Chapter 530 Cooperation Is Not Charity (8000)

Smelling the faint smell of burning in the air, Matthew could sense the hesitation in Thorne's heart, but he would not be "merciful".

Cooperation is not charity.

The Gulf Territory paid nearly 100,000 gold coins in various supplies.

Thousands of people were used.

Naturally, it is impossible to hand over the initiative arbitrarily.

Even though Catachan people are straightforward and never cause trouble.

Matthew would not place the interests of the territory and the safety of adventurers and soldiers on their ideas.

"There are two ways to work together."

"Type 1, we build a new city and hire Catachan soldiers to fight for us."

"You will receive rewards such as supplies, magic potions, food, weapons and equipment."

"This is the price, including the consumption through transmission."

Thorne took over the list. He originally thought that this kind of cooperation would be very difficult.

Unexpectedly, he could actually "understand" those square characters that he didn't recognize at all and understood their meaning.

Soldiers can choose their own weapons and equipment, and enjoy three meals a day, military uniforms, medicines and other supplies.

Salaries are divided each month according to ability, starting level, intermediate level and advanced level.

You can receive 500 kilograms, 1000 kilograms, and 2000 kilograms of food.

1 to 2 finely crafted weapons, including knives, guns, swords, and bows and arrows.

Even Thorne was quite tempted by this price.

There are occasional transactions and cooperation between the city of Catachan and the tribe.

The most valuable rewards are, of course, weapons and food.

But often the actions of hundreds of people can only obtain at most 10 metal weapons.

Food usually only covers transportation costs, and then 25% more.

Gulf Ling was lucky, they covered all the expenses, and even offered a price that was more than 10 times higher.

If it were before, Thorne would definitely have agreed.

After all, being able to take the initiative yourself is always more reassuring.

However, the situation is stronger than the people.

Sensing his hesitation, Matthew ate the last of the food, saw the surprise of the Catachan soldiers enjoying the delicious food, and continued with a smile:

"The second method of cooperation is that we expand the city and then expand outward."

"Within two months, we will mobilize more than 30,000 people here to proactively develop and clean up."

"Everyone in Catachan can join the guard. The salary is the same as above. We are responsible for the food and drink of others."

"More than half of the soldiers will be led by you, and we will provide a full set of weapons, equipment and supplies."

"In addition, we will also provide professional ability training to everyone."

All food and drinks included?

Professional training?

Thorne, who was a little dizzy from these conditions, suddenly felt his throat was itchy, and he subconsciously wanted to agree.

However, Thorne still held back, he had to ask more clearly.

Matthew had no intention of continuing to talk to him. He waved to Elio next to him and said:

"The entire city in the future will be controlled by Elio. You two can have a good communication."

"Tell Thorne about the situation in our Gulf Territory, and you can also ask the adventurers."

"Alio, learn more about the Catachan plane and don't miss any details."

Elio, who was fully prepared, met Thorne's wary gaze and did not hide the red lines on his body. Instead, he immediately asked:

"Have you ever seen a demon? Or a monster tainted by it?"

As he spoke, Alio's eyes glowed slightly red, and a special sense of oppression made Thorne nervous.

Noticing Alio's clear eyes, Thorne made sure that Alio had not lost his mind, and after hesitating for a while, he said:

"I've seen a lot of them, and they're all very scary."

His pupils shrank slightly, and the image of the rift in hell flashed through Elio's mind. He took a deep breath and said:

"Tell me..."

The child holding a small sword was looking at the weapons and equipment of the adventurers with gleaming eyes, not afraid of anything at all.

Yaya took a bite of the meat thoughtfully, savoring the sweet taste, and murmured in his heart:

"Ah, there are actually children who don't like delicious food!"

Noticing their expectant looks but not daring to get closer.

The smart Yaya rolled his eyes, and a special idea came to his mind.

"They must have never tasted delicious food, so..."

Just when Yaya was about to "introduce" delicious food to the children.

Thorne agreed to the "second" way of cooperation.

The reason is simple, the food and weapon problems can be overcome.

However, Thorn really doesn't want to give up on the professional path that can greatly improve combat effectiveness.

He has even thought about it. After mastering the professional abilities, he can teach them to other Catachan tribes.

After thinking about it, Thorne informed the other Catachan soldiers of his decision.

After a brief discussion, they heard about the various conditions in the Gulf Territory and expressed their opinions one after another.

"The first type is basically useless. We already lack combatants..."

"It makes sense. The second type has better conditions. Isn't it just about working hard? We are the best at it."

"Are the conditions really so good? Help us defend the city and ensure that everyone else has food?"

"It should be true. Without their support, we might have suffered heavy losses."

"Hey... it's true. They have a lot of people and resources. You won't suffer any loss if you follow them."

"If we don't have to worry about eating in the future, can we focus on cleaning up the monsters?"

"The key is that if there are sufficient supplies, more newborns can survive and we can get more soldiers."

"Indeed, even if they don't go out to fight in the future, as long as they help us defend the city, it's still a good deal!"

"Joining other tribes doesn't have such good conditions. You also have to hand over food and trophies..."

"That's right. We are all humans anyway, not those monsters outside."

"There's nothing to worry about. I just talked with those soldiers. Those soldiers can have enchanted weapons and equipment!"

"Enchanted weapons and equipment?"

"It's a weapon similar to the boss's "Ghost Claw" sword. It's sharper, stronger, and more lethal..."

"Huh, there's nothing more to say. Back then, I went to fight for Iron Sword City for three years for a Yaogang sword."

"Now that I can get the same weapon for free, I'll definitely do it!"

"Check the weapons and equipment. If we are not deceived, then we all agree..."

"Agree!"

"..."

After hearing their conversation, Thorne turned to Elio and nodded, agreeing to the second cooperation plan.

Snapping his fingers, Elio signaled Feili to send a message and made an invitation gesture to Thorne:

"Tell me about this city?"

As soon as Thorn nodded, he saw a mysterious light lighting up in the teleportation array.

Boxes of supplies were delivered.

Groups of soldiers walked out in neat steps.

The other Catachans were called over by the staff while looking at them curiously.

In just a few hours.

500 soldiers, 3,000 adventurers, and a large amount of supplies filled the city called Green Castle.

One after another, heavy engineering golems were dispatched outside the city.

They collected piles of metal corpses, and these unique pieces of metal will become the new mission of the Gulf Territory Research Institute.

If some new alloy materials can be developed through research on it, then the Gulf collar will make a lot of money.

Regarding the Gulf Territory's plan to use the magic method of turning mud into stone to mine stones to build city walls, Thorne put forward some suggestions for improvement.

"These weird bacteria blankets can secretly corrode ordinary stones."

"So, continue to build and repair defenses."

Yes, these weird creeps and twisted plants are extremely malicious to human buildings or residential groups.

They would always gather in stages and launch sieges again and again.

According to Thorne.

The "crazy plants" that were repulsed this time were just temporary "green tides" that gathered in a hurry.

When summer comes, the "green wave" that has accumulated strength for a year will be the real terror and destruction.

At that time, most of the outer cities and fortresses will selectively give up after putting up a certain degree of resistance.

The purpose of their existence is to buy time for the defense of several core cities.

This is also the reason why the thousands of Catachans headed by Thorn do not particularly value the ownership of this city.

After learning about this situation, Elio adopted another strategy.

A single city wall is not safe, so prepare several more walls.

If one side is destroyed, it can also greatly consume the area of ​​the creep and distort the number of plants.

After dealing with these monsters, just rebuild the city wall.

As for the "green wave" that will be faced in eight or nine months, Aliou feels that more information should be collected in order to make corresponding protection and plans.

In order to achieve the effect of building a good city wall.

Elio used a large amount of fierce fire oil to burn the area dozens of meters outside the castle to a white ground.

The red fire made Dell feel quite distressed when he saw it.

He trembled and mumbled with his lower mouth, feeling the numbness and itching from the healing wound, and couldn't help but say:

"These are all good things, much better than the fuel we studied..."

"We usually use some for drying and heating, but it's such a waste. They actually use it to burn open space."

What a waste!

After hearing his words, Thorne, who was repairing the arrow tower, rolled his eyes for no reason and placed a heavy crossbow at the shooting port.

He adjusted the shooting angle and stroked the crossbow arm with some admiration:

"This is the real thing. The crossbow arm is made entirely of metal and will not be affected by moisture."

"I heard that as long as the protective oil is applied on time, there will be no problems for ten years. If we can produce this weapon, those young men who are not strong enough will not have to fight to the death in close combat."

Dell tried to move his arms, his eyes showed a little bit of disbelief, and he laughed loudly:

"Now, can't we use it?"

"No matter what the purpose of bringing us here is, they can't send millions of people in."

"At the end of the day, no matter what they do, they can't do without our help, so what do they have to worry about?"

When Thorne heard this, he was stunned, suddenly figured it out, and nodded quickly.

Outside the castle, extensive construction work was being carried out.

Inside the castle, Feili, who was carrying a large amount of supplies to distribute, met a pair of curious eyes and turned to the staff and said:

"Register their families and names. If they don't have names, remember to give them number plates."

Looking at the tall and strong Catachans, who were no less than the barbarians, the staff showed enough patience.

They whispered to each other again and again that after registering and receiving the number plates, they could quickly distribute food to them.

However, it was beyond the expectations of both parties.

The Catachans, who were strong and full of wildness, regardless of gender, age or young, were not as unruly and rude as imagined.

On the contrary, they were very obedient and showed amazing discipline.

They did whatever they were told to do, and they were very quiet and didn't talk too much.

The Catachans also thought these staff members were very good.

Not only did they not deduct their food, but they also very considerately confirmed their food intake and increased it.

The clothes they distributed to them were not only clean and refreshing, but also very finely woven.

This is several levels better than their hand-woven clothes.

It's great to join this tribe.

Feili saw this very harmonious scene, looked at the situation of these Catachan men, women, young and old, and immediately came up with many more plans.

Good foundation, discipline, and keen on fighting.

Natural soldiers!

After a simple contact, both sides were quite satisfied with each other.

In fact, with the means and policies of the Gulf Territory, as long as the other party did not clearly express disgust or hatred, they would be quickly integrated.

In addition to various daily necessities, the staff will also give them some Gulf Territory brochures.

These inconspicuous brochures record the development process of the Gulf Territory, various delicacies, and various very detailed policies.

The most interesting thing is that many oriental stories and the history of the Netheril Empire are added.

Various illustrations and patterns are very attractive to the Catachan people.

After all, they have almost put all their energy into how to improve their combat effectiveness and learn to survive in the jungle.

These leisure time pastimes have brought them a great shock.

This is the first time they know.

There are actually places in the world that are not surrounded by jungles and "green tides".

There are hundreds of kinds of food in the Gulf Territory.

In addition to humans, there are also dwarves, elves, orcs and other intelligent creatures.

Many of them saw "understandable" text for the first time.

Various information kept entering their minds.

When they gathered in the evening, a sumptuous welcome dinner was held.

It also deepened their good impression of the Gulf Territory invisibly.

Many Catachans are already thankful that they chose to join the Gulf Territory.

Otherwise, they didn't know that they could eat 5 dishes in one meal!

Seeing that the situation has stabilized, Elliot smiled and communicated with Thorn next to him.

"In the next few days, our main task is to transform the city."

Transform the city?

Thorn was amazed at the generous investment of the Gulf Territory.

He originally thought that the few walls being built outside were all the transformation.

But from Elliot's tone, it seemed that all this had just begun.

Thorne, who tried not to show too much emotion, could only smile and nod to show his agreement.

"No problem, we will absolutely obey the arrangement."

Elliot said to him politely:

"During the transformation process, we need to listen to some professional suggestions to adjust the transformation plan to suit the Catachan plane."

"For example, how to build a surveillance post outside the city..."

"How to build an underground defense line to isolate the invasion of fungal blankets..."

"How to build a material storage warehouse to prevent pollution..."

"..."

Hearing these questions from Elliot, a word suddenly popped up in Thorne's mind.

Professional!

Thorne tried to have some conversations with Elliot, and then found that the other party's personality was quite good, not as strong as he imagined.

He also recorded the various transformation opinions he gave truthfully, and after thinking about it, he also had further discussions.

This attitude made Thorne feel very comfortable, and the original worry gradually disappeared.

In addition to discussing the issue of city transformation.

What made the Catachan people most happy was

In the following public meeting, teachers from the Professional Training Academy and instructors from the Bay Commander Camp.

told all Catachans about the existence of professionals and the development prospects of the power system.

Moreover, they fully affirmed the talents and abilities of all Catachans, and would teach and train them in the next period of time.

So, in the next week.

In addition to expanding the castle, the biggest work of the Bay Commander was to train all Catachans.

The adventurers were not idle either, they received some instructions and training tasks.

They trained with Catachan soldiers and members of corresponding strength.

During the training process, both sides intentionally communicated and chatted.

The Catachan members gained a lot, and most of them successfully embarked on the path of professionals.

50% of the members chose to become rangers who were more suitable for fighting in the jungle.

30% of the members chose a more sophisticated and intelligent way of fighting and became quite flexible wanderers.

15% became frontal warriors.

5% became shooters who manipulated long-range weapons.

Their professional level increased quite quickly.

Thorn became an 8th-level warrior in a week.

He created a terrifying record of "increasing one professional level a day".

All other Catachan soldiers also took office smoothly.

The average professional level reached level 3.

The average challenge level even reached 9+!

All elite!

What surprised Matthew was that many Catachan members with an intelligence of 10 points did not have the talent to become spellcasters.

Among thousands of people, he could not find one.

Sure enough, there is gain in loss!

The adventurers also gained a lot and learned more about Catachan information, intelligence and survival skills.

After all, in the dangerous Catachan jungle, mastering more knowledge will increase the probability of saving life.

Some adventurers, accompanied by Catachan hunters, went to the jungle outside the castle and took some adventures.

It turns out that if you are not fully prepared, you will really die in the dangerous and terrible world of Catachan.

After the three unlucky guys died.

The other adventurers also participated in the "training" obediently.

Fortunately, as more and more information was collected, the Catachan members brought back more and more "teaching tools".

The adventurers' ability to adapt to the Catachan jungle also began to improve rapidly.

Soon, the gains of the first professional team immediately made the originally uneasy adventurers regain endless courage and confidence.

They cooperated with the Catachan guides and captured more than a dozen mutant plant individuals in a few hours and transported them back to the castle.

The Bay Leader never hesitated to reward, and purchased these mutant plants at a price of 100 gold coins per plant.

At the same time, the Bay Territory offered a bonus of 1,000 gold coins for a mutated plant.

2,000 gold coins were earned in a few hours. Even if more than 10 people had to share it, it was still a considerable amount.

The adventurers went "crazy".

Some Catachan members also joined in.

They were the experts in surviving and adventuring in this jungle.

With the collection of many mutated plants, the information of many Catachan demiplane plants was analyzed.

The Bay Territory discovered 3 mutated magical plants with very high value.

The first plant is the barbed poisonous gorse that can be seen everywhere in Catachan!

In addition to being used to brew bitter wine, it has very high benefits for nourishing physical strength.

According to research, short-term use of about two months can increase the user's physical attributes by 1 point.

If the processed barbed poisonous gorse can be taken for a long time (5 years), the physical attributes may increase by 2 to 4 points.

The reason why Catachan soldiers are so strong.

It is closely related to the bitter wine made from the barbed gorse beans that they often drink.

Such a special strengthening effect makes the barbed gorse beans very popular.

This kind of jungle predatory plant that is everywhere, I am afraid no one would have thought.

They will become a popular commodity one day.

The Bay Territory offered a price of 10 gold coins per kilogram.

It is comparable to the top-level magic plants of the middle level.

Matthew purchased a large number of barbed gorse beans for potion experiments and research.

This special plant that can improve attribute points may be able to research a magic potion that can directly improve the strength attribute points.

Of course, even if the experiment is unsuccessful, it doesn’t matter.

If there are large quantities of barbed gorse beans, which can become food for the soldiers and children of the Bay Territory, it will greatly enhance their strength and potential.

This thing can become a strategic material!

With this alone, the Bay Territory spent nearly one million gold coins on the half-plane exploration this time, which is enough to recover the cost and make a lot of money.

Apart from anything else, adventurers and soldiers who have no end in sight for strength improvement are very happy to buy some barbed gorse beans to eat.

The second plant is the man-beating grass.

It is a subspecies of the barbed gorse beans and is also very common.

It usually disguises itself as a shrub. Once prey passes by, it will suddenly open its bloody mouth and spit out a strong and resilient tongue.

The tongue is not only extremely flexible, but also full of toxins with paralyzing effects.

Once tied up by its tongue, you will quickly lose the ability to resist and struggle.

You can only watch yourself being dragged into the big mouth full of sharp teeth and become the nutrients for its growth.

It does not have a very high practical value like the barbed gorse beans.

Its tongue can be freely extended and has great toughness and strength. It was favored by Victor and successfully developed into a very important bowstring for the dragon hunting crossbow.

Not only did it save 3,000 gold coins on the cost of the dragon hunting crossbow, but it also greatly accelerated its production efficiency.

The reason is simple. Although the sniper grass is not as common as the barbed gorse, you can always find it if you go 40 or 50 meters in the jungle.

The sniper grass has more functions.

When their outer skin is cut, a large amount of sticky liquid will be secreted.

These liquids have extraordinary viscosity. After being processed and separated by Matthew, two items that made him very happy were obtained.

Strong glue and rubber.

These two items are extremely useful in weapons production and industrial production. They were discovered by Matthew by accident.

Matthew was quite excited and immediately gave an order.

"Catch a plant of beating grass and you can get a reward of 80 gold coins (equivalent to 1.6 trolls)!"

The third plant is the "brain leaf worm" encountered by Alice's adventure team.

Although this monster is dangerous, it can produce very special secretions.

After processing and purification, it can become the main material of advanced meditation potion.

Advanced meditation potion increases meditation efficiency by 300%, and there is a small probability of obtaining a breakthrough of inspiration.

Market price: 10,000 gold coins per bottle.

You should know that the production of advanced meditation potion is particularly difficult.

Especially its main material-life spark.

Except for a very small number of production in the potion laboratories of some great arcanists, it has become extinct in other places.

Therefore, although this potion is good, it is rarely circulated on the market.

Want to get a breakthrough of "inspiration".

Many spellcasters, arcanists, and even senior production staff are willing to offer 20,000 gold coins or even higher prices to buy it.

One "brain leaf worm" is equivalent to a main material worth 5,000 gold coins.

The price offered by the Bay Territory to adventurers is 500 gold coins plus 800 merits.

The reason for increasing the latter reward is to facilitate adventurers.

Let them enjoy the benefits of "advanced meditation potion" earlier.

Usually, the Bay Territory will not keep the good things it finds for itself.

In addition to these three plants, there are also various mutant plants that are favored by the Bay Territory, and they have offered their own high bounty prices.

Many adventurer teams in the two castles.

Under the temptation of gold coins, they all went into the jungle full of various strange and dangerous plants to adventure.

As long as they can survive.

They can usually catch seven or eight dangerous plants, and the income can basically reach 500 gold coins.

They dare not eat or spend the night in the jungle.

However, because the jungle is not far from the two castles controlled by the Gulf Lord.

They can return to the castle for repairs before the second adventure.

Soon, the first few adventurer teams that "successfully tried" appeared in the castle.

The amazing income naturally attracted adventurers.

The Catachan members who knew about this situation no longer acted alone as before.

They joined the adventurer team one after another.

They can not only get a salary for employment, but also make the team gain more.

The adventurers also recognized their joining.

They can not only greatly reduce casualties, but also help them gain more wealth.

Both parties are quite satisfied with the cooperation between each other.

Therefore, it also promoted the integration of the Gulf Lord and Catachan members.

For this point, the Gulf Lord has never made an active "attempt".

It relies on passive and silent influence to change the ideas of Catachan members.

The effect is very good.

In less than half a month, most of the Catachan members, including Thorn, called themselves the "Bay Territory Tribe".

They even invited a new Catachan tribe to join.

Matthew arranged them in another castle, a castle built by the Bay Territory.

As time went on, the development of the Catachan demiplane became more and more popular.

Various rare plants were sent back to the Bay Territory by adventurers.

Then, they were produced into various precious potions.

30% of these potions were purchased by Mordencan and his team.

50% of them were purchased by Matthew as a storage of strategic materials for the Bay Territory.

At the same time, Matthew also sold the remaining 20% ​​through the "Lynch Chamber of Commerce", Adam Smith's "Thorny Chamber of Commerce", and the store opened in the Blood Moon City of Sewenton.

Once they were released, they were immediately sold out and were sought after by many high-level spellcasters.

As a result, almost the entire Netheril Empire knew that the Bay Territory was developing the Catachan demiplane.

This further promoted the reputation of "Gulf Territory Manufacturing" and attracted a considerable number of elite adventurers.

At the same time, it improved the accumulation and collection of various high-level resources in the Gulf Territory.

These high-level materials are usually not simply sold as gold coins.

The rare potions produced by the Gulf Territory can make the major lords and spellcasters take them out obediently.

In addition to rare magic plants.

If they can be exchanged for some rare magic materials and knowledge, the Gulf Territory is not picky.

As more and more adventurers enter the Catachan demiplane, a large number of magic materials are also continuously sent back to the Gulf.

The production factory in the Gulf Territory also began to rumble.

It not only easily swallowed a large amount of resources, but also quickly generated a lot of profits, which were fed back to the development of the Gulf Territory.

According to Elio's calculations.

Sending 20,000 adventurers should be able to meet the needs of the two castles to expand outward and collect materials.

As for Feili's proposal to build a new city, it was rejected by Thorn and other Catachan members.

If the number of humans and cities in a certain area increases too much in a short period of time.

It is very likely to cause the "green tide" to break out early!

For this point, Matthew chose to believe Thorne's judgment.

This kind of thing has happened to players before.

Matthew even suspected that it was the players' unrestrained entry that led to the "Catachan disaster".

This is probably why, although the combat effectiveness of Catachan members is strong, their population has never been able to make a big breakthrough.

Living in a hostile world really makes people feel deeply desperate.

However, this does not mean that the Gulf Territory will give up "exploring" the surrounding areas.

Through Thorne's network of relationships, the Gulf Territory has also contacted some other Catachan tribes.

By trading with them, the Gulf Territory can also obtain a certain amount of mutant plant resources.

The other party can also obtain much-needed food, weapons and armor.

According to the calculation of Butler Ralph.

When the development of the two cities reaches its peak.

It can provide the Gulf Territory with an amazing profit of more than 4 million gold coins every month.

This is not counting the more than 3 million gold coins that the Gulf Territory spends every month to hire adventurers, train Catachan members, and expand two castles.

Overall, the Gulf Territory's superficial development of the Catachan demiplane has reaped rich rewards.

However, Matthew's attention has begun to shift to the east coast.

Eight thousand today.

Request for monthly tickets.

Go!