"This population, it's really ...... What a cheat! ”

In fact, it is not the population limit that cheats the father, after checking the technology level, Qi Lin found that his technology level is the initial level in the Age of Empires game, the first initial level, the Black Iron Age.

If you follow the game, the population limit at this time should be 10 people.

But Qi Lin looked at the population limit on his interface, but it was 100 people, which was ten times more than the number of people in the game.

This should have been a happy event, but Qi Lin's face was depressed and puzzled.

Because at this time, the population he has exceeded the population limit by nearly 100 people, that is, a population of nearly two hundred.

But after looking in the game interface of this system for a long time, Qi Lin didn't find where the extra people were.

I haven't made anything myself, so why is it full?

Then Qi Lin suddenly thought of something, and turned his gaze to the group of residents gathered in the square in the center of the town.

"Isn't it ...... This group of people is directly counted in my account, right? Or is there another bug in the system? If the Rhodok soldiers accounted for the population, I could understand it, but the total number of soldiers from the cavalry was only 130? Even if those packhorses are counted in the population, it shouldn't be more than that! ”

Just as he was puzzled, a cold, emotionless voice suddenly sounded in Qi Lin's mind.

"Report to the Commander, it's the natives of the town who are crowding out your current population, and you're from the people who ride and slash, they're all mercenaries and don't crowd the population."

"? What the heck? ”

Qi Lin, who was unprepared, was taken aback for a moment, but then reacted that the voice seemed to be the same voice in the Superman movie when the system was updated.

Originally, Qi Lin hadn't heard that voice since that time, and thought that this voice would only appear when the system was updated, but he didn't expect to hear it again now?

Now it seems that this voice is connected to the system, and will answer some questions for itself.

But why didn't I see this voice appear when I had a problem before? Even after the system was updated, when I encountered a problem, I didn't see this voice come out.

With such doubts, Qi Lin asked the voice his own question, but did not receive a reply.

"Hehe, sure enough, I'm still thinking too much, I guess that voice is just to explain something related to the game, right?" Qi Lin laughed to himself, then tried to ask the voice in his head, "Does that mean that I can command these townspeople now?" And what do you mean by mercenary? ”

"No, you can't." As soon as the thought fell, the voice sounded in his head again.

Hearing the decisive refusal of the voice, Qi Lin was stunned in his heart, and he didn't react for a while, and before he could say anything, the voice continued: "Mercenaries, that is, the relationship between all cavalry and slashing units and you is an employment relationship, and you need to use commissions to maintain the relationship between you and the other party at all times. If commissions are in arrears for a long time, the relationship will continue to deteriorate, and the soldier will be at risk of defection. ”

"Uh, defection?" Qi Lin stole a glance at the Rhodok soldiers standing beside him.

"Yes, defection!"

"Goo......" Qi Lin swallowed hard, he had already seen the power of these cavalry slashing soldiers before, and at this time, he really didn't dare to imagine how much of a threat it would bring to himself if these cavalry slashing soldiers all defected.

Hurriedly glanced at his wallet, Qi Lin breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there is still a lot of silver, and the commissions of these people are not too expensive, so they can be paid for a while." ”

However, Qi Lin also saw that if this was the case, then these mounted slashing units would not be suitable for large-scale recruitment, at least until he found a new source of income.

Otherwise, if a large army of cavalry and slashers is recruited, and the commission cannot be paid, and all of them defect, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"In this case, you can only put your hope on the imperial system, right?" Qi Lin thought to himself, and then asked, "Then what about my current population?" ”

"Clear the original townspeople and restore the population!"

"Clear?" Hearing the other party's answer, Qi Lin faintly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still asked with a glimmer of hope, "Do you mean to drive them away?" ”

"Nope! Clear and Kill! The cold and ruthless electronic synthesizer shattered his illusions without hesitation.

"Uh...... This ......"

Although in the fury, Qi Lin can command this tank to slaughter German soldiers, in the hobbit world can command this Red Alert to slaughter the orc army, in Pearl Harbor can sink the entire Japanese combined fleet in order to get the ship's mother, and even in this world, he can let his soldiers attack this town.

But the targets he aimed at were soldiers who had taken up arms and were in a hostile position with him.

But if he slaughtered these unarmed ordinary people because of his own selfish desires, Qi Lin would still not be able to get over the hurdle in his heart after all.

What's more, those who had taken the lead in rebelling against him just now had already been killed in the beginning of the battle.

So at first glance, when he heard the system answer like this, Qi Lin hesitated.

“…… Can't you change it? I will go and send them out of my side......"

"No way!" Before Qi Lin finished speaking, the cold voice sounded directly.

"Damn, is it really okay for you to interrupt me so directly?" The depression in Qi Lin's heart was even greater, and his face was full of resentment.

However, he also knew that it was really useless to compare this with the system at this time.

With kung fu, it is better to quickly solve the current population problem.

"Can I move?" Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, Qi Lin asked.

Isn't the main purpose of conquering this town by yourself to find a place to live and develop slowly?

Now that there is an imperial system, there is no need to ask for this town again, and this is in Rome after all, and the occupation of this place by himself will eventually be known by the Romans, and a large army will definitely be sent to encircle and suppress him at that time.

But now that you have an imperial base, you can find a place at the foot of the mountain and develop secretly in the dark.

Moreover, Qi Lin already knew that the units of the cavalry slash were all mercenary in nature, and they were not suitable for use as the main unit after all, so in the end, they had to rely on the system of the Imperial Age to develop.

But the system's answer is still ......

"No, you can't!"

"Looks like if I want to develop, do I have to be a butcher first?"

"Yes!"

Hearing the answer given by the system, Qi Lin only felt that something seemed to be blocked in his heart, and he was extremely uncomfortable.

And this feeling was even better when he raised his head and looked at the crowd of people gathered in the square, their faces full of horror.

"It's a really good feeling...... It's not cool! ”