Chapter 509 Do You Really Have Mercenaries in Blackwater Territory?

Precisely because of the interests involved, the Viscount can still be shameless even if everything has come to this.

"Mr. Recruiting Officer, equipment and so on... I gritted my teeth and barely... could scrape it together, but these thousand soldiers... I really don't have any!"

The recruiting officer remained unmoved and just asked a question.

"Really not?"

The viscount confirmed immediately.

"Really not!"

The recruiting officer did not speak, but exhaled a breath and took two steps around the "military formation".

Shaking his head and whispering.

"Damn it, even if we recruit troops for Ma Run, we can't use them at this level..."

The Viscount was still very anxious and didn't hear what he said clearly, so he took two steps after him.

"Sir, what did you just say?"

"Nothing."

As if he had made up his mind, the recruiting officer stopped and turned around.

"Your Majesty the Viscount, what you do is making it very difficult for me to handle."

"Your Excellency... you are accommodating."

The Viscount had no choice but to raise his honorific a little higher, then quietly took a money bag and stuffed it into it.

The recruiting officer glanced down and didn't answer, but pushed it back.

The Viscount gritted his teeth and took out two more gold coins and pressed them on them.

"Would you like to think about it again?"

The recruiting officer frowned when he saw this and simply took a step back.

"Viscount, this is not about money!"

"You! If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with alcohol, right?"

Seeing that inducements failed, the angry viscount decided to use coercion.

"Let me tell you, I know Duke Liguang! Do you know Duke Liguang?"

He gritted his teeth as he threw out his backstage loudly.

"See if you don't know, let me tell you, my sister is his mistress! I am his brother-in-law, don't push me too hard, be careful with me..."

But it's a pity that Li Guang's name may scare away many people, but it definitely does not include the person in front of him.

"Ha, what can you do if I get pushed into a hurry?"

The recruiting officer snorted coldly, stopped arguing with him, and directly took out a certificate.

"Let me tell you, I am a pioneer, and I do not mix with your noble circle, so your threats as dukes and barons are meaningless to me!"

The Viscount's brain suddenly shut down.

"What, are you driving... a pioneer?"

Although the recruiting officer is an extension of the king's power and naturally enjoys the protection of the king's orders, wherever he goes, whether he is a duke or a prince, he must give him enough face.

But this kind of job that is destined to offend people has not been easy to do since ancient times. Therefore, in the army of recruiting officers, in addition to the absolute confidants of the king and the two ministers, a larger proportion are actually hired from the pioneers. "Professional recruiter".

For the Sun King, hiring them in large numbers has four benefits.

The first one is that after half a year of playing, the players no longer care what these damn nobles think. They even wish that these insects would die. They must be ruthless or even deadly!

The second advantage is that the pioneers are completely independent of interests. They only focus on the commissions issued by the king and the reward tasks provided by the system. They are not afraid of offending this group of kingdom nobles with complicated interests.

The third reason is that due to various reasons, those who can get this position are usually high-level officials from various countries. They are experienced and professional counterparts. This little trick of the nobles... can't escape their eyes!

The fourth is that they really know how to cut sausages. It is clear that even the aristocratic confidants who claim to be wizards have made many operational mistakes, causing tension in the region, but there is not even a single accident in the area they are responsible for. .

Therefore, the plan to reduce the vassalage not only did not cause any trouble, but actually made a lot of money. In one breath, the Sun King paid half a year's taxes, which gave the old guy a lot of fun.

So after collecting the wool from the nobles of the eastern border, he simply increased the demand for the nobles of the northern border and divided the extra money into 30-70. He took 7 points and gave the pioneers 30-70.

It sounds like a little bit, but this is the most fertile area of ​​a vast kingdom, and any trace of it is filled with overwhelming wealth.

Now everyone is even more aggressive in attacking the nobles. After all, this is not just about harvesting wool, it is clearly about killing the New Year pig!

After the northern nobles also cut off part of their own flesh and blood with mournful faces, in order to commend the achievements of this group of conscripts, the Sun King simply gave each of them the title of "Knight of the Kingdom" and a Medal of Honor.

The title is not high, no matter how nice it sounds, it is just a virtual title without a fiefdom or salary, but the significance is definitely not small.

You must know that before this, although there were no players who obtained knighthoods, they were the duke knights bestowed by Duke Jueqiao.

Beyond the southern border, or even a little north, there is not much gold content.

And now, what falls on them are the knights of the kingdom, who have the highest gold content among the many knights. Even if the king officially accepts this group of strange "pioneers", the nobles will no longer be able to find reasons to deny their role in the kingdom. presence and influence.

So in a win-win situation between the Sun King and the conscripts, mourning was everywhere in the eastern and northern parts of the kingdom. The nobles, big and small, who were forced to cut their flesh were in chaos. No one even dared to have a customary banquet, for fear that the king would find the reason. , add another layer of corvee.

However, amidst the chaos, there is still a noble territory that is operating as normal. Even after accepting refugees from nearby territories, it has shown a rare growth trend, which can be called a little red in the green bush.

Yes, this is the Blackwater Territory owned by Princess Eleanor, located in the southeast of the kingdom by the sea, a land that sounds like it is rich in mercenaries.

The composition of the Blackwater Territory is actually quite complicated, because this irregular noble territory is actually a "mixed platter".

Specifically, until thirty years ago, there was actually no Blackwater Territory here, but a count and three barons, a total of four noble territories.

But this count was confused for some reason, and it was okay to have an affair with the evil god church, but he was also caught by the Holy Light Church.

At that time, the glory was the "two saints in power", Anton VI was at the peak of his political power, and Queen Meryl was at level 80 in terms of martial arts.

Moreover, the Holy Light Church still has a strong ruling power across the country, and will not allow the cockroach-like evil god to jump around in its own territory.

So this silly count was directly caught as a typical example. If it weren't for the ministers' pleading, it is estimated that the heads of his family would have fallen like beans and soldiers.

But even so, the earl's title was stripped to the bottom by the king, and the whole family was demoted to civilians, and the territory was nationalized and left for future distribution.

As for the other three barons, their descendants were not ambitious, and they died of longevity after the death of the old baron, and naturally returned to civilian status.

It was precisely because of the bad luck of these four families that the Sun King successfully found a piece of land in the east of the kingdom that met the princess-level specifications and gave it to Eleanor.

Although this "east" is really too far south, and what good land can a baron family have? So there are mostly rugged and broken mountains and difficult-to-develop swamps, and only the earl's piece is still a bit profitable.

But as we all know, since we have reached the bottom of the valley, naturally no matter how we go, we will only go up, so Eleanor casually implemented a few benevolent policies after taking office, and she sat firmly in the position of the boss.

There is no way. Although the king had arranged governors for these four fiefs before, because of the provisions of the kingdom's laws, their salaries are only related to the size of the region, not to personal performance.

So as long as the local people did not rebel, the governors would naturally be ruthless and slack off. They were pure practitioners of inaction. Eleanor could be stronger than them with just a little movement.

And because Eleanor was a newly appointed vassal, according to convention, she would be exempted from taxes and corvée for three years, so the turbulent waves in the surrounding areas had nothing to do with the new Blackwater Territory, and everyone was energetic in farming.

But the most important thing was Eleanor's background after all.

Twenty years was not short, it was enough for a new generation of people to stand on the stage of the kingdom, but it was definitely not long, and the old iron clothes of that year were not all dead.

So after hearing that the Sun King fulfilled his promise and the orphan of Lord Changge actually became a princess, these old guys were completely boiling, and they came from all over the world to help the scene.

Of course, they came here not to pretend to be weak and cry loudly on the surface, but to recruit soldiers and buy weapons in secret.

Then, with the help of his own son, he slaughtered the surrounding nobles, and then brainwashed people all over the world and claimed to be civilized.

They really came here to build, develop, and practice the will of their Iron Legion.

Although 20 years have passed, many people back then are no longer the same.

Or they are poor and have no money to send a congratulatory letter.

Or they have changed their hearts, smelly, and drowned in this big dye vat.

Even if they have already turned into dry bones in the tomb, even the grave can't be found.

But even if only one out of ten survives, they can still gather a fairly reliable professional team, which is capable of handling any affairs of such a small fiefdom that is in ruins.

And it's not just the old Iron Legion that came to help, but also a large number of pioneers.

There is no way, the story of the Iron Legion is too sad.

For the people of the White Eagle and the European Alliance, this is a tragic story of a hero who fought hard but was finally defeated by reality.

The empathy born from this is not only enough to raise money, but also enough to make some real saints come to work for nothing.

For the Chinese, this is a tragic song of heroes and their people, which can be associated with a lot of history.

Under such sentiments, they will take the initiative to help the descendants of heroes to continue this kindness, which is natural.

But more players still hold the sympathy and respect that a person should have, and choose to come here to contribute to Blackwater Territory.

With people, things, and land, Eleanor's career has ushered in an unprecedented rise.

And Ji Ming can pass by in a low-key manner in other people's territories, but this is Eleanor's new home. Since the buddies are here, they can't not come in and sit down.

As a result, when he ran to the main city of Blackwater Territory, he found that there were more acquaintances here than he imagined.

"Oh my god, brother Tiaozi, why are you here?"

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Canglang directing people to move things and unload goods.

Canglang turned around and took a closer look, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Hey! As expected, you are here too."

Then he took Ji Ming to a newly opened teahouse nearby and introduced him to his colleagues stationed at this intelligence station.

Although Ji Ming has been busy with other things during this period, he has always directed his subordinates to deliver intelligence to the Foreign Affairs Bureau on his behalf.

So in the eyes of these Foreign Affairs Bureau members, although Ji Ming cannot be said to be comparable to James Bond, he is definitely at the level of a legendary intelligence officer.

So they were naturally very enthusiastic when they met, and they all hoped that this young senior in the intelligence community could give them some pointers and improve their business level.

Ji Ming: How do I know intelligence? I just asked them to collect some valuable ones and mix them with the worthless ones and hand them in.

But he certainly couldn't say that, and he didn't dare to fool them, so he had to talk nonsense and barely get away with it.

It happened that Canglang had solved the business at hand and took him to the real base of the Foreign Affairs Bureau in Heishui Territory.

"Ah?"

Ji Ming was stunned when he heard this. Turtle, this teahouse is not your real base? How deep must the real base be hidden.

Then he was taken all the way out of the city by Canglang.

... Could it be that the Foreign Affairs Bureau has built a secret fortress in the nearby valley?

Then he found that the direction they were heading was not the rugged mountains and forests in the west, but the great plains in the north.

... Could it be that Brother Tiaozi was still thinking about the last time he took him to raid the southern insect conference, and decided to dig an underground maze here?

But the answer is neither. When he was taken to the newly built settlement and saw the sign on the tallest building.

"Uh, when did we become so open and aboveboard?"

The sign had a very explosive line of words written on it, which would never be so high in the real world - Blackwater Arsenal.

"Why do you say that as if we are thieves? We are building it legally, okay?"

As he said that, Canglang sent a screenshot to Ji Ming. Ji Ming opened it and found that it was a contract.

The content of the contract was very simple.

As a foreign investor, the Yangyue Foreign Affairs Bureau wanted to set up a factory in Blackwater Territory, so it had to complete the three phases of the project in the plan and invest a certain amount of gold coins.

As the lord of Blackwater Territory, Eleanor had to protect all the legal rights of the Yangyue Foreign Affairs Bureau in Blackwater Territory and provide necessary help and support when necessary.

Therefore, it was reasonable and legal for the Foreign Affairs Bureau to build a player settlement with the arsenal as the core here, and even the local workers who participated in the construction were hired only after the lord nodded.

And according to Canglang, it is not just China that has signed a similar contract with Princess Eleanor.

White Eagle, Europa Alliance, Rossia... As long as they are pioneer forces that can afford to undertake projects and make large-scale investments, similar documents are basically in hand.

"Ah, this... investment promotion with characteristics of another world?"