magic maker

Chapter 458: Those who do not work shall not eat
Southwestern provinces, border towns, strong mana fluctuations emanating from the magic teleportation array...

As the mana fluctuations dissipated, Bu Fan and Wu Ping walked out of the magic teleportation array.

"Oh my god...how did this happen here?"

Bu Fan stepped out of the teleportation array and looked far away at a glance.Although I knew that the border city had gone through a war, I didn't expect it to be destroyed like this.Wu Ping walked beside Bu Fan, and said with emotion: "The border city was almost lost, and I was ready to destroy the teleportation formation."

Revealing his identity as Dragon Guard, Bu Fan led Wu Ping out of the teleportation formation.The damage in the border city was even more serious, with less than a third of the area still barely intact, and the function of the border city as a city had been completely paralyzed.

The two went around the entire border city and found that the situation here is quite serious.The border city has lost its defense capability, and now it can only rely on a large number of military mages and a temporary earth wall to guard it.

"That city wall was created by Mr. Shi, right?"

Bu Fan pointed to the earth wall built by earth magic in the distance, Wu Ping nodded beside him, and replied: "Well, thanks to the presence of Old Master Shi, otherwise even if we won the victory, we would not be able to win." Don’t give up on the border city.”

Although the border city was seriously damaged, the people in the border city were always safe.As early as when the ghosts first appeared, thanks to Bu Fan's intervention, the people entered the underground refuge in advance.In the subsequent series of battles, the people escaped unharmed because they hid in the refuge.

When Bu Fan asked how the people in the city would be resettled, Wu Ping told Bu Fan that they had moved.It turned out that as early as the end of the border war, Longhua organized manpower to take the people from the border city out of the shelter and transfer them to other nearby cities.

"You two, please stay and wait..." A military mage said and ran towards Bu Fan and Wu Ping, and the two stopped and looked back.The military mage ran up to pay a military salute, and said, "Colonel Liu Ping, sir, I will take you to see her."

Bu Fan and Wu Ping looked at each other, and then followed the military mage.Bu Fan knew very well in his heart that the "sir" mentioned by the military mage was actually referring to his sister Bu Tingni.What he didn't expect was that Wu Ping's military rank was so high, and he seemed quite well-known.

The military mage led the two of them straight to the only remaining urban area, and one of the few intact buildings was the place where Bu Tingni worked and lived here.Bu Fan looked around casually, and found that this place used to be a small shop, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that it was not easy for his sister.

"Xiao Gao, you've worked hard, I'll just greet them." Bu Tingni smiled and thanked the military mage, and the military mage paid the military salute and turned to leave.Bu Tingni signaled the two to find a place to sit, and then asked them why they came. "Why are you here, is there any action?"

"Let's do some military exploits."

Bu Fan was very honest and told the truth directly.Wu Ping was kinder on this point, he said a little shyly: "Sister Step, we are here to help deal with those prisoners of war, you are satisfied."

Because the two came directly through the teleportation array, the formal appointment has not yet been issued, so Bu Fan explained the cause and effect of the matter.Bu Fan also stated that he was here to make military achievements, and Wu Ping had to handle the specific matters.

"Speaking of those military mages who surrendered...my brain still hurts."

Bu Tingni kept shaking her head with her hands on her forehead, apparently worrying about the prisoners.Wu Ping laughed when he heard this, and patted his chest to promise: "Sister Bu, leave this matter to me, and I promise to solve it properly."

"It's okay to leave it to you, but don't be fooled, those are all military mages."

Bu Tingni was still a little worried. After all, if something happened to abuse the military mage, or something even more serious, the Longhua Empire would lose face at that time.After hearing this, Wu Ping glanced at Bu Fan with a smile, and said, "Just rest assured, if I don't hit or scold, I can make them obedient."

With Wu Ping's repeated assurances, Bu Tingni was too embarrassed to ask more questions.After exhorting Wu Ping a few words, he talked to Bu Fan about the family affairs.Bu Fan became the elder of the Lin family, but Bu Tingni heard about it even in the southwest border.

Bu Fan knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he chose some plausible reasons to prevaricate.Out of care for the two of them, Bu Tingni specially ordered someone to arrange a place for them around.Now only waiting for the official appointment document to arrive, Wu Ping's plan can be implemented.

The official appointment document was sent to Border City within three days.Bu Fan and Wu Ping used this time to win the whole plan.As soon as the two of them received the letter of appointment and took office, they ordered all the prisoners of war to gather outside the border city's earthen walls.

"Everyone... You have been idle for so long, and our logistics supplies are really too much, so we decided to change the rules."

Bu Fan stood on a high dirt wall with a magic prop in his hand, shouting loudly to the tens of thousands of prisoners of war below.Bu Fan and Wu Ping, one sings the red face and the other sings the bad face.Wu Ping took the amplifying magic tool and shouted to the people below: "Cough... After our unremitting efforts to fight for it, the superior has decided to restore your freedom."

Wu Ping just said a word, and the prisoners below immediately became agitated.These prisoners of war did not yearn for freedom at all. When they returned to the Mauryan Dynasty, they would go to court-martial, and their family members might even be implicated.So they would rather die in Longhua than be sent back.

"Be quiet, be quiet..." Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Wu Ping immediately signaled the military mage to use force to deter him.The rioting prisoners finally calmed down, and Wu Ping continued to shout: "Everyone is free now, so you have the right to decide whether to stay or not. You can choose to return home, or you can choose to stay for labor."

The prisoners of war almost started a riot, but when they heard that they could choose to stay, they immediately became quieter.Wu Ping then issued a statement: Due to the serious damage to the border city, it needs to be rebuilt.Therefore, it was decided to recruit a large number of construction personnel, and the prisoners who regained their freedom could decide whether to participate or not.

"Those who don't work don't get food. We will give corresponding rewards to those who participate in the reconstruction project of the border city." Wu Ping said in a calm tone while holding up the loudspeaker, and the prisoners below were all listening. "In addition, all earth-type magicians and magicians who can manipulate large-scale magic tools will be treated more generously."

First of all, Wu Ping did not refuse anyone who came, and then he gave different treatment to different people.These tens of thousands of prisoners of war were originally military mages, but now they have turned into construction workers.Of course, they have regained their freedom and are no longer prisoners of war. If they are not afraid of being court-martialed, they can return to the Mauryan Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)