Chapter XX: Before the War
Lord Lord did not catch the supper he expected, and When the light was already glimmering on the side of the day, Li Bingcai returned to the city under the escort of the guards.
"It's up to you, teach me a good lesson for these scum." Obviously, if you can make money with a lot of strength, you have to rob your house. After giving this sentence to the captain of the guard, the lord lord went to look for the dreamland.
As the first operation of the Territorial Guard since its establishment, this attack was undoubtedly very successful, and the Lord Lord's zero tolerance for bandits greatly pleased the merchants who learned of this.
"Is there anything I need to know right away?" Having just slept, the lord lord who was now eating said to the captain of the guard who hurried to come.
"Lord, that Huck said something funny, here's the interrogation record for you to see."
Squinting at Li Cha, he took the interrogation record forwarded by the secretary and looked at it twice, and Li Ping threw the napkin in his hand on the table.
"Are you sure this is true?" Shook the interrogation records in his hand.
"Yes Grandpa, I believe it must be true, Father Geralt said that no one can withstand the interrogation methods he taught." It's hard to imagine what he would look like in the interrogation room.
"Where are the people?" Take me, I'm going to confirm it personally. ”
When lord lord saw the destruction of the leader of the thieves in the interrogation room, he immediately believed the result of the interrogation obtained by the captain of the guard.
In the face of this tortured and dying poor man, even the most hard-hearted guy could not help but look sideways. Looking at the fingers and toes that had been smashed into meatloaf, and then looking at the iron rod on the side that was almost the thickness of his wrist, the true face of the perpetrator was ready to come out.
"Lord, he did it when I squashed his second toe, but I remember what Geralt's father said, and sometimes prisoners take chances of saying half-truths, so I continue to squash all his toes and a few fingers."
"My lord, what I say is true, please show mercy, what I say is true!" Hearing Richard's demonic voice again, the former leader of the Thieves Regiment, who had been slightly awakened from his coma, opened his eyes and saw the young lord, and immediately wailed.
"Captain Haq, it's hard for me to believe that you didn't want to pit me when I saw you like this."
"My lord, my lord, I swear, what I said is true, you spare me, I am willing to give all my wealth, even if you kill me, please don't let me face this devil again." 」
"No noise!" Seeing that his old man had some skimming looks, Richard immediately shouted at the prisoner.
Then the lord lord was stunned to see that this bandit leader, who had once been a murderer without blinking an eye, was actually scared to pee under Richard's scolding.
"There is no need to go on trial, ask him the address where he hid the treasure, bring me what he confessed, and find someone to heal his wounds."
"Obey the orders of the lord"
"Richard, go take a shower, the smell of your blood has reached me."
Looking at the disgusted old man, the captain of the guard scratched his hair and smiled thickly.
One evening a few days later, Mr. Secretary was ordered to convene all the cadres in the territory for a meeting.
A group of cadres were seated on both sides, the loyal old butler Quark, Mr. Geralt, who had served the family since his grandfather's generation, the little giant Richard, who had been promoted to captain of the guard, the iron father of the munitions factory, and the director of the territory's income-generating little master, Alice, and the handsome secretary and the personal master Lombard were on either side behind the lord.
Looking at his own team, the lord lord signaled mr. secretary to hand over the most important booty of this crackdown to everyone.
"As you must all know, Richard has found a secret in this thief leader, which is said to have been a treasure stolen by the last emperor of the orcs, and when it was transported back to the northern polar region, it was buried somewhere in the dark forest because of an attack by unknown forces. This is the treasure map of the so-called treasure. ”
"Looking at the style and recording of this picture is indeed the handiwork of the orcs." The old butler spoke first.
"The writing is also the nunik script used for the exclusive use of the beast royal family, and it is basically correct from the age of this sheepskin." Papa Geralt added.
"So that means that this treasure map is basically credible?"
"Yes sir, I think it is credible." The butler and the instructor looked at each other and said.
"So can you tell where the treasure is?"
Elder Geralt looked at the treasure map carefully for a while and said in a deep voice, "You can only roughly determine an area, and here is a more obvious feature, close to the water of Yu Ni." After a pause, The Teaching Father continued, "If you want to get close to here, you must first go through the territory of the Dark Elves. They don't make it easy for us to get. Even if it was possible to break through the dark elves' guards, Yu Weini's great water was already deep in the dark forest, and the high-level demon beasts that often appeared were not easy to deal with. ”
Hearing this, the Lord Lord frowned, "Do you just give up?" To be honest, I'm a little reluctant to do it. ”
"Lord, the Guards are ready to serve you." Richard was also unwilling.
"Shut up, you fool, just defeated a few bandits and you feel invincible in the world!" The teaching father scolded.
"Lord, if you must explore this treasure, I suggest that it is better to invite some powerful mercenaries, the territory's current force against the dark elves' bows and arrows is no problem, but we lack magical power, and it is very easy to suffer when dealing with elf sacrifices and high-level demons."
"In terms of equipment, you also need to make some preparations, and equip more armor-breaking arrows. It is also necessary to purchase a batch of medicines and hire several priests. Be prepared to set foot deep in the forest, otherwise I'd rather suggest you give up. ”
"There's no problem here at the Arsenal."
"I will also try to produce as many goods as possible, you can rest assured sir."
In order to satisfy the Lord Lord's desire for the mysterious treasure, the entire Wasteland Collar was firmly running like a huge machine. All kinds of supplies were either processed into lucrative goods circulating everywhere, or made into armed guards of equipment needed for expeditions.
At the same time, employment information spread through the Rus' caravans filled the towns along the route from the Wasteland to the Imperial Capital. For a time, Lord Lord's city was packed with mercenary teams from all over the world, and ostensibly the Lords gathered them in the name of recovering the Terran territory occupied by the Shadow Elves.
Banish the Dark Elves, restore human glory, and sprinkle Terran radiance across the continent, during which time these slogans are plastered in all corners of the city. When the lord lord saw these flowers and green papers on the street, he suddenly had a feeling of being baptized by the revolutionary atmosphere.
"My Lord, this is an idea proposed by a soldier named Chavin in the Guard, which aims to incite the mercenaries' pride and pride as human beings, and to make the military operations against the Dark Elves holy, so as to better boost morale. It was considered feasible after submission to the Wartime Leadership Group. ”
The secretary saw that the Lord Lord was staring at a poster titled "Sword Cut Dark Elf - My Big Character Newspaper" and explained.
The full name of the "Wartime Leading Group" in the secretary's mouth is "Wasteland Collar vs. Shadow Elves Combat Period Comprehensive Leadership Group". The old butler Quark was the leader of the group, the captain of the guard and Mr. Xi were the deputy leaders, the two directors of the arsenal and the first factory were the heads of logistics support, and the secretary was fully involved in all the decisions of the group during the operation on behalf of the lord.
The Lord Lord entrusted the work to others and praised himself: "You are engaged in these things, and I must focus my energy on the economy."
The group's decision-making proved to be relatively wise, the various things in the territory were orderly, the market was prosperous, and the security was stable. Although the territory is currently full of brave and fierce people, there are few bloody incidents.
"This man named Chauvin is a talent, and I think he can lead a department to become the mouthpiece of the territory, specifically responsible for propaganda work." Lord Lord sighed.
Mr. Secretary took out a notepad and recorded the important instructions of the Lord General and reminded, "Your Honor, I need to remind you that the meeting with the representatives of the mercenary corps is about to begin."
"What kind of characters are they?"
"Your Honor, Lord Geralt has inspected and said that there are several worthy figures, three of whom have reached the level of the Great Swordsman, two five-star archers, a mid-level magician, and a priest."
"What are the origins of magicians and priests?"
"My Lord, the magician is the deputy leader of the Giant Beast Mercenary Corps, and their leader is one of the three Great Sword Masters, and the strongest of them. The priest was the sister of the leader of the Griffin Mercenary Corps, and his brother was also one of the three Great Swordsmen. The other two five-star archers did not join any forces, they were representatives of the Rangers, and Lord Geralt's suggestion was that they could be recruited. ”
"Very well, then what are you waiting for, Mr. Jason, as the host it would be rude to let the guests wait for a long time."