.

Although he had seen her during the day, Fan Changrui was dressed in men's clothing at the time, and apart from being somewhat handsome, he could not tell much about her. But now he found that she was exceptionally beautiful!

No wonder Fan Changxin mentioned in casual conversation that his younger sister had extremely high standards and was still unmarried.

The two entered the backyard of the Fan residence one after the other, where Fan Changxin was already sitting at the table waiting.

Upon meeting, he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile:

"Brother Xiao, you've had a hard day; you must be starving by now, right?"

"Come, come, I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I ordered one of every local specialty. Come and try it!"

After saying that, he got up and personally poured wine for Lu Xiao.

Just then, the steward of the Fan family hurried over, seemingly unaware that their master was entertaining distinguished guests. He quickly stopped in the courtyard, preparing to leave quietly.

Fan Changxin noticed the commotion and quickly called out to the person:

"Didn't I say that I shouldn't come to disturb you tonight unless it's something important?"

"Returning home, Lord, is indeed... is indeed an extremely urgent matter!"

The butler lowered his head and hurriedly reported, but stopped halfway through his sentence, his eyes constantly glancing at Lu Xiao.

Fan Changxin noticed his subtle movements and immediately frowned and scolded him:

"Brother Xiao, we're not strangers. If you have something to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush!"

Brother Fan.

Lu Xiao smiled and stood up, gesturing for him to go ahead and get busy:

"I just remembered that I didn't bring my weapons from the inn. Let's go get them now."

"Sit down!"

Fan Changxin quickly refused, and after thinking it over, he turned his gaze to his younger sister:

"Chang Rui, would you mind entertaining our distinguished guests on my behalf tonight?"

"Anyway, you can handle things on your own most of the time, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Feeling their gazes, Fan Changrui lowered her head even further, but still nodded in agreement.

"Brother, you go ahead and do your work. I know what to do."

"Brother Xiao, please forgive my neglect!"

After saying this, Fan Changxin hurriedly stepped forward, scolding the steward as he left.

Only the two of them remained at the dinner table.

At this moment, Fan Changrui changed her shy demeanor from before, but still remained quite reserved:

"Young Master Lu, I'm sorry, my brother is usually like this. He's so busy that he doesn't even have time to eat a hot meal."

"I will have my servants retrieve the weapons from the inn shortly, so you can rest assured, young master."

Having said all that, Lu Xiao naturally understood that Fan Changxin was creating an opportunity for him to be alone with Fan Changrui. After thinking about it, he decided to take it as it came.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Fan."

"It's alright, it's all what I should do."

Fan Changrui was extremely nervous; she even noticed her palms were sweaty when she poured wine for Lu Xiao.

However, the thought of becoming his woman in the future made her suppress her nervousness and try to find topics to chat about:

"I heard that Young Master Lu joined the army only a little over a month ago?"