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Pahlavi was very straightforward when paying the ransom, and there was no hint that this lord was also known as "greedy".

The subsequent reinforcements carried enough dinars without even having to return to the territory to raise funds.

It seems that either he is very experienced, or this kind of aristocratic game is indeed very common in this world.

Milin estimated that these follow-up troops were prepared for his lord to be captured when they set off, so he specially prepared money as a ransom.

Normally, for the sake of convenience when paying such a large ransom, it will be converted into gold coins of equivalent value.

Some established imperial nobles would even choose to pay with Orio gold coins, even if using this kind of commemorative coins would cause these nobles to suffer unnecessary losses.

But Pahlavi, who always regarded himself as a true nobleman, did not do this.

Maybe it was because he didn't bring it, or maybe it was for other reasons. In short, the lord used a pocket full of dinars as a ransom for himself and his troops.

Seeing Milin easily lifting a large bag of dinars with one hand, Pahlavi was a little surprised why he hadn't seen Milin's cavalry until now.

Are you worried that you have small thoughts? Although this isn't quite the rule, it has happened in the past.

Lord Pahlavi, who sighed at Milin's caution, put away his unnecessary thoughts and decisively left the area.

"You just let him go?" Avigo, who still felt like he was sleepwalking, asked strangely.

"Isn't this what you said?" said Milin, who knew very well why Avigo fell into a state of sleepwalking.

"Well, what I said is right...but..." Avigo thought for a while but couldn't come up with anything, and finally changed the subject and said:

"He just left?"

"What else can he do if he doesn't leave? He doesn't know how many soldiers I have." Milin said indifferently.

It was normal to find a place immediately when he turned around. It was true that he paid the ransom, but Pahlavi did not sign any non-aggression treaty with Milin, and what's the point of signing it?

"That's true." If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Avigo would never believe that someone could do what Milin did.

In fact, even if he said it with his own eyes, Avigo still didn't want to believe it.

After all, the brave and skilled Pahlavi was wiped out with almost no soldiers. This plot is too fantastic.

"Besides, he doesn't have the strength to trouble me anymore," Milin said.

"Why?" Avigo wondered why Milin was so sure.

"It's very simple. He can't just capture the hair of a sheep. If he collects tribute from Iscalon City, he will definitely collect tribute from other areas." Milin continued with a matter-of-fact expression:

"The prerequisite for collecting these tributes is sufficient military deterrence."

"So after losing to you, Pahlavi lost this deterrence?" Avigo's reaction was very quick this time.

"Even if you don't break your muscles and bones, you can't avoid other people's plans to fish in troubled waters." After finishing speaking, Milin concluded:

"So he will definitely have too much time to take care of himself when he goes back. Maybe there will be no future."

"Is this also part of your plan?" Avigo asked curiously.

"Huh? What's the plan? This battle is over. I'm just doing a post-war summary, and then I'll calculate the income." Milin shook his head and denied Avigo's guess.

Calculating the final profit from a basically zero-loss battle is very simple. All you get is net profit.

Although in Lao Wei's eyes, Milin's method of using honey as a fire ignition material was so luxurious as to be mechanical.

Compared with the real income such as ransom and unburned weapons and equipment, there are also some situations that I don't know whether to count as income or expenses.

That was the original resident of this village who provided the venue for Milin's version of the fire plan.

This village is located in a mountainous forest area, so most of the residents are hunters.

It is precisely because most of them are hunters that they can realize very early that their hometown will become a place where the two armies are fighting.

So these hunters hid in the mountains and forests early.

Although the hiding place of these Orion villagers was very secretive, they were discovered by Milin very early under Gray Wind's swarm of drones exploring the map.

Milin did not disturb these villagers. After all, these villagers were the first to tell Alori about the movement of nearby lords to gather troops.

These villagers did this because a few months ago, when Milin first came to this area, he helped these villagers eliminate banditry nearby.

Milin's reputation among these villagers is not to mention how high it is, but at least he is friendly and upbeat.

It is at a level where you can recruit soldiers in this village.

When these villagers from the friendly camp returned, they only found that the village they lived in had been burned to the ground by Milin's fire.

Although for these villagers, most of whom are hunters, rebuilding their homes is not too difficult.

But after helping Milin collect the corpses buried in this flaming hell, almost no villagers wanted to stay where they were.

"So, you want to change your place to live?" Milin said to the village leader in front of him.

"Yes, Milinge... Sir, this area is no longer suitable for living. We need to re-select the location."

Because this was not the first time he had come into contact with Milin, the leader of the village said it without saying anything.

I'm just not used to the change in Milin's name.

As for why I wanted to talk to Milin about this, it was because changing the village address was not just about finding a place and drawing a circle.

Even if these villagers make a living by fishing and hunting, they must grow something.

There are not many places that can meet the demands for land, water, and road transportation for village construction.

So this kind of thing had to be approved by the local lord.

Or simply put, obtain the permission of the local lord to legally invade the territory of other villages.

"Isn't this uninhabitable..." In fact, Milin wanted to complain that it was not right to burn it once.

But thinking about the actual effect of the psychological warfare he had done before, Milin, who knew that this kind of thing could not be forced, thought for a while and said:

"Then let me go back to Escalon first?"

After all, I started the fire myself.

As a lord, you must be responsible for your people, and Milin still has some awareness in this regard.

"Are you going to recruit us, Lord?" The village leader, although his hair was white, but still powerful as a hunter, heard Milin's words and immediately asked a little excitedly.

These villagers are not disgusted with being recruited... To be precise, most residents of this world are not disgusted with this behavior.

Most of these villagers are hunters, and they are already full-fledged archers without changing any equipment.

Before Milin became a lord, the village leader hoped that Milin could recruit some people from his village as soldiers, and also hoped that Milin could help train some.

The former are employed on a long-term basis, and Milin has to pay them.

The latter is short-term training and they have to pay Milin.

Most of the villages' own militia units came from this way.

"There's no rush. Let's take care of your new home first. Anyway, follow us first," Milin said.

Although Milin did not give an exact guarantee, his words still aroused some good responses among these villagers.

At least from how Milin helped them eliminate banditry in the past few months, it can be seen that Milin is quite good and a decent person who respects the rules.

It is very reassuring to serve as a soldier under such people.

"Commander, do you plan to recruit these villagers as soldiers?" Gray Feng, who had been wearing inner armor on Milin's body since the beginning of the expedition to ensure Milin's personal safety, asked.

"I would rather have these guys be useful in other ways than as soldiers."

For example, construction workers or something like that. It’s really too bad to have a town hall but not a “lumberjack”.

Milin wanted to see if he could let locals take on these tasks. He also wanted to see what the workers in Governor Gray Wind's skills meant by having no maintenance fees and increasing the construction speed by 10%.

"This arrangement..." Hui Feng, who observed these villagers through Milin's vision, thought for a while and said:

"Can"

"But in this case, I suggest you, Commander, summon another adjutant."