Mount & Blade: Wind of War

In the underground mine of Gushan Castle, the ancient orcs with their wrists tied by ropes entered the mining area one after another.

Many young ancient orcs did not know the changes in their future destiny. They bit their fingers and looked around curiously. They only felt that this place was much larger than their original tribe, and there were more people.

In the mining area, many jackals, lizardmen, and wild boars were working. Some of them wore metal shackles, while others did not. But whether they were wearing shackles or not, there would be a slave manager holding a whip not far away to monitor them.

What surprised the ancient orc elders was that some slave managers were jackals, lizardmen, and even wild boars. At this moment, they swung their whips and whipped their former compatriots, even more cruelly and harshly than those human slave managers.

Around the mining area, there were also teams of human warriors in iron armor.

Some of them are training, some are patrolling, in an orderly and disciplined manner. The human warriors who are practicing martial arts are working very hard, because many of them are probably originally part of the slaves around them.

"You, you, and you, go to the East District, and those of you go to the West District. Work twelve hours a day. The group that does a good job can rest one day a week, but everyone in each group must monitor each other. If one person defected, the whole group would be executed. If the whole group defected, the three clans would be executed!"

"Think more about your wives and young children before you act impulsively. After working for Lonely Mountain Castle for twenty years, as long as you have no criminal record, you can find a freeman to guarantee your liberation and become a noble freeman of Lonely Mountain Castle, and enjoy all the rights and interests that human freemen can enjoy, but be careful, If you were born when you were slaves, you were born as slaves. If you were born when you were freemen, you were born as freemen. "

Listening to the slave steward on the high platform chattering and describing his vision, the ancient orc elders below the stage shed painful tears:

Division, opposition, creating contradictions, promising visions, under such means and policies of humans, it will probably not take long for them to lose control of the entire tribe, and the scattered and mutually hostile gnolls, lizardmen, wild boars, and ancient orcs will not be able to become opponents of humans, and will only exhaust their strength in fighting and disagreements.

As for the promise of becoming a freeman in twenty years, it is even more ridiculous.

Even if everything goes in the smoothest way, an ancient orc who enters the mining area at the age of twenty will leave the mining area at the age of forty and has entered the twilight of his life. His life's energy and energy are exhausted in creating wealth for humans. In the long run, humans will become stronger and stronger, while other races will become weaker and weaker.

In the meeting room of Lonely Mountain Castle

Rhode looked at the purple robe on the wooden tray held by the female official Janice with both hands, picked it up on the spot, and covered his body with it with a chic turn.

Rhode was already handsome and handsome, and at this moment he was wearing a purple robe with gold thread, white skin and deep eyes.

There was a burst of exclamations in the conference room.

Some of them were to cater to the wishes of the superiors, and most of them were sincere admiration. How could people who have lived in a barren and desolate place like the wilderness for a long time have the opportunity to see such high-end luxury goods and such a beautiful figure.

"Well, the quality is really good."

Rhode looked around and liked this gorgeous dress.

Because even if he looked at it from the perspective of modern earthlings, this kind of pure handmade high-end silk fabric also belongs to the category of luxury goods.

"Janice, no matter how many people you want, just ask Moken. In the next five years, I want to see heavy crossbows, slaves, and silk become the most important pillars of economic development in Lonely Mountain Castle. Don't slack off, keep working hard."

"Yes, sir, Janice will do her best to fulfill your will."

"How much do you plan to sell this purple robe for in the future?" Rhodes asked casually while admiring the gorgeous clothes on his body.

"Only you, the lord, are qualified to wear such a noble purple robe. In the future, Lonely Mountain Castle will only sell red silk to the outside world, and the price of one roll is 800 gold coins." Janice saluted respectfully and said so.

"Hahahaha, then find a civil servant identity for Ms. Urmit. She will be mainly responsible for weaving-related affairs in the future. Janice, you can also devote some energy to deal with other things."

So far, most of the civil servants in Lonely Mountain Castle have no specific duties, but are divided into the first civil servant Moken, the second civil servant Janice, the third civil servant Radshi, and the fourth civil servant Qiao Lin.

But in fact, each of them has their own specific responsibilities. Moken is the Minister of Economy, Janice is responsible for the weaving industry and social welfare system, Radhi is responsible for slave management, and Qiaolin is responsible for town security management. They cooperate with Valen and Guido in the military officer system as civil servants.

Moken, Janice, Radhi, Qiaolin, and even the newly promoted civil servant Ms. Urmit, are all human elites who can emerge during the slave politics period of the Mountain Fortress. Therefore, their personal talents are far better than those of Mad, Suxiu (Captain of the Guard), Valen, and Guido (Security Chief) brought by Rhodes. The latter four are originally poor peasants.

But in the military officer system, talent is not as important as loyalty.

Mad, Suxiu, Valen, and Guido are all loyal to Rhodes. As captains of the royal guards, they are willing to fight for the lord and as sheriffs, they try to monitor everything in the city so that Rhodes can effectively control the entire town. Talent is one aspect, and loyalty is another.

It is of course best to have both talent and loyalty, but in fact no lord can be so lucky to be surrounded by people with both talent and loyalty, because such people are originally a small group of extremely rare people.

"Lord, I have something to report." Seeing that his boss was happy, Qiao Lin, who was a civil servant but looked more like a military officer than anyone else, stepped forward.

"Well, go ahead."

"Recently, there has been a phenomenon of griffins returning to their nests. Although it threatens the safety of the people to a certain extent, I dare not drive them away. I have invited a team of crossbowmen through the Knights of Fatis, but I only use headless arrows to prevent them from hurting people."

On the "Burning Blood Day" of the Mountain Fortress, the eagle's nest collapsed, and the griffin tower was also burned by the rioting slave miners.

Many griffins were killed, but more were frightened and flew away.

Now it is the season for griffins to give birth to cubs. Those griffins that have been raised by the harpies try to return to their original nests where they are used to living and can easily get enough food. This is the phenomenon of griffins returning to the nest.

"Qiao Lin, you did the right thing. Moken, set aside an area to rebuild the griffin building and recruit breeders with a lot of money. Whoever can complete this task and tame the griffin for me, I don’t mind having one more person in the civil service system."

"I understand, sir, I will make arrangements immediately."

Listening to the previous words, Moken originally planned to advise and stop it, because now every inch of land in the entire Lonely Mountain Castle is rapidly appreciating, which also means the rapid appreciation of government finances.

At this time, setting aside an area to build a griffin building, even if it is built in the most remote area, will affect the economy and cause huge losses.

But when he heard that the lord didn't mind adding another civil servant for this purpose, Moken wisely stopped talking. At the beginning, he just wanted to make money and live a good life, but power is something that few people can let go of once they have mastered it and tasted it.

Power is the best aphrodisiac in the world, and its effectiveness is far greater than money. With power in hand, almost everyone around will spontaneously lick his boots. The sense of superiority and the sense of power that can decide a person's life with one word make Moken deeply fascinated.

Why did the civil servants promoted by Rhodes from slaves do well?

Because of desire, the contrast of jumping from a slave to an administrative minister and holding huge power is too exciting.

Almost everyone was aroused by the huge desire in their hearts, and they naturally tried their best for it. In addition, the original foundation of the human race in the mountain fortress was particularly poor, and a slightly better job would have an immediate and significant effect, and the positive feedback was particularly strong, so it seemed that every civil servant was very competent.

Moken, who was increasingly aware of the beauty of power, was also very clear that Janice was the most talented and threatening person in the civil service system. Now she had promoted one of his confidants to the position. Therefore, although there was no direct conflict between the two sides, Moken still instinctively wanted to promote one of his own to the position and continue to maintain his advantage in the civil service system of Lonely Mountain Castle.

At this moment, Rhodes had not noticed that factions and power struggles had already appeared within his regime. Even if he noticed it, there was no way to stop it.

Where there are people, there will be factions and struggles. When they were slaves, they could not avoid it. How could they stop and suppress it now?

Even if they noticed it, all Rhodes could do was to let them balance and check each other, suppress the intensity, and avoid excessive internal friction while maintaining administrative efficiency.

This kind of factional struggle is inevitable even in the year 2088 on Earth, and it objectively exists.