The tavern owner said and handed Shen Mu 100 dinars. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host, complete a task in the system and get 500 happiness points."

In the Middle Ages, 100 dinars was equal to about 900RMB, and 100 dinars could buy three roast pigs, but there was no refrigerator in this era, and roast pigs would rot within a few days, so it was the most cost-effective to buy dry food, which mainly included air-dried meat, smoked fish, bread, cheese, and fruits.

And Shen Mu's first task was to establish an army, lead his own troops, occupy a city, and become a king.

Completing this quest will give you 6,000 happiness points, and you will also get a random set of ancient pills that are specially rewarded by the system.

The defenders of the cities in Swadia are generally about 300-500 people, and if you want to occupy a city, you must recruit at least 500 people to attack the city.

The art of war is cloudy: soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved.

Whether it is the land of China or the Middle Ages in Europe, the food and grass of the army are very important.

In addition to the weekly salary, the troops also had to eat two meals a day.

In the Middle Ages, the average person in Svadia had only two meals, breakfast was none. When I wake up, I usually get some bread and cheese and go out to work. Then around 10 or 11 o'clock, people eat dinner, which is the main meal of the day. After that, around 4 or 5 p.m., the lightweight supper was eaten, and the same was true for the soldiers, and only the nobles had three meals a day.

However, each meal of the soldiers cannot be too simple, otherwise the soldiers will complain, if Shen Mu is in arrears of military salaries and makes the soldiers unable to eat, the morale will run away, or mutiny.

However, Shen Mu didn't have to worry about food, because Shen Mu had Yaochi Immortal Mansion, and he planted all kinds of crops, melons and fruits on the land of Yaochi Immortal Mansion, which was enough to feed thousands of soldiers.

And Shen Mu doesn't have to worry about not having money to recruit soldiers, although he opened two Chinese food chain stores in New York, costing more than 30 million US dollars, but in more than half a year, he earned back the capital, and he made more than 10 million yuan.

It's just that this time he stayed in the city plane for too long, for a full year and a half, which made Shen Mu realize for the first time what time is money!

However, Shen Mu felt that money could not be exchanged for time, which made Shen Mu yearn for the way of alchemy, and he was eager to live a long life through alchemy.

Alchemy, you need a Dan Fang, and the special reward of this mission is to get a random pair of Ancient Dan Fang, which is undoubtedly a great temptation for Shen Mu, you must know the Ancient Dan Fang, no matter how much money you spend, you can't buy it.

Shen Mu drank the ale wine ("beer" without gas and hops) handed to him by his boss while thinking about something.

"Hey, I mean, are you worried about three meals a day?" The tavern owner Su Ke seemed to see Shen Mu only bowing his head and drinking, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he had something on his mind, so he asked enthusiastically.

Shen Mu raised his head, waved his hand and said, "Oh, no, I'm just thinking about it, where can I recruit mercenaries?" ”

At this time, the boss Su Ke had not yet answered, and a young man beside Shen Mu who looked very down-and-out suddenly had his eyes lit up, and he came to Shen Mu's side with a happy face, and said to Shen Mu: "Oh, sir, are you going to recruit mercenaries?" Do you think I can join your team? ”

"You?!" Shen Mu looked at this young man, dressed in shabby clothes, with vegetables on his face, and looked weak, so he said, "Look at your bad luck, could it be that you have been robbed?" ”

The young man looked surprised and said, "Oh, are you sent by God, how do you know that I am unlucky, and that I have been robbed, yes, I led a caravan from Sagos three months ago, and I wanted to go to Tulga and sell it for a good price, but you know what happened...... We were ambushed by a group of Kugit marauders, who took most of the horses and cargo, and two weeks later my dart master fled with the rest of the cargo. ”

Shen Mu nodded, "Oh, your luck is indeed bad enough, I sympathize with you and my friend, I hope your good luck can come back soon, but since you want to be my subordinate, let's talk about what you will do." ”

"Sir, my name is Manid, you know, I'm a down-and-out businessman, I'm not good at dancing with swords, I can only do business, if you're willing to give me a chance, I'll come in handy."

Shen Mu felt that Manid was still useful as a businessman, so he accepted it, but Manid's commission was 10 dinars per week.

Manid, about 22 years old, came from the other side of the mountain range (perhaps Gronia, as this was the only point of departure for the trade route he mentioned). Since his grandfather's generation, the Manid family has been in business, and Manid, who has been exposed to merchants since childhood, naturally became a businessman. Manid took a lot of goods from Gronia and hired a team of guards, passed through Tulga to exchange a lot of spices, and prepared to go to Sagos to trade flax, but was robbed by the Kugit (Bestur had gloriously recounted the "heroic deeds" of the Kugit robbery caravans, so Manid hated him very much), and his guards saw the wealth and swept away the rest of the goods. From Manid's own story, several things can be reflected, one is that Sargos did not start weaving linen until the arrival of the Nords, and the other is that the Nords relied on ports and regional characteristics to develop commerce, and other ethnic groups than Calradia were business-minded, but the other natives of Calradia always considered the Nords to be robbers, although the Nords did not rob caravans.

This was also the first subordinate Shen Mu recruited, and then Shen Mu and Manid walked out of the tavern together and came to the center of Chanda Town.

As it is a neutral town, Chanda is a mixed town, with blacksmiths, armor merchants, martial arts halls, arenas, and the slave trader Ramon.

Through some conversations with Manid, Shen Mu learned that if he captured a prisoner alive in battle, he could come to the slave trader Ramon in exchange for a dinar, except for the general who could not sell Ramon as a slave, the other captives would be exchanged for equal dinar according to the rank of the captured soldiers.

And this slave trader Ramon, there is still a lot of gossip, now Shen Mu urgently needs a guide, otherwise the Swadia continent is so big, he doesn't know where to go when he goes out of Chanda Town, so he must have a guide.

So, under the leadership of Manid, Shen Mu walked around the town and found the slave trader Ramon.

When the slave trader Ramon saw Manid, he first glanced at Shen Mu behind Manid, with a hint of greed in his eyes, and then whispered to Manid, "Oh, is this the captive you caught?" It looks very strong, and judging from the skin and appearance, it looks like a legendary Chinese person......"

Manid hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, you're mistaken, Ramon, let me introduce you, this is my new employer, Shen Mu!" But he is indeed Chinese. ”

"What? Is this your new employer? Oh?! Looks like I'm really mistaken! Ramon slapped his head, and then said to Shen Mu apologetically: "I'm sorry sir, please forgive me for my ridiculous words just now, do you need my help if there is anything you need?" ”

Shen Mu didn't care, smiled faintly, and asked, "Hello, I want to find a guide, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

Ramon rubbed his hands together and smiled, "Oh, sir, you've got the right guy, there's a guy who is definitely the right guy for your job, but he went to the city of Živa Cheze in the east a month ago." Ha~, I guess there must be another unlucky noble lord's horse being targeted......"

Shen Mu asked, "What's his name?" ”

Ramon said, "Tea, he's the best scout and the most cunning bastard I've ever met, and if you don't mind waking up in the morning with your horses and luggage gone, he's a good guide." ”

"......" Shen Mu had a black line in his head, and said to Ramon: "Okay, I understand, thank you Ramon." ”

Then Shen Mu exchanged for 5,000 dinars in the gold card according to the ratio of gold and silver, bought two ordinary war horses, and equipped Manid with a one-handed sword, a shield, Shen Mu doesn't like to hold a shield, only his ink sword can attack and defend both, and then there are two sets of full-body plate armor, Shen Mu and Manid have one set, although Shen Mu has the silver moon soft armor protection, and now Shen Mu has not been awarded the honor of knight, but if you want to become a knight, you must have a decent armor.

Shen Mu and the two were equipped, took their weapons, and rode out of Chanda City.

Outside the city of Chanda, the scenery is beautiful, the rivers are dense, but the road is difficult to travel, water thieves are rampant, and the Chanda bounty notice says that as long as you can kill more than ten water thieves, you can get a bounty and a special honorary reward from Count Aracis, the lord of Chanda.

It's just that Shen Mu has no interest in killing water thieves, but what makes Shen Mu smile bitterly is that he is not interested in killing water thieves.

But the water thieves had the idea of him and Manid.

The two of them rode to the east of the city of Rivache, and it was already dark, passing by a small tree jungle by a river, and suddenly a group of water thieves came out.