The time soon came to the first day of February, which was also the day when the Dilong Valley Market reopened.

Due to the impact of last year's auction, the number of caravans pouring into the pass has increased significantly after the reopening of the Dilong Valley Market this year.

Not only did the villages within a radius of hundreds of miles send all the caravans in the villages to trade, but even Wumeng City also had many chambers of commerce to participate.

Today, in addition to the trading center and five official shops, Lujiao Village also operates a specialty shop in the pass.

The owner of this specialty shop is Miyang, which specializes in selling deer antlers, deer whips, deer wine and other specialties.

What was different from the previous ones was that Meng Chen had hired dozens of women from Antler Village to act as maids in the trading center and five official shops.

After a period of training, the maids can answer most of the questions of the foreign merchants, which makes the work of Ellie and the store managers much easier.

When Meng Chen walked into the trading center, he found that Ellie was "teaching" Mi Lan.

Maybe it's not a teaching, it's a reprimand.

In the face of Ellie's merciless reprimand, Mi Lan was not depressed, but showed a trace of firmness in her eyes.

"Mi Lan, this girl is interesting! Knowing that the trading center is under the jurisdiction of Ellie, she applied to become the maid of the trading center. ”

Meng Chen didn't bother with Ellie's "teaching", after all, it was Mi Lan's own choice.

Just as Meng Chen was about to leave the trading center, a familiar voice sounded in Meng Chen's ears, "City Lord Meng, the Dilong Valley Market is becoming more and more prosperous, compared to the Yi Market of Wumeng City, you might as well let it go!" ”

Meng Chen turned his head to look at it, and said with a smile: "Senior Lin has won the prize!" The Dilong Valley Market only opens once in half a month, how can it be compared to the Yi Market in Wumeng City? ”

The person who came was the former remnant of Taoyuan Village, and now the head of Taoyuan Village - Lin Rufeng.

After a few words of compliments to each other, Lin Rufeng asked curiously: "City Lord Meng, I heard that Lujiao Village has become a vassal of the City of Hope, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Meng Chen smiled slightly, "Antler Village is not a vassal of the City of Hope, it is just hired by the City of Hope. ”

Then, Meng Chen explained the employment agreement, and Lin Rufeng couldn't help but sigh: "The employment conditions offered by the City of Hope are so generous, even Lin wants Taoyuan Village to accept the employment!" ”

Meng Chen laughed and said, "The City of Hope can still accept employees. If Senior Lin is interested, it's not too late to apply! ”

Lin Rufeng refused without hesitation: "It's hard to regain the ancestral land, how can you give up so easily?" ”

Meng Chen nodded, "That's true!" ”

At this time, Lin Rufeng looked around cautiously, and then whispered to Meng Chen: "City Lord Meng, Lin has an important matter to discuss, but there are many people here, can you find a quiet room, let's talk about it in detail?" ”

Seeing Lin Rufeng's behavior so cautious, Meng Chen couldn't help but feel a trace of curiosity in his heart.

So, Meng Chen took Lin Rufeng to a fortress hall.

After waving off the soldiers on duty, Meng Chen asked, "It's safe here, if Senior Lin has anything important, you might as well speak up!" ”

After a moment of silence, Lin Rufeng asked Meng Chen, "City Lord Meng, the soldiers of the City of Hope are willing to accept the employment of Taoyuan Village?" ”

"Employment in Taoyuan Village?"

Meng Chen's face was full of astonishment, then he shook his head and said, "The soldiers of the City of Hope will not accept employment for the time being. ”

He had already expected that Meng Chen would refuse, but Lin Rufeng was not discouraged, and continued to ask, "What if the reward is a white tribute stone?" ”

"White Tribute Stone?"

Meng Chen looked stunned for a moment, then touched his chin and said, "This can be considered!" But...... The soldiers of the City of Hope are very strong, and the hiring fee is also very high! ”

After a series of engineering construction and soldier training, only 121,640 gold coins remained in the City of Hope.

Although the Civilization Value of the City of Hope has reached its full value, and the cost of gold coins in engineering construction has been greatly reduced, Meng Chen needs to prepare for the advancement of the City of Hope.

If there is a chance to make extra money, Meng Chen will certainly not give up.

Seeing that Meng Chen seemed to be interested in accepting the employment, Lin Rufeng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "How many white tribute stones do you need for those soldiers wearing heavy armor just now?" ”

Meng Chen's eyes flashed, and he said, "They are the transcendent knights of the City of Hope, if you want to hire a transcendent knight, you need at least ...... every month 100 White Tribute Stones! ”

Lin Rufeng was shocked and said, "100 white tribute stones for a month? How can it be so expensive? According to the purchase price of the white tribute stone in the trading center, isn't it equivalent to 2,000 gold knife coins or Austrian dollars? ”

Meng Chen said with a straight face: "The strength of every transcendent knight is equivalent to a martial artist in the early stage of the Quenching Realm. Not only does it come with a transcendent set worth 2,000 gold sword coins, but each transcendent knight also has a bull mount. Once the transcendent knights form a knight army formation, even the powerhouses of the Yuan Fetal Realm will have to avoid their edge. This is already the lowest employment price, if it weren't for Senior Lin's kindness to the City of Hope, Meng would never agree to hire him! ”

Subsequently, Meng Chen introduced the employment prices of other soldiers to Lin Rufeng.

Elite Knights and Elite Ranger are hired for 300 White Tribute Stones per month.

Knights and Ranger are hired for 100 white tribute stones per month.

Sword and shield warriors and sharpshooters, hired for 30 white tribute stones per month.

Meng Chen bit the price and was unwilling to make concessions.

After some weighing, Lin Rufeng spoke: "City Lord Meng, Taoyuan Village hopes to hire 80 extraordinary knights and 20 extraordinary archers. ”

"A total of 100 extraordinary soldiers? You need to pay 10,000 white tribute stones every month, are there so many white tribute stones in Taoyuan Village? Meng Chen said with a skeptical face.

Lin Rufeng said in a deep voice: "This time, Lin brought 10,000 tribute stones, which can prepay the first month's employment expenses. ”

"There are so many tribute stones in Taoyuan Village, do they own a tribute stone mine?" Meng Chen said secretly in his heart.

Regarding the tribute stone mine that Taoyuan Village might have, Meng Chen did not have any voyeuristic heart, but said flatly: "In this case, these 80 transcendent knights and 20 transcendent rangers can go to Taoyuan Village with the team when Senior Lin leaves." But...... The extraordinary soldiers of the City of Hope have high requirements for shelter and food. If they are not satisfied with the environment in Taoyuan Village, City of Hope has the right to terminate the employment agreement. ”

Lin Rufeng nodded and said, "Please rest assured that City Lord Meng will prepare the best shelter and food in Taoyuan Village!" ”

"In addition, if a transcendent soldier dies in battle, Taoyuan Village needs to pay ten times the hiring fee as a pension for the fallen transcendent soldier!"

"This ...... Lin also agreed! Lin Rufeng gritted his teeth and said.

Then, Meng Chen smiled and said, "In addition to hiring extraordinary soldiers, does Senior Lin have any other needs?" All high-end goods in the City of Hope can be opened to Taoyuan Village, and transcendent weapons, berserk potions, high-grade elixirs, and even magic weapon embryos and finished magic weapons can also be considered! ”

Lin Rufeng shook his head and said helplessly: "City Lord Meng, there are not many tribute stones in Taoyuan Village, and the employment fees have been emptied. ”