Chapter 9: The Edge of War (3)

In fact, Gu Shiyu is not that great, he just feels guilty. The recipe for curing the plague www.biquge.info was given to him by McLind, and he didn't do anything himself, but he didn't expect Cuthbert to make so much money with it. This is against the will, and it is a little trembling to hold it in your hand, so it is better to take it from the people and use it for the people.

Gu Shiyu, this kid, has never had any great ambitions in his heart. Money, it's enough, but if it's too much, you can't sleep, and you have to beware of others making up your mind every day.

Gu Shiyu said: "Think about it, if the portal is opened again, there will be a lot of troops pouring into the Lost Land, and this place will become a bloody battlefield." How many refugees can Baulston protect when it's so small? I think people who have lived here for so long should leave something for it, not just disaster. ”

Everyone nodded their heads. Yolande shouted: "Let's do it! Everyone who has money will pay, and those who don't have money will contribute!"

Cuthbert shook his head and said, "We only have 200,000 gold coins, and the gap in funds is too big, and we have just been able to build the city wall." ”

Gu Shiyu said: "Let's build the city wall first, and part of the land in the city can be sold to the people and allowed to build their own houses." Those who do not have the money to buy land can contribute to the work, and then arrange housing according to their work situation in the future. ”

Cuspery nodded, "That's a way to do that, too." We pooled our limited funds to build the necessary facilities such as the council chambers, city walls, markets, blacksmiths, taverns, magic guilds, and docks, and then gradually upgraded the council chambers to the interior halls, parliament buildings, and parliament. If it is upgraded to Congress, the daily tax revenue will be increased from 500 gold coins in the council chamber to 4,000 gold coins, and then you can start building defenses and barracks. ”

I mean the castle on the hillside of the lookout outside the north gate of Baulston. This will allow us to act as a hub with the town of Baulston, and we will also protect our company and the Hero Guild by the way. ”

Now that the location has been chosen, what else is there to say? Let's do it, it's your money that is spent anyway, and the Crazy Knife and the others will no longer raise objections.

Gu Shiyu said: "Lao Ku, you will send more people tomorrow to the villages in the Lost Lands and mobilize them to move to the castle." It's going to be war, and it's much safer to live in a castle than it is for them to live outside. ”

"Well, just ask Lady Grey to carve out such a large piece of land, and she may not be willing to do it. ”

"It's good for her, too. Let's go talk to her tomorrow morning!"

When Madame Grey heard that nearly half of the heroes in the guild had taken refuge in Gu Shiyu on the docks, she was furious and severely reprimanded the giant thunder who was still lying on the bed.

Thunder crawled out of bed naked and hugged Lady Grey from behind. Madame Grey shook her body, trying to break free, where could she get rid of the two huge arms of the Great Thunder?

"Don't be angry! Catherine, Roland, and Euland's men will have to go back sooner or later, don't we still have more than a hundred heroes in our homeland?"

Madame Grey said angrily, "Are these people going to listen to you?"

"The old guy was humiliated by everyone last night, and now that he is so impressed, few people will listen to him. These more than 100 heroes, the Lost Land is their home, and of course they will fight for themselves, for you and me. ”

Women are meant to coax. Madame Grey was held in her arms by the giant thunder, and gradually lost her breath, but she was very uncomfortable being poked in the back by a huge stick behind her back. The giant thunder was already distracted, and began to move his hands and feet.

Madame Grey broke free of her embrace, pushed the thunder away, and said angrily: "You don't come, I didn't see you like this last night! ”

Someone knocked softly on the door outside the bedroom. Ju Lei was very disappointed and reprimanded: "It's early in the morning, what's the matter?"

"Madame, sir, Gu Shiyu and Cuthbert of the Heroes Guild have come to visit. ”

Madame Grey was stunned, and said to herself, "What are they doing here?" and commanded outside the door, "You take them to the living room and wait, and I will come later." ”

Madame Grey hurriedly put on her makeup in the mirror, and said to Ju Lei, "What are you still rubbing, don't you get dressed and accompany me to meet them?"

Ju Lei scolded and put on his clothes, but the stick under his crotch poked his pants up. How can you meet a guest?" Madame Grey stood in front of him with a smirk, and pinched him hard.

Ju Lei broke out in a cold sweat and collapsed on the bed.

Who told you not to use this thing when it should be?" Mrs. Grey didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked out of the bedroom alone.

Gu Shiyu was discussing something in a low voice with Cuthbert in the living room. Madame Grey was full of fragrance, walked in with a spring breeze on her face, and said with a light smile: "Oh, Gu Yingying came to visit so early, so you can wait for a long time." ”

As soon as he smelled the fragrance, Gu Shiyu immediately remembered Catherine and Adrid.

"Alas, I haven't seen you for many days, but Lady Grey is getting more and more beautiful!"

Madame Grey laughed, "Gu Yingying is really good at talking, no wonder Her Royal Highness the princess likes you so much!

"Madame Grey, we have come this time to ask for the land next to your belvedere. ”

Madame Grey was very happy and said with a smile: "Since it is what you want, I will give you the best price, four thousand gold coins per acre of land." ”

Cuthbert was angry: "Lady Grey, is your land worth so much money?"

Gu Shiyu shook his head and said, "Mrs. Gray, we are not here to discuss the price of land with you, I hope you can provide us with the land free of charge." ”

"Why?" Lady Grey would never do anything good without any good.

"I'm going to create a castle on the belvedere to defend against invaders. You know that sooner or later we will leave the Lost Lands, and after we leave, this castle will be yours in the future. ”

“...... Do you mean that after you leave, the castle will be mine?" said Lady Grey's heart. Restoring the former glory of the Grey family was something she had always dreamed of.

Gu Shiyu nodded and said, "We created this castle to give the people a place of refuge. If you are willing to be the guardian of the Lost Lands and can negotiate everything with the members of Congress, we can hand over the management to you when we leave. ”

Madame Grey was overjoyed, but she didn't show it on the surface, she really couldn't understand that Gu Shiyu, this kid was so poor that he sold equipment for money a month ago, where did he get so much money all of a sudden? Could it be that his company made so much money for him in a month?

Madame Grey concealed her excitement, so she muttered: "I can agree to what you say, but there is one condition, that is, after you leave, your company must also be transferred to me unconditionally. ”

Gu Shiyu leaned back, shook his head and said, "I can't agree to this condition." You know how much effort Her Royal Highness and I have put into this company! The formulas of all products are priceless, and each product can bring me great wealth. If you are interested, you can buy our company, or I will burn it to the ground. ”

Madame Grey pondered nervously. She said tentatively, "Well, I'll pay 10,000 gold coins for your company and recipe." ”

"No, 500,000!" Gu Shiyu shook his head.

Cuthbert began to want to vomit blood.

"You know how much money I'm making in a month with this company. Half a million is not much, and after five months you will be able to recoup all your investment. ”

Lady Grey's face finally began to turn red: "You must know that the Grey family was once the guardian of the entire Lost Lands. Right now, there are nearly 10,000 guards in various places. In order to maintain the huge military spending, I cannot make ends meet every month. If you continue to insist on 500,000 gold coins, we will not be able to negotiate this deal. ”

Gu Shiyu looked at Cusbert, and Cuthbert nodded. This is a routine rehearsed by Gu Shiyu and Cuthbert, Gu Shiyu sighed: "Okay, I'm a straightforward person, and I don't like to bargain with you in details." If you're really interested, you'll end up with 400,000 gold coins. ”

"I can't afford your price. Lady Grey held out her hand.

This kind of bargaining method Gu Shiyu has seen. Gu Shiyu put his hand into Mrs. Grey's cuffs, and Cuthbert saw Lady Grey's cuffs tremble for a while, and finally slowly calmed down.

It's over, it's over!" Cuthbert sighed to himself. You touched Mrs. Grey's hand, and your heart was full of dirty thoughts, and you were too embarrassed to bargain with her?

Sure enough, Gu Shiyu nodded and said, "You are a good friend of Her Royal Highness the Princess, so let's follow your price!"

With a smile on her face, Madame Grey poured a glass of wine for the two of them, and raised her glass to geek, "Well, toast to our happy cooperation!"

Gu Shiyu said: "I have one more condition, the bandit camp on the deserted path, as well as the witch and Murak are all my people, and you can't do anything to them again." ”

"Yes, as long as they don't come into my town of Baulston. ”

After the two walked out of the living room, Cuthbert couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what kind of price did you negotiate with her?"

"Ahem, well, this, do you think 200,000 gold coins are okay?"

Cuthbert said angrily: "We just started to decide, but we want her to give 300,000 gold coins!"

"It's not that she has no money, it's better to have 200,000 than nothing. ”

"If you know that, it would be nice for me to talk alone! I will not be like you, who will forget my principles by touching Lady Grey's hand! I will report this to Her Highness the Princess." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I didn't touch her hand at all!" Gu Shiyu blushed and argued.

If you touch it, you can touch it, what dare you not admit it? Now Gu Shiyu's hand has Mrs. Gray's body fragrance remaining.

Thousands of people have gathered on the lookout. Madknife and Inheim were standing on a high place and pointing, planning the entire castle.

Gu Shiyu walked over and said to the mad knife: "Lady Grey has issued a pardon, and the people in the thief camp can move freely, but they cannot enter the town of Ballston. ”

Madsword shook his head and said, "We won't be unfamiliar with her town! she will come to our castle in the future, and we will stop her." ”

"How are you going to build it?" Gu Shiyu didn't know anything about how to build the castle.

"We are going to build a wall dozens of miles long along the north bank of the Baulston River and along the mountain to the north, so that it can enclose nearly a thousand acres of land, and then build defenses. ”

"You don't need money for land, but if you can enclose it, you can enclose it more. Hey, why didn't Yolande come to direct the construction?" Gu Shiyu looked around.

"Don't mention him!" Madsword spat and said, "He has a lot of reasons, he said that he was going to war, and he didn't have any equipment except a sword, so did he want him to fight bare-ass? No, he asked me to talk to you, and then he took a dozen people out to find the people of the Thieves' Guild to grab the equipment." ”

This Yolande is a real headache.

Gu Shiyu was suddenly stunned. Yolande can go to the people of the Thieves' Guild to fight, won't the people of the Thieves' Guild fight with the people of the Heroes Guild? Both Roland and Adela are cultivating outside, and they will be bullied by the people of the Thieves' Guild. Roland is relatively powerful, so he doesn't need to worry about him, but Adela and Catherine are like sisters and brothers, and they are his cheap brother-in-law. If he was bullied, Catherine would definitely blame herself.

Gu Shiyu hurriedly told Cuthbert to hand over the affairs on the dock to his deputy, and then moved to the observation deck to work, and hurried back to the Heroes Guild by himself.

The Heroes Guild, which used to be crowded, is now scattered with some young students, and several instructors are sitting listlessly on the edge of the training ground and napping.

The mentor was sighing in the guild hall. When he saw Gu Shiyu, he nodded and said, "I heard that you are going to build a castle on the belvedere, which is very good! ”

Gu Shiyu is still very respectful to his mentor. He asked, "Mentor, how long will it be before Catherine and the others return?"

The mentor muttered, "It should be soon! I hope they will come back with my eldest disciple, the Giant Scythe." I'm old, and it's time to hand over the Hero Guild to you young people. ”

Gu Shiyu said: "Now that Adela is still cultivating outside, I am afraid that the people of the Thieves Guild will be unfavorable to him." Mentor, do you know where Adela has gone?"

The mentor nodded, "The mayor of Hook Bay has issued a mission asking the people of the Heroes Guild to kill the ghosts outside the town for them. Adela accepted the assignment, and I was worried that he wouldn't be able to handle it alone. ”

Gu Shiyu said: "Then I'll help him!"

"Then I'm relieved. Come with me to the guild office, I've got something for you. ”

The two of them came to the guild office together. The mentor came to a secret door, chanted a spell, the secret door slowly opened, and the mentor took out a golden package from it and handed it to Gu Shiyu.

"What is this?" Gu Shiyu was very curious.

"This is the dragon king's divine power, and it can restrain the doomsday judgment brought about by the blade of Sauron's doom. I am too old and frail to go to war again. I'll leave the task of defeating Sauron to you. ”

Gu Shiyu held the package, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. Dragon King Divine Power, this is the anti-heaven equipment that heroes in the world dream of! Gu Shiyu looked at his mentor with emotion, not knowing what to say.

"You must know that once equipped with the Dragonlord's divine powers, neither you nor your enemies can use magic below level 4, including Doomsday, Resurrection, Lightning Chain, and Mirror Image. But you can still use level 5 magic, such as summoning elements, implosion, and so on. ”

What kind of magic is this, Gu Shiyu has never heard of it.

"I know that all you are cultivating now are personal combat skills, and if you have time, you will need to cultivate a lot of legion combat skills, such as wisdom, wind, earth, water, fire, and so on. ”

"Yes, Mentor, I won't let you down!"