Chapter 337: Two Prosperous Cities
The situation changed suddenly, and everyone was a little caught off guard for a while. Bradley looked at Kevin's eyes, obviously thinking that Kevin was doing a ghost, but in fact it really had nothing to do with Kevin, these were obviously their own initiative. And this matter is not necessarily beneficial to the Bright Brave, the people from the surrounding main cities have gathered, not to mention the large number of people, not to mention the shortage of food, the collapse of the entire front is the real problem.
A few city lords are sitting here negotiating, then at least they still have a city in their hands, and now that they have even surrendered the city, what else is there to talk about? The rebel army will drive straight in. The city of the Bright and Brave was already on the edge, so you don't have to go through it at all. This not only put the capital of the government army in jeopardy, but also completely disrupted the empire's calculations.
At the moment, several city lords, including the Bright Brave, didn't know what was going on, and were still talking decently. Although Kevin already knew, he was caught off guard for a while and didn't think about the next step. Denied them entry into the city? All of them were accepted, and I don't know how many people came to surrender this time.
Another question is, if all these cities are merged, will the money they should have accompanied be just settled? Will it end up on the Bright Brave?
If this is the case, it is necessary to achieve results in the current negotiations, and if the agreement is signed now, it will also be beneficial for the Bright Brave.
The agreement stipulates that each city lord present will share the compensation equally, and each person will pay his own share. If their city is directly gone, then naturally it doesn't matter what happens to the Bright Brave, who will pay the compensation? Find the original city lord, the city can't afford to pay, then it doesn't matter. Anyway, these city lords are all supported by the Empire, and it is not a pity to kill them.
In this way, when the compensation is paid, because the main city is dissolved and cannot pay the compensation, the city lord of Guangming will pay his own share. And when the loss is over, they go back to the city, rebuild the main city, get a new city owner, and everything will return to normal. If you ask the new city owner about the reparation, jokes, who signed the letter to whom.
In this way, the Bright Brave will lose a large number of civilians in vain, and only pay for one city. At the same time, the agreement was signed, and the two sides temporarily ceased fighting, even if the other main cities were in chaos again, the rebels did not dare to tear up the agreement at will. Of course, the premise is that the Bright Brave can accommodate so many people, not mess up, and still maintain development.
Risks always coexist with opportunities, and Kevin finished thinking about it and began to think of a way to inform the bright brave who was still negotiating. As for the opinion of the Imperials, Kevin doesn't care, even if it's really Kevin's secret tricks, what? Everyone is supporting kobolds, who made the people you support so weak?
Turning his head to look around, everyone hadn't gotten any news yet, Kevin hurriedly lowered his head and wrote a note. Then he yawned, and this yawn seemed a little abrupt, but someone yawned like this yesterday, and no one cares today.
The Bright Brave heard Kevin's voice on stage, and subconsciously glanced back at Kevin, who gave him a look. The Bright Brave understood, and immediately took out the agreement and asked, "What is this word?"
"Didn't you ask yesterday?" exasperated.
"What's wrong with the question?
"That's naïve!" roared.
"I don't believe it, I'm going to ask someone. The bright brave took the agreement and went to the stage again and asked one by one. Everyone didn't know why, but this time everyone gave him a standard answer: "This is naïve." ”
The Bright Brave suddenly stubbornly refused to believe it, and came all the way to Kevin, who took the opportunity to give him a note and then told him the answer like the rest of him.
The Bright Brave continued to move forward, coming down in a lap to get the same natural answer, and then snorted to say that he had forgotten. Others just thought he wanted to delay time and didn't care much. Although Bradley could clearly see his small movements, there was no good countermeasure for a while.
Here, the bright brave quietly opened the note under the table, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, but Kevin had already listed the specific plan for him. As long as the surrenderers arrive, then they can sign, and at the latest in the evening, that is, yesterday's appointed time.
The Bright Brave regained his composure, and the revolving began. Kevin, on the other hand, told the crows to keep an eye on them at any time to see how many people would surrender, and once they were close to saturation, they would speak out again, suggesting that the Bright Brave could sign an agreement.
Time passed minute by minute, but I didn't see the man in black today, I don't know if he thought the illusion was useless, or if he had some other plan. And if no one is messing around, then everything goes according to normal.
On the other hand, more and more people are surrendering, which is obviously a follow-up effect. Even if the shrewd people see that if they all run to one city, maybe that city will not be able to hold so many people, but they will not dare to stay where they are and wait for death anyway, at least they will go out and find a cave to hide for a while.
And in this way, by the evening, the main city of the Bright Brave had already arrived with tens of thousands of people, more than 1,000 chariots, and the city could not be crowded at all, so it could only be temporarily placed in the open space outside the city. And those front-line main cities are even directly empty, except for a few who can't run because of their legs and feet, or who really don't believe in evil and stay in place, even if they all run.
In the evening, the rebels finally roared again: "The time is up! I've already given you a whole day! Sign me! Sign me!"
"Alas," the bright brave man sighed, looked left and right seemingly helplessly, and finally picked up the pen: "Then sign it." ”
At this moment, the audience was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused, thinking that the Bright Brave had some tricks, but they saw that he had already signed his name in an orderly manner, and then handed over the agreement to the other city lords. Although the other city lords looked suspicious, they all signed.
Everyone applauded, the signing ceremony was finally successfully held, and everyone was dragged here for three days, and today it was finally completed. The next step is the compensation matter, which can be done privately at that time, as long as there is a bill as evidence.
The Bright Brave and several other city lords shook hands with each other, and everyone smiled on their faces, and each said some nonsense such as taking care of each other. The bright brave looked at them at this time, and after several city lords were beaten, they didn't dare to be presumptuous, and they unconsciously became a little shorter.
The venue then disbanded, and everyone went home. When several city lords returned to their main city, they were immediately stupid, why were there no guards standing guard? Looking inside, some of the main cities were better, and there were more people left, and some were really only a few old, weak, sick and disabled. The things at home are basically packed before leaving, and the things that can be taken in the city lord's room are basically taken. Fortunately, these city lords have their own secret rooms to hide money, and they will not be penniless.
They didn't even understand what was going on? Could it be that the city was broken? How could they run so neatly in just a few days away?
Before the city lords could understand what was going on, the officials of the rebel army who collected money came with them and, according to the agreement, asked him for money.
Obviously, the empire also understood that once the city lord also ran away, the money would really be gone, so it directly let the rebels follow, leaving the city lord with nowhere to escape.
Several city lords had no choice but to open their own secret rooms and take the compensation for the ore they had looted all year round, but now that there was no one in the city, what should they do next, they were at a loss.
And the bright brave over there is also really struggling, tens of thousands of people have been arranged outside the city, and the voice of one person who said the last sentence was noisy. Faced with this situation, the bright brave had no bottom in his heart, and he didn't dare to send rations, so he hurriedly asked Kevin for help through the parrot.
Kevin suggested that they be shunted in half and taken to the city of the Quilt Brave. If that doesn't work, then only some of them can be returned.
On that day, the resettlement work was busy until late at night, and more than 10,000 people were sent to the main city of the Quilt Brave, but even then the city became crowded, and people had no place to live and had to sit on the road. At the critical moment, the quilt city lord sent thousands of quilts, and as soon as the quilt was stretched out with a wooden stick, it was suddenly a small tent. The resettlement issue was finally resolved temporarily.
After that, it is to let the newcomers integrate into local life, absorb and assimilate, there is no other ideological problem here, as long as they are guaranteed to have enough to eat, there will be basically no unrest. In fact, the local residents here have come here in this way, starting with only mining, and now gradually starting to learn some new technologies and even new languages.
And thankfully, this tent made of quilts finally caught the attention of the necromancer. Late that night, the crow suddenly spotted a man in black in the air, circling around the kobold's tent. And the tent was exactly what Kevin scribbled casually.
The crow didn't bother him, but just turned back to talk to the Bright Brave. The Bright Brave immediately brought someone to find the man in black, but the other party noticed that someone was coming, and immediately ran away without a trace. I couldn't see my face clearly in the night, and I didn't know if it was the same as the man in black who released the illusion.
But it doesn't matter, since it has attracted attention, then just wait. Sure enough, only one day later, someone had already found the source and talked with the quilt brave.
As a necromancer, he is very careful, disguised as an ordinary businessman, and repeatedly tempted in conversation, but the quilt brave has no inside story at all. Kevin never told him anything about the necromancer, at most he said that he really couldn't collect the corpse, and someone would come to ask for it, but he wouldn't say it casually, and the necromancer naturally had no way of knowing.
After several temptations, the level of the quilt brave surprised the necromancer slightly, although he still does not know imperial Chinese and needs a side translator to carry out, but he has a clear mind and a unique point of view, and is definitely a talent among the dogheads.
The necromancer immediately decided that he was willing to pay a high price, but what he meant was that he could write it on the book instead of writing it on the quilt, and then they would just buy the book. After all, they were mainly there to read and write about "necromancers".
But in this regard, the quilt brave refused. The necromancer didn't insist anymore, and the two happily came to an agreement.
The next day, a large amount of money was put into the hands of the quilt brave, and the quilt city began to operate day and night. Civilians are starting to rejoice because they are going to raise their wages today.
Bradley didn't make any moves on his side, first, because the money he should have asked for was all in hand, and second, if the kobold could develop, they could indeed contribute more to the empire, which remains to be seen.