Chapter 17 I am so happy
The construction of the lord's courtyard has not yet been completed, and four farmers are still busy inside and outside.

On the stove side, the first batch of taro has been steamed, and the second batch is being steamed in the pot and is almost cooked.

There was also a pot of wild vegetable soup that had already been cooked.

This is dinner tonight, a vegan dinner.

"Take these and cook another pot of soup!" Mo Yu took out two snake head mushrooms and handed them to Da Zhuang.

Tonight, snake head mushroom soup is the appetizer, so don’t forget it.

The farmers swallowed their saliva, and under the roaring fire, the last dish of snake head mushroom soup was quickly prepared.

Mo Yu stopped in the lord's courtyard, and four farmers appeared in the open space, wiping their sweat.

Building construction is not something that can be done by just idling and brushing the progress bar. They really put in the effort and are extremely tired now.

"Have dinner first, and then you can call it a day in about an hour."

Mo Yu shouted, and Da Zhuang asked the farmer to start eating dinner.

Big-headed taro, wild vegetable soup...but when it came to the turn to share the snake head mushroom soup, Mo Yu stopped Da Zhuang.

Clap your hands to attract the farmers' attention.

Mo Yu stood up and said, "Before dinner, I want to confirm a few things with everyone."

“Who collected this?”

He took out the big taro and shook it in front of the people.

"My Lord, it's me!" Da Zhuang raised his hand.

Mo Yu nodded in approval and said, "Very good, this plant is called taro and is edible. If you find it in the future, you can collect more and use it as food reserve for the territory."

Most of the food collected was taro.

This shows that this plant is not uncommon on the grassland.

"Yes, Lord." Da Zhuang responded loudly.

"Then, who collected this?" The plant in Mo Yu's hand changed into a new one, which was a snakehead mushroom.

It was Da Zhuang who raised his hand again. He chuckled and said, "My Lord, I was in charge of the collection this afternoon. I collected all these things."

Compared to cutting trees, transporting wood and stones, picking mushrooms and picking wild fruits, this kind of work is undoubtedly the easiest.

As a manager, Dazhuang would of course assign the easiest work to himself.

Mo Yu raised his eyebrows and asked in a playful tone: "Do you know it?"

"Isn't this a mushroom? Of course I know it." Da Zhuang said as a matter of course.

Mo Yu looked at Da Zhuang, observing his expression, which didn't seem fake.

However, this guy has a criminal record, so there is no guarantee that he will not poison himself and then turn the tables to become the king.

"Okay, then you finish it." After Mo Yu said that, he looked at Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang scratched his head, not really understanding, but still drank without hesitation.

Are you so brave?
Brother, you probably don’t know how many people have been sent to the hospital for eating mushrooms.

He drank the first bowl of soup without hesitation. When he was finishing the second bowl, Mo Yu interrupted him.

"Okay, stop for a moment."

Mo Yu waved his hand and Lai Fu came running over happily.

It had a mouse in its mouth, squeaking.

Well, a very standard case of the dog catching the rat!

This mouse is Lai Fu's prey. Mo Yu had been eyeing it for a long time and arranged it to be the special guest of the program team.

Under Lai Fu's resentful gaze, the mouse was snatched away.

Mo Yu picked up a snake head mushroom, crushed it, and stuffed it into the mouse's mouth.

Is there such a good thing?
I'm so happy!

Although it didn't know why it was fed, the little mouse didn't care and swallowed it whole.

Three minutes later, the mouse began to squeak and move around as if it was drunk.

Five minutes later, the mouse lay on the ground, dying.

Six minutes later, the mouse died. Dead!

Is this a poisonous mushroom?
Da Zhuang quickly figured out the key to the problem and fell to his knees.

"Lord, please spare my life. I really didn't know that this mushroom was poisonous. Please believe that my loyalty to you is witnessed by the sun and the moon..."

He had even forgotten that he had just drunk a bowl of mushroom soup.

"Woof...Woof Woo!" Lai Fu on the side couldn't stand it anymore. He glared at Mo Yu and barked.

I worked so hard to catch this, and it’s been killed before I even started playing with it?

Ok?
Mo Yu turned his head to look, and Lai Fu immediately started dancing a duet, wagging his tail and circling around his calves.

Here, Da Zhuang was still talking.

I have to say that I have quite a lot of experience in flattery, and I haven't repeated myself even after saying it for so long.

"Okay, stop, I know you are loyal to me." Mo Yu stopped Da Zhuang's flattery.

When another snakehead mushroom was taken out, the farmers' eyes became obviously more frightened.

A few of them looked obviously frightened. In fact, they were secretly eating wild fruits outside while they were working.

Da Zhuang looked even more devastated, with a look of despair on his face, and he obviously felt that he was about to die.

At this time, even if you want to vomit, you can't, and can only wait to die.

Mo Yu was very satisfied with the results. He said, "Today's experiment is to tell you that there are some things in the wild that can kill you if you eat them."

"That's why I repeatedly emphasize not to eat wild fruits and vegetables indiscriminately."

"Do you understand everything?"

"I understand!" the farmers answered in unison.

"I hope everyone remembers this lesson. Okay, let's start dinner."

Mo Yu waved his hand and asked the farmers to disperse and eat. He picked up a hot taro, peeled it, and started to eat it.

It was very dry and floury, I don’t know if it was because it was steamed for too long.

And it doesn’t have the sweetness of sweet potatoes, and the taste is just average, just like steamed potatoes.

"My lord, am I going to die?" Da Zhuang said with his head down, still standing there.

Mo Yu did not answer his question, but asked: "Do you hate me?"

Da Zhuang shook his head. "This is my fault in the first place. If these mushrooms were really eaten by everyone, I'm afraid I wouldn't be the only one to die."

"That's good. I don't have to keep struggling like this..."

"Don't worry, a small amount won't be fatal. At most, you'll just have some hallucinations."

Mo Yu's sudden words stunned Da Zhuang, who was in despair, and then he was ecstatic.

Who wants to die when they can live?

"You are very good, with a sharp mind and high efficiency. Although you have some minor flaws, they are insignificant."

"My territory has just started, and I really need talents like you. How about following me and working with me to make the territory bigger and stronger?" Mo Yu said with a smile, extending his hand towards Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang's breathing stagnated. He understood that this was the lord extending an olive branch to him.

It also means that you have truly gained the other party's recognition and become one of their own.

This touched him deeply, because all the people he had met in the past only treated him as a fawning clown.

No one has ever praised me like this.

"I...I, I do, Master, from now on I will be yours--" Da Zhuang was so excited that he almost cried.

"You don't have to call me Master, just call me Sir."

"Eat something and then go to rest. The snakehead mushroom hallucination might set in soon." Mo Yu patted Dazhuang's shoulder and told him to hurry up and have dinner.

A prompt has popped up in the information bar of the lord's panel.

[Reminder: You have gained the loyalty of the bandit Da Zhuang, and he will not betray you unless there are special circumstances.]

A smile appeared on Mo Yu's lips. He could feel more at ease when going out in the future.

At this moment, there was a flash of fire outside the territory, as if something had hit the territory's protective shield.

what?
(End of this chapter)