431: Chapter 370 Comprehensive Cooperation_1 431: Chapter 370 Comprehensive Cooperation_1 As the Gnoll ladled food onto his plate, its final gaze at him clearly held sothing unusual, but it did not hinder him, faithfully serving the food and ensuring to admonish him, “You’re only permitted to eat, not to leave any leftovers, and certainly not to throw it away, otherwise you will be severely punished, woof.”
Its accented Common Tongue, was filled with seriousness and sincerity.
Archer couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Is the food here always of this standard on normal days?”
“This is the non-work al, the work al is better, more at, tastier bread.”
That’s it?
And it’s not even the best?
Archer’s eyes lit up irresistibly.
Such als were not sothing an average farr’s family could afford to sustain.
At an inn or restaurant, they would all be considered acceptable, worth at least a silver coin.
And that was just the portion for an ordinary person.
The amount he had already consud was worth more than five silver coins.
“Is it also free-flow?” Archer asked again.
“As long as you don’t waste, you can eat as much as you like,” the Gnoll replied sternly.
Based on just that,
The decision to stay didn’t seem difficult to make.
Duke Gaven had just promised room and board.
“Archer, Archer, Archer…” A Pikespirit called out while fluttering about, “Who is Archer Lahn?”
“I am, I am, I am,” Archer quickly responded.
“Temporary job, assist in registering the remaining rcenaries, wages calculated based on designated post and salary, follow .”
The Pikespirit said while leading Archer forward, and soon, they ca to a temporary desk.
Right beside the registrar who had just helped him register, a new place had been set up.
The registrar handed over a stack of forms and several pens, saying, “Just follow the forms from top to bottom, don’t be sloppy.
This matters not just to their future assignnts but also to your integrity here.
You’ll be held accountable because this line is for your signature.
Miss Lale will be assisting you.”
“Understood,” Archer, a clever man, grasped the instruction at once.
Looking around, he saw not only this area, but others were also continuously adding people and tables.
The new additions were all chosen from the rcenaries.
This was also why during the form filling, they had inquired whether one could read and write.
It seed it wasn’t that Duke Gaven did not want to assign more registrars at the start, but that in his domain, only a limited number of people could write.
Now it seed a wise choice that he had spent a year’s worth of gold coins to have a nomadic Mage teach him to read and write.
Even among rcenaries, not many could write, and so far, only eleven more desks had been added.
None of those who chose death over signing the rcenary contract and staying in the sewers were present.
Once the majority of rcenaries were rallied, they had all climbed up and lined up in a queue.
They were rcenaries, after all, who worked for money without any inclination towards loyalty.
Moreover, it was clear to any fool.
The Sambia rchants had, from the start to finish, treated them as cannon fodder ant to attract the Treants.
When the Red Dragon used its Fla Dragon’s Breath against the Treants, it certainly didn’t care about their survival.
To say there was no resentnt would be a lie.
As people were added progressively, the personnel tally was completed way sooner than Archer had anticipated.
By the ti he was relieved from the duties of a registrar,
He noticed that the number of rcenaries had been drastically reduced.
The records of these rcenaries were handed over as soon as they were completed and were distributed imdiately.
The first ones to be allocated were clearly those with more specialized skills or whose abilities were more one-dinsional.
Especially those proficient in farming and construction were prioritized for selection.
The latter were already allocated tools and began construction with the building crews.
The remnants here were mostly Combat Profession Practitioners.
Compared to ordinary people, they were more valuable, with higher pay, and would be subject to stricter managent.
In the end, Archer was assigned to a longboat, and not to a lowly position either, but directly to first mate, assisting the captain.
On this boat, five rcenaries were allocated altogether, the rest being Tesser Immigrants.
It was estimated that other boats would follow a similar arrangent.
While employing them, asures were also in place to guard against them.
Changing this situation would require proving their loyalty — loyalty to Duke Gaven.
There were many ways to prove one’s loyalty.
Military exploits were just one of them.
The simplest thod had been told by Duke Gaven himself: relocate one’s family here to demonstrate the intent to settle.
In the short term, no rcenaries would do this.
Because such a move carried great risks.
Not just because the place was in need of developnt, but also because it had captured the interest of the Sambia rchants.
Based on their knowledge of these voracious wolves, the rchants wouldn’t stop after just one failure.
They would try a second ti, a third, and countless more.
Until they had completely stripped the place clean.
For Gaven to hire them temporarily was not difficult, but turning them into new residents of the Three Rivers Region was not a task that could be completed in a day or two.
After getting the rcenary recruitnt in order, Gaven left with Zalanda to complete their initial plan—taking her to tour the entire Three Rivers Region.
The act of extracting mory projections from the Dragon Corpse had reminded Gaven that the simplest way to persuade others to immigrate to the Three Rivers Region was to let them understand it, to see its developntal potential, and to witness his own strength.
Inviting representatives to visit in person was a reflection of this line of thinking.
Representatives, after all, are few and the process is rather cumberso, far less efficient than directly creating projection images for the immigrants themselves to watch, which is simpler and more intuitive.
This thod is not only applicable here in Zalanda.
Regina can also make use of it, advertising throughout the Valley and even Sambia to attract those potential immigrants, allowing them to co on their own initiative.
The difficulty in creating mory Projection Crystals isn’t particularly high, nor is it particularly low.
Only two conditions are necessary.
Firstly, a suitable dium is needed.
This dium is not limited to crystals; so gemstones, diamonds, can be used as well, it’s just a matter of how much mory they can hold.
At the Ghost Grape Wine Auction, there were nurous suitable materials traded.
But Gaven has access to an even better material, that’s right, the Spirit Crystal Stone.
Spirit Crystal Stones are inherently related to spiritual energy, which makes them professionally matched as carriers for mory images; a Spirit Crystal the size of a thumbnail can contain as much mory as a crystal ball the size of a fist.
Spirit Crystals have another advantage over other gemstones, which is ease of manipulation.
Even ordinary people can use their ntal strength to activate the pre-set phantoms on them, the only issue being the duration of the activation.
Secondly, there must be spellcasters capable of casting phantom spells to pre-set the corresponding phantoms into the Spirit Crystals.
There are far more types of phantom spells than Gaven imagined.
Silent Phantom is just a first-level spell with no sound, sll, temperature, etc., just an image.
Lesser Phantom, a second-level spell, is similar to Silent Phantom but includes so sounds and is relatively weak.
Greater Phantom, a third-level spell, not only has sound but also includes slls, temperatures, etc., making it sowhat difficult to distinguish from reality.
Pre-set Phantom, Eternal Phantom, Permanent Phantom, etc., belong to the sixth-level spells.
These spells are not simply about copying images but creating characters and scripts that the naked eye cannot distinguish as fake.
For Gaven, Greater Phantom is good enough.
For Daphne, casting it is a piece of cake.
Under Gaven’s personal guidance, an advertisent for the immigration recruitnt of the Three Rivers Region was soon freshly released, lasting five minutes.
Though the ti is short, it is enough to introduce the Three Rivers Region in all aspects, such as the region’s financial resources, immigrant incentive policies, and natural geographic environnt.
After reviewing the effects of the finished images, Gaven felt that his cooperation with Regina had gained a new aspect.
That is, the joint developnt of Felen’s projection industry—the entertainnt level of the Felen populace is about to climb several steps.
Throughout the latter half of July, Gaven lived a life hopping back and forth between two places.
Today in the Three Rivers Region, tomorrow in Thacel, and the day after back to the Three Rivers Region.
During this ti, Gaven personally experienced Zalanda’s influence in Darama; the things she wanted to do needed only a word, and responses were plentiful.
For instance, she needed skilled carpenters to create water wheel-driven Nicole Spinning Machines.
Put up a recruitnt notice in the morning, and by noon, two squads of skilled carpenters could co over, many of whom temporarily closed their own shops to co.
For instance, she wanted to dig canals to guide the water of the Is River to power the Nicole Spinning Machines.
Once the citizens knew of this, there was no need to convene them; many volunteered, bringing their own food and tools, showing up on their own to offer their labor for free.
Zalanda wouldn’t let them work for free and paid them no less than the market wage for their labor.
In such circumstances, it would be hard for her not to succeed.
While Zalanda didn’t have the Three Rivers Region’s fantasy scenery of multi-racial cooperation,
She had the magical sight of collective cooperative effort, and under her multi-faceted approach, the large-scale hydraulics spinning mill began to take shape in just half a month.
Felen, a place of favorable weather, goes without saying; on the day of his return to Thacel, a suitable piece of land was already picked and prepared.
This ti, the citizens were not rallied, but the military was directly brought over; with thousands of soldiers engaging in the work, the tilling of the land was completed within the month.
This area was planted entirely with potatoes that could mature in two months following Gaven’s suggestion, allowing for two plantings before winter, effectively alleviating Darama’s food crisis.
Shipwreck salvage and repair work.
Mir Forest intelligence gathering work.
Moving to Battle Valley large-scale immigrant motivational propaganda work.
Also began at the sa ti.
Whenever he had ti, Gaven would join Zalanda in Darama, making frequent public appearances.
There was no need for deliberate publicity; the whole of Darama knew his na.
That’s him, that man!
The recent series of changes in Darama were all connected to him.
He brought enlightennt to the Treants currently salvaging the shipwrecks, enabling them to possess a great number of transport and fishing boats in a short ti, and to harvest more from the Is River, alleviating the food crisis.
He introduced brand-new spinning equipnt, giving many citizens new job opportunities.
He is the new Lord of the Battle Valley Three Rivers Region, right by a river several tis larger than the Is River, possessing mountains of food enough to feed tens of thousands for several years.
There, vast fertile lands lay uncultivated by anyone.
There is a land of peace and tranquility, without warlord lords, only endless calm.
The owner of this land promises that the houses built and lands cultivated would belong to the individuals, tax-free for three years, and after three years, a tax rate of ten percent, never to be increased.
The only obstacle isn’t the distance of 1,300 kiloters, but the will to go there.
As long as there is a willingness, Lord Zalanda will organize the military to collectively escort those who wish to go.
This matter has beco the hottest topic in Darama.
It serves as a warm-up period, giving the Darama People ti to think and prepare.
On the other hand, the Three Rivers Region has once again fallen into a state of war.
However, this war is unusual, the enemy is not Humans, nor even humanoid creatures, but birds and beasts.
The Weizemay Vineyard grapes have ripened.
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