Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

Tang Bo, who has been to Wangdu, saw Luma City first, and his first impression was that it was small.

Of course, this small is relative.

The inner diameter of Luma City alone is 6000 meters, which is roughly divided into central city, inner city and outer city.

The central city is a huge castle where the Grand Duke lives and works. The castle is located on a mountain whose peak has been flattened.There are several huge gardens inside the castle, and even fields and ponds.

The inner city is where nobles and officials of all sizes live, as well as a small number of wealthy commoners.There are also some small hills and small lakes here, as well as a small river, which flows from Castle Hill.

There is another street between the inner city and the outer city. This street is full of official offices. From business to taxation, from medical care to funerals, from public security to fire prevention, all the departments needed by the people are located on this street. on the street.

This street is also known as Guanshu Street.

The outer city is further out from Guanshu Street. The outer city occupies a larger area, and the residents are very mixed. Most of them are ordinary civilians. come live.

There is a larger moat and a large number of fields outside the city of Lvma, and many small villages are scattered outside the city.

There is a military camp by the river.Except for the Duke Luma and his confidants, no one knows the exact number of people in the barracks.Most of the families of these soldiers also live in the outer city of Luma City.

Before Tang Bo got close to Luma City, he found a large number of refugees fleeing on the road.

Some of these refugees look very poor, but some of them look rich.

These rich and wealthy people hired many servants and even mercenaries to protect themselves.

The rise of mercenaries has a lot to do with Tang Bo Gu Ding.

Gu Ding pulled a team, at first they made trouble everywhere, and later the number of the team grew, and some people saw that this team was well fed and well-disciplined, and even some people took the initiative to defect with their families.

Gu Ding sent all the old and weak women and children to Bailuling, and some young and strong people who were not suitable for bloody fighting were also sent there.

But it is impossible for him to send everyone to Bailuling, and Bailuling needs time to digest these sent people.But Gu Ding didn't want to just reject the people who came to join him, but he couldn't take these people to attack the nobles everywhere to seize food and grass.

Tang Bo's plan for Gu Ding is a small-scale guerrilla warfare, which will upset Lu Macheng, but it will not annoy the other party so much that they focus all their firepower on Gu Ding.

But if Gu Ding's team continues to grow like this, firstly, it will be difficult to support them, and secondly, it will attract too much attention.

So after Gu Ding discussed with Tang Bo, Gu Ding left some of his men to continue the harassment, and all the other trained soldiers turned into mercenaries and were divided into three teams.

Under Tang Bo's suggestion, Gu Ding also established simple mercenary guild stations in various territories, accepting employment from nobles to slaves, as long as they give money and materials, and as long as the things they do do not violate the three principles of mercenaries , then the mercenary guild will recommend mercenaries for you.

The so-called three major principles of mercenaries are: do not take the initiative to betray their employers, do not take the initiative to kill the old and weak, women and children, and do not rape and plunder.

If it is just a guerrilla mercenary, the employer would not dare to use them, but the appearance of the mercenary guild station has guaranteed the interests of the employer to a certain extent. services.

Tang Bo's goal is to let the employer deposit all the employment money in the mercenary guild first, and the mercenary guild will pay the mercenaries.But now that the mercenary guild has just been launched, and everyone's trust in the guild is not high, it becomes only a deposit.

At the same time, the guild will also sign a contract with the employer, and there are corresponding procedures for collecting money and materials. If the mercenary completes the task here, but the employer does not want to pay the balance, the mercenary guild has the right to levy ten times the compensation from the employer.If the mercenary betrays the employer, kills the employer and robs the employer's property, etc., the guild will help the employer punish the corresponding mercenary, and will also pay ten times the amount of the loss as compensation.

The three major mercenary regiments that Gu Ding initially divided were the confidence of the mercenary guild.On the surface, they don't belong to the mercenary guild, but they are actually controlled by the guild.

Tang Bo also planned to let Gu Ding take up the position of the president of the mercenary guild in an upright manner in the future, and then use the white deer collar to guarantee the guild, so that the employers can rest assured.

There are quite a few nobles and wealthy households looking for mercenaries to protect themselves, and many of them who escaped to Luma City were hired.

These mercenaries sent their employers to the gate of Luma City, and most of them completed the task. They would collect the final payment from the employer on the spot, or take the proof of task completion issued by the employer to any mercenary guild station to settle the payment.

Because of these refugees, many tents were built outside Luma City, and more people were lying on the ground under the cover of the sky.

Luma City didn't completely shut down these outsiders. They sent officials to check the identities of these refugees. If they encountered nobles or wealthy households, they would arrange them to live in the city or nearby after charging a certain fee and supplies. village.

Ordinary civilians are even more miserable, even if they take the initiative to sell themselves as slaves, they cannot be sold.

During this time, too many refugees came to Luma City. In the beginning, there were rich households in the city who came out to buy some slaves for use. Later, there were too many people who wanted to be slaves for a living, and the wealthy households in the city refused to accept them.

If the rich do not want it, it is the turn of the ordinary households or even the poor to take advantage of it.

It's really cheap.Later, because many refugees could not make ends meet, and the wealthy households refused to take them, they went with whoever was given a bite of food.

Many poor people in Luma City who could not marry a wife, or workshop owners whose conditions were too harsh and could not find workers, all picked someone who satisfied them.

However, more and more refugees gathered outside Luma City, and the conditions for the nobles and wealthy households who came later to settle in the city were repeatedly raised. In the end, even the wealthy households could not afford the high settlement fees. I can only hire mercenaries to help my family find a place to stay in the towns and villages near Luma City.

Due to various reasons, the current city defense of Lvma City is extremely strict. It doesn't matter if you go out of the city, but you are very strictly checked when you enter the city.

Tang Bo's carriage was inspected repeatedly, and his identity was verified. It was confirmed that he was not a refugee who came to escape, but a real lord who came to do business, and he was the only one, so he was allowed to enter.

Because Tang Bo was alone without any servants, this also aroused the suspicion of the city guards - which nobleman did not bring a lot of servants with him when he went out?

Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the city were more responsible. Even if they had doubts, they still conveyed Tang Bo's identity and purpose of coming to the higher-ups.

It will be passed on from above, and when the corresponding officials know that Tang Bo has come to Luma City, they will immediately send someone to greet him.

An envoy was there, and the envoy also received news that Tang Bo had come to Luma City, so the envoy went to talk to Tang Bo himself.Duke Luma didn't want to offend unnecessary people at such a time, so he called Tang Bo into the castle that day.

Before the waiter brought him to meet the Grand Duke, someone else came to see him in advance, and the person who came to see him was also an acquaintance, that is, Che Ying.

When Che Ying saw Tang Bo, he immediately said to him, "You lied to me."

Tang Bo almost rolled his eyes, and asked amusedly, "I don't know how I deceived you, Mr. Che Ying?"

"You pretended to be seriously injured, but you can actually heal yourself with sacrifice healing." Che's face was cold.

Tang Bo: "Do you think my injury was faked? Do you think it is necessary for me to seriously injure myself just to deceive you?"

"You are cured." Che Ying said.

"Could it be that I have to be seriously injured to die? Did I tell you that I would definitely die if I was seriously injured? Isn't that what Master Che Ying thinks? Why do you say I'm lying now?" Tang Bo was a little aggressive. ask.

Che Ying frowned: "You have such an ability, why didn't you tell the Grand Duke?"

Tang Bo laughed: "Do I dare? How many nobles in the Luma Principality don't know the Grand Duke's aversion to the God's Blessed One? It's not enough for my parents to hide my identity as the God's Blessed One, so why would they take the initiative to tell me?"

"Your ability is different, that is what the Grand Duke also needs. If you tell the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke will never..."

"Who dares to bet on this possibility?" Tang Bo shook his head and changed the subject: "Master Che Ying, you didn't come here to accuse me of healing myself after being seriously injured, can you tell me the main purpose of your visit? "

Che Ying almost choked, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is it that provided you with the paper?"

Tang Bo still said the same words: "I really don't know, the other party is really mysterious. But I can tell you one thing now, are you wondering why the mysterious caravan didn't find anyone else, but found me, a little girl like me?" The little third-class baron? Do you all think that the other party is giving me money for nothing?"

Che Ying, Dagong and the others were really surprised by this.

Tang Bo took the initiative to explain: "When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I went out once, and occasionally used my ability of the gods to help the leader of a caravan. At that time, they seemed to be robbed by someone, and many people were injured. Yes, the leader was injured especially badly. Bailuling was poor, and it was winter again. I was greedy for meat, and wanted the dried meat in their caravan, so I rescued the leader of the caravan, and I got the dried meat , also got the other party’s gratitude.”

Che Ying suddenly realized: "The leader of the caravan is related to the mysterious caravan?"

"Yes, he led a team to look for me, and said he was grateful to me for saving his life, so he gave me a benefit. But the benefit..." Tang Bo shook his head again, "Sometimes I don't know if the other party is really here. Thank you, but you still want to kill me."

Che Ying guessed that they had both. The mysterious caravan wanted to find someone to use. The leader of the caravan had contacted Tang Bo before. Repaying his life-saving grace was also a good excuse, and it was not easy to be suspicious.As for what will happen to Tang Bo, under the "great righteousness", the mysterious caravan can't care so much.

A puzzle that troubled Che Ying and the Grand Duke was solved, and Che Ying looked at Tang Bo with a more relaxed expression, and finally brought up the matter with Tang Bo.

To put it bluntly, this business is that the Grand Duke is greedy for Tang Bo's reputation as a national businessman, and intends to actually replace him.In the name of donating manpower to Tang Bo to help him manage the caravan, in fact he wants to take over Tang Bo's caravan.

Che Ying also faintly threatened the takeaway and said: "The Grand Duke is also for your own good. You don't have many contacts with nobles, and you have no experience in organizing large caravans. The Grand Duke can send skilled hands to help you. You don't have to worry about anything, you can wait Collect money at home. If the caravan earns a lot of money, you can also reduce the tax of your White Hart collar in the future. Including your new territory, the Grand Duke can also help sort it out, so that you can take full control of it as soon as possible."

Tang Bo hehe: "Thank you, Grand Duke, for your kindness. I will consider it. But I need to discuss this matter with my father, my housekeeper and my subordinates. I cannot decide on my own."

Che Ying saw that Tang Bo would not enter, and considering that the envoy was still in Luma City, it was not easy to force him too much.

Che Ying went back to report, and someone else came to teach Tang Bo the etiquette for meeting the Grand Duke.

Tang Bo could feel that the Grand Duke was torturing him on purpose, ignored the waiters who came to teach him etiquette, dared to show him face, and kicked him directly.He is the earl now, if these waiters dare to disrespect him, that is disrespect to the nobles.

As for the Grand Duke's order?

Tang Bo said that he has mastered all the etiquette, and as an earl, he can only perform the etiquette process to the Grand Duke. Who dares to say no?Who would dare to say clearly that he was asked to salute a group of waiters?Even if the waiter avoids the main seat, the nature of the performance is an insult to the nobles.

The waiters had no choice but to take Tang Bo to see the Grand Duke when the time was up.

The Grand Duke of Luma probably lived in anxiety during this period, and his whole body was filled with a sense of anxiety. The man who was almost 60 years old looked very strong, with obvious muscles on his body and a big beard.

Tang Bo also met the eldest son of the Duke of Luma, who seemed to be very curious about him, and came to see what he looked like, and kept looking at him.

The young master of the Duke's Mansion is already in his early forties.The Duke of Luma was only 16 years old when he married his wife, and had his eldest son at the age of 17.

Tang Bo thought that the father and son were both related to Ma Ai, and his body had been intimate with Ma Ai, and Gu Ding was the child of one of them, so he felt like seeing the prairie.

And these two probably didn't know the relationship between his body and Ma Ai in the past, seeing his face was calm, looking at him, but not much disgust.

It's not that there is no dislike at all, the Grand Duke obviously doesn't like him very much, so he doesn't even have to look him in the eye.

The people above didn't want to talk too much, and the people below didn't want to curry favor. The whole awarding process was smooth and fast. On the contrary, the envoys who came to announce the rewards were the most enthusiastic. In this way, all the benefits Tang Bo got from the king's capital passed through the clear road.

In the end, it was Luma's turn to divide Sita County to Tang Bo, and there was nothing wrong with it, but this man didn't call the owner of Sita County together, but just told Tang Bo that because of his outstanding performance in the capital, And won the joy of His Majesty the King (see what he said), he felt honored to be the Lord of Tang Bo's Principality, and in order to match the title of Earl granted to him by the King, he specially transferred all the land of Sita County give him.

Afterwards, Duke Luma re-registered Tang Bo's earlship and territory, and gave him a certificate of conferring the territory.

It’s over.

Seeing this, the envoy smiled but didn't say anything, and only talked to Tang Bo alone after the reward was over.

"Earl Tang, be careful, that territory has its own owner. Although Duke Luma has already told the owner of that territory to let them leave, and also said that the new owner is you, but he just said it and didn't give The princess of Sita County arranged for a new territory, and did not call anyone to Luma City. This means..."

Tang Bo smiled, "I understand. Thank you, my lord envoy, for reminding me." He never thought that Sita County could be easily won.

The envoy was very polite: "I dare not address you as your lord. If Earl Tang has any difficulties, you can go to the Marquis of Thunder for help. The Marquis is very willing to help you."

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your concern. I have some specialty products in Bailuling. Because it is not easy to make and there are some minor problems, I didn't bring them to the capital last time. I asked my subordinates to temporarily dispatch them from Bailuling. The Marquis can like it." Tang Bo personally moved out two boxes from the carriage compartment, one for the envoy, and one for the Marquis of Thunder.

The smile on the envoy's face became more sincere, "Earl Tang has a heart. The thing called toilet paper that you gave to the Marquis last time, the Marquis liked it very much. This time I am here, and I want to buy more from you, Earl Tang. "

"It's good if you like it. But this time I didn't bring it here, but I will take the caravan to the capital again in two months at most, and I will bring enough quantity to Lord Hou. Also, please tell Lord Hou for me. I don't know much about the capital and the principalities. The territory is also a small one. There are more things to do if I want to take over the new territory in the future. I'm afraid I don't have enough energy for business. I am interested in getting special products, and I am very much looking forward to the business cooperation with Lord Hou."

"Be sure to tell." The envoy was even more happy.Isn't this sending money and convenience to the Marquis?Although the Marquis may not care about the name of this country's merchant, and the Marquis himself has a caravan, but Tang Bo has this heart, which shows his closeness to the Marquis.

When the envoy and Marquis Thunder saw the special products of the White Deer Territory that Tang Bo gave them, they knew that their cooperation project was this thing, and they were full of affection for Tang Bo.

Originally, in a situation like Tang Bo's, Duke Luma would definitely hold a large banquet, both to celebrate and to introduce Tang Bo to the upper echelons of the Duke of Luma, but this time he didn't mention it.He also excused that there was a war going on and there were many things, so he would not entertain the new Earl.

The envoy was very dissatisfied, and Tang Bo took the initiative to say that he would rush back to arrange the reception of Bailuling and the new territory, and the banquet did not matter at all.

"You must also be careful on the road. The lord who lost his territory will definitely not be willing to lose his territory just like that. Even the Duke of Luma would not want to have another lord in his territory who is close to the king's capital but cannot be controlled." The envoy also followed the Marquis of Thunder People who have been on the battlefield several times have very rich combat experience, remind me again.

Even the envoy wanted to follow Tang Bo back to Bailuling, firstly for protection, and secondly to see what Bailuling was like.

Tang Bo declined the other party's kindness, saying that he bought some secret treasures that can walk fast from Tumojiao, and it is not easy for one person to attract the attention of others.

The envoy thought that Tang Bo could get to Luma City alone safely, and naturally he had something to rely on, so he didn't persuade him much.

Tang Bo also took the opportunity to promote the mercenary guild, saying that he would hire a mercenary from the nearby mercenary guild to escort him back to Bailuling.

It was the first time for the envoy to hear about the organization of mercenaries, and he was very curious.

Early the next morning, Tang Bo went to the villages and towns near Luma City to find the newly built mercenary union station there, and hired the most famous mercenary team to escort him home.

And this escort team did encounter an interception on the way.