With a Scud that even a fast horse had to bow to the wind, it took Gerard less than half an hour to catch up with the marching caravan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When he threw the bodies of the two leaders of the orc wolf cavalry group onto the wagon and told everyone the identities of the two orcs, the entire merchant group boiled.

The surprised merchant carefully examined the two corpses and ascertained their identities from some details, and some took out a copy of the bounty order and compared it with the portrait on the bounty order.

There is no doubt that these two dirty and ugly orcs are the leaders of a brutal and cunning criminal syndicate who have led a large group of bandits to ravage the four towns in the northwest for so many years, attacking villages and merchants!

The Orc Wolf Riders, it's over!

The merchants cheered, and the procession of thanking Gerald formed in a circle. And after the verbal thanks, they also put together a considerable amount of money as a reward.

Of course, Sui Xiong didn't plan to accept this money, in his opinion, that group of orcs dared to come to ambush him, so it was a matter of course to kill a wave of them and directly destroy them, why did the merchants give money to themselves? Even if they wanted to collect money, they should go to the town and go to the adventure guild to get a bounty.

This time, however, it was his turn to be convinced, and Gerald told him that after the bandits had been eliminated, it was natural for the merchants to reward them. If you don't collect the money, it will make these merchants unhappy.

In this case, Sui Xiong is not an old-fashioned person who is stubborn, and of course he will not refuse this legitimate income.

And the benefits of destroying the orc wolf cavalry are far more than that, and a lot of valuable trophies have been found from the two corpses. Because both of them were scared to death, the things on their bodies were basically undamaged, and the magic leather armor and magic scimitar of the "bloody hand" alone were worth a month's income of an ordinary businessman.

Not to mention that there are other things, for example, the two orcs each have a space bag, the one of the "bloody hands" is empty, except for some money and potions, there is nothing else, I think the main income is exchanged for various equipment, as much as possible to improve their combat effectiveness, but the old shaman's space bag is very solid, there are more than a thousand gold coins in it alone, all kinds of gems, high-grade potions and scrolls, add up to several times this.

The wealth in these two space bags, plus the equipment on the two orc leaders, plus the bounties in their names, according to Old Soth's estimate, the total amount that can be easily discounted alone is more than 20,000 gold coins!

Twenty thousand gold coins! When he heard this number, Gerald was at a loss.

What does this mean? The main source of income for the villagers of Baiyezi comes from cutting wood and charcoal and planting golden vines, a crop that tastes bad, but fights negative energy and is a staple food for civilians in the ash forest area. On average, a family can save about three or five to six or seven gold coins after a year of hard work, of which the church of the sleepless has to collect at least seventy percent as taxes, and only one or two are left.

"Wait, at least seventy percent of the tax is collected, isn't this too ruthless!" Sui Xiong couldn't help but exclaim when he heard him say this, "Shouldn't this kind of pit be against his mother!"

"Your Majesty, this tax is very light. Gerard was amazed and explained, "The church's taxes are based on the fact that the peasants have kept their rations. In other words, it is a tax on the 'surplus'. In contrast, when those noble lords collected taxes, they didn't care whether the peasants had money or not, that was the real heavy tax. ”

Only then did Sui Xiong realize that he had made a mistake. In fact, if you think about it a little, you can understand that if you can't guarantee the basic necessities of life, who would want to live in a ghost place like this where there are skeletons at night!

This is just like what is said in "The Snake Catcher Says", poisonous snakes are dangerous, but it is better to catch snakes than to pay taxes and various errands!

"No matter what the world is, it is more harsh than the tiger!" he sighed secretly, sighing deeply.

Gerald naturally didn't know Sui Xiong's feelings, and continued: "The entire Baiyezi Village can probably save about two hundred gold coins in taxes a year. 20,000 gold coins is equivalent to the village's tax revenue for 100 years. Or to put it another way, when I was an adventurer, the entire team had only saved about a thousand gold coins in a year, and our team was already quite a powerful adventurer. ”

"Your Majesty, you think that expelling the evil dragon is only 5,000 gold coins, chasing down a criminal who kills a nobleman is only 1,000 gold coins, and destroying the famous bandits of the Orc Wolf Cavalry is only 2,000 gold coins. How many 20,000 gold coins are there, you can imagine!"

Sui Xiong nodded slightly, finally having a clear impression of the value of these 20,000 gold coins.

"With this money, we can go and build a temple - Your Majesty, I suggest that we also go and open up a village, so that we can monopolize a village of faith. It's not much, but it's safe and there is no risk. After two years when the village has settled down, we can continue to develop new villages. After opening up a few more villages, you can build a town...... "the more Gerald thinks about it, "so that in just one or two hundred years, there will be several towns, a dozen villages, and at least tens of thousands of stable faiths." ”

Sui Xiong is noncommittal, in his opinion, Gerald really thinks too far and too far, even the Chinese who often talk about the "hundred-year plan", in fact, most of them are just talking, who will make a plan for one or two hundred years at once, and still seem to be very serious about implementing it?

But after thinking about it, he understood the reason again.

Both he and Gerald are theoretically immortal. Whether it is a hundred years or two hundred years, for them, it is nothing more than a few more cold and heat, watching the leaves grow and fall, watching the villagers live, grow old, sick and die, and that's it.

The word "immortality" is not a fantasy in this world, but a real reality.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of this plan?" asked Gerald.

Sui Xiong laughed dryly twice, and said vaguely: "Don't worry, wait until I know more about this world." ”

"Fortunately, the wisdom of the gods is far beyond the reach of the unattainable, and perhaps you will soon have a better plan to refine your belief system sooner. The faithful Gerard nodded repeatedly, "But I think it's safe to build a few villages with exclusive beliefs......

Their conversations were all completed with their minds, and Old Soth next to him saw Gerald standing motionless, as if he was thinking about something, and couldn't help but remind: "Brother White, this matter is not over yet, there is still a big income waiting for you!"

He really helped Sui Xiong, so the topic immediately shifted from building a village to generating income.

"Generally speaking, the boss of these bandit gangs will have a secret treasure trove so that he can make a comeback in the event of bad luck in the future, or retire after quitting the business. The Orc Wolf Riders have been wreaking havoc in the four towns of the Northwest for five or six years, and their leader, the Bloody Hand, must have his own treasure trove. "If we can find that place, there will be a lot of money!"

Speaking of "a large sum of money", old Soth's face glowed with a strange light, and the eyes that had been a little yellow because of his age also brightened again, and they were almost dazzling.

Sui Xiong now understands why he named his caravan "Lucky Gold Coins".

This old man is a money addict!

"How much money will it be?" asked Parin curiously.

"At least more than 10,000 gold coins!" said Old Soth categorically, making Sui Xiong wonder how he had come to this conclusion.

Palin obviously didn't have a great thirst for money, or had experienced the baptism of treasure worth 20,000 gold coins, he was not so surprised by 10,000 gold coins, nodded casually, and returned to the campfire to study his magic book.

Gerald nodded, too, "Sounds good, I'll try to find this treasure." ”

"If you find it, be sure to bring me a souvenir! At least a full gold coin!" Old Soth emphasized in a low but firm voice, "This is the intelligence fee, although we have a good relationship, but the rules cannot be broken!"

A gold coin?!

Sui Xiong couldn't laugh or cry, he could see that Old Sos was not joking, he was saying this very seriously, but he couldn't understand the old man's train of thought at all.

The way of thinking of human beings in this world is really strange!

However, Gerald was obviously able to keep up with the strange train of thought of old Soth, and he agreed very seriously and seriously, saying that he would definitely choose the most special souvenir for old Soth and deliver it to him personally.

Old Soth was satisfied, and walked away with a smile.

"Gerald, what do you mean by that, souvenirs or something, is it important?" Sui Xiong couldn't help but ask.

"Your Majesty, this is a tradition among adventurers. Gerald knew that his Majesty knew very little about the human world, and patiently explained to him, "Adventurers often get clues about treasures or other valuable things, but for various reasons, many clues they never have a chance to verify until they are old. So if they meet juniors with similar personalities, they will entrust each other with those clues that they haven't had time to verify. And if the other party verifies these clues, no matter how much he gets, he must bring a little bit to his predecessors as a souvenir. It's a reverence for tradition and the inheritance of the culture that adventurers have passed down from generation to generation. ”

I see!

Sui Xiong suddenly realized, and immediately felt that Old Soth's somewhat rickety body had become taller.

Elderly senior adventurers entrust their experiences and dreams to their juniors, and then when the juniors achieve success, they will carry a souvenir for them, so that they can share the joy of success and prove that their pursuit of the past is not in vain...... This love of adventure, this spirit of passing on the torch, is really touching!

This is like the former e-sports powerhouse, although he retired, his level was so low that he was beaten by amateur players, but he still loves the game, retires without retreating, and insists on fighting in the commentary post. Even if you change from a strong person to a weak chicken, you must use cross talk to guide the audience to love the game and share the happiness with everyone, even if it becomes a joke and is called a comedian, there is no regret......

Although the world is different, the inner spirit is the same after all!

"Old Soth, when you die, I will definitely help you reshape your body and resurrect it. When the time comes, I will make you a super strong body, even if the legs are short and the feet are short, it doesn't matter, I guarantee that you will not buy knives, guns, water, water, fire, electric shocks, freezing or anything, so that you can break through all kinds of obstacles even if you use your face to roll traps, and continue your unforgettable adventure!"

The giant jellyfish scratched its chin with its tentacles in the underground cavern and smiled with relief, not feeling that there was anything wrong with his train of thought......