Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 48 Why is it only %?
"Why is it only 70%?" The new player was a little dissatisfied.

"Seventy percent of the credit goes to the guide, and whether you can get 30% of the credit depends on the guide's favorability." Lu Xiaobu continued.

"Whose face?"

"The guide is the guy who gives you the mission at the beginning."

"I wear a headset to play virtual games just to see the NPC's face?" The new player paused and added, "I finally get home from get off work and open the game, but I still have to grind through quests, kill monsters to gain experience points, spend time upgrading equipment, and after completing the quests, I still have to see the NPC's face. Wouldn't that make me an idiot wasting my time torturing myself?"

"If you put it that way, playing games is just a way to kill time and fill a void. It's like working like a slave for one NPC after another, traveling far and wide to enjoy various virtual lives, but it's a self-entertainment process that doesn't generate any income. And yet, every year, so many people still spend money and time to entertain themselves with a few paper figures..."

"You, you keep scolding me!"

The new player seemed to have been touched on the pain point, with an embarrassed look on his face, asking, "Why do you have the right to tarnish someone's innocence?"

"It's normal to complain. If you're not satisfied, you can give your suggestions to the game's management. Who knows, maybe the game planners will adopt your suggestions one day..."

Several players were exchanging opinions in a friendly manner at the door of the household room, but their voices, sometimes louder and sometimes softer, sounded like an argument to the assistant's ears.

Moreover, there are many omissions in the words of this argument, making the speech that should have been smooth become stumbling, as if it is a habit of deliberately pausing in front of "outsiders" to keep secrets.

The assistant couldn't help but sigh that the beggar army's instinct for secrecy was ingrained in their bones.

Even if they quarrel with their own people, they can instinctively keep secrets just like covering their mouths and noses when they smell a bad smell, and always remember their safety and the team.

No wonder they could easily sneak into Gaojiazhai and the county government office and kill people without leaking the news in advance. That's because they have a strict organization and iron discipline.

I don’t know how much hardship this kind of confidentiality training went through to develop the confidentiality instinct that is now as natural as eating and drinking water.

Did they start to endure hardships before they rebelled today?
The Beggar Army is so terrifying!

The assistant's contempt and fear for the beggars had mostly dissipated, and were replaced by awe and admiration.

With mixed feelings, the assistants parted ways here. Some of them took the "rebel" team to the so-called grid area, while others led others to the residence of the "front household manager."

But as soon as we reached the corner of the third district, we saw other rebel groups extorting money and food. The wealthy families paid us money, and those who didn't were beaten at the door. Boxes of money and food piled up like a small mountain on the street. Ordinary people who had no money donated some items, or provided manpower to carry supplies and clean the streets. At the very least, they could provide some feces to make saltpeter.

The funniest thing was that a group of players were chattering in a coffin shop, like a group of baby birds crying for food, lively and noisy.

Huang Zilong and others walked over curiously, intending to learn how to "make money" smoothly.

Unexpectedly, I ran into a "band" head-on. Several players brought their own instruments, including pipa, erhu, flute, dizi, Hulusi, and even the most attractive allegro.

This doesn't look like a team collecting "reasonable burdens", but rather a troupe performing on the streets to make money.

The two young men were clapping along the clappers while using the authentic dialect of "Huo Yuanjia, you were the best in Tianjin at that time", and they enunciated each word clearly.

"In the morning they seek rise, in the evening they seek reunion; these days it is difficult for the hungry to survive.

The Zhu Ming inside the Great Wall collected tribute from the Liao, while the Jiannu outside the Great Wall plundered the four directions.

The royal family enjoys land, while corrupt officials castrate dogs to make money.

The gentry bully me like cattle and horses, and the evil officials and gangsters treat me like pigs and sheep.

Today the world is changing, and the righteous army is being punished with blood.

They slaughtered cattle and sheep, prepared wine and liquor, opened the city gates to welcome beggars, and distributed the grain equally among the beggars.

Eat his mother, eat his mother, if eating is not enough, kill the tyrants.

Redress injustice, avenge grievances, and have a good time, everyone! "

After the performance of the Kuaiban brothers ended, they bowed side by side to express their gratitude to the audience.

"Good! Good! Give me one!" Thunderous applause suddenly broke out at the scene. Huang Zilong cheered loudly and Lu Xiaobu kept blowing the whistle.

"I didn't expect my Cyber ​​Brother to have this ability?"

"So handsome! I want to have a baby with you!"

Even the shop owner was impressed by the talent show and felt embarrassed not to pay the "reasonable burden".

After all, there are countless government troops and rebel forces trying to rob people these days, and this is the first time I've seen someone so politely and reasonably explain things to you, and even show you a talent. Just for this superb oral skills and jingle, I have to give him a tip, right?

So the owner of the coffin shop waved his hand and let the beggars take away three coffins with fine workmanship. Anyway, many officials had died in the past few days, so he had no worries about business at all.

"No, buddy, I've seen people collecting money and food, as well as pottery jars and vines along the way, but what's the use of you collecting coffins?" Huang Zilong asked, and the players around him all looked puzzled, as if they didn't understand.

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, underground blasting method..." The music team only mentioned two key words and then shut up with a wicked smile.

"Oh..." Liu Changsheng quickly realized, "This is the method the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used to blow up the walls of large cities - filling coffins with gunpowder and igniting them at the base of the walls during battle. Even if they weren't attacking cities, filling coffins with mud and sand could serve as cover for positional warfare with the enemy."

"Good fellow, have you already started preparing for the offensive?"

Huang Zilong thought that the enemy's first wave of encirclement and suppression troops had not arrived yet, and his brothers were already taking one step forward and looking three steps ahead. Did they have such a long-term vision?
"Strategically despise the enemy, but tactically take him seriously."

"Huh?" Huang Zilong and Lu Xiaobu exchanged glances, each seeing bewilderment in the other's eyes. "You're quite right, but could you please be a little more understanding? I'm not well-educated, so I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Hmm, I don't understand. Please explain it to me, boss..." Lu Xiaobu nodded.

Seeing that there were NPCs everywhere around them, the cautious band pulled Huang Zilong and others into the dark alleys on the street.

"We've consulted professionals offline and learned that Runing Prefecture has a guard and a thousand-household unit. If you add in the surrounding patrol inspection offices and local militia, the total number of troops, with varying strengths, is at least 10,000 to 20,000.

Even if he deploys only half of his forces, that's still around 10,000. Regardless of their strength, with only 3,000 of us, including a large number of refugees, we must resort to clever tactics to negate the enemy's advantage. Otherwise, we'll have no choice but to abandon the county and evacuate."

"Retreat? You're running away right after taking the city?"

The intruders were reluctant to do so. After all, owning a city meant they had a stronghold over the surrounding villages and towns. This made it very convenient for the rebels to recruit soldiers, collect taxes, and infiltrate the surrounding areas.

"If we save the people but lose the land, we will save both the people and the land; if we save the land but lose the people, we will lose both the people and the land. If we do not destroy the enemy's effective forces, we will not have time to build a base, and the Ming army will not let us occupy the county town.

Do you think the historical Li Zicheng didn't want to conquer new territory and develop his own territory? The Ming army didn't give him any chance and fought him to the death from beginning to end."

"That makes sense." Huang Zilong nodded repeatedly.

"Besides, we worked so hard to take the county town—eliminating local tyrants, attacking officials to create chaos, ambushing the county troops, and only after the county's armed forces were completely wiped out did we seize the county town with a great victory.

Each of these steps may seem simple, but they are actually closely linked to each other and advance step by step, which will lead to a solid victory. Taking the county town is only the first step, and strengthening our manpower is the top priority.

When we have defeated or incorporated the mobile forces of a prefecture, or even a province, then the prefectures, cities, and counties will all be pieces of meat on our plates, and we can eat them whenever we want..."

"Look, this is called professionalism."

"Great! As expected of a professional military talent, he has a set of strategic ideas. I suddenly feel that the path forward is clear!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Go get some money! Once we have money and food, we can strengthen our army!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Huang Zilong and others became very motivated.

Before, they were purely pursuing personal achievements, but now that their future direction has been named, they suddenly feel like they have too many tasks to complete.

What was the big deal about squeezing the city dwellers? They decided to use the "tax and service register" to squeezing the rich people and farmers in the entire county.

This is where the biggest profits come from, in this small county town with an urbanization rate of less than 8%.

"Put on our winning suit."

Lu Xiaobu took out a black hood and put it on, then broke into the residence of the "Chief of Finance" with his brothers and captured all those who had not escaped.

A torn sock was stuffed into each captive's mouth, and then several players picked up canes and flogged them. "Where is the tax and labor register? Will you tell us? Will you tell us?"

The gagged prisoners whimpered and screamed, as if saying, how can we tell the truth if you don’t remove the gags from our mouths?

……

The players were having a blast in the county, and Li Mu also received an unexpected surprise.

He successfully obtained the destiny value again, but this time there seemed to be one more thing.

(End of this chapter)