The next day, Li Ai summoned Wu Hu. When Wu Hu arrived at Li Ai's place, Li Kai and Yuan Chong were already there.
"Okay, everyone is here now!" Li Ai nodded slightly towards Wu Hu and motioned for Wu Hu to sit in front of him.
Wu Hu nodded and walked over, sitting directly next to Yuan Chong.
As soon as Wu Hu sat down, Li Ai said: "Wu Hu, I am going to let you be responsible for the safety of the trade routes in Heiyun Mountain. What do you think?"
"Master, Wu Hu is a newcomer. Isn't this a bit difficult for him?" Before Wu Hu could speak, Yuan Chong spoke up for Wu Hu.
This made Li Ai frown. He didn't like others taking over the words. He thought it was disrespectful to him and a challenge to his power.
"Commander Yuan, Wu Hu hasn't said anything yet. Why are you anxious? Besides, the fort master certainly has his own motives for doing this. Are you afraid that the fort master will harm Wu Hu?" Li Kai said angrily.
This made Yuan Chong's face darken, and he said coldly: "Of course I don't mean this."
Li Ai signaled the two of them to stop arguing. He smiled and said to Wu Hu: "Wu Hu, this job is a bit tiring, but it is also a good opportunity for you to grow. Please pay attention, I am very optimistic about you."
Naturally, Wu Hu didn't accept the pie-painting tactics commonly used by leaders, but he still decided to take on the job.
"Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. I will try my best." Wu Hu nodded and said.
This made Li Ai very satisfied. He thought he would have to fight with Wu Hu, but he didn't expect Wu Hu to agree immediately.
"Alas, Wu Hu is still too young! It's my fault that I drank too much last night and didn't explain it clearly to Li Ai and discuss how to get more benefits from interfering with Li Ai." Yuan Chong sighed in his heart. In fact, he knew very well that Wu Hu could not push him away. Get rid of the tasks assigned by Li Ai. The reason why he jumped out to fight for Wu Hu was because he wanted to help Wu Hu get some benefits.
Wu Hu naturally knew Yuan Chong's intentions, but he didn't want Yuan Chong to offend Li Ai just for some benefit. This was not his style of life.
"I'll give you seven patrol teams. If you have any difficulties, let me know anytime!" Li Ai was quite happy because he easily handled the matter and gave Wu Hu the right to choose the patrol team.
After coming out, Yuan Chong still said with a regretful expression: "Wu Hu, you should cooperate with me and the castle master to get more benefits."
"Master Yuan, there is no need for you to offend the castle master for me. You also know that behind him is Mrs. Qian, and behind me are Li Qingyi and Li Yao. They are destined to have a fight. There is no need for you to intervene now. .”
Yuan Chong did not take sides for the time being because of his younger brother. Nowadays, the power struggle within the Li Mansion is serious, and Wu Hu does not want Yuan Chong to get involved.
Knowing Wu Hu's kindness, the complaints in Yuan Chong's heart naturally disappeared.
"Master Yuan, please recommend a team to me!" Wu Hu said. He would definitely choose Wei Tong's patrol team. But he didn't understand the other patrol teams, so he naturally asked Yuan Chong to make suggestions for him.
"Okay, I'll help you!" Yuan Chong nodded, and based on his understanding of the patrol team, he selected the remaining six teams for Wu Hu.
The strength of these patrol teams is good, and they don't have much contact with Li Kai, so they are not afraid of anyone causing trouble.
Wu Hu then summoned the captains of these seven patrol teams.
"Lord Commander!" The seven people headed by Wei Tong all shouted respectfully after seeing Wu Hu.
Wu Hu nodded and said to everyone: "The castle master asked me to ensure the safety of the trade routes. When you lead people to patrol in the future, you must not only ensure the safety of the trade routes, but also search the people coming and going to make sure there are no spies from Chifeng Village among them. "
At this time, someone couldn't help but said: "This has never been done before. All the businessmen who come and go have paid money to Black Cloud Castle. I'm afraid it's not good to do this, right?"
Because Li Ai collected the money, he still took good care of the businessmen coming and going, and would not conduct too many checks on these businessmen.
"If there are spies from Chifeng Village inside, they will probably sneak into Black Cloud Castle and cooperate with the bandits from Chifeng Village outside. Can you afford it if something goes wrong?"
It is precisely because of this consideration that the core strength of Heiyun Castle will stay away from the street market and at the same time prohibit outsiders from approaching. Therefore, even if there is a real cooperation between inside and outside, it will not be able to damage the core of Black Cloud Castle and will still be wiped out.
However, the captains of these patrols panicked when Wu Hu was so frightened, and quickly shook their heads and said: "We can't afford this!"
"Then listen to me and check carefully. If anyone is uncooperative, tell me." Wu Hu ordered.
"Yes, Lord Commander."
After the order was given, Wu Hu asked everyone else to leave, leaving only Wei Tong with a confused look on his face.
After the others left, Wei Tong said, "Wu Hu, do you have any plans?"
"Brother Tong, didn't you say that the work I do is not profitable? Then we will make money from these merchants." Wu Hu said. These merchants made a lot of money by trading with Heiyun Castle. Wu Hu naturally You can't serve as their bodyguards for nothing.
"But they have all paid money to the fort. Will doing this..." Wei Tong was a little worried. If all the businessmen went to report Wu Hu, there might be trouble.
Wu Hu said disapprovingly: "Brother Tong, the money was given to Li Ai, not to me or to the Li family. So even if none of these businessmen come to Heiyun Castle, the Li family will have nothing." Big loss. As long as the Li family doesn't blame me, what can the Lord do to me?"
The Li family can send out strong men in the Concentration Realm, so Wu Hu must be wary of them. But he, Li Ai, was a loser. Wu Hu could still save his life even if he couldn't beat him, so naturally he wouldn't take him seriously.
"I know, but I'd better handle it gently. The castle master is very strong and is the strongest person in Black Cloud Castle. It's better not to break up with him. If he attacks you without martial ethics, then You’re in a very bad situation.”
Wei Tong felt that what Wu Hu said made sense. The only thing that made him feel uncertain was Li Ai's strength.
In the hearts of the old men of Black Cloud Castle, Li Ai was like a god, possessing invincible strength.
More importantly, Li Ai once actually killed a commander out of rage. He has a criminal record, so it is normal for Wei Tong to be worried.
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion!" Wu Hu smiled and patted Wei Tong on the shoulder, telling him to be careful during his daily patrols.
"Yeah!" Wei Tong nodded. He knew Wu Hu's character, so he wasn't worried about him causing a big mess.
After sending Wei Tong away, Wu Hu murmured to himself: "We have to improve our cultivation as soon as possible. As long as we are strong enough, there is nothing to worry about."
Wu Hu's practice has slowed down because he does not have suitable elixirs to assist him in his practice. However, compared to ordinary warriors of the same level, his cultivation speed is still astonishingly fast.
(End of chapter)
