Chapter 103: Returning to Yemei Town

However, when these caravan guards and shop thugs who had temporarily joined Jier's team received their employment wages for these past days, as well as the combat rewards for their kills, Jier walked to the front of the crowd.

He said to those warriors who had temporarily joined his command: "Do you still remember the oath and requirements you made when you wanted to join my team back at the Caimen Inn in Yemei Town?"

These people suddenly realized, then looked around awkwardly; many were reluctant to part with the few gold coins or handful of silver coins they had just received, but in truth, most still remembered what had happened at the time: they wanted to join Jier's team, and therefore promised to hand over the majority of their employment wages to Jier as part of the agreement for joining.

"So, now is the time to fulfill the promised agreement."

Jier beckoned, and Aoni stepped forward carrying an empty leather bag. Jier then said to his warriors: "You all should disperse first, try to concentrate on resting, and drink less ale; we still have to return to Yemei Town tomorrow. Once we get back, it will be time to set out on a long journey."

Jier's men dispersed, leaving only the temporarily joined guards and thugs on the field.

Of course, many were unwilling to give up the coins they had just received; after all, these coins hadn't even warmed up in their hands yet, and having to hand them over really made them unhappy.

Jier did not care whether they were happy or not; why did he insist on asking these people for money right now?

Because tonight the warriors would surely celebrate—drinking, gambling, stealing, losing things, and so on. Not to mention that those who didn't want to pay would take advantage of the night to slip away, even for the others who remained, no one could say for sure how much money would be left in their pockets by tomorrow morning.

So, the matter of money had to be made clear and settled now, otherwise Jier would become a kind-hearted fool, letting these idle guards and thugs take advantage of him for nothing.

It was not as if there were no other guys in Yemei Town who made a living by force; they were only able to catch this "money-making express" of Jier's because they happened to be staying at the Caimen Inn or nearby at the time.

Although reluctant, when Jier stepped forward and approached them with an imposing manner, those who knew how formidable Jier was and had been psychologically conquered by him—the Knight—still had some step forward, take a gold coin and several silver coins in their hands, count them out, and drop them into the bag in Aoni's hands.

Jier nodded at every guard and thug who honestly handed over the money, offering a blessing: "Enjoy tonight's celebration."

"Thank you, Lord Jier."

"Thank you for giving us this opportunity."

"In the days I spent fighting alongside you, I witnessed how a true warrior fights."

"I have learned a lot from you."

These guys each skillfully said nice things; Jier liked this, and he waved his hand with a full face of smiles.

In the end, the remaining guards and thugs who didn't want to pay had to pay as well; after all, everyone else had already given, and if only their small group didn't, they were truly afraid that Jier would take action to deal with them.

Not to mention anything else, they couldn't handle even one punch from him on their bodies.

Seeing that everyone had paid, Jier nodded with satisfaction and took the heavy leather bag, which contained nearly twenty gold coins mixed with many more silver coins, from Aoni's hands.

"Sigh, making money is truly an easy thing."

He sighed.

"Why is it so hard to earn some money?"

Weier was not celebrating with his familiar companions at this time; he secretly slipped away from the crowd excitedly counting money and found the young woman from the Knight Family who was waiting for him.

This young woman named Kali was leaning against Weier with a sorrowful face, clearly knowing that Weier was about to leave and feeling extremely reluctant.

"Since it is hard to make money following the Knight Jier, why not stay here? I won't pry into where you are from or what you plan to do in the future; marry me, join my family, and once you are familiar with my father, let him guide you. I guarantee you can earn a lot of money in town, and later I will help you get a permit for a Magic Potion. With your skills, you are guaranteed to become a Knight."

Kali said, holding Weier's hand tightly: "At that time, we can ask the Baron for a village as a fief, and you and I will become Knight Lords of Sasi County. We can go hunting in the surrounding mountains and forests every autumn, and ride horses along the roads beside the vast wheat fields in the summer; that kind of life would be absolutely wonderful."

Seeing Weier silent and not responding, she continued: "If you don't want to stay in a small place, then we can apply to the Baron to go traveling; just the two of us, riding horses, going wherever we want. We can be like in the Knight legends, defeating annoying Monsters everywhere, eradicating gangs that bully the people, clearing out Bandits plundering on the Shanglu, and accompanying each other to participate in Knight tournaments, becoming famous Knight couples in the Province Capital or the Royal Capital!"

Seeing Kali getting more and more outrageous, Weier sighed: "Do you think that's possible? Look at the skills of the Knight Jier and the Knight Bell; I heard they even participated in a battle to crusade against an Evil God today. I don't think anyone can beat them in a tournament. Especially the Knight Jier."

After speaking, Weier sighed again, remembering a battle to clear out a Cunzi some days ago, when the church promised to reimburse Jier for the funds consumed in full-force combat, and thus the powerful combat strength the Knight Jier erupted with.

That was an extremely terrifying strength that made one lose the thought of challenging him just by seeing it.

He looked at his own hands and squeezed them hard, not feeling that he would truly possess Jier's current combat strength after becoming a Knight.

Even for Bell-Sasi, who was equally powerful to him at this time, Weier felt that this Baron Heir was far inferior to Jier in combat.

Wanting to return to his hometown to take revenge for his family, it was clearly impossible to rely on combat strength similar to Bell's; after all, his enemies had plenty of similar Knights under their command.

"I'm leaving tomorrow," Weier finally said.

The young woman named Kali knew that her words just now had not moved this heavy-hearted wanderer; she sighed secretly, then she pulled him, found a secluded house in the Cunzi where no Villagers were present, and decided to leave a deep impression on each other before parting.

She truly liked the handsome and occasionally frowning Weier, but clearly, Weier had a heavy matter in his heart, and until he resolved this matter, he would not consider such things as being with her.

The next day, Jier's loud voice summoning his men rang through the small Momona Cunzi.

His carriages and drivers had already brought Aoni and the others over yesterday; at this time, Jier was riding the Tianxuecao he had returned with, walking back and forth on the narrow village roads of Momona Cunzi.

Wherever he walked, his loud shouting voice would ring out there.

"Everyone get up, prepare to return to Yemei Town! Bring all your weapons and equipment, your own money bags, and your personal luggage! Don't %￥% walk halfway and then remember you left your things in Momona Cunzi."

Jier sneered: "When we pass by here again to leave Sasi County, the Caravan won't make a special trip to this village."

However, when Jier arrived at the Caravan in the center of the village and saw his Mao Maos dragging large bags of various scrap metal, he helplessly patted his forehead with his hand.

Ever since everyone attacked Momona Cunzi yesterday, these long-haired lynx Beast men of his had disappeared; if it weren't for seeing Mao Mao come over to ask for ale and roast meat during dinner last night, Jier would have thought they had either fled out of fear of the battle or had been secretly killed somewhere by parasitic Monsters while fighting in the village.

As it turned out, these guys came to the village to stock up, right?

Looking at these bulging large bags, Jier went up and patted them, and after getting permission from Yongqi Maomao, he checked them briefly and found that several large bags were full of various scrap metal items.

There were metal door hinges from the Villagers' houses in the village, Iron Nails used for temporary reinforcement on tables and chairs, metal wind chimes on windows, swinging doorbells at the entrances of shops in the village, broken weapon fragments, and even metal hoops originally used to reinforce wine barrels in the village tavern.

Hell, there were even connection pieces used for the Ritual Array made of melted gold.

He had been wondering why some of the gold poles around the Evil God statue in the center of the village were missing yesterday; it turned out that at some point, they had been secretly picked up by the Mao Maos who were haunting the battlefield.

"With this weight, it's fortunate that there are no Villagers left in this village, otherwise you might have caused big trouble."

Jier shook his head, and he looked at the Mao Maos who had returned fully loaded: "So, looking at you, you intend to return to the tribe fully loaded?"

Hearing Jier's words, Yongqi Maomao nodded: "Return, journey, ride, horses, vehicles. Give you, ride, fee."

As it said this, it took out a piece of gold from one of the bags.

Jier weighed the piece of gold in his hand and found it was not light, so he nodded: "Fine, this gold will count as the fare for you to ride back."

Afterward, he called the Mao Maos to get on the carriage and helped them load these heavy bags into the carriage they were riding in.

Because there were quite a few of these things, the others had to squeeze in.

The warriors came out in a straggling line, some still yawning. Since there was no one to cook this morning, everyone had to take a piece of hard, dry Bread as breakfast, using their Dagger to cut the Bread open, slowly putting it into their mouths to chew and eat.

Bell and some others still needed to stay in Momona Cunzi for a period of time; on one hand, it was to seal the Underground Karst Cave from the Hunting of the Evil God—although the large hole dug out by the God of Hunting outside the village could not be dealt with, at least the large tree passage in the village had to be completely sealed.

In addition, the corpses of the parasitic Monsters in the village needed to be burned; even though Jier had tried to organize some people to deal with the parasitic Monster corpses, everyone had been busy celebrating yesterday, and in reality, most of the Monster corpses were still just thrown on the road.

The entire Momona Cunzi, where not a single Villager survived, also needs to be reorganized so that new Villagers who voluntarily migrate here in the future have a place to live and suitable supplies for survival.

Furthermore, many items in the Cunzi related to the deity that the Evil God impersonated must also be disposed of.

Although the Evil God behind it has already fallen, impersonating other deities and altering the doctrines and Faith content of other deities is still an improper matter.

In short, every aspect requires more time to handle these matters, but at least most people no longer need to. According to Bell, starting from yesterday, the recruited Armed Civilian will collect the issued weapons and equipment and let them return to their respective villages.

As for the Town Guard, they will organize several mobile teams to continuously clear out the scattered parasitic Monster that still exist in Sasi County until they are completely eliminated.

Bell let Jier take his letter and token, along with his personal attendants, to return to Yemei Town, where he can find the Butler of the Sasi Family to exchange for two hundred and ten Gold Coin worth of Magic Material.

And Jier also has some things to attend to in Yemei Town.

There is nothing to say about the return journey; the wide Shanglu was dusty all the way.

The lack of rain and continuous intense sunlight, combined with cargo carriages galloping on the Shanglu again, caused the soil where the vehicles passed to be pressed into fine dust; after the convoy passed, the floating gray dust was particularly annoying.

Jier did not want to eat this dust, so he rode at the very front of the team, letting everyone else in the convoy eat his dust.

Because this time returning to Yemei Town from the Xīběi Shanglu, there were no hundreds of Refugee that passed through here last time, so the entire convoy moved very fast; they set off in the morning and arrived at the trench intersection on the west side of Yemei Town by the afternoon.

Jier saw that by this time, more than half of the original tens of thousands of gathered Villagers outside the town had already left, leaving only a few able-bodied people who were hired to work on the pitted land outside the town.

Some people from the town also appeared outside the town, holding papers and pointing at the large piece of land between the town and the trench.

"It looks like this is to expand the scale of the town? To upgrade the town into a city?"

Jier guessed: "Bell or the others in the Sasi Family are quite bold."

Many Merchant had temporarily built some camps inside the only entrance and exit of the trench, with the Merchant Guild signs erected on tall poles; underneath, many Shop Assistant of the Merchant Guild were busy building new camps, or moving various supplies sent from inside Yemei Town, as well as preparing carriages and taking care of thirsty horses.

He noticed that the Merchant Guild that occupied the best locations were basically those that had focused on participating in the counterattack plan. It seems that the support they provided was not without benefits; on the contrary, these Merchant Guild seemed to have obtained the biggest share of the benefits.

Not only did they strengthen their personal relationship with the future lord of Sasi County, but they also directly obtained the large piece of vacant land left behind after the Villagers outside the town left. Considering that the ready-made moat already exists, one only needs to guide the river into the huge trench outside Yemei Town to have a large piece of excellent town land protected by a moat.

Not to mention whether there will be enough manpower when the town scale expands. The population in the Beibu of Sasi County is still relatively dense, and the future land capacity is huge; the upgrade of Yemei Town to Yemei City is probably only a matter of time. By the time the current Baron hands over the territory to Bell in the future, the expansion of the entire town will probably have already been completed.

And these Merchant Guild that supported and invested in Bell early on will inevitably become large-scale Merchant Guild as the town scale expands, using Sasi County as a Jiedian to expand their commercial map step by step.

However, these lands outside Yemei Town were not ownerless land to begin with; previously, the Villagers lived there temporarily, and the owners of these lands had no choice and could not drive away the Villagers who had nowhere to go, but now it is different. The original owners of these lands are not willing to let them develop the land they own.

But when Jier led the team past these places, what he saw was that the Town Guard who had returned a step early were clearly favoring these Merchant Guild people, ignoring the requests of the original owners of the land, and letting the Merchant Guild people enclose the land and carry out initial development.

As for the reason, during the few days of the crusade, the food and drink of the Town Guard were all supported by these Merchant Guild along the way. When the Shop Assistant of the Merchant Guild sent supplies to the front line, they all shouted the name of their own Merchant Guild, letting the Town Guard understand who provided the food, clean water, and even the water skins they drank every day.

Therefore, at this time, the Town Guard naturally favored the various Merchant Guild that were on their side.

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