The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Although there are many people in Qingfeng Village, it has never been popular. After all, there are only a few people who can talk.

While eating breakfast with Su Ya and the others, Xu Lai took a look at the map sent by the scouts.

This map was given to him last night, but the lights were dim at night and he couldn't see it very clearly.

After getting rid of the harpies on the map that he had cleared out last night, Xu Lai clicked and found that there were probably hundreds of large and small groups of thousands of harpies near Qingfeng Village.

Of course, this is already yesterday’s number. It’s hard to say how much this number will remain after today.

Unlike Xu Lai, Su Ya could only clean up the harpies in waves, but she got some loot. According to Xu Lai's previous instructions, all the wooden treasure boxes were opened into gold coins.

In the end, Su Ya upgraded 5 of the 15 nomads and 3 rangers, and still had 600 gold coins left.

Of course, Xu Lai didn't ask for the 600 gold coins. Su Ya's current troops were all cavalry, and the cost of upgrading these men to the next level was not low.

The flower demons got up on duty, and the spearmen continued to rest. The horse pens were ready yesterday afternoon, and fifteen war horses and seven prairie horses had already lived in them.

Xu Lai specially found three farmers to take care of them. One took care of them, one fed and bathed them, and the other rode them out for a walk.

After everything is cleared around, Xu Lai will ask the farmers to take them out to graze. For now, it is better to keep them in captivity first.

Nine farmers built wooden houses. After cutting down some wood yesterday, Xu Lai became rich today. Not to mention building three wooden houses at the same time, after building these three houses, the first six houses will be upgraded in sequence.

Six farmers who were not physically strong were resting, and all the remaining farmers went to the grove for logging.

Yu Lan was left in the village by Xu Lai, while Su Ya rested. There was no one in the huge village, and Xu Lai was really worried.

By staying in the village, she could at least rotate the farmers, arrange lunch, and control the forest demon to plant trees.

Firstly, the function of the fence is too small, and secondly, the grove is too far away. Farmers spend a lot of time transporting wood.

Thirdly, Giselle, the forest demon, and the flower demon are too strengthened in the forest environment. Fourthly, these trees can also cover the village.

With so many benefits, Xu Lai certainly wanted to do it.

But it is said that it takes ten years for a tree to grow and a hundred years for a person to grow. For a big tree to become useful, it will take more than half a year, even if it is placed in this world where magic thrives.

This is why Xu Lai had to plant trees in advance, otherwise when the three surrounding groves were all cut down, he would have to look for wood elsewhere.

With the forest demon around, Xu Lai's trees don't need to wait for more than half a year, but they still need about two months.

The goal Xu Lai set for himself today was still to wipe out the harpies, but this time he did not dare to go too far.

A whole day had passed since the battle the night before yesterday. Even if all the horse thieves were caught up and killed by Su Ya, leaving no one alive, the horse thieves in their lair should be able to guess the result.

However, the leader of the horse thieves is dead. It should not be easy for those horse thieves to organize again, but now that a day has passed, Xu Lai does not dare to gamble.

For this reason, he specially left Yu Lan to provide support, and also left a messenger arrow for Su Ya.

Xu Lai's direction of action today was changed to the direction where the horse thieves were attacking, in order to prepare for his expedition to the horse thieves' den.

But before setting off, Xu Lai picked up a leg of lamb and went to the crystal mine first.

It's only been a few days since we last met, and Watanabe has lost a lot of weight. Although food is provided here, don't think about how good the food is.

The wanderers responsible for guarding and the farmers would bring some meat and vegetables from time to time, but Watanabe had not touched meat for several days.

As soon as he saw the leg of lamb in Xu Lai's hand, Watanabe's stomach was full of greed. However, when he looked up and saw Xu Lai's helmet, he was stunned.

The metal-covered helmet on Xu Lai's head was snatched from Yin Andi's head. As Watanabe, who had met Yin Andi and reported to him several times in person, how could he not recognize it.

However, Andy Yin's metal-faced helmet was standard equipment. Maybe Xu Lai just happened to buy the same equipment from Hong Shang?

Thinking of this, Watanabe ignited hope again in his heart, but Watanabe immediately thought that even if Andy Yin sent troops to fight, he might not be able to save him.

Maybe when Yin Andi sees the map he drew for Xu Lai, he will hang himself up, skin him and get cramps. This is how he always treats traitors.

Xu Lai didn't know that the helmet he was wearing aroused countless reveries in Watanabe, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Watanabe's thoughts.

I saw him holding the leg of lamb and slowly handing it to Watanabe's mouth, and asked while Watanabe secretly swallowed:

Did you hear anything the night before yesterday?

The battle the night before yesterday was so fierce that even if Watanabe lived in this cave, he probably wouldn't be able to hear nothing.

Sure enough, Watanabe nodded with difficulty, his eyes not moving the whole time.

Do you know what the noise is?

After all, Watanabe was a horse thief, and he was very familiar with the shouts of horse thieves, otherwise he wouldn't have thought that way when he saw Xu Lai's helmet.

Master Hero, what do you want?

Xu Lai coughed and stopped teasing him, saying: Your group of bandit brothers came to avenge you the night before, but unfortunately, none of them were able to go back, including your former leader.

Watanabe was mentally prepared and could accept it for a while, but he was still a little surprised when Andy Yin was mentioned.

Now you have no leader in your old lair, and you have also lost a lot of horse thieves. This is the time when you are at your weakest.

Watanabe swallowed and said in surprise: You, you don't want to attack our lair, do you?

I once heard that there was a bandit leader who also coveted our lair. At that time, he secretly sent people to attack us without telling the prairie king. As a result, they failed to break through the gate and returned.

Xu Lai nodded and said: I have seen the map you drew. Although the gate of the cottage is made of wood, there are seven or eight arrow towers erected behind the cottage.

Even if you were lucky enough to break through the gate, there would still be traps and ambushes inside the stronghold.

There is also an underground bunker with tunnels extending in all directions. You can sneak attack from the rear at any time. To attack by force, you must have more than three or four times the number of troops.

Watanabe said: You, it's good that you know.

However, Xu Lai shook his head and said: But if someone can lead us in from the tunnel, then what use are the front gates and arrow towers?

We appear directly at the rear, who will we trap in the trap set in front?

Watanabe knelt down in front of Xu Lai, hugged Xu Lai's thigh and said, Master Hero, please spare my life!

Xu Lai snorted coldly and said, Do you really want to dig mines in this cave for the rest of your life?

Wanderer reports that you work very hard. Apart from eating and sleeping, you spend all your time mining. How much have you mined? Oh, it turns out one has been dug out.

Watanabe didn't want to stay in a mine like this all his life, and his identity as a hero was still somewhat convincing.

So he gritted his teeth and started digging honestly, otherwise he wouldn't have lost weight in a few days.

However, after spending several days mining without sleep or food, only one unit was mined.

Of course Watanabe didn't know that it would take farmers, who were never lazy, 6 days to dig out one unit of crystal. He could dig out one unit in just a few days, which was as fast as the farmers.

But at this speed, Watanabe was already in despair. Even if he could mine 1 unit of crystal every week, 100 units would take 100 weeks, almost two full years.

And if he works at such an intensity and his body is not supplemented by vegetables and meat, he will not be able to survive even one year, let alone two years.

However, if we relax and dig slowly, we may have to stay in this mine for ten or twenty years.

By then, even if Xu Lai lets him out, he will become an old man, an old man who has been squeezed out and has no assets.

Xu Lai promised again: As a horse thief, no matter how long you stay, you must have done a lot of evil things.

However, you can be considered as having made meritorious service. I will absolve you of the death penalty, but you will not be exempted from the living crime.

However, if you can successfully lead us into the horse thief's lair, I will consider you to have made another great contribution. From now on, you will be considered a member of my Qingfeng Village, and you will no longer have to stay in the darkness of this mine.

You have also seen that I have never been stingy with my own people. Even if the guard guarding you is just a monster in your eyes, he still has good food and meat every day.

If you become a villager in Qingfeng Village, I will not only promise to ensure your personal safety, but also give you a house and provide you with food.

Any property you acquire with your own labor will also be protected by me. Of course, the premise is that you cannot evade taxes.

Xu Lai did not promise to give Watanabe a large amount of wealth, but only promised to treat Watanabe like a villager and let things be bygones.

However, it was this not high reward that convinced Watanabe that Xu Lai had seriously promised.

If he could survive in his own village, Watanabe would not become a horse thief.

Therefore, Watanabe simply gritted his teeth and asked Xu Lai: Then I dare to ask Master Hero how you plan to collect taxes? What about Lord Aini's taxes?

Xu Lai smiled slightly, knowing that Watanabe had actually agreed in his heart, so he simply stopped teasing him, stuffed the leg of lamb into Watanabe's hand and said with a smile:

Eat, your answer satisfies me.

Watanabe was greedy for this lamb leg, but he didn't dare to eat it after taking it. After all, he didn't really agree. If he said the wrong thing later and ate the hero's leg of lamb, he would definitely Punish yourself.

Xu Lai asked: So, how much tax did you have to pay in your original village?

Watanabe said: Theoretically, we are all serfs of Count Aini. According to imperial law, serfs must pay 70% of all harvests to their nobles as taxes, which is also the famous 73% tax.

There are seven knights and three serfs.

However, the noble master also needs the support of the people below, so under normal circumstances, the noble master only takes 50%, and the rest is given to the knights below.

Because of the war, the taxes in our village have been increased. 50% of all harvests are handed over to the noble lord, 20% is handed over to the knight lord who belongs to us, and the last 10% is given to the village chief.

Xu Lai was stunned when he heard this. He could guess that taxes in such an ancient society were extremely heavy, but he didn't expect them to be so heavy and exaggerated.

Aren't they afraid of the peasants' rebellion? Xu Lai shouted directly.

Watanabe looked at Xu Lai doubtfully and said in confusion: Those are all knights. If one person goes to that station, the whole village will not be hurt at all. Are you crazy for rebelling?