After breakfast, Li Er began to follow Lu Xiu to observe the construction of Lu Manor.
Li Er was secretly shocked when he learned that Lu Xiu had actually hired 20,000 farmers and paid them 50 catties of grain a day.
In a day, wouldn't they have to pay millions of catties of food? According to the conversion of money, excluding other expenses, just the labor alone was worth 10,000 strings!!
If the high-quality wood and marble were included, the specifications required were almost comparable to the palace he lived in.
"Manor Lord Lu, what are you using so many smooth marble slabs for?”Li Er was surprised as he looked at the pieces of marble that he had bought being polished by the farmers.
Not only was marble extremely expensive, but it also required additional sculpting and polishing. The price was not something that ordinary people could afford. Most people used granite.
No wonder he spent 100,000 yuan to build it with marble slabs. It was really more extravagant than him.
"Of course it has its uses."
He planned to lay the polished marble slabs in the pool and make it a modern open-air pool.
In addition, marble slabs could be used in toilets, bathhouses, steam rooms, and so on.
In the era of the Great Tang, toilets and bathhouses were not very convenient to use, so Lu Xiu changed them to a modern style. If it weren't for the lack of electricity, he would have even wanted to cover the entire Lu Villa with lights.
"Speaking of which, if there's a Thunder Fruit, make a copy of it and let my subordinates consume it. They might be able to use it to generate electricity.”In terms of electricity, Lu Xiu quickly thought of an alternative method. Unfortunately, the system only produced fruits once a month. Who knew when the Thunder Fruit would bear?
If modern people knew what Lu Xiu was thinking, they would probably want to beat Lu Xiu to death. As one of the most aggressive Nature Fruits, it was so shameless that it wanted to use it to generate electricity.
The Thunderclap Fruit was one of the top existences in the Nature Element.
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"Young Master Lu, something happened to Commander Cheng!!”
Just as Lu Xiu was about to use his ability to eat fruits to prepare the food that the commoners needed, only three of the four people who were sent to the back of the mountain to hunt every day returned. Commander Cheng, who was the leader, did not go down the mountain with them.
"What happened?" Lu Xiu frowned.
"Young Master, we found a 12-foot-long worm on the mountain today!!”Zhang Yu smiled bitterly and told him what had happened in detail.
The mountain behind Lu Manor was a large mountain range with dense vegetation. Usually, according to the hunters in Anping County, there would be bears and wild boars on the mountain, so it was not strange for tigers to exist.
After discovering the tiger, their hearts trembled. Although they were the elites of the army and also held weapons, they did not think that they would be a match for the tiger in the forest.
However, the bold Cheng Chumo actually wanted to kill the tiger. He said that he planned to peel off the tiger skin as a wedding gift for Lu Xiu.
The others could only brace themselves and listen to Cheng Chumo's command. The four of them aimed at the tiger, drew their bows and shot arrows. Four sharp arrows were fired at the same time, blocking all the positions of the tiger.
However, unexpectedly, there were too many obstacles in the forest. The arrow missed its target and did not hit the tiger's vital points. Instead, it angered it. The tiger pounced at them at an extremely fast speed.
They could only climb up the tree and shoot the tiger.
After being shot by a few arrows, the tiger actually learned its lesson and squatted in the grass dozens of meters away, staring at them. In the end, Cheng Chumo lured the tiger away and asked the three of them to go down the mountain first to send reinforcements.
"Good heavens, although this old man has seen a lot, do you really have a 12-foot-long insect?”Li Yuan was shocked when he measured its length.
Little did he know that the conversion of length actually included the tiger's tail. The true length was estimated to be about ten feet. Even so, its body was still very huge.
"Manor Lord Lu, can you send a dozen people to follow us up the mountain? I'm afraid that if I'm late, Commander Cheng will be eaten by the tiger.”Zhang Yu said hurriedly.
"Ergou, call a few hunters who are familiar with the mountain roads and follow me up the mountain.”Lu Xiu said.
"Manor Lord Lu, how can you go up the mountain yourself? It would be too dangerous if you met a tiger.”Li Er hurriedly stopped him.
"That's right, husband, can you stay here obediently? Let Uncle Li's guards go. Each of them was highly skilled in martial arts and would definitely be able to kill the tiger.”Li Yuyao advised.
"Hehe, it's just a short-haired beast. How could it possibly hurt me?”Lu Xiu said.
"Little friend Lu, do you mind bringing me along? I want to go up and see what it looks like.”Li Yuan smiled.
"With your body, do you think you can climb up?”Lu Xiu shook his head.
"Don't underestimate this old man, this old man's body is still strong.”Li Yuan snorted.
"Sure, but you have to bring Wu He with you. If you can't crawl later, let him carry you.”Lu Xiu said.
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