The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 275 Buying People's Hearts
Manid whispered in Zhang Qiang's ear, "Master, you can pick out these ores, classify them, keep those with high grades, and load those without grades into cars, and then give me a team, and I will go to the warehouse of the Vikiers Go and have a look, Kurau has smelters and ironworks. The blacksmiths there are more advanced than those here, at least elementary and intermediate. They also specialize in smelting and forging. Where will they be sent to us? But it will make a lot of money, aren't you short of military expenses now?"

Zhang Qiang squinted at him, and Manid smiled obscenely. It is estimated that this guy also wanted to profit from it, but compared to the benefits he gained, what he got was not worth mentioning.

"How much do you think you can sell it for?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"At least 17 gold coins, just give me [-] gold coins." Manid bargained with Zhang Qiang without any shame.

Seeing that Zhang Qiang looked at him silently, Manid smiled shyly, but immediately put on a fake business smile, "My trading level has been raised to level four, and I can help you reduce at least 1% Loss, exchange [-] to [-]% of the loss for my loyalty and labor, you have earned a lot, your current trading level is only level [-], even if you add your noble status, even if it is a baron status, it can’t make you much How much loss should be reduced? In this way, I want [-] gold coins, how about it?"

Zhang Qiang smiled, "Deal, I don't care what you do. If you are robbed by others, you will work for me for the rest of your life and only get a basic salary. If you run out of business in the future, I will replace John Johnson with you and stay at home." Be a good-for-nothing steward of the inner palace for me, and if you earn it, just as you said, you will get fifteen thousand gold coins."

Manid said immediately, "Okay, okay, I swear."

Zhang Qiang said again: "The soldiers I allocated to you are considered mercenaries. You pay them. How much will you lose at that time? How many people will you bring me back according to the price of equipment and weapons?"

Manid's face suddenly became ugly.

"Master, don't play like this. I'm looking for money for you, not running a business for myself,"

Zhang Qiang shook his head, "I don't care. If you don't do it, I'll let John Johnson do it. Anyway, I'm not just a businessman who knows how to run a business. By the way, it seems that Caitlin is also a businessman who has a third-level trading skill. She may be more Suitable for this. Her loyalty to me is much better than your follower."

Manid wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost, "Okay, I'll do it."

"I'll give you a week to come back with gold coins," Zhang Qiang said.

Manid jumped up, "My lord, you can't do this, a week is not enough to walk,"

Zhang Qiang said: "I don't care, you have to come back to me anyway, I can't last a week, I only have more than 100 people, how can I defend the city if you take away dozens of people."

"Give Caitlin to me too. I'll bring thirty crossbowmen and 200 slaves." Manid continued to bargain.

"it is good,".

Caitlin was already standing beside Zhang Qiang, seeing that they had reached a deal, she said, "My lord, since there is room for thirty soldiers, you can recruit people from among the captives."

Manid shook his head, "Recruiting captives means losing the reputation of your lord. If his reputation is lowered, he will not be qualified to be a baron."

Zhang Qiang asked: "How much prestige is the baron?"

Caitlin quickly replied: "1200 is fine,"

Manid said: "Well, after you become a viscount, you don't have to care about it. Look at Viscount Rogerson, whose reputation is only six hundred now, but he is still a viscount. As long as the king does not lift your status as a viscount, you will always be a viscount." It's the Viscount, no, that's right, the Baron."

Caitlin said: "Yes, but if you have enough power to rule, the king can't do anything to you. His unilateral statement cannot make everyone obey. You are still a baron on Calradia, and you will always be a baron." .”

"How much dominion do barons need?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"5 points is enough. You are not an earl. You are just a village, a barren village. As long as you have a deep relationship with this village and they are loyal to you, you will always have 5 points of ruling power."

"How do you get more ruling power?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Caitlin said: "After my publicity a few days ago, you have gained a lot of reputation among the military merchants and the military camps of some lords. People think that having a baron like you on the mainland of Calradia will only benefit them. , they have another place to do business, to eat. So now you have a little bit of dominion."

Zhang Qiang lowered his head and said in pain, "It's only a little."

"Yeah," Manid said.

"How can we have more ruling power?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Caitlin said: "From now on, you can send Manid to the merchants in Kulau to publicize your declaration of rule and the benefits to them, such as opening a smelting plant, or opening an iron smelting plant."

Manid said happily: "Yes, my lord, in this way, one week, [-] gold coins, I promise to do this for you, and you can get a little more ruling power. No, one more task is added. Two weeks."

"Okay, two weeks, 17 gold coins, a little dominion right, I need you to do it for me the next time I see me." Zhang Qiang said firmly and non-negotiably.

After sending Caitlin and Manid away, Zhang Qiang continued to lead people to inspect the castle.

When he passed by those poor serfs again, his heart moved, and he ordered John Johnson: "Gather these people together, I want to talk."

Looking at the 70 people surrounded by more than 500 soldiers, Zhang Qiang's scalp felt numb. No matter how powerful these soldiers were, Zhang Qiang couldn't help but face the frail and lack of nutrition serf miners and craftsmen who were several times his own number. I still feel a little reckless in my decision.

Those people looked at Zhang Qiang numbly, expressionless, as if they were looking at someone who had nothing to do with them.

Zhang Qiang patted his face, trying to keep the smile on his face as natural as possible.

"I brought you together to talk to you." He said something fruitless.

Those people didn't even blink their eyelids, they just lowered their heads, or looked at other places, more often they watched the swords and swords unsheathed, the crossbows were flat-ended, pointing at their crossbowmen.

Perhaps what they were worried about was whether the crossbowmen would massacre them.

They may have heard of such a thing, or experienced it themselves.

When the lord captured the enemy's fortress, he did a venting massacre, and those who survived by chance would be thrown aside and continue to work for the lords.

John Johnson didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Qiang's gourd. He just silently followed Zhang Qiang's instructions and asked the military merchants and residents of Malagburg to bring up the meals.

Zhang Qiang raised his hand, "You have worked hard."

Still no response below.

"I am not other lords, I will not treat you like they do, from today, as long as I am here, I will let you eat and drink enough, and have the strength to work."

The people below reacted slightly, a small group of people whispered to each other, and then shook their heads at the same time, with a look of disbelief.

Zhang Qiang carried the food to Johan Johnson who was beside him.

The hired servants of the military merchants carried the food over, but none of them dared to move.

But they were obviously suspicious, and many looked at Zhang Qiang meaningfully.

Some people watched those meals vigilantly, as well as the crossbowmen who were beside them.

After a stalemate for half an hour, one guy probably broke the can.

He went up, took a sip of soup, and took a piece of black bread.

He quickly ran back to the team, hid in the crowd, peeked at the soldiers with a pair of dull eyes, and quickly stuffed the bread into his mouth.

After he finished eating, for a long time, no one responded. He secretly glanced at the people around him, and everyone was already far away from him.

He gritted his teeth, touched his empty stomach, and continued to run out, drinking the soup quickly.

One guy like this, after a while, another guy, and slowly a small half of the people began to eat eagerly.

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "Eat, eat, even if you want to die, wouldn't it be better to be a hungry ghost?"

After he finished speaking, more people looked around and ran up quickly when they saw someone moving.

Zhang Qiang watched those people finish eating, and then a small group of people did not move.

Smiling, let the soldiers withdraw, and then Francie stood up, "Continue to work."

The farce of this concentrated meal came to an end.

In the evening, Zhang Qiang came here again under the torch, gathered people together, put on good hot soup and bigger black bread, and continued to watch them eat.

He didn't say anything when he was done, and led people to leave.

The meals he gave were better than those of these people before, and the portions were much larger.

Early the next morning he continued to do so, and the bread improved, replacing the hard, unpalatable brown bread with white bread.

After doing all this, Zhang Qiang no longer wants to waste time with them.

There are some corners of Malagburg that he hasn't visited yet.

Prison to go first.

Including his servants, entourage, heroes, and knight attendants, he only has more than 90 soldiers, which is comparable to the number of soldiers he had in the Fort Malaq. He didn't want the enemy to do the same and let him surrender .

There are more than 30 wounded and uninjured enemy prisoners in the prison.

He has to replenish his soldiers with the loss of reputation points, he currently has 1300 reputation points, it is not difficult to replenish a dozen soldiers.

In addition to the charm points gained from the increase in merit points, the charm points are converted into dominance points, and he now has another 3 points of dominance.

His command power has reached 11, and he can replenish at least 15 soldiers.

360 more prestige, 14 more soldiers.

29 soldiers.

In fact, the basic number of knights is 10 soldiers; command power is 11, and every point increases 5 soldiers, which is 66; charm is 37, 3700 merit value, 10 points of merit plus 1 point of charm, 1 point of charm increases the number of troops led by 1 , that is 37 soldiers; prestige is 1300, 25 prestige points increase 1 soldier, that is 52 soldiers; so add up, he can lead 177 soldiers now.

But at present, he can't gather so many soldiers, and he doesn't have the money to support so many soldiers. If Manid and Caitlin can get things done this time and get back 10,000+ gold coins, then he may be able to support himself.

There is no money for food, no money for equipment repairs, no money for soldiers’ wages, horses, and supplies are all money. Now that there is no money, he feels a headache. A manor still cannot stop the attack of the enemy army.

A city without a general is just a blank sheet of paper, which can be broken by the enemy.

Not to mention his small estate.

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