What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

"No money." Fran said, "You don't know! My previous city lord not only owed a lot of debts, but also took away all the taxes that could be collected. I didn't get any benefits at all. I got this city lord to make money! In the end, I didn't make any money! I even owed a lot of debts for nothing."

"There is such a thing!" Huang Silang said in surprise, as if he had heard of this for the first time: "I haven't asked about the details of the Chamber of Commerce for a long time! When the time comes, I will ask Hu Wan to check it out. If there is any debt related to you, it will be written off directly!"

"Mr. Huang, you are so generous! I toast you with this glass!" Fran quickly raised her glass and took a sip.

Of course, Fran was grateful profusely on the surface, but she knew in her heart that she did not owe the Yellow Wolf Chamber of Commerce much money.

Huang Silang's capital is omnipresent, and he has invested in almost all the important chambers of commerce and industries in the entire Orila City. However, in theory, these are only investments of the Huang Lang Chamber of Commerce and do not belong to Huang Silang (only in theory). Even if the former city lord owes debts, it cannot be owed to Huang Lang.

"But..." Huang Silang changed the subject and said, "Although I have forgiven your debt, there are other families in Orila City, and they should still have a lot of money. I'm afraid the city lord will have to work hard for a while."

After hearing this, Fulan's face immediately turned sad again. She sighed and said, "Oh! What should I do? Otherwise, I should just quit the city lord and escape back to the demon world! I don't even need this fiefdom."

"Hey! Lord City Lord, please be patient." Huang Silang was afraid that he would scare Fulan away, so he said quickly: "Although the debt is a lot, as a city lord, there are many ways to make money! If you are really in a hurry to make money, I know a good way."

"Oh?!" Fulan knew that Huang Silang was about to get to the point, so she immediately pretended to be surprised: "Master Huang, please go ahead."

"God! Luo! Church!" Huang Silang said word by word.

"Shen? Luo? Religion?"

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Chapter 24 A Pleasant Transaction

"Does this Shinra Church have anything to do with us? Or does it have something to do with money?" Fran asked.

"They are all related!" Huang Silang showed a playful smile.

"Mr. Huang's words are quite profound!" Fran also laughed and said, "Why don't you elaborate on it?"

"You are a newcomer, so you may not know this. Although we have been fighting the Holy Roel Empire for hundreds of years, we have a very good relationship behind the scenes. Neither of us can be missing. And this is the key to making money."

"Oh?" Fran pretended to be interested.

"For the Shinra Cult, they want to expand their influence and gain more believers! They need all kinds of merits! So every once in a while, they will form a joint army to attack the city of Orila, taking this opportunity to gain merits and expand their influence."

"But wouldn't that be very dangerous for us? Why can we still make money with this?"

"Hahaha! They want to wipe us out, but they have to have the ability to do so." Huang Silang said: "Oulila City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the entire Holy Roel Empire is combined, it is difficult to wipe us out, not to mention that the empire is a mess. They don't have the courage to wipe us out, but they still have the courage to use the excuse of wiping us out to gain military merit.

, and it's still very big! And we, naturally, don't want to fight! So...

"So we agreed to put on a show," Fran said.

"The Lord City Lord is extremely intelligent and understands everything immediately." Huang Silang said, "This kind of performance has been going on for decades. They pretend to attack, and we give them some military merits. It's the best of both worlds."

"But..." Fran said, "How can we make money from this? Could it be that Shinra is paying us to buy military merits?"

"Hey! How much money can you make from buying war functions?" Huang Silang said with a smile, "Also, don't be fooled by the glamorous appearance of the Holy Roel Empire. In fact, everyone is poor. If you want to make money, you have to make money from the people of Orila City."

"From the common people? I heard that the common people are all poor and there is no money to be made from them." Fran said.

"That's because they are stingy! They hide their money well, and none of them are willing to take out money to build Orila City together!" Huang Silang paused, then said: "And think about it, there are so many people! As long as we take a magic crystal coin from each of them, we can make a fortune! A little bit adds up to a lot, right!"

What a ridiculous statement! Fran couldn't help but curl her lips in her heart. But on the surface, she still looked like she had suddenly realized something.

"So! We can take advantage of the attack by the Holy Roll Empire to collect war taxes from the people!" said Huang Silang.

"Ah? But will they pay the money obediently?" Fran asked

"When the time comes, our big families will set an example and pay first." Huang Silang said, "After we pay, these ordinary people will certainly follow suit."

"I understand!" Fran said, "When the time comes, we will return all the money paid by the big families, and then we will share the money from the common people!"

"Hahahaha! That's right! What the city lord said is absolutely right." Huang Silang said, "Wait until the Holy Roll Empire launches a massive attack! You can start levying taxes under the city lord's order. Our major families will respond positively, and money will come in like water!"

After hearing this, Fran's face immediately showed a greedy expression. She said, "I just wonder how much benefit I can get from this?"

"Well, about this. According to the convention, it's 10:9! As the city lord, you can get 10% of it." Huang Silang said.

"Only 10%?" Fran widened her eyes.

Fula didn't expect Huang Silang to be so stingy! After all, she had read the notes of the previous city lord. Before, no matter how poor the city lord was, he would get 30% of his money. She didn't expect that now it would directly become 10%.

"Lord City Lord, please don't think it's too little." Huang Silang said, "Think about it! There are nine major families in the entire Orila City, plus yours, a total of ten forces. Isn't it reasonable for each of you to get 10%? And you didn't spend a penny from beginning to end! It's simply a business with no capital."

"Then don't I have to issue decrees under the order of the city lord? This is a disgusting job." Fran argued.

"My Lord City Lord, although your share is a little less, you can actually get a lot of benefits during the entire war." Huang Silang said.

"Ah? What other benefits can I get?" asked Fran.

"As you said, issuing decrees and organizing the army to resist are what the city lord does. They will indeed be criticized, but don't forget that when you do these things, it means that the money donated by everyone will pass through your hands."

At this point, Huang Silang paused and then said, "You need to use this money to train strong men and build city defenses! Although we are just pretending, we have to do the whole show! The bidding, procurement, and various military pay... How much you can earn from it depends on you. The city lord is so smart, he should be able to

You know what I mean.”

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When such a big piece of fat passes through my hands, my hands will be covered with oil and water. Compared with this, the share later is really nothing!

Huang Silang's words directly moved Fran!

You know, there is no such clause in the agreement with the previous city lord!

In the past, the city lord could only enjoy a share of the profits, and he had no right to touch the taxes collected. But now Huang Silang actually gave such a big piece of cake to Fran! How could Fran not be moved?

Of course, Fran knew very well that it was not Huang Silang's kindness! It was just because he and Margaret had agreed to kill Fran, so he let Fran lead the troops so that she could be pushed to the front line as quickly as possible.

In this case, why don't I take advantage of the situation and use the money to build an army! It would also be a good thing for the city of Orila.

This is a huge sum of money!!

Although she was thinking about it, Fran immediately showed her shock on the surface. She still pretended to be incredulous and asked, "Can such a large sum of money really pass through my hands?"

"Of course." Huang Silang said, "You are the city lord anyway. You are the only one who can organize and train the army. And in the process, you have the final say on who to buy military supplies and food from. When the time comes, you must cooperate with our Huanglang Chamber of Commerce... I, Huang, will definitely

I will give you a good price, and of course I will make the accounts look good, so no one can find out."

Fran nodded quickly, and a greedy expression immediately appeared on her face.

"Ahem, Lord City Lord, there is one thing I must remind you of." Huang Silang said, "As the city lord, you also have your own obligations! In addition to issuing decrees to organize the army, you must also stand on the front line to lead the troops. Only in this way can the people and the nine major families be convinced."

"Lead troops? But I don't know how to lead troops to fight." Fran pretended to be dumbfounded.

"It doesn't matter! Anyway, both sides are just acting." Huang Silang showed a barely perceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "There won't be any danger."

"I understand! I understand!" Fran said, "Since there is no problem, I will definitely go to the battlefield in person! By the way, I can also experience the thrill of being a general."

After everything was settled, the two began to toast each other!

After drinking to their heart's content, Huang Silang waved his hand and gave Fran 10,000 magic crystal coins, asking her to recruit soldiers first. Fran was naturally not polite when she had money to take.

Then Fran gave out her own gift - a bunch of gorgeous tulips.

Seeing the flowers, Huang Silang immediately thought of the money he had lost in Vienna, and the corners of his mouth began to twitch. But in the end, he thanked them repeatedly and accepted the flowers with a smile on his face.

Thus, the banquet ended "successfully"! Fran was drunk in the end, and finally left the Wolf Castle with the help of Catherine and Fandi. She looked so ugly that Huang Silang's evaluation of her was even lowered.

But the moment Fran and her group left, the smile on Huang Silang's face disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Congratulations, sir, it's done!" Hu Wan walked out from behind the screen.

"Humph, how difficult can a little girl be to deal with?" Huang Silang snorted coldly: "Let her indulge in the beautiful dream of making money for now."

"Hahaha! Let her have one last peaceful sleep!"

Huang Silang glanced at the tulip beside him, and then said to Hu Wan: "How is the investigation of the tulip incident going? Have you figured out who is behind this?"

"Ah... not yet." Hu Wan said with his head down.

"How can you tell me that I haven't!" Huang Silang was furious. He grabbed Hu Wan's ear and cursed, "Do you know how much money that bastard has made me lose? If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have agreed to Margaret's request to hand over our obedient city lord! You don't know how much I love our current

Where can you find such a short-sighted, obedient and sensible little city lord?"

"Master, don't worry! I will do my best to find that bastard!"

After hearing this, Huang Silang let Hu Wan go. However, when he glanced at the tulips sent by Fran, a fire of karma rose up again, and he cursed: "Throw these damn flowers out to feed the pigs! I don't want to see tulips for the whole year! ! ! "

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Chapter 25: The Prototype of the Army

After returning from Wolfburg, Fran immediately began her plan of recruiting soldiers.

This was also her first time doing something in Orila City in the name of the city lord.

Fran first acquired a large piece of land in the suburbs of Orila City as a military camp.

Theoretically speaking, the entire land of Orila City belongs to Fran! So as long as these lands have not been mortgaged by the previous city lords, she can use them at will.

Naturally, Fulan did not hesitate. She fenced off a large piece of land not far from the city lord's mansion, hired some people to level it, set up a few tents, and installed simple fences. From a distance, it looked like a military camp.

At the same time, Fran's recruitment plan was also proceeding simultaneously.

She did not blindly expand the number of soldiers like other clan leaders did. On the contrary, she strictly required every recruited soldier! Physical fitness was secondary. The most important thing was that the soldiers had good character and were willing to endure hardships!

Fran didn't want to recruit a group of hooligans who would ruin her reputation and desert the battlefield. She would rather not have such soldiers. The most important thing was that the first batch of recruited soldiers would become the cornerstone of the future army. The foundation determined the direction of the future army.

For this reason, she specifically asked Vanti to conduct a background check on every qualified candidate, calling it a political review. If she found that he had committed serious illegal acts in the past, she would decisively kick him out of the team.

Of course, high demands naturally correspond to high returns. For this reason, Fran offered a salary far higher than what an ordinary soldier deserved, and promised not to default on the payment.

This made Vanti very confused.

As the deputy director of the Inquisition, she had done a lot of recruiting work. She also helped the Crusaders when they were recruiting new members.

In Vanti's opinion, the most important thing for a soldier is combat capability! It's the body! What's the use of moral standards? Do you expect them to do good things and kill the enemy on the battlefield? And she doesn't understand why they have to pay such high salaries to recruit ordinary soldiers.

You have to know that in this world, it is not ordinary soldiers who decide the outcome of a battle, but a small group of elite troops!

The elite troops are not only masters of rank, but also well-equipped and well-trained. They are the pillars of stability on the battlefield. If the elite troops collapse, even if there are many ordinary soldiers left, it will be in vain and will only become the empire's military exploits.

Therefore, Fandi suggested that Fran should not recruit randomly! She should first spend a high price to build an elite force composed of top-ranked experts, and when the elite force is almost recruited, she can then spend some money to recruit ordinary soldiers.

At that time, ordinary soldiers would not need much training. Their role would be to serve the elites, carry food for them, clean their horses and armor, etc.

However, this time Fran refuted her on the spot. Fran mysteriously told Vanti that the form of the war was about to change and she was just preparing in advance.

Since this was Fran's request, Fanti had no choice but to carry it out.

Her subordinates were all elites of the Inquisition, and background checks were a piece of cake for them. In the process, Vanti also found many spies from the nine major families, which was an unexpected gain.

After layers of screening, Fran recruited a total of 500 qualified soldiers.

Since she did not consider birth when recruiting soldiers, the races of these 500 soldiers were very diverse, including wolves, demons, cats... there was everything, and even Fran recruited more than a dozen humans.

Among the monsters in Orila City today, the largest number is the demons, most of whom are the survivors of the invasion of the demon world. The demons look no different from humans, except for the tiny silver cross patterns in their pupils.

Apart from the demons, the second largest group is the orcs.

The blood of wild beasts flows in the veins of orcs, so their bodies will inevitably carry some marks of wild beasts, such as pointed ears and long fox fur. Some orcs with more awakened bloodlines will even have hair all over their bodies.

For example, a catwoman may only have cat ears, or she may have a long tail. Some rare catwomen even look very similar to cats, but they walk upright and can speak human language.

Of course, the word "half-orc" is inherently discriminatory, and it would be confused with another race on the continent - the green-skinned orcs, so they gave themselves an auspicious racial name - the Fury, which means happiness and auspiciousness.

Some races on the main continent are very fond of these furry, beast-like Fury people, so they are often called Fury lovers.

The third largest group is humans! The largest number of them are peasant uprisings who could not stand the oppression of the nobles and rebelled. After the uprising failed, they went to the city of Orila.

Humans brought crops such as mushrooms and sweet potatoes that do not require sunlight to grow, and shared advanced agricultural knowledge with other races in Orila City, which indirectly led to a population boom in Orila City. As a result, they integrated well with the local monsters.

Demons, humans, and Fury accounted for 90% of the number of monsters in the dungeon. The rest were races that were exiled by the mainstream races or abandoned by the gods and became corrupted, such as dark elves, gray dwarves, succubi, etc.