Chapter 58 Squad Operations
Chapter 58 Squad Operations
Zi Yi was somewhat surprised to hear Zi An's request.
Is this helping him?
Li Mosi, however, thought there was no problem.
"Okay. I'll regroup them tomorrow."
He looked at Ziyi as he spoke.
"Disobedient people are indeed easier to manage if they are placed on the mountain."
Ziyi nodded.
Li Mosi waved her hand: "Then let's go to sleep."
The saintess was still tied up in the same spot, but they provided her with a haystack to sleep in.
The night passed just like that.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Zi Yi ordered the goblins to gather the prisoners.
The vines connecting the prisoners were untied, and they were divided into two groups.
"Four wounded, come here. You come here too."
"You five come here too."
"You, you, come here."
Li Moss first pulled the four slaves who were weeding and the prisoners who had been whipped aside, then pulled over the five who had lied about their injuries yesterday, and finally randomly stuffed two slaves into the group.
"You four continue weeding, and you eight continue loosening the soil today."
"Ah... okay."
Lacas instinctively wanted to shout it out, but then chickened out.
Zi'an stepped forward: "I'll be watching you today, so behave yourselves."
Several regular employees froze, their expressions turning strange.
Laso thought back to yesterday when he had tried to persuade Enlian to run away.
As a result, she became the supervisor today.
He nodded obediently and said, "Yes, Enlian."
Zi'an frowned: "Call me Zi'an."
They've even changed their names!
Lasso felt even more numb: "Yes, son..."
"You can't call it that."
Li Mosi interrupted their conversation.
He then realized that he had been neglecting to address people properly.
Previously, there was only one disciple, Zi Yi.
The goblins don't understand human language, and they only call Zi Yi "leader." Besides themselves, the only other person who calls Zi Yi "Zi Yi" is the old goblin, an elder.
But Zi'an is different.
She originally had a name, and all the prisoners knew that name.
Seeing Lasso's constipated expression, he said to Zi'an, "I call you that because you are my disciple, and Ziyi calls you that because you are both my disciples. It's disrespectful for outsiders to call you that; they should call you..."
Li Mosi noticed something was wrong.
According to the ancients, when outsiders addressed someone with respect, they should use the surname followed by the given name.
For example, one of the famous Ten Philosophers, Zigong, was named Duanmu Ci. Outsiders respectfully referred to him by combining his surname "Duanmu" with the character "Zi".
Then it should be "Duanmuzi".
The problem is that neither Ziyi nor Zian has a surname!
Ordinary people either didn't have surnames, or they used their occupations instead of surnames.
It's strange no matter what.
Not to mention that neither Ziyi nor Zian are human.
Enlian... could her name be "Enko"?
The first syllable is used to represent the surname.
He himself is in a similar situation now.
But something still feels off.
Li Mos said helplessly, "From now on, you can have those of lower status call you 'Enzi.' That's the respectful way to address you. Or you can just have them call you Lady Enlian."
Following local methods might be more acceptable.
Zi'an nodded, intending to follow Li Mosi's instructions.
She turned around, intending to repeat herself to Lasso.
But Lasso spoke up before she could: "Yes, Lady Enlian."
Although he didn't know why Enlian had a third name for her, he decided to stick to the familiar one for now.
Only by stabilizing can we have a chance to succeed.
If you try to emulate that idiot who got slapped twice, you'll get your legs broken sooner or later.
Then you won't be able to escape even if you want to.
"Chief, what's going on?"
Zi Yi shook his head at the greedy meat-eater: "It's alright."
He knew in his heart that he didn't need to go through all that trouble.
Li Moss said to the other twelve prisoners, "You will continue logging today."
"Yes, sir."
The slaves responded immediately.
Zivan and the two official prisoners of war were also very cooperative.
This team at least doesn't have any troublemakers.
After assigning the teams, the rest of the work will proceed as agreed yesterday.
The foreman changed shifts. Ziyi took six with him, while Zian left four behind, taking the food and the pot with them...
The goblins followed Ziyi, and the tribe fell silent again.
Zi'an glanced at the prisoners around him: "What are you looking at me for? Get to work!"
The prisoners hurried to the fields, with the goblin overseer following behind.
Zi'an turned around, intending to go over and look, but Li Mosi stopped her.
"Open your arms, and I'll make you a weapon."
Zi'an asked excitedly, "Is it the same bow as Zi Yi's?"
She had only ever seen the head of the slave-catching team use a bow, a weapon that was said to be very expensive. They generally used spears, while only junior leaders could use swords.
But she felt that these weapons were too light.
Why not just charge in wearing armor and use your fists?
Even without armor, she would be more comfortable using any dead tree branch.
Upon hearing her words, the saintess suddenly came to her senses.
She immediately retorted, "How could he possibly make the bow you used?"
Among the Guardians of Light in the Papacy, there are also some bear-beastmen.
Among the trainee Lightbringers, they are known as "Arsenal Rats".
If we train them with conventional weapons, then conventional weapons will only be used as disposable items!
A bow can be drawn straight into firewood! A sword can be smashed into scrap metal like a club!
Zi'an quickly retorted, "Our master didn't say anything, what business is it of yours, you green worm!"
Li Mosi discovered that the saintess's upper body was indeed the same color as a caterpillar.
The saintess is enraged!
That ill-mannered bear-beastman dared to insult her like that!
"you……"
Hey, no.
Li Mosi waved her hand to interrupt the two, which angered Hagi Saint.
"We don't have the time or materials to make a bow that suits you at the moment."
He estimated that, given Zi'an's strength and potential for growth, a recurve bow that would be extremely strenuous would be suitable for her.
"I'll make you a spear thrower first; with your strength, it won't be weak at all."
Zi'an nodded as he looked at the spear-throwing device his master had taken out.
This one looks good too.
It's also quite exciting to treat a spear like an enlarged arrow.
She spread her arms, and Li Mosi used the vine to measure its length, then cut off that section of vine separately.
He nodded: "Okay, you can go now."
Zi'an walked quickly toward the fields.
She noticed that the crops in the field had grown taller and were now significantly taller than the weeds.
She didn't recognize this plant, but it grew much faster than wheat.
We should be able to eat it in winter.
However, only the areas where the soil was loosened yesterday have grown much taller.
There's been little activity elsewhere.
These guys need to get to work faster.
Zi'an made up his mind and walked over to the prisoners.
Lasso had a bad feeling.
The saintess glanced at Li Moss, who had begun crafting weapons, then turned her gaze to the distance.
"You all better behave yourselves." Zi'an looked at the prisoners who hadn't yet scattered to work. "I'm watching you all today. Don't even think about slacking off or running away, understand?"
Lacas forced a smile: "I understand, I understand."
Who dares to run?
Who can outrun this bear-beastwoman?!
As her gaze swept across the prisoners, one by one they gave the same answer.
Zi'an saw that the last prisoner was the one who had been whipped twice yesterday.
Half of his face turned purple today.
"I don't understand."
So swollen she could barely speak.
However, this doesn't affect my work.
Snap, snap...
The prisoners began pulling weeds and loosening the soil, while Zi'an stood still and watched.
"Zoyasu, come here and try out the weapon!"
Li Mosi quickly finished Zian's spear-throwing device.
Because Zi'an is already tall, the spear she uses is nearly 1.5 meters tall, which is taller than Zi Yi.
Although it is not very difficult to make, it has high requirements for materials.
He had to cut several pieces of wood to finish it.
I also got her a cheap training wooden spear.
Watching Zi'an walk away, the prisoners, who had been tense for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief.
The prisoner, his face swollen, looked at Lacas beside him: "So? Want to reconsider?"
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