Chapter 432
The golden sunshine was warm, and the sea breeze blew from the blue sea, making people feel refreshed. The leaves of the golden tree rustled in the sea breeze.
Cheng Yu sat on a chair, holding Ivennie in his arms, humming a little song, and closing his eyes to rest.
As a royal family of the forest elves, Ivennie had waist-length green hair, emerald eyes, skin as white as snow, and a faint fragrance of grass and trees. Holding Ivennie seemed to be in the forest.
Ivennie hugged Cheng Yu's neck and rubbed Cheng Yu's cheek intimately. Cheng Yu missed Cheng Yu every day during the more than one month he went to the Red Moon Empire.
Cheng Yu felt good when Ivennie's tender girl skin rubbed his cheeks and neck.
"Master Cheng Yu, did you forget something?" Ivennie reminded Cheng Yu.
"What is it?"
Cheng Yu was puzzled.
"The third town on Bailu Island, do you remember it?" Ivennie said.
After Ivennie's reminder, Cheng Yu remembered that more than a month ago, the North Wind Lord Hayden Vogt and his 20,000 elites came to Bailu Island to cause trouble, and he was detained by him to do hard labor to build the third town on Bailu Island.
Twenty thousand people built a town, more than a month has passed, I don't know if it has been built.
"Let's go and see."
Cheng Yu let go of Ivennie and stood up.
Ivennie followed Cheng Yu obediently.
"Charlene, you come with us too."
Charlene was new here, so he took Charlene to familiarize herself with the environment of Bailu Island.
Charlene, who was sweeping the floor, was stunned for a moment, "But I haven't finished the work in my hands yet."
"I'll do it when I come back."
"Oh."
Charlene put the broom aside, trotted to Cheng Yu, and followed Cheng Yu.
Xia Lin is about the same height as Ivennie, about 1.6 meters tall, and both are girls of the petite type.
An elf with long green hair and a fox-eared girl with long red hair followed Cheng Yu on the left and right.
The three walked to the west of Bailu Island, passing through the two towns of Jinsha Town and Shien Town, and came to the construction site of the third town.
At this time, the construction site was busy, and the streets and houses of the town were taking shape. The hungry soldiers were working hard on the construction site. Some were responsible for plastering, some were responsible for carrying stones, and some were responsible for carrying wooden beams...
Cheng Yu gave an order to Antoine, the general manager, not to provide food for the 20,000 soldiers. When they were hungry, they ate tree bark and dug grass roots by themselves, resulting in many soldiers not having enough food, with sunken cheeks, like zombies.
These hungry soldiers did not think of resisting, but Antoine had Ko'ao, a minotaur who was comparable to a fifth-level warrior, Gene, a seventh-level insect magician, and Angus, a fifth-level necromancer. Resisting would only lead to death, so they had to gnaw on tree bark and dig grass roots obediently, hoping to finish the work quickly.
Cheng Yu came to the construction site to inspect the progress of the project. Someone notified Antoine in advance, and Antoine walked towards Cheng Yu with a large group of people.
"Master Cheng Yu, why are you here?"
As a worker under Cheng Yu, Antoine was not as flattering as Carter, but more serious.
Cheng Yu looked at the town that was about to be completed in front of him, "I'll see how the construction is going."
"It will be completed in about ten days." Antoine said.
The area of this new town is about twice that of Shien Town. Although it is larger, there are more people involved in the construction, so the construction speed is slightly faster.
Cheng Yu nodded slightly, and was quite satisfied with the progress of the project.
When the third town is built, Bailu Island will have more places to live and can attract more people to open up wasteland on Bailu Island.
Now the utilization area of Bailu Island is less than half.
"Where is Lord Beifeng?"
Cheng Yu wanted to meet Lord Beifeng.
I haven't seen him for a month, and I want to see how this nobleman is doing.
"Lord, please follow me."
Antoine walked in front and took Cheng Yu to see Lord Beifeng.
The group entered the town, and there were clanging sounds everywhere.
Passing through the middle of the street, they came to the outer wall of one of the houses. A tall square-faced man was holding tools and applying lime to the outer wall.
Cheng Yu walked behind Lord Beifeng and greeted him, "Isn't this Lord Beifeng? I haven't seen you for more than a month. How come you are so lame?"
More than a month ago, Lord Beifeng led 20,000 elite soldiers to attack Bailu Island. He was wearing armor, holding a trident, and standing on the bow of the warship, looking majestic.
Lord Beifeng didn't have enough food or warm clothes for a month. He was so thin that his eyes were sunken and his eyes were dull, just like a worker who worked overtime every day and had no holidays all year round.
"You..."
The moment he saw Cheng Yu, Lord Beifeng was instantly emotional and wanted to curse, but he swallowed the national quintessence back when it came to his lips. What if he angered this devil?It would be troublesome to lock them up on Bailu Island as laborers for the rest of their lives.
He suppressed his anger and said calmly, "Let us go."
"I will let you go, but not now."
According to the previous two practices, before letting Lord Beifeng leave, Cheng Yu would extort money from Lord Beifeng's family to squeeze out the last bit of value from Lord Beifeng.
"Give me a ransom of 500,000 gold coins, and I will let you and your soldiers go."
Hearing this, Lord Beifeng's dark eyes flashed with an imperceptible surprise, "Really?"
Five hundred thousand gold coins in exchange for his and 20,000 soldiers' freedom, this is really a good deal.
Five hundred thousand gold coins are nothing to a great lord like him. If he can't deal with Cheng Yu, can he still deal with the people in his territory? As long as the tax rate in the territory is increased tenfold, he can recover 500,000 gold coins within a year, which is equivalent to not spending any money.
Lord Beifeng suppressed his ecstasy, but remained calm on the surface.
"Antoine, let this guy write a letter to his family and ask them to bring 500,000 gold coins to redeem him." Cheng Yu said to Antoine.
"Yes, Lord."
Antoine took Lord Beifeng to write a letter.
Cheng Yu continued to inspect the construction site in the town. The soldiers looked at him with fear. Lord Beifeng was cruel enough to exploit the people in the territory. Unexpectedly, the Lord of Bailu Island was even more cruel than Lord Beifeng.
At this time, Cheng Yu saw a big black bull with a body length of more than ten meters pulling a bull cart towards this side.
His name is Keao. He is the captain of the minotaurs under the devil. He is born with the holy body of cattle and horses. He was trapped on Bailu Island by Cheng Yu as a livestock.
"Niu Niu, are you happy pulling a bull cart every day?" Cheng Yu asked Keao.
"Not bad."
The big black bull opened and closed his mouth and spoke human words.
Keao has fallen in love with the life of pulling a bullock cart. He can work 24 hours a day without rest on Bailu Island, which is much happier than in the Demon Realm.
Cheng Yu: "Hurry up and say thank you to this lord."
"Thank you, lord."
Keao thanked Cheng Yu and left with his head down pulling the heavy bullock cart.