Chapter 131 Waiting for labor with ease

"A Ti!"

Rhode rubbed his nose.

"What's wrong with you? Commander? Are you sick?"

Although she was sitting on the chair, Anne, who was leisurely, was shaking left and right, and looked at Rhodes sitting behind the desk curiously.

"Do you want Annie to help?"

"No, I think maybe someone scolds me behind my back, or maybe someone is thinking about me... Anyway, it must be nothing good."

Rhode shrugged and easily brought this topic.

Although everyone escaped from the damn mage, this does not mean that they can be unscathed - as a human, Marin was the worst injured. Perhaps it was because of the influence of the previous duel with the black-robed mage, the girl fainted on the ground shortly after the battle. According to Lijie's examination, it was because of the shock caused by the magic attack, which caused Marin to be injured. It was also because of this that after returning to Deep Rock City, she had been sleeping and resting in the room and could not get out of bed for the time being.

On the other hand, although Lijie, a half-angel, and Anne, a half-beast, were also injured, their bloodlines can ensure that they recover quickly, and people will be irritated to death... Fortunately, Marlin has been sleeping all the time, otherwise she may not react to this.

The mercenary team led by Shana and Lando and others also suffered some injuries to varying degrees, but these were all flesh and blood, not particularly serious, so they didn't need to be taken seriously. The only surprise was that after this battle between the Wind Snake Group, Rhodes discovered that Lando and others had a certain degree of breakthrough in combat skills. It seems that people will indeed exude infinite potential when facing life and death.

The successive encounters made Rhode a little tired. Although he was the leader of the mercenary regiment, he was not the leader of the fire-fighting brigade of the Mercenary Association. After saving the mercenaries several times, he was a little bored - you can't always use combat skills, and it's also fun to practice life skills occasionally, right?

After that, there was no big noise in the Tears of Emerald. Rhode had sent Old Walker out to find out the news. Although the old man was old, he was not as patient as an ordinary old man. He ran to the tavern to drink and spank him whenever he had free time, so Rhode simply used his money, at least it would be much better than letting him lie on the table and drool and fall asleep.

However, there is no news in the Mercenary Association recently. All mercenary groups are actively seeking for manpower or recuperating. Rhodes knows that this is not the end, but a new beginning. When the buffer period passes, if there are still mercenary groups that do not have enough manpower, then the days ahead will be very sad for them.

Due to the ban from the Mercenary Association, the tavern that has always been very lively has become much more idle now. Since the mercenary association prohibits mercenary groups from hiring outside personnel, those idle people who have been mingling in the tavern and hope to join a certain mercenary group have finally seen the expectation of becoming formal employees. For the mercenary group that has been forced to go to Liangshan, the number of meanings is far greater than the quality. As long as you can kill a chicken with a sword, you can join the group and become a real mercenary.

There was chaos.

Rhode raised his head and looked out the window. The dark clouds made people feel a little depressed. The wind in the upper area has changed recently. I heard that something seemed to have happened between the nobles. However, this is not within the scope of Rhodes' concern. What he is thinking about now is the next problem.

It was completely unexpected for Rhode to meet the black-robed mage and successfully kill him. However, he was sure that because of this, the plan of the Land of Light had been blocked to a considerable extent. At least in the Parfield area, their plan had been declared bankrupt. However, out of understanding of the group of pigs who ate but slept with nonsense in the parliament, Rhode knew very well that they would not give up, and they might encounter new challenges next.

What should I do at that time?

Rhode frowned and gently tapped the table. This time the matter was a bit big, and the Starlight was probably targeted by the Kingdom of Light. If you don't think of anything, it may be very troublesome next.

However, Rhodes believes that the possibility of the Kingdom of Light is not very likely to be a big fan again. This matter must have attracted the attention of the Golden City. Grand Duke Litia has never been a good person. Even if the Kingdom of Light is bold and wants to come again, they have to consider whether it will affect their future opportunities. After all, Rhodes is very clear that the reason why the Kingdom of Light attacked the Principality of Moon this time was not just to teach this proud ally. Politics talk about interests, and war is the same. No one will do anything without interests. Although the guys in the Kingdom of Light talk about "freedom", "liberation" and "power" all day long, if they can't see the benefits of real money, they won't care whether they will really spread these things to the whole world.

But Rhodes are not completely unthinking.

In fact, after summoning all the people, Rhodes had already made similar considerations, but because of the previous accident, he had to interrupt. Now that everything has returned to normal, Rhodes once again mentioned this matter to his agenda.

That is to increase the soft power of the mercenary group.

For a mercenary group, hard power represents the number of people and their combat effectiveness, which is enough for many mercenary groups. However, for players, this is not enough, they also need the support of soft power - there are many things involved in this area, such as potions, money, equipment and even intelligence, all belong to this category.

On this continent, the mercenary groups established by the indigenous people rarely consider problems from this aspect. They are more accustomed to selling the equipment they have obtained from adventures and then exchange for what they need. However, for players, this is definitely not a good way to deal with it. A player's mercenary group has clear division of labor in all aspects, some are responsible for forging and repairing, some are responsible for collecting and pharmaceuticals, and even specialize in buying and selling goods to exchange for profits for the mercenary group. In this way, it can not only ensure that waste is reduced and the time required, but also bring profits to the mercenary group and expand it. Because a mercenary group will have a lot of expenses after it is expanded. If you cannot prepare in advance, then you will be very nervous at that time.

This is also the way for mercenary guilds to survive. After the mercenary group was upgraded to mercenary guilds, the number of people and structure they increased made it impossible for them to gain profits from the most primitive means of capital accumulation. At this time, the person in charge of mercenary guilds must make a certain degree of choice - either choose a powerful chamber of commerce as their funding target, or choose those powerful nobles as their backers.

If we use a more modern way to make the metaphor, it means that these nobles or merchants will invest in the Mercenary Guild themselves and gain some of their power. When the Mercenary Guild is to ensure its normal operation by obtaining their funding, they must obey the orders of these sponsors to serve them. After all, the Mercenary Guild is a powerful "combat organization". If such an organization does not have a formal channel to connect with its location, it will be very dangerous for the managers of the territory.

Rhodes did not want his mercenary group to become someone else's toys after being upgraded to a guild. He was not interested in the tragic situation of struggle between money and power. For those merchants and nobles, being able to master a mercenary guild is not only a matter of face, but also an equivalent of owning a powerful private force. As a matter of course, once there is a fight, they will inevitably put these chips on to ensure their victory.

As for the safety of the chips themselves? Who cares?

Therefore, economical economic security is very important for Rhodes. Unlike these indigenous people who are blinded, Rhodes is more familiar with various commissions and tasks, and can also ensure his victory faster. In this way, he can devote his spare time to increasing the soft power of the mercenary group - the economic foundation of the ** is very necessary.

"Dongdongdongdongdong."

The door sounded, and Rhode turned around and happened to see Labis pulling his cloak tightly and walking into the study hesitantly. This was an act that required great courage for her - she didn't dare to come in without following her brother before.

"You, are you asking me for something? Commander?"

The girl whispered, her hands restlessly stying the hem of the cloak. Anne looked at her curiously, as if she was thinking about something.

"That's right."

Rod nodded at Labis and signaled her to sit down, while the poor girl hesitated and walked to the side, then reached out to hold the chair and sat down slowly - as if she was about to be sold to the black market.

“That’s how it is.”

Rhode decided to ignore Labis's slightly neurotic self-protection consciousness. He had tried to comfort her and asked her not to be so scared. As a result, the girl jumped up quickly when facing Rhode, and then ran away like a big bad wolf. Since then, Rhode gave up this stupid idea.

"I think you know very well that your strength is not enough to be able to take risks and fight."

“…………………”

Facing Rhode's words, Labis lowered his head and remained silent. Her hands simply kept clenching the cloak in her hand, then let go, and then clenched again.

"So I'm going to get you a new job."

Rhode opened his hand and then put a piece of paper in front of Labis.

"This is………"

The girl raised her head curiously, looked at the content above, and a little doubt appeared on her little face.

"As you can see, here are some of the lower medicines."

Rhode shrugged.

"Your future job is to stay in a stronghold and be responsible for making these potions. What do you think of this job?"

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