Volume II Survival Chapter 0458 Labor Negotiations
Zhang Tieniu's War God War Regiment moved very quickly, he had a total of more than 4,000 people here, but he didn't expect that Deng Guoming had a chance, and he quickly showed his strong ability, and it was effortless to lead.
It's just that there is no shortage of smart people in this world, and behind Zhang Tieniu's team, there are about 30,000 or 40,000 civilians who are far away.
Looking at their appearance, these civilians are determined to follow Zhang Tieniu and them to S City.
"Commander Zhang, they're keeping up, what should we do?" Deng Guoming asked Zhang Tieniu in a low voice, what he meant was either to accept them or to expel them.
"It's okay, just follow it, when you get to S City, it seems that they have no choice, they will all join the Ant Alliance!" Zhang Tieniu is very generous, and some people have a source of soldiers, and the more the merrier.
Now the receiving personnel will waste a lot of Zhang Tieniu's time and expel them, it doesn't seem very reasonable, Zhang Tieniu simply doesn't think about it, if you want to follow, please take care of yourself.
In fact, not only Zhang Tieniu's team, but also the Ant Alliance battle group that returned to S City in several other directions, there were tens of thousands of civilians at the back of the team.
These people basically don't see much hope in Dawn City, and if they live in another place, maybe there will be new hope.
"Why don't we go talk to them?" Deng Guoming drew the attention of these people, there is free labor, there is no need to use it in vain, and it is not a way for the ordinary people to follow in vain.
"Guoming, you've become bad!" Zhang Tieniu's eyes rolled and he laughed, he understood what Deng Guoming meant, let them get a labor dispatch, and the battle group that fought them would come by themselves, and as for packing up the supplies, it would be borne by these civilians.
"Hehe......" Deng Guoming smiled and did not answer.
As long as you pay a certain amount of remuneration, and allocate a certain proportion of the collected materials to them, you can avoid a lot of useless work, so why not?
"That's fine! The two of us went over together to negotiate with them. After capturing an elementary school, Zhang Tieniu announced that the members of the war group were resting in place, and he and Deng Guoming walked towards the crowd with a team of leading escorts.
"Up......roar" saw Zhang Tieniu coming over with the guards, and the crowd resting quietly on the spot immediately became commotion.
"Oh no, they've brought someone to drive us away!" Someone shouted loudly.
"No, we didn't encroach on their interests......"
"Don't be afraid, wait and see, see what they want to do?"
"There are many of us, not afraid!" Someone cheers himself up, there is a lot of strength in numbers, besides, there is a law in ancient times that does not blame the public, so many ordinary people, it is estimated that they will not be barbarously expelled them, everyone was in a commotion for a while, and quieted down.
"Who's the leader here?" Deng Guoming stepped forward and asked kindly, he didn't have the slightest malice towards this group of people, and it was not nice to say, many of the people in it might become his comrades-in-arms in the future.
"Report to the two commanders, we don't have a leader!" Someone replied loudly, it seems that before they followed, they also inquired about Zhang Tieniu's identity.
"No leader?" Deng Guoming's brows furrowed, without a leader, a group of civilians would scatter a basin of sand, which was indeed difficult to communicate.
"I'll come," a middle-aged man stood up, "I turned out to be the deputy city lord of City X, you see, can I represent you temporarily?" The middle-aged man turned around and artistically used the word "temporary" to ask the crowd.
"Yes!"
"Okay......"
"For the time being, for the time being." Many people in the crowd shouted.
The middle-aged man looked to be in his early forties, not very tall, his tired face was carved with wrinkles of worry, and his face was resolute and well-defined, and it was clear at a glance that he was a man who was accustomed to hard work and less labor.
At this time, the middle-aged man's eyes were dark and shining, and his sharp gaze looked at the crowd in front of him without the slightest timidity.
"Very good, thank you for your trust!" The middle-aged man bent down and bowed to the crowd.
"Scheming, this person didn't choose to join the City Lord's Mansion, it seems that he is a person with a story." Deng Guoming thought to himself, but he didn't point it out in front of others.
"That's right, you follow behind, I suggest you organize and form an efficient team, which is easy to manage." Deng Guoming nodded at the middle-aged man, as long as there are representatives of the common people, then things will be easy to do.
"I understand what you mean, you said beforehand, we'll do it right away." The middle-aged man nodded.
"What's your last name?" Zhang Tieniu suddenly became interested in him, this person's ability is not simple, Zhang Tieniu's God of War battle group is lacking such a person.
"Don't give your surname Xu, Xu Yanwu!" The middle-aged man is neither humble nor arrogant, and he still does not flinch a little bit from Zhang Tieniu's powerful momentum, and he is a person who has seen a big scene.
"Well, yes, when you arrive in S City, I hope you will have time to visit me and talk about something." Zhang Tieniu looked into his eyes and issued an invitation.
"Definitely, definitely!" Xu Yanwu's heart jumped suddenly, the opportunity really came, "This iron bull is not like the rumored Ma Daha, don't look at him now he is just a commander, it is estimated that he will be promoted to the commander of the army in S City, and the future of this person is limitless." Xu Yanwu thought in his heart, and he was also interested in Zhang Tieniu.
"Okay, you guys talk slowly, Guoming means my opinion." Zhang Tieniu nodded at Deng Guoming, made a handshake shopkeeper, beckoned the escort team to continue to stay, and walked back alone.
"Uh...... Commander Zhang walks slowly! Xu Yanwu hurriedly said hello with interest, Zhang Tieniu didn't look back or answer, but walked back slowly.
"Hello! City Lord Xu, what we mean by this is, what do you think of our God of War warband when we capture every place or a small city, and leave the work of cleaning the battlefield and packing up supplies to you? Deng Guoming said with a smile.
"Excellent! Thanks for that. Xu Yanwu was not surprised, what they meant by following Zhang Tieniu's battle group was that after they cleaned up the battlefield, they could also collect things and materials that Zhang Tieniu didn't need.
"Of course it's not free, we only provide you with five percent of the total amount of loot you pack, what do you ......mean" Deng Guoming looked at Xu Yanwu's eyes and said seriously.
"Five percent ......" To be honest, this amount is already a lot, and the number of small places may not be much, but the total amount of materials in a small city is considerable, Xu Yanwu calculated in his heart.
There is also a possibility, Zhang Tieniu's God of War War Regiments could not only attack a small city along the road, counting, it was only five percent, and the harvest by then would definitely exceed their expectations.
"What do you think?" Xu Yanwu didn't agree immediately, he turned around and asked the civilian crowd that followed, although in the bottom of his heart, he was already willing.
"Five percent is a little less."
"Forget it, people are fighting with their lives, giving five percent a lot, besides, so many places." There are extraordinary smart people in the crowd, just calculate this account and you will know.
"Let's agree." There were a lot of different voices in the crowd, and on the whole, most of them agreed, and they were very satisfied with the five percent.
"Of course, you don't agree, we also have the easiest way, five catties of food a day for each person." Deng Guoming said with a smile, in this way, everyone is looking at luck.
If Xu Deng Guoming and they don't attack the city, they will naturally lose a lot, even if they attack a small city, tens of thousands of people, just the grain store, he estimates that there should be a lot of them.
"Five percent is five percent!" Xu Yanwu immediately made a decision, anyone can calculate this mathematics.
"Hehe, if you think about it, five catties a day, a total of fifteen catties in three days, are all real food." Deng Guoming began to tempt them like a demon.
"No, just five percent!" Xu Yanwu said firmly that he understood Deng Guoming's thoughts.
"Okay, you guys have to be fast, we only have three days on the way, I suggest you set up small teams as soon as possible to facilitate the management and distribution of supplies." Deng Guoming agreed, but Zhang Tieniu had no opinion.
"Good! You wait. Xu Yanwu turned around and began to discuss with the crowd that followed.
"We're only waiting for you for half an hour, please hurry up." Deng Guoming was not at ease, so he reminded him again.
"Don't worry, it won't take that long." Xu Yanwu is very confident.
Sure enough, before half an hour came, the originally chaotic crowd was divided into large or small teams, and this time it seemed that the whole team was much cleaner.