"There is no problem with the food and grass. Although Viscount Notting only collected a wave of food and grass before he went on the expedition, the crops are growing fast enough.
Don't say whether to buy it or not. As an offense to you before, you I'll give it to you as much as you need."
Xu Lai looked at the other party with a half-smile and said, "It's better not to give it up. We heroes always pay attention to a fair deal.
Besides, I may need a lot of food and grass, and I’m afraid the mayor can’t afford it.”
Normally, the mayor might just borrow Poxia’s donkey, but what is the situation now? That was equivalent to the whole town staring at him.
Therefore, knowing that Xu Lai did it on purpose, the mayor still gritted his teeth and said:
"Your Excellency is laughing at it, and you dare not say that there are too many grains and grass for you and your men to eat for a week or two, Green Forest Town or It’s affordable.”
Greenwood Town is located in the southeast of the Northern Empire and is a relatively prosperous area of the Northern Empire.
Based on 2 units of food per person per day, 30 people can only get 60 units a day, 420 units a week, and less than 1,000 units in two weeks.
As the mayor, he decided to send out a thousand units of food. Even if Viscount Notting found out, it would not be a big deal.
"Well, I may have a lot of subordinates."
Although Xu Lai was telling the truth, in the eyes of the mayor of Green Forest Town, it was just Xu Lai, an outsider who was greedy and knew that it was Bai. After giving it away, I wanted to get more.
However, Greenwood Town has been in peace for a long time, and even the militia guards were recruited because the demons have been causing trouble recently, so the mayor still hopes to save money and avoid disasters.
The worst thing is, after Viscount Notting returns with the large army, he will report properly to the Viscount.
“How much do you want, you might as well give us a number, and all the citizens of Green Forest Town will get it together for you.”
Xu Lai smiled slightly and said: "Look, you think I am lying to you, but in fact I have always told the truth.
I won't hide it from you. I have a hundred troops under my command like this.
But just replenishing the food supply for these more than 100 people is not enough.
I need to feed 3,000 people for at least a week, and the mayor also sent it. ”
“How much? 3000!”
Are you kidding me? You have 3,000 troops at the level of Hero, not to mention Greenwood Town. Even if you occupy Viscount Nordin's White Rock City, Sir Aled will still have to bite the bullet and grant you the title of earl. ”
Xu Lai dared to roam on the edge of the wilderness with less than 100 knights.
If he had brought 3,000 knights, that spectacular scene would have been really exciting for Xu Lai I dare not think about it.
With his speed, coupled with the hero's high hit rate and high damage, it is really impossible for others to get close to him. >
The mayor of Green Forest Town was willing to provide food and grass, so Xu Lai did not get angry and said with a smile:
"Mr. Mayor, you heard wrong. I only have more than a hundred such troops. The remaining 3,000 are just relocated villagers." How many gold coins does it cost to become a top-level soldier?" The mayor still didn't believe it.
Xu Lai has never directly recruited level 7 heroes, but just to advance from a low level to this level will cost about 4,000 gold coins.
Xu Lai hasn't calculated the experience needed to advance along the way. He recruits them directly. Even if Xu Lai has 10,000 gold coins, he will believe it.
Then, more than one hundred means more than one million gold coins.
Not to mention the mayor of Greenwood Town, even the Viscount Nordin, as he calls it, cannot afford such a huge sum of money at once.
“I don’t need to lie. If you don’t believe it, Mr. Mayor, you might as well wait and see.
I estimate that in about an hour, you should be able to see it on the arrow tower.< br>
While I’m waiting, why not ask the mayor to tell me about the recent war situation in the Northern Empire, how I should go if I want to return to Pingfeng Grassland, and whether there is a faster shortcut.”
Seeing Xu Lai's confident look, although the mayor was still reluctant to believe it, he couldn't raise any more questions.
"I don't know much about the situation of the war. Why don't you ask our sheriff later.
Oh, by the way, the head of Nanshan Village, His Excellency the Hero Luo Mingru, should also know it very well."
After being called out by the mayor, the head of Nanshan Village, who wanted to sneak away quietly, smiled and did not dare to talk.
“As for Pingfeng Grassland, I have never been there.
But I did meet a horse team from Pingfeng Grassland in Emerald City, and I bought two horses from them , the price is much cheaper than ours.”
The mayor talked a lot absent-mindedly, telling everything he knew about Pingfeng Grassland.
However, there is not much useful information. At most, it tells Xu Lai the general location of Pingfeng Grassland, which is located southwest of Emerald City.
As for how long it will take to get to Pingfeng Grassland and how far it is, the mayor has no idea.
The only valuable information he provided was probably that the horse team had spent more than half a month traveling from Pingfeng Grassland to Emerald City for trading.
They are here to sell horses, so there must be a lot of horses in the team. Not to mention two horses per person, it is normal to have three or four horses per person.
Such a team would take more than half a month.
Then, it may take two or three months for him to take more people on foot. If something unexpected happens midway, the Northern Empire is not at peace now, and he may have to travel for more than half a year before he can go back.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Xu Lai.
Leaving aside the issue of time, just the food supplies needed for such a long time is an unimaginable burden.
Back in the empire, Xu Lai could at least see grassland often and replenish water resources in the wild, which had saved a lot of money.
However, even so, more than two thousand units of food are consumed a day, and even if Xu Lai has money, he may not have anywhere to buy it.
"In this case, is there really no shortcut?"
The mayor fell into silence and thought for a long time before saying:
"Emerald City has a large teleportation array. Before, if you could afford the fee, you could use the teleportation array to teleport to the city closest to Pingfeng Grassland
But now that the Emerald City is in the hands of the demons, this road may not work.
I also heard before that the magic guild in Emerald City will be upgraded to level 4, and there used to be scrolls for sale there.
Although the price is a bit expensive, it is still more cost-effective than using the teleportation array. "
Xu Lai's eyes lit up and he said: "Can this city return scroll be used to return to the designated city? "
The mayor was stunned, then smiled bitterly and said: "The scroll of return to the city is an extremely precious item. I have never seen it before, so I don't know how to use it. ”
"Well, I know, I've seen it before. I've been to the magic guild in Emerald City, and I even asked about the magic of returning to the city."
When Xu Laizheng was lost, Luo Mingru, who had just looked miserable, But there was excitement on his face.
Xu glanced at him, silently took out a crystal from his space backpack, threw it to him and said:
"Then I'll trouble Brother Luo, please tell me in detail. Said. "
Luo Mingru swallowed. Although crystal is not the rare resource that the empire needs most, it is still in high demand.
The crystal clear appearance makes crystal also have powerful decorative properties. Although it cannot be compared with colorful gemstones, it is still a very valuable treasure after all.
For this unit of crystal, it is not easy to buy the thousand units of food that the mayor just mentioned.
Of course, with the war now, the price of food has also risen.
However, crystals are also a resource needed to upgrade buildings, advance troops, and create advanced equipment. They are not like antique calligraphy and paintings that fall sharply at the beginning of a war.
Xu Lai's generosity was so generous that Luo Mingru couldn't close his mouth. The mayor on the side was also extremely envious.
If Luo Mingru knew, Xu Lai would have only intended to throw a gold coin for the sake of his being a hero.
Besides mercury, this is the most stuff in his backpack.
However, mercury was not taken seriously in the empire, so they simply threw a crystal out, which would save the mayor of Greenwood Town from thinking that he was here to fight the autumn wind.
“The scroll of return to the city that Mayor Devlin mentioned just now is actually a level 4 spell born out of the level 4 magic guild.
The effect of this spell is different from what we are doing here. The recall spell used in the game can instantly bring the hero and the troops directly under the hero back to the settlement owned by the hero
The full name of the spell is called the Gate of Time and Space. I heard from the mage who introduced it that it temporarily opens a space gate, and after passing through it, you return to the settlement.
The Gate of Time and Space is an earth spell, enjoy the bonus of earth magic.
After the mage who introduced me knew that I couldn’t afford it, he didn’t tell me much.
He just told me that if I need to accurately locate a certain settlement, I must have at least advanced earth magic. ”
“Precise positioning? In other words, ordinary time and space gates cannot be accurately positioned? ”
Luo Mingru shook his head and said: "Actually, we have ways to use even the most basic gate of time and space.
Most of the scrolls of return to the city sold on the market use the spells of the elementary gate of time and space.
The ordinary time and space gate opens for a short time and only allows a small number of people to enter and exit.
The primary time and space gate lasts for a longer time and allows heroes. And all the troops directly affiliated with the hero have entered and exited, but the settlement they return to is still random.
However, if the hero who uses the Gate of Time and Space only owns one settlement, then the so-called randomness is. It no longer exists. As long as it is used, it will inevitably return to this settlement.”
Xu Lai smiled and said: "So this is telling us not to bury castle hearts indiscriminately in the future?"
Luo Mingru smiled bitterly and said: "It would be good for us ordinary heroes to have a castle heart. How can we do that?" There are many that can be buried everywhere."
Xu looked at his ranger troops and said, "Six rangers are no ordinary people."
Luo Mingru's words stuck in his throat. Here, he didn't know how to speak. He already believed that Xu Lai had more than a hundred such top soldiers.
"That is to say, as long as I can buy a scroll like this to return to the city, I can take all my people away, right?" (End of Chapter)