The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Xu Lai was stunned. He almost wiped out the horse thieves in the entire grassland alone.

Moreover, Xu Lai didn't believe that Count Aini was colluding with the horse thieves at all. Rodney and others who were also nobles would not be aware of it.

As a result, he was now kidnapped by the horse thieves, and he opened his mouth to slander Xu Lai for colluding with the horse thieves.

Xu Lai was so angry that he laughed and said: "You bullshits, I don't even want to say that you colluded with the horse thieves, and you also colluded with the orcs in the stronghold.

I have no shame in colluding with the horse thieves, so what does it mean if you collude with the orcs in the stronghold and murder the heroes of your own camp? "

Rodney raised his head and said, "I don't understand what you're talking about.

I came to suppress the bandits on the orders of Count Aini, and I heard with my own ears that you were recruiting the son of the bandit leader.

Do you dare to say that you and the horse thieves did not collude? "

Xu came to ask Bello to get this guy out. Originally, he wanted to see if he could make him surrender to him like Jimmy.

Thinking about it now, fortunately I didn't say this just now, otherwise I don't know how I would have been laughed at by this guy.

Perhaps it was Jimmy's sudden surrender that made Xu Lai think he was really awesome.

However, for the time being, only he and his enemies know how awesome he is.

In the eyes of people like Rodney, Xu Lai is probably just a little more powerful than those heroes whose villages were destroyed and wandering around.

Even Qingfeng City and the others may not take it seriously.

The orcs' inability to attack may be just their own problem. After all, they can't carry many siege equipment after traveling a long distance.

And these people didn't underestimate Xu Lai, they just underestimated all the advent heroes.

The most important thing is that in order to promote itself, the Northern Empire deliberately weakened Xu Lai's role.

It shouldn't be said that it was deliberately weak, it should be said that it was not mentioned at all. Except for some priests in the temple who knew a little bit, the rest had no idea what role Xu Lai played.

Of course, there are also smart people, such as Master Parame, Jimmy who has long been optimistic about Xu Lai, and so on.

But in the eyes of traditional nobles like Rodney, Xu Lai may have become very powerful, but compared with them, there is still a huge gap.

There is no way, after all, Xu Lai has only been in this world for half a year, and he still disappears completely at every turn.

Although his reputation has been accumulated to a terrifying level, his deeds have not been widely spread.

"Yes, I have colluded with horse thieves. Not only do I want to collude with these horse thieves, I also want to collude with all the horse thieves on the grassland.

From now on, there will be no horse thieves on the grassland. I will collect them all and provide them with serious jobs.

I even dare to say that as long as they are not lazy, this serious job can not only feed and clothe them, but also make them rich.

I will also provide these horse thieves and the civilians you look down upon with more job opportunities and educational opportunities.

Let the future grassland and even the entire empire no longer fall into the hands of you bastards. "

After saying that, Xu Lai kicked Rodney down and said to the two brothers:

"Bring this guy to your father, he should know how to do it."

"Xu, what are you going to do? Aren't you going to take me with you?"

Xu Lai was stunned and said: "What did you say? You asked me to take you away?"

Rodney said matter-of-factly: "I am a viscount conferred by Earl Ani. The title is above you, and I am considered your superior.

In addition, you and I are both nobles and have the obligation to help each other. "

Xu Lai pursed his lips and said, "This useless title is only rare for you guys.

Moreover, after you became a prisoner, you actually dared to adopt such an attitude.

Now you still hope that I can save you? How thick-skinned are you? "

Speaking of this, Xu Lai didn't even bother to cover up, and said directly to the two of them:

"Tell your father, just say that I don't want him to die too comfortably."

"You, you, you want to murder me. Murdering a noble is a serious crime. You will be tried by the temple and all the nobles."

Rodney was a little panicked, especially after the two men picked him up like a chicken again.

Xu Lai got on his horse and said to Rodney from a distance:

"Did I kill you? I didn't even touch you!"

After explaining to Joseph, Xu Lai didn't want to stay at all, and rushed towards Qingfeng City with Elvi and the angel troops.

Xu Lai was also quite tired of the continuous running around outside.

In addition, Count Ani will definitely react to Jimmy Martell's betrayal.

Xu Lai was worried that Aini would be detrimental to his caravan, and even ignored the retreating archers and catapult troops.

But if Count Aini finds out that Jimmy has defected to him, he might just turn against him.

Xu Lai is not afraid of falling out, but he is afraid that the caravan in Kaonaston Fort will be in danger.

Xu Lai can still collect more resources, but Xu Lai already lacks manpower. If more people die, he will really have few people to use.

After a long and dusty journey back to Qingfeng City, Xu Lai didn't bother to rest and first asked Su Ya about the situation of the caravan.

Fortunately, the latest news is that the caravan stayed in Kaunaston Fort for two days and has now left.

And Xu Lai just happened to put the contents of the space backpack into the warehouse in Qingfeng City and reopen the big market.

Back in Qingfeng City, Xu Lai had two important things to do.

The first is to quickly target all personnel in Qingfeng City, especially government personnel and people in key positions.

For example, the managers of the market, the recruiters in the parliament, which is the city hall of Qingfeng City, the security personnel in the city, etc.

Anyway, those who have access to key information or have certain permissions must verify their origins and identities.

Previously, Qingfeng City did not have enough manpower to carry out background checks and could only let others do whatever they said.

Now that we have a little more manpower, the most important thing is that some horse thieves who are used to running around in major cities in the prairie will come over soon.

So the second thing is the placement of these horse thieves.

Because Su Ya continued to expand and a large number of soldiers moved to the underground Mingyue City, the rooms in Qingfeng City were sufficient.

However, these people are horse thieves after all, and may have grievances with many people in Qingfeng City.

If they are allowed to live in the city, they may cause riots in the city, which will also be extremely detrimental to the development of the Qingfeng City market.

Today, the market in Qingfeng City is already somewhat famous.

When Xu Lai came back, he brought a large amount of rare resources to the warehouse. Now not only crystals can be openly supplied, but also gems, mithril, and fine gold can be sold in limited quantities at intervals.

As soon as this news spread, there must be a lot of businessmen coming enthusiastically.

In addition, Qingfeng City's tax policy has slowly begun to spread at this time, and homeless people continue to rush to Qingfeng City every day.

And with Luo Mingru's Green Willow Town at the front, Qingfeng City's patrol pressure will be much less.

Now that she had money, Su Ya even ordered people to build a resting shed every dozen kilometers in the four directions of Qingfeng City, with Qingfeng City as the center.

The shed is used to shelter from wind and rain, and also stores some fresh water and food to provide supplies for patrol personnel and refugees on the road.

In this way, the pressure on patrol officers can be greatly reduced.

It is this cost pressure that will increase a lot.

However, Xu Lai's feat of annihilating tens of thousands of horse thieves in one battle near Kaunaston Castle has been spread by the merchants traveling all the way.

Therefore, Qingfeng City is basically ready now. There is no need to open up trade routes by yourself. Traveling merchants and caravans will continue to enter Qingfeng City.

Moreover, Qingfeng City purchases a large amount of resources such as wood, stone, and food to ensure that the merchants are profitable.

In addition, the scale of Qingfeng City will become larger and larger, the population will increase, and the commercial space will become larger and larger.

In order not to interfere with the business environment of Qingfeng City, Xu Lai decided to build a mining town next to the underground mine.

This town was built entirely for the purpose of collecting ore, and was dominated by a large number of private houses and a few warehouses.

Xu Lai, the mayor of Miner Town, had thought it through and left it to Bello Lai to take charge of.

He was the former king of the grassland, and he came to be the mayor of a small town. The people he suppressed were all former horse thieves, so it should be effortless.

In the early stage, the horse thieves had to atone for their sins. At least in the first few years, Xu Lai would only provide basic survival supplies.

After a few years, he can release misdemeanors and those with good behavior first.

When the time comes, if they are willing to continue working as miners, Xu Lai will pay them high wages, at least two to three times higher than the income of farmers.

If they are not willing, Xu Lai can provide them with land and let them become free citizens.

The horse thieves who arrived early were sent into the crystal mine to experience the future life first.

After putting the Abel crystal back into the mine, the number of crystals that can be collected in the mine every day is very large. What is lacking now is enough miners, not crystals.

There were a lot of arrangements and things to do. It was unrealistic to rely solely on Su Ya, so Xu Lai had to help in person.

Including the construction of the underground mining town, Xu Lai also needs to complete it himself.

Fortunately, Xu Lai has enough Castle Heart. With the Castle Heart, as long as there are enough resources and farmers, he can build a huge town within a week.

After laying the heart of the castle, Xu Lai first built a small manor, then directly upgraded it to a manor without recruiting farmers, and finally a large manor.

Unfortunately, the underground city is not affected by the Golden Statue of the God of War and has no growth rate bonus.

In Qingfeng City, there is a golden statue of the God of War to enlarge the base camp, with 41 basic farmer quotas per month.

Xu Lai mobilized all 41 of them, plus the 20 from Mining Town, 61 farmers worked overtime every day to build residential buildings.

As for the infantry training camps, although there is no way to upgrade them, as long as they have basic output, they can be sent to Qingfeng City for upgrades.

Therefore, as long as it can be made, Xu Lai will build it all.

For two days in a row, he worked underground.

Due to the constant need to adjust construction tasks for farmers, he only wakes up once an hour.

It was not until two days later that the caravan returned successfully. Among the people who returned were the horse thieves brought by the horse thieves leader and the eldest son of Bello who came alone.