While working, the won had smiles on their faces. Life was full of hope, and it made them feel alive with sothing to look forward to every day.
Zhao's face couldn't help but smile too.
So of the won were carrying the corn stalks. Zhao didn't intend to hide anything from these slaves. After all, they had been branded by the Buda clan crest, so their fates were now linked together with the Buda clan. There was no need to hide anything from them.
By now the slaves seed to have adapted a little to Zhao's magical abilities. They didn't react much when he brought out the corn stalks.
Seeing the female slaves carrying the corn stalks, he told them, "You can use these as a bed when you lay them down on the floor. Also, you can use them to make a fire. But since the corn stalks still have so moisture, it's best to dry them first before you burn them."
This ti, after hearing Zhao's words, the female slaves weren't in a hurry to kneel down. It seed like g had talked to them.
In fact, unlike what Zhao guessed, this wasn't because of g. Although g was a servant, do not forget, she had a higher status than a common servant, even if the Buda clan had been forced down. Few of the slaves would dare look at her in the face, so it was hard to get along with her.
The reason for the change in the slaves was because of Daisy. Although Daisy beca a commoner thanks to Zhao restoring her status, she had also been a slave for two years. In the eyes of the slaves, she was easier to get along with.
The main thing was that even though her status was restored and she now had her own room, she would still work and joke together with them, so the slaves found it easier to accept Daisy's words than anyone elses.
The status of slaves in the Continent was the lowest, to the point that so masters treated them less than dogs. They had even heard of how a noble family cared more about their dying family dog than killing one hundred slaves. This showed how low slaves were.
It was also because of this that slaves didn't have a great relationship with the nobility or anyone else of high status. It was hard for them to believe the words of nobility.
But the identity of Daisy was very special. She had been a slave, but had also been restored to a commoner. Plus Daisy was very honest, so she was able to talk to the slaves, and they would accept her words.
Even if they were slaves, the won would naturally chat together. While working with Daisy, they would ask her things about Zhao, and she didn't hide anything from them. Hearing what she said, they were very surprised, because they didn't expect that Zhao could be such a good person.
She had ntioned that Zhao didn't like it when people knelt in front of him. That, and the fact that he had been more benevolent these days, made the slaves less wary of him.
Zhao didn't care that much, to be honest. Even though he ca from the modern age, he also had Adam's mories, so although he wasn't used to people kneeling in front of him, he could still accept it. However, he was more comfortable when they didn't greet him on their knees.
irin and Zhao had gone to the square to greet g. Afterwards, he went to a vacant area next to the square, where he took out the stone from the space.
Zhao then turned and watched the slaves weaving weed mats. Apparently, they were good enough to do this for a living. Their hands were flexible and they managed to learn this skill quickly.
Sitting on the ground, everyone was surrounded by piles of weeds, almost to the point of blocking them from his sight.
Seeing them like that, Zhao couldn't help but think of sothing: Cao Chuan Jie Jian.
It was the story of how Zhuge Liang used straw boats and scarecrows to steal arrows from Cao Cao.
Straw boats? It was then that Zhao finally rembered seeing sothing on the news in his past life. Soone had made a boat out of grass to try to sail across the Pacific. Although he couldn't rember if the madman succeeded, he knew at least one thing for certain, you could make a boat out of weeds!
Zhao ran around in excitent. If he could really use weeds, then the problem of making a boat would be solved. He would be able to get to the valley on his own.
The thought of it made Zhao even more excited. However, standing next to him was irin, who was scared because she didn't understand why Zhao was running around. "Master, do you feel well?"
Zhao recovered and saw irin staring at him. He turned around, and sure enough, everyone else was staring at him too. Zhao beca embarrassed, and quickly said, "Grandma irin, you and g and Daisy co with to the living room. I have discovered sothing!"
irin didn't know what Zhao was going to do, but if he thought of it, then she believed that it must be a good thing. She quickly called Daisy and g into the living room with her.
Zhao was pacing back and forth in the living room while touching his forehead out of habit. He only stopped when the three ca in.
"Co and sit down, I have sothing to say." The three people stood in front of Zhao, not daring to sit down.
Zhao smiled, then sat down himself, and waved them to do the sa. "Please sit down." The three finally sat down, but they sat with their backs straight, and Daisy was even looking down.
While looking at the three, Zhao said, "I just suddenly thought of a way, Grandma irin, of how we could make a boat to get to the valley. Right now we don't have enough supplies to build a boat, but when I saw the pile of weeds, I suddenly thought, why can't we build a weed boat?"
They all stared at him, and even Daisy looked up. This was the first ti they had heard of building a boat with weeds.
irin was uncertain. "Master, can it be done?"
Zhao smiled. "Yes, it certainly can. We just need a lot of weeds and compact them together, and maybe a bit of rope too. The mountain weeds are very tough, so boat building shouldn't be a problem. g and Daisy will lead the slaves to try to make it. Don't be afraid if it may take a few tries to be able to build it."
irin saw Zhao's confident look, and even though she didn't say anything, in her heart she thought that even if this doesn't work, the worse that could happen was that they would lose so weeds and rope.
Zhao continued, "g, co to the study. I'll give you so plans for a weed boat design." Having walked upstairs, g quickly followed after him.
Once they were in the study, Zhao drew a weed boat from mory. The design wasn't very complex. It looked like Arabian shoes, with the front end tilted high and the back end relatively flat. Overall, it had a thick bottom, and was tied in the middle with rope to make it solid. He drew this as a reference for g.
Once he was finished, Zhao gave the paper to g. "This is probably what the boat looks like. See if you can make a boat according to this. Trying more than once doesn't matter."
g left while holding the drawing.
Left alone, Zhao didn't know what to do with himself, but then he caught sight of the books in the study, and his eyes brightened.
Fortunately, although Adam was a hooligan, he was still a child of nobility, so he was taught how to read. Otherwise, Zhao would have been illiterate.
Zhao looked through the books. There were a few history books and books about the art of war, which may contain words about magic or martial arts.
Zhao first picked up a history book, but looking inside it made him dizzy. Parts of it were written like a Bible while other parts were written like it was telling a fairy tale. It was too difficult to understand, giving him a headache.
After reading two pages of the history book, Zhao threw it aside, then picked up a miscellaneous book. This miscellaneous book seed to be a personal travel diary, and it recorded a large number of traditions and legends in the Continent. This suited Zhao's exact taste, and he couldn't help but read it carefully.
Because Zhao hadn't co out from the study for a long ti, irin and g went in to check up on him. But they were in for a surprise, because when they looked beyond the study door, they saw Zhao reading a book with a serious look.
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