Chapter 218: A Sudden Idea (Part II)
"You can't take all the benefits of being a human being, you can only choose what is most important to you. When I first heard this sentence, I thought it made sense, and it would be more appropriate to put it in the current form
For Leon, the safety and integrity of the territory is of course the most important, as for the products in the Black Forest, it may be hot in the eyes of others, but in the case of Leon who has the ability to defy the sky such as "map", it is relatively less important - those minerals, herb origins, monster nests and even ruins that have been marked have not had time to explore, and it would be a bit difficult to think about taking all the other things, right?
And Leon believes that once he has the opportunity to get in touch with more in-depth knowledge in the future, some resource points that no one knows about until now will gradually appear on the map, and he will use these as capital, and what to do with those products on the edge of the Black Forest.
That's why he decided to let go of the ownership of the Black Forest, and only provide services and credit guarantees, so as to attract many hunters to come here to dig gold. Of course, the right to acquire is still in your own hands, and this is a reward for a generous, charitable lord, and no one can doubt it.
It would be a disadvantage for someone like Temple, but Leon has his own purpose. The first is to judge the character and strength of the hunters through the types and rarities of the products purchased by guΓ² and the communication with the hunters. Leon is currently short of manpower, so he wants to use this method of selection, and once he finds the right candidate, he will give him a generous commission to work for him.
Hunters are also in a sense the same as freelance mercenaries, so as long as the commission is right, they don't have to worry about not being tempted.
Another purpose is to get more information about the Black Forest. By observing the hunters' explorations, you can judge the strength and frequency of the monsters, and once the number of monsters changes, you can prepare in advance, and hunters are not vegetarians, sometimes some organs on the body of powerful monsters will make them more interested.
In this regard, Li Ang has an additional idea, he can issue acquisition tasks based on the number and types of monsters that appear, and use this method to stimulate hunters to hunt on a large scale, so as to control the monsters in an acceptable range.
So in a way, the hunters who come here to dig for gold are Campbell's scouts and mercenaries who exterminate monsters, and having them in the Black Forest will make Leon much less concerned about the eastern frontier.
These are just the initial ideas of the young lord, and many details need to be brainstormed, for example, now he has described the idea of setting up a trade zone to Demp preliminarily, that is, he needs to mention the construction of this experienced merchant who has been settled in Brown Bear Town for many years, and Dunp will also be one of the acquisition merchants who will be stationed in the trade area.
Of course, the deeper meaning of the trade zone to Campbell will not be told to Temple for the time being, in Leon's heart, Eric is the best person to be the director of this trade zone, and it will be more suitable for him to be said when the time comes.
"Temple, you don't have to worry about other things, since I have decided so, I must have my own ideas, you just need to tell sΓΉ if I would like to help me in this matter?"
"Yes! Of course I do!" Temple's head twitched, as if he was afraid that the lord would repent.
"Okay, but this thing needs to be put on hold for now, and you need to do something else for me first. β
"My lord, even if you tell me, I can't fight, and anything else will definitely be done to your satisfaction!"
"Well......" Leon muttered for a moment, as if weighing something, and after a while, he clenched his fists and said, "There are a few empty wagons left behind the town, and in a moment I will load all the corpses of the enemy into the wagons, and your task is to drive the wagons to the vicinity of Fort Edd, and then pile them up where they can be seen from the castle." β
"Huh, that's ...... simple."
Temple reacted halfway through his sentence and couldn't help but gasp. This kind of behavior is simply a provocation to the Edburg Border Cavalry......! In Leon's capacity, it may only be said to be a "demonstration". But whatever it was, it showed that the relationship between the lord and Edburg was not on the right path, with the young lord who had just joined the army on one side and the Edburgh Border Cavalry under the Border Guard on the other...... I didn't expect the first task to be so tricky!
However, Temple only hesitated for a moment, and when he saw Leon's flat gaze, he immediately reacted - he had no choice, and it was likely that this task was deliberately given to him by Leon as a temptation, so it had to be completed.
After a few minutes, Temple hurried away, and he went to find the other hunter who had stayed, Lyle, and then went to the back of town to catch the car, and the corpse would decompose quickly in this weather, so this matter had to be done.
Leon sat back in his chair, and Caterina had been listening until Temple's figure disappeared from view before asking, "Leon, is this really appropriate?"
"Nothing out of place...... Leon patiently explained to the girl.
"As a border army, it is responsible for defending against foreign enemies, and these aborigines of the Pale Mountains frequently attack the border, but Fort Edd turns a blind eye to this, allowing them to invade my territory and harm my people, this is simply a dereliction of duty, do they bully me when I am young or do they think I have the ability to do these things on my own?"
"Could it be that they didn't find the enemy?" said Caterina with a frown, and after Leon's words, she also felt that the border army in Fort Edd was a little excessive.
"Katarina, if it is possible to sneak in with a dozen or so people, three times in a row, each time the scale exceeds a few dozen people, if this can't be discovered, then I will be very disappointed in the entire border force of Sver!"
"I don't think you're going to have a good talk with them? Maybe they're just ......."
"No, Katarina, your idea is good, but you can't put it on them, such a person will have too many reasons to prevaricate you," Leon stood up and took two steps, pointing in the direction of Edburgh to the knight girl who was listening intently.
"See, there's Fort Edmond over there, and his location is important to Campbell, and the cavalry stationed there is also very combative. However, I don't have a formal earl canonization right now, so I don't have the right to order and mobilize them, and if they continue to be, I really don't have much to do. β
"But then I have to go to the door and talk to them?" Leon smiled and shook his head, "No need, I'm a lord, although they are border troops, but they are also in my territory, so I have other ways to deal with these people." β
"Of course, that's in the case of if they really want to fight me. β
The girl somewhat understood, "So you put those corpses in front of their eyes just to confirm their intentions?"
"That's right!" Leon shrugged his shoulders and said with an innocent expression, "It's so hot, it will taste bad to drop the corpse here in Brown Bear Town, and as a lord, I naturally have the right to throw the corpse where I don't think it's in the way, right?"
"Since they don't want to fight the invaders, then I'm going to put the corpses of the invaders in front of their eyes, both to see their reactions, and to slap these border troops in the face, why not?"
When the knight girl heard the end, she couldn't help but chuckle, "Li Ang, I didn't expect you to be quite bad! But now I think your approach is very suitable!"
Li Ang felt that this sentence was very ambiguous, and looked at the girl's face, which was less than a meter away, and felt an impulse in his heart.
But for now, he had to suppress his impulse, because a figure was slowly approaching.
β...... Erin, is there anything wrong with you?"
Caterina was startled when she heard Leon's abrupt words, and looked at the black-haired girl who came out of the side of the wooden house, she didn't know when the other party came over.
Erin grinned, "Actually, I don't want to disturb you, but Temple's and they drove the carriage to fetch those corpses, so I wanted to come over and ask if it was your order." β
"Ba Po ......," Li Ang said in his heart, don't you know, can you ask Deng Pu himself?
Of course, it was impossible to say this, and Leon looked at the female mage's fair face, which contrasted strongly with her black hair, and her eyes, which revealed innocent eyes, and finally explained what he had just envisioned.
"Even if it's a reward for her excellent performance in battle...... Leon thought helplessly.
Erin was very satisfied with the young lord's attitude, and at the same time agreed with his approach, believing that the lord needed such a high profile, and if she ignored it, she would be looked down upon by those people. And the female mage felt that she could do it more intensely, but was vetoed by Li Ang.
"That's an exaggeration...... Leon said, "I'm not going to fight the entire Border Guard, but if the Edburg cavalry continue to do so......"
"Of course I have other ways. The young lord said with a grin, but his smile fell on the eyes of the two maidens, and it looked a little strange and proud.