Lord of War

Xiao En's eyes swept over the three of them one by one, and he said with a smile: "So, His Excellency Aiwen also came to seek refuge with me?"

"No." The young man named Ivan shook his head with a calm voice, "I'm just responsible for escorting Mayor Zieg and Mr. Rudin."

Sean snorted, didn't say anything more, and then began to flip through the notebook in his hand. The small book records some slightly more detailed lists and records, and there is nothing too complicated, but Sean reads every page carefully. Finally see a specific number.

1371.

This means that this small town can bring Sean an income of 1,371 gold coins per quarter.

But when Xiao En saw this number, the sneer in his heart became heavier.

Hongye Town currently only has a population of more than 1,800 people, but it can already bring him an income of 1,034 gold coins per quarter. According to Sean's current knowledge, the town managed by Mayor Zig has a population of more than 3,000, but it can only bring in an income of 1,371 gold coins per quarter? He knew that there must have been tampering in this little book, but he didn't understand the specific operation method, because there is currently no tax officer in the territory.

The only thing Sean can rely on is the judgment of the lord system.

Throwing the small book on the table casually, Xiao En showed a smile on his face and said, "Well, that's good, I like people who obey the rules...but some things should be dealt with seriously. After the territory is stabilized, I will send a tax official there."

When they heard the first half of the sentence, the mayor named Zig and the fat man named Rudin both had humble smiles on their faces, but when Sean said the second half of the sentence, their expressions changed slightly. But Sean pretended not to see it at all, turned his head to look at Ivan, and said with interest, "I've heard of your mercenary group, and it's really not easy to defeat Dabron's troops." ...Maybe there will be a little help from you in the future, and I hope that your reward will not be too high."

"My price is absolutely fair, Lord, you can rest assured." Ai Wen's heart trembled slightly, and he obviously felt the difficulty of Xiao En in front of him, "But Lord Lord, do you still plan to start another war? ?”

"Panda Town, which originally belonged to me, is now occupied by other people, and they wantonly waved the butcher's knife at my subjects. If I, the lord, don't care, then who will come to save them?" Sean said with a dignified look, "I was still a little worried about the timing of the war, but now I don't have to worry about it. You really brought me good news."

Hearing Xiao En's words, Aiwen frowned: "My lord, in my opinion, your current strength does not seem to be enough to deal with Dabron's troops? In such a situation where the possibility of defeat is too high Under the circumstances, I will not rashly accept your entrustment."

"William, counting the strength of the reserve force, how many troops are there in the territory now?" Sean turned his head and looked at William.

Although William is not very good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, he is not a fool, and at this time, he can already hear that Sean doesn't seem very happy about the town's initiative to surrender. But of course, William would not ask questions about this kind of thing in the current situation, so after hearing what Xiao En said, he immediately replied: "Counting the people of the Puda militia, there are about 500 troops left."

"Five hundred, this number is indeed slightly less.

Sean nodded, "Well, your town... By the way, the town doesn't have a name yet, right?" "

"My lord, please give me a name." Zieg bowed.

"Then call it White Pigeon Town." Sean said lightly.

"Thank you Lord for the name." Zieg dared to straighten up at this time, but the uneasiness on his face was extremely obvious.

"You seem to have a lot of manpower in Baige Town. Let's recruit five hundred young and middle-aged men to join the Puda militia." Xiao En said calmly, "In this way, we can gather a thousand-man infantry."

"My lord!" Zieg and Rudin exclaimed in unison.

For the small town now known as Baige Town, five hundred young and middle-aged people is not a small number, because the main source of income of this small town is to rely on crops. Although the old people in the town can also farm, they are not as good as young people in terms of physical strength, so the efficiency is naturally extremely low, and they have already fought with the Dabron Mercenary Corps before, which lost a lot of manpower. Now if Sean really recruits five hundred young and middle-aged men, Baige Town will basically be abolished.

"A thousand-man infantry unit, plus your heroic sword, should be enough to deal with the Dobron mercenary group?" Sean ignored the two men, but turned his head to look at Ivan , chuckled softly.

"If I can't say enough." Ai Wen had a sullen expression on his face. Although he had a maturity that did not match his age, he was still a little impulsive after all. A feeling like a storm is coming.

"Then I will transfer another five hundred people." Xiao En still kept a smile on his face, "From Baige Town."

Mayor Zida's face was already extremely pale, and even Rudin's face was dull, he didn't know what to say, I'm afraid these two people really regret coming here to find Sean at this moment. But things are now in trouble, and the two also know that the key to the problem lies in Ai Wen, so they turned their heads to look at Ai Wen, their eyes full of pleading.

"Even if you recruit five hundred young and middle-aged men into the militia to form a thousand-man infantry unit, can they be sent to the battlefield in an instant?" Ai Wen breathed out a breath of hot air, suppressing the anger in his heart, "Let's not talk about training How do you solve the problem of military equipment and armaments?...The reason why militias are militias is that they don’t focus on fighting.”

"A month to two months of intensive training is enough." Sean smiled slightly, "Ordinary infantrymen are not archers in charge of long-range strikes. They can understand military orders and can carry out basic cooperation on the battlefield. That's enough... Anyway, in terms of long-range strikes, don't you still have your heroic sword. Besides, there are not many archers in the Dabron mercenary regiment."

Having said that, Sean finally turned his gaze to Ludin and said, "As for the issue of armaments, is there anyone who can know better than Mr. Ludin?"

The man named Rudin had already begun to sweat on his forehead.

"That's it for now." Sean waved his hand, indicating that the three of them can leave, "I will let Puda lead the militia there later. As for the conscription, I believe you will give me a good answer." There is no case, so I don’t need to send someone to the town to look for it myself?”

"Yes." Mayor Zieg nodded yes.

Immediately, Sean took out a money bag from under the desk and threw it to Rudin: "There are 10,000 gold coins in it, and my request is very simple. The standard package for all militiamen is three pieces, a long gun, a wide-edged sword, and a set of Leather armor, and buy meat for the rest. Intensive training consumes a lot of energy, and I don’t want to see these militiamen exhausted....Of course, if I find out that you are corrupt, you should know what will happen of."

"Yes... yes..." Rudin was a little surprised that Sean, the lord, would actually use the money to equip the militia. He thought it was for the town to figure out its own way.

But even so, five hundred young and middle-aged men were transferred to participate in the intensive training of the militia, which was a big blow to Baige Town. At least this autumn's harvest and sowing income will probably not be much better, and if there is a war with Dabronn Town, let's not say when the Panda Town will be recovered, it will only take one or two months. The intensive training phase was a heavy price for Baige Town.

The result of this conversation is naturally not a happy conversation. Moreover, Sean's strong orders and attitude made the small town that was used to freedom feel embarrassed and humiliated. If they didn't complain when they went back this trip, even the three-year-old knew it was impossible.

After the three of them left, William frowned and said, "It's a good thing for them to surrender. Why do you still force them? This is completely different from the way you dealt with Hongye Town. It's really too arrogant."

"Do you think they really came to surrender?" Sean had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and waved his left hand casually in mid-air.

Of course, this "waving at will" is just an outsider's opinion. In fact, Sean is checking his lord panel, which clearly shows a piece of data:

[Number of owned towns: 1]

From the moment he saw the other three coming in, Sean had been staring at his lord panel, but even if they said something like surrender, the data on the lord panel did not change at all. The situation of announcing the ownership was completely different—after Xiao En killed Harbind and handed over all those who belonged to the Harbind snake to the town, the data on the lord's panel changed immediately.

Moreover, he also received a lot of experience rewards for recovering Hongye Town, and he was directly promoted to the eighth level.

But now, the situation of all these has not changed in the slightest. This can only show that this small town named Baige by itself is not really willing to surrender at all-what the mayor said will be deceiving, but The data of the system will never lie. So since this is the case, why should Sean be polite to them? Using the power of this small town to mobilize and organize a militia group, and then defeat the Dobron mercenary group in one go, this territory will be officially recovered, and there will be plenty of time to slowly clean up this White Pigeon Town.

Originally, he was considering waiting for Alfred to bring someone back, but the current opportunity is rare, and Sean didn't intend to waste it.

After closing the lord's panel, Sean turned his head to look at William, and said, "The matter of the territory has almost been dealt with, and I will leave it to you to take care of it. Train these militiamen as quickly as possible, and then take them down in one go." Let’s go to Panda Town, lest you have long nights and dreams.”

"I see." William nodded, "So what are you going to do?"

"Do a little bit of old business, go to Heishi Town for a walk, place a few orders or something."

Xiao En glanced at his level bar, the critical point of level eight, and he was only a little short of reaching level nine. At this time, instead of earning some experience points, he raised his level to level ten and prepared to hit the upper bronze. When will it be?