Chapter Seventy-Four: A Dilemma (I)
For Ron and Meria, the night they had just arrived in Bol City was another sleepless night.
The situation reported by several hunters made a trace of sadness on the faces of both of them.
"Ron, do you think these guys can be trusted?" Meria paced in front of the tent, "It's going on in the Western Mountains. ”
"There's no way they're going to come here so late to entertain us. Ron's body leaned against the wooden pole next to the tent: "In this western mountain range, there will be no demons, right?"
Merial was silent, though he didn't want to admit Ron's point of view, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it.
"Although we completely defeated the demon spirit and sealed the entrance to this world, there are still some remnants of the demon spirit in action. Meria scratched her hair fiercely: "At this point in time, those who are still active in the Western Mountains are not magicians, so they can only be explained by demon spirits." ”
"Of course, we don't rule out the possibility of other magicians. Ron said in a low voice: "The point is, our announcement has only been released for a short time, if it is a magician, it should come to us to apply, the possible explanation is that before we issued the order, or before we arrived in Bol City, there were already magician adventurers in this western mountain range." ”
Indeed, in the chaotic place of the Deathfjord, at any time and at any time, it is possible to encounter soldiers on missions, mercenaries involved in adventures, bounty hunters hired by people, and even pirates on the Naga Sea to the south.
"Ron, what do you think we should do now? should we continue to wait for the conscripts who came to apply, or should we just bring some soldiers in?" Merial asked.
"It's definitely unrealistic to bring troops in. Ron shook his head: "Those hunters just said that the roads in the western mountains are very complicated, and those who have no exploration experience may get lost when they enter." And if you really want to deal with the demon spirits, you can only be cannon fodder if you bring these soldiers who have little combat power in. What's more, our reconstruction work has not yet been fully regularized, and it would be foolish to take away the soldiers who maintain law and order when we are not well staffed. ”
"In this case, our recruitment announcement has been slightly changed, and we can increase some rewards appropriately, and we will not disclose the situation reported by those hunters just now. Meria said in a deep voice: "Let's arrange the reconstruction of Boer City first, and then find a way to explore the western mountains......
"Your lord, your breakfast is ready. ”
Two days later, early in the morning, Nile appeared in front of Ron and Meria's tent with two bowls of hot white rice porridge.
Ron rubbed his temples, in a way, managing a city, especially this kind of city that is in ruins after the war, is much more laborious than fighting, and the food in Boer City is relatively tight now, and it is not bad to be able to eat such a breakfast early in the morning.
The list of craftsmen and hunters, and then the construction arrangement of Boer City, there are many things that he and Merial need to see, and Ron in his previous life also fantasized about the life of an emperor, and now it seems that this is too fulfilling to live, and he is really a little unbearable.
"It's no wonder that those emperors in ancient times would indulge in wine-colored dogs and horses, drunk and dreaming of death. Ron had changed into a neatly folded robe beside the bed, and Meria had finished her breakfast, reading the papers that Niro had brought.
"If you look at this, Bol City still has a big problem. Meria frowned and handed over the parchment in hand.
Ron's gaze darted across the parchment. Immediately shook his head, I have to say, his decision-making is still a little too idealistic, in the face of these hunters who have no harvest, Nile and the others are not easy to get angry directly, but Nile also euphemistically proposed in the dossier that if he can't put forward effective countermeasures, there may be some people who deliberately grind foreign workers and defraud the supply of free rations. On the part of the army, there will not be enough manpower to supervise it.
"Now it's only up to Will. Ron quickly drank the white rice porridge from the bowl: "The refugees can't eat enough, and the situation that has just stabilized will have a lot more variables." ”
"Lord Meria, Captain Godin has something to report to you!"
At this time, the voice of the herald sounded outside the tent.
"Godin?" Ron's eyebrows raised slightly, although Meria and Ron said that they were not to blame for the previous incident when Godin was angry at them, but this veteran seems to have always had a grudge in his heart, and Nile came to report to them about the affairs of the army in the past two days
"Let him in. Meria set the file aside and glanced at Ron, both of whom had a headache at the thought of what Niro might report.
Hurried footsteps sounded, and Godin, who was wearing a black power suit, had already strode into Yang Xuan's office, unlike when Nile came before, this time Godin also brought a female civilian.
This middle-aged woman was obviously also the first time to see the high-level of Ball City, in the face of the many big people present, she looked a little cramped and uneasy, and quietly looked at Ron, when Ron's eyes made contact with her, the middle-aged woman suddenly lowered her head in some panic.
In the constitution of the Principality of Noah, staring at the nobles like this without permission is a big crime! If Ron is convicted here, it is perfectly fine!
However, Ron didn't pay attention to the woman's gaze, and looked at Godin, who looked a little excited, and a wry smile appeared on Ron's face: "Niro, you won't bring any bad news today, right?"
"My lord, I'm not sure if today's events are good news or bad news. Godin suddenly took something out of the pocket of his robe and placed it on the table in the middle of the tent with the map spread.
"This thing was discovered by this peasant woman, and not far outside of our city of Hanmiro, there is a large area of this plant, which, according to the peasant woman, is edible. ”
Ron's gaze instantly fell on the inconspicuous plant on the table, and his heart began to pound violently, in the previous life, he didn't like this kind of food very much, but now, it has become like a life-saving thing.
"It's called corn, it's a plant that can be used as food, where did you find it, and how big is the area?" Ron pressed the excitement in his heart and turned his head to look at the peasant woman who was still nervous.
Thinking of what Godin said, the area of the cornfield is not small, Ron's face showed a rare smile.