Henry looked at Winston in surprise. He did not expect Winston to give Xu Kuang such a high evaluation.

Winston motioned for Henry to continue walking, and then said:

"Although we have only been here for a few hours, everything we see can surprise us. There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons in this territory. I dare not underestimate anyone, let alone Xu who has everyone under his command. Where is Kuang?".

Henry nodded and said to Winston:

"I have read Xu Kuang's information before. Do you know what is written on it?".

Winston smiled and greeted everyone, and then said to Henry respectfully:

"Appreciate further details.".

"Only six months ago, Xu Kuang mortgaged all his property and took a loan of more than 6,000 gold coins from another lord."

Winston looked at Henry in surprise:

"You mean it only took six thousand gold coins and half a year to develop this place into what it is?"

Henry shook his head again.

"No, he took out the loan to track down the murderer of his father. I calculated that he really started taking care of this territory from a dozen days ago to now."

"Isn't it less than four months? And starting from scratch?!"

Winston felt that Xu Kuang was... extremely scary.

Henry looked at the newly built city gate in the distance and asked:

"Can you tell what that thing is made of?".

Although Winston didn't understand why Henry would talk about him, he still answered honestly:

"have no idea.".

"I don't know either." Henry said with a smile: "But this does not prevent me from knowing that this is Xu Kuang's work. Everything here is closely related to Xu Kuang. It seems loose inside and outside, but in fact it is monolithic."

Henry turned to look at the top of the slope and said:

"Xu Kuang has great ambitions. He may be able to help me in the future, but maybe in the longer future, we will be forced to become enemies."

When Winston heard this, anger appeared on his face:

"Do you want……".

Henry was noncommittal, but asked:

"How much strength do you think Xu Kuang used when he caught the arrow that day?"

Winston's expression changed slightly. He understood what Henry meant, which meant that there was no need to mention this matter again.

Winston sighed. He was about to say something when he heard Henry say:

"Let's go find Brother Xu. I'm a little hungry. By the way, don't forget to remind me later that if you buy a property here, I may have to live here for a long time."

Although Winston felt that it was impossible to do, he did not say anything to stop it because he was also somewhat curious about this place.

…

Zhuge Duan stood in front of Xu Kuang, reporting to Xu Kuang about the recent development of Mogu Ridge. There was no way, who made these two monarchs hold each other and cry all night last night.

Zhuge Duan said loudly:

"First of all, in terms of population, the permanent population of Momouling has exceeded 80,000, and the number of people who have moved their household registration to Momouling has exceeded 50,000, and the number will continue to increase. Regarding the new population, I have an idea to report to the Lord. ."

Xu Kuang sat up straight:

"Sir, please speak."

Zhuge Duan smiled and said to Xu Kuang:

"You made a policy earlier to provide free houses to this group of people who moved to Moguling. But now we don't have that many houses anymore, and this policy should be changed."

"How to change it?".

"We won't give out houses, just set aside a piece of land and let them build their own houses."

After Xu Kuang pondered for a moment, he said to Zhuge Duan:

"Everything depends on Mr..".

Zhuge Duan smiled happily, and then began to report other situations:

"In terms of business, there are already more than a dozen commercial banks and dozens of retail investors settled in, and the monthly taxes can also collect thousands of gold coins. However, this is a long-term source of wealth and will continue to grow, so the lord does not have to worry."

Zhuge Duan paused, seemed to have thought of something, and then said to Xu Kuang:

"I have come up with a policy and I would like to ask the Lord to announce it."

Xu Kuang moved a chair to Zhuge Duan and said:

"You'd better sit down and talk, and I'll listen to what the policy is."

Zhuge Duan was pulled by Xu Kuang and sat on a chair. He was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and told Xu Kuang the policy:

"We can write regulations into the regulations. If you want to open a shop in Moguling, the proportion of local employees must not be less than half. What do you think?"

"Wonderful! Once the livelihood problem is solved, the people will have no worries."

Zhuge Duan nodded with a smile and said:

"My lord understands me.".

Xu Kuang suddenly discovered that Zhuge Duan's speech seemed... less formal.

Xu Kuang couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that Zhuge Duan also cared about other people's opinions.

Zhuge Duan looked at Xu Kuang doubtfully:

"Master, why are you laughing?".

Xu Kuang smiled and said:

"Sir has integrated into Mushroom Ridge and no one can take him away."

The two looked at each other and then laughed.

But soon, Zhuge Duan continued to report:

"The most serious problem is in the military. In this month, the Panshi New Army has expanded from more than 3,000 to more than 4,000 people. If you include the navy army, it has exceeded 5,000."

Xu Kuang looked at Zhuge Duan in surprise and asked:

"Why is it growing so slowly?".

Zhuge Duan sighed and said:

"There are many reasons. First of all, the new army spends a lot of money. The food and salary alone for five thousand people will consume nearly 20,000 gold coins per month, not counting horses, fodder and material losses. If all are included, it will cost 50,000 gold coins. .With our current income, maintaining this force is already the limit.”

Xu Kuang heard this and said:

"You are right, this is indeed a problem, but sir, don't worry too much about the gold coins. I brought back hundreds of thousands of gold coins this time, which will be enough for a while. And there will be a large amount of gold coins in my account soon, and then I will leave The principal is tens of thousands, and the remaining money can be spent by your husband."

Zhuge Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed loudly:

"In this case, there is no need to worry about expanding the army.".

But after a moment, he shook his head again.

"Sir, what's wrong?".

Zhuge Duan looked troubled and said to Xu Kuang:

"The most serious problem now is the serious shortage of weapons and equipment. Many soldiers don't even have short spears. And even if there are guns, there are no bullets available."

When Xu Kuang heard this, he laughed loudly and said:

"It doesn't matter. I brought back 300,000 rounds of ammunition, which is enough for five thousand soldiers to train for a while. There are also artillery shells. I will start making them right away."

Zhuge nodded, knowing that this level was over.

He smiled and said to Xu Kuang:

"My lord, I have a question. I wonder if your lord can answer it for me?"

Xu Kuang smiled and said:

"Just ask.".

"Does the master need to make every part of this gun? If not, why doesn't the master give those insignificant parts to the factory?".

Xu Kuang covered his face. He had had this idea earlier, but he forgot about it when he got busy.

"Sir, that's a very good thing to say."