If it were Bai Qi, Zhao Kuo would have rushed forward without saying anything, even if he had to be pinned to the ground. But since it was Ying Yue who spoke, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to be respectful and keep quiet.

Zhao Kuo decided to divert the conversation and said to Bai Qi, “Why did you come back so late? Do you know how worried your sister is about you?”

Bai Qi calmly replied, “Go deal with the body you killed.”

Zhao Kuo: “…”

How could he respond to that?

Bai Qi had dealt with the mess, and Zhao Kuo had nothing else to say. He silently turned to Ying Yue and said, “Now the whole village belongs to you, sister. Let’s go inspect the village!”

“Ah?” Ying Yue responded, still in a daze.

“But…” The girl hesitated, “It’s already very late now.” 

Zhao Kuo: “…”

He was feeling quite foolish today. Bai Qi had really poisoned his mind!

_ 

Since it was already late and no longer suitable to do anything, Ying Yue, Bai Qi, and Zhao Kuo chose three rooms in the village, cleaned them up a bit, and rested for the night. They would make plans for the next day.

After all, even though they had defeated the stronghold and taken control of the territory, they still needed to maintain it. 

Though the bandits were gone, they still had to check the resources: food, weapons, horses, and any treasures in the village. Luckily, there were no good people left in the village, and all had been killed, so they didn’t need to count the population for now.

But even so, there was still a lot of work to do.

_ 

The next morning, when Ying Yue woke up, Bai Qi and Zhao Kuo were already busy.

Bai Qi went to scout the terrain and started drawing a topographic map of the area. Having led troops in battle before, he was skilled at this.

Zhao Kuo, meanwhile, found some paper and pen in the village and went to the warehouse where food, gold, silver, and treasures were stored. He began sorting out the village’s supplies.

Looking at the notes the two of them left on the door outside her room, Ying Yue felt embarrassed to just stand there and do nothing.

She couldn’t help Bai Qi, so after walking around the mountain stronghold for most of the time, the beautiful girl finally found the location of Zhao Kuo’s grain warehouse and prepared to help him write down the details.

However, after arriving at the warehouse, Ying Yue discovered that things were going very smoothly on Zhao Kuo’s side and there was no need for her at all.

As he was born into a military family and had a father who was experienced in leading troops in battle, Zhao Kuo was quite sensitive about food and grass.

After all, when a war breaks out, food and fodder are sent before troops move.

That’s why he saw Ying Yue coming over and wanted to help him. On the one hand, he was afraid that she would get tired, and on the other hand, he was afraid that if he said something wrong, Ying Yue would feel useless. So he said to her, “I’m very familiar with the grain and grass. When I go to calculate the financial affairs later, you can help me.”

Hearing what Zhao Kuo said, Ying Yue nodded and said, “Okay.”

But in fact, Zhao Kuo’s words were not entirely to comfort Ying Yue. He was indeed not good at things like counting treasures.

Although the only battle record in Zhao Kuo’s short life was a great defeat, he was still a wealthy young man from a general’s family. He knew military tactics by heart, but when it came to financial management, it was really difficult for him.

——Who made him, as a young general, never come into contact with such things in his life?

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Facts have proved that when Zhao Kuo said he was not good at it, he was really not good at it in an extraordinary way.

Especially since his era and the Yingyue Dynasty actually had some things in common – there were simply not so many fancy jewels in their period!

So after burying himself in the pile of treasures and pulling his hair in agony for countless times, Zhao Kuo finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

The young man poked his head out from the treasure pile and said to Ying Yue in a serious tone, “Sister, I think we need to find an accountant. If there isn’t one, a military advisor will do.” He really couldn’t stand this kind of thing anymore!

“Ah?” Ying Yue, who was carefully recording in a blank account book, asked back, “Where can I find it?”

“I don’t know either—” Zhao Kuo, who was so distracted by the treasure, had lifeless eyes and a face full of despair. He dragged out a long tone, “Wait…”

He seemed to suddenly remember something, jumped up instantly, clenched his fist and knocked his palm, “Draw a card!”

“I haven’t used the reward from the last mission yet, now I can draw a card!”

At this point, Zhao Kuo’s eyes lit up. “As long as we can find a scholar, everything can be solved! Those scholars with bad intentions are the smartest!”

“I think…” After hearing what the young man said, Ying Yue raised her head and said hesitantly, “Zhao Kuo, you deserve a beating for what you said…”

The young man raised his head handsomely and said proudly: “Those scholars can’t beat me!”

But you also said that the advantage of intellectuals is that they have good brains, and they are also full of bad intentions…

But before the girl could finish her sentence, Zhao Kuo urged her, “Draw a card, my young master! Draw a card, draw a card!”

“Oh, okay.” Ying Yue responded good-temperedly and called up the card drawing page on the system panel.

What is different from the page when you drew a card for the first time is that in addition to the single “Draw a card”, there is also a “Ten consecutive draws” on the page, and there is a line of small words under the two big words.

——It’s time to witness the unlucky person! Friendly reminder: You are not guaranteed to get a card when you draw a card. If you are an unlucky person, you may get nothing when you draw a card alone, or you may get nothing when you draw ten times in a row except for a character card that is guaranteed to win.

I feel like… I deserve a beating just like Zhao Kuo just now.

The girl thought so in her heart, raised her hand and pressed the “Ten consecutive draws” button, and then the characters on the screen flashed, and finally a few sounds were heard –

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the SSR Battle Horse Card: Red Hare Colt!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the farming card: 400 kilograms of cotton per mu!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning the book card: Postpartum Care for Sows!]

[… Ding! Congratulations to the host for winning Jia Xu. ]

Ying Yue didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the system’s voice seemed to pause. But the girl didn’t have time to think about it, because right after the system finished speaking, a young man in a long gown appeared on the spot.

At the same time, the light screen emitted a faint white light, and the subtitles on it changed again. Finally, the back of the cards were shown on the light screen, which were the faces of the four cards she had drawn this time.

In a flash, as the light faded, Ying Yue’s card album appeared. The four cards on the light screen flew out from the screen and disappeared one by one into the card album. The character cards were arranged in order on the next page of Zhao Kuo’s card, and the three inanimate object cards were arranged starting from the last page.

Although the faces of the four cards only flashed on the light screen for a moment, as a general with excellent eyesight, Zhao Kuo still saw everything he should have seen.

Thinking about the upper right corner of the only character card he had just seen, Zhao Kuo couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed and said, “N card, even more ordinary than me.”