Jed and his party followed the knight to a four-story castle.
"You guys wait here for now, I'll come back later." After saying that, Hilo turned around and entered the castle.
Not long after, Shiloh came out with Robert.
Robert looked at the listless fifteen people in front of him and frowned: "Why do you look like you haven't eaten?"
Shiloh smiled awkwardly and said, "I really didn't have lunch."
"Go, take out the leftover steamed buns we had last time and share them with them."
When Jade heard that there was food, he raised his head and looked forward to it.
Soon, he saw the knight walking over with a basket of white steamed buns and throwing it in front of them.
Jed couldn't help but swallowed. He usually ate black steamed buns made from wheat bran and grass bran, so he would only be willing to buy a white-flour steamed bun during major festivals.
He couldn't even imagine such a big basket.
Jed asked with some uncertainty: "Are these all for us to eat?"
"Eat." Shiloh waved his hand.
So they swarmed around, holding one in their mouths and four in each hand, for fear of being snatched away by others.
"Vulgar!" Shiloh glanced at the free people with disdain.
Jade ate four steamed buns in one go and then burped with satisfaction.
After eating, he was full of energy.
Robert first took out a map of Hope Town, selected the location, and shouted to the freedmen: "When you are full, go work for me, you are a bunch of worthless guys."
As the little noble said, he really came here to build a house.
Jade and the others spent an entire afternoon building the two thatched huts, and they didn't finish the work until dark.
At sunset, he saw the little nobleman again.
Chris looked at the built thatched house and felt very satisfied.
The craftsmanship of these free people is quite good.
Robert came over and asked: "Sir, they only worked for half a day, how do they calculate their salary?"
Chris said bluntly: "The normal distribution is fifty copper coins per person. If you know each other, give them one silver coin."
Reputation from Jed 1, Reputation from Brown 1...
Fifty copper coins are exchanged for a little reputation, and you can make a sure profit without losing money.
Chris glanced at a circle of delighted freedmen and struck while the iron was hot: "You have all seen that in my territory, as long as you work, you will get money, and if you work, you will gain. Now I give you a choice, join my command.
By becoming a citizen, you can get more rewards and live a better life."
"Do you want us to be your serfs?" Brown asked.
Chris shook his head and said: "You are not serfs, you are citizens. You are still free and do not need to sell yourself to me. If you feel that you are not happy living here with me, you can leave at any time, but before that I need to use
Magic will erase all your memories of the territory, because many of my core crafts here are confidential and cannot be passed on to others."
The free people did not agree immediately, but began to discuss among themselves.
Chris is not in a hurry, he believes that the reward he offers is enough to make these people excited.
In the end, it was the bearded Brown who took the lead and said: "We need to think about it. Can we get back to you tomorrow?"
"No problem." Chris smiled and said, "Supper has been prepared in the castle. You can go and eat now. When you come back at night, you can live in the thatched house you built today."
"Thank you, sir."
Chris took these free people back to the castle. He had already ordered Mrs. Ellen to prepare a delicious dinner.
From a long distance away, you can smell the rich aroma of rice.
In the courtyard of the castle, there are two large pots, one of which is boiled with cabbage, vermicelli, and a small amount of pork.
In the other pot was steaming steamed buns.
"Wow, there is actually meat."
"I haven't eaten meat in ten years!"
These people did not bring utensils, and they were holding steamed buns in one hand and vegetables with the other in an inconspicuous manner, and their cheeks were bulging.
Reputation from Rich 1, Reputation from Jed 1...
After eating the big white steamed buns, these free people began to provide Chris with prestige.
Chris didn't stop too much and entered the castle.
A more sumptuous dinner has been prepared in the restaurant on the second floor.
Chris stood on the window sill, looking at the free people downstairs having dinner happily. With a thought, the system panel unfolded in front of him.
Name: Chris Jordan
Level: Second level magic warrior
Reputation value:3618/12000
Mission: As a qualified baron, you must have enough people under your command to develop the territory. Please expand the number of people under your command to 2,000.
Progress:232/2000
Mission reward: Brick kiln construction drawings, brick-burning process
Obviously, those twenty free citizens had developed a sense of belonging to Hope Town and voluntarily became territorial citizens.
Next, Chris needs to screen them, eliminate those with bad moral character, and keep the friendly ones.
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At night, there was silence all around.
Jed lay on the haystack and rubbed his round belly. He had not felt so full for a long time.
There were less than ten people sleeping in a thatched hut, which was several times better than the slum he had slept in before.
Uncle Brown rolled over and whispered in Jade's ear: "What do you think of this place?"
"It's good. We have food, shelter, and fifty copper coins. We no longer have to worry about making a living." Jade has never been so happy as he is today.
Brown said: "What do you think of the Baron's proposal?"
"I don't quite agree. To put it nicely, they are subjects, but in essence they are still serfs. And isn't it good that we are like this now?" Jed shook his head.
"Then do you think if he has enough people, he will still recruit us?"
Jade was speechless for a moment.
"I asked about it from the people under his command." Brown said with stern eyes, "They are making jam, and their work is much easier than ours, and they eat better. They have meat for every meal, and even
I’ve even eaten the meat of second-level monsters.”
"Second-level monster?" Jade exclaimed.
"Although the income of those citizens is the same as ours, as long as they work hard, they will have the opportunity to be promoted to stewards, and their daily salary will increase to one silver coin." Brown took a deep breath and said.
Jade was really moved.
"This is our chance." Brown said, "I have never seen such a kind lord. Compared with our previous life, this place is simply paradise."
"This is paradise." Jade murmured, his breathing becoming rapid, "Okay, I am willing to accompany you and become the subject of that noble."
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Reputation from Brown 10, Reputation from Jed 10
Chris lay on the bed, staring at the system prompts in front of him in a daze.
Why did these two guys gain reputation for me out of thin air?