I'm working on infrastructure in Xihuan

First of all, here, we want to talk about the work of mercenaries, and Ned's so-called "mercenary labor contract".

And first of all, we have to make it clear that, unless you really want money or life, very few mercenaries will take on missions throughout the year.

Not to mention tasks such as expeditions and darts, which almost peel off after completing tasks. Sometimes, even if they want to take on more tasks, there are not always suitable tasks to pick up. Most mercenaries will find a part-time job when they are unemployed. Part-time jobs, firstly, will not make your bones rusty, and secondly, you can earn some living expenses to avoid sitting and eating.

——Except for the very small number of teams at the top of the pyramid, those who will come out as mercenaries to work hard for a living, the task rewards seem high, but after deducting the expenses of weapons, medicine, cultivation resources, etc., they are not rich, Coupled with the fact that mercenaries have a short career life and high risk, there is no guarantee, and the smart ones know how to save money for future plans.

At this time, the part-time contract signed between the mercenary and the part-time employer is the [Mercenary Labor Contract]. There will also be a certain tax subsidy for the employer; in exchange, once the mercenaries receive the task, they can ask for leave at any time for short-term tasks, and they can even run away without resigning for long-term tasks.

The existence of the mercenary labor contract ensures that mercenaries will not idle around and become a factor of social instability when they have no tasks. At the same time, it also provides opportunities for mercenaries to train other basic vocational skills, and leaves a note for them to re-employ after retirement or disability. back road.

Of course, jobs that can accept high turnover of employees are often not good jobs in the public sense.

Ned was guarding the door at night, and was responsible for screwing out drunk and troublesome guests. In their team, there were also those who worked as bodyguards in casinos to catch scammers, and those who went to the black market as security guards and so on.

Occasionally, there is also their captain Yisi like today, as a high-level warrior who is about to break through, he is hired by the owner of Sorvina City, Count De Nosola, to be a temporary guard for the welcome dinner of Duke Velvet.

The salary is high, the salary is settled daily, and the work content is easy to manage two meals. Even if the evening banquet has to be reported and trained early in the morning, it is definitely a good job that makes people envious.

Temporary jobs with such good remuneration can only be received by their reputable Hall mercenaries. After all, today is a visit from a former prince and now duke. It is also necessary to ensure that there are enough people to work on the scene, and it is also necessary to ensure the safety of all attendants. I believe that a Hall mercenary with good strength is definitely the best choice.

On the way to work, Izzy listened to the great battle that Duke Velvet had when he entered the city, such luxurious carriages, heroic knights, and everything worthy of being Barabara, a big man from the imperial capital.

Yixi has been to the imperial capital. When he was 15 years old and went on a mission with the team for the first time, he even saw the frame of the emperor's tour in the imperial capital. The light of gold, gemstones and magic crystals could illuminate most of the street.

Issy can still clearly recall such radiance and splendor.

He does not desire, the gems and gold, the radiance reflected by the vast wealth that cannot be described by exhausting imagination, is so beautiful that it frightens him.

The young Hall mercenary was awakened with some long memories, and soon dispersed like a cloud of smoke.He was thinking about going back to his part-time job tonight, wondering whether his savings would be enough to buy a new sword to replace the old sword that was about to roll. When passing by the hotel, he couldn't help but look up glanced.

The new lord of his hometown Velveer lived there. He didn't care whether the Duke Velveer was flat or square. He just hoped that His Excellency the Duke would not be too eager to raise taxes, levy labor, and start construction. This year's harvest is not very good. If you come early again, many people will die if you toss around.

Izzy sincerely hoped so.

……

Lucien sneezed and coughed twice.

The climate in the north is much drier than that of the imperial capital, and the temperature is also lower. As soon as the wind blows when he gets off the carriage, he starts to have itchy nose and throat. He is so anxious that Anna is making tea and lighting incense, chatting in his ear. Nagging wants him to go to bed, not here to read those old old record books.

Look at the dirt that can't be wiped clean, just took it out and even dropped bugs!Gosh, can you imagine, those nasty, sick, disease-causing bugs hiding inside the pages!

Anna wanted to burn the source of the disease in her eyes with a fire, so she couldn't understand why Lucien wanted to dig out these books from the archives - for this reason, the new attendant made three or five trips, until now They are still complaining behind their backs, and let these things occupy their not-so-abundant luggage.

There is space for those book boxes, she can bring more than a dozen sets of clothes and accessories for Lucien, and she can also stuff a few more sets of bedding. Velvet will definitely not be able to buy the fabrics that Lucien often uses, and she can't wait to throw them away before going out. Bring enough to last Lucien's life.

"I've been lying all the way..."

Lucien mumbled wrapped in the blanket.Childish coquettishness worked well for Anna, who had long ago given up wasting energy explaining the importance of the record book in his hand to Anna.Anna is a typical palace maid, she only pays attention to the three acres of land around Lucien, and has no need or interest to explore the larger world.

Very good, easy to manage.Lucien coaxed Anna to make milk soup for him with a soft voice, and turned over another page of information in his hands.Anna in the carriage was unwilling to let him spend too much energy on these documents, which greatly slowed down his reading speed, and he saw that he had only read half of them now.

What he was looking at were the records of Velvet County's population and estate taxation records for the past ten years and the files of case judgments. No one wanted to look through the broken documents at the bottom of the archives. He had to talk to Big Brother Cheap again. In a scene where brothers and sisters respected each other, they retrieved information from the archives in a pretentious manner.

Through these documents and records, he can understand the industrial structure, population flow, and security situation in more detail than the system data, and speculate on the approximate power division and religious belief ratio in the territory, so as to adjust his development strategy after taking office in advance.

For example, through the information, Lucien is very sure that at the welcome dinner hosted by De Nosola for him tonight, he must find an opportunity to have a chat with the priest of the church in Sovina City—about what the church can do, about Weil What can the dean of Veddershire do.

As the priest of the church in the northern province, it is impossible for the priest of Sovina City to know nothing about the priest of Velvet County.

Compared with representatives of "secular power" such as other manor owners' unions and consuls, Lucien believed that the "divine power" symbolized by the priest of the church was more difficult.

The mainstream belief in the empire is the Church of Light, and the same is true in Wilwede County. Excluding the Hall people who believe in the moon goddess Muenna, more than [-]% of the remaining population are believers in the Church of Light. This not only means faith, but also means that they I will pay taxes to the church every quarter, and I will oblige to build temples and seminaries for the church.

How much tax is collected is not the key point. At this stage, the Taiping Empire and the Church have no financial pressure, and they are all taking the path of light money. The empire implements a stepped taxation policy, and the farming and animal husbandry in poor places like Velvet Basically only one tax per twelve per year, mercenaries have an average of one tax per ten, and merchants no more than six tax ones. If the manor owners themselves don’t set all kinds of messy tax items to collect money, even if the church’s tithe tax is added, it will not be too much for the common people. starve.

The point of this matter is that the church can levy taxes and labor—this should be the power of the government. If the government is too weak, the church can take advantage of the situation to have more possible rights: executive, legislative, judicial ...and then dominate the development of the entire fiefdom.

Lucien is not happy to let others determine his own city development progress bar, so he must let Velveer's priest obey.

Of course, he has no intention of fighting against the established rights of this world, and the most optimistic situation is that he can cooperate happily with the priest of the church in Velvet County.

He sincerely, from the bottom of his heart, wanted the story to develop like this.

……

As it was getting late, Anna changed Lucien into the dress for the welcome dinner. He had lost some weight after recovering from a serious illness, and his shoulders to his waist were vacant, which allowed Earl De Nuothorne to read his first words. Just caring about his body.

"Bless the light, I'm recovering well, thank you for your concern." Lucien officially replied to him. After the system woke up, his health has indeed improved a lot. At least he can persist in dancing the opening dance, and then grasp the The chief priest of the city of Sovina chatted a few words.

What he asked was not a confidential matter, and the others seemed to be just fledglings who wanted to inquire about their new home. Lucien easily heard the gossip about Elaine, the priest of the Velveer Church.

But what he could hear was only gossip stories. After hearing it, Lucien left the communication circle with a wink. If he could not get more useful information, there was no need to waste physical communication, and it saved others from having to Give him enough superficial effort.

He used his rich experience in acting with cheap brothers to prove that it was tiring.

Lucien rubbed his forehead, casually said that he was a little tired, and the attendant led him to the lounge on the second floor.Soft pillows and incense are paired with dim sum wines. It is obvious that this room is not usually used for laying down salted fish.

The window of the room can see the view of the garden, and the attendant opened the window for him to diffuse the pungent fragrance in the room, and quietly waited for orders like a blind and dumb man.

Lucien has long been used to the fact that there are always people following him, and he is so used to it that he can ignore their existence.

He leaned on the window sill and looked down from the second floor. There were no flowers and plants in the colder season, and the moonlight covered the ground coldly.

Suddenly, a frosty white broke into the moonlight all over the ground.

— bright, soft, light.

The waist-length silver hair was neatly tied into a ponytail, and the moonlight lingered in the hair like water.

Lucien was dazzled by the silver color, and he was unconsciously fascinated by it.He thought it should be the guards of tonight's banquet, checking the garden for any abnormalities on a routine basis.

He didn't hide his overly focused gaze, Mr. Guard turned his head sharply and cast a sharp gaze on him.

The moonlight illuminated the young man's face, and the moonlight melted into those eyes.

it's beautiful……

Lucien heard himself sighing.

That's a Hall.

Undoubtedly, a silver-haired and brown-skinned Hall who couldn't be more standard.

However, under the moonlight, the dark skin clearly had a honey-like sweet luster, and those eyes—the golden animal pupils, reminded people of ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests, cold and bloody.

It is such a pair of animal pupils that add credibility to Hall's bloody rumors. If those ladies and ladies are asked to look at these eyes, they will probably be frightened and dazed and want to smell salts.

But Lucien only heard the sound of his own heartbeat at this moment.

want to……

He heard himself whispering to himself, babbling in his head with wild desires he had never heard since crossing.

Screaming like an insatiable nasty kid at the prettiest doll on the shelf.

mine!

That'smine!