Chapter 533 Sweep

Xu Lai could have been faster, after all, he only needed to visit once, and he was very fast.

Xu Lai had already obtained the detailed locations of these outdoor buildings from the confession of the castle steward.

But a small episode occurred in the middle, which delayed him a lot of time.

A crossbow tower in the wild had been occupied by other heroes when Xu Lai arrived.

This is not surprising, Xu Lai attacked Conaston a few days ago, and for defense, Connors had withdrawn all the troops outside the city early.

No one cared for several days, and there were no troops to guard them. Naturally, the recruitment sites in the wild of Aini were targeted by other heroes.

Except for the holiday manor that Xu Lai had sent people to guard before, the other places for recruiting soldiers were almost all targeted by the heroes who fell from the sky.

This is fine, it’s a first-come-first-served thing, and Xu Lai doesn’t have enough troops to block all the outdoor recruitment buildings.

Therefore, those who occupied the field sentry towers and towers, and even rushed into the farm where Xu Lai went last, and took away the apprentice knights inside, Xu Lai did not say anything.

But there was one person who was particularly excessive. Xu Lai had clearly occupied the crossbow tower in the field and planted his own flag.

However, not long after Xu Lai rushed to the next location, he used his hero ability to sense that a building he had occupied had lost contact.

When he looked back, he found that this crossbow tower had been occupied by the previous person again.

This made Xu Lai a little intolerable, but the person who occupied it was not there, and Xu Lai didn’t know who it was just based on the occupied flag.

The flag represents the identity of the hero, either like Xu Lai, no settings were made when he was born.

But once it is set, it cannot be changed under normal circumstances, and must be done through special channels.

The key is that even if the flag cannot be changed, you must first know which hero the flag corresponds to, otherwise how to identify the hero by the flag.

Unable to find anyone, Xu Lai's anger was useless, so he had to reoccupy the crossbow tower.

This crossbow tower not only has 5 crossbowmen in the tower, but also has the recruitment qualifications of 2 heavy crossbowmen in the city.

The most important thing is that Xu Lai is so angry.

Why did he have all the advantages and even occupied the city, but the advantage was stolen by thieves.

The key is that stealing once is fine, but Xu Lai still came to steal after clarifying the ownership.

That's not stealing, but a provocation to him.

His flag has been hanging in Conaston for several days, and he doesn't believe that there are still people who can't recognize it, especially the heroes who live and operate nearby.

This is clearly a deliberate provocation, it would be strange if he didn't get angry.

However, although the wild monsters nearby have been cleared, there are still several heroes who are doing tasks, running farms, and watching the excitement.

The Aini family built the castle here because there is a huge lake here.

Around this lake, the grassland people built no less than 10 villages here, and there are at least 30 or 40 manors of various kinds.

This guy must have been sure that he would not be discovered by Xu Lai when doing this secretly. He probably had some means of hiding.

But after Xu Lai reoccupied the crossbow tower, although he left with a large army, he still left an eyeliner at the original place.

This eyeliner was not invisible, but flew to an altitude of 10,000 meters.

At this altitude, Elvy could not be observed by human eyes, unless the hero also learned the Eagle Eye Technique and the level of expertise was high enough.

Without at least the master-level Eagle Eye Technique, even with elementary treasures such as telescopes, it is inevitable that the angel in the sky cannot be seen.

This position is bound to be out of Xu Lai's control, so Xu Lai can only let Elvy, who has the ability to act independently, take charge.

Fortunately, the guy did not dare to meet Xu Lai. After occupying the crossbow tower, he immediately fled far away, so he was not discovered, and was caught by Elvy.

Using the magic message stone, Elvy has been reporting her whereabouts to Xu Lai.

As long as the location of this guy can be locked, no matter how fast he runs, Xu Lai can't catch up with him.

This guy is also very brave. He didn't run far at all, and hid in a nearby town to watch the show.

Even when Xu Lai and his troops broke into this town that originally belonged to Aini, he could still talk to other heroes there with a calm face.

Facing the intruder Xu Lai, the first one to be anxious was not the hero who secretly occupied Xu Lai's crossbow tower, but the mayor appointed by Aini, who hurried over with the town guards.

The scene of Xu Lai's previous siege of the manor scared these people half to death, fearing that it would be their turn at any time.

Before Xu Lai handed Conaston to Jimmy, he sent an official letter to all the towns belonging to Aini through the secretaries of the city hall.

The content of the official letter was very simple, which was to urge them to surrender to the new lord. As long as they showed loyalty, Xu Lai was willing to forgive them.

Unfortunately, until Jimmy took over, took back a large number of farms just outside the city of Conaston, and appointed new owners, Xu Lai did not receive any letters of surrender.

The Aini family has ruled this place for nearly a thousand years, and the people around have long been accustomed to it, and even deeply believe that this land belongs to the Aini family.

And the nearby manor owners, village chiefs, and town chiefs are all related to the Aini family. Many of them are even from the Aini family, but they are just side branches.

First, they are afraid that their identities will be hated by Xu Lai.

Second, they believe that Aini will fight back sooner or later, and they don’t believe that an unknown guy can really occupy Conaston all the time.

Such a cognition cannot be broken in one day.

Xu Lai’s Angel Guards and Jimmy’s elite knights certainly look elite enough, but after all, the number is here, with a total of more than 100 people.

Although Aini has drawn soldiers, he still disdains to draw militias and guards in towns.

Connors doesn’t mind, but he doesn’t have the time or the qualifications.

Even in remote towns like Wang Chao, hundreds of spearmen and archers can be mobilized. These towns can also pull out hundreds of people at once, including the upgraded militia.

In addition, there are the mayor's own helpers, the town's security team, and the so-called heroes they temporarily hired.

Like Luo Mingru, many heroes develop in a small town. Only when they have enough favorability here can they receive higher-level and better tasks.

If the favorability is high enough, they can also be recommended to work for Aini.

In their opinion, although Xu Lai, who has a lot of reputation, is much stronger than those heroes, they may be able to fight Xu Lai through the advantage of numbers.

"Please leave immediately. We will not accept anyone except Earl Aini to rule the town of Conis!"

The mayor drove Xu Lai away fiercely, and those militiamen who were temporarily entangled by him also raised their spears and timidly faced Xu Lai.

Xu Lai's eyes fixed, looking at the mayor and said: "Do you really want to resist me?

And you, if you put down your weapons now, I can forgive you and help you re-plan the land so that each of you can own your own land.

But if you still point your weapons at me, I can only regard you all as my enemies."

Xu Lai used to be a very kind person. If he had just come to this world, he would definitely sympathize with these farmers and would probably not have the heart to hurt them.

But at this time, he didn't say that his heart was as hard as iron, but he also knew that sometimes the sacrifice of a few people was to make more people recognize the reality.

I heard that Xu Lai could not only forgive the past, but even said that he would re-plan the land so that each of them could own their own land.

You know, although the manors and villages outside Conaston are safer, the land here basically belongs to the Aini family.

Even if it wasn't at the beginning, after hundreds of years of accumulation, only a few merchants and knights could own their own land.

The militia was confused and didn't know whether they should believe Xu Lai.

However, the mayor was very clear-headed. He was the person who gained the most benefits in this town after Aini. Xu Lai would definitely have a share of the land he wanted to divide.

"Go, drive the invaders out!"

The recruited soldiers rushed forward with their spears without any hesitation, and the trainee archers drew their bows and arrows.

Xu Lai allowed them to attack first. In the prayer light that fell from the sky, the trainee archers' soft arrows did not even have the ability to break the skin of the knights' mounts.

At the same time, he waved his hand to stop the others from wanting to fight back.

His eyes were fixed on the two people behind the mayor who were called by him to cheer and had high hopes.

Under Xu Lai's gaze, the two swallowed hard, but they could not speak the order to attack anyway.

The two had performed many tasks in Conaston and Conis Town. Thanks to the goodwill they had gained, whenever wild monsters appeared near Conis Town, the mayor would ask them to clean them up.

The two of them complemented each other, one led the infantry and spearmen, the other led the archers, and both of them were priests. They also paid a high price to get two priests and promoted them to generals.

As a result, the two formed a combination of combat, archery and priest. There were almost no casualties when clearing wild monsters, and they also recruited some soldiers from the town of Conis with their accumulated merits.

It was a pity that they did not dare to leave this place. They only relied on a few wild monsters at the beginning of each month and the experience gained from completing various errands and hard work tasks. The average level did not exceed level 10.

They came to this world for less than a year, and their level was close to level 10. They might still think they were very hardworking people.

But when the hero on the opposite side had taken over the city of Count Aini, who they thought was high and mighty, with knights and angels, how dare they really do it.

As adventers, they were not as arrogant as those shallow-minded natives.

But in fact, was the mayor really arrogant? As natives who had lived in this land since childhood, they understood better than anyone how terrible warriors of the angel level were.

He was just forced to this point and made a desperate fight.

Seeing that the two men really had no intention of attacking, Xu Lai put down his arm that had been blocking them.

As soon as his arm was put down, the few knights brought by Xu Lai rushed out on their horses with a roar.

They did not dare to charge. Without the support of heroes, the spearmen had low damage and life, so there was no need to charge to die with the others.

Most of the knights stayed in the two cavalry manors, and Xu Lai was followed by only dozens of knights who helped him.

However, even these knights with an average level of 5, with the addition of good equipment and Xu Lai's terrifying attributes, can kill these recruited soldiers like chopping melons and vegetables.

Xu Lai and his angels did not take action at all.

The knights recruited ten times more soldiers, but they only lasted less than five minutes. In the end, morale collapsed, and the remaining dozen shooters fled out of the town.

After these shooters escape, they will inevitably become wild monsters one day later.

Therefore, with a wink, Xu Lai signaled the knight captain to follow him and eliminate the root cause, so as not to leave any hidden dangers to the civilians in the town.

As for the mayor who dared to resist, he was shot to the ground by the cavalry captain, and his death was horrific.

The militiamen who had held their spears before were already trembling with fear, including the two heroes who did not dare to take action, and the guy who had to be chased by Xu Lai.

Perhaps, after seeing dozens of level 4 and 5 knights sweep through hundreds of level 3 spearmen and hundreds of trainee archers, that guy no longer dared to compete with Xu Lai for the crossbow tower.

But Xu Lai felt that he must ask clearly.

"So, are you planning to become my enemy?"

The two heroes shook their heads like rattles, and one of them said: "Brother, please spare us. Before we came here, we didn't even know that the old bastard asked us to deal with you."

Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Lai smiled and cursed at the two of them: "Go away, it's not you two."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly wanted to run away, but Xu Lai said again:

"Wait!"

"Brother, you, do you have anything else to give me?"

Xu Laishi smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's a good thing."

Xu Lai followed: "You two should discuss it among yourselves. One will be the mayor and the other will be the security captain.

During this time, I was responsible for helping me do two things. "

The two of them never dreamed that such a good thing would happen to them after being roped in by the mayor to help.

"Brother, tell me, we brothers will handle it properly for you."

Xu Lai said with a smile: "First of all, I will leave this matter to you regarding the land allocation I just mentioned. All the residents who belong to your town will allocate land to me on a per-capita basis for each household.

I believe you should know how much land a population can cultivate after such a long time. If you have any questions, go to the city and ask the current city lord Jimmy Martell.

Second, you are responsible for collecting taxes for me. I don’t care what you plant. Anyway, 30% of the income from each field belongs to me. You are responsible for helping me count and settle the income on a monthly basis.

What I want to remind you is that only 30% of each piece of land is allowed to be expropriated. Otherwise, the harvest from the land cannot be expropriated for any reason.

And you can go to the city hall to receive a monthly remuneration, and each of you will receive a 1% tax rate from the town's commercial tax.

At the same time, the recruitment building quota in this town will be divided equally between the two of you.

However, I need you to recruit all the soldiers in my towns and field buildings for me every month and send them to the city. "

"No problem, don't worry!"

Of course Xu Lai can't trust two strangers, but it doesn't matter who they are, Xu Lai has no one to use now anyway.

Moreover, the city was handed over to Aini, so outside the city, Xu Lai certainly could not continue to hand it over to him.

Xu Lai just announced this in a loud voice, and the villagers and townspeople who heard the news burst into joy.

The militiamen who had been holding weapons just now dropped their weapons one after another. They knelt down in front of Xu Lai with runny noses and tears, and muttered various words of gratitude.

And the guy who was targeted by Xu Lai from the beginning planned to take advantage of this opportunity and sneak away quietly.

"Do I allow you to go?"

However, just as he quietly retreated, Xu Lai's cold and deadly voice sounded behind him. (End of chapter)