Dullness is always very fast, in the blink of an eye it is another month, it is already the beginning of November, the weather is beginning to get colder, the trees are beginning to fall leaves, a large number of crops have also begun to harvest, this year the wind and rain are smooth, the harvest is very good, this is another busy season. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Kevin has been training almost every day for the past month, and he has become very proficient in catapult operation. Speaking of which, catapults don't have much technical content, as long as the parameters can be figured out, and then the scale is marked on the car, there is basically no problem. As for maintenance, Kevin watched the catapult assemble it all the way, and he knew the basic structure. In a month's time, as long as you are not mentally retarded, or the kind that is lazy all day, almost anyone can get this catapult.

Once the catapult is familiar, it's time for daily training. Kevin also began to practice swordsmanship, practice his fighting spirit, or go to the magicians in the barracks to communicate. In his free time, Kevin also began to update his novels, which of course are still in reserve.

The tavern lecture Kevin is still going, but he doesn't go every day, basically once every two days. It's not that Kevin doesn't have time, but Kevin also has times when he has nothing to talk about. Kevin has been talking for almost two months, talking every day, talking about it at night, and every day he is a similar drinker, and he can't talk the same. No matter how much he brags, there are times when he blows all the bulls, and Kevin gradually feels that his inventory is starting to run low, and sometimes every other day passes.

What do bards usually do when they encounter such a situation? Obviously, it's time for them to change places. So they are called bards, not tavern poets.

During this time, there were no special events on the mainland, but there were gradually signs of chaos in the country. Although the country of Leibozier was originally a mess, it is now clearly chaotic and has intensified by several notches. Their domestic mercenaries have attacked the garrison many times, even two or three times a day.

Why? Because the mercenaries are boring! Lou Baole blocked the mercenary missions of his own country, and ordered that the tasks of his own country be strictly controlled for foreign mercenary groups to take over. Originally, the mercenary group of the Leibozier country was relatively simple, but the commission was also relatively cheap, and many caravans or mission initiators were greedy for cheap, looking for them to find it cheap. But now that the order has been issued, there is naturally nothing to be done.

For Lou Pauler in China, it is just a few more dollars for the initiator of the mission, but it is also limited. And for the Liberzier Country, in an instant, a large group of their mercenaries had nothing to do. It was only at this time that they discovered that 50% of the tasks taken by the original mercenary group were from Lou Baole Country.

The quest version was empty, and the large group of mercenaries had nothing to do. The officials of the Lebozier Kingdom hurriedly comforted the mercenaries, saying that this was only a short-term phenomenon and that we were negotiating with the Lou Pauler Kingdom. In a short period of time, the mercenaries will not starve to death, but the limited tasks present a mode of scrambling, and those who do not grab the tasks will have violent mood swings, usually they seek vent from the regular army.

Nothing happens naturally, and this is the current situation in the country of Labozier. However, these conflicts are still small-scale, and they can be suppressed, after all, the mercenaries still have some money in their pockets. But if the situation continues, and the mercenaries run out of money in their pockets, then they may have to fight hard.

For this reason, the Leibozier country has also considered many countermeasures, such as calling on the nobles to release more tasks, but the Leibozier country is a small country, how many tasks can be released?

also called on the mercenaries to change their careers to do something else, which a few mercenaries really changed, but most of them fell on deaf ears. They even shouted that if they didn't have a mission, they would become bandits. Who made them many?

The Ebozil Kingdom is also trying to find other countries to carry out mercenary missions. But the progress is slow, everyone is in a balanced momentum, and suddenly 50% of your mercenaries have nothing to do, and they come to rob us of our tasks, so what do the mercenaries in your own country eat?

However, the bards in Leibzier's country were completely unaware that the situation was getting worse and worse, and they continued to trumpet the strength of their mercenaries. Regarding the ban on mercenaries in Lou Baole Country, they interpreted it as: "Our mercenaries are too strong, if this continues, their own mercenaries will starve to death." ”

And as to how this matter will be resolved, the bards replied: "It's all right, you know, everything is relative." There are always so many tasks, and 50% of the mercenaries on our side have nothing to do, so there are bound to be a large number of mercenaries on their side who are tired of dogs. After a long time, their mercenaries can't stand it, and when the time comes, they will have to beg our mercenaries to come. When the time comes, seeing that they are embarrassed and embarrassed, we can sit on the ground and raise the price. ”

"We just need to get through the present period of time, and the victory will be ours!" the bards were impassioned.

The tavern is full of laughter and cheers, and there is endless happiness. However, they did not know that Lou Paule had a special mechanism for the army to provide emergency rescue. There is already a tradition of letting the army digest the tasks that no one takes for three months, and if there are really too many tasks to digest, it is a big deal to change three months into a month, or even a week.

The army of Lou Baole has always been able to do anything, there has been a famine in the area, the three legions directly unloaded their armor and farmed the land, there was a flood and was immediately transferred to control the water, the mercenaries were short of people to be pulled as substitutes, the project was short of people and the army was pulled to build houses, and even when the outbreak of the plague was difficult to control, the military priests were also mobilized to rush to the treatment. Farming, raising pigs, picking dung, curing water, curing diseases, and building houses were almost everything, and the work was even more profitable than that of slaves, which made many slaves ashamed.

In this regard, many foreign countries feel incomprehensible, and the evaluation is mixed, but at least at home, it seems that only some slaves will criticize them. Because when the army left, those nobles would habitually use the standards of the army to measure the slaves, so that the slaves were miserable.

This day, early November. General Oude finally convened another meeting of the whole independent department, and Kevin was of course in attendance.

December is the time for new recruits to join the army, and it is also the time for veterans to retire, and there are some annual assessment items, and the end of the year is always busy. Each brigade must count how many discharges, how many vacancies, how many people are needed, how many people are qualified, how many people are promoted, how many people are still unqualified, and so on.

None of this has much to do with Kevin, who also offered to recruit new soldiers, and the catapult vacancy was 11 people. However, at present, it is only for the relevant personnel to be recorded, and whether it will be allocated or not will be said when the time comes.

Thankfully, the issue of military spending has finally been solved a bit. Director Bell of the office finally relented and was willing to subsidize Kevin's military expenses of 20 gold coins per month. No matter how much there is, Kevin can only take it first, although it is a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing.

Finally, the general announced something: "There has been a lot of mercenary missions in Saka City recently, and the Knights of Thunder will be responsible for clearing it from today." Just like in previous years, look for more than three months, if not, then negotiate with the mercenary alliance to find more than two months. ”

"This year's tasks may be a little more than in previous years," the general directly issued the target, "by the end of the month, each department, must be given me to complete 8 tasks." ”

"Yes!" replied.

Kevin: "......" Although he didn't speak, the meaning expressed in his eyes was already obvious: General, do you dare to pit me a little more obviously?

The general obviously also noticed Kevin's eyes, but also took care of it: "Kevin, it's just you, I'll lower some indicators for you, and you can complete two tasks for me." ”

"Yes. Kevin could only answer. To be honest, there are hundreds of people in other brigades, and there are only 8 tasks, and there is only 1 person on his side, and he has to complete two. How do you look at this, how harmonious.

"You can keep the commission of the task by yourself," the general finally gave some benefits, "What kind of task you find, you can choose it yourself, of course, the premise must be a backlog of tasks, and you must not grab it with mercenaries." After all, we are helping, not stealing other people's jobs. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" replied.

"Starting tomorrow, I will also take the lead in the mission, and everyone is the same in this regard," General Oude stood up, "the meeting is dismissed!"

The people immediately got up, saluted, and departed.

Kevin returned to his parking lot, recalling the hard battles of his recruits, and always felt that it was really difficult for him to complete a three-month backlog of tasks alone. At least bring a few buddies over, and Kevin immediately went to Stadt for help.

However, when he refused, Start said: "I didn't come to the army for merit and money, so why should I go? My own picket team on my side does not sign up, and let those who ask for money and not die go." ”

Kevin was helpless and looked for Gray again. Gray obviously had a psychological shadow about the last recruit mission, and when he heard the mission, he immediately shook his head again and again.

After thinking about it, I went to Lao Te, and Lao Teh said: "It's okay to help you repair the catapult, just forget about this kind of task." A handful of old bones, I don't want to move. ”

Thinking about it, the only people in the barracks who are more familiar with each other are Sain, Malinas, and Oka three recruit partners, but the three of them obviously can't be with Kevin. Then there is Lieutenant Colonel House, but he is a lieutenant colonel, and the specifications are not on the same level.

In desperation, the next day, Kevin decided to go to the mercenary branch in Saka City by himself. Kevin came over almost immediately after the exercise, and was almost the first to go compared to the others.

As soon as I entered the mercenary branch, I saw that there were already many merchants gathered here. Apparently they had received the news the day before that the army would come over today to help them clear the backlog, and they were waiting early in the morning. As soon as I saw Kevin coming, I instantly flocked to him.

"Sir!sir!" the merchant squeezed, forcibly holding out one hand after another, "our caravan has not been able to travel for four months, and the backlog of goods is almost over. "Sir, still help me, in fact, it is to guard a road, that road is actually not dangerous, but I don't know why the mercenaries are reluctant to go." "Sir, are you alone?" ......

Rushing into a bunch of questions, Kevin could only calmly answer one of them: "I'll take a look first." ”

Suddenly, a shout erupted from behind: "General, is this a general?"

Everyone present turned their heads to look, and saw General Oude himself stepping into the branch library, with a guard on his side. Countless businessmen rushed as if they saw their father, almost falling to their knees, and the people on Kevin's side were empty in an instant.

Kevin also had to salute: "General." ”

General Oude raised his eyes and glimpsed it, so he nodded casually, and then took a hand: "It's you, tell me what your mission is?"

The merchant who was caught was so happy that he almost fainted: "Great, I didn't expect it to be the general who personally escorted me." "The Knights of Thunder have a tradition, and when they help mercenaries complete tasks over the years, the general will personally step out and take the lead. And among the merchants, it is also considered that it will be a great honor to be guarded by the general, and even the next year there will be a great source of wealth, a great windfall, and so on.

"Ahem. The general coughed dryly, signaling the merchant to wake up from his happiness. The others on the side saw that they were hopeless, and they couldn't help but sigh and leave.

"General," the merchant came to his senses, "our caravan wants to pass through the Carudia hills, where it is said that there are bandits entrenched, and the nearest mercenaries are reluctant to take them. But now it's great to have generals. ”

"When are you leaving?" the general asked directly.

"I'll leave right away. The merchant immediately walked out of the door, "General, wait a minute, I'll bring the caravan over immediately!"

Kevin couldn't help but feel an idea on the side: "Don't you have any fellow travelers, I'll protect you." ”

The group of businessmen whispered, seemingly hesitant.

"We can go all the way with the general, the general's Sword Saint strength, can't we deal with a few bandits?" Kevin further inspired.

"That's right!" said a couple of businessmen slapping their thighs, "but what else do you want?"

Kevin: "......"

"General, General, take me another, bring me another!" several businessmen raised their hands and kept dangling in front of the general's eyes.

"It's not in order," replied the general, "and if the line is too long, there will inevitably be mistakes." ”

Several merchants discussed for a while, and finally looked back at Kevin: "Sir, then ...... Will I take you again?"

Kevin's face was black, although it was really unpleasant to be kicked away and then picked up. But in this way, it is equivalent to a task has been settled, and for this, Kevin chooses to endure.

The caravan was assembled in a moment, and it was clear that the merchants had been waiting for a long time. There were three caravans, a total of 30 ox carts, all fully loaded. Although portals are developed in these years, if the goods are huge and the quantity is too large, the teleportation is not actually cost-effective. Moreover, the teleportation is only between the main city and the main city, and some remote mountain villages, mines, farmlands and other places still have not been teleported, and the caravan cannot be completely eliminated after all.

The general sat in the bullock cart at the front, and Kevin directly pulled his catapult to press the rear, which was relatively well defended.

With the general, the businessmen in front of him are desperately trying to curry: "Come to the general, you're welcome, come and eat pears!" "Come to the general, eat cakes." "General, do you want to drink water?" "The general must be drinking, what kind of water......?"

Even if he borrowed the general's light, Kevin also got a lot of benefits. Several merchants also ran on the catapult: "Sir, come and eat pears!" "Sir, are pears delicious? Another one?" "Oh, sir, you can eat very well, do you want another one......?"

The caravan moved slowly and entered the Carudia Hills in the afternoon. This generation is indeed rampant bandits, and at this time, the bandit boss is lying in ambush on the top of the hill on the side, looking at this team and almost laughing: "Not a single guard? What is the last thing? Catapults? Five pairs of load wheels?"

"Boss, it's all right! A catapult is useless. The younger brother on the side suggested, "It's rare to have such a fat sheep, go up and slaughter it." ”

As soon as the old man's brain was hot, he immediately got up, shouted, and rushed down the hill with his little brother howling all the way, blocking the caravan's way.

The bandits in Lou Baole are actually a combination of some ruffians or some poor ghosts, and many of them don't have decent weapons in their hands, so they directly hold a wood-chopping axe as a weapon. This is not a troubled time, if you want to occupy the mountain as the king, you have to ask the regular army if you agree. What is left behind is basically not a problem.

But even if it is not a problem, when they see bandits on weekdays, the caravan merchants will panic, and even hide under the car in unison. Only this time, everyone's faces were calm, as if the other party was just a clown who jumped out.

The bandit boss didn't pay much attention to it, and strode to the first car: "Haha, stupid old man, you ......"

The boss recognized the stupid old man's rank as general, and the boss: "......"

The boss silently put down the knife, then held his head in both hands and squatted obediently on the side of the road. The younger brothers looked at each other in shock, and they didn't know why.