Zeng Qin led a team of human cavalry to bathe and kill from the siege of the fiefdom by the goblin army, and Gaude Needham was naturally not the kind of person who only boasted about the noble blood and brilliant deeds of his ancestors, in fact, he was just an incompetent son of a wastewood nobleman.

Despite the lack of Luo Zhengdao's good luck of straightening his waist and the potential deterrence of the strange strength of the magic card master, he had to reach a compromise with the Elven Federation and become a marionette in the * human mode, but Gao De still tried his best to do the best he could. Like Luo Zhengdao, he used the funds of the gold lord* to recruit human exiles and pirates, and Gao De trained an elite army force of 8,000 men for himself. The reason why he chose to operate in the area of the sea of stars, the land force with relatively limited use and role, rather than the more valuable naval fleet, was because the military advisers sent by the elves managed the fleet as if it were a monolith, and did not want to turn against the gold lord when the future was still uncertain, and Gauder Needham could only endure this breath.

The more capable people are, the more unwilling to obey others, and most of the thorns who are unwilling to listen to the boss's shouts are also capable masters, and those who follow the rules are of course obedient, but they are also unusable mediocrity.

In an environment where there is no fierce competition, in a closed society that is unified behind closed doors, those obedient mediocre talents are more in line with the minds of the superior than the untamed talents, and no one will like to work with their subordinates, even if his views are correct.

When encountering people like Gao De and Luo Zhengdao, for their outstanding ability and rebellious attitude, the feelings of the financiers hidden behind the scenes can be described as love and hate, and the complex process of the game between the two sides is enough to write more than N business war workplace essays.

"Welcome to the Funayama Islands, my friend!"

Luo Zhengdao warmly welcomed Gao De Needham with open arms, and the two met and hugged each other, and Gao De then said with a smile:

"I heard that His Highness has recently done a big vote*, which is good news."

"Your Excellency, you don't mind having lunch with me, do you?"

The burly Gao De looked like a soldier, laughed heroically, didn't see Luo Zhengdao at all, and patted his shoulder with a big hand like a bear's paw and said:

"Hahahaha, Your Highness's life is really luxurious! Everyone knows that your cuisine is comparable to the best restaurants on Fifth Avenue, and I'm honored to accept the invitation. ”

Indeed, as a traverser, many of the habits that Luo Zhengdao cultivated in the old world have become part of his innateness, and it is really difficult to change, especially when the material conditions of the outside world can meet his needs, and then deliberately suppress his own thoughts, which is naturally not the correct way recognized by Luo Zhengdao.

The debate over the superiority of magic and science can be put aside, and the level of productivity of the new world is definitely not comparable to that of the old world, at least that's true. Not to mention anything else, just looking at the consumption of natural resources on a small earth can feed nearly 10 billion people, the annual steel output is billions of tons, all the intelligent races in the vast and rich New World are combined, and the steel production capacity is almost in the early hundreds of millions.

Needless to say, just looking at the comparison of these two basic numbers, you can immediately understand how big the gap between the productivity of the two different worlds is, which is a world of difference!

Just as in that classic old joke, two old farmers in the countryside can only imagine the emperor carrying water with a golden pole, in a new world with a low level of consumption, people can't imagine what the luxury life of the old world will be like, which is an unavoidable limitation of thinking.

An ordinary person in the old world, if he abides by the hygienic habit of washing his hands before meals and after using the toilet, together with the routine washing before getting up and going to bed every morning, it is estimated that after this day, a pair of hands will be washed more than ten times, even the most clean-loving elves and Yaling in the new world, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach such a high standard, this kind of poor style is undoubtedly a proper aristocratic model in the eyes of others.

There is no such thing as poverty and luxury, the basic four dishes and one soup are the standard configuration when Luo Zhengdao eats alone, and he will not drink wine every meal. If you want to entertain others for a meal, the standard is raised to eight courses with a soup, as well as dessert and a bottle of house wine.

Today's hospitality of Gaode Needham is obviously among the important guests, and it is rude to entertain such a big man with the same status as Luo Zhengdao to eat, and of course the food standard of this meal must be appropriately raised.

I didn't see the figure and heard the laughter first, and when Gao De tied the napkin when he was seated, he glanced at the dishes on the table and was immediately shocked, Gao De is not the kind of rich man in the countryside who has never seen the world, he has eaten the state banquet of the Elven Federation more than once, and he has a wide range of knowledge in this regard.

Known as the first tyrant in the new world, the elves never blink when they spend money, the rich are so capricious, the problem is that the taste of these long ears is more similar to Yaling, or more conservative is more appropriate, the elves' requirements for food focus on light nature and maintain the original taste of the ingredients, the selection of raw vegetables and fruits, except for a few dishes introduced from the human empire, the common cooking method is to add salt and boil, or it is to sprinkle some condiments and eat it raw. Even if it doesn't have the weird heavy taste of John Bull, who is known as the base of the dark culinary world in the old world, and created the famous dish of "looking up at the stars", which is a famous dish that terrifies gourmets, it is definitely not a good thing.

"Oh, it's so rich. No wonder they all say that His Highness is a man who likes to live in luxury, and that such a feast would not be rude to entertain a king. ”

It sounded like Gao De's words were quite sarcastic, but Luo Zhengdao didn't care at all, and said with a smile:

"Putting aside those nominal things, you and I are both pre-kings, aren't we?"

As soon as he heard this, he chewed and reminisced that Luo Zhengdao stiffly spliced together the words "preparation" and "monarch" in the lingua franca, Gao De thought for a while and couldn't find a more appropriate word to replace, and couldn't help but praise the other party's ingenuity, he laughed and picked up the silver wine glass, and said:

"Prepare for the king? Hahahaha, well said, let's toast to the preparation of the king! ”

Will Needham's privateer fleet broke into the Woad River Delta and destroyed the fortified area, which in turn led to the rapid erosion of the situation in this area beyond control, which was a clear fact, and the Second Goblin Empire, which suffered a great loss, could only pinch its nose and admit it. The goblins then issued a backhand* edict, announcing that the human collaborators who had received the Imperial amnesty would organize and supervise the slaves in the restoration of the fortified area, and that the troops sent by the military department would be responsible for "guiding and supervising" the collaborators.

Most of the fortresses and batteries damaged in the war were destroyed by the explosion of the internal storage ammunition, except for the remaining foundations that can be used, the other parts have to be rebuilt, in short, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to repair.

According to the battlefield damage assessment report made by the Goblin Military Department afterwards, the old stone fortresses and batteries are very easy to cause secondary damage under the bombardment, and the rubble that flew up in the violent explosion was not inferior to the direct close-range fire of large-caliber shotgun shells for the goblin soldiers stationed in the fortress. Therefore, the Goblin Military Department used a more primitive and inefficient rammed earth plate construction method for the restoration of the fortress, which was to lay the soft soil into the wall and the covering layer on the top of the fortress by ramming the wall, which required a large number of human slaves to work day and night, which also coincided with the underlying psychological motivation of the goblins to take the opportunity to weaken the ruled people.

Separating the rebellious young from the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, placing them under strict military control, and forcing them to gradually weaken and die under the arduous labor of hard labor, like cattle, was clearly the best means of achieving an ulterior purpose without offending the majesty of the gods.

"Work honestly, you old donkey!"

The leather whip swung in the air slammed on the back of the middle-aged man with a wooden expression, and the already dirty and tattered linen clothes tore open a long gap, and the skin and flesh under his ragged clothes were also torn and rolled up, and a wisp of red blood flowed down his back, and the tragic condition of the injury was unbearable.

"Daddy Hahn! Daddy Hahn! ”

Shaking the leather whip a little, the human overseer with a fierce face scolded viciously:

"A bunch of lazy bones, can't finish the work, you lazy bones don't expect to have food today."

These wolf-like human overseers are traitors who have signed a cooperation agreement and sworn allegiance to the goblin Second Empire, even so, seeing their own people in dire straits, they can't help but have a strange feeling of rabbit death and fox sadness, and enjoying this kind of life with peace of mind is really not something ordinary people can do. Deliberately using tyranny and cruelty to hide their inner fear and apprehension in front of others, when they returned to their own residences, these overseers still inevitably secretly contacted each other, revealing the other side of their inner vulnerability.

"How many more have died?"

"Twenty-seven! A few of them lie down and can't move, and it is estimated that they will not survive tonight, which is not much compared to the camps on the other side. Alas, the progress has slowed down, those goblin uncles will not spare us, no matter how many slaves die, the most important thing is to preserve their braincase. ”

Whether it is a traitor who sells himself to the goblin, or a grass on the wall who simply intends to opportunize and live a comfortable life for a few days, and those who are ready to find an opportunity to play Infernal Affairs, once they enter the dead end set by the goblins, it is no longer an empty word. Walking forward is the hateful gaze of human slaves, and retreating back is the bright blade of the goblin, which can be described as further ruined, and taking a step back to shatter your bones, this is called not dying if you don't die!

In the era when there were no large-scale power machines, the ant-gnawing manship tactic was the only feasible solution that could complete large-scale projects, and the schedule issued by the goblins compressed the progress of the fortress restoration project to the extreme.

The fortified area of the Sheen Lan River, which was expected to take at least a year and a half to complete, was given three months to complete the project, at the cost of speeding up the progress of the project, of course, doubling and doubling the intensity of human slave labor. Factors such as exhaustion, death from illness, and death due to disability due to accidents are superimposed, and on average, thousands of human slaves will not die in a day.

To compensate for the vacancies caused by this high mortality rate, a steady stream of human slaves was sent daily from concentration camps hundreds or even thousands of miles away from all over the main continent, enough to fill the manpower gap caused by the massive number of casualties on the construction site. In the face of such a high-pressure and cruel method of slavery, even those who have always been selfish and never consider the life and death of others have experienced a trace of lingering fear, but since they have been on this boat, there is no way out. Behind him were the grim scrutinizing gazes and swords of the heavily armed Goblin Warlords, who could only follow the cruel orders of the Goblin Army to squeeze the blood and sweat of their own clan.