Chapter Ninety-Eight: Good News and Bad News
It wasn't until the human horse team walked far away that Xia Zuo suddenly burst out laughing, hearty laughter echoed in the wasteland, relying on the warriors of the Saiyan tribe I don't know how long it will take to build the castle, let them kill and hunt them very well, but let them build, these warriors are not much stronger than a half-orc, in addition to being more powerful.
"Mira, let's go home!" Xia Zuo smiled and patted Gollum's neck, his eyes flashed with gold, he could already imagine the large amount of gold coins, and now he couldn't wait to rush back to the tribe, after all, the tribe's hunting was going on, and he lost a lot of gold coins every minute and every second!
With Gollum and Alice galloping with all their might, the sun was about to set the next day, and Shazo rushed back to the Saiyan tribe with Mira.
"Huh, Bushman, they're back so soon?" Looking at Boomman's figure in the figure that greeted them, Xia Zuo was immediately a little stunned, which was much faster than he expected.
"Lord Lord, you're finally back!" the old Griffin who greeted him was a little complaining, Xia Zuo, the lord, was leisurely, and he ran to the wasteland with Mira, leaving a lot of tedious things for him to deal with.
"Old man, I've made a great trip, and I have good news for you!" Xia Zuo jumped down from Gollum's back, patted Gollum's thick front legs, and let him and Alice go hunting and eating on their own.
Along the way, Gollum, the perverted tiger, is very flattering to Alice, and Alice ignores him, as Gollum's boss, Xia Zuo can only help so much.
Old Griffin smiled faintly, "Coincidentally, I also have good news and bad news to tell you, I don't know which one you are going to listen to first?"
"Good news!" the old man's smile made Xia Zuo know that the bad news was definitely not a good thing, and it was better to listen to some good news first and be prepared.
"The good news is that your generous Miss Amanda of the Fox Woods family has mobilized four hundred sacks of grain for you, and from the mercenary group cooperated with the Woods family, she has mobilized an elite guard of one hundred people for you to deploy, and is now camping in the tribe until your castle has enough strength to defend it!"
"Ahh
"The bad news is that you need to pay for the food and the mercenaries yourself, and the generous Miss Amanda said that she has already paid for it for you!" Old Griffin paused, paid attention to Xia Zuo's expression, and immediately smiled evilly on his face, "In other words, now you owe the beautiful and generous Miss Amanda 10,000 gold coins!"
"Why don't I rob it, seven thousand?" Xia Zuo jumped up directly by the old Griffin's offer, even if the price of food soared in winter, the price of a generation of grain was only about ten gold coins, that is to say, excluding the money for food, Amanda hired mercenaries actually took it upon themselves to say that he had six thousand gold coins, and he didn't ask his opinion at all.
"This damn Fox, she's a *** naked blackmail!" Xia Zuo gritted his teeth and scolded in a low voice, but he was still praising that vixen in his heart just now, and he actually made Xia Zuo overturn his words by boasting like this.
"Lord Lord, you can't say that, as an ally, Miss Amanda is still very reliable!" Xia Zuo's expression made Old Griffin can't help but smile, "Although six thousand gold coins are a bit expensive, it is definitely worth the money, and when you see them, you will know, the hundred guards are definitely strong warriors with sufficient experience in Karpa!"
Old Griffin's words made Xia Zuo's mood gradually calm down, and at the same time, he was curious about the guards sent by Amanda, it is definitely not simple to make the old Griffin so admired the warrior, after all, even the city guards of the Rodman Empire stationed in Salnia who once surrounded Xia Zuo are just qualified soldiers in Old Griffin's mouth.
If they are really some battle-hardened warriors, then Xia Zuo's certainty of resisting the invasion of Sarnia is relatively greater, after all, although the warriors of the Saiyan tribe are becoming stronger and stronger, and their cooperation is gradually tacit, they are still just some fledglings who have never really fought a war, and the battle of 10,000 people is not a concept at all.
After thinking about it, Xia Zuo calmed down, what old Griffin said was right, this deal can't be said to be a loss, it can only be said that each takes what he needs, but the feeling of being completely dominated by the other party makes him very uncomfortable.
"By the way, what good news do you have bringing back?" asked Old Griffin curiously as he walked away.
"That's right" Xia Zuo suddenly remembered this time, and hurriedly shouted to Bigu in the crowd, "Bigu, you hurry up and take people to the wasteland, find Tara and Walden and their encirclement team, and tell them not to kill all the orcs, try to catch them alive and come back, those things are all gold now!"
"Yes, boss!" said Bigu, who didn't ask why, didn't transfer to the tribe, and casually beckoned a few people and ran towards the wasteland.
Old Griffin would not be so innocent as Bigu, and under that dim gaze, Xia Zuo briefly said the deal with the Morrison Chamber of Commerce with a slight pride.
"The god of war really loves you, you stinky boy!" Old Griffin looked Xia Zuo up and down with a look of pity, "It seems that there is a lucky boy who has escaped the fate of becoming a slave of Beautiful Fawkes!"
As a race that once competed with humans for dominance of the continent, the elder Griffin also studied the system of the Kampas Empire, which seemed to be a loose tribal management, but had its own internal strict laws.
Orcs who commit crimes in the Kampas Empire are stripped of all their rights and reduced to slavery, and orcs who have committed serious crimes are thrown into the gladiatorial arena and used as tools to provide bloody killing shows for the Kampas.
The huge sum of 10,000 gold coins, if Xia Zuo is unable to repay it, and Amanda investigates it deeply, it is enough for Xia Zuo, a small lord who does not have much real strength, to become a slave of Beauty Fox to repay, and with the previous tribe's economic situation of only spending and no income at all, Xia Zuo will definitely not be able to repay this huge amount of money in the short term.
"My lord, this is a private message that Miss Amanda asked me to pass on to you!" Buman carefully pulled out the letter from the compartment of his clothes as he walked back.
It was a paper letterhead that was rare in the Campas Empire, and there was still a trace of the charming fragrance of a fox girl on the beige white lines like cloth patterns.
Xia Zuo was really curious about what his beautiful, intelligent and miserly ally would have to say to himself.
Walking into the dining room and sitting down, Xia Zuotong jumped open the wax seal on the letterhead with his nails, and Amanda's beautiful font immediately appeared in front of him, and the bright red notes with a faint fragrance were also as reminiscent as its owner.
Since Buman has already explained that it is a private message, naturally no one will come to the side to watch without knowing the current affairs, and a few people led by old Griffin will give up their distance with a strange smile.
"Dear Lord Shazo and Lord Saiya,
When you received this letter, you must have already received a gift from me, no thanks, as an ally, this is just a little bit of me!"
"This stingy vixen really dares to say it!" Xia Zuo said indignantly, spending his money, and looking like he had given a favor to a person.
"Your lovely little butler has informed you of the news of Sarnia, and I have sent someone to verify that the lord of Sarnia City will gather a large number of people to invade the gravel wasteland after the cold winter, I think with your current strength, there will be a lot of difficulties, so I took it upon myself to help hire a team of elite soldiers, and the money has been paid for you, you can wait until the war to return it to me, don't thank me too much, this is what I should do!"
Xia Zuo couldn't help but admire Fawkes's cheekiness, no wonder this cunning race was able to rule the commerce of Campas.
"Although it has been determined that the attack will be after the severe cold, the specific time of the attack and the scale of the attack are still to be discussed, when Dallasman will eliminate reinforcements, it depends on the results of the discussion of those old guys in the Senate, with the speed of those old guys, you can't expect to get their support in a short time, so I think you should strengthen your defense yourself. ”
Seeing this news, Xia Zuo couldn't help frowning, it seems that years of peace have not made the human race, and even the Kampas people have begun to decay in peace, they have been wiped out of their minions by a rich life, and the enemy is about to hit the door, and they are still doing useless discussions.
"Since you can't get the support of external forces, then you have to work your own! I will clear up the relationship and issue you a power sheet, you can collect all the warriors you need in your territory, and the tribe will use it for defense against orcs and humans, until the danger is lifted or this authorization is canceled!"
Pulling out a thin authorization letter with the authorization seal of the Campas Empire from the envelope, Xia Zuo couldn't help but sigh, although in the empty gravel wasteland, this so-called authorization was almost useless to him now, but it was finally the only thing that made him happier in this depressing letter.
Except for the beautiful little words at the end: "You must pay for your own provisions and soldiers!"
"This miserly fox!" Xia Zuo couldn't help but curse in his heart, and sighed faintly, he also knew that these were the only help Amanda could ask him for, after all, in the Kampas Empire, the Fox clan did not have their own direct arms.
Relying on the warriors of the Fawkes, with their slender arms and slender bodies, their guards were not as strong as those cowardly orcs.
"Boy, let me introduce you!" Suddenly, the heavy wooden door creaked open, and old Griffin walked in with a strong figure.