642 Contracting
The king of France was nicknamed Edward, but he was generally known as His Majesty Frans, or His Majesty the King.
Edward, who is quite popular, has a common name of not 100,000 but 80,000 in the whole world, and after he ascended the throne, no one dared to call him to his face anymore.
So when Roland called him His Majesty Edward, he was stunned for a while, and then he remembered that this was his nickname.
"Twenty years." Edward snorted unhappily, "I almost forgot my name." ”
Roland shrugged, after all, it was Stephanie who said the king's name was Edward.
Although under normal circumstances, he should be called His Majesty Frans, Stephanie is also Frans, so ...... It's easier to distinguish by name.
It was a family feast, and in the side hall of the palace, His Majesty sat on the throne, to his left sat Her Majesty the Queen, who had been in office for less than three years, and then opposite the Queen sat Stephanie, and as for Roland, she sat opposite the King.
The king took a sip of fruit wine from a golden cup studded with flowers and emeralds, and then said, "Roland, I heard that you want to talk to me about some business?" What business? ”
"Population."
"When did you become a slave trader?" The king scratched his head in embarrassment: "We in France forbid the slave trade, although this order is almost non-existent for the great nobles, they still secretly trade slaves. But you're a mage...... The power here is not very large, but with the help of the Magic Association and Stephanie to help you, if you want to say that the strength is a little, it is not enough for you to openly trade slaves on the land of our country. ”
This king seems to be a bit of a 'big mouth', is it appropriate to tell the dark side of his country to himself, an outsider?
"It's not a slave trade, it's to save some humans from the Demon Realm again." Roland said.
Now Edward was interested.
He put down his knife and fork and asked curiously, "You mean to say that your sons of gold are about to attack the Demon Realm?" ”
"That's true."
The king pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "I know that your golden sons generally have a strong sense of justice, so I can understand that you plan to save the humans who have been taken captive by the demons in the past, but the problem is ...... What do we Frans get out of this! ”
"A large population. ”
"It's not enough."
Not enough?
In this world, population is very important.
Because of the high mortality rate, even the population density of the French country is not large.
There is another reason, that is, their land area is huge, if you have to find a comparison, it is the ugly country and the kangaroo country, which is almost like this.
In such a country, with a low population density, it is very easy to accommodate one or two hundred million people.
And the thieves in this world are easy to feed, as long as they are given a piece of land, a house, they can feed themselves.
Of course, in the absence of natural and man-made disasters.
And a country can suddenly have one or two hundred million more people, as long as it can be fed, it is bound to be an extremely high resource.
Population can also be transformed into combat power.
The nobility everywhere was happy to recruit more tenant farmers on their empty territory.
And the king, who has the right to distribute the real population, as long as he operates it, will definitely get greater benefits.
It's a real benefit...... Even so, he is not satisfied?
Roland frowned.
Looking at Roland's puzzled expression, Edward clapped his hands and said, "Indeed, what you gave is very interesting, and it is also a great benefit, worth a lot of gold coins. But the problem is that I'm a king, and I've got enough gold, and I don't need all that many useless things, you know? I need something more interesting and happier. ”
In this way, Roland understands in seconds.
"Please Your Majesty, you build an expeditionary force to participate in us, they don't need to fight in normal times, but our Golden Son will announce to the outside world that this expedition plan was promoted by His Majesty Edward, and it is you who provide funds and information so that we can enter the Demon Realm and save those miserable fellow clansmen."
Hahahahaha!
Edward laughed so much that he poured himself a glass of wine, drank it with his head up, and then continued laughing, "Clever, it's a pleasure to talk to someone like you." ”
"Everywhere, it's Your Majesty Edward, you are far-sighted."
Roland has never liked to pat people's ass, but thinking about those humans who were raised as pigs by the demons and were so miserable that they couldn't do it, Roland felt that it was okay to pat other people's sycophants for justice.
When Edward heard this, he laughed again, and seemed quite happy.
Stephanie looked at Roland in amazement, and in her impression Roland was extremely arrogant...... The kind that is so proud that there is no boundary.
She even had a feeling that Roland might not even be a god.
But now he's on the back...... It's not for money, it's not for power, it's just for the sake of settling some rescued human beings, and I'm slapping myself on the sycophants of my arrogant, extremely unspeakable father!
It's really hard for him.
The queen, who was sitting on the side, was also a little surprised, it was the first time she had seen the king so happy.
Truly...... Now Edward looks at Roland, the more he looks at it, the more pleasing it is.
He didn't drink very well, and he was already a little drunk after a few drinks, and he didn't have a door.
Say anything.
For example, what does he have to do with the lady of a certain aristocratic family, and what did he have an affair with some time ago?
The military plane is actually impotence, and then General Biden's youngest son and sister-in-law have secrets that can't be said.
Roland's eyelids wrinkled when he heard this, and he gave Stephanie a face again and again, asking her to take care of her own son.
But Stephanie's expression was very flat, as if she was not surprised.
But the queen was a little restless.
Although he was a little upset, Ed wasn't really drunk, he looked at Roland giving Stephanie a look from time to time, and smiled: "By the way, I heard that you and my eldest daughter have a rather ambiguous relationship!" ”
"Nope." Roland flatly denied it.
Stephanie also shook her head: "Roland is clean, he only has two women!" ”
"Heh, who are you fooling?" Edward, of course, did not believe it: "There is no pure friendship between a man and a woman. Besides, my daughter is so beautiful. ”
Roland was a little depressed.
He suddenly felt ...... This king doesn't look like a king at all.
It's a bit like a street thug.
"So Roland, do you think my daughter tastes good?" Edward continued.
Roland sighed: "I really don't have that kind of relationship with Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess. ”
"Huh!" Edward's 'you just keep pretending' expression: "My daughter is beautiful, has a good figure, is as beautiful as a goddess, how sexy, how seductive!" If she hadn't been my daughter, I'd ......"
A glass of red fruit wine poured over Edward's head.
The king's wine suddenly woke up.
Stephanie said depressedly, "Father, I hope your mouth will say less of this kind of misleading words, because you keep saying this, which makes my reputation in the royal city extremely bad." ”
Edward wiped his face: "Originally, those people's own minds were dirty. ”
The queen covered her face with her hands, and she had a blank expression.
Stephanie sat back in her chair and said no more.
"Okay. Let's get down to business. King Edward wiped his hair and face with a white scarf and said, "I will send an expeditionary force, but this expeditionary force is full of noble soldiers, so don't expect them to go to war." But if anyone dares not to listen to you, it will be a mess...... You can teach you a lesson, understand? ”
Roland nodded, when it comes to business, His Majesty the King is still quite reliable.
"Then Roland, I have a question I've been holding back for a long time."
"Your Majesty, please speak!"
"I heard that you hooked the queen of Hollevin, how did you do it?" Then he pointed to the queen beside him: "Try it on her, I want to see what you are capable of, so that a queen is willing to go with you a poor mage." ”
The queen's face turned pale!
Roland thought that the king of TM was sick and almost flipped the table.
Then, before Roland was about to get angry, Stephanie pulled Roland away.
The two left the palace and rode in a carriage to Stephanie's estate.
In the carriage, Stephanie was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry for wronging you." ”
"It's okay, although I do want to get angry a little, but it doesn't seem like a big deal to get through." Roland waved his hand.
"My father, he's a big boy." Stephanie's expression was also quite helpless: "According to my grandfather, my father has been like this since he was a child, he likes to ask about other people's privacy, and at the same time, he can't control his mouth and talk nonsense everywhere. ”
"Your father is a bastard, like a bastard, but he's also one of the most powerful people in the world." Roland closed his eyes and felt a little headache: "This is simply a disaster. ”
Stephanie reluctantly gave Roland a roll of the eyes.
Although her father was indeed a bastard, she must have felt a little awkward to hear it when it was said by outsiders.
It's the father after all!
Arriving at the gate of the manor, Stephanie asked before getting out of the car, "How is your Floating City doing now?" ”
"The degree of completion is about one percent."
"It's a bit slow." Stephanie frowned.
She wants to have a shelter in the floating city, and if something really happens, she will have a place and opportunity to make a comeback.
This matter is very important to her, and the sooner she builds the Floating City, the more relieved she will be.
"It's hard at the beginning." Roland thought for a moment and said, "Next, my strength will slowly increase, and the construction progress of the Floating City will be greatly accelerated." ”
Stephanie nodded: "I believe what you say, just wait for your good news." That's right...... I'll help you check the affairs of the expeditionary force, and I'll help you adjust the people of that team beforehand so that they don't get so rebellious. ”
"I'm sorry for you."
"Well, I will lead the expeditionary force away after half a month."
The two quickly ended the conversation.
Roland teleported back to the Demon Realm, found the Vanguard Conference Room, and found Sorissa and them.
"How's your talk going?" Seeing Roland, a group of people immediately surrounded him.
Now that the rescue is proceeding in an orderly manner, a third of the people in the breeding city have been transferred to the main plane, and then escorted to the wetland city by other players from Sicily.
Most of the farmed humans are able to live in good health after being blessed with detoxification and healing.
But there are still a small number of people who die.
Their bodies are dry and thin, and there are even wriggling white maggots on the surface of their bodies.
Breeding City ...... What kind of good environment and conditions can we have?
Those Bone Demon and Mind Flayer Cultivators only need to ensure that most of the human beings are immortal and free from the plague.
A hundred or so weak human beings...... If you die, just throw it out of the city.
Anyway, if you are a human being, there will soon be a new human baby.
The more rescues are carried out, the more they are cleaned up to the central area of the city, the more shocking the tragic situation becomes.
A lot of bones were piled up in the center of the city.
According to the tooth marks on it, a picture of eating humans raw can appear in the person's mind.
And now...... They began to inquire about the succubus about the breeding city.
It has been determined that in the vicinity of this city, within three or four hundred kilometers, there are three breeding cities.
Saved this one, and then saved.
That is, at least 300,000, or 400,000 people will be saved.
It's just that the wetland city can hold another 200,000 people at most, and no matter how many cities there are, they can't bear it.
Therefore, a city or country that can reach a large number of people must be arranged as soon as possible.
This is also the reason why Sorissa is in a hurry.
"It's been negotiated." Roland nodded and said, "But we still have a fairly important problem now. Even if the French were willing to accept these people, it would not be realistic for them to travel nearly 2,000 kilometers to the French country. It's okay for a small group of people, just rent some carriages, but millions, tens of millions of people, how many wagons are needed, and if it's just walking, how many people will die on the way? ”
A group of people were stunned.
This is a question they hadn't thought about before.
At this time, someone was on the live broadcast, and the barrage in the live broadcast room also calmed down because of this sentence.
"Can we just move them from one fire pit to another?" Sorissa was in a bit uncomfortable.
"I have an idea that I need your cooperation."
Solisa's eyes lit up: "You say." ”
"As you all know, I will teleport the magic circle with multiple people."
The crowd nodded.
Roland continued, "But the cost of teleportation is too expensive, so I'll find a way to reduce the cost of teleportation to a point where it's affordable. ”
"How long will it take?"
"At least a month." Roland continued: "In other words, if you rescue more people, then you need to solve their food for at least a month, and the food of hundreds of thousands of people is not easy to solve. ”
The crowd was silent.
There are two or three hundred people in one guild, and the logistical pressure is very high.
To manage the eating, drinking, and Lazar of hundreds of thousands of people, the difficulty is too exaggerated for them.
"They don't eat much, two meals a day will do." Sorisa gritted her teeth: "Fifty thousand people, our Phoenix Guild has covered this number." ”
At this time, the presidents of the other guilds also stepped forward.
"I'll pay 30,000."
"I'll pack 20,000."
"Forty-five thousand."
In less than a moment, more than a dozen guild members had a population of 500,000.
In the live broadcast room, more people were shouting.
We'll be small, but we'll be able to pack three thousand. ’
We're five thousand. ’
'Six thousand. ’
"I'll definitely research a cheap magic array within a month."
Roland shook his cloak and immediately disappeared in front of everyone, leaving only a blue light.
Chic and crisp!