Seeing Mars and Steve getting along so well, Mark Hughes couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"Okay, Mars, I still have something to discuss with Steve. You should go back first."
Mars looked at Lu Li with some reluctance.
Lu Li rubbed Mars' little head.
"Go back, I'll come find you when I'm done!"
Hearing this, Mars nodded vigorously and trotted away.
"Steve, let's go. Let's change places. This is not a suitable place for chatting."
Lu Li and Mullin looked at each other and left behind Mark Hughes.
The group walked through the long walkway and arrived at the garden in the backyard of the palace.
The garden is filled with various vegetation and flowers, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers.
Lu Li looked around, but his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
"What's wrong? After looking at it for so long, are you dissatisfied with the garden I have carefully taken care of?"
Mark Hughes asked.
If this question were posed to ordinary people, the answer would definitely be unsatisfactory.
But who is Lu Li?
He shook his head and said, "I always feel like something is missing here."
"Oh? Why don't you tell me about it?"
Mark Hughes was very interested.
This garden is taken care of by him personally every day, and it can be regarded as his proud work.
Lu Li actually said that there were still flaws, which made him feel a little unconvinced.
"I think since it's a garden, there should be a fountain."
"Fountain? What is that?"
Mark Hughes heard about the fountain for the first time and was a little curious.
Lu Li came to the entrance of the garden, where there was an open space.
He took out the stone bricks and made a heart-shaped circle in the open space.
Pour water into it to make it a pool.
Then build a platform with quartz blocks in the center of the pool, and pour a bucket of water on top of the platform.
The water flows slowly along the quartz platform, forming a fountain.
As soon as Lu Li finished building it, Mark Hughes's exclamation came from behind him.
"Oh my god! Is this a fountain? It's so beautiful!"
"Steve, I almost want to hire you to be my gardener!"
Lu Li smiled.
"It's not impossible if you have time."
"Then do you have any other suggestions?"
Mark Hughes took the initiative to ask Lu Li this time, as if he wanted to ask for advice.
"Hmm... let me think about it..."
Lu Li looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on the sunflowers in the garden.
"There are so many flowers here, it would be a shame not to breed bees!"
"Can we still keep bees?"
Mark Hughes seemed to have heard something incredible.
In his impression, bees only appear in the wild, and he has never seen one that can be cultivated artificially.
Lu Li walked to a sunflower and planted an oak tree (a birch tree would also work) near the sunflower.
"Is this okay?"
Mark Hughes watched Lu Li's movements carefully.
Lu Li shook his head, took out the bone meal from his backpack, and used it on the oak sapling.
Within a few seconds, the oak saplings began to grow.
Mark Hughes on the side looked straight-eyed.
"How did you do that?! How did this sapling grow so fast!"
Lu Li smiled at Mark Hughes and introduced him to the bone meal in his hand.
"This is called bone meal. It's made from bones and can ripen crops."
"Then...where are the bees?"
"There is no one on this tree, so we have to plant another one."
With that said, Lu Li cut down the oak tree and planted another sapling.
After using bone meal, the oak tree grows.
This time, there was an extra beehive on the tree trunk.
Soon, little bees flew out of the hive and began to collect honey in the garden.
Wherever little bees fly, flowers, plants and trees will grow more vigorously.
"As long as you plant a tree near a flower, there will be a chance for bees to appear on the tree."
"When bees collect nectar, they will promote the growth of surrounding plants. It can be said to be natural bone meal."
After Lu Li explained, Mark Hughes suddenly understood.
"High! It's really high!"
"It seems that I will have to ask you for more advice on gardening in the future!"
He patted Lu Li on the shoulder and said with great approval.
"Thank you, thank you. I only know a little bit about it."
As he spoke, Mark Hughes suddenly slapped his forehead.
"I was so busy chatting that I almost forgot about the real thing!"
"Come on, let's go sit in the pavilion in front and talk."
Mullin, Lu Li, and Mark Hughes sat around a stone table.
"Your Majesty the King, what do you mean when you come to me?"
As soon as he entered the chat, Lu Li consciously changed his identity.
The quarrel with Mark Hughes before was because the two got along as friends, but when it came to serious business, Mark Hughes restored the majesty of a king.
"It's like this. Captain Mullin came to me yesterday and said that someone had found out the source of the mutated zombies."
"After I learned the true situation, I was a little undecided."
"So, I asked Captain Mullin to invite you to help me figure out a solution."
"Steve, tell me what you think."
Mark Hughes looked at Lu Li.
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke.
"I feel that this matter is not trivial. If we conceal the news from the public, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive!"
"Then you mean...let me reveal the news about mutant zombies?"
"Yes! Not only must it be announced, but we must also call on everyone to take preventive measures in advance to deal with possible disasters."
"Is it necessary to cause such a storm in the city? This is Rice City, which is still far away from the border!"
Mark Hughes felt that Lu Li was making a fuss out of a molehill.
"Your Majesty the King, you may not know that those mutated zombies all appear from the portal."
"This means that these mutated zombies can appear from anywhere through the portal!"
"Maybe, they will appear in this palace in the next second!"
Lu Li said with a serious expression.
"Is it so scary?"
Mark Hughes was a little panicked.
If the facts are really what Lu Li said, announcing the news is indeed the best choice.
"Okay! Let's do this first! I'll have people start preparing it when we get back!"
Mark Hughes thought for a while and replied.
"This is just a preliminary plan. I still need to think about the specific matters."
"Okay! Dealing with mutated zombies is no small matter. Let me know when you think about it!"
Mullin listened for a while and couldn't help but speak.
"Your Majesty the King, I have a proposal."
"explain!"
"I feel that now is a special period. In addition to announcing the news about mutant zombies to the public, we should also announce news about military recruitment."
"Conscription? What a great idea!"
Mark Houston's eyes lit up.
Since no war has broken out for a long time, the total number of soldiers in the entire Diamond Kingdom is only a few thousand, and they are scattered in various places.
At present, the enemy is just taking this opportunity to expand the army and get two birds with one stone.