Chapter 4: Recruiting Barbarians
"Don't you have a name?" Mo Xuan asked the barbarian who was gobbling it up.
"Yes, but rarely, and are generally named after the first prey killed at a rite of passage. The barbarian man said vaguely as he chewed on the food in his mouth.
"What about you. Mo Xuan asked again, the barbarian didn't know why he just wouldn't say his name.
"My name is Earthworm. The barbarian stopped eating and said in embarrassment.
"What. Mo Xuan thought he had misheard.
"Listen to me, at the rite of passage I just went out and met an earthworm, it was at my feet, and I trampled it to death, and then my companions kept calling me that, and in fact the first prey I killed was a monitor lizard, believe me, what I said was true. The earthworm hurriedly explained, but Mo Xuan and Aina, who were sitting next to him, were already staggering with laughter, and the more the barbarian earthworm explained, the more attention they paid to the barbarian's majestic figure and inconsistent name, and then laughed harder.
"Okay! I'm used to it anyway. In the end, the barbarian simply did not explain, and turned his grief and anger into appetite and began to eat fiercely.
"Uh, that. After the meal, Mo Xuan, who looked at the barbarian who had already eaten, was very embarrassed, what to call him.
"You still call me an earthworm! Anyway, I've been called for so many years, and it's not bad this time. "The well-fed barbarians appear to be very generous.
"Looks like you're not having a good time. Mo Xuan pointed to the barbarian's stomach and the plates piled up on the table.
The barbarian's face was rarely a faint red, obviously ashamed: "Otherwise, I don't want the commission, you just need to take care of my food." The barbarian discussed cautiously, only afraid that Mo Xuan would not want him: "I'm just hungry for too long, so I eat so much, and I don't usually eat so much." ”
Listening to the barbarian's words, it was obviously a misunderstanding, and Mo Xuan hurriedly explained: "No, no, I didn't mean that. Mo Xuan decided to put it another way: "You don't earn much from your mercenary career! It doesn't look like it's enough for you to eat." ”
After hearing this, the barbarian's face showed an angry look: "Those servants always deduct my commission, and I can't get a good task, when I left the tribe, the chief told me that the human world is very complicated and difficult, and human beings are very bad, and now I am 100% agreed, if it wasn't for the tribe's food is not enough to eat, I wouldn't have come here." After speaking, the barbarian saw Mo Xuan who was pondering: "I'm sorry, the human beings I said don't include you, you are a good person." The barbarian hurriedly explained.
"I don't mean to blame you. Saying that, Mo Xuan took out a map from the spatial ring and pointed to a place on the map: "You see I have a territory here, the situation here is very complicated, there are countless bandits and thieves, in fact, if I want to gain a foothold there, force is indispensable, so I will recruit some mercenaries, but I have a better choice now." Mo Xuan looked at the barbarians who were still carefully looking on the map: "I urgently need a group of soldiers now, loyal soldiers, can I trust you, of course, every meal is full, and there will be a good salary." As he spoke, Mo Xuan pointed to the huge Panzi Mountain.
"What you said is true?" said the barbarian with an expression of disbelief on his face, as if he had seen a ghost.
"Really, not only you, but also your own people can come to my territory, I urgently need soldiers like you who can defend my country. Mo Xuan's words were categorical, without the slightest hesitation, dispelling the last trace of the barbarian's doubts.
"Then I can go and find my kindred?" The barbarian asked again, and after seeing Mo Xuan nodding, he asked again, "My kindred is a lot, and the amount of food is also very large. Then he saw Mo Xuan's unchanging face: "I'm really going." ”
Mo Xuan was impatient, and waved his hand to drive the barbarian out: "Go! ”
The barbarian's massive body ran rapidly, and the sound of footsteps could be heard far away.
"Young Master, you don't really want these barbarians, do you!" Aina's face was nervous.
"Of course, why not?" Seeing that Aina was still cleaning up the huge pile of plates, "Call the guys in the hotel and let him clean up, I didn't spend so much money to give them a rest." ”
"But I've heard that barbarians are terrible. Pushed by Mo Xuan to walk out the door, Aina was still worried and reluctant.
"There is nothing to do, you have to trust your young master. With that, Mo Xuan pushed Aina out the door.
Aina also understands that Mo Xuan is not the first lord to accept barbarians as soldiers, someone has tried it a long time ago, these big guys are stronger than humans, agile and simple in character, in Mo Xuan's opinion, they are natural warriors. It's just that this lord who hired barbarians as soldiers died very miserably, and it is said that this lord treated his subordinates very badly, whipping and kicking at every turn and deducting wages, and it is not surprising that the barbarians who couldn't bear it went berserk and directly tore the surrounding lords in half, and no lord dared to let barbarians be soldiers after that.
Mo Xuan saw a few problems in the middle, first of all, the lord was not good to the barbarians before the tragedy of the barbarians tearing him in half after the barbarians went berserk, Mo Xuan knew that it was the lord who was wrong, but the human lords didn't know, or they knew but didn't think they were wrong, these lords just exploited their subordinates to provide better living conditions for themselves, and let them sacrifice themselves to ensure that their subordinates were stronger and more threatening, is this possible? All they need is a few poor echoworms around them, not a bunch of beasts ready to tear him apart.
Mo Xuan believed that with a little means, these barbarians were a sharp sword in his hands. In the previous life, not so many fierce generals died in various conspiracies and tricks, and a few of them really died on the battlefield.
And the north gate of Sapphira is very lively today, and even the gate guards have to send a large number of men to guard against these excited crowds.
"Gather here the morning after tomorrow, bring enough food and a change of clothes for yourself, and we'll set off, don't worry about anything else, we've signed contracts, and these contracts will be sent to the temple to get God's justice, you don't have to worry about it at all. Now, the person who got the contract comes to collect his deposit. Aldridge stood on the high platform and shouted loudly below, and then took his cup and poured a sip of water fiercely, and his throat was about to smoke after the day of continuous shouting.
"Head, there are already more than a thousand people, can we still recruit them?" the subordinate took the cup and asked in a low voice, "And we have already scattered more than a hundred gold coins, with an average of ten silver coins per person, can we still afford it?" Will the lord scold us?" ”
"What are you afraid of, these are all planned by the lord, you just need to work hard to promote. Aldridge looked at the cautious movements of his subordinates, and immediately changed his face to look like why are you so uncompetitive: "What do you know, the more artisan farmers you go, the faster the lord's territory will develop, and the lord's willingness to spend money proves that the lord is an ambitious lord." Then Aldridge lowered his voice and dragged his subordinate to his side: "Don't you want to see the faces of those nobles who know that their craftsmen have all disappeared overnight?"
"Yes. "Aldridge and his subordinates have climbed up from the bottom, but they have not been less angry with the nobility.
"What's the point? ”