It doesn't matter what the lord is.

No, no, I can’t think about it anymore.

But Fileta blushed and tried to hug him.

I took her clothes and tried to put them on her, but at this moment -

Just then, the door opened.

"Master, get up..."

Alayya didn't finish her words.

I looked at her, then at myself.

At this moment, I firmly grasped Fileta's shoulders with one hand and held her clothes with the other hand, while Fileta sat on me with a pitiful look, looking at me with a pair of pitiful eyes. It seemed that no matter how I looked at it, it was me, Lid, who had done something unkind...

But this is not true!

"Alaiya, do you know? Sometimes, what we see is not the truth. I know that 80% of people's information is obtained through vision, so when you see something with your own eyes, it is easy for you to believe your eyes. But scientific research shows that this is..."

I tried to explain something to Alayya.

Alayya smiled at me gently.

She was considerate enough to close the door for me.

But then, I heard lightning and thunder outside, the sound of a sword being unsheathed was like a dragon's roar, and the sound of the trees in the yard falling and hitting the ground was deafening.

On this day, Alayya broke through and reached the fifth level of swordsmanship.

Congratulations, congratulations.

With tears in my eyes, I silently applauded her.

26. I’m only seventeen and I’m so tired

Finally I breathed a sigh of relief.

The city is supported by Filita and Alayya, so I don't have to go to the battlefield to deal with those demons for the time being.

After two days of being lazy and gluttonous, I finally came to my desk slowly, ready to look at the problems that had accumulated over the past two days. If I had kept Pierce and the others, I would have saved a lot of trouble, but because I fired them in a fit of anger, I had to worry about many things myself.

Before reading these letters from all over the world, I decided to analyze the current situation first.

From a gaming expert's perspective, what resources do I have now?

A small, broken city. It produces 0 gold coins per day, but invests a lot of gold coins every day. It is a typical negative asset, the kind that no one wants even if it is mortgaged.

An SSR character, Alayya. 16 years old, a professional swordsman, her level has just reached the fifth level of swordsmanship, but she has good talent and is worth cultivating. She is equipped with a long sword "Youlong", which I stole from my father. It can be roughly classified as purple equipment, which is quite helpful for improving strength.

SSR+ character Fileta. 20 years old, professional magician, her level has been hovering at the fifth level of magic for a long time, but the upper limit is very high, and it is also worth investing a lot of resources in it. The only shortcoming is that there is something wrong with her thinking, and she does not regard herself as a human being. She is equipped with a weapon "a wooden staff made by a fool", which is the product of her enchanting a wooden stick she found herself. It is very rubbish, probably a white equipment, and it is of no help to improve her strength.

About 2,500 gold coins, this is my most important property. But for now, it is very necessary to set aside a part of it to strengthen the city defense. I don't know how much money will be left for me to spend in luxury.

Gone.

Although I still have the identity of the fourth son of the Yunyang lord, this identity is now useless except for holding me back. I will definitely not get any support from the family, and this identity will make people who hate the Yunyang territory eager to try to deal with me. It can be said that I am a fighter among burdens.

What do the hostile forces have at this time?

Needless to say, the demons in the west would require Fileta to do her utmost to repel them.

Li Neng from the east grew up with my eldest brother Li Yi, and they have been gay for a long time. Among the letters on the table, there is one from my third brother Li Neng, and the general meaning is three words.

Want to fuck me.

Lord Zhaochen in the north also sent a congratulatory message, congratulating me, the fourth son of Lord Yunyang, for successfully taking office as Lord of Yuxi City. At the same time, he happily mentioned the feud between Lord Zhaochen and Lord Yunyang, and said in advance that he would send his son to the south to "visit" me in a while. The whole message was just three words.

Want to fuck me.

The lord of Yunhai in the south was much better. He said: Lide, it's not easy for you to have enemies on three sides. We in Yunhai won't go that far. Come, let's start legal trade. Don't you want to go to war? We will send you some necessary supplies, of course the price will be much higher. Anyway, the general meaning is -

Trying to get my wallet!

This is even more excessive, okay?

Hmm... let me think, how can I get rid of the current crisis most easily and comfortably?

Is there an option to surrender?

Is there a gun for starting over in life?

Goddess? Hey, hey, hey, can you answer me again? Love me again? If I commit suicide now, can I still go to another world? I want to be reborn as a human again, is that okay? This time I promise to work hard from the beginning -

Well, no one answered, it seems that this is not going to work.

I can only face these problems alone...

I rubbed my brows. One or two of them really make me worry.

In summary, let me first put forward the so-called three propositions of Lid.

Thump thump thump!

First, Yuxi City must build an army of its own, and continuously train and increase its combat effectiveness.

Second, Yuxi City must resume production as soon as possible to ensure self-sufficiency.

Thirdly, Yuxi City... needs more talents, talents from all industries and fields. When they are all doing their respective jobs, I can work hard and truly live a wonderful life of eating and drinking for free.

To put it simply, Yuxi City is now under my jurisdiction.

I need troops, money, food, land, and all kinds of talents.

Talent is something you can only come across by chance. Recruiting Fileta has probably used up all the goodwill I have accumulated over the years (which is actually not much). This is something that cannot be forced, and considering the dilapidated Yuxi City now, I guess no one would be willing to settle down in my shabby corner.

Money and food can't be obtained overnight. I made a fortune by robbing Pierce and others, but I used this wealth to buy various farm tools, armor and weapons from merchants in Yunhai Territory. Relatively speaking, it is still taking from the people and using it for the people. When I first arrived, I should share the money with everyone. I will be disliked if I always eat alone.

It can be said that the second and third points of the three propositions are difficult to see immediate results, and we can only take it step by step.

So, we still need to raise an army first...

27. One gold to buy bones is OK

I think when it comes to war, every world has its own way of fighting.

In this world, sword skills and magic increase personal strength, and to a certain extent, allow everyone to be able to defeat a hundred or a thousand at once. But does that mean the army is no longer important?

Of course not.

A strong person can kill many small fish, but what if he is held back by the small fish, and then other people take advantage of the opportunity to move in? Or what if he meets a master who is his match and has to be trapped in a situation of king against king and pawn against pawn?

At this time, if you don’t have enough troops, you will suffer a great loss, and if the quality of the soldiers is too poor, you will be finished.

Especially when the head coach is a rookie, should those masters be sent to the battlefield or stay by his side to protect him? He will be caught in a dilemma.

At this time, the more soldiers a person has, the more room they have. The battles between great lords usually start with a competition of military strength, and only when they are at their wits' end will they need to engage in close combat.

Moreover, an army of more than a hundred people can enjoy the protection of the territory and the blessing of the formation.

It is said that a general who knows how to deploy troops can set up a very strange formation, allowing the soldiers in the formation to gain strength far beyond their own level, forcibly raising their combat effectiveness. This is the blessing of the formation. The protection of the territory is more metaphysical, and it is said to be related to the happiness and dependence of the people. In simple terms, the more confidence the people have in the army and the stronger their sense of belonging to their territory, the more they can feel a mysterious power blessing when fighting near the territory.

I remember hearing a legend before, saying that there was a general of that level who could fight a swordsman of the seventh level of swordsmanship with a hundred ordinary soldiers. He was really strong. If he was given an army of tens of thousands, he could swallow up most cities with an overwhelming force, or fight to the death with those peerless masters.

But I don't expect to accomplish these things now. First, I don't have generals who can deploy troops, and second, I don't have the complete trust of the people. I just want to organize an army to maintain public order.

Yet even this small request seemed filled with bitterness and frustration.

Yuxi City is poor!

Many young people came to apply for the military service, but they were all pale and skinny. Only three or four people could meet the assessment standards, so I had to lower the standards to admit them. The most important thing was that I could not see any fighting spirit on their faces.

This is inevitable.

How can you make people have the fighting spirit if you can’t even fill your stomach?

The economic base determines the superstructure.

In the end, I didn't do much screening. In total, about 100 people came to sign up. Except for a few who were too bad to be accepted, the remaining 81 people were incorporated into the team. I didn't distribute heavy weapons and armor to them first, but called them together to give them a lecture.

At this time, according to the routine I have seen before, I should have made an impassioned speech to them about the necessity of defending the country, and waved my hand to start with a set of propaganda slogans such as "Ah, think about your relatives, think about your friends", but I think it is troublesome and unnecessary to do so, so I simply said to Alaiya:

"Give each person a gold coin."

Well, everyone was dumbfounded.

One gold coin... If you put it in this remote place, you can marry a wife, have children, settle down and start a family, and still have some money left over.

Alayya completed my request without even frowning.

But I know that this girl will probably be heartbroken for a long time after she returns.

I said to these eighty-one young people:

"Our Yuxi City is different from other cities. The suburbs are vast, with a lot of farmland. The land is vast and the population is sparse, so everyone can support themselves by farming. This is why most young people do not come to enlist. As long as there is hope to survive, people will not do jobs that put their heads on the belt. So you must have your own reasons for enlisting, and that reason is probably because you need a huge sum of money that cannot be obtained through farming in the short term."

"That's why you look like that, isn't it? There's no light in each of your eyes, no motivation to live, all you want is to die so you can get a pension from me! It could be five silver coins, or ten silver coins, but that's a huge sum of money in your eyes. In that case, I'll give you ten or twenty times the amount, it's your life money, go back and solve the problems that need to be solved, have a good reunion with your family, and then come back. I want you to live, I want you to kill more enemies, I don't want you to simply give yourself away."

I stretched and waved my hands:

"I won't say anything about defending the country. It's like talking to a cow in your current mental state. Get out of here right now and come back for training in three days at the latest!"

After a moment of silence, everyone shouted in unison:

"Yes!"

See, this is the power of money.

It’s best not to talk about problems that can be solved with money. People are realistic. Instead of shouting slogans desperately, it is easier to convince people by offering some real money.

Watching them leave, I felt pretty good, so I casually asked Alayya:

"What's for dinner tonight?"

Alayya followed me with her hands hanging down at her sides, and said calmly:

"Carrot stewed with cabbage."

This little miser!

Ugh……

I nodded helplessly to compromise:

"Ok."

After all, she had just spent a huge sum of money, so it was normal for Alayya to be a little upset.

I was just thinking about how to comfort her when I heard Alayya continue:

"It's not just today that we have stewed radish and cabbage. We'll have stewed radish and cabbage this month."

"Next month, it will be radish stewed with cabbage, and the month after that, it will be radish stewed with cabbage."

"Next year, it will be radish stewed with cabbage as well."

"Well... this isn't enough. I'll just eat for ten years."

Ah? ?

28. To become stronger you have to endure some hardship

Three days later, all eighty-one soldiers returned.

Their complexions had obviously improved, and they were smiling. When they saw me, they all started talking about:

"My Lord, when do we start training?"

"That's right! We need to start training soon so we can resist the demon invasion from the west!"

"We can't just rely on Fileta alone. The young people in our Yuxi City are not there to be seen!"

The enthusiasm was at an all-time high, and everyone was completely different from their previous lifeless appearance.

In fact, it was very simple. They originally hoped to die and bring a pension to their families. But they didn't expect that the money had been paid out early. Fighting is not for death, so they naturally want to survive. Only when they want to survive will they think about how to survive. On the battlefield, there is only one way to survive, that is to be stronger than the opponent, many times stronger, and crush them all the way to reduce casualties as much as possible!

So they want to become stronger.

In my opinion, whether a person is strong or not depends on whether he has the desire to become stronger.

When everyone has this idea, the army's combat effectiveness can enter a stage of steady growth.

--but.