Chapter 21 Excellent Employees
After thinking about it, he still couldn't get ready-made profits, and in the end, Yang Yang could only painfully find that he had no other way out here than to lead the paladins to block the road and rob. After turning around for a while, Yang Yang was ready to take Qian Qian back, and on the way back, Yang Yang met a man of short stature.
Yang Yang thought it was a goblin or a dwarf when he saw it, but Sissi told him that it was a yodel, and their physical characteristics were that their eyes and ears were very large. Yang Yang looked at the man in front of him like this, with big eyes and big ears, baby face, looking cute!
The man seemed to be in a hurry and walked quickly. Yang Yang saw that he felt that there was nothing to do anyway, so he stopped him: "Who are you?
"You're the lord here, we yodelers have lived here for generations, and we've never heard of this being a human realm?" the babyface couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Is this still false? What do you think this is?" Yang Yang saw that the yodelers didn't believe him, and showed off his oracle robe and badge.
Babyface was finally convinced when he saw the symbolic uniform and insignia of the Holy See, because these two things could not be imitated, at least in the human kingdom, it was tantamount to blaspheming the clergy, and if caught, he would be burned to death. After seeing Yang Yang's identity certificate, Babyface pounced on his knees and shouted:
"My lord, please save our people. We yodelers have been friends with you for generations, but recently a fierce beast has come to our tribe to eat our people. We can't take it anymore, so please help us with the amount of food we give you every year!" said Babyface with tears in her eyes.
As soon as Yang Yang heard that he could collect taxes, he immediately came to his senses and asked:
"How many people are there in your tribe, and how much food can you pay in a year?"
Seeing that Yang Yang seemed to have the intention of helping, Babyface immediately came to his senses. Every race has its own sense of national pride, and the abusive yodeler in front of him is no exception. He wiped away the tears from his face and said proudly:
"We yodelers have grown all kinds of plants for generations, and if we let yodelers plant the same acre of land, the harvest will be ten times greater than you humans, because we are born to communicate with plants, and we know what they need when and when. We give you more than three times as much food every year as you collect in your own town, and even then we can still be self-sufficient. ”
Babyface kept telling how clever his ancestors were to invent a powerful plant grafting method that could produce fruits in a single season all year round, and there were many other things that chattered for a long time.
However, Yang Yang couldn't listen to the rest of the words anymore when he heard that their yield was ten times that of humans, and suddenly found that his melons had been planted. So Yang Yang excitedly took out a melon seed and asked excitedly:
"Can you grow this? It's a melon seed. ”
The yodeler took the seed in Yang Yang's hand and put it in front of his eyes, looked at it, sniffed it on his nose again, and said:
"It's a very old variety of oil melon, and it's extinct. Although it can be planted, it is really unpalatable and very depleting of the nutrients of the land, so I suggest that you do not do this. If you like to eat melons, we have better and more fragrant varieties to ensure that you will be satisfied!"
Regarding the words of the yodelers, Yang Yang only heard the sentence of being able to plant. So Yang Yang excitedly put away the seeds and said to the yodelers, "May the holy light fool you, my child." All things in the world are the people of God, and God loves the world. Now that your tribe is facing suffering, I will lead my men to help you drive out the enemy in the name of God!"
Yang Yang slapped his chest with a popping sound, promising to drive away the hateful aggressor. But Yang Yang saw that it was not too early, so he was going to stay in the city for one night and then leave the next day, although the yodelers were extremely reluctant, but since the other party had the coat of arms and uniforms of the Holy See, he should not lie to himself, so he had to compromise.
After Yang Yang brought the yodelers back, Babyface couldn't believe his eyes, the senior staff of the church would live in such a bad place, but thinking that he still relied on other people's help, he naturally didn't say much. The main thing is that he saw a lot of Holy Light Knights there, thinking that even if the city lord is a straw bag, he should be able to solve the difficulty with these Holy Light Knights.
Early the next morning, Yang Yang didn't sleep with Qianqian in his arms until noon as before, but got up early, after all, his God of Wealth was still waiting outside.
Yang Yang walked outside the door after dressing up in response to the maid's service, and found that the baby face was already waiting at the door early, after all, the clansmen were still waiting for him to move the rescuers. Yang Yang saw the anxious expression on the babyface's face, so he had to smile awkwardly, and then instructed the knight chief:
"John, gather your men in the compound and I will speak!"
During this time, Yang Yang learned that the knight's name was John, and he was a shy young man. John took the order to go back and prepare, Yang Yang took a stool and sat on the high platform in the courtyard and waited for the knights to gather.
After a while, the knights had already assembled, and Yang Yang began to say in a positive way:
"Warriors, our friendly neighbors Yodelers are suffering, the world is God's people, our yodelers are facing great existential problems, and I will lead you today to destroy the enemies who dare to invade our friendly neighbors, and let them know the power of the Light!"
After Yang Yang finished speaking, he saw all the knights in the audience shouting and chanting the name of the gods. Yang Yang saw that the mobilization was almost over, and issued the last order: Go!
The group followed the yodel people to his tribe in a mighty way, because there were still many family members at home, so Yang Yang didn't dare to bring everyone out, only brought a hundred people, and these hundred people were the elites of the five hundred miles. After all, he didn't know how powerful the enemy was, so he naturally didn't dare to smash all his belongings into it.
If he really can't beat Yang Yang, he is confident that he can run away in minutes with the magic robe, these knights may be in trouble, so he is prepared to score with both hands.
Qian Qian was not worried that Yang Yang would go out alone to carry out a mission and come with her, Yang Yang thought that there was no problem with his divine envoy robe and running away with Qian Qian at a critical time, so he agreed.
On the way over, Yang Yang also did this, because there were too many people next to him, although the carriage space was very large, but after all, Sissi was still young and couldn't let go, and she didn't dare to shout out loud when she was excited, so Yang Yang often took Sissi to run to a place where no one was messing around, and when she was done, she wrapped her robe around and then teleported back, which was really easy to use!
Babyface and Knight John rode on the same horse, and Yang Yang took a horse with Sissi in his arms. Two walked in front, and the other paladins followed behind. According to Babyface's guidance, the group traveled for about half a day and arrived at Babyface's tribe at noon.
The tribe is very small, estimated to be about the same size as the town where Yang Yang is stationed. There is a small grove in the back, and then there is a large field of farmland. Although the yodelers are small in strength, they are an industrious people. Along the way, I listened to Babyface's introduction, and there were about 1,000 people living in this area.
But the grain harvested every year for a population of 1,000 fed the robbers of the barren plains, and according to Babyface, there were about a dozen bandit tribes of all sizes on the plains. The largest had two thousand men, and the smallest had five or six hundred robbers. These robbers are basically composed of barbarian tribes who have been ostracized by their fellow tribes in the mountains, where the barbarians have a very serious habit of aggression, and they not only rob others but also rob their own people.
Because of the large number of guards and well-armed weapons in human countries, they naturally do not dare to rob, so most of them rob their own people, and occasionally rob passing merchants or adventurers. Good territory, places with plenty of food and good water are all occupied by large barbarian tribes. And these relatively small forces are slowly pushed out of the forest, and the human state will come out almost every few years to encircle and suppress the barbarian tribes on the plains. Therefore, the tribes with a little strength will not choose to live on the plains, and these barbarians on the plains will not produce on their own.
Most of their food, clothing, shelter and transportation are provided by the local yodelers, who have signed some contracts with them. Give them a certain amount of food every year in exchange for their protection, these predatory guys themselves will not really have the spirit of contract, so even if they pay the protection money on time and in accordance with the amount every year, they will still be robbed and killed.
The yodelers have had several great disasters caused by these barbarians, and in the end they were almost wiped out. But the strange thing is that not only did they not kill them, but they were more attentive to protect their own people for a period of time, and sent a group of strong barbarians to help them build a lot of water conservancy projects.
Babyface pointed to the irrigation ditches on Yang Yang's left and a tributary leading to the Hemudu River, saying that these were all built with the help of the barbarians, and if the yodelers themselves did not have the physical strength to build such a huge water conservancy project.
With these projects, the Yodelers were able to produce more crops than before, and although the barbarians demanded more money for the protection, they were grateful for the water conservancy they had helped their people.
Hearing this, Yang Yang couldn't help but laugh in his heart: these yodeers are really stupid enough, or simple, simple. The robbers stopped killing them, apparently knowing that they would not produce the food, and that if the yodel died, they would soon starve to death.
Is it possible to fight their own people again? To have that strength, they still need to go so far? It's a very simple concept, but the yodelers themselves don't understand it, and it's even more ridiculous to be grateful. It's like someone beating you eight times a day, and suddenly one day you only hit you seven times, and instead of resentment, you thank them for being stupid!
As for the water conservancy projects, it is obvious that they are just to protect the barbarians' own harvest, and the yodelers can only ask for more protection money or directly grab them themselves if they grow more food, and the effect is the same anyway, and the yodelers are just coolies in their captivity in the eyes of the barbarians.
Hearing this, Yang Yang secretly decided that he must pull these stupid and naïve yodels back to his territory, these guys are simply too cute, they don't need money to work for nothing, and they are very hardworking and have no sense of resistance at all. It's just a good employee, and any boss will like to have such an employee.