"Did you receive the ores?"
Standing under the shade of a tree, Chen Yu chewed on a foxtail grass and leaned against the trunk, raising an eyebrow at the projection.
The wristband projection showed the mine owner, Yu Pu. Judging by his back, he was standing in a city street, with people occasionally passing by, pushing wooden carts laden with shimmering silver ore.
These were the high-purity ores from Fengqi City that Chen Yu had sent in batches.
The mine has opened.
Mining was something Chen Yu had planned for a long time, but he lacked sufficient personnel to guard the mining areas, so it had been delayed.
Chen Yu had even considered robbing a batch of abandoned mining veins, and then robbing another batch later.
Fortunately, the Black Donkey arrived in a timely manner.
Although it was over a month later than Chen Yu had planned, he arrived in Fengqi City before Chen Yu could open the mine, saving Chen Yu from an embarrassing situation.
"Received."
Yu Pu, with his simple and honest face, was smiling.
"Please rest assured, I will instruct the goblins to work overtime to prepare the weapons you need and deliver them to you immediately."
"Alright." Chen Yu trusted Yu Pu's words.
Honest people do things with diligence.
Since he made such a promise, he would definitely handle things properly.
Chen Yu just needed to wait for good news.
After a brief chat, Yu Pu had a lot of trivial matters to attend to, so Chen Yu ended the video call without further ado.
Dealing with the mine opening had lightened Chen Yu's burden somewhat. Once Yu Pu delivered the refined shields, bows, and arrows that Chen Yu needed, his troops would become more diverse.
This would provide more solutions for dealing with various unexpected situations.
After closing the wristband projection, Chen Yu looked to the side at the bull-headed general, who stood with his hands clasped, looking nervous and awkward.
It was interesting, this bull-headed general was the foremost general under Black Donkey. He possessed considerable troop commanding abilities!
In battles, he led from the front and feared no death.
According to Black Donkey, more than half of the cities they encountered that blocked their path were first breached by this bull-headed general.
He was undoubtedly a god of slaughter!
Yet, this formidable slaughter god, feared by countless enemies on the battlefield, stood before Chen Yu with his hands clasped, as timid as a primary school student.
Any movement or glance from Chen Yu, even a slight raise of his hand, would cause the bull-headed general to flinch.
All of this was Black Donkey's doing.
When he was idle, he would talk to his generals about his past adventures with Chen Yu in the underground realm. In Black Donkey's descriptions, Chen Yu was a man who had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a being capable of single-handedly beheading the Undead King in the Undead Dungeon.
The Undead Dungeon, that was indeed true.
In the time spent in the underground realm, the Undead Dungeon was arguably the greatest crisis Chen Yu had encountered, and the only memory where he had risked his life to gain a sliver of survival.
It's just that...
Who was the Undead King?
It couldn't be that necromancer, could it? He was hardly worthy of the title "Undead King."
"This city, you will guard it. Is that alright?" Chen Yu whispered sternly. The bull-headed general, standing with his hands clasped, immediately tensed up and patted his chest with a solemn affirmation, "Please rest assured, leave it to me."
If it were any other time, he would never have agreed.
The city was too small.
A resource city, while called a city, was essentially just a resource point for stockpiling. The entire land area of a city lord was less than that of a town.
Even a slightly larger camp looked more substantial than this resource city.
It was called a city only because it had four city walls.
Camps did not belong to the kingdom's jurisdiction. According to kingdom laws, they were not allowed to build city walls, only fences.
The bull-headed general was the foremost general under Black Donkey. Several of their generals had remained in the cities they had captured along the way to defend those territories.
Those cities were far more imposing than this small, run-down resource city.
For him, the foremost general, the city he garrisoned should at least be a giant city, if not a main city. Assigning him such a small city was only because Chen Yu had spoken, and he dared not argue.
Chen Yu knew this well and lightly patted the bull-headed general's shoulder.
"I know, assigning you to guard this place is a bit of an overqualification." Chen Yu looked at the bull-headed general with seriousness in his eyes. "Guarding this place is your current duty. The Fengqi City area is infested with monsters, and the region is filled with unpredictable crises. You led the charge against the monsters in several newly opened mining areas. You should be able to feel that the monsters here are different from those in free towns. Those few mining areas have been occupied by monsters for decades, even centuries. It is highly likely that they will return to try and seize them again. These mining areas are extremely important for our development, and we cannot afford any losses."
"I understand!"
Feeling the weight of responsibility on his shoulders, the bull-headed general's gaze became much firmer.
"Please rest assured, my lord. With me guarding this resource city, whether it be monsters or bandits, they will not be able to take a single piece of ore from me."
*Ding—*
As he was speaking, Chen Yu's wristband received another video invitation reminder. Glancing at the initiator, Chen Yu's eyebrows curved into a gentle smile.
"You are Black Donkey's trusted subordinate, and I trust you absolutely."
"The city is yours to command."
"Once we have sufficient manpower, someone will come to replace you. Your abilities will not be buried here forever. If you feel it is too stagnant, you may also expand outwards when conditions permit. Remember, only when conditions permit. The primary task is still to ensure the mining and transportation of ore, and the safety of the workers in the resource city."
Chen Yu reminded him with a focused gaze. Seeing the bull-headed general's confident expression, he nodded slightly.
"Get to work."
"My lord, shall I send some men to escort you back to the city?" the bull-headed general tentatively asked. Chen Yu immediately laughed and shook his head, saying, "No need. Within Fengqi City, I don't think anyone can threaten me."
Watching Chen Yu's confident back, the bull-headed general couldn't help but shake his head.
Truly worthy of being called "My Lord."
A strong warrior who had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Look at that confident expression and tone. To say that no one within Fengqi City could threaten his safety, how much confidence did he have in his own strength to utter such words?
At least, he himself couldn't say that.
Even though the mining areas had begun operations, it had taken him considerable effort to fight the monsters lurking around them, and in a few places, he had almost been injured.
"Chief, is My Lord just leaving like this? Aren't we sending anyone to escort him?"
"You want to escort My Lord?" The bull-headed general stretched his neck and glared. "What kind of strength does My Lord possess, and what is your cultivation level? If danger truly arises, will you be protecting My Lord, or will My Lord be protecting you? Hurry up and go patrol the mining area. Have you set up the warning zone? You're returning to the city now?"
"This..."
"Hurry up and get going for patrol. If anything goes wrong, I'll have your head!"
Several centurions hurried towards the mining area outside the city. Chen Yu, strolling through the city on his way out, also smiled as he tapped the video invitation on his wristband, his expression filled with gentleness.
"Who is it that's sending me a video?"