For human society to develop, division of labor is necessary.
Kuronuma Village has always been poor. A very important point is that the villagers here do not trust each other and cannot carry out division of labor and cooperation. The already weak strength cannot be gathered and utilized.
It wasn't until Zhou Qingfeng appeared that the people in the village had a leader who gave unified orders. Just arranging people to patrol and boil some hot water made a bunch of fools realize that only through cooperation can they live a good life.
There is no shortage of wood in the forest, and the bonfires lit at night greatly enhance the villagers' sense of security. Old Borg lent several large pots to boil water, and the villagers directly bathed in the open air to cleanse themselves of the dead skin and dirt accumulated over the years.
After taking a bath, people went to the bonfire to bake their clothes. Every piece of rags was treated like a treasure, and the hot mist was filled with rare laughter.
Cleanliness is a very, very important thing - everyone knows the story of Nightingale. But few people know that before Nightingale, the mortality rate of British casualties exceeded 40%.
Nightingale just boiled and sterilized the gauze used by the wounded, reducing the mortality rate to less than 3%. Because of her effective and even pioneering work, she was called the "Goddess with the Lamp".
Zhou Qingfeng didn't realize so much. He just couldn't stand being dirty, so he washed away the smelly mud in a cubicle, changed his clothes and returned to the dwarf witch doctor's shack, "Old Bo
Ge, don’t you go take a shower?”
The old dwarf was standing at the door of his shack, staring at the naked villagers outside and sighing. Before the village was built, he built a house next to the swamp. Now, this is the first time he has seen more than 300 people in the village.
So many people smiling.
In response to Zhou Qingfeng's inquiry, the old dwarf curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Why do you humans love to be clean like elves? We dwarfs never take a bath, and we don't feel any discomfort. Taking a bath can make people sick, don't you know?
?”
The old dwarf said very proudly. Zhou Qingfeng finally cleaned it up. Hearing this, he couldn't help but stay away from it. He really couldn't stand the stinky smell of the other party that had accumulated over the years. But the other party still wanted to come closer.
, asked in a lowered voice...
"Victor, how confident are you about entering the elven ruins?"
"I'm not sure." Zhou Qingfeng was honest, "The goblins of the Magru tribe want to rule the entire Black Forest. Humans are already at a disadvantage, and now they are still fighting among themselves. In this situation, how can I find the elf ruins?
?”
"so what......?"
"So we can't let those goblins get too rampant. Otherwise, let alone taking risks, it will be difficult for us to survive."
What Zhou Qingfeng said was half true and half false.
The goblin plank road is a natural danger. After it is blocked, no adventurer can escape unless he can fly. The humans in the forest are like grasshoppers on a rope, but they still have to fight among themselves. Zhou Qingfeng just wants to escape and explore the elves.
Ruins and all that are just excuses.
But this excuse sounded very tempting to the old dwarf. He continued to ask: "Do you want to unite the villagers of Black Marsh Village to fight against the Magru tribe?"
"I have this plan."
"Impossible." The old dwarf categorically objected, "It is impossible for the people in this village to take risks with you. They are all timid and selfish. No matter how many benefits you give them, they will not sacrifice their lives for you.
And there are no powerful adventurers in the village. You can't deal with any force in the Black Forest with those trash."
Zhou Qingfeng nodded and smiled bitterly, "I know, but I have to try."
While he was talking, the old dwarf's servant brought a shrunken guy over. When the man saw Zhou Qingfeng, he quickly lay down and cried loudly, shouting "Your Excellency Hugo", and crawled over to hug his thigh.
Uncle Zhou had just taken a shower and changed into clean clothes. When he saw someone trying to hug him, he quickly shouted: "Stop, if you dare to come close, I will kill you."
The person who crawled over was none other than Rubio, a profiteer who bought medicinal materials from the village. All his property had been robbed. He was so angry that he cursed and threatened his life. But Zhou Qingfeng listened to the laughter of the servants and immediately felt that this person could be used.
He called over.
Now that the conditions are limited, loyalty and character are not something Zhou Qingfeng can consider at all. Ability is the most important. Todd fell seriously injured, forcing him to use every method. He has to come in handy as an individual.
Rubio was just pretending to cry. After being stopped by Zhou Qingfeng, Rubio got up obediently, hunched over his back and waited for instructions, "Sir Hugo, I heard that you are looking for me?"
Facing this kind of profiteer, Zhou Qingfeng must be very careful. He was not polite and said straight to the point: "I sent someone to buy from you. I heard that my men robbed your store?"
"Yes." Rubio couldn't figure out what the 'noble boy' was thinking, but he immediately shouted bitterly: "Master, you are a noble person, and you don't know the nature of those poor people. They have no brains.
If you don't understand the rules, you will only do bad things.
I really want to do business with you, but those poor guys came to my shop like robbers. They stole all my goods and caused me heavy losses. Now I can't continue to operate at all."
Rubio stretched out his hands and made a helpless gesture. The more he spoke, the more miserable he became, making him shed a few tears.
Zhou Qingfeng just sneered at this, and waited for the other party to finish. He then said: "Yes, the people in the village are unruly, selfish and greedy. They actually dared to hide the food I bought with money. So I want to give it to them
A little lesson.”
Rubio's eyes rolled wildly as he heard this, wondering what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do?
Uncle Zhou turned to the old dwarf and asked, "Can you lend me your men?"
The old dwarf didn't know what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do, but he was still thinking about the elf ruins, so he naturally accepted this trivial matter.
So Zhou Qingfeng called a few servants and asked them to bring weapons and go with Rubio, "Black Marsh Village is now under my control. I now authorize you to take people to the village to make a statement. Let those who are greedy for my supplies and rob
The person who delivered your goods handed over the goods.
Note, you only need to shout now and tell the whole village. Hand over my things now, I will not pursue them. If you don’t hand them over before dawn, then I will impose punishment. After all, I appointed people, who will go
Things have been moved in your store, and I know it all."
This seems a bit unnecessary.
If you want to establish your authority, wouldn't it be better to just send people to catch those poor people?
Why are you still shouting?
It would be a miracle if just shouting could make those poor devils obediently hand over their belongings.
Rubio has never done this in the past, so he is puzzled. But Zhou Qingfeng is now in high prestige and authorized him to do this. This is equivalent to recovering his losses and allowing him to regain his status and identity, and even
Can be stronger than before.
Although Uncle Zhou did not mention the payment, the medicinal material profiteer had no reason to refuse the appointment. He happily accepted the task and said that he would recover everything. If anyone dared to hide it secretly, he would kill that guy.
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But Rubio hurriedly went to shout, but Zhou Qingfeng stopped him with a smile and said: "Should we first count how many goods you lost?"
ah......!
Hearing that he had to count the lost goods first, Rubio finally realized that the boy in front of him was really hard to fool. Because he had just been so excited that he wanted to exaggerate his losses this time, and maybe he could still make some money back, so that the looters could
His poor devil pays the price.
But if the cargo losses were calculated first, it would be less easy for Rubio to play tricks on them.
There was a clay tablet for ordinary records in the old dwarf's shack. Rubio roughly described his losses orally, and the servants who were present at the time also testified. Zhou Qingfeng deducted the ones that had been transported to the old dwarf for storage, and the rest was taken by the villagers.
Along the way.
After the statistics were completed, Rubio took people to make a speech.
Black Marsh Village is not that big, with only over 300 people in the village. Soon everyone heard the hoarse voice of the medicinal material profiteer conveying the order of His Excellency 'Victor Hugo'.
Listening to Rubio's voice echoing in the air, the old dwarf frowned and asked: "Victor, did you expect this situation to happen?"
"What's the situation?"
"The people you sent will definitely be dishonest. They will rob Rubio's warehouse and secretly hide the goods you bought. But you keep Rubio and let him deal with those cunning villagers. In this way, both parties are under your control. They must
I depend on you to survive."
Zhou Qingfeng laughed loudly after hearing this, "There is no other way. There is no good person in this village, they are all very cunning. I must check and balance them."
"Cunning?" The old dwarf shook his head, "You actually thought so much from the beginning, which is beyond my expectation. The cunning people in the village only seek small profits, and your cunning is what makes people afraid."