"Don't look at me with such a surprised expression. Do you want to surprise the bastards who framed us? Do you want us to carve out another good Jiangnan with abundant food and clothing in the desolate Danube Wilderness? Liu Zhenzhen asked.

Everyone nodded.

"What did the aristocracy rely on to form an army? It's money, right? Is it true that the more gold coins, the more powerful the armament can be? That would bring justice to Helen, punish all who disrespected us, and make all those who had despised us curb their pride in an instant. Isn't that so? Liu's shocking words were full of incitement.

Everyone nodded.

"That's good, go be a robber." Liu Zhenzhen said nonchalantly.

"But Richard, you're a nobleman, and you're going to be a robber?" Helen's mind was suddenly dizzy.

"Richard, you can't do anything too out of the ordinary." Ning Yu also persuaded him.

"You don't have to give up on yourself for the injustice of the temple and the prince's framing!" Avril said too.

"Whoever gave up on himself, I didn't think about it at all." Liu Zhen laughed heartily.

Having said that, everyone's face was still full of puzzlement, mainly because his words were too deafening.

"We're facing a great dilemma right now, do you know what?" Liu Zhenzhen looked at all the eyes around him and said, "That's what do we rely on to survive?" This time, how did all the herds, the grain, and the bedding for the winter come from? relied on Ning Yu to sell her jade pendant! The long winter is coming, and even the robbers in the Great Wasteland know about resource reserves, but what about us? Even if you survive this winter, what about after that? Have you ever thought about this? ”

"We don't have castles now, we don't have turrets, we don't have fences, we don't even have the weapons and armor of the militia guards! These things cost money, do you need to sell jewelry again? Liu Zhenzhen sneered.

"We can rely on animal husbandry" Helen's voice became smaller and smaller, and now there were two hundred more bear goblin slaves who opened their mouths to eat, and it was indeed a bit unreasonable to rely on the vassals to graze the herds.

"Now, in addition to animal husbandry, are there any other ways to increase the income of the territory?" Liu Zhenzhen looked at Ning Yu.

"No, there are no mineral deposits in the Great Wasteland, and there are no forests infested by demonic beasts, and we can't exchange the profits in the territory by mining and hunting demonic beast crystal cores." Ning Yu has actually been thinking about this matter for the past two days, but she has not been able to figure it out.

"There are fish and shrimp in the Sanggan River, we can go and weave some fishing nets, catch fish and shrimp, and every year in the spring flood, the Sanggan River is full of salmon that spawn downstream, and there are many, many of them." Elder Andulan, who had not spoken for a long time, spoke, and he pointed to a large pile of salted dried fish in the corner and said, "Once the Danube enters the winter, food will be very scarce, and we ascetics rely on these salmon caught in the spring to survive the snowfall season every year. ”

"You ascetics also eat meat?" Liu Zhenzhen looked Elder Andulan up and down at his bald head.

"Of course I did, what's wrong?" The elder wondered why the ascetic seemed to be surprised by the restriction of abstinence.

"It's okay, just ask." Liu Zhenzhen always regarded the ascetic as a monk in his original world. It's a bit of a confusion between right and wrong.

"Elder's very good idea!" Avril happily echoed: "The song of our mermaid has a special attraction to the fish and shrimp in the water, and we will definitely be able to have a good harvest!" ”

"It's in the sea, it's not necessarily useful in fresh water, is it?" The little fox said in a weird way.

"It must be useful, I have heard of the great name of the mermaid's "Song of the Tide and Temptation" for a long time. Ning Yu's frowning eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and he happily recorded this good suggestion on the papyrus.

"That's a good idea." Liu Zhenzhen looked at Avril with appreciative eyes and nodded.

"The roe of salmon is delicious, didn't we taste it last time at Governor Witherspoon's banquet?" Avril hugged Liu Zhenzhen's arm and said happily.

"It's a pity that we can't exchange the roe and salmon for money, it's a little bit far from the city." Liu Zhenzhen smiled: "But this proposal is good, and it deserves to be commended!" ”

"Is that okay? Although there are no large forests that produce valuable magical beasts, the coniferous pine forests at the foot of the snowy mountains are not bad, we can cut wood, and we can also hunt! Once in a while, you can go to the Southern Cross Forest to hunt for magical beasts, although the road is a little farther away. Helen was not convinced, and put forward a series of her own opinions.

"Wood can be used to build castles and animal pens, and we have slaves and we don't have to pay for it, so we can build castles completely without spending money." Ning Yu happily wrote down another item on the straw paper.

The atmosphere suddenly changed from dull to lively.

Even the praying mantis, who was boiling water on the side, interjected: "Although the soil quality of the Danube is not good, it is not possible to grow human oats, but sweet potatoes can still grow, and if we put a little effort into it, we can eat sweet potato bread soon." ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Stop! You can tell the story, I haven't found a single one that makes money. Liu Zhenzhen poured cold water on the people who were happily rushing to speak: "Why are your eyes still on how to fill your stomach?" What I need is a way to make money, so don't worry about filling your stomach. ”

"But you can't just be a robber just to make money!" Helen was dissatisfied: "Richard, I know that you always want to help me find the desert humans to get revenge, but I don't want you to lose your way because of this. ”

"If you want to make money, please go to Fox, they all say that the fox clan is the most business-minded, Helen, let's not talk about avenging you, you can talk about how we can make money." Liu Zhenzhen took out a cigar and threw it on the table, Avril took a skillful bite in her mouth and lit it, took a puff, and stuffed it into Liu Zhenzhen's mouth.

This detail made a few dervishes on the side a little envious.

"In the Great Wasteland, we are the only outpost in the Great Wasteland, and if we can provide protection to the human merchants who come and go, drive out the robbers, and collect the corresponding money, we will soon be able to develop here." Helen thought for a moment and said, "But it's a little difficult, I just heard from those two bear goblins that there are too many bandit gangs here, and the number far exceeds the strength of our villager self-defense forces. ”

"I don't have a very good opinion of human merchants, I'll talk about that later." Liu Zhenzhen nodded: "But it is indeed necessary to exterminate the robbers, otherwise we will graze and plant crops, and as long as the robbers make trouble with you every day, you will not be able to do anything." ”

"Many years ago, there was a large tribe of hilly dwarves in the Danube who moved from afar, only to be disturbed by the endless bandits." Elder Andulan also felt that this lord had said a good point.

In fact, this is also the reason why Liu Zhenzhen was assigned here.

If it weren't for the fact that there were so many bandits and bandits in the Great Wasteland, this place would have become the domain of the nobles of Beamon a long time ago. It's a long-standing problem, the Danube is so big, the endless wilderness offers so many places for robbers to hide, the bordering Southern Cross, the coniferous pine forests at the foot of the Temurraya Mountains, and the saline forests can all serve as good places to hide when necessary. Such a large area is simply impossible to encircle and suppress with the army, and the wide Sanggan River also makes it difficult to afford the logistical burden.

Liu Zhenzhen felt like a mirror in his heart.

"The population in our territory is very sparse, and the militia is not even full of armor and weapons, so in this case, we should focus on defense in the early stage, you see, Richard?" Ning Yu stopped her pen and looked up and asked.

"You're wrong! The best defense is actually offense! Liu Zhen swept his unequal hair: "Passive defense is not advisable, let's attack the robbers first!" Just allow the robbers in the wasteland to rob others, and we are not allowed to rob the robbers? ”

"According to our strength, against the bandits, as long as we break them one by one, I think we should not lose according to our strength. But doing so is too time-consuming and energy-consuming, so what about our development and construction? Helen looked a little unconfident: "Moreover, war costs a lot of money, and we don't have money at all." ”

"War is the main theme of our development!" Liu Zhenzhen gently tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Why build?" What I'm thinking about is destruction! The blood of the Beamon warriors is full of belligerent blood! Grazing and planting sweet potatoes are the work of vassals, and I would be embarrassed if I let my samurai do it. ”

"What does this have to do with being a robber?" Helen vaguely understood what Liu Zhenzhen wanted to say.

"What am I keeping so many slaves for? Do you think I really want to feed them? Liu Zhen scoffed: "These bear goblins are familiar with the environment near the wasteland, whether it is the ogre tribe or the savage tribe, or their goblins, they all know it very well. Liu Zhen smiled and said: "These bear goblins will be the first batch of cannon fodder, we will take them to the battlefield with us to rob those robber tribes, these bandit tribes should be a little oily, right?" One by one, the more robbers in the wasteland, the better our business will be, and they will be our inexhaustible treasure! ”

"Wrap up these robbers, and then rob the other robbers?" Ning Yu smiled.

"So, we're bandits, too. Of course, it can also be said that we are an army of justice! Liu Zhenzhen clenched the cigar in his mouth: "Abandon unnecessary identities, I can give these slaves the best food, but the premise is that they must carry the heads of other robbers to receive it." ”

"What if they resist? Or run away? These unethical robbers don't have any burden at all. Helen asked.

"When you have more people, the harder it is to manage, that's a certainty." Liu Zhenzhen smiled: "This is simple, there are too many bandits, let them attack Dolot directly, don't want them to win, just consume a batch." ”

"Lord Richard, I don't want to splash cold water on you." Elder Andulan couldn't help but speak: "But these wasteland bandits are not stupid, I just said that the hill dwarf tribe that moved away a long time ago, they also have the same idea as you, they also attack as defense, that hill dwarf tribe has more than two thousand people, and even has a few of their close relatives ---- hill giants, you know the strength and strength of the dwarves, but the wasteland bandits finally joined forces to drive them away." The dwarves kept attacking and annoyed the bandits of the wasteland, and tens of thousands of fierce bandits of the wasteland were in collusion, and the power of the combined organization was terrifying! There are no stone mountains on the south bank of the wasteland, so there is no way to quarry stone to build a stone castle, but the wooden fence alone will not be able to withstand the attack of a large army of bandits! ”

"Oh?" Liu Zhenzhen's eyebrows were entangled: "And this matter?" ”

"Although these robbers are just a rabble, there are more ants that can bite elephants to death! Thousands of adult dwarven warriors, plus the giants of the hills, were also driven away in front of their might. I took a look at your strength, you don't have castles and corner towers now, and the basic military strength is the mammoth warriors and some vassals, but the number of adult warriors among the mammoth warriors is only about twenty in total, of course, the mammoth women, children and old people can also be counted as qualified warriors, but the total is only fifty or sixty people, I don't think your strength can be compared with the hill dwarf tribe back then. Elder Andulan continued, "If you insist on what you do, sooner or later a large number of bandits of the wasteland will become entangled and repeat history. ”

"The largest gang of bandits in the vicinity, the Razor Wasteland Goblin Tribe, has a population of more than three thousand, and occupies a steep barren hill, and we can't even match their strength." Ning Yu flipped through the records of the bear goblin just now, and smiled bitterly.

Liu Zhenzhen didn't say anything, took off the blood jade wrench on his thumb and threw it on the table.

Helen smiled as well, took off her Medusa badge and placed it on the table.

The two men looked at each other and smiled.

Elder Andulan was confused by their laughter.

"You don't need to worry about these things!" Liu Zhenzhen stilted his legs on the table and stretched out comfortably: "As for the castle, there is no need to build it at all, I am too lazy to have this time to chop wood, it is better to bask in the sun." I think this red clay slope is not bad, thirty or forty blades high, more than two hundred blades wide high slope, just the ready-made caves on it are enough for us to live. Who said nobles had to live in castles? It's not bad to live in a laterite cave! Turret? Hehe, those red clay bamboo shoots outside, each one is four or five hugging thick, twenty or thirty blades high, get a rope ladder to climb up, isn't it a corner tower? ”

"You're such a different lord." Andulan was completely speechless, such an unrefined lord was indeed rare.

"I will subvert all the truths that you have believed in your five thousand years of years, Elder." Liu Zhenzhen pursed his lips and smiled.

It was obviously a very arrogant remark, but Elder Andulan had a vague premonition:

This Pig will do what he says.

(To be continued)