Chapter 1173: Only Villains and Women Are Difficult to Deal With

"I will officially hire your force of one thousand men! For a period of one year!"

This news completely ignited all of Australia.

Everyone watching this event was instantly stunned.

Just this?

The guys who claimed to be the First Pirate Group, their combat effectiveness is just like this?

Among these wealthy merchant groups, there were no shortage of people who had once suffered at the hands of this pirate group on the sea.

So, were these Longyan people too strong?

Or were they too weak?

Strong!

This force of six hundred men, today in front of so many people, perfectly performed a scene of winning against the odds, and it was close to Modern Warfare. The Cannon played an important role in it.

This is not only a milestone for Australia, but also a milestone in the history of warfare.

One thousand men began moving into the Howard Family village at dawn the next day.

This Howard Family, which had never been thought highly of, transformed in the blink of an eye and became what appeared to be the most powerful existence in Australia.

"Mercenaries..."

"Mercenaries..."

A whole night of shock meant Ron Kari hadn't slept at all.

As the heir to the Valois Dynasty, he was in exile in Australia and naturally had been closely monitoring this matter...

His stance was not as black-and-white as others'.

So he was watching and waiting.

When he saw the powerful combat effectiveness of this Longyan army, he couldn't sleep at all.

Nowadays, Ron Kari had money when he needed money and resources when he needed resources. He had just discovered a gold mine near his encampment, which made many people green with envy.

What did this mean?

Ron Kari naturally understood.

These mercenaries had become the thing he needed most. Because he had money, he had endless money.

Ron Kari recalled the past; he had gone from a teenager who started his exile to a middle-aged man nearing forty. And he had never achieved much in the founding of his own dynasty. If it weren't for good luck this time, he would still be drifting at sea with his few hundred followers, almost becoming a pirate because he couldn't get enough to eat.

The dignified heir to the Valois Dynasty, becoming a pirate!

This was reality.

But now it was different...

Mercenaries.

These three words were placed before him, and they were such powerful mercenaries at that!

This also meant...

As long as he had enough money, as long as he could afford to support these armies, he could hire ten thousand, twenty thousand, or even one hundred thousand...

Ron Kari instantly felt his breathing become somewhat labored.

Doesn't that mean that as long as he earned enough money, he could possess enough of an army to plan his grand plan of restoring the country!

It was absolutely possible!

This idea was absolutely possible!

Yes!

Just do it!

Ron Kari felt that his luck was finally turning; at the age of thirty-seven, good fortune was coming one after another, and he had already seen the hope of restoring his country!

As long as he followed the plan step by step!

Louis XV would sooner or later be trampled under his feet!

"Let's go, get to work!"

"Ah? Your Majesty, those black slaves, are they not doing military training anymore?"

"Training my foot! Starting today, disarm everything. Black slaves, what kind of war are they fighting? They are only fit to keep working for us until they die!"

"Yes!"

Xie Fang also didn't expect that his idea of renting out an army would directly make him earn a fortune again.

He was currently discussing this matter with Qin Zhangfeng.

Discussing what?

Naturally, the issue of profit-sharing from the army rental.

Xie Fang certainly did not have many troops.

The combat effectiveness of those people from Java Island could not be compared to Longyan at all. Although there were Longyan generals who had begun to help them train their troops, even so, it was still a bit difficult to achieve the same combat effectiveness as the Longyan army.

Therefore.

The biggest problem currently before them was, if the scale of the army rental were to expand, the issue of troops and even Weaponry and Equipment.

In fact, Qin Zhangfeng had also begun to have a bit of a headache.

Using an army to make money?

In Longyan, this was something never seen, or even heard of.

But...

Now that this huge profit was placed before him—because the price of renting an army was truly not low.

Under conditions that were not low, these people even began various frantic snatching this morning.

Many people even started lining up before dawn, pulling box after box of Gold Coins or Silver Coins with a Horse Carriage.

Heavens!

Qin Zhangfeng admitted that he had never seen so much money in all his life!

This is...

Is he about to start doing business himself?

Pei Yanran, standing to the side, was also extremely shocked. No wonder His Highness said not to limit one's vision to just the Dragon Flame Nation, as the outside world is even more magnificent... But the current situation was not just magnificent; it was insane!

Too insane!

Can armies even make money?

Pei Yanran was not as thick-skinned as Qin Zhangfeng; she did the math...

Leasing an army of three hundred men required these wealthy individuals to pay a price of five hundred gold. The consumption of Weaponry and Equipment needed to be calculated separately.

But in reality, supporting these troops only required three hundred gold...

A profit of two hundred gold!

What if it were three thousand? Thirty thousand? Three hundred thousand? It was simply unimaginable!

Pei Yanran was stunned.

"Ah? This matter..."

Qin Zhangfeng was already dumbfounded, completely at a loss for what to say.

Are there troops?

Yes!

Now the entire Dragon Flame Nation is under His Highness's control; there are people if needed, and troops if needed. If the troops from Liangzhou are not enough, there is Hanzhong, there is Jingchu, and there is Liaodong...

Five hundred thousand troops could be mobilized with ease.

It's just that...

He had truly never played this game before...

Pei Yanran secretly poked him from the side and coughed: "Your Highness, I think we should discuss this with His Highness... After all, the troops we brought this time all have missions..."

Xie Fang's meaning was...

There were simply too many people wanting to hire armies right now.

And Qin Zhangfeng, along with Su Qi, had brought a total of one hundred and fifty thousand troops this time.

He wanted to hire out these one hundred and fifty thousand troops first...

And then find a Method to mobilize more troops from the Dragon Flame Nation.

To have money and not earn it is a transgression against the Dao.

Xie Fang was startled: "Miss Pei, that must not be done! You have all seen how many people are waiting outside! If I tell them there are no armies to lease to them, wouldn't the credibility of Australia be gone?"

"This..."

Qin Zhangfeng wanted to speak again; he felt that was indeed the case.

Pei Yanran held him back and said faintly to Xie Fang: "Your Highness, the army is not ours... Of course, for the time being, we do not need to conduct any military operations... But that is limited to the time being..."

Qin Zhangfeng wanted to speak again, but was pinched hard on the waist by Pei Yanran.

Xie Fang immediately let out a bitter laugh.

Good heavens.

He finally saw

it.

It turned out it wasn't that Qin Zhangfeng didn't want to, but that Pei Yanran didn't want to; and it wasn't even that Pei Yanran didn't want to... but that she wanted to help Qin Zhangfeng scheme for more benefits and gain more profit!

As expected.

Since ancient times, only villains and women are difficult to deal with!

Women, oh women...

Not just a woman, but an incredibly intelligent woman; the number one talented woman of Chuan Shu, truly living up to her reputation.

"Then, Miss Pei thinks..."

Xie Fang asked cautiously with a bitter laugh.

Pei Qianyun coughed and continued: "Your Highness, cultivating an army is no small expense. It seems Your Highness only calculated the usage cost, but what about the training costs, retirement costs, and injury costs..."

Here it comes!

Xie Fang felt like dying. He was not afraid of Qin Zhangfeng, because Qin Zhangfeng was just a general who led troops and surely did not understand business matters. And Xie Fang was now completely obsessed with money... But if it were this Pei Yanran, it would be different.

There are no fathers and sons at the negotiating table.

Once this Pei Yanran made a move, he feared he would be skinned alive...

Thus, the arduous and bitter negotiation began.

No one expected it.

It was this very negotiation that would make the name of Qin Zhangfeng, which had been silent for a long time, resound once again—not only within the Dragon Flame Nation, but also throughout the entire world because of his Mercenary Legion.

Qin Zhangfeng would also become the number one person in the global Mercenary Legion and the commander of the largest Mercenary Legion.

Of course.

That is a story for later.

Let us continue to look at the impact of last night's "tower defense game" on all of Australia.

First, the Howard Family directly hired an army of one thousand men to ensure their family wealth would not be coveted.

Second, other people in Australia also began to consider hiring Australian troops, as could be seen from the scene of people lining up early in the morning.

Furthermore, there were naturally still some people who were unconvinced.

For instance, this Wa Viscount Fujiwara Sazuko.

"The Longyan army is actually this strong..."

Fujiwara Sazuko's expression was not very pleasant.

He had originally wanted to perform meritorious deeds in Wa... ideally by following the example of the Tokugawa Shogunate, building his own powerful army, and then killing his way back to Wa to reclaim the glory that belonged to them!

But now...

All of this was becoming not so realistic.

"Has the letter been sent out?"

Fujiwara Sazuko asked.

The people of his household hurriedly nodded.

Fujiwara Sazuko took a deep breath: "Then we shall see how Australia develops from here on... let us symbolically hire three hundred people!"

"Yes!"

In truth, the complexity of Australia still exceeded everyone's imagination.

Do you think these consortiums and investors are all here to invest in a proper manner?

No.

Among them are naturally quite a few spies; with the development of Longyan and its rise as a great power, it has increasingly gained the attention of other countries around the globe.

Britain, France, Sweden, the Netherlands...

Various hegemonic countries would naturally not let slip the opportunity to participate in the construction of Australia and, incidentally, obtain intelligence on Longyan.

Fujiwara Sazuko was naturally one of them.

His letter was sent back to Wa, directly to the Emperor.

He was a thorough Royalist Faction member!

He believed that the temporary decline of Wa was merely temporary.

Sooner or later, their Wa would stand up again!

When that day comes...

Their Wa will make the entire world tremble! Pop-ups have been frequent lately; you may click to download to avoid pop-ups.