Chapter 239 Lord Page (Two in One)

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"Silver ore? What silver ore?"

Job's fat face changed slightly, and then returned to normal, and said with a smile:

"My dear Lord Lord, don't be fooled by these mud legs. Yes, there is a poor little silver mine in your territory, but it was mortgaged to Lord March of the Red Leaf Collar as early as last year. According to the empire It is no longer your mining area, do you need me to show you the mortgage deed?”

"Pledged silver mine?" Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, "Why do I have no impression of such an important matter?" He searched his memory and confirmed that there was no such item in the young lord's memory.

Job said with a smile: "Of course you have no impression. Because you have already left all affairs in the territory to me, your faithful butler, the old Job, to handle all the things. Of course, such trivial matters as mortgaging silver mines are also mine. Within the scope of authority. The mortgage deed has your seal, and the entire process is legal and impeccable.”

A cold light flashed in Li Shuyi's eyes, and her fingers quietly touched her waist.

Bai Xiaowen smiled slightly: "But An Dong said that the silver ore mined every month is handed over to you in the name of the lord handed over to you?"

Job laughed: "This is even simpler, I got the right to operate the silver mine from Lord Maqi, who is in the red leaf collar! I also have a contract to testify that within the five-year validity period, all the output of the Shiraishi silver mine, Except for a part that was handed over to Lord March as a tax, the rest belonged to me..."

Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "Mr. Jobe, you are really a loyal steward."

Job's original expectation, Bai Xiaowen's rage did not appear, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

However, Jobe said cautiously: "Lord Dior, what do you want? Everything I do is in accordance with the laws of the empire, and you have no right to punish me... In addition, I would like to remind you that your The Lord's Guard was disbanded two years ago because it could not be paid."

Having said that, Jobe seemed to have more confidence and gradually found the initiative. A smile appeared on his fat face again:

"By the way, you can still fire me, or expel me from White Rock Town. However, before that, you need to settle the salary you owe me for six months, a total of sixty gold coins... I don't think you can afford it. That's the money, right?"

"Perhaps you should seriously consider my suggestion and sell the territory to Lord March of the Red Leaf Collar. He is also very interested in your sister Miss Charlotte,

After buying the territory, if Miss Charlotte is willing to enter the Red Leaf Lord's Mansion and become a personal maid, Lord March will pay another considerable amount of gold..."

Bai Xiaowen coughed and interrupted Job's words:

"Job, you said it very well. Usually, I really have nothing to do with you."

Jobe was stunned and looked at Bai Xiaowen.

"You're mistaken, though. As a noble wizard, there are times when I don't need to rely on worldly laws to get my things back."

"What's the meaning……"

Job just wanted to ask a question, but saw Bai Xiaowen's right hand open, the light of the four-color spell swirls around his palm, and finally selected the yellow spell and shot it straight out!

The spirit world rules prompt message came:

"The ratio of the strength of the enemy to the enemy is 0.378:1, and the success rate of the confusion determination of the Confusion Charm is 62.20%."

"It is detected that your identity is the lord of Baishi Town, and the identity of the target is suppressed, and the success rate of confusion determination is increased!"

"The confusion determination of the Confusion Charm was successful! Job Handel, the head of the lord's mansion in Baishi Town in the northern Xinjiang, has been bewildered."

Bai Xiaowen suppressed the excitement in his heart.

However, although the bewildering effect of the Bewitching Charm is strong, it can only confuse one target, and even after the 9-minute cooldown has passed, the spell switch cannot be cast again, and the target controlled by the bewilderment must be abandoned.

Once the control is given up, the target will be directly brain-dead. Of course, Bai Xiaowen can also be attacked. While giving up control, he uses his mental power to protect the target's brain, but this is relatively rare.

If you don't give up control, the confusing effect will continue until Bai Xiaowen leaves the spiritual world.

The casting of the Confusion Charm this time also made Bai Xiaowen realize the benefits of "identity", which has a bonus to the effect of confusion. It seems that B-level or even A-level and S-level tickets are more important to Bai Xiaowen than to others.

Everyone was stunned to see that after Bai Xiaowen hit a yellow light, Jobe, who was still in high spirits, turned out to be unusually well-behaved. He knelt in front of Bai Xiaowen and wanted to kiss his shoes.

"Get up, Job. How much money did you save running the Baishi Silver Mine, and where did you put it?" Bai Xiaowen asked.

Job got up and said in a slightly mechanical voice: "I will exchange all the silver ore I harvested for imperial gold coins, seven of which will be sold to Lord March of the Red Leaf Collar, and the other thirty percent will be left to me. So far, I have saved a total of About 474 gold coins were dropped, all hidden in the cellar of my residence..."

"Let's lead the way." Bai Xiaowen gave a brief order, and then said to An Dong and others, "Follow me."

An Dong and others were a little trembling, and dared not object at all. Unexpectedly, the Lord is still a wizard! In the world of Kane, wizards are synonymous with mystery, and most people keep them away.

Job's residence is next to the lord's mansion.

It is worth mentioning that the fat man Jobe also hired someone to set up an arrow blowing mechanism. If anyone who did not know wanted to open the cellar, they would be shot by nine poisonous arrows shot from three holes in the wall. However, under Job's personal guidance, this organ became a decoration.

In the cellar, Bai Xiaowen saw a box of gold coins. After his hand touched the gold coin box, a prompt came immediately.

"Territory construction resources detected: gold coins * 470. The lord page is open."

Bai Xiaowen was slightly startled, and curiously opened the lord page.

In front of Bai Xiaowen, a translucent interface appeared, showing a brief map of the territory of Baishi Town.

In the top column, there is a line of words:

Population: 7

Gold: 479

Food: 7

Building Materials: 0

Valuables: 0

"Is this the information about the territory of Baishi Town?" Bai Xiaowen frowned and asked, "The population of the territory can't be only seven, right?"

The spirit world rule prompt responded quickly: "The population displayed on your lord page refers to the number of people who are radiated by your influence and can obey your orders. Shiraishi who has never interacted with you and has never seen you. Town residents, who are not radiated by your influence, are not counted in the population of the territory."

"You can increase your reputation and increase your influence to increase the total number of people your influence reaches."

Bai Xiaowen understood. To put it bluntly, you still have to brush your face.

With Bai Xiaowen's cleverness, he quickly drew inferences from one case and came up with the meaning of the last three options.

Gold coins, food and building materials are all resources that Bai Xiaowen "has the authority to dominate". The private property of other territorial residents in the territory, including gold coins, food and houses, Bai Xiaowen currently does not have the authority to control, and is not included in the lord page.

It is easy to understand that building materials and valuables are zero. As for the food for 7 people, Bai Xiaowen thought about it, probably referring to a bag of flour and a few loaves of brown bread in the kitchen of the lord's mansion...

As for the gold coin resources, 4 gold coins, some silver coins, and copper pocket money were just collected from Jobe, plus the 5 gold coins that were originally in the lord's house, a total of 479 gold coins were mistaken.

At the bottom of the lord's page, there is another column of text.

Army: 0

Popularity: 2

Livability: 3

Prosperity: 5

The low values ​​of these items are in Bai Xiaowen's expectation. After all, most of the citizens of the entire territory are in a state where they can't even get enough to eat. What kind of popular support can they have? Bandits are rampant, and the livability is extremely poor.

Bai Xiaowen didn't know how to judge the value of this livability. There are still 3 points in the situation of Baishi Town. What about 2 and 1 o'clock? Shouldn't it be an uninhabited no-man's land?

Baishi Town is a large-scale robber den, and there are no caravan exchanges, and it is normal for the prosperity to be low.

Bai Xiaowen put the gold coin box into the storage space. This move surprised An Dong and others again. Considering Bai Xiaowen's identity as a "wizard", they would not be unacceptable after being surprised.

Suddenly, An Dong said boldly: "Lord Lord, since you are a wizard, why don't you go and destroy the robbers in Baishi Town? Those damn robbers, especially the Black Wind Robbers, are killing people and looting everywhere, your son. People are afraid to work normally... Without these robbers, with the minerals and fields in Baishi Town, even if they are not rich, they should have no problem with food and clothing. Those people who have left their homes will gradually come back, and the taxes handed over to you will not be affected. will increase."

A message from the spiritual world came:

"Turn on."

"Mission objective: Clear the gang of robbers in the territory of Baishi Town."

"Mission Difficulty: Unknown."

"Mission deadline: None."

"Mission reward: unknown."

After this side quest started, Li Shuyi glanced at Bai Xiaowen, looking a little excited.

Bai Xiaowen has read a lot about this An Donggao. The words just now are clear and coherent. The most difficult thing is to persuade from the lord's point of view. Ordinary miners are not capable of this.

However, Bai Xiaowen refused the task.

"I naturally understand these principles," Bai Xiaowen said lightly. "However, I didn't go to exterminate the robbers. Naturally, I have my reasons... Anton, you reorganize a few miners and continue the mining work of the silver mine."

Hearing that Bai Xiaowen didn't have the idea of ​​exterminating the robbers, An Dong and others looked a little disappointed.

"Then...what about the Black Wind Bandit Group? They may loot the mining area again. It's too dangerous." Anton tried to persuade Bai Xiaowen to change his decision from another angle.

"What was your salary before?" Bai Xiaowen asked.

"180 coppers a week." Anton was puzzled, but answered honestly.

"As long as you are willing to go to the mining area, your weekly wages will increase by 50%," Bai Xiaowen said. "The Black Wind Bandit will not loot the mining area again. This is my guarantee as the lord. If you are still unwilling to go, I will also Don't force it. I believe that at such a wage price, there will be many people in the territory who are willing to do it."

As soon as he heard the salary increase by 50%, the old miner's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Dear Lord, those new workers must be less efficient than us in mining."

"Then you agree?" Bai Xiaowen looked at An Dong.

Anton could only bow his head and agree: "Yes, Lord Lord."

Bai Xiaowen didn't pay much, just a few dozen more coins every week. It is very important to restore the production of silver mines and maintain the income of gold coins.

After Anton and others left, Bai Xiaowen ordered Job to get the mortgage contract of the silver mine and the share contract with Ma Qi, the lord of red leaves, and finally sent Job to go to the mining area to supervise the mining work.

"You should do something to those robbers," Li Shuyi said.

"Did you see it?" Bai Xiaowen asked with a smile.

"Yeah, the best solution to the main quest is to incorporate robbers, right?"

In fact, Li Shuyi has been using her brain all the time, "We can only stay here for 15 days, no matter how we develop the territory, it will not be effective in half a month. Taking shortcuts to make a fortune is the only way. Those robber dens, especially the black wind robbers There should be a lot of money in the regiment's den."

"Your idea is very good, it coincides with me." Bai Xiaowen praised, but it made Li Shuyi a little embarrassed.

"Then why did you refuse the mission?" Li Shuyi asked.

"Shuyi, we are wandering in the spiritual world, and we don't have to take the task when we see it," Bai Xiaowen said, "Think about it, Anton's own family has four walls. As the initiator of the task, what kind of reward can he give us? "

Li Shuyi shook her head.

"If we take over this task, these people will know that we will launch an offensive against the bandit group. Our advantage of raiding will be gone," Bai Xiaowen said. "Don't expect Anton and the others to keep secrets... ...Maybe Anton himself can, but what about the others?"

Bai Xiaowen took a breath and said, "Once the news is leaked, it will affect my plan. In addition, Anton released this side quest, there is no decent reward at all. After completing the task, he will become more loyal to me at most. If you don’t take the quest and directly destroy the bandit group, you will also gain his loyalty and gratitude, and it will also play a role in keeping secrets.”

Li Shuyi nodded, indicating that she understood.

Bai Xiaowen and the two returned to the lord's mansion and found a dilapidated map of Baishi Town in the hall.

As can be seen from the map, the iron ore occupied by the Black Wind Bandit Group, called the "Cliff Mine", is located in the southwest area of ​​Baishi Town.

"Is the first target the Black Wind Bandit? Wouldn't it be too exciting? We should pick a weaker bandit first to see if the world of Kane's plane is difficult." Li Shuyi asked.

"I chose the Black Wind Bandit Group for a reason," Bai Xiaowen flipped through the two contracts in his hand, "Don't you think this bandit group is very strange?" Mobile phone users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.