Yuan Shen: Demon God Recycling Expert in the Hall of Rebirth

Niwa praised a few words, and then said: "I am here to discuss talent exchange with the Holy Order on behalf of Liyue. The great sage has agreed in principle, and it is estimated that the first talent exchange will start within a few months. Ailani If you are interested, you might as well come to Liyue to stay here for a while, the funds are guaranteed, and you can apply for protection from the Qianyan Army when you go out for archaeology, it is definitely a good opportunity."

Ailani's eyes brightened immediately, "Yes! Liyue is the oldest existing kingdom among the Seven Kingdoms, so maybe we can find many interesting archaeological results!"

can not?There are still things that are not clear, go back and talk to a certain retired uncle, and the arrangement will be clear for you in 6000 years...

The two parties were chatting happily when suddenly a heroic voice came from the side.

"Sorry to interrupt everyone, can we start preparing supplies now?"

Chapter 177 The Other Side of the Sand Wall

Everyone turned around, only to see a graceful figure like a leopard standing quietly not far away, with wheat-colored skin exuding an alluring exotic style.

Seeing everyone looking over, she coughed lightly, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Everyone, my name is Dixia, and I am a mercenary who is fully responsible for the safety of the trip, or you can also regard me as a guide and a mercenary." bodyguard."

The innocent Alani didn't hear the slight hostility in Dishiya's words, but just stared at her without moving her eyes, and said in amazement, "Wow! Are you the Lion with a Blazing Mane? That's amazing... "

Niwa also smiled gently, and gave Liyue etiquette to her, "Correct me, I am a businessman from Liyue, not a scholar. Miss Dixia is a deserter?"

Dixia nodded, "Of course, the people of the forest will not engage in such dangerous activities as mercenaries... Closer to home, traveling to the desert requires a lot of preparation, and there are a lot of necessary travel equipment to buy. If you If there is no shortage of Mora, you can also buy or rent a few pack animals..."

Niwa took out a stack of Mora coins and handed it over, "Miss Dixia is an expert in long-distance travel, you can arrange it, and just report to me at the end. By the way, don't ask San for the purchase. Master Gemahabayi will do, that guy was cheated by me for 500 million moras just now, and he is probably struggling to get it back."

As an old mercenary, Dixia's experience in the world is quite seasoned, but something is wrong with a few seemingly random sentences, and she can't help but feel a little shivering in her heart.

"He was able to trap the famous master of the Casazale Palace? The assistant of the great sage of the Holy Order personally arranged the escort mission. I thought it was to protect the two famous scholars of the Holy Order, but now it seems that it may not be for this person. ah……"

In just two sentences, Desia raised Niwa's position from "a person with status but does not need special attention" to "a big man from Liyue", and hurriedly lowered his head to take the stack of Mora coins, and glanced at him again casually. Secretly startled.

This stack is full of [-] Morat bills, at least forty or fifty!

The cost is hundreds of thousands of moras. If you just buy supplies, it is enough for an expedition team of more than a dozen people!

"If it's not enough, I can go get it again." Niwa added with a smile.

"Ahem... No, it's enough. Do you want to go shopping with me?" Dixia hurriedly concealed her surprise.

Nilufa and Erani shook their heads.As scholars, they don't have much interest in shopping.

However, Niwa took advantage of the situation and said, "I'm interested in visiting the market in Sumeru, so please ask Ms. Dixia to be a guide."

Naturally, Niwa didn't really want to go shopping.

Dixie has a certain status in the mercenary world, and she is a well-informed person, which is very helpful for Niwa to understand the situation of the desert people.

Yes, in fact, Niwa’s original intention of coming to Xumi this time was not to poach the corner of the teaching order, but to recruit a group of people from the desert people to participate in the development of Guiliyuan.

After the battle to defend Liyue, at least hundreds of thousands of monsters escaped into the mountains of Liyue. In addition to the various monsters already entrenched in the wilderness, the Qianyan Army with only [-] to [-] mobile troops left to fight. The extermination will not be delayed until the year of the monkey.

The desert people are brave and good at fighting, and they are quite qualified fighters. If they can find a group of mercenaries with good strength and good reputation, and bring them to Liyue to help exterminate the monsters, it will definitely be twice the result with half the effort.If there are honest and reliable fighters among them, Niwa doesn't mind having an extra foreign army in the Qianyan army.

In addition, Guiliyuan development also requires a lot of strong labor.There are many people in Liyue who are merchants, and it is quite expensive to draw enough labor from them.That being the case, why not engage in international labor export and import a batch of labor from neighboring countries?

The people in the desert endure hardships and stand hard work. As long as they are not fanatical followers of the Red King, they can be drawn to Liyue!

Not only Sumi, but Niwa actually also took a fancy to Inazuma's surplus labor force, but that may have to wait until the end of the lock-up order.

What?Mond you say?The group of Jiumengzi who came to work probably drove Keqing to death.For the sake of my wife's physical and mental health, forget it...

Xumi has a population of about 900 million, which is no less than Liyue's populous country, and the number of desert ethnic groups is between 200 and 300 million.

Most of these people live in rainforest areas, but they are not treated equally by the Holy Order, and educational resources are rarely provided to them.Therefore, although most people have settled in the rainforest for thousands of years, they still live the life of the mules and horses.

The desert people who lacked promotion channels could only become mercenaries in groups and live a life of licking blood.

The mercenary business is usually on the edge of black and white. Since you choose to do this, it is basically a matter of course to develop a "side job".

So after thousands of years, the desert people's reputation for being rich in prison-related talents has almost become the consensus of the entire society, which makes the desert people's already poor life even worse.

As for the people who still live in the barren desert area, their lives are even more miserable. The largest settlement, Aru Village, is said to have a population of only 3 to [-], and the people live hungry and full all the year round.

Because of this, the desert people miss the glorious era of the Red King's rule very much, and they don't want the Red King to return all the time to lead the desert people to live a happy life again.

The chat with Dixia further confirmed the information collected by Ningguang.However, Dishiya obviously has a more detailed understanding of the desert people, and can basically know the composition, economic status, and income structure of many families.

"Miss Dixia understands these things so clearly, she must have helped the desert people a lot on weekdays, right?" Niwa asked with a smile.

Seeing that the heroic Dixia actually became shy because of this matter, he stammered and said: "This... I also came from the desert... Really... I really can't see it..."

"This is a merit, so why not be embarrassed." Niwa shook his head and said, "Well, after purchasing the necessary supplies, I will provide another 50 moras, which will be exchanged for daily necessities and donated to your hometown! Just this time It’s also on the way to the desert!”

"really?!"

"Of course it's true. We Liyue people value contracts the most. Once a promise is made, a thousand gold is not easy."

Dixia looked at Niyu with a complicated expression, and sighed after a long time: "I have long heard that Emperor Yanwang is a very wise god, and he governs Liyue to prosperity and peace. If the Red King is still alive, we, the desert people, must be able to do so." Let's live a life no less than Liyue..."

Dan Yu shook his head slightly and said: "It is true that the emperor has made great achievements through the ages, but Liyue today is the result of the unity of the people. Even the emperor himself recognizes this. The key to striving for people's happiness is to rely on people themselves."

Dixia nodded slowly when she heard the words: "I don't read much, so I don't understand much, but I always feel that what you say makes me very excited..."

"you flatter me."

"In the past, when I felt this way, I would always hold my wallet tightly. But this time, thinking about it, it seems that you are the one paying the money, so I don't have to worry about that." Dixia said seriously.

Niyu's smile froze slightly, and he sighed immediately: "Let's not get in touch with Master Sangge Mahabayi in the future... When you buy things, look for Liben Department Store, the price is affordable and the quantity is plentiful."

Chapter 178 Join the Gilded Brigade and Embrace a Better Life

With the help of Dishiya, a local snake, the preparations for the trip went very smoothly.

On the one hand, Niwa contributed capital, and on the other hand, he took Dixia directly to the store of Liben Department Store to recognize the door. All the goods were discounted, and the supplies gathered for her were full of more than [-] pack animals.

Due to too many goods, Dixia had to find a few more familiar mercenaries to go with her.Although she insisted on paying the commissions of these mercenaries herself, Niwa still refused and paid the commissions at the highest market price.

As a result, Niwa's reputation for generous donations was quickly spread by Dixia and her familiar mercenaries.

One of the principals of the Northern Continent Business Alliance, the big boss of Liben Department Store, is righteous and generous, and probably has some official background——Niyu did not disclose his identity as a senior official of Liyue, and he has not officially taken office as You Bixing for long. The news hasn't spread yet.

Soon, everyone in the circle of desert people in Sumi City knew about this No. [-] person.

This is exactly what Niwa wanted—an advertisement with hundreds of thousands of moras, rounded up to a viral promotion, was so cost-effective that it exploded!

After several days of preparation, Niwa and his party were protected by several bodyguards and left Sumeru City. After more than ten days of trekking, they successfully arrived at Aru Village, the largest settlement in the desert.

Aru Village is built in a valley surrounded by mountains, and the bottom of the valley is the most precious water source in the desert.

As a mercenary who went out from Aru Village, Dixia was not questioned too much, and soon met Candice, the "guardian" of Aru Village.

This beautiful girl with different pupils has a gentle and tough personality, and her gestures have both the bodybuilding unique to desert women and the sanctity that belongs to the descendants of the Red King, which really impressed Niwa.

For Dishiya returning to Aru Village with such a huge caravan, Candice showed appropriate joy and welcome.When she learned that these goods were not commodities, but gifts from Niwa to Aru Village, she showed vigilance again.

Free things are the most expensive.

The desert may not have this proverb, but years of guardianship have given Candice a similar experience.

Of course, she would not say much until the guest showed no malice, but expressed her gratitude in a reserved and calm manner.

Seeing Candice's performance, Niwa immediately understood that this seemingly gentle and gentle elder sister is definitely a deep-minded veteran, and it is unlikely that she will be moved by Xiaohui.

But he didn't mean to deceive people. The export of labor services is not human trafficking.As long as Mo La paid enough, he didn't believe that there would be no young people willing to venture out in such a poor place.

Seeing that Dishia and Candice were going to organize the young people in the village to carry supplies, Niwa took a dried date palm, a specialty of the desert, and walked around Aru Village while chewing on it.

The date palm is a bit like the date palm in the previous life, but it is much bigger, even if it is dried, it is bigger than a fist.

Dried dates have no other characteristics, just one word, sweet!So sweet!

This thing is naturally an excellent food for quickly replenishing sugar. Just chew on half of it, and the energy for the day is basically enough. No wonder desert people like to use this thing as emergency food.

Niwa couldn't adapt to the sweetness, so he instinctively didn't want to eat after two bites, but wasting food in the desert is a big taboo, and he didn't dare to throw away the dried dates casually, so he could only hold it sticky in his hand and dangle all the way. .

As soon as he turned a corner on his side, he was stopped by a young man wearing a red gold-rimmed scarf.

The young man seemed a little nervous, and whispered with trembling voice: "Join the Gilded Brigade! Embrace a better life! Friends, are you interested in learning about our Gilded Brigade?"

Niwa glanced at him speechlessly, and thought to himself, you push it as you go, why are you making it look like selling fake invoices?

Seeing that he didn't directly refuse, the young man immediately got excited, and his tongue became sharp, "Listen to me, our Gilded Brigade is a good place! Freedom! Unity! Friendly! And you can also learn from those who live in the trees The guy took money out of his pocket! Let me tell you, the people in the Order Academy are rich, and they will never default on their arrears..."

Niwa smiled faintly, turned around and walked past him to go forward.

The man hurriedly caught up and continued to sell, "Don't go! Our food is also very good! There are fish and meat every now and then! If you are lucky, you can even talk to that maned lion! I... Keke..."

Niwa raised his hand and patted his back, took the water bag from his waist and handed it over, "Speak slowly, don't worry."

The young man coughed twice, took another sip from the water bag, but glanced at the dried dates in Niwa's hand.

Niwa understood in seconds, handed it to him and said, "If you don't think I've eaten two bites, then eat it for me. Your dried dates are so sweet that my teeth are knocked out..."

"This... how embarrassing..." The young man said so, but he took the dried dates in his hand, opened his mouth and took a big bite, with a happy expression on his face.

"It's so sweet! I haven't eaten dried dates for a long time!"

Niwa looked at him amusedly, "Don't your Gilded Brigade have fish and meat every now and then?"

The young man blushed, bowed his head and said, "There are some, but not many, one or two mouthfuls per person... Besides, the dried dates are much more expensive than fish..."

"Oh? How is your Gilded Brigade?"

The young man looked down at the date palm in his hand, seemed to want to take a bite but held back, took out a cloth towel from his bosom and carefully wrapped more than half of the date palm left, then smiled shyly : "I don't think you're going to join us. Let me tell you the truth, the life of our Gilded Brigade is actually not very good..."

"Can you tell me more about it?"

The young man sighed for a long time, "It's fine to work hard on weekdays. If you encounter the work of those guys in the Order Academy, you really have to put your head on your belt. Those high-ranking scholars like to go to dangerous places. Running anywhere, if you don’t lack arms or legs, it’s considered the blessing of the Red King..."

"Even so, you'll have enough food and clothing all year round. Unless you meet wealthy customers, you won't be able to save a few moras at all. But compared to those who carry bags for people at the pier, those who catch snakes and mushrooms for people in the rainforest , as slaves in the manor, we are already doing well..."

Niwa rubbed his chin, and suddenly asked: "How many people are there in your Gilded Brigade? How are your skills?"

The young man subconsciously puffed out his chest, but soon collapsed, and said honestly: "There are many forces, large and small, in the Gilded Brigade, and they are not affiliated with each other. No one knows that the brigade has a total of How many people, but I guess there are 6 or [-] people..."

"As for skills, there are good and bad. For example, Dixia, the Lion of Blazing Mane, is a good player, but there are also those who are not strong. But since you dare to come out to be a mercenary, you still have two brushes. It is definitely no problem to deal with beasts and Qiuqiu people on ordinary commercial roads. If you want to go deep into the ruins to deal with those ancient creations or even more powerful monsters, you have to take action from those who are particularly powerful, such as..."

"Like a lion with a blazing mane?" Niwa asked with a smile.

The young man rubbed his head embarrassingly, "Among the mercenaries from Aru Village, she is the most powerful... By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Atia, who are you?"

"Niwa, Liyue Merchant."

Chapter 179

Niwa walked into the depths of Aru Village while chatting with Atiya.This young man is a local, and he knows everything about Aru Village and the situation in the desert.

Through his introduction, Niwa learned that Aru Village has a population of about 3000 people, which is the largest settlement in the entire desert area.

In addition to relying on farming the barren land and grazing nearby for a living, the young people in the village basically choose to go out to work.Most of them chose to work for others in Kawan Station, and a few particularly brave young people joined the Gilded Brigade.Because of this, the rest of Aru Village are basically old people and children.

In addition to Aru Village, there are also some strongholds of the Gilded Brigade in the nearby desert, as well as a small number of small nomadic tribes.The population of these factions is not large, only 2 to [-] people in total, but most of them are young and strong, and whenever life is difficult, they will always turn their ideas to Aru Village.

Fortunately, Candice's strength is extremely outstanding, and she led hundreds of poorly equipped guards to repel the invaders countless times. With the help of Dishiya and other mercenaries from the Gilded Brigade from Aru Village, she managed to get by. down.

As for the depths of the desert, there are even fewer people who can survive in that environment, and they are basically small nomadic tribes.In the huge desert area, the number of desert people is only a hundred thousand.

But what is interesting is that most of the more than 200 million desert people who live in the rainforest and still believe in the Red King have some special feelings for Aru Village.

Every year, some descendants of the desert people who lived well in the rainforest came to the desert to pay homage to the Red King's Mausoleum.Most of these people regard Aru Village as the last shrine of the Red King, and regard the residents of Aru Village as the descendants of the Red King, and especially respect the guardians.

Especially after Candice served as the guardian, she was extremely kind to these compatriots who left the desert early, and forbade the villagers to call them traitors.For foreign caravans, Candice also advocated normal trade with them.

Candice's strategy has achieved remarkable results. Most of the descendants of the desert people will donate generously to Aru Village after accepting the hospitality. In addition, the "rich fertile" fertilizer sold by the business traveler has increased the grain production a lot. The life of Aru Village in the desert these years is much better than in the past.

And after Dixia emerged in the Gilded Brigade, many forces within the Gilded Brigade also used her relationship to connect with Aru Village and recruited many powerful fighters from the village.They also tacitly regard Aru Village as their protection object, and respect Candice very much.

Knowing this, Niwa couldn't help secretly calling it a fluke.

If you don't know this information, and simply regard Candice as a town-level military minister who has jurisdiction over [-] people, I'm afraid it will delay big things!

On the other hand, if we can gain the trust of this beauty with different pupils, with her help to promote, I am afraid that recruiting desert people in the future will get twice the result with half the effort!

The current donation is probably not enough... A mere 50 Mora should not be able to catch the eyes of this beautiful girl with different pupils, why don't you hit him with a small target first?

Unknowingly, Niwa's thinking mode also began to match a certain rock god, highlighting a powerful brick flying...

As he gradually entered the depths of Aru Village, Niwa saw more and more impoverished locals.

The frail elderly cook food with limited fuel, and the frowning women count and turn over the food stored at home. Only the children are still carefree, yelling and running through the streets and alleys, chasing and fighting.

But Niwa also saw some interesting details.

Although Aru Village is poor, it is not dirty. On the contrary, it has a complete sewage system, and all sewage is collected for composting; Dried plants for decoration.