Chapter 240 There is no business without treachery
Author: Night Knight
Chapter 240 There is no business without treachery
"Okay." Darnell nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Regina hesitated slightly: "I can only say my best on this matter. After all, I need food in many places."
"If the food cannot be sufficient, it can be supplemented by population. In the future, I will need a large number of hired workers. No matter whether they are humans, halflings, dwarves, half elves, or elves, as long as they are kind and willing to create with their own hands.
Miss Regina can introduce anyone with wealth to me." Gavin settled for the next best thing and adjusted his strategy slightly. Anyway, he just wanted to dig deeper into Regina's influence and connections.
Upon hearing Gavin's new conditions, Regina couldn't help but smile and said: "This is simply a dream come true. I happen to know a refugee camp where all the refugees from Tethyr live. If
Mr. Gavin is willing to take them in, and I will take the time to go there alone."
"The refugee camp in Tethyr." Gavin couldn't help but sit up straight and said with a serious expression, "There is a place like this in Battle Valley. If possible, please Miss Regina take me there when you have time."
"Can I ask why?" Regina asked curiously.
"Half of Tethyr's blood flows in my body." Gavin said bluntly. Although he did not choose to stay in Tethyr for development, it does not mean that he has no feelings for Tethyr at all.
"So that's it." Regina suddenly realized, "In this case, Mr. Gavin should go there more, but this time I came to Weizeme Manor, it was a temporary change of schedule, and I have wasted a lot of time here.
How about this, let's do it for two ten days, then we'll meet up at the Good Luck Village in the Lucky Tooth Mountains, and then I'll take you there, how about that?"
"It's very appropriate." Gavin nodded and said, "Vezeme Manor has been abandoned for so long and needs to be renovated and reorganized. Especially if you want to accept a large number of refugees, two ten days are just right."
"Over at the Hammer of Justice, it's best for Mr. Gavin to go there if you have time. We have also taken in many refugees from Tethyr. I believe they can find a better sense of belonging here with you."
Darnell also spoke next to him.
"You are familiar with the situation here and know many people. If you can, help me spread a message. I am willing to accept all refugees from Tethyr, regardless of their original family or city, as long as they are willing to abandon their past hatred.
, we will create our new home here." Gavin said loudly.
Judging from the reactions of Regina and Darnell, there are not only refugees from Tethyr in the Battle Valley and the surrounding valleys, but there are also a lot of them, and they have become a big trouble for the local area.
If you think about it carefully, this situation is quite normal.
Calimshan and Tethyr are one of the important origins of humans in Faerûn. When the valley was cultivated fifteen hundred years ago, their national system had been passed down for thousands of years.
As a hereditary monarchy, Tethyr has been prosperous for four to five hundred years, and its population has doubled several times. At its peak, the population was close to ten million.
In the past half century, the royal power has declined, warlords have risen, civil wars and foreign invasions, and continuous wars have led to a sharp decline in population, but the population density is still not comparable to that of the valley.
A small Fort Nott has nearly a thousand people, let alone a big city like Darauma, which has nearly a hundred thousand people.
It is simply unimaginable in such a densely populated city in the valley.
In the past half century, the number of war refugees who have fled from Tessel is definitely not a small number. Even if only a small part of them have fled to the valley, it will definitely be a big trouble for this relatively loosely governed area.
As a foreigner, in order to survive, we must stick together unusually.
Tethyr's folk customs are now notoriously fierce due to years of warlord warfare, and militias are everywhere.
This also became a great opportunity for Gavin.
As long as his banner is raised and he can gain a firm foothold, he will be naturally attractive to Tethyr refugees.
And what they have always accepted is that the monarchy concept of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism has a natural advantage in obedience to the lord.
Especially in this environment of leaving their hometown, they will unite tightly around themselves.
"Okay." Regina and Darnell readily agreed at the same time, because this was a matter of course.
Gavin's guess was correct. The war refugees from Tethyr were more than just trouble.
Many of them have service backgrounds, either as deserters or as soldiers who fled after being defeated. Many of them have served for many years and know no other skills except wielding a sword to cut people.
It is often difficult for such people to integrate into peaceful life, and they often end up embarking on the path of violence and robbery.
In the valley, Tethyr refugees are almost associated with terms such as bandits and robbers.
This makes it more difficult for the local forces to accept them, forcing them to unite more closely, and then the conflicts with the local residents become more intense.
The whole thing is a vicious cycle.
If there is a territory that is willing to accept them and send them all here, many local residents will be happy to see it.
As for whether they will become powerful and affect the security of the entire valley, this kind of perspective on things is not something ordinary people have.
"Then I wish us happy cooperation." Gavin raised the black wine in his hand.
"Happy cooperation." Everyone raised their glasses together.
With common interests, the relationship between the three parties becomes more harmonious.
Gavin entered into deeper communication with Regina regarding the promotion of the advertisement.
For example, the advertisement for black wine was seamlessly added to the poem of Chateau Vizeme that Regina had just created, and this was used to expand the influence.
For example, large-scale tasting events are held in some well-known hotels and pubs.
For example, how to promote the unique effects of black wine, even Mr. Darnell, the hammer of justice, said yes.
For example, how to build momentum around the unique production of black wine. Anyway, it will make people mistakenly believe that this kind of black wine is caused by the haunting of Vizeme Manor and will not be produced in the future. However, I cannot express any opinions in this regard.
Let them create misunderstandings on their own, paving the way for future mass production, and making it impossible for people to catch the tail of false advertising.
At the same time, a prediction was made on the sales direction of black wine.
Gavin and Regina agreed that the rich people in Sambia, especially the wine merchants, were the best source of customers.
In order to further improve the quality of black wine, they should make a big fuss about the packaging, at least make it different from ordinary wine and make it look classy at a glance.
Gavin has a wealth of knowledge to draw from.
Regina has extraordinary creativity.
The two of them just hit it off in this regard, and they had a great time discussing it.
The people next to them broke out in a cold sweat, as four words seemed to slowly appear on their heads - black-hearted profiteers.
In just one night, in their mouths, the value of the black wine in that cellar will double, and it can be sold for at least 500,000 yuan.
By then, each family will be able to earn 100,000 yuan.
This is still a conservative estimate. The specific situation will depend on the subsequent hype effect.
…
The Unknown Underdark.
Unknown drow city.
In the temple that looks more like a tomb than a temple, there is enshrined a female drow statue wrapped in a black cloak, with a ferocious and twisted expression, and a female drow hand with multiple silver rings standing upright.
This is the temple of the Immortal Fury, the Lady of the Dead, and the vengeful spirit Qiyaransari.
It was midnight at this time.
In front of the statue, there were many figures kneeling and praying devoutly.
A divine light suddenly bloomed from the statue.
Click.
In front of the statue, a crystal clear skull suddenly shattered.
The leader of the drow stood up suddenly, turned around and glanced at the other drow who were kneeling on the ground, and said angrily: "Someone has desecrated our great lady, what should we do?"
"revenge."
"Someone sabotaged the Lady's divine plan, what should we do?"
"revenge."
"On the ground, in the valley, in the Battle Valley, in the Vizeme Manor, find this blasphemer and execute the most sacred revenge on him. This is the order of the goddess and it is also our responsibility to regain everything the goddess needs."
"As commanded."
All the figures stood up after the order, revealing dark gray faces. They were also named drow.
Without exception, they are not followers of Rose, but followers of Qiyalansari, and take revenge as their mission.
There was no fear on their faces, only excitement.
As followers of the Immortal Furies, revenge is their favorite thing and is the meaning and essence of their existence.
Especially the divine revenge for the immortal Nemesis.
It is an extremely glorious thing.
Darkness once again enveloped the tomb temple, but what filled it was no longer pure darkness, but the shadow plane.
These revenge believers know that this is their goddess, providing help to them and guiding them in the direction of revenge.
Without hesitation, they rushed into the darkness and embarked on the road of revenge for the goddess.
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The next day, early morning.
Darnell and Regina said goodbye to Gavin respectively.
The two groups of people did not go on the road together again, but the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers.
Regina directly took out a fist-sized gryphon statue, transformed into a gryphon mount, and flew away.
Darnell took two students, directly tore up a scroll of shadow travel, entered the shadow plane, and quickly traveled directly through the shadow plane.
For ordinary people, the extremely dangerous Shadow Plane is a shortcut for these three powerful Paladins.
The previous trip to Vizeme Manor through the business route was purely to deal with these temporary partners, and his true strength was not fully exposed.
Speaking of which, Gavin also had a bunch of stuff at the bottom of the box that he didn't show to them.
It is perfectly normal for this kind of improvised adventure team to keep each other's hands open.
Even if he sent them away, Gavin did not dare to directly recruit the Broken Thorn and the Dog Demon into the Vizeme Manor.
Who knows if Darnell has other magical powers that can sense the situation here. It would be embarrassing if he didn't go far at all and emerged from the shadow plane.
Gavin asked Estelle and Amanda to stay in physical form as much as possible even in the manor, and never turn into spirits unless absolutely necessary to avoid unnecessary trouble.
After seeing off these people who were not his own, Gavin's first thing was not to visit the Vizeme Manor, but to notify the Lord of Virginia to send him reinforcements.
Following the old rules, Gavin once again activated the Return to the City spell and returned to the Dragon Oak Dragon Nest.
The advantage of teleportation is that you are thousands of miles away from home, but you don't seem to have gone far at all, and you can come back as soon as you want.
Because he was not in a hurry this time, Gavin did not immediately drag Virginia to teleport to the Wezeme Manor. Instead, he inspected the territory and dealt with the backlog of official duties.
Basically, there isn't much official business to deal with.
Gavin laid a good foundation at the beginning. All towns have their own responsibilities and development priorities.
In Sengkeng Town, they just dig holes, lay traps, and mine spiritual crystal mines in silence. They don't need to worry about other things. Their only connection with the Dragon Oak Territory and the outside world is the food input from the Black Well Tribe.
In order to increase the confidentiality of this town, the amount of food imported at a time was increased and the frequency was reduced. Everything was done secretly at night. Most of the kobolds in the Dragon Oak Territory did not know the existence of Pitfall Town, let alone outsiders.