The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 123 Borrowing an Identity
Seeing Manid kneeling there with a sincere look, Zhang Qiang suppressed the enthusiasm in his heart and pretended to be embarrassed.

Manid grabbed the corner of Zhang Qiang's clothes, "Master Knight, as a small businessman, I know that I am not qualified to be your entourage, but I still ask the Lord to take me in and let me serve you, even if it is just a name. Well, if I can have the noble status of Lord Knight, as my amulet, it will be more convenient for me to travel to the mainland to do business in the future."

Zhang Qiang stared at him with wide-eyed eyes. It turned out that this guy was thinking about such a thing. A businessman seeks profit, but he can’t get up early without profit. He just wanted to use his reputation to do business. The identity of a knight squire and his name is a replica of walking on the mainland.

This guy.

This cunning guy.

But what they do is not annoying, and I tell you with a sincere look.

Manid said again: "My lord, you may become a real knight master in the future. The knight master owns his own manor. Do you know how much it costs to maintain a manor?"

Zhang Qiang smiled and said, "I don't know, because I don't own a manor yet."

Manid got up, stood in front of Zhang Qiang, and counted for Zhang Qiang with his fingers, "My lord, a knight's manor is as small as [-] mu of land, and as large as [-] mu of land. Let's use the smallest land of [-] mu." Take the manor for example."

He glanced at Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang nodded at him.Beside An Jianhui, Hou Xiaoliang, Lin Liangjin, listen carefully, they probably also want to be a knight and own a manor.

On the other hand, Lesarite and Delangton acted as if they had nothing to do with themselves, and they kept on patrolling around the team. When they saw the prisoner looking around and looking restless, they went up a few feet. , The guy who hit him was rolling all over the ground, grinning, crying, begging for mercy.

However, those warriors who have been converted from Semillons Village look anxious and loyal to their duties. What is anxious is that they still have no clue about retaking Semiluns Village. They are loyal to their duties because of their Lord Knights, you are so kind to them. Not only did you give them a lot of commissions, but you also gave them trophies, making them look like the fighters under the lord. You can show them off when you see the people in the village. It's been a while.

Manid continued: "Owning a manor is the difference between you and others, my lord. Otherwise, what is the difference between you and those adventurers wandering on the mainland? You have no fixed place, no matter how much wealth you have. The place where you end up, this person, there is always a moment when your heart is tired, once your heart is tired, and you don’t give it to you, you can’t accomplish anything.”

He buttoned his nose and wiped it on Zhang Qiang's sleeve.

Zhang Qiang was taken aback.And this person, what he did was still so natural, so unguarded, and he did it before he changed his mind.

After doing a disgusting job, he still looked like he didn't know anything, and continued to pull Zhang Qiang, sticking to Zhang Qiang's face, and carefully analyzed it for Zhang Qiang.

"A manor, no matter how much you produce on the mainland, olives, grapes, oats, wheat, even bakeries and flour mills, are not enough to maintain the consumption of the manor."

Zhang Qiang felt that what he said made sense. He brought these soldiers by himself. Now it seemed that the salary alone was not worth a lot of money, but buying them food, supplies, equipment, and maintenance of equipment was a lot of money. In the future, if you fight every day, no one can bear it, and you will always die in the war. To replenish your troops, you must have a good relationship with your village to replenish your troops. If there is a manor and someone takes care of the manor, you can replenish some from the manor Troops are consumed, and you can also make your own food.

It is always cheaper to make things by yourself than to buy them. Weapon maintenance can also be carried out in the manor, just recruit a few craftsmen. You can also temporarily store loot and supplies in the manor and take them out when you need them.

Seeing that Zhang Qiang was tempted, Manid continued to step up his lobbying work, "My lord, you have two ways to get a manor, one way is the gift of the lord, which is free, and the other way is you buy it with money, you know Is it the price of a five-hundred-acre manor?"

Zhang Qiang shook his head, how do I know, I have only been in the game world for a few months, I am either worried about this every day, or thinking about upgrading and getting dinar gold coins, how can I have time to understand this.

Manid looked at him and stretched out five fingers, "5 dinar gold coins. In other words, you can only buy them from the lord with [-] crystal coins."

Zhang Qiang took a deep breath, it was so expensive, according to Manid, he had to pay with crystal coins.

Crystal coins are not owned by the common people, that is to say, you must still be a noble knight.

Manid was very satisfied with his persuasion work so well. He rubbed his hands together and looked at Zhang Qiang with a smile on his face. Zhang Qiang looked at him, "Continue."

Manid said: "My lord, the key point is that no matter how you get it, you have to pay the lord the tax. If those common people in the lord's territory, if they only get supplies for their own lives, a little bit of money, the nobles The master will not collect it, but if you get good things, for example, if you get more than one dinar, then all have to be handed over to the lord, all of yours belong to the lord, and the lord will redistribute it For you, for you, you have to be grateful to the lord."

Zhang Qiang argued: "But I am a nobleman."

Manid said: "Yes, my lord, you are a nobleman, so [-]% of what you get has to be taxed and handed over to the lord. If the lord is going to fight, you have to bring your own attendants and entourage to participate in the battle." The lord's expedition.

You don't have to pay taxes to the lord unless you participate in the lord's expedition. "

Zhang Qiang opened his mouth wide, "This is the first time he has heard that knights have to pay taxes to the lord."

Manid continued: "But you have gone on an expedition, there must be someone to do the output and operation of the manor, so my lord, I am a good steward, a small businessman who can bring benefits to your manor, if I can Doing business on the mainland in your name, my trading skills can be improved by one level, and your losses can be reduced by [-]%..."

He smiled, "Of course, I can increase my trading skill level by one level, gain [-]% more profit and reduce [-]% loss, which is also good for you...no, no...I mean, where did you find this A loyal butler who runs the manor for you, a businessman... These days, it is very difficult to find a loyal person. Everyone is running for their own wealth and rights, who cares about other people's interests? What will happen?"

Zhang Qiang rolled his eyes, but An Jianhui interjected: "We seem to have just met, based on our understanding of businessmen, no business is not evil, your loyalty as a businessman is a joke, what you are loyal to is your interests! "

Manid took a look at An Jianhui, touched his nose, and felt a little disgusted in his eyes. Obviously, he felt very uncomfortable when An Jianhui said so clearly about him. He said to Zhang Qiang: "Master Knight, I I swear in the name of the God of Heaven, I, Manid, will be loyal to you, and if there is a second heart, let the God of Heaven accept me."

Zhang Qiang and An Jianhui glanced at each other and laughed. They were born in a country where they don't believe in God, they only believe in their own relatives, and only believe in their own country. They only find it funny to swear, it's a kind of ceremony. This kind of ritual of deceiving others has never been taken seriously. This kind of funny action only appears on young people who have just fallen in love. It is okay to deceive ignorant little girls. For old and cunning adults like them Not enough to believe.

But Manid looked serious, put his hands on his chest, closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and muttered something to the lazy sun in the sky.

"Okay, Manid, I believe you. From now on, you will be my follower." Zhang Qiang reluctantly agreed to Manid's request.

Manid was obviously very happy, pulled Zhang Qiang and continued to ask: "My lord, can I raise a flag in my caravan?"

Zhang Qiang waved his hand, "Okay, you can stand upright or not, I agree."

Manid jumped up excitedly, "Thank you, my lord. I want to print your noble badge on the shields and armor of my hired soldiers. I can see that although you are a knight servant, you have Inherited aristocratic status, you are a real aristocrat, and being an exclusive caravan of an aristocratic lord is still a very respectable thing on the mainland."

Zhang Qiang looked indifferent.

Anyway, it is not a bad thing to have one more businessman helper, at least someone will take care of the business for you in the future, which means that you will not be short of money in the future.

Lesarite came over and bowed, "My lord, the soldiers have been marching and fighting continuously, and they are already exhausted. If they don't go to the city to rest, once their morale drops, they are likely to collapse when they encounter a battle. Please hurry up." Let’s end the things here and move to Veruga Castle.”

"Okay, okay, okay," Zhang Qiang nodded, and said to Manid: "Are you following me into the city? Or continue to complete your business trip?"

Manid glanced hesitantly at his caravan, then at Fusang Ninja Wenren Muxue, bowed and said, "My lord, I will finish this business trip first, and then report to you. I've posted all my possessions, and if I can't get the goods to Suggs, I'll lose a lot."

Zhang Qiang nodded, "Okay, you go and do your work first, we will contact you through Yichuan."

An Jianhui walked up, "You boy, if you don't give us such a good thing, give it to an NPC merchant."

Zhang Qiang pinched his nose, feeling very embarrassed. Whether it was collecting the ring or discussing these matters with the craftsman François, he carried them behind his back, fearing that they would be greedy and ask him for the ring.

Although these are good friends who fully support them, in Zhang Qiang's view, the function and benefits of giving such a precious thing to a good friend are worse than exchanging it for the loyalty of a hero-level NPC.

A good friend will not thank you for taking good things, just like taking something in your own home, but the NPC in the game world has something similar to the human moral code that he follows. They will be grateful, and their code remains unchanged. , forever.

But human friendship is random and not so reliable.

(End of this chapter)