Chapter 290: Persuasion

El was a little sullen, and Lorist felt a little strange, so she asked him privately what was wrong? El glanced at Tagger, who was in a Roman car and was about to visit Viscount Timba, and muttered in a low voice: "My lord, don't you think Tagger is too yin and poisonous? Just now he was so close to Carrick Cerva, and in a blink of an eye, he gave you such a plan to kill them all, I don't dare to be friends with him, who knows when he will stab me......"

Lorist was speechless, although El was born as the black boss of the underground society, but he was only pushed to the top by others, in essence, he was still a righteous and principled person, and the real vicious and murderous underworld leader was not the same. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Tagger is different, he is mixed in the bottom of the society, he has seen a lot of deceit, although he looks bold and generous, sleek and thoughtful like a good person, but in fact he has no bottom line, in order to achieve the goal he does not mind what means he uses.

Thinking that when he was in the city of Gerdos, he gave Lorist an idea, taking advantage of the fact that the families of the soldiers under Count Corbilly lived in the city, and pressed the families of these soldiers to the city to force those soldiers to defect, so that Lorist could win without much effort. However, this idea was rejected by Lorlist, as a family of military nobles, it would be very humiliating to win by such means, this is not a good reputation, and it will be a shame for the Norton family to spread it.

It was then that Targer fell into Lorlist's eyes, and coupled with his ability to win over interpersonal relationships and spy on intelligence, he was forced to take his family north with him. Lorist doesn't care if Targer's personality is sinister or vicious, a family needs talents with different characteristics in all aspects to develop, as long as Targer maintains his reverence for the Norton family and loyalty to himself, Lorist doesn't mind reusing Targer to give him the opportunity to display his talents and abilities.

Now it seems that Tagel has more talent for espionage than El, but after becoming the commander of his own bodyguard, he became more and more like a traditional knight, paying special attention to the honor of knights. In this regard, Lorist could only pat him on the shoulder as a comfort, and whispered that for the sake of Shi Fatzi, they have to do this, and El was relieved.

The process of visiting Viscount Timba went very smoothly, and Viscount Timba returned to the royal city to regain his noble grace and luxury, and he was glad to welcome the three Taggers to visit. After the polite remarks, Targar mentioned Carrick, but when Viscount Timba returned home, he had already heard a report about Carrick's coming to make noise last night, and he might have been very uncomfortable with Carrick's ignorance of current affairs, so he only snorted coldly with his nose in response. Knowing and interested, Tagger immediately changed the subject, and began to worry about the current situation of the war.

Viscount Timba was curious as to why Tagger cared so much about the war situation, and Tagar smiled bitterly and said that they had been out for almost a year, not to mention traveling, and now they were trapped on the island with nowhere to go, and even the business outlets of the Petersen Chamber of Commerce that were to be set up in the Kingdom of Haneyabada had not been found, so it could be said that nothing had been achieved.

Viscount Timba laughed when he heard Tagger say this, and he promised that there was no need to worry about this, and that Tagger could set up a trading house in the royal city first, and he would vouch for the Petersen Chamber of Commerce to ensure that no one would dare to come to the door to ask for trouble.

Tagger was very happy to hear this, so he voluntarily offered thirty percent of the shares of the comptoir to Viscount Timba, and the two of them pushed back and forth very politely, but in the end, Viscount Timba reluctantly accepted the one-third of the dry shares with the kindness of Targer.

After discussing the stake in the new comptoir, Tagar talked about what he had seen of the current state of the Disgraced Legion, and expressed concern about the low morale of the mercenaries and slave catchers who had joined the Disgrace Legion. In this regard, Viscount Timba also agreed with Tagel's opinion. He revealed that the Shame Legion was not full in number for a long time, and its morale was low, especially the Snow Shame Legion was composed of people who had escaped from Nubit Harbor, and after being forcibly conscripted into the army by His Majesty the King, they complained again and again, and they continued to make big crimes and small mistakes, which made the royal city into a miasma. Now the city defense army that maintains law and order in Wangcheng also has a headache for this.

Targer gave his opinion on the matter, arguing that His Majesty King Luther III had made a mistake in the disposition of the Legion of Shame. The most appropriate way is to comfort these people who have fled back to the royal city, reward and promote those who have meritorious, arouse the competitiveness and shame of the rest of the young people who have fled back, and then use heavy rewards to lure these people to the battlefield. Instead of stuffing all the fleeing personnel into the Disgrace Legion and forcing them to prepare to go to the front.

According to Tagger, the biggest difference between voluntariness and compulsion is the weakening of combat effectiveness and the increase in the rate of flight from the battlefield, which are the key to a campaign and the main cause of the collapse of an army on the battlefield. If the Legion of Disgrace were to rush to the front of the battlefield with such low morale, Tagger would not be much of a threat to the enemy, but would drag down the friendly forces and cause great trouble for them.

Viscount Timba thinks Tagger is right, but he says that His Majesty can't think of any good way to boost morale. Tagger shook his head and said that there was a good way, but it was just to see if His Majesty had the courage to go down.

Tagar gave the example of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce to form a temporary corps, and if you want to form a scattered mercenary into a combat-ready force in a short period of time, then it is enough to do three things. First, there is enough wine and meat, second, heavy rewards and temptations, and third, strict military discipline, so that in a short period of time, this improvised corps will be extremely effective and competent enough to cope with a war of ordinary intensity.

Then Tagger explained in detail that there was enough logistics to manage the wine and meat, and from time to time they were rewarded with wine and meat, which greatly boosted their morale. You must know that the cannibalistic mouth is soft, the hands are short, and the regular reward of wine and meat will make these rude mercenaries appreciate your hospitality, and their loyalty and favor will increase a lot, and they will not resist going to the battlefield to die for you......

Heavy rewards and lures are different from heavy rewards, gold coins are very important, but they should also meet his requirements according to the different needs of the other party, those who want to be famous give him fame, those who want to profit give him heavy money, and those who want titles can take a few titles out and put them in front of him. And all this is to make him voluntarily go to the battlefield to fight for the goal he needs, and use the exploits on the battlefield to lure these warriors to win for us......

The third is to strictly enforce military discipline, eat me, drink mine, and we have taken out so many rewards in front of them, if this does not make them die for us, then we might as well pull these black herds out and kill chickens to show the monkeys, and punish these soldiers to make those mercenaries understand that we are not so easy to talk to, and the price we pay must be rewarded, so that we can erect our majesty among those mercenaries and make them obey our orders......

Targer's rhetoric successfully aroused the interest of Viscount Timba, and the two talked on paper for a long time, Viscount Timba sighed regretfully, if such a good method had been proposed earlier, then the current army of shame would not be such a mess, but his brother-in-law Luther III is now riding a tiger, and he issued a strong decree to forcibly conscript those who fled back to the royal city into the army, so it is not suitable to use pacification methods now.

Tugger moved his lips as if to say something, but remained silent.

But Viscount Timba had noticed his expression of resignation by this time, and was very curious to hear what new insights he had.

Targar said, "Lord Viscount, this is actually a good opportunity for you, and you should not miss it. We walked all the way back to the royal city, and my conversation with you made me think that you are a very discerning and intelligent nobleman. It's just that most people now think of you as a young aristocrat who depends on your sister and doesn't see your own talent. This is because your sister, the Grand Princess, and your brother-in-law, His Majesty the King, shine so brightly that everyone ignores you, Your Excellency......"

Viscount Timba nodded slightly unconsciously, he felt that Tagger's words really spoke to his heart.

"This is a critical time for you, Lord Viscount, to step up and let others see your performance. Why do I say this, sir, you can think about it, the performance of the Snow Shame Legion has disappointed your brother-in-law, His Majesty the King, as you said, His Majesty the King has forced those who fled to the royal city to enlist in the army, and it is not easy to change his tough stance and use pacification methods for a while, so in the face of the situation that the Snow Shame Legion is muddy and cannot go to the wall, he can only do it in a hurry.....

So what if you go out of the way, Lord Viscount, in terms of identity, you are the younger brother of the Grand Princess, and in terms of experience, you broke through from Port Nubit. Without a large army of guards and without the Golden Knight of the Great Swordsman by his side, he returned to the royal city with two slaves, which was much more glorious than those who abandoned their armor and fled back to the royal city. As long as the Viscount is willing to stand up and clean up the mess of the Shameful Legion, I believe that His Majesty will be happy to see it come to fruition......" Targar said Viscount Timba with great joy.

"Well, you have a very reasonable point, but I don't want to take the Shame Legion to the battlefield......" Viscount Timba said in embarrassment.

"No, my lord, you are wrong, how can a noble viscount like you go to war? that is simply impossible, let alone you go to war, even if you usually lose a hair, it is an immeasurable loss to the kingdom, because this is the proof that you have thought hard about the future and future development of the kingdom. In fact, all you have to do is assemble the Legion of Shame, and someone will take them to battle. ”

Targar touted hard, well, El and Lorlist, who sat at the bottom, were blushing from his words to Viscount Timba, and were ashamed to find a crack in the ground to get into. How can you say such undisciplined words that are paralyzed, but Viscount Timba still enjoys it extremely much, his eyes are shining, and the more he chats with Tagger, the more speculative he becomes......

"I think that this time the Viscount went out to clean up and form the Shameful Legion, it may lose some money, but it can bring a lot of prestige, win the favor of His Majesty, and make your sister Princess proud of you. From this point of view, a little money in exchange for so many future benefits is a very suitable business. As long as I am thrilled at the thought that the Venerable Viscount Timba will be valued and obeyed by His Majesty in the royal court in the future, when our Peterson Chamber of Commerce has the support of the adults to truly gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Haneyabada. ”

"Well, how much will it cost Kingford?, Targar, do you have a good idea?" asked Viscount Timba with some hesitation.

Targar smiled, "Lord Viscount, in fact, it doesn't cost much to reward a legion. The Shame Legion now has nearly 20,000 people, and the cost of providing wine and meat is only seven or eight hundred gold fords. I estimated that a large silver coin would have a hundred copper coins, and that it would be only forty or fifty copper coins for a soldier to eat and drink. A bottle of low-quality potatoes can't burn fifteen copper coins, and a large glass of ale wine is only ten copper coins. A soldier burned a large glass of ale wine with a bottle of potatoes was enough for him to drink, and the meat worth thirty copper coins was enough to break his stomach.

One goldford is worth twenty large silver coins, so one goldford can reward forty soldiers, so twenty thousand soldiers only need five hundred goldfords. Although we are not a big feast, even if we buy more wine and meat, seven or eight hundred gold fords can make more than 20,000 soldiers drink good food, and now the daily diet of the soldiers of the Snow Shame Legion is cabbage soup and black bread, and many people have not tasted meat for several days. If the Viscount rewards them once, the soldiers will be very grateful for your kindness. 、

Of course, Lord Viscount can first ask your sister if it is appropriate for you to come forward. If your sister, the Grand Princess, is willing to support your initiative and obtain His Majesty's acquiescence, then the Viscount can shine in this operation to reorganize and form the Legion of Disgrace. As long as the Viscount can show his talents this time, then he will be worthy of the name of taking on the responsibility of the kingdom in the future, and no one will despise you again. “

"Does a reward cost seven or eight hundred gold merit?" said Viscount Timba, hesitating, muttering to himself.

"Lord Viscount, if you can come forward this time, we at the Peterson Chamber of Commerce are willing to help you and donate five hundred gold fords. Targar added another chip.

"En?" Viscount Timba was stunned: "Tagger, tell me the truth, why did you donate five hundred gold fords?"

Tagar laughed hesitantly: "Lord Viscount, I am dissatisfied with you for saying that it is actually a donation, but in fact, if you reward it twice, the five hundred gold fortunes will return to our hands." “

"Oh, why?" said Viscount Timba with great interest.

"Lord Viscount, I have donated five hundred gold fords and asked you to leave the matter of buying wine and meat to us, will you refuse?" asked Targer.

"Of course not, you all donated so much gold and are still willing to serve, of course it's up to you to do it. Viscount Timba replied.

"Lord Viscount, this wine and meat purchase is actually a very lucrative business. I've just calculated for you that a soldier costs fifty copper coins, but that's the retail price. If we buy those inferior potatoes and ale wine in large quantities, the cost will be much lower, just like those meat, we go to buy some cattle and sheep that are born, old, sick and dead, the price is very low, anyway, those rough embryo soldiers eat, chopped up and thrown into a big pot to cook, no one can taste whether the meat is good or bad.

If there is a way to get some moldy bacon jerky from the munitions warehouse, then the cost will be even lower. So I'm telling you about the purchase budget of seven or eight hundred gold coins, in fact, you can earn three or four hundred gold merit as soon as you change hands, so even if we donate five hundred gold coins, as long as you reward us twice, we can earn back those five hundred. Targar quietly revealed the trade secrets of buying wine and meat to Viscount Timba.

"Actually, I also understand that Lord Viscount returned to the royal city alone from Port Nubit and has no money to spare, even if he has the heart to come out to help, he has no choice but to be nervous. Then Lord Viscount can report to His Majesty the King that you want to form a Legion of Snow Shame and use the reward to speed up the reorganization of the legion, and let His Majesty give you the gold coins of the reward soldiers first, one thousand at a time, even three times. As for the purchase of wine and meat, let us work for you, my lord, we can make the bill without any fault, and we can also get two thousand gold fords from it to solve the problem of the current shortage of money, my lord?" asked Tugger in a low voice.

Viscount Timba's eyes lit up suddenly: "Well, your idea is very good, I will go into the royal court to visit my sister immediately, you three please wait here for a while, and then discuss it well when I come back from the royal court, what do you think, Tagger?"

Tagger immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to Viscount Timba: "Lord Viscount, it is a great honor for me to serve you. We are here to hear good news. “

...... (To be continued.) )