While the recruits of the Shence Guard were discussing what the new firearms actually looked like, many people were also busy in Hanyang City, twenty or thirty li away.
It was already dark, but Luo Chong's Personal Guards were still carrying Calcium Carbide Lamps as they busily loaded the wagons. Countless military supplies—uniforms, Leather Boots, Cotton Quilts, sleeping mats, military caps, Steel Helmets, and more—were being loaded at top speed. The various Firearms and Ammunition produced by Hanyang City's small Ammunition Workshop were also being inspected, counted, and loaded.
Another group of Personal Guards was checking the condition of the horses and vehicles.
They were Luo Chong's Personal Guards. Although they did not need to fight, they were responsible for every aspect of Luo Chong's daily life, from food and clothing to travel and personal safety. Whenever Luo Chong went out, for example, even if the Chieftain himself was asleep at home, the Personal Guards had to make all the preparations for his trip in advance.
This was necessary, and only right. Luo Chong was the Chieftain of the Han Tribe, and his personal safety affected not only his own family, but also the lives and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the Han Tribe and the tribe's future development. There was no room for the slightest carelessness.
At home, Luo Chong put on his pajamas and went to visit Xiao Die and Zhan Ying before going to bed. He had a maid cook Tremella and Lotus Seed Stew for the two women that evening. Both of them had already entered the countdown to childbirth. By the calendar, they would give birth in no more than ten days.
Fortunately, Luo Chong had not gone far this time. The Shence Guard's Military Camp was practically in the rear hills