56. The good show is yet to come
After Lance received the news from the news, there were no surprises, because the nobles who were not careful in their eyes did not take themselves seriously at all, so they deserved to be unlucky!
Not to mention these for now.
Lance is now among the mountains in the north of Guru Ridge. Compared with the vast mountain fields that were empty at the time, the northern county of Guru Ridge has undergone great changes. Lance summoned a secondary crystal vein here, and based on this, several nests were built around it.
They are the nests that produce shadow wolf and earth figurines.
Both of these are E-levels, and their combat effectiveness is not high. The army that turns into the Abyss Kingdom is probably the most basic level 1 military. However, Shadow Wolf can be invisible for a short time at night, while Earth figurines are elemental creatures that are slow to move. Their rough skin and thick flesh brings to resist strikes, which makes it a very excellent meat shield.
After nearly a month of hoarding, there were already thirty wolves produced in the nest, and the number of earth figurines was smaller, but more than twenty. In addition to the cavemen conquered by Lance, it seems that Lance's private army has formed a considerable scale.
Originally, Lance was unwilling to dispatch these private troops. After all, he would lose all his property. Moreover, the E-level combat effectiveness was similar to those private soldiers employed by the gentry's family, and was generally not as good as the adventurers of Guruling. But Lance had no choice. He could not command the three thousand dragon legions, and the remaining adventurers asked them to deal with an earl of the kingdom. As long as his head was normal, few people would be willing. Moreover, Lance was afraid that someone would leak the news.
Simply, Lance asked Mosen to go to Guruling to catch a group of local tycoons to replace the cavemen's mining work in the mine (all required their household registration to be innocent so that he could find something that the old and young could threaten). At the order of the county magistrate, a large number of cavemen began to open the tunnels underground of Guruling to Black Valley County, Feronte County and East Gate County under the command of the county magistrate.
In the past, cavemen were usually not very particular about digging tunnels. It was enough to dig out a circular section with a diameter of about 1.2 meters. However, for other residents of the abyss, especially tall demons, it was extremely difficult to move forward. When walking, they had to arch up or crawl forward. Moreover, the demons did not go anywhere like these blind men. You had to light the lamp in this dark environment - this was enough to show why soldiers in the past were unwilling to fight against cavemen.
Fortunately, when these cavemen are now your subordinates, how deep they dig and how wide they are, it is not the final say.
Lance was not polite, and asked Talma to lead its group of people to dig out a six-meter-wide tunnel. The scale of this project is quite large. Even the northern forest is closest to the Black Valley County straight line, which is 70 kilometers. If it is to open such a tunnel among these mountains, if it is the corvee labor employed by Lance, it would probably take a whole year!
However, these little things are also great. Talma probably wanted to make some achievements under the backing of Lance, so she worked overtime for three days without sleep. Two of the three channels that Lance reserved were opened.
As a pragmatist, Lance naturally did not have such great effort because of its spaciousness and comfort. In fact, Lance did two things separately before starting construction.
First, he asked Mosen to negotiate with the merchants.
Although this group of businessmen who are profit-oriented but pay more attention to their own lives, although it has proved that it has nothing to do with this matter, Lance does not intend to miss such a great opportunity to blackmail them. Before in the market, Lance cooperated with Fiona's magic to stage a good show, which made the group of merchants lose their place, and then Lance takes advantage of the victory to pursue-
Didn’t you say that this incident has nothing to do with you? Then come out with evidence.
What, no evidence?
If there is no evidence, why do you make me believe that this matter has nothing to do with you? How do I know that you are not a spy sent by the other party?
Lance completely put on a scoundrel face. In fact, in some ways, the playboy is an upgraded version of this kind of bully. However, they all have money and don’t usually try to blackmail, but have they done less to force buying and selling and bullying the neighbors of the country?
Lance is qualified to do this, and there is no need to be brewed. He can calm the scene with a cold eyebrows and glaring. What's more, there are not many businessmen in this world who are innocent and greedy, and do not carry private goods. Some merchants saw that the tariffs were increased by several counties they came to, and they also secretly increased. Anyway, Gululing urgently needs supplies, so they will definitely buy it, but the range is not so outrageous. But if you really need to check it carefully, you will definitely not be able to withstand the scrutiny.
The merchants all had a bitter face. Those new merchants who didn't understand the rules had known the temper of the county magistrate under the "make-up lesson" of their predecessors for several days. They held their heads and did not dare to show up. Fortunately, Lance would not be crazy about attacking these merchants, otherwise they would drive them to the opposite side, but Lance was at a disadvantage. After all, if Guruling wants to develop at this stage, he still cannot do without these merchants.
After frightening, Lance expressed his needs.
He asked the merchants to give a "guarantee" to prove that they were not in the same group as the brainless Counts who had cheated Guruling.
But how to prove it? Don’t worry, Lance has already figured it out for them.
A blank check, a guarantee letter, Lance will not want, it is a pile of worthless waste paper, Lance needs something more practical.
After saying this, all the merchants tightened their pockets and shook their heads into rattles. Indeed, if you want the merchants to pay, it is no different from their lives. However, Lance changed his concept and asked the merchants to buy land.
"You have to take out something that I can trust, otherwise if you run away, who will I ask for, will I be able to chase you all over the world? It's not that you can't do it, but-who do you think you are worth wasting my time?" Lance cursed first, then turned around and changed into a smile: "But you won't lose money when buying land. I will pay you the land deed of Gululing. You pay the money. This land deed will not be resold within three years. If you exceed the time, don't worry, I will give you discounts. And if you think about it carefully, this business is actually very profitable. You have to know that the development speed of Gululing is obvious to all. If you come to buy land again in three years, then it will be far from this price - just consider it an investment."
Lance felt that it was his clever tongue that moved the merchants, but everyone knew very well that what really forced the merchants to make up their minds to take sides was Lance's knife hidden behind him.
However, the merchants are much smarter than the adventurers, and they can basically see that the county magistrate is forcing them to show their positions and choose to take sides, but the way is not very friendly. After careful consideration, it is indeed as Lance said, this is an investment, but they are not investing in real estate - what do merchants buy the arable land? They are not farmers, and even if they want to buy land, they will not choose a remote place like Guruling.
The people they invested in were actually Lance and his Gollurling's future potential.
But that's it, when they signed the contract and paid the money, the land deed they got still burst into tears.
The land written on this deed is the barren mountains south and west of Guruling. Lance told them that it must have been developed in three years, otherwise the money paid will be refunded to them twice as much! Of course, if you want to keep the scenery of the mountains and wild animals, you can move in with your luggage at any time. It’s just that something goes wrong, and this county is not responsible.
Lance played with the innocence of the merchants, but he did not go too far and immediately gave the merchants some sweetness to let them remember the benefits of the county magistrate.
This is the second thing Lance did, opening up new business paths.
This matter requires the cooperation of merchants, which is why Lance first caught merchants and hit them. If they did not cooperate or simply surrendered to the enemy, Lance would be very passive. On the other hand, Lance needed to use the tunnel dug out by the cavemen.
Yes, the width of the authenticity is not simply good-looking, but is used to deliver goods.
If Earl Dupeng and Baron Ankasa blocked the import and export routes of Lance, then he would open one underground by himself.
Of course, it is necessary to keep caution and secret in doing so. Although the merchants bought the land deed of Lance, Lance did not intend to tell them the secret of his own cavemen and mines. His method was very simple, which was to ask the merchants to change the route, bypass the three counties of Earl Dupeng and Baron Ankasa, and go to a nearby town of Doronbert to unload the goods. Lance was sending people to transport the goods through the tunnel and then transport them back.
Of course, this is a big project, which is light, but no one can ensure that it is foolproof. Maybe he heard it into the ears of Earl Dupeng and Baron Ankasa at the same time, and reward the merchants with it. Anyway, the money is the tariff they paid to the Earl - Lance used it to borrow flowers to offer Buddha.
The only thing that surprised him or was surprised in this plan might be Sir Mavie's surrender.
If this sir hadn't acted as an inner supporter, Lance wouldn't have robbed the gold mine and robbed the granary. His original plan was to cause trouble for the Earl and give the merchants some benefits of working for him.
But with gold mines and food, Lance's appetite became bigger.
He came up with a sinister idea, of course, he would definitely not admit it if you say this. He just wanted to teach the arrogant count a small lesson, although this lesson might kill the other party.
Lance looked at the busy crypt man in front of him and moved the supplies into the territory in batches and then transported them to Gulu Ridge. He turned his head to look at Fiona who was silent, and then looked at Heigang, making the final determination: "Are you ready?"
The Black Ant General nodded. In fact, he is now wearing armor and riding a dragon, and behind him are the black armor guards of the same dozens of cavalry, pretending to be the Dragon Rider.
"Just wait for the signal over there." He said this, as if a good show was about to begin.
Chapter completed!