Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

Zong Shen suddenly felt that his previous behavior was too rough.

Whether it was the Goblins or the Centaur clan, they were all killed directly.

What if they could be captured and turned into cannon fodder for their subordinates or sold to other lords to make huge profits!

Among the second-level troops handed over by the captive lords, the remaining ones include [Goblin], [Black-striped Kobold], [Fallen Tree Man], and even non-intelligent species such as [Venomous Wasp].

As long as the second level condition is met, the lords will still be a treasure.

After all, as long as it is conquered, it can be regarded as a fighting force.

On the other hand, Mr. Zong was never interested in these flashy wild monster units.

Previously, the Goblin tribe was massacred and the Centaur Desolate Clan was wreaked havoc. They were all trying to confiscate their homes and exterminate their species.

Now he thinks there are plenty of business opportunities!

That is the "population" trade!

It's just that the people Zong Shen wants to sell are not humans, but various alien races in the Endless Continent!

Not to mention the centaurs with relatively strong individual combat power and physique, just those drooling green-skinned goblins can be sold for a good price.

In addition, kobolds, troglodytes, Marcus lobsters, murlocs, quilboars, and even strong half-dragons can all become trade targets.

These alien races, whose ethnic groups are relatively scattered and weak, can be captured by clearing them out and capturing them.

Then it is divided into several different grades according to the level and individual combat power, and the prices are clearly marked for sale!

You must know that the "European powers" on the earth relied on the slave trade and colonial reclamation in the early days, and they continued to inject blood to the native land, which ultimately laid the foundation for launching the Industrial Revolution.

Including the indigenous people of the Endless Continent, there are still many slave traders active in various places.

The nobles needed enough serfs to serve them.

For slave traders, demand + profit = business.

The slave traders among the aboriginal people are mainly engaged in human trafficking. They are active in various war zones and small-scale battlefields. Wherever the war spreads, there are refugees who have lost their homes everywhere.

Moreover, there was no one to take over the war zone. The local governor either died in the battle or was overwhelmed and could not take care of the displaced refugees at all.

Through specific channels, as long as you bribe the officer in charge of operations in the area, you can obtain a slave-robbing license.

Slave trading and slave-keeping with a slave-grabbing license are protected regionally.

But not everyone can get a slave-grabbing license, and some slave traders take the wrong approach.

They would secretly support bandits and thieves, and use the "borrowed knife to kill" method to let the bandits and thieves plunder aboriginal villages. The captured people would then be handed over to slave merchants. After changing hands several times, these slaves would often appear among thousands of people. , in a giant city or state city tens of thousands of kilometers away.

It is worth mentioning that not all aboriginal governors encouraged slave trading. Local lords had strong autonomy. Therefore, some cities had slave markets and some did not.

There is a small slave market in Bosi State. When he visited the territory before, the slave merchant Bamogo, who coveted the beauty of the night elves, used Bosi State as a transit point and accidentally discovered Zong Shen's territory during his travels.

Relatively speaking, indigenous slave traders rarely preyed on foreign populations.

The nobles in the kingdom have only four needs for slaves.

The first type: working population. Agriculture and animal husbandry require a large amount of serf labor, and this type of slaves has the lowest value.

The second type: skilled population, various types of craftsmen, pharmacists, architects, designers, etc. The value of this type of slaves is slightly higher, but the number is small. Only when a large-scale war breaks out can more craftsmen be captured.

The third type: combat population, derived from enemy warriors captured on various battlefields. Pricing is based on the level of combat power. A third-level warrior slave can be worth thousands of dinars. The price of a caster of the same level is a warrior. 1.5 times, many nobles will recruit private soldiers, usually choosing to buy warrior slaves.

The fourth type: the beauty/pleasure population. Beautiful people among humans, elves, and orcs all belong to this type. Regardless of gender, as long as they look great, both men and women are marketable, and many nobles are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. Wandinar buys beautiful and coquettish female slaves, among which the beauties of elves and orcs are even rarer. They are often the highlight of slave auctions, and the price is even higher than that of fifth- and sixth-level slave warriors.

The former slave merchant Bamogo wanted to get a group of stunning elves to make huge profits.

But he was tricked by someone from Zong.

If the other party really found Elf Eyes, his ashes might be scattered by now.

The human trade that Zong Shen wanted to do was not the trick played by aboriginal slave traders.

He is not prepared to plunder humans and other intelligent races with complete social structures.

He only plans to attack those non-humanoid groups.

The trade objects are not the aboriginal nobles but other lords!

Thinking of this, Zong Shen looked at the 851 [Second-Level Goblin Warriors].

These are all cannon fodder used by the captive lords to make up the numbers.

Their formation was crooked, and every Goblin warrior was scratching his head and looking very restless.

As failed creations of the evil god, these filthy, smelly goblins are simply difficult to tame.

Even when they were gathering in formation, they kept looking around, drooling at the soldiers of the opposite sex around them.

The strong and uncontrollable desire for reproduction in the body is boiling and boiling.

It is conceivable that the loyalty of these guys must be difficult to cultivate.

Even if it is used as cannon fodder, Zong Shen would not like it!

On weekdays, we still provide them with food to prevent these dirty breeds from attacking female subjects.

It's better to sell them directly, at worst the price will be lower, and it will be the first try of the slave trading plan in mind.

As for the venue, it can be placed in the portal enclosure, where there will be a large number of lords wandering around in the near future.

With just a little bit of publicity, you can gain a lot of popularity.

Although [Second Level Goblin Warrior] is relatively useless, as long as it is sold cheaply enough, there are still many lords willing to buy it.

Putting aside these dirty and oozing goblins, Zong Shen was quite satisfied with the remaining [second-order black-striped kobold warriors] and [second-order fallen tree warriors].

Black-striped kobolds are one of the many branches of the kobold race.

Their bodies are also covered with fine scales, but they have more black patterns on their bodies.

They are stronger than the mine kobolds. As the second-level warriors in the tribe, you can see that they have obvious muscle outlines on their bodies.

The actual attributes and combat power are also higher than those of the mine kobolds.

But it is inferior to the red-scaled kobold under Xiao Heizi's command, and its overall ability is somewhere in between.

It's a pity that the red-scaled kobolds in the poisonous swamp have been maimed, and there are only dozens of kobolds left in the group. Even with the relatively efficient reproduction ability of the kobolds, if they want to return to their original size, at least five to ten years, so we can’t count on it in the short term. After all, the base is there.

It was expected that the red-scaled kobolds would be able to reproduce on their own, so it was better to give Little Heizi a holiday.

As pure-blooded black dragons, they know where to find these natural dragonborns.

Moreover, one of the real dragons is worth two, and it is twice the result with half the effort to conquer the scroll attributes.

Anyway, the Juan subordinates under Xiao Heizi are equivalent to the Juan subordinates under someone from his sect.

He has been thinking about this plan for a while. It is better to choose the right day than to hit it. He is going to let Xiao Heizi set off tomorrow, and by the way, he has emptied the supplies stored in [Pascal Contract's Big Bag (Gold)] and handed it over to it. , used to quickly carry and transfer conquered volumes.

Xiao Heizi only needs to return within a week, so that they can still catch up with the competition in Lentax.

His attention returned to the black-striped kobold in front of him.

Among them, the female kobolds are stronger, with half male and half female. They can be bred and bred, and all of them can be sent to the Azshara mining area for labor.

With a number of more than two hundred, they breed much faster than the red-scaled kobolds in Poison Swamp.

No matter what kind of kobold they are, mining is an indispensable option in their talents.

Whether it is black stripes or red scales, even the most ordinary underground kobold, in Zong Shen's opinion, its greatest role is still to be sent for mining.

These kobolds, who are good at moving in underground caves, are far more suitable as miners than humans.

They will not suffer physical or psychological discomfort from living underground for a long time.

At the same time, it also has higher resistance to humid and cold environments.

Kobolds don't even regard mining as a job. They enjoy it and swing every pickaxe willingly.

Therefore, Zong Shen planned to establish an Azshara mining army with kobolds as the main force and human miners as the supplement.

However, the scale of Azshara Mining Area is not small, and the mineral output it contains is at the level of medium/large mining areas in the Endless Continent. If you want to carry out large-scale mining without wasting the potential of the mining area, at least 20,000 miners are needed to operate it every day.

The territory still has a large labor gap in this area.

In line with the principle of grasping both hands with both hands.

Priority should be given to encouraging kobolds to have children and ensuring adequate food supply. After all, kobolds do not need Zong Shen to pay dinars as wages, so they are not included in the subsequent freedmen reform plan.

Zong Shen will always provide them with food and try to provide them with higher quality food.

Anyway, the kobolds are indeed impeccable in mining.

Secondly, I can only place my hope on Xiao Heizi.

Of course, someone in Zong has a strategy module and can provide some information help.

To achieve Xiao Heizi's facial recognition, Zong Shen provides a way to combine information.

In this way, they can effectively conquer those dragonborn.

In fact, conquering the scroll attribute itself is the instinct and advantage of the real dragon.

Previously, Xiao Heizi had been jumping back and forth between neutrality and defection of loyalty.

Zong Shen didn't worry about letting the dragon go out to conquer the volume by himself, so as not to run away directly.

It's different now. Xiao Heizi's loyalty is almost full, and Zong Shen himself has the combat power equivalent to a legendary mid-level powerhouse under normal circumstances.

As long as Xiao Heizi tames more kobolds and brings them back, it will be a real profit for Zong Shen.

In addition to the kobolds, those [fallen tree men] are also a bit interesting.

These [Fallen Tree Men] are different from the common Tree Men. Their entire bodies are pale purple.

The tree had a slightly evil face, and even the branches extending out looked like blood-sucking vines, all with hollow spikes.

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Zong Shen made an exception and took a look at their properties.

There is nothing unusual about the four basic attributes and damage values.

Active skills include [Vampire Coil], [Venomed Whip], [Corruption Impact], etc.

There is only one passive skill, called [Falling into Dirty Land], which basically means that it will pollute the land after taking root.

Moreover, the pollution effect is particularly strange, causing the plants growing in it to undergo uncontrollable mutations.

However, the pollution effect of [Level 2 Fallen Tree Man] is limited and cannot affect tree spirits. It can only have an effect on ordinary plants.

The notes on the final strategy module provide some interesting information:

(Fallen tree men, they are different from tree spirits born from pure natural power. They contain the residual power of tree shepherds and can pollute and corrupt the land.

The ancient tree shepherds were good at brewing tree spirit dew. They herded and enslaved the tree people. They were once famous as the ancient dragon masters. All polluted trees will turn purple.

The former tree herders invaded the mainland land because of overgrazing the tree people. In the last era, when the elves, orcs and ancient humans first descended, they started a war in the endless continent.

Especially the ancient elves hate tree shepherds very much.

After the war, the tree herders disappeared, but the fallen tree men they left behind still exist.

Tracing back to the civilization of tree shepherds, you can find a brand-new natural system rule)

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"The tree shepherds can actually trace their origins back to the early days of the elves?"

"And what does this new natural system rule mean?"

Zong Shen instinctively noticed something unusual.

He knew a long time ago that the end of the elves were the invasion of blood-burning demons from the last era.

Going back further, the elves naturally also have an advent period, which is at least two centuries earlier than the current era.

In the first century, he developed and fought for hegemony and became one of the protagonists in the mainland.

A century of sinking and dormancy, with the intention of making a comeback.

The era of tree shepherds was the end of the previous era and the early era of the advent of the elves.

After all, it is also a remnant of ancient civilization in the endless continent.

However, the elven warriors in Zong Shen's territory did not express hostility towards these [Fallen Tree Men].

This shows that the grudges between the two clans have long been lost in the long river of time.

There was at least a gap of thousands or tens of thousands of years between the advent and rise of the elves and the encounter with dimensional disasters.

In any case, these [Fallen Tree Men] can be considered a clue.

As for whether to pursue the ruins of the Shuo Mu tree people, it still depends on whether there are gaps and opportunities.

The tree herder system is obviously very different from the current natural style.

I don’t know whether the so-called “pollution” is good or bad.

But since there is a conflict, it means that the tree herder's pollution effect must go against the mainstream natural system.

It’s not too late to wait until later for details!