Chapter 25: Taking money

With his quick feet that were faster than a quick horse, it took Gerrard less than half of an hour to catch up to the caravan .

When he threw the two corpses of the two leaders of the Wolf Orc Legion on the freight wagon, after confirming the identities of those two, the entire caravan was all in a stir .

The surprised and happy merchants meticulously examined the two corpses, looked at the smallest detail to verify their identities . Some people even took out the reward placard to compare .

Without a doubt, these two ugly-looking Orcs were the leaders of the bandit gang, who had been ravaging the northwest four towns for many years, attacking villages and merchants, the brutal and cunning leaders of the criminal group .

The Wolf Orc Legion was done!

All the merchants jumped out of joy, formed into a circle around Gerrard and paid their gratitudes to him . In addition to their thankful words, they still gave some money, which was not little, as a way of showing their gratitude to him .

Sui Xiong, of course, didn’t have the intention to accept that money . From his point of view, that group of Orcs had dared to ambush him . Killing them was an obvious thing, so why did these merchants pay him? Even if he wanted to collect the money, he should have gone to town and collected the bounty money from the Adventure Association .

But this time, it was his turn to be convinced . Gerrard told him that, after eliminating the bandits, that it was ‘heaven’s law and earth’s principle’ in the civilized society for the merchants to thank him . If he didn’t take the money, this group of merchants would be very disappointed .

If it was like this, Sui Xiong also wouldn’t be stubborn anymore, and he obviously would not refuse this income .

The benefit of annihilating the Wolf Orc Legion was limited to these things . Many valuable spoils could be found from these two corpses . Because these two were basically scared to death, their stuffs were simply undamaged . Only the “Bloody Hand” black art leather armor and his black art bent blade were enough to make up for an income of a month of a normal merchant .

Not to mention other things, for example, the two space bags of those two Orcs . The bag of “Bloody Hand” didn’t have anything apart from some money and medicines, which he intended to use to buy equipment to increase his fighting force . But the space bag of the shaman was extremely abundant . The number of gold coins in his bag was more than a thousand coins . There were also other gems, high-end medicines and scrolls .

The assets from those two space bags added with those two Orcs’ equipments, and the bounty for taking them down, according to the old Suo Si’s estimation, the total would probably more than twenty thousand gold coins!

Twenty thousand gold coins! When Gerrard heard of this, his mind completely went blank .

What did this number mean? The main source of income of the villagers in the White Leaf Village came from lumbering, manufacturing charcoal and growing gold vines—–which didn’t taste good like other agricultural plants, but since it could chase away the negative energy, it was the main food source for the villagers in the ash forest . The average income a family could earn after one year of hard work was about three or five to six, seven gold coins, including the seven-tenth tax that the Sleepless Church took . After deducting the tax, they were just left with one or two gold coins .

“Wait, collect seven-tenth tax? This is way too cruel!” When Sui Xiong heard up to this point, he couldn’t help but surprisingly exclaim, “this much of money, dang it!”

“Highness, this tax is very light . ” Gerrard astonishingly explained, “The Church collects taxes to reserve the food . In other words, it is a “surplus” tax . In comparison to the taxation of other nobles or lords, who don’t bother if the farmers have money or not, this tax is way lighter . ”

Sui Xiong now got that he had thought wrongly . In fact, everyone could immediately figure it out after the first thought, if they could guarantee the basic living necessities, who would agree to stay at this wicked place where the skeletons rose up at night!

Just like the Discourse of a Snake-Catcher, although a snake was dangerous, as compared with exorbitant taxation and all kinds of forced labors of feudal tenants, catching a snake was still better!

“No matter what the world is, the tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger!” He secretly exclaimed and released a long sigh .

Gerrard naturally didn’t know what Sui Xiong thought . He continued saying,“The entire White Leaf Village can save up to two hundred gold coins of tax a year . Twenty thousand gold coins equal to one hundred years of this village taxation . Or if change the perspective, that year when I was still an adventurer, the entire group could make around one thousand gold coins a year, which already made us capable adventurers . ”

“Highness, you think, expelling the evil dragon is just around five thousand gold coins, murdering a criminal who assassinated a noble is a thousand gold coins, killing a renowned bandit gang – the Wolf Orc Legion would be probably at most two thousand gold coins . But twenty thousand gold coins, can you imagine how much it is!”

Sui Xiong slightly nodded his head and he finally had a correct impression of the value of the twenty thousand gold coins .

“With that money, we can build a god shrine—-Highness, I suggest exploiting a village, like so, then we can monopolize the religion of that village . Although it is not much, the winning part is its stability, there is no risk in it . Wait for two years after the village has settled, then we can continue exploiting other new villages . After dominating those villages, we can build a town . . . ” Gerrard’s plan was getting bigger and bigger, “Like this, in one or two hundred years, you will have at least more than a thousand stable religions from a few towns and dozens of villages . ”

Sui Xiong didn’t show any judgment . From his point of view, Gerrard’s thinking was really going too far . Even if it was the “a-hundred-year plan” of the Chinese people, honestly, just some of them talked about it . But who could immediately make a plan that lasted for one to two hundred years and still persistently followed the plan?

But after thinking back, he finally understood the reason .

No matter who he was, he was still Gerrard, who was theoretically immortal . One hundred years were also good, two hundred years were also fine . To them, it was nothing more than a few colds and fevers, seeing the leaves growing longer, seeing the villagers getting sick and dying, just it .

This word “Immortal” was not a delusion in this world . In fact, it actually existed .

“Highness, how do you feel about this plan?” Gerrard asked .

Sui Xiong coughed dryly twice before vaguely speaking, “Not enough time, wait until I have gained a little more knowledge about this world, and then we can discuss it again . ”

“It’s also good . God’s wisdom is not something a mortal person can reach . Or in no time, you will have a better plan, will get a more and more complete religious system . ” The loyal Gerrard constantly nodded his head, “However, I feel monopolizing the village’s religion is also fine . . . . ”

Their conversation was done through their mental powers . The old Suo Si besides Gerrard stood motionlessly . He was perhaps thinking about something . In the end, he couldn’t stand but open his mouth, “Brother White, this matter is not finished, there is still a big income waiting for you!”

He indeed helped Sui Xiong . Therefore, the subject was immediately changed to money-making aspect .

“If you say like this, these big guys of this bandit gangs will have a secret treasure to ‘return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan’ after some doomed day, or to enjoy their lives when they retire . The Wolf Orc Legion has been raging in the northwest four towns in five and six years, their captain “Bloody Hand” for sure will have his own hidden treasure . ” The old Suo Si said, “If we can find that place, I am certain we will have a big amount of money!”

When speaking of “A big amount of money”, the old Suo Si’s face lit up a strange light . The pair of eyes, which was originally somewhat dim due to his old age, once again brightened up . They were glowing and a little bit dazzling .

Sui Xiong was now clear why the caravan gave him the name “Lucky gold coin” .

This old man was indeed a money grubber!

“How much money will we get?” Palin curiously asked .

“At least above ten thousand gold coins!” old Suo Si said as certainly as chopping the nail and slicing the iron, which made Sui Xiong very curious how on earth he could get such a conclusion .

Palin obviously didn’t have much passion for wealth . In other words, after being brain-washed with the value of twenty thousand gold coins, he wasn’t surprised at the value of ten thousand gold coins anymore . He just casually nodded his head, then returned to the campfire, chewing on his magic book .

Gerrard also nodded his head, “Sounds not bad, I’ll think of a way to find this treasure . ”

“If you can find it, make sure to bring back some souvenirs for me! At least a complete gold coin!” The old Suo Si said in a low voice yet firmly, “This is information fee, although our friendship is very good, rules are rules!”

A gold coin? !

Sui Xiong didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry . He could see that this old Suo Si wasn’t joking . Seeing this old man passionately speaking like this, he completely couldn’t get the thinking of this old man .

The way of thinking of people in this world is really weird!

However, Gerrard clearly could keep up well with the old Suo Si’s odd train of thoughts . He also seriously agreed, showed his determination to get the most special souvenir and hand it over to the old Suo Si by his own hands .

Old Suo Si was very satisfied, laughing .

“Gerrard, what exactly do you mean? A souvenir, is it important?” Sui Xiong couldn’t stand but ask .

“Highness, this is one of the adventurer’s traditions . ” Gerrard knew his Highness’s knowledge about the human world was very little . Hence, he patiently explained to him, “The adventurers usually get some clues about treasures or other valuable stuffs . But due to many reasons, there are some clues that they don’t even have a chance to go to verify them until they are old . Therefore, whenever they meet a younger generation, they will immediately pass on those unverified clues to the opposite party . If the opposite party goes verifying these clues, no matter how many items they can get, they will get something as a souvenir for their senior . This is a tradition of respect, which is also the tradition that is passed on from generation to generation in the adventurer society . ”

So, it turns out like this!

Sui Xiong was suddenly enlightened and suddenly the old Suo Si, whose body was somewhat crooked . more respectable .

An old senior adventurer passes on his experiences and dreams to his junior . After the junior obtains them successfully, they would get some souvenirs for him . He doesn’t need to waste any efforts but still could share the joy, which is a testimony for the fact that his hard work isn’t wasted . . . . This kind of tribe which loves adventures, this kind of mindset of passing knowledge on from teachers to students give me an indescribably touching feeling .

Just like a former powerful gamer, although he has retired and being beaten by an amateur gamer, due to his love for the game, he doesn’t back off, persistently fights on the spot . Even if a powerhouse has turned into a weak chicken, if he can use any ways to make others love this game, share the same joy that he has, even though he is turned into laughing stock, being called a comedy man, he won’t regret . . . .

Even though this world is different, the morals are the same in the end!

“Old Suo Si, after you die, I surely make you a body to come back to life again . Until that time, I will give you a super muscular body . Your short legs are not a problem . I guarantee that even blades and swords, boiling water, fire and electric shock are nothing for you . You can use your face to block all types of traps . Letting you continue your unforgettable adventure career!”

In the cave under the ground, the moved giant jellyfish used his tentacles to scratch his chin, beamed out a happy smile without knowing that there were some problems with his way of thinking .

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