Zongman: From No Job to Becoming a Collector King

“Master, be careful where you step.”

Rita took Rhode’s hand and skillfully walked around an unknown object.

They were walking on a shortcut leading to the Adventurer’s Guild.

Seeing Rhode come back to his senses, Rita finally asked the question in her mind.

“Although Rita knows that with your strength, gold coins are worth as much as stones on the roadside”

“But aren’t you afraid of attracting unnecessary attention and commotion with such extravagant behavior?”

Rita noticed Rhodes’ expression and added:

“Of course, Rita is just trying to understand your decision as a secretary, not questioning it.”

Rhodes raised his lips slightly, and did not answer immediately, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

“Rita, if you want to attack a country, what is the purpose?”

The intelligent and elegant maid thought for a few seconds and answered rationally.

“Technology, resources, population, wealth”

“Very good, then do you think our village has state-owned technology?”

“Village Country…….This description is true, but on the surface we do not have the technology.”

After all, the plan to mass-produce Valkyrie armor has not been officially implemented. In the eyes of any outsider, Arcadia does not have any technology worth coveting.

Rhode casually threw a silver coin to the beggar on the side of the road, waved his hand to refuse the other party’s thanks, and continued to ask

“So, what about resources?”

“Rita…….Not found yet”

“Population?”

Thinking of the beggars that can be seen everywhere, Rita shook her head regretfully.

“It may be better than a village, but if the population cannot be converted into resources, then the excess population will become a burden.”

Rhodes nodded approvingly.

“Yes, there are many wars between countries in the conflict zone. Even if it is a war to destroy a country, it is quite rare to fight for the purpose of conquering cities.”

“It is more about destruction and plunder. In the final analysis, the productivity suppressed by the big countries is not enough to support the country to feed too many people.”

“Then the main reason that supports small countries to constantly start wars is undoubtedly only one, that is wealth.”

“What do you think if foreign countries knew that I gave all the gold coins to the soldiers and even lived in poverty? If you were the monarch of a foreign country, how would you evaluate me?”

Rita complained bluntly

“Idiot.”

Rhode didn’t care, but chuckled and continued to ask

“What if you learned at this time that a large number of soldiers were walking out of Arcadia in twos and threes, carrying a large amount of wealth?”

Rita turned her head and stopped, and her expression changed suddenly when she looked at Rhodes.

A bone-chilling chill surged into her heart, and she seemed to see the shadow of someone in Rhodes.

“……I will kill them and take away their wealth. After all, those gold coins are enough to drive anyone crazy.”

Rita paused for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and calmed herself down.

“In order to protect their treasures, the soldiers would fight desperately with the enemy, using their lives to consume the potential enemies of the country.”

“That gold coin…….It’s their life-buying money!”

Rita could even imagine the dramatic scene of the soldiers who got the money laughing at Rhode’s absurdity in private, and then being buried in the wilderness the next moment after walking out of the city gate.

With a sum of money that does not cost anything, the disarmament that does not cause any disturbance, while eliminating internal instability factors, and using their lives to consume the enemy’s army.

Those who were unwilling to serve Rhode with loyalty were eventually cleverly led by Rhode to the same ending of dying for the country.

While killing many birds with one stone, the people involved would not be wary of him, and might even underestimate him, thus relaxing their targeting of Arcadia.

This young majesty squeezed the value of those fence-sitters to the extreme like a devil!

And those people might still be thanking Rhode for his”kindness” before they died.

“But aren’t you worried that they will defect to other countries and become a fighting force?”

Rhode’s mouth curled up coldly.

“For senior management, is it more profitable to kill people and rob them for money, or is it more reasonable to keep people with high salaries?”

“After all, if they can’t offer the high salary I offer, rashly accepting these guys will cause unrest within the company.”

Rita understood instantly.

If someone really accepted those soldiers, they would unconsciously become Rhode’s lobbyists and spies.

“It’s even simpler for the grassroots soldiers. Do you think they would like to see someone coming to compete with them for a position? It would be more cost-effective to kill and rob them immediately when they find them.”

Rita couldn’t help but ask one more question.

“What if those soldiers choose to stay because of the increased salary?”

Rhode said with a playful expression and chuckled.

“My high salary is not for raising pigs. Only high-level soldiers who meet my requirements can get it.”

“Forging and practicing, patrolling and assisting, clearing monsters, and resisting foreign enemies…….I have tons of work for them.”

“If they can stick with me because of the high salary, that’s great. I’m the only one in the conflict zone who can offer such a high salary. They will be loyal to me even if it’s for the sake of profit.”

“If they take the money but don’t do the job, I can use their lives as a warning to others.”

Rhodes’ calm and confident attitude seemed to have everything under control.

“not to mention……There are no nobles in Arcadia, and the only one who can be considered a noble is me, a member of the royal family. On the surface, I gave all my money to the soldiers.”

“If foreign enemies try to plunder wealth, will they choose me who has no money or the rich soldiers?”

“Therefore, the soldiers who stayed behind would risk their lives to protect their property.”

By the time the foreign countries reacted, Rhode had already passed the initial dangerous period.

By then, there would be no need to use such a small trick, and he would be able to sweep all the countries in the world.

Rhode’s eloquent figure made Rita fascinated for a while.

Rhode let go of Rita’s hand and walked out of the alley first.

“However, my series of plans always had a fatal weakness, but after Rita arrived, this weakness became a trap.”

“My personal safety is entirely in your hands, my perfect maid~”

Rita looked at Rhode’s back, and sighed in her heart that her little master’s PUA skills were improving, and he was becoming more and more like a qualified monarch.

But knowing this, Rita still smiled and leaned forward slightly, with a firm look in her beautiful eyes.

“”It’s a pleasure for Rita, my little majesty~”

The two came to an old wooden house.

The building itself was very old, with traces of repairs in every corner, and it looked very dirty overall.

This was the only adventurer’s guild in Arcadia.