One Sneeze Destroys A Magical Civilization

Chapter 125 Give Them Hope

For the time being, Zuo Si still doesn't know anything about the huge commotion caused by her awakening of the creation and the red dragon Vermes in the northern border city of Tethyr Kingdom.

Still follow the caravan in the endless desert.

Due to the magic item [Endless Water Bottle], the caravan traveled much faster than originally planned.

Because there is an unlimited supply of clean and cool water, both slaves and camels maintain their physical strength quite well.

Occasionally good behavior is rewarded with small amounts of fresh fruit, vegetables and meat.

You must know that before leaving, Zuo Si bought two more dimensional bags of the largest size from Aisha, including the previous purchases, a total of four.

One of them is used to hold various materials, books, alchemy items, magic items, tents, stoves, iron pots, shovels and other commonly used tools in the field, and the other is a "little surprise" for difficult enemies.

As for the remaining two, all of them are filled with all kinds of meat, seafood, vegetables, fruits and other foods that cannot be normally carried in the desert.

Together they weigh 1.3 tons.

Such an astonishing amount, even if Zuo Si, the soldiers, Alaina, the half-orc Rhett, the merchant Bernard, and a few werewolves were added together, it would still be enough to eat enough to get out of the desert.

Therefore, Zuo simply used the extra part as a reward, half of which was distributed to the mercenaries in charge of management, and the other half to slaves and civilians.

Such a move not only boosted the morale of the entire caravan, but also won the praise of the paladin Eroline.

The latter even felt that this was due to his "influence".

As everyone knows, what Zuo Si did has nothing to do with the so-called "kindness".

Purely fresh meat, seafood, veggies and fruits are all things that get pretty common once you get out of the desert.

You can supplement it at a very low price if you pass by a city or village.

In this way, it is better to calculate the amount in advance, and use the excess part to reward those who work the most and contribute the most in the caravan, so as to increase the overall speed of the caravan.

Motivate your subordinates with things that look precious and rare to others, but cheap to you.

This is the category of typical operations and management.

Many modern factories and business operators distribute the goods they manufacture to outstanding employees as rewards, in fact, they are taking advantage of this information asymmetry.

Because those commodities that seem to have a high retail price often have a cost price that is frighteningly low before they enter the market circulation.

Maybe not even a tenth of the retail price.

In this way, the rewarded employees feel that they have made money, and the operator also saves costs to the greatest extent, and at the same time improves production efficiency.

Win-win!

Seeing that everyone is very motivated, and looking forward to an extra reward such as an apple, orange, or a small bowl of broth, a cup of honey lemon tea for dinner, Bernard has an expression of admiration on his face, and lowers his voice to the side Zuo Si said: "Your Excellency, your method really opened my eyes. I thought it would take at least 20 days for the caravan to get out of the desert. But according to the current speed, we can reach Manchester in at most 12 days." farmed."

"Remember! If you want your people to be motivated, you must always give them a hope that can be seen and touched." Zuo Si responded meaningfully.

"hope?"

Bernard blinked his eyes in confusion.

Zuo Si smiled and nodded: "That's right! Hope.

The law of this world's operation is that there will always be rewards after giving.

But the problem is that not all efforts are rewarded as they should be.

Many people quickly become more and more negative after seeing that their efforts are not rewarded, and even start to complain and slack off.

At this time, as a manager, you need to set an example, a successful example, and mobilize their subjective initiative.

Let all your employees realize that even ordinary people like yourself have the opportunity to change their lives and succeed.

And when everyone thinks they have a chance, they work harder than when they're negative. "

"I see!"

Bernard's eyes shone slightly, and he instantly understood the subtext of these words.

As a businessman, several reforms quickly came to his mind that would improve the productivity of his employees.

In contrast, the paladin Eloline next to her frowned and questioned, "Why do I feel that what you just said is suspected of being deceptive?"

There was a hint of playfulness in Zuo Si's eyes, she smiled and shook her head: "You think too much. Like I said, this is just to give those poor people who haven't been rewarded for their efforts a chance to regain hope."

"real?"

Eroline obviously didn't believe it.

Because paladins are often sensitive to lies and deceit.

She instinctively felt that what the two of them talked about just now had nothing to do with the so-called "hope".

"Of course it's true! I promise!" Bernard also hurriedly stood up to help.

He didn't want this paladin to figure out the mystery of what he just said.

And he also planned to use it as a unique secret book for his descendants and family after he regained the chamber of commerce.

Eroline looked at the two of them suspiciously, and then rode a camel to find the commoners and slaves and asked them what they thought of this behavior.

After all, as followers of Irmat, the god of suffering, paladins are more willing to trust these people from the bottom of society than those nobles and wealthy businessmen who are high above them.

After Erolyn walked away completely, Bernard complained: "Your Excellency, I don't understand why you have to bring such a big trouble? You must know that paladins are not the same as us."

"Trouble? No! You are wrong. She is not a trouble, but the last insurance in this dangerous journey. What's more, don't you think this young lady paladin is sometimes cute and naive? ?”

Zuo Si gazed at the beautiful and energetic figure in the distance with great interest.

It must be known that in just a few days, Eroline's professional level has risen two levels from the initial LV1 in one breath, and she is already a LV3 paladin.

And this upgrade speed is obviously not normal at all.

Despite taking part in quite a few battles, including the previous one going deep into an ancient tomb while clearing out a lot of undead and a demon, and later repelling a scorpion horde trying to ambush the caravan.

But in these battles, she was responsible for protecting the rear personnel, camels and cargo most of the time.

The main combat missions are all done by Zuo Si and the creatures and minions he summons from cards.

This also means that the rapid improvement of Erolyn's level is likely to have received special attention from the god of suffering, Irmat.

If you really encounter a monster or enemy that is too powerful to be defeated during the journey, then this god will most likely bestow upon it an extremely powerful divine grace to help the entire caravan tide over the difficulties.

What's more, Zuo Si could clearly feel that the inconspicuous amulet hanging around the young lady's neck contained an astonishing power that could not be described in words.

Once activated, the burst of energy will exceed everyone's imagination.

"Insurance?"

Bernard obviously didn't understand.

But just when he was about to say something, a violent vibration suddenly came from the soft sand dunes under his feet.

Immediately following the next second...

A huge cyan-blue monster suddenly drilled out from the sand dune, opened its mouth full of fangs, trying to grab and bite the closest camel.

It has a fourteen-meter-long thick body like a snake or a lizard, and its weight is definitely more than two tons. There are six pairs of strangely shaped claws on both sides of its torso, and its body is densely covered with blue scales of different shades.

The head looks a bit like a blue dragon, but the horns are bent back like sheep to form a pronation.

There is no doubt that this is a green-footed dragon snake living in the desert.

An absolute nightmare for most caravans.

Second only to encountering a real adult blue or brown dragon...

(end of this chapter)