Mount & Blade: Wind of War

"The second hero of this battle is..."

"Mr. Moken, although you did not join the frontline battlefield, you worked with Abby to suppress the slaves and free people in the city, stabilizing a solid rear for us, so thank you for your hard work."

"Sir, you are too complimentary." The stooped Moken stood up and greeted Rhodes with his hand on his chest.

Since the beginning of the war, Rhodes has sent Abby, two ogres, and bugbears to Moken, who is most familiar with the situation in the town.

Although ogres and bugbears are very powerful, they sometimes cannot cooperate with human soldiers in chaotic battlefields.

Especially after being injured and going crazy, even Rhodes may not be able to suppress and control it. Therefore, such unstable combat power was sent directly to the rear by Rhodes.

When the Centaur coalition besieged the city, some of the free people and slaves in the city were also ready to take action.

Moken took Abby and Qiao Lin to visit house to house, but they were still unable to connect, and they suppressed the surging undercurrent until after the Centaur coalition collapsed.

Rhodes knew all this, so he really believed that Mo Ken, the civil servant, took the second most credit in this battle, which was well deserved.

"Okay, the Holy Cross badge is divided into three levels: gold, silver and iron. Except for Fatis and Moken who received the Gold Cross, everyone present received the Silver Cross badge. Ordinary soldiers who died in battle received the Black Iron Cross. And they should be buried in a specially designated martyrs cemetery, not in a remote place, but built in the city center, so that people who can live happily in this city in the future will know that their happiness is the result of the bloodshed and sacrifice of their ancestors. Just got it in exchange.”

At the meeting, Rhodes discussed various aspects of affairs with the officials present.

After the war, it is about maintaining order, resuming production, and then solving people's livelihood problems. In a certain sense, although this is not as tragic as the war, it is more cumbersome and troublesome. Once the direction is wrong, it may bring about a series of consequences in the future. chain problems.

"Now we can use the work-for-disaster relief method to let free people help us complete various large-scale infrastructure construction, but when the infrastructure is completed, we need a large number of long-term jobs that can create wealth."

"A large amount of land outside the town can be planned and reclaimed. When the Harpy Witch ruled here, she only wanted to maintain slave rule and did not care about the quality of life of the civilians. We want the civilians to stop eating rats to satisfy their hunger and live better and better lives. , the large amount of idle land outside the town must be utilized. What's more, the centaur tribe is about to be exterminated by us, and the threat of the centaur forest has been greatly reduced. "

"We have to do it bit by bit. We can't cut down and burn the forest too much at once. Otherwise, other races in the Centaur Forest will also be extremely hostile to us."

"If we don't cut down the trees and burn the forest, will they be friendly to us? Kill them all. Your Excellency, I want to see who can resist them."

Moken, Janice, Qiao Lin, and Raymond present all expressed their opinions and discussed it. Some suggestions were very pertinent, while others were less thoughtful.

Agriculture, commerce, handicrafts, and manufacturing. If a big city wants to truly develop, all these aspects must be involved. After taking inventory of warehouse reserves, Moken reported to Rhodes:

"Our biggest difficulty at present is food and salt reserves. Although there is a lot of meat to eat now, there is not enough salt. Those unsalted corpses will rot in large quantities within a few days. If they are not processed early, they may even lead to plague."

"Let Qiaolin be responsible for this aspect. Qiaolin, you can go to the magic consultant Ms. Caitlin to consult on some professional issues and do everything possible to minimize the possibility of a plague outbreak."

"There are also problems with food and salt. After a period of rest, I plan to alleviate it to a certain extent by conquering several nearby vassal tribes of the original Harpy Witch. They had previously paid tribute to the Harpy Witch every year. , now that I’m here they don’t know how to pay tribute to me. I think they look down on me and must deal with it, otherwise they will think that we are easier to talk to than the harpy witch.”

When he said these words, Rhodes was smiling. Except for Fatis, almost everyone present smiled subconsciously.

This feeling of having strong force to rely on is really good.

Among all the people, Goblin Abby was the one who smiled the happiest, and it gave the impression that it was not just pretending, it really considered itself to be on Rhodes' side, and felt very proud of the powerful force of the force it served. pride.

At this moment, the peripheral situation of Gushan Castle is even better than that of the Mountain Fortress period, because the strength of the Centaur tribe has been greatly damaged, and the small and medium-sized forces within the surrounding area have no room for maneuver even if they want to have both sides.

During the meeting, Rhodes noticed that Janice was hesitant to speak, so he kept her after the meeting.

"Janice, say what you just wanted to say now."

At this moment, only Rhodes, Kress and Janice were left in the room. Janice thought for a while, sorted out her words and said:

"Sir, do you still remember that I borrowed books from you before?"

"Of course, what's wrong?"

"I was inspired by the above content and felt that if we could mass-produce it, we should be able to create a good source of income. Here's the thing..."

In Janice's description, Rhode gradually understood that Janice seemed to be familiar with some silk weaving techniques. With the inspiration from the Crossbow Training Manual, she found that there was a kind of magic spider in the underground mine that was very suitable to replace silkworms.

"Compared with the silk spit out by ordinary silkworms, the silk spit out by the underground magic spider is better and tougher. If it can be used, perhaps we can have the best silk with extremely high commercial value."

Even in the territory of the Styak Empire, silk is a top-notch luxury product that only powerful noble families with strength can afford. Therefore, although this matter has not yet started, if it can really be completed as Janice expected, it will indeed be a huge source of wealth.

Moreover, this is an opportunity to greatly improve the status of women in the town of Lonely Mountain Castle. It is a social law that only those with money can have social status, and women are more suitable for such related industries than men.

"Good idea, then Ms. Janice, you can do it. If you need anything, report to me and I will try my best to support you."

Anyway, the labor cost of the town is extremely cheap now, and Rhode is not afraid that Janice will do useless work.