Otherworld Management Manual

Hongye City, the city lord's mansion.

"Master City Lord."

Erica came to Zhang Feng with a document.

"Our envoys have almost returned, and there are only two squadrons left."

"It's almost time to calculate, which two teams are still short?"

Zhang Feng asked casually.

"There is a squadron going to Jiaman City, because they have notified more small cities, the speed will definitely be slower, and there is a squadron going to the east, there are more cities in the east, plus the most eastern city of Yunhai, so the journey Relatively far away, this squadron may be the last to return."

Erica replied.

"Well, wait a little longer—"

"Report the city owner! Emergency situation!"

Before Zhang Feng finished speaking, a soldier's report suddenly came from outside the door.

"Come in and talk."

Zhang Feng's face was a little serious.

He has classified many things into levels, and what can be called an emergency is related to life!

Ka~

The soldier opened the door, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Feng, and handed over a scroll.

Erica took it, and after making sure that the packaging was relatively intact, she handed it to Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng opened it and frowned deeply after seeing the contents above.

"My lord, what's wrong..."

Erica asked carefully.

Although she felt that she was being impolite for asking such a question, but seeing Zhang Feng's unsightly expression, she was still a little concerned.

"Look at it."

Zhang Feng didn't shy away either, and directly handed the scroll to Erica.

"Our messenger has been attacked!"

Seeing the above content, Erica exclaimed.

She never thought that in the extreme north, someone would dare to kidnap people from Hongye City!

Something big happened!

Zhang Feng didn't blame her either,

Even he himself couldn't believe it.

The envoys he sent out were all elite soldiers in Hongye City. Although they were not knights, a small group of people was not much weaker than ordinary knights.

In addition, they still have a steam car to travel, even if someone really wants to attack them, it will be very difficult, after all, they can run if they can't beat them.

But the letter clearly stated that these envoys were kidnapped.

Because of the inconvenient communication, Zhang Feng had already arranged for them a fairly convenient way to transmit information.

Everyone in the squad is not allowed to leave without permission to prevent getting lost or accidents. And above each squad, there is another squadron. After a certain period of time, the people in the squad must go to the squadron to report. If the time is up, no one is there. , then the squadron has to go find someone.

Because the route of each squadron is planned in advance, each squadron is in control of the movements of their respective squadrons. Even if the squadron deviates a bit, as long as it is not deliberately hidden, the squadron and other squadron members can also be found. Besides, the squadron There is also the thing of "fireworks".

This time, it was because the squadron found that one of its squads was missing, so it went back to look for it. As a result, neither the person nor the car was found, but the secret mark left on the road was found.

The marking was specially trained by Zhang Feng, and anyone above the captain level could understand it.

The secret note said very simply, that is, this team was attacked by someone, and the attacker came from the place they were going to - Yunhai City!

There were a lot of bloodstains at the scene, but no corpses were found. The envoys should not be in danger, but they were not sure, so the squadron leader dressed himself up and sneaked into Yunhai City.

This is a chaotic place. You only need to pay gold coins to enter the city, and no one cares where you come from or what you have committed.

The squadron leader got in easily, and he didn't need to inquire at all. There were rumors about "a magical carriage" all over the city.

The squadron leader stayed for another two days, and finally got news about his subordinates—they were not dead, they were locked up in the prison, and they were said to be sent as slaves! Because these soldiers have better physical strength, several gangs are fighting for it.

Although he was very angry in his heart, the squadron leader did not act rashly. The city lord taught him that no matter how strong a person is, it is limited after all. Only by uniting can we be invincible.

The squadron leader quietly left. After returning to the team, he sent the news back to another team in a hurry. As for himself, he was still waiting for Zhang Feng's order near Yunhai City.

After reading the whole story, Erica was a little anxious.

"Master Zhang Feng, what should we do? If it's too late, these soldiers may be in danger..."

Although Zhang Feng was very angry in his heart, he was also the lord of the city after all. He calmly said to Erica:

"Go and call Caroline and the others over."

"Yes!"

da da da ~

Erica trotted away, Zhang Feng looked at the white clouds outside the window, and muttered to himself.

"I hope they know the current affairs..."

After waiting for a while, Caroline and a group of beast ear mothers came to Zhang Feng's office.

"Kill! Those guys in Yunhai City, I have long since disliked them!"

Before entering the door, I heard Fox's Niang's charming voice full of murderous intent.

When everyone came to Zhang Feng's side, Zhang Feng helplessly rubbed Hu Erniang's hair.

"Don't fight and kill all day long, our soldiers are still in their hands!"

"Huh? Let them go?"

Hu Er Niang looked at Zhang Feng a little strangely. According to her understanding of Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng doesn't seem like such a talkative person?

"What I mean is, save the person first, and the rest... I'll talk about it later."

"Yes, we have to save people first!"

Caroline agreed.

There were only a few people in Hongye City, and these soldiers were cultivated with hard work. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are Zhang Feng's precious lumps. Only people can be rescued, and everything is easy to say.

"Do you know anything about this Yunhai City?"

Zhang Feng asked.

He had never heard any news about Yunhai City, and he had seen this city on the map.

"I know this!"

Hu Er Niang raised her hand, and seeing Zhang Feng's affirmative eyes, she said eloquently:

"Cloud Sea City is a city of sin and chaos, and the greatest law there is that there is no law..."

Fox Erniang told everything she knew.

Except for Zhang Feng, everyone else heard it for the first time and couldn't help being a little surprised.

"There is such a place!"

"How can such a chaotic city exist for so long?"

"The three major forces... I don't know if they are as powerful as Silver Pine City?"

"It must be stronger than Silver Pine City. The average person can't survive there. Those who can survive and even live a good life are definitely stronger!"

"..."

Listening to everyone's conversation, Zhang Feng fell into deep thought.

This Yunhai City is obviously a city with a strong armed force, and its behavior is relatively arrogant and domineering. Zhang Feng's status as a marquis may not be easy to use, and it may even arouse Yunhai City's resentment.

After all, in name, the entire northern land belongs to Zhang Feng, and this Yunhai City is naturally included. Originally, they were living well, but in front of their own emperor, they suddenly parachuted a leader. Strange.

"You just said that the people in Yunhai City basically put their interests first, and they recognize money but not people?"

Zhang Feng asked Fox Er Niang.

"Yes, they are all a bunch of mercenary villains!"

Fox Erniang said bitterly.

The reason why she was able to buy food from humans back then was because she bought it in Yunhai City. As long as you have money here, you can buy anything!

But because of her status, the Fox-Er Niang has often been tricked by others. If it weren't for her strength, basically no one could do anything to her, and she would have been swallowed up to the bone!

Looking at the angry fox-eared lady, Zhang Feng suddenly asked:

"By the way, when I saw you for the first time, the faction that you were hunted down should be the Hunter Guild, right?"

"Ah? You, you still remember!"

The fox-eared lady was a little surprised.

"Of course I remember. I still remember that the person who hunted you down was called Beard Clark! After all, I haven't even avenged you yet, so how could I forget it!"

Zhang Feng smiled and pinched the cheek of Fox Er Niang.

"me……"

Hu Er Niang felt her nose sore, and she thought back to the beginning, Zhang Feng used his not-so-strong body to force himself to be chased by bounty hunters (Chapter 108), if Zhang Feng hadn't , she may have died in that forest long ago.

"Hey, why are you crying!"

As soon as Zhang Feng finished speaking, he saw tears in the eyes of Hu Erniang, which really made Zhang Feng a little at a loss.

He quickly wiped the corners of Fox's mother's eyes, and said in a gentle tone.

"Okay, okay, do you remember the sad things from the past? Don't think about it anymore, everything is over, now you have me, and all of us, I won't let anyone bully you anymore!"

"Um!"

The fox-eared lady nodded her head heavily.

Zhang Feng scratched the little nose of Fox Er Niang, and then said to everyone:

"As I said just now, these people in Yunhai City are profit-seeking, so I think the probability of us returning these soldiers is much higher."

"What does Master Zhang Feng want to do?"

"They like gold coins, so I'll give them gold coins, and see if they live to enjoy them!"

...

...

Outside Yunhai City, in a dense forest.

More than twenty heavily armed soldiers were either cleaning their delicate armors, sharp weapons, or arranging dry food. No one spoke. They were like soldiers ready to go to the battlefield at any time. They were always ready.

da da~

There was a sound of horseshoes outside the dense forest, and everyone raised their heads, and saw a white horse appearing in front of them.

On the white horse is a figure in a white robe.

Although the weather is getting warmer now, the snow has not yet melted, and white is easier to camouflage.

The squadron leader hurried over, and the white-robed figure handed him a delicate scroll.

"Captain, what order was given from above? It is to kill in!"

A young soldier couldn't hold back his words and asked.

The squadron leader kicked the young soldier's butt angrily.

"I know how to fight and kill all day long, can you be more mature!"

The young soldier looked at his squadron leader in a daze.

Who said just now that as long as the city lord gives the order, he will be the first to rush into Yunhai City? Could it be that the squadron leader just now was a fake?

"Ahem, the city lord has an order, let us - go and redeem people!"

The squadron leader cleared his throat and said.

"Ah? Redemption? What do you mean?"

"Literally, everyone, leave half of the people to deal with unexpected events, and the rest will follow me!"

"Yes!"

In the sea of ​​clouds city.

Although there is still a lot of snow on the roof and the ground, the temperature is still a little cold, but the streets are full of people coming and going!

Apart from the fact that Yunhai City is different from other cities, there is another reason, that is, today is the auction day for that "strange car"!

Those who heard the news rushed to the auction hall.

That strange car has been parading in Yunhai City for the past few days. Basically, many people have seen the magic of this car, and now the horse thief is finally willing to auction it!

The auction hall was already overcrowded, but people still squeezed in, and the auctioneers didn't care, as long as they paid for the tickets, they would all come in.

The second floor, there is not as much space as the first floor, and there are many, many fewer people than the first floor.

In Yunhai City, there are prominent people, and they are basically on the second floor.

A middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in aristocratic attire, smiled and said:

"This Russ, I don't know how many gold coins we will earn this time!"

"Then you don't need to raise the price, just let me lose some money alone!"

Another bearded man next to him spoke with a little sarcasm.

"Haha, Leader Oliver was joking. If you don't see it, forget it. Now that you have seen it, then this car must be mine!"

"Humph!"

The conversation between the two was obviously not very pleasant.

This middle-aged man dressed as an aristocrat, named Reed, is the lord of Yunhai City and the spokesperson of Yunhai City on the surface. He used to be a real nobleman, and he was also an earl!

As for why he appeared in Yunhai City, and why he became the city lord of Yunhai City, this is not something ordinary people can answer.

Oliver, with a beard on his face, is the leader of the Sea of ​​Clouds Alliance. He has always hated the nobles, and he is not happy to see the nobles. But Reed is the Lord of the Sea of ​​Clouds after all, and neither of them can do anything to each other.

"By the way, why don't the bounty hunters come?"

Oliver asked suddenly. He was surprised to find that there was no bounty hunter here.

"They are not interested in this thing. If this car is replaced with the sword of the Grand Duke of Oran, those bounty hunters will probably go crazy!"

Reed shook his head.

"That's right, those people are all shady, how could they use such ostentatious things!"

Hearing Reed's words, Oliver felt a little happy in his heart. Since the bounty hunter is gone, and the current opponent is only the city lord in front of him, the possibility of him getting this car is much higher!

Just as the auction was about to start, a soldier suddenly walked up to Reid and whispered something in his ear.

"Oh really?"

Reed looked at the soldier with some surprise.

"Master Earl, it's true, they are just outside the city!"

The soldier affirmed.

"Haha, okay, I didn't expect to have a windfall! Let the auction be suspended for now, and I'll talk about it when I come back!"

"Yes!"

The Lord Reed left after finishing speaking.

"Hey? Reed, what do you mean? If you don't buy it, why don't you let me buy it?"

Oliver quit immediately.

Just leave, why did you suspend the auction!

Although this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, it is really uncomfortable when it happens to me.

"Haha, those slaves I bought before, someone wants to redeem them now!"

Reed didn't care and said it directly.

"Ah? Could it be the men with that car?"

Oliver was a little surprised.

"Exactly!"

Reed nodded with a smile.

Before these slaves were caught by horse thieves, they bought them directly to the Yunhai Alliance, but he didn't care, so he let his subordinates deal with it. As a result, the gangs were arguing endlessly for a few slaves, and Oliver was very upset. The auction of these slaves was finally taken by the Lord Reed.

It's just a few people, so what if the physical fitness is better? Oliver didn't care much at all.

But after hearing Reed say that someone wanted to redeem them, Oliver suddenly regretted it. Was it a little early to sell them?

The auction was stopped urgently. Many people were dissatisfied, but their dissatisfaction could only be suppressed. Who told this to be said by the city lord.

Lord Oliver left with City Lord Reed, and he wanted to see if anyone really wanted to buy these slaves back!

A few people were protected by numerous soldiers and came to the gate of Yunhai City.

From afar, I saw a group of soldiers standing outside the door.

The clothes and equipment of this group of soldiers are exactly the same as those of the slaves!

"Haha, guests from afar, welcome to Yunhai City, why not come in and talk?"

Reed smiled kindly.

"No, Lord City Lord, I heard that several of my brothers seem to have been captured by your people? This is definitely a misunderstanding. I hope Lord City Lord will let them go. Of course, we will pay you a certain amount of hard work .”

The squadron leader said straight to the point.

Now that he has decided to buy these soldiers back with gold coins, there is no delay at that moment, otherwise who knows what unexpected situation will happen.

Hearing what the squadron leader said, Reed's eyes lit up, but he had a embarrassed expression on his face.

"Mr., it's not that I don't agree with you. It's really difficult to handle this matter. It seems that such a thing happened in the city recently, but I didn't catch the person. I think you know the situation in Yunhai City. I said, others don’t necessarily listen, do they?”

"One hundred gold coins, one hundred gold coins per person!"

The squadron leader spoke directly.

Reed hadn't spoken yet, and Oliver next to him was not calm.

"One hundred gold coins!"

A soldier is worth a hundred gold coins! Is he stupid, or the other party is stupid!

One hundred gold coins can completely hire two knights for a year!

If he remembered correctly, there should be five soldiers, so that's five hundred gold coins?

Regret, Oliver regret!

If I knew this earlier, what would he sell! Reid only spent eight gold coins to buy these five people, but Oliver still felt that he had made a profit. Now it seems that he has lost a lot!

Reed was also shocked, but he was much calmer than Oliver.

"This... how about it, I'll go back and ask first, see if he is willing to let him go, you know, I can't make the decision about this kind of thing..."

"Understood, then I would like to thank City Lord Reed!"

After the squadron leader finished speaking, he left directly.

Reed looked at the opponent's back, narrowed his eyes, and then said to the soldiers behind him:

"Go, call Russ, the horse thief's second boss!"

He didn't pay much attention to the background of these slaves before, but it doesn't look simple now!

"Yes!"

...

In the dense forest, after confirming that no one was following him, the squadron leader reconciled with everyone.

"Captain, what's the matter?"

A soldier asked eagerly.

"Sure enough, as the information said, these people in Yunhai City are all people who have an eye for money!"

The squadron leader disdainfully said.

"Then they agreed?"

"No, if my guess is right, they will definitely increase the price tomorrow!"

The squadron leader said with a serious face.

"Huh? The price of 100 gold coins per person is so high, and the price has to be increased!"

A soldier was shocked. To be honest, the city lord was willing to pay a hundred gold coins to redeem the brothers. It was already beyond his expectations. He never thought that he was so valuable!

But these people are not even satisfied with the sky-high price of 100 gold coins, this is too greedy!

The squadron leader looked at the soldiers, and wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything. If they knew that the city lord had sent a full hundred thousand gold coins, their eyes would probably fall to the ground.

"You can use these gold coins, as long as you can get people back, it doesn't matter even if you use them all!"

Thinking of the contents of the secret letter, the squadron leader secretly squeezed his fist.

Although the city lord said so, he couldn't really take out the 100,000 gold coins, he wanted to exchange them back at the lowest price!

the next day.

The squadron leader saw the Lord Reed again outside the gate of Yunhai City, and Oliver followed him.

"My lord, I don't know how your negotiations are going?"

The squadron leader asked with a smile on his face.

"Sir, I'm really sorry, I've negotiated with them, but they don't agree!"

City Lord Reed looked troubled.

The squadron leader thought to himself that it was indeed so.

"Then may I ask, Lord City Master, how many gold coins do you need?"

His face remained unchanged.

"It's not a matter of gold coins or not, it's—"

"Two hundred gold coins per person!"

"Sir, you have misunderstood. Although I, Reed, is only the lord of a small Yunhai City, but—"

"Three hundred gold coins per person. This is already all the gold coins I have. I wonder if Lord Reed can accommodate me?"

Oliver next to him looked dumbfounded. Can these few slaves be exchanged for 1,500 gold coins? He even wants to change careers and become a horse thief!

The smile on the face of Lord Reed became brighter.

Yesterday's news was not in vain. It seems that this Red Leaf City and that Marquis are quite rich! If you have the chance, you must go there!

Reed held up a finger.

"One thousand gold coins, one person. If you can do it, I will return the person to you immediately!"

"What, a thousand gold coins, you really took us for a fool! Captain, you can't promise him, at worst, you can get in!"

"I can't promise him, six thousand gold coins, his Yunhai City might not even be worth six thousand gold coins!"

"That's right, I can't get in!"

In an instant, these Red Leaf City soldiers were annoyed, this is naked robbery!

But the squadron leader stretched out his hand to stop everyone, his face changed for a while, and finally he spoke with difficulty:

"A thousand is a thousand, but I need to see people!"

"No problem! Come!"

City Lord Reed waved his hand, and immediately five soldiers in single clothes who looked rather miserable were brought up.

The squadron leader told his subordinates not to be impulsive. He took a closer look and said something to the people behind him after he did not lack any legs.

Immediately, these soldiers took out gold coins from their clothes, shoes and other places, and made a lot of them.

"Master Reid, the gold coin is here, do you see?"

"Let go!"

The Lord Reed waved his hands with joy, and someone untied the soldier's rope.

The five soldiers came to the squadron leader with their heads bowed in shame without saying a word.

"Okay, people have already given it to you, then you see..."

The squadron leader waved his hand, and everyone put the gold coins under their feet, and then they all backed away slowly.

City Lord Reed didn't do anything out of the ordinary, he kept watching the crowd leave, and then he asked someone to pick up the gold coins.

"Master Reed, you, you..."

Oliver is still a little confused now.

It took a day or two to earn six thousand gold coins? Are gold coins so easy to earn now?

"You guys, follow them!"

City Lord Reed said to his subordinates.

"Yes!"

Immediately, two knights followed with soldiers.

Oliver is no stranger to this kind of thing. It would be strange if he didn't send someone to follow him!

But he was a little curious, why didn't these people be taken down just now.

As if knowing Oliver's doubts, Santo Reed explained:

"These gold coins should be all of these people. Even if I keep them, there will be no profit. Why not follow them, maybe there will be unexpected gains!"

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being the City Lord of Yunhai City!"

"Congratulations!"

...

"Has the car started yet?"

"The captain is ready and ready to leave at any time."

"Okay, now go at full speed. When you get to the place, get in the car and leave without delay!"

"Yes!"

Not far behind them.

Among the two knights, one of them smiled and said:

"Huh? It's interesting that you found us. I want to see if you can outrun the knights?"

"Haha, these people really mean to—huh? What's that? Weird car!"

In the stunned expressions of the two knights, more than 20 soldiers in front got into three strange vehicles, and only had time to see a puff of white smoke before they disappeared.

"..."

"..."

"What are you going to say this time?"

"Let's be honest, who knew that they still have this kind of car! What kind of Hongye City is this? It's so rich!"

The two shook their heads and went back helplessly.

Three days later.

Hongye City, the city lord's mansion.

"My lord, the man brought it back!"

Erica ran over happily.

"Well, how is the person, are there any casualties?"

Zhang Feng asked.

"No one died, but...but they were all miserable, obviously they were tortured a lot, but they said that they didn't say a word after being captured, except that they reported their family names before the battle, and During the battle, many horse thieves were killed!"

"Not bad, you are worthy of being a soldier of Hongye City!"

Zhang Feng smiled with satisfaction, it is not in vain for him to train for so long!

"But my lord, that Yunhai City...he asked us for six thousand gold coins!"

Erica felt a little distressed, a total of 6,000 gold coins! Only six soldiers were replaced. Although she felt that Zhang Feng did nothing wrong, she still felt distressed!

Zhang Feng opened the window, feeling the biting cold wind outside the window, he said with a smile:

"Since people are back, there is no need for Yunhai City to exist anymore, let's destroy it."