Paradox players' simulation game

"Wait a moment, I'll go and report."

After a while, an obese middle-aged man came out.

Eros was wearing a red and black aristocratic suit with a bow tie at his collar and his hair was meticulously groomed. He looked "exquisite and decent" and was out of place in his surroundings.

"Who are you?" Elos looked at Ash.

Unlike the common people in the territory, although Ash was not wearing high-end clothes, his temperament was totally incomparable to that of ordinary civilians. After all, he was a famous general who led tens of thousands of troops to fight. Eros murmured in his heart, guessing Ash's identity.

"My name is Ash Engle." Ash stated his purpose directly, "Baron Eros, I heard that you are interested in selling this territory?"

"Are you here to buy territory?"

Eros' eyes lit up.

"Yes, if you're willing to sell it."

"Yes, yes!"

Elos had long wanted to leave this damn place.

However, after the news of selling the territory was released, no one was interested for a long time. After all, no rich person would like a messy place like the border, and the territory was full of a group of unruly people who not only had no money but also had bad tempers.

Ash nodded. "I wonder how many gold coins Baron Eros is prepared to sell?"

"Five hundred gold coins." Eros spread his fingers and grinned, "I'll sell you the baronial title, this castle, and this territory of Satika for a total of five hundred gold coins."

Ah.

Ash sneered secretly.

"Five hundred gold coins, this is the price of a baron of a kingdom. Baron Eros has a good idea."

"Uh."

Elos' smile froze. He had thought that Ash was young and easy to deceive, but he didn't expect that the other party also understood the market.

"Then how much are you willing to give?"

"The price of a duchy baron title is generally around two hundred gold coins."

Eros nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I'll sell it to you for 200 gold coins!"

"Don't worry." Ash smiled softly, "This is the price of a normal principality, but you should know what the situation is in Avalon now. Even the king is not here, and it is a border country, so it is only worth one hundred gold coins."

Eros gritted his teeth and said, "Then one hundred gold coins!"

One hundred gold is already a lot, although it is a little less than the baron title, but Satika is a special place after all. Now Eros just wants to take the money and develop in a more prosperous big city.

"Then I'll give you fifty gold coins," Ash said.

Elos glared: "Isn't it one hundred gold coins? How come it became fifty again?"

"Because I'm a student, students enjoy a half-price discount."

"???"

A series of question marks appeared above Eros's head.

You're a student, so, half price?

"Sir Ash, are you here to cause trouble on purpose?" Elos's face darkened.

"No, no, no, I came here sincerely. This is my student certificate." Ash took out the student card of Central Holy Spirit College from his purse. This was a magic crystal card. By inputting magic power, the user's information could be obtained.

"Ash Engle...First year at Central Holy Spirit Academy?"

Elos was startled.

He raised his head and looked at Ash in disbelief.

"Are you from Central Holy Spirit College?"

"Replacement guaranteed."

"But...but you..."

Elos couldn't understand why a student from the Central Holy Spirit College would come to his shabby place?

You have to know that the students there are all sons of dukes and princes, and even various princes, princesses and crown princes. Their status is many times higher than his, the Baron of Avalon.

But the magic crystal card cannot be faked. Eros checked it again and again and confirmed Ash's identity.

Is this the academy's mission?

He smiled bitterly and said, "Sir Ash, you should know that although this is a border town, Avalon is rarely attacked by orcs, and the public security is relatively stable... Fifty gold coins, isn't that too little?"

He originally wanted to ask for one hundred gold, but he was afraid of offending the boss behind Ash, so he could only reason with Ash.

"I know." Ash nodded. "Based on this, I decided to offer a high price of sixty gold coins. If Baron Eros is willing, we can trade now. If not, forget it. I will go to other places to ask. I believe there will be people willing to take the money and enjoy those good places. Go to Amos City, go to the wonderful custom shop for evaluation, and try those delicate beast-eared girls. I heard that the rabbit women of the beast tribe have small and flexible mouths, strong sucking power, and are very moist."

"Stop talking!" Eros straightened his back and said, "Sir Ash, the people of Satika welcome you!"

......

The transaction process went very smoothly.

Eros gave Ash a baron medal, and then both parties signed their names on the noble inheritance document, and the transaction was basically completed.

Ash was not afraid that Elos would be petty. To be honest, these petty nobles did not have the courage to attack the people from the Central Holy Spirit Academy. This was one of the reasons why he wanted to obtain this identity.

After handing over the items, Eros called another group of people over and announced in front of his people that Ash would become the lord of Satika and the master of Ulmusu Castle.

Then pay the money and leave.

"Baron Ash, from now on this territory is yours. There are still thirty guards in the castle. If you don't want them, you can dismiss them. But I advise you to keep them for the time being... Well, I have to go to Amos City to do some work. I wish you good luck, hahaha~"

Watching Eros driving away in his carriage, Ash weighed his purse and thought about how to spend the remaining forty gold coins.

The city of Satika has only about 3,000 residents in total, but because it is a border town, the floating population is actually quite large.

One characteristic of the border is chaos. Not only is it threatened by orcs all year round, there are also various bandits. The public security is chaotic and the people's livelihood and economy are poor. The people are unstable, so where do they get the energy to create wealth for the lord?

Therefore, the top priority is to improve the security of the territory, attract more people to live here, and generate income for him.

Paying taxes is a must. If the unruly people don't pay taxes, they will be beaten.

Of course, the prerequisite is to feed the other party. Unplanned exploitation is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Ash's idea is sustainable and efficient development.

To improve public security, we return to the old problem: developing military forces.

There are two knights in the Satika territory, and the rest of the guards are recruited from civilians.

The knight's salary is 1 gold coin per month, and the ordinary guard's salary is 1 silver coin. The conversion price in the Rhea continent is very traditional, 1 gold coin = 10 silver coins = 1000 copper coins. Ash stared at the salary list and changed 1 gold coin to 5 silver coins. At the same time, he gave each of the two knights a village as a territory. The tax amount of the territory was equivalent to % of the local income. Of the remaining %, was left to the knights and to the people. The knights also took % every month as territory rental fee and were also responsible for the security of the territory.

Of course, other people with the same treatment as knights will be recruited in the future, and the remuneration will be calculated according to this system. Twenty percent of living resources is actually a lot. Well, after all, Ash has to ensure the safety of their production environment. As long as they can grow food, the lives of the common people will definitely be better than before.

Once the quality of life improves and the economy develops, we will find ways to levy other taxes.

Anyway, the purpose is only one: we cannot let our people go hungry!

In the castle, two knights were holding the latest salary system and scratching their heads in confusion. To be honest, they were not very clear about the account, but since the new lord was a student of the Central Holy Spirit College, they thought he would not let them suffer any loss.

The idea of ​​the lord caring about his people spread, and it did cause a certain degree of response in Satika - could it be that the new lord is a good person?

Ash didn't care what others thought. After finishing his work in the castle, he immediately went to the famous slave market in Satika.

The slave market is a major feature of the Rhea continent. Most of the trading targets come from defeated prisoners. Defeat is not limited to wars. There are also territorial armies from various places who take the initiative to fight wars of aggression, such as the orcs, elves, and sea tribes. Many of those with good looks and strong strength are captured as prisoners and can be sold at a very good price.

Ash had done this before when he was simulating his development. The price of an orc slave warrior was not low, especially those with strong physique and high endurance, who were most popular among noble young women.

On the contrary, the good-looking women among the orcs are not as popular as the strong orcs. Ash once met a baron lady who bought ten orc warriors at one time. It was unknown whether she could bear it.

Ash spent twenty gold coins to buy a hundred slaves from the slave trader. The average price was two silver coins, which was not cheap, but the quality was good.

Among the one hundred slaves, all are humans. Ash doesn't like orcs. There is not a single elf. The same goes for the sea people. The elves live in the western continent, and the sea people usually appear in the northern continent.

He took the slave back to the castle.

After a second round of screening, he selected a few satisfactory ones to serve as his personal guards.

Compared to the soldiers recruited with money, Ash trusted the slaves bought with money more.

However, slaves cannot be controlled by mental magic, which is too expensive and unrealistic, so how to train slaves after purchasing them is also a difficult problem.

Fortunately, Ash is quite good at this.

The basement of the castle was lit by a bonfire. A hundred slaves were crowded in the narrow space, their faces full of anxiety.

Until the sound of crisp footsteps was heard, their eyes all turned to the steps at the entrance of the corridor. Ash, dressed in a black suit, walked down the stairs step by step.

Flames danced in his dark eyes, and his silhouette illuminated by the fire continued to lengthen as the line of sight increased. He stopped in front of everyone and glanced at the slaves in front of him, who subconsciously lowered their heads.

Only one of them raised his head stubbornly and looked at him.

"This world is fair. The winner gets everything, and the loser loses everything. But this world is also unfair. Some people are born winners, while others cannot resist the manipulation of fate no matter how hard they resist."

"Everyone is a fire. Some people try their best to radiate heat, and finally light up the surroundings and attract attention. But more people are just small flames in their lives, extinguished in the wind and rain, and no one cares."

"You are all flames that are about to go out, and I will give you new life."

Ash's calm voice echoed in the dim basement. The slaves raised their numb faces with blank eyes.

"But before that, you must show me your worth. I will give food, weapons, and even power to those who I deem valuable. As for those who are worthless..." Ash smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, I don't keep idle people here. If you still want to go back to live in the pigsty, I will grant your request."

"So, tell me now, do you want to shine, or do you want to be extinguished?"

In the silent basement, a young girl took a step forward, raised her head, and said in a hoarse voice: "I want to live."

Ash stared at her.

"What's your name?"

"Helen Evelia."

Ash smiled and said, "Then Helen, from today on, you will be reborn."

......

Helen Evelia, price ten gold coins.

According to the slave traders, this girl was a member of the Red Rose Mercenary Group. They were attacked by the Lord of Luxembourg Territory, the entire mercenary group was destroyed, and the survivors were captured and traded as slaves. Although Helen was not very old, she was a genuine third-level swordsman, so her price was quite expensive.

Ash spent half a day making her slowly become his obedient slave. Before she was completely tamed, Ash didn't dare let Helen do whatever she wanted.

At this time, the effect of pioneers of new ideas came into play. Ordinary slaves could easily be developed into followers with just a little guidance, food to eat and clothes to wear.

Followers have a loyalty bonus, which is equivalent to loyalty of faith, so there is no need to worry about betrayal.

After successfully brainwashing the slaves, Ash spent money to buy a batch of weapons and equipment, dismissed the previous guards, added these one hundred slaves to the guard team, and appointed Helen as his personal guard, responsible for the security of Youyue Castle.

As for the two knights, they were kicked out by him to develop the territory. The territory was rented to you, and it was up to you how much you could harvest. If you did well, you would get money, but if you did not do well, you would not lose the rental fee.

"Farming is developing too slowly, so we have to start cutting down trees."

Killing, killing, killing is not the goal, that is called efficient processing, and if there is a more efficient way, Ash doesn't mind choosing it.

Unfortunately, right now the Satika territory has no people and no resources. If it wants to develop slowly enough to conquer other countries, it cannot rely solely on farming. He has to cut down trees and borrow materials from others for development.

Once you become famous and improve public order, more people will naturally come.

With people, we have the capital for development. As the saying goes, "people-oriented". How can we generate income for them without people?

However, one hundred guards were still too few. Fortunately, these slaves were in good physical condition. After all, they were bought at an average price of 2 silver coins, so they could be put to use after a little training.

But Ash still needs to buy some more powerful slaves.

Most of these slaves come from mercenary groups. If it is a first-level warrior, it can usually be bought for one gold coin, while a second-level warrior needs three to five gold coins. The price is determined according to the quality of the goods. Age, gender, personality, appearance, etc. are all evaluation criteria.

If it's a magician, it's much more expensive.

But Ash had bought some equipment before, and now he only had ten gold coins left.

"I heard that Baron Eros hired five guards to take him to Amos this morning. The journey from Satika to Amos is long, and it's easy to encounter bandits along the way. I have to go see him."

℃◇源∧］1群《;：7〃“⑨栖污呜4壹●←⑦㈡ Ash directly ordered Helen to bring twenty people to help.

In the evening, Helen came back with her men and returned the sixty gold coins that Elos had taken from Ash. At the same time, as an apology, the other party also donated all his belongings - one hundred gold coins, plus a lot of jewelry.

“There are still many good people in this world.”

With the gold coins in hand, Ash planned to go to the surrounding towns tomorrow to buy more slaves and try to gather a team of a thousand people. Then he could borrow money from those towns for development.

We are all neighbors, what's wrong with borrowing some money?

At this moment, a prompt popped up on the game interface in front of me——