Chapter 155: Stranger, surprising appearance!
When he arrived at the military camp, as expected, Wang Yao was late again.

However, the soldiers in the army are already accustomed to this.

"That's great. Look at the captain. He sleeps until he wakes up naturally before coming to the camp every day."

"What are you so jealous about, little brat? If you have the ability to become a captain before you are 20, no one will care about you even if you get drunk every day!"

"Haha, it would be a rare sight if our centurion arrived on time someday."

Amidst the laughter, the soldiers quickly dispersed and went to their respective training sessions.

Wang Yao didn't care, nor did he inspect the troops' training progress, but walked towards his own tent.

Soldiers are more valuable in quality than in quantity. Now, Wang Yao, apart from the remaining 48-man special attack team, basically no longer cares about the other soldiers in the army, leaving them to Shi Liang, Ono, Fei Yi and others to manage.

But speaking of the special attack team, there is one thing worth mentioning.

Ever since the battle between Wu and Shu, the soldiers belonging to the upper army have privately started to call the special attack team formed by Wang Yao and Zhao Yun the "Yao Family Army".

Although the number of people in the special attack team is small, they are all elites carefully selected from the soldiers. Especially under Zhao Yun's day-to-day training, each of them has the fighting power of one against three. In terms of individual combat ability, the soldiers in the special attack team have actually surpassed most of the sergeants in the three legions, and even the squad leaders may not be able to match them. How powerful they are can be seen.

But this team composed of soldiers with at least the strength of sergeants was extremely loyal to Wang Yao. Even when Wang Yao later intended to promote several qualified and capable soldiers to be squad leaders, they were all declined.

They are like a group of apostles who have found their faith. They have always been a soldier in the special attack team and only obey orders from Wang Yao and Zhao Yun. That is why they are given the title of "Yao's Army" by the soldiers of the road legion.

In this regard, the more popular saying among the Road Corps is that the special attack team has specially established generous treatment, so the soldiers in the special attack team would rather give up the position of sergeant and squad leader and be willing to be a lowly soldier. There are many sayings like this, but how credible they are is a matter of opinion.

As for Wang Yao, he naturally liked the title of 'Yao's Army', because it would give him a sincere sense of fulfillment. From coming to this alien world alone to now having a group of followers of his own, this kind of achievement is the pursuit of many people, but not everyone can do it.

As for the rumors outside, Wang Yao was too lazy to care.
When Wang Yao arrived at the tent, Maomao, the "personal secretary", had already sorted out a pile of bamboo slips. He walked over and couldn't help asking, "What are these?"

Maomao seemed startled. He turned around and saw that it was Wang Yao. He immediately said, "This morning, Lord Li Ping sent a soldier to deliver this month's military funds. These are the dispatch reports of the funds, and they are all waiting for your review."

Wang Yao nodded, then looked at Maomao involuntarily.

This was the earliest and most familiar female magic soldier, but her beautiful face looked a little haggard.

"Did we have too much fun at the community day banquet last night?" Wang Yao teased with a smile as he sat down in his seat.

"No." Maomao shook his head, but compared to his bright voice that always carried a sense of vitality in the past, his voice at this moment seemed a little low and weak.

Wang Yao didn't care, because soon his attention was focused on the bamboo slips in his hand.

The daily maintenance cost of a cannon cart is 50 gold coins.
Weapons are consumed, and 500 gold coins are added for replacement.
The daily food consumption of the troops is 50 gold coins.
Whenever Wang Yao reviewed the army's funds, he always felt itchy inexplicably. He could look at and touch them but could not take them away, just like a money counter working in a bank. Especially when he saw the total amount of funds in the bottom corner displayed as: 11000 gold coins, he could not help but drool.

Money often appears differently in the eyes of different people. In the eyes of an ordinary soldier, this huge amount of funds may be a spacious house with a pavilion, a group of charming wives and concubines, and a carefree life of luxury. But in Wang Yao's eyes, this amount of funds is a large pile of glittering equipment!
After a night of deep thought, Wang Yao has secretly decided in his heart to stand by Luna through thick and thin. In other words, in the near future, they are likely to face an enemy who is extremely powerful, the 'Armor King', who can single-handedly defeat the entire Star Family.

No.

Not just the Emperor of Armor
In his memory, the cherry-colored figure appeared in his mind again, making Wang Yao feel mixed emotions.

Perhaps things in the future may not be as bad as imagined now, but just like Wang Yao, once Luna and Kai really turn against each other and fight, Hua Mulan and her three Great Wall guards will definitely not sit idly by.
All in all, Wang Yao is in an extremely heavy mood right now, and his desire for equipment is unprecedented.

Of course, having said that, Wang Yao has absolutely no intention of embezzling public funds. Although he is very poor and does not have the ambition to measure one's own virtues like the ancients, he knows the ugliness of human nature. It is precisely because there are fewer and fewer people willing to stick to principles nowadays that he feels that he should keep himself out of trouble and abide by the law.

Just like before, a gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way!
While marking the papers, Wang Yao suddenly felt as if someone was watching him. He looked up subconsciously, only to find that Maomao was still staring at him in a daze. There was a complicated luster in her dark eyes.

"what happened?"

"No, no." Maomao seemed to wake up in shock, shook his head in a panic, then paused, and asked awkwardly: "By the way, where has Fourth Brother been recently? Why can't I see him?"

Wang Yao knew that Maomao was talking about Zhao Yun, so he lied and said, "His mother is seriously ill, so he asked for leave to go back to his hometown for a while. I have already reported this to the higher-ups."

"Oh." Maomao nodded absentmindedly, then sat aside and stopped talking. Wang Yao frowned, realizing that something was really wrong with Maomao today, but at the moment there were too many more important things on his mind, so he didn't bother asking in detail.

Wang Yao felt that, with their relationship having been so close along the way, even if it was something between men and women that was too embarrassing to talk about, Maomao would definitely tell him about it. And since Maomao didn't say anything on his own initiative, it meant that it was nothing serious.

Soon, it was noon.

Wang Yao, who had finally finished handling the financial affairs, threw down his pen, stretched comfortably, and said to Maomao, "Then I'm off work."

Maomao didn't understand what "off work" meant at first, but after a while, he realized that when Wang Yao said this, it meant "I'm going home". He nodded in response and began to tidy up the messy desk and the bamboo slips he had reviewed for Wang Yao.

Maomao always takes care of everything for Wang Yao silently behind the scenes, and this has become a matter of course.

After returning to Jingzhou, Wang Yao went to the market to buy fresh ingredients as he was familiar with the place. The peddlers who were familiar with him greeted him warmly as usual.

“Why has late cabbage become more expensive?”

"Oh, you don't know, this autumn, there was little rain, the ground was dry and cracked, and the harvest was very poor."

"Oh my god, then change it to kale for me. What? Even kale has gone up in price?"

The skyrocketing vegetable prices made Wang Yao, who was short of money, a little depressed. His salary was not high to begin with, and the prices were rising so much, how could he survive? !

While Wang Yao was still complaining in his mind, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him in front of the street.

He was a fully armed soldier with a long sword on his waist. He had an extraordinary demeanor, but under the cold helmet, his pair of dark eyes had a hint of gloom, making the soldier look a little gloomy.

Wang Yao was stunned with some surprise, because this soldier was none other than one of his former teammates; 2da.

Wang Yao and 2da have not seen each other since they parted ways unpleasantly in the bottom lane of the canyon a month ago. The two who once fought side by side and shared life and death together seemed to be avoiding each other tacitly.

At this moment, Wang Yao felt a little embarrassed, because he was not ready to put aside the past grudges. But thinking of the time when they were at Fulongpo in the canyon, fighting desperately against hundreds of black soldiers back to back, he finally gritted his teeth and greeted them with a helpless smile of compromise.

"two"

Before Wang Yao called out 2da's full name, he felt a cold wind brushing across his hair. 2da walked past him like a stranger, ignoring him and without any expression, without any pause.

Wang Yao was stunned, and the hand he raised to say hello stopped awkwardly in mid-air.

This development was something he had not expected.

Even if there are some disagreements on their positions, it shouldn't be this serious, right? !
Wang Yao turned around, looking at the familiar figure walking away with some bewilderment. He felt that the distance between him and Erda was as far as a bottomless abyss.

Ever since 2da went to the bottom lane and became the captain, his originally cold-outside-but-warm-inside personality has become even more incomprehensible.

2Da, what happened?
Did he do something that made him unable to bear it?

Wang Yao couldn't help but put down the vegetable basket in his hand and sat on the sparsely populated street, thinking depressedly and puzzled.

At this moment, another person slowly walked over from the direction where 2da came from.

He was a middle-aged man walking with his hands behind his back, wearing a dark-toned brocade robe. He had a square face and long hair combed neatly back, which made his forehead look full. There was a certain elegance and open-mindedness in his temperament. But if you add to that the strange and rare pair of dark red phoenix eyes of the middle-aged man, it added an invisibly awe-inspiring aura to him!

Wang Yao glanced over inadvertently and could not take his eyes away anymore. Fear and panic flashed in his eyes with his pupils shrank drastically.

Although his clothes had changed, Wang Yao immediately recognized this middle-aged man with extraordinary demeanor from his appearance.

Bloody hero!

(End of this chapter)