Chapter 97: disagreement
Although the town of New Loka has the word "new" in its name, it actually has a history of decades. Most of the buildings in this town are already a bit outdated, but it can be seen that they are well maintained, old and not broken, but revealing some heavy feeling of the precipitation of the years.
Gathered in the small conference room on the second floor of the hotel, which is said to be the same age as the town, the traversers discussed the next action plan.
"Let's go to the ground first." Panda said, "I'm not in a hurry to find Erica the fraudster anyway."
This suggestion, which is quite a bit of a bear breaking corn cobs, has been supported by many people. In everyone's opinion, even if you come to the ruins of the old Lorca town, you may not really find clues to the fraudster Erica. It's better for everyone to go to the forest to eliminate the dragons, at least you can get a lot of rewards.
The last time we fought the dragons in the Miserele Forest, everyone was relatively inexperienced, the cooperation was not perfect, and many mistakes were made. But even so, they won the land dragon without any risk. Now their cooperation is better, and their strength has also improved - through this period of search work, as well as some incidental hunting, almost all of them have been promoted to one level, and many people have also obtained some good equipment, which can further enhance combat effectiveness.
"With our current strength, there is no pressure to face one terrestrial dragon. If we face two, as long as we try to divert them, it is not particularly difficult - unless we are unlucky, there are three terrestrial dragons in the group. Or more, there is no way." Heyin said, "In general, that guy is like a gift bag of experience, it would be a pity to miss it."
"The main quest is much more important than the side quest!" Wu Mian emphasized loudly.
"Where is the main thread in this world?" Someone asked back.
"War! The war between kingdoms and empires, isn't that the main line of the early stage of this world!"
Harmony shook his head: "Sleepless, did you find a problem? We seem to have arrived too early."
Wu Mian frowned and said nothing.
"When I entered the hotel, I had already confirmed it with the clerk. The young man who led the team to guard the gate of the town is the heir of the Roca family, Master Marjorie. He is fourteen years old, let alone married, and he doesn't even have a fiancée yet. What." Harmony said, "According to common sense, it takes at least a year from engagement to marriage. Shortly after his marriage, the imperial invasion broke out. That is to say, even if we do nothing, the imperial invasion will be at least a year. After that - it's only going to be longer, not shorter."
"Why not shorten it?" Wu Mian asked.
"War is a big event, and it takes a lot of time to prepare." Zhang Sun Wu, who was probably the most familiar with ancient warfare, said, "In the age of cold weapons, preparations are generally required two or three years in advance. To manufacture weapons, train troops, reserve military rations, repair roads, build front-line granaries... There are many, many things. Therefore, at the beginning of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", it said 'a major event in the country of soldiers'. Since the empire started at least a year later, Then it is absolutely impossible for them to start fighting now."
"Sun Tzu also said that 'the soldiers are precious and quick'." Wu Mian said.
"Binggui's speed refers to actual combat, and it does not conflict with being prepared before the war."
"This world is not our earth, but a fantasy world. You can't use the situation on earth to imitate it!"
"Maybe so, but we don't have any evidence to prove that countries in this world don't spend a lot of time preparing before going to war." Zhangsun Wu said, "Since there is no such evidence, then according to the cold weapon war on earth Judging from the situation of the times, there should be no problem.”
"How can there be no problem! As long as there are twenty magicians of about 60th level, and they jointly cast space spells, it is enough to create a large storage space that can store thousands of tons of food. With this method, it is necessary to prepare the army's baggage. , not a problem at all."
"Are thousands of tons a lot? A soldier on Earth needs to eat at least two catties of grain every day. That is to say, if a thousand people eat a day, that is one ton. Assuming that the empire dispatches 30,000 troops, the expected combat time is two months. . Then it's 1,800 tons - that's just food. Firewood for cooking, tents for camping, spare clothes, armor and weapons... You imagine that large storage tank that can store thousands of tons of food. The physical space is actually not enough.”
"They can create several more of these spaces."
"Wusian, you are a bit nonsense. A 60th-level magician is not a bad street. There are characters with names and surnames in the game. There are not many people with this level." Heyin said.
The quarrel between the two sides became more and more fierce, and the voice became louder and louder. In the end, the panda couldn't stand it, and slapped it viciously: "What nonsense! How much time can it take to play a dragon? If it doesn't work, hire a few people to go to Lao Luoka. Looking for clues in the town ruins, let's go to the ground dragon, otherwise we won't be delayed!"
This method did not satisfy Wu Mian, but when the people who wanted to "slay the dragon" accounted for the majority, the "mainline faction" headed by him had to make concessions and accepted the panda's suggestion.
So Wu Mian took two people to the bar downstairs of the hotel, and asked the boss if there were any reliable idlers in this town. The rest of the people began to pack up, organize their outfits, and prepare for the subsequent dragon slaughter.
Wumian soon found two people who lived as part-time workers in the town. He gave a deposit and asked these people to go to the ruins of the old Roca town and find clues about the old Roca family manor.
"Mr. Eric, let's talk about the ugly first." A day laborer hesitated and said, "Over the years, people have been going to the ruins of the old town to search for useful things for decades... Now there I am afraid that there are only broken stones and rotten wood left, and even complete iron pieces may not be able to be found..."
Wumian nodded, indicating that he knew, and said gently: "Don't worry, I don't expect you to find anything. I just want you to observe the side as carefully as possible and rummage around. Then we will return from our hunting grounds. After that, just report the results of your search to me."
"It's that simple?" asked the two day laborers in surprise.
Wu Mian shook his head: "It's only one silver coin a day, are you still planning to do difficult work?"
Both day laborers laughed, and the matter was settled.
Wu Mian gave each of them three silver coins as a deposit, saying that even if the adventurers have to go out for five or six days, the balance will be settled by then. And even if the adventurers came back early, their money would not be deducted, and each person would be given at least two silver coins for the final payment—the two people added up, and the total amounted to one gold coin.
This amount of money is quite a lot for the two day laborers, but for Wusian, it is just a fraction of the profit he made by refining a little thing.
As the number one enchanting master in the guild, he may now be the richest person in the entire guild.
Because... the former guild's richest man, Panda, had already given the money to Tiger to buy the sword of "Speed Rider".