Lin Zhan sat on the broken battlements of the fortress, looking at the gradually rising morning sun with a melancholic expression.
The ground was littered with the corpses of humans and lizardmen, their bright red blood flowing in trickles towards the base of the city wall.
"Are we done filming?"
Lin Zhan asked the young Taoist priest beside him, who was holding a camera and filming his close-up.
"Okay, it's filmed very beautifully."
The young Taoist priest gave him an OK sign.
Lin Zhan flicked the young Taoist's forehead and said, "Damn, you're learning foreign languages again. Don't you know that the whole world is learning Chinese now? Look at William, he even hired a Chinese teacher."
The young Taoist priest pouted and said, "The one he hired is from the Cao Gang's Qing Pi gang. He's always teaching William to 'eat right, eat right.' Now William's accent is more authentic than Da Zhuang's brother-in-law."
"Alright, alright, everyone get up. Let's start building fortifications and wait for the lizardmen to attack us."
As soon as Lin Dashao finished speaking, the human soldiers who were lying on the ground pretending to be dead immediately stood up and went about their business.
"Young Master, you promised this, didn't you? That you'd introduce a good girl to my son as his wife when we get back. Don't go back on your word."
The speaker was a middle-aged man in general's armor. Upon closer inspection, he was an old actor, the commander of the Wind God Wyvern Knights.
To think that a dignified lord-level expert would pretend to be a corpse for his son's marriage—parents' love truly knows no bounds.
"Hehe, Uncle, what are you saying? Would I lie to my own family? Ask my brother-in-law if you don't believe me. Even Ying Xuan of the Ying family and Zhang Haoran of the Heavenly Master's Mansion found beautiful and virtuous women as wives under my guidance. As for your brother's matter, leave it to me. Nephew, I'll definitely find someone for him with all my heart."
Lin Dashao, the matchmaker, quickly brought up his two sworn brothers to increase his credibility, using them as special advertisements.
Upon hearing that those two famously simple-minded fellows had found wives, the commander of the Wind God Wyvern Knights immediately nodded with relief and said:
"Oh my, even those two little rascals found wives. Then my son's matter should be fine. I have to rely on you, my nephew, for getting things done. If there's any more work pretending to be a corpse, just tell Uncle. I'll bring the entire knight order for you."
"Done. Thank you, Uncle. Please take care."
Watching the Wind God Wyvern Knights commander walk away, the young Taoist priest asked nervously, "Brother, we've boasted about this. But where are we going to find a daughter-in-law for him?"
Lin Dashao's eyes rolled, and he said, "This is easy. Go back when you have time and ask Ling Cao and the others if their Shennong tribe still needs sons-in-law who marry into the family. The old rules apply. We'll agree for a pig."
The young Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, then said happily:
"That's great, Brother. This deal is worth it. We only profit and have no losses, and we can even get a kickback from both sides. When I find out, you can hire more people then."
"Done. Don't worry, everyone will be there. We'll just trade for a few more pigs." Lin Zhan nodded in agreement.
The commander of the Wind God Wyvern Knights, Li Feiyang, hummed a little tune and happily returned to the encampment.
The deputy commander, Wang Zhanshan, seeing his old comrade's happy expression, quickly asked, "What's wrong, Old Li? It's just pretending to be a corpse for a while, why are you so happy? Did the young master give you a raise?"
Li Feiyang glared at the deputy commander and said, "A raise is nothing. Our young master is rich now, and we don't lack money. I'm happy because the young master promised to find a good marriage for my rascal."
Deputy Commander Wang Zhanshan quickly grabbed Li Feiyang and said, "Old Li, you can't forget your brother in this matter. My eldest nephew is still single. You know how difficult it is to find a girl with good bloodline and talent these days."
In this era, marriages were more about matching social status, but this status was not based on economic conditions, but on talent and bloodline.
After Lin Zhan brought back a large amount of resources, lord-level experts like Li Feiyang and Wang Zhanshan spared no effort in training.
This also gave these people the possibility of advancing to the king realm in the future, and their descendants, at a young age, were already warriors of gold or platinum level.
If they could find a woman with good talent and bloodline to marry, their future children would also have a high chance of becoming powerhouses.
This was also why Lin Zhan and the other young masters were more or less related, as these were the major families with heritage in all of China.
Li Feiyang looked at his old comrade of many years and knew he was starting to network for his son's marriage. He couldn't help but smile and say:
"Old Wang, it's not that I, as an uncle, don't think about my eldest nephew. Who told you not to go when the young master confirmed the corpse filming just now?"
"Old Li, how dare you say that? Who told me and Old Liu to stay and organize the troops, saying that we couldn't delay the young master's war? Now you want to hog the benefits. I'm telling you, that's not happening. I'm going to find Old Liu right now, and we'll go see the young master together."
Wang Zhanshan, seeing his old comrade who had gained an advantage and was now acting superior, was also furious. Thus, he planned to go and recruit people.
Lin Zhan stood at the city gate, watching the Hundred Battles Legion and the 100,000-strong engineering corps approaching, and couldn't help but smile.
"Old Jiang, you're finally here. I've waited so long for you that my flowers have all withered."
Lin Zhan said to Jiang Zheng jokingly.
Jiang Zheng's eyes widened as he looked at the young Taoist priest beside Lin Zhan and said, "Old Lin, why did you bring Xiao Ming here? If something goes wrong, won't it be a disaster?"
Lin Zhan shook his head and said, "It's alright. The Old Ancestor personally instructed me to bring him here to gain some experience. Otherwise, how will he have the ability to contend with Rommel in the future?" Su Dan Novel Network
Jiang Zheng nodded upon hearing this and said, "Since it was instructed by your Old Ancestor, there should be no problem. What are our casualties?"
"No fallen brothers, only some minor injuries. With the Golden Wound Medicine applied by Xiao Shijiu, there are no major issues."
Lin Zhan calculated and continued.
"Besides, I brought 300,000 platinum experts to fight the lizardmen's army of 200,000 silver and gold troops. How can there be any casualties? Even their kings are three times ours. If there are still casualties under such favorable conditions, I shouldn't be in this profession."
Jiang Zheng nodded and said, "That's true. What are your plans next? Are we just defending here?"
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "Before, I planned to lure the reinforcements. Now that the conditions are here, I'll prepare to set a trap. I'm afraid the lizardmen won't take the bait, so I'll have to be the bait myself."
Jiang Zheng said with a sly smile, "The willing will be caught. If the lizardmen know that the mineral vein has fallen into our hands, they will fight desperately to bite this bait."