The night is shrouded and the cold wind is blowing. Unknown roars and screams are spreading in the air, and the forest has a permeating atmosphere of terror.
Colenfield stood with long legs behind a wooden fence, holding on to the thick wood, staring into the thick darkness in front of him. He knew that there was a slope in front of him on the left, and there was a winding road next to the slope, and on the right side of the road
It was a forest that had just been cut down.
But the dark night without even starlight erased all of this from sight, leaving only deep loneliness.
The felled trees became lumber for the construction of the camp. It is said that as long as there are enough manpower, the construction of the camp will be very fast. But now the team from Coldwind City has occupied the Stucco Village for more than a month. The camp has not been built yet.
The roads are difficult to walk, supplies are scarce, the manpower gap is huge, and there is simply not enough food to eat. There are too many difficulties, which are annoying. The Lord Long-Legs actually understands that the progress of his operation is not bad, but he is just happy
Can't get up.
Probably there is a Harmony Village that performs better.
"Has Fabbro come back?" the long-legged city lord asked his guard. He was now eager to find someone who knew the Black Forest to ask questions, chat, and figure out the crux of the problem?
The guard just shook his head and replied: "Your Excellency Fabbro went to Harmony Village with the people of the 'Evil Crusade Team'. It is said that two of their team members went to the village to investigate, but they never came back and there was no news. I guess there is some trouble."
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"Those boring bastards," the long-legged city lord cursed in a low voice. He hated the so-called 'evil subjugation team' that came uninvited, but he did not provoke them. He only knew that the current situation was particularly weird.
When the elf ruins appeared in the Black Forest, Columbine Longlegs was very ambitious and wanted to monopolize this big advantage. Fabbro introduced him to the situation in the Black Forest, focusing on telling some stories about Harmony Village and Victor Rain.
Fruitful deeds.
The long-legged city lord naturally regarded the newly rising small power as his opponent. He sent people to contact him and waited for the other party to bargain with him. But Harmony Village did nothing. It was quiet and only focused on receiving outsiders.
rén liú, keep making money.
Almost all the adventurers who came in from the Goblin Plank Road went to Harmony Village. Even if you don't have money, you can go, you can always find a job opportunity and make a living.
When people grew up to a certain level, the long-legged city lord also began to be jealous of the business in Harmony Village. He believed that he could do what a group of bumpkins could do, and he could do it better - I heard that Victor Hugo spent three thousand dollars
If you use gold coins for construction, I will spend five thousand.
It will definitely do better than Harmony Village where villains gather.
But it has been more than a month now, and the Gray Mud Village is still deserted. The Lord Long-Legged City brought more than a thousand people from Cold Wind City, but the work is slow. His own men can only dig dens in the ground and sleep in tents.
I couldn't even drink hot water all day long.
The living environment is so bad, how can one’s work efficiency be so terrible?
Living in the open air was so miserable that the knights around the city lord couldn't bear it, so they spent money to live in Harmony Village. At first, only a few people went. But after a few days, the knights who went there came back to attract people, talking about the benefits of Harmony Village.
, and pulled a large group of people away.
Later, news came out that Harmony Village had launched a promotion plan of "old customers bring new customers". No matter who it is, there will be a gold coin rebate for every new customer you bring in. There is no upper limit for the more you bring in.
So the group of people who went first wanted to drag all the men of Lord Long-Legs over - Cronfield. Long-Legs was furious when he learned about it - Victor Hugo is so evil. What was he thinking?
? If I had known this, I might as well have done it myself.
What a miserable business!
In the camp of Stupid Village, dozens of slave laborers are chopping wood and preparing to build houses. But they are too weak to process a piece of wood in half a day. There is no hope of building a house.
The long-legged city lord looked at it from a distance and was unable to solve this problem. The progress was slow because there was not enough food to eat, and the reason why the food was not enough was because the Northland did not produce food at all. The food transported thousands of miles from the south could not feed the Northland at all.
population.
How did Harmony Village solve this problem? It was said that they used teleportation arrays to transport food directly from the south. After hearing this result, the Lord Long-Legs was even more stunned - the teleportation array consumes an astonishing amount of money and requires high-level wizards to operate it.
"We can't treat those guys in Harmony Village as bumpkins." His Excellency the City Lord thought deeply, "Perhaps we should buy food and goods from them. We must give some respect to any powerful opponent."
When the long-legged city lord was forced to change his mind by the real dilemma, the government affairs center of Harmony Village had just been built. This simple building covered two floors and consisted of a dozen rooms and a spacious conference hall.
The hall was lit with grease torches, and hundreds of people were crowded inside. Zhou Qingfeng stood at the top, smiling face to face the crowd of hundreds of people below. The people who came were not following any rules, they were noisy and bustling.
Greeting each other or quarreling with each other.
"Please be quiet," political assistant Seth yelled at the top of his lungs, but it still couldn't be drowned out by the noise of the crowd. It wasn't until Kelly stood up with a whip that the situation was brought under control.
Only then did Zhou Qingfeng have time to say a few words, "Everyone, I'm glad you can come."
"If you're happy, buy us a drink." Someone in the crowd suddenly screamed, causing a burst of laughter.
Zhou Qingfeng just smiled at this, and continued after the voice subsided: "Since the establishment of Harmony Village, many people have worked hard for its prosperity. Today is a commendation meeting, and some people who work particularly hard will receive honors and rewards.
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"Don't lie to people with those empty words. I just want to know if honor can be exchanged for money?" The person who said the strange things spoke again, and as usual he kept laughing.
Faced with these unruly guys, Zhou Qingfeng decided to finish the process quickly. He looked at Seth beside him, and the newly promoted political assistant quickly called out his name, "Sir Adrian, please come out.
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There was a slight commotion in the conference hall. People looked left and right, wondering what this guy named 'Adrian' had done and that he was the first to be named.
But there was no movement for a long time, and Seth had to shout a few more words. Then a funny-looking guy walked out of the crowd. He was not tall, wore a ridiculous hat, and was not good-looking. He looked like a clown and couldn't walk.
Especially naughty.
Zhou Qingfeng was also surprised and asked: "Are you Adrian?"
"Yes." The clown replied. He scratched his head and was not used to the feeling of being watched. But as soon as he opened his mouth and revealed his voice, everyone knew that it was him who had just made a strange noise.
Are you going to call this person out and punish him?
"Mr. Adrian, you joined our patrol team and were on duty for twenty-five consecutive times and never missed a post. This work attitude is very worthy of praise." Zhou Qingfeng praised with a smile.
The praise made the clown uneasy, and he started to scratch his butt again, "Actually, I am short of money, and I will deduct a lot of money for being absent from work. I can't cheat, and I can't deceive her every time the 'Holy Light' checks."
People in the conference hall laughed. Everyone had similar experiences.
Zhou Qingfeng shook his head and said: "I only saw that you were loyal to your duties. You issued accurate warnings six times during patrols to prevent the team from being attacked by monsters in the forest. You also rescued a teammate and let him escape from a goblin trap.
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The clown looked stunned. He shrugged and said nonchalantly: "I don't think there's anything special about it. Mr. Hugo, I actually didn't think much about the things you said."
"It's okay without thinking too much." Zhou Qingfeng took out a small badge from a tray of the figure, "You are this month's model worker and will be promoted to captain of the patrol team. You will also receive a bonus of three gold coins. Can you allow me to give
Do you wear this badge?
With this badge, you can get a 20% discount on your personal consumption in the village, including drinking, until someone replaces you."
The badge is very simple, just a small wooden block with words on it.
Clown Adrian was stunned again. He took off the hat on his head, took a deep breath, and whispered: "I never thought I would be rewarded for these things. Do you really want to reward me? I don't even understand.
What is a 'model worker'?"
Zhou Qingfeng still smiled and said in a deep voice: "Please come forward, this is indeed a reward."
"Oh my God. I don't know what to say?" The clown was nervous for a while, then stepped forward carefully, put his hat on his chest, and bowed deeply. The audience was silent for a moment, and everyone was stunned.