Chapter 156 Sugar-coated Cannonballs
"If you really just want to inject money to have fun, it is understandable that Your Excellency the Viscount asked Mr. Mayor Town. But why didn't I, the president of the Mermaid's Song, know anything about it until you told me? β
A question that shoved the townman's question back into his mouth at once.
Arrow didn't intend to give up on this topic just like that, and continued, "As you all know, this guild war is co-organized by our Merfolk Song and Pelican Town. Although we don't contribute as much as you in the whole event, nominally, the first thing to mention after excluding Pelican Town is our guild. β
"Since Viscount Norris can send someone into our town to discuss with you, it is natural that it is impossible not to know the position that our guild occupies in this event. If he really just wants to inject money to play, make this 'game' a little bigger, and have a more lively game, then he should come to us for the second one after visiting the boss. β
"But what does it mean that he hasn't come to us until now?"
Arrow paused slightly, letting the men secretly fill their minds with some terrible seeds.
"This means that the viscount is well aware that his next move will be to usurp the fruits of our pelican town's labor. And as the planner and initiator of this guild war festival, and the mermaid song with the closest interests to it, he would never be able to convince him. β
"Since you can't convince, then it's only a void."
"As long as he can negotiate the mayor of Pelican Town and everyone else, then then he will enter our town in one go. No matter how much objection my Mermaid Song may have, he can completely ignore it and take it upon himself to make this guild war event a 'Grand Festival in Lagoon City'. β
"So, he didn't have a reason to come to our Mermaid Song to discuss this matter at all, do you understand?"
The crowd stopped talking, they looked at me, I looked at you, and finally all eyes fell on the mayor of Round Cheese over there.
The chubby mayor had a slight worry on his face, and said with a slightly sad expression, "President Arrow, I understand what you said. Well...... Economic warfare, right? When making money, there will be such and such troubles, and some people want to take away the money that should be earned by us in one go, and I understand it more or less. Then the most important thing now is ......"
The most sincere color appeared on his face: "I don't want to offend Viscount Norris, we also rely on Lagoon City for a lot of supplies. So...... How should we deal with it? β
The best way to do this is to say no.
Although Airo thought so in his head, he couldn't really say it.
Viscount Norris wants to directly use capital to embezzle the fruits of this victory, which is already a sure thing. If you refuse directly, you are not sure what the other party will do. After all, the other party has a lot of money in his hands, and it is really very easy to bring down Pelican Town.
At this point, Arrow felt that the mayor of Round Cheese could see it clearly, so the fat man, who usually seemed to do whatever he said, now looked at Arrow with a worried look on his face, with some expectation and a little suspicion.
Ai Luo thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "The other party has a sugar-coated cannonball, so of course we can't refuse directly." We can eat the icing and shoot the shells back. In this way, we can delay as much time as possible, and try to grasp the fruits of victory firmly in our own hands before the end of this guild war. β
Seeing Arrow's confident appearance now, the round cheese exhaled slightly. After all, who doesn't want to see themselves relying on an endless stream of ideas?
"President Arrow, I knew there would be no problem finding you! Your brain, you must know that the students of the old Tengshu Academy are not so easy to be settled! β
After touting Arrow, the mayor said expectantlyβ
"So, how are we going to eat the icing and shoot the cannonballs back?"
Arrow smiled slightly, and after first asking how many people had accepted this Viscount Norris's acquisition request, he began to plan as a whole.
After putting all the information in a table, Arrow nodded lightly and began to elaborate on his plan and what the townsfolk should do.
This discussion lasted for most of the day, and even until noon, none of the townsfolk said that they were hungry, but continued to listen intently to Arrow's battle plan.
After all the questions were explained, all the plans were arranged, and everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do, the townspeople, led by Round Cheese, finally showed a rare smile, nodded their heads, and thanked Arrow.
"Hoo ......"
After watching the townsfolk leave one by one, Iero looked tired and spread out in his back chair. The confident expression that had been maintained on his face just now suddenly seemed to collapse a lot.
Napa flew slowly over from the counter and circled around Elo, landing silently on his lap with her tail crossed.
"You're really tired."
With a slightly worried look, Arrow nodded slowly. Although the hall was still very warm because of the fireplace, he still involuntarily wrapped the scarf around his neck a few more times, and his whole body shivered involuntarily.
"I never knew that economic warfare is sometimes more complicated than fighting on the battlefield. You humans really have a problem with doing so much trouble for yourself. It's simple to change to our Warcraft, whoever is strong, listen to whomever he wants. β
Arrow smiled bitterly helplessly: "So, this world is occupied by humans now." Since the Chaos Wars, have you heard of any area ruled by Warcraft? β
Napa was a little speechless, and the cat floated up, raised its paw and touched Arrow's nose lightly, but quickly retracted the small pink ball of flesh as if it was burnedβ
"You're in worse health than you were in the morning. You need to get a good rest...... But after listening to your all-day meeting today, I'm starting to get a little worried. What if you collapse all at once, and that Viscount Norris starts targeting our guild in other ways? β
Hearing this, Arrow was a little more energetic, and he smiled sheepishly: "Oops~~~ You finally admit that I am the strongest in our guild~~?" Finally admit that I, an ordinary human with no power and no magical affinity, is the most essential for this guild~~~? β
The cat circled around Arrow again, but there was no intention of joking in those blue eyes: "Seriously, you need to rest as soon as possible now." After answering my questions, go to bed and don't waste your energy on jokes. β
Arrow pursed his lips and feigned a slightly unhappy expression. But when he saw that the cat didn't want to coax himself at all, he could only sigh, hold on to the table, cover his scarf, and slowly stand up-
"In some ways, economic warfare can be more terrifying and more torturous to the human mind than physical warfare. But from another point of view, economic warfare will not be as quick as physical warfare. Let me rest for a few days...... When I get back up, I'll fix it again if something really goes wrong......"
As he spoke, he glanced at the slowly drifting snowflakes outside the window, and a strong sense of tiredness welled up in his heart. The president yawned, and the view began to blur in front of himβ
"Napa, I probably won't be able to wait for everyone to come back...... I'm going to go get some sleep now...... Don't call me if there's nothing to do, if there's something to do...... Please try not to call me as well. β
As he spoke, he went upstairs, pushed open the door of his room vigorously, and after entering, he didn't even have time to drag the clothes and scarf on his body, he lay directly on the bed, pulled over the futon, and fell asleep.
Napa accompanied him upstairs, and could only shake his head when he saw that the president was now asleep with the door wide open.
After it closed the door to Arrow's room, the members came back one after another, and after dinner, they were ready to participate in tonight's game.
Seeing this scene, Napa could only relax, fully believing that the economic war would not break out in a short period of time, and comforted the guild members.
- January 18, 1302, food expenses: -1 silver, 6 bronze and 8 iron, treatment expenses: -5 copper, balance: 7 gold, 2 silver, 1 copper and 3 iron (balance of stolen money: 34 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper, ticket income: 278 gold, handicap: 144 gold), the score of the giant mountain and the flame of the soul: 18:17ββ
"Brother President, are you really okay?"
Once the leader of the Mermaid Song is plagued by illness, the guild members will have a feeling of not having a backbone.
Every day, though, they could see their elders get up and go downstairs, talk and laugh with everyone, check the books of the past day, and ask what questions there were. He always had a smile on his face, and it seemed that he was really getting better day by day.
But since the president fell ill, he has never participated in a guild war, nor has he been out once. Leave everything to the guild members, and let them all act according to their own experience and the operating manual left by the guild leader.
Although this also means that Arrow has complete trust in them, these members still have no bottom in their hearts.