The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

How does Watanabe know how much salary he should ask for? He has never farmed before. After all, all the fields in their village are owned by the village chief.

He grazes cattle in the village, and the village chief also sends him some grain every once in a while. Sometimes the horses are sold for a good price, and a few rewards are given to them.

But since the tax increase, he can't even eat enough food, let alone have a surplus.

So after Xu Lai agreed to provide him with three meals a day, Watanabe carefully raised a finger and said, How about giving him 1 gold coin every year?

Watanabe knew that he was not popular here in Xu, so he did not dare to raise the price. The purchasing power of one gold coin was already quite strong. After saving for about ten years, he could probably buy a little mare.

After that, you just need to take care of the little mare and let her give birth to foals.

Not too many, just give birth to one horse a year, and after ten years of birth, he will be rich.

Moreover, Watanabe has also calculated that a few of the little bastards in the mine will definitely appear in the next year or two.

Watanabe estimated that with Xu Lai's character, it would be impossible to allocate houses and land to these little bastards. Then he could hire these little bastards to help him farm.

He eats Xu Lai's food, and he doesn't consume anything anyway. He gives Xu Lai 30% of the food grown in the land, and gives the little bastard another 30%, leaving him with 40%.

In this case, his plan to buy a filly might be advanced several years.

The purchasing power of one gold coin is indeed very strong. A pack horse only costs 2 or 30 gold coins. One gold coin must be worth at least several hundred yuan.

Xu Lai had never seen someone like Watanabe with an annual salary of several hundred. Those puppet-like farmers could still pay tribute of 1 gold a month.

Xu Lai sneered and said, Not for another year. I will give you one gold coin every month. You help me take good care of these horses. For every war horse you help me train, I will reward you with an extra gold coin.

Watanabe swallowed and said, Master Hero, are you serious?

Xu Lai snorted and said: I give you one gold coin a year, which is barely enough for you to change a few sets of clothes. Can you help me seriously with this salary?

The worst of all my horses are grassland horses, and the proportion of war horses exceeds two-thirds. If any one of them dies under your care, I will suffer a loss.

Anyway, remember it, I never treat my own people badly, but you have to be honest with me. If you want to be a horse thief or a gangster like I did before, I will send you to dig mines for the rest of your life.

Watanabe swore repeatedly that he had a good life but never wanted to be a horse thief again in his life.

He even said that even if it is digging in a hole, it is a bit harder, but it is still more practical than a horse thief.

Xu Lai lets him say whatever he wants, but he won't believe a word of such nonsense anyway.

After spending a whole morning, Xu Lai finally counted all the existing household registrations in the town. Not counting Urdola and the others, there were a total of 39 households with 45 people.

Most of these people are women, and there is a natural gap between their speed and ability to grow food and that of men.

But Xu Lai still had a lot of antelope skins and horse skins in his hands, which he could take out and give them to these women for processing.

Of course, for this kind of thing, Xu Lai doesn't need to come forward in person. Today he just wants to get to know the people under his rule, but it doesn't mean that he will spend all his energy on such trivial matters in the future.

The two stewards Xu Lai chose were Little Aboka and Aaron, who were left by him.

However, after taking them for a walk in the morning, little Aiboka had several years of management experience, and he actually gave Xu Lai some suggestions, but Aaron remained silent from beginning to end.

Xu Lai knew that his core assets were soldiers and farmers who had no second thoughts. He could not leave these assets to outsiders for management.

Therefore, Su Ya will not be let out. These are the deputies and managers around him.

As for Yu Lan and the others, their minds are not complete and they only understand their own professions. It would be enough to let them manage the corresponding warriors, but it may not be appropriate to use them.

At most, Yu Lan surprised Xu Lai. He planned to let Yu Lan work as his secretary to assist him and Su Ya.

In addition, Xu Lai still had a bad taste in mind that the secretary had something to do, but there was no need to tell Yu Lan about this idea.

As for the locals in the small town, Xu Lai still wants to give priority to the management of the locals. At least there will be no conflict between their folk customs, culture and systems.

Of course, even if it is left to local people to manage, it still needs someone who Xu Lai can completely trust. Currently, there is no one else in this position except Su Ya.

This is another big reason why Xu Lai wants to transfer Yu Lan to be his secretary. If Su Ya is given everything, she won't be able to manage it at all. Someone must help her share the burden.

The person in charge that Xu came to look for was Urdola at first, but Urdola was in a big city in the southwest and had her own family, so she might not be able to stay with him with peace of mind.

In addition, Knight Tahan is the guard captain appointed by Xu Lai, so it is not like that he has been following Wei Yihong and others on business trips.

Xu Lai wanted Urdola to become the guard captain of the caravan. He happened to be in a mercenary group before and should be familiar with guard work.

Now after following him for a few times and building a certain level of trust between the two parties, Xu Lai can let him form the team.

The leaders of the caravan are naturally Wei Yihong and Da Aiboka. In the future, when the scale increases, it can be divided into two caravans.

This is the only channel for Qingfeng Town to communicate with the outside world. Xu Lai definitely cannot let it go, and it even takes priority over town construction.

After these two people gave up, Xu Lai only had two candidates, and he deliberately brought them with him this morning, and asked for advice from time to time.

Among the two, Xu Lai liked Aaron better, but he had always been taciturn. Even if Xu Lai asked him, he would only say that he didn't understand.

Little Aboka was relatively smoother, especially his eyes, which kept scanning the key parts of the group of women.

These women have no assets, and the clothes they wear are all stolen from copycats. They basically don't fit well, and there will inevitably be leaks.

In addition, they were extremely grateful to Xu Lai, wishing that Xu Lai could devote themselves to him with just one look, so of course they wouldn't take it too seriously.

In fact, not to mention little Aiboka, even Xu Lai himself has been keeping a sneak peek.

It's just that Xu Lai is capable of doing this kind of thing, but if you, Aiboka, do the same, Xu Lai will feel unhappy.

Little Aiboka said he was young just to distinguish him from his elder brother. His real age is over 30 years old, which is several years older than Xu Lai.

Although he successfully served as the captain of the caravan guard with the help of his brother, he himself is also a fourth-level trainee knight, good at spears, swords and shields.

What's more, he and his brother Big Aiboka were captured and tortured by horse thieves. They lost their master's goods and had no way out. They didn't take refuge in the horse thieves. Their character was worthy of Xu Lai's trust.

Xiao Ai, you also know that we are in troubled times now. I want to do my best to develop the military. I don't have much time to manage matters related to people's livelihood.

Little Aiboka's eyes lit up, knowing that the highlight of today was about to come. This morning, he witnessed with his own eyes that his eldest brother was appointed as the deputy director of the caravan, and Urdora was appointed as the captain of the guard.

And Xu Lai has always taken him and Aaron with him, and obviously he should also entrust them with important responsibilities.

That's what Xu Lai calls them. They are always so nondescript as Lao Wu and Xiao Ai.

Your Excellency, if you have anything to say, just tell us to do it.

Xu Lai nodded and said: I do have two errands for you, Xiao Ai, I want you to be the assistant mayor of Qingfeng Town, responsible for coordinating and communicating with the townspeople and solving practical difficulties for them.

Normally, you only need to be responsible to the deputy mayor Su Ya, and properly plan and deploy the townspeople according to her arrangements.

There is no such position as an assistant mayor in another world. An ordinary small town only has a mayor, and there may not even be a deputy mayor. At most, there is a tax collector and a sheriff sent by the lord.

Xu Lai is a self-appointed position and will not be recognized by the empire.

But now that the empire has collapsed and the administrative system has completely collapsed, no one will rashly take over the jurisdiction of Pingfeng Grassland, a place where the Western Empire and the Northern Empire meet.

Besides, no matter how powerful the mayor is, he cannot manage a small town with just a few people. He still needs some helpers.

It was impossible for little Aiboka to become the mayor as soon as he arrived. He knew very well that he would be working as a helper, and Xu Lai also gave him a title, which was quite attentive.

Thank you for your trust. I will definitely assist Deputy Mayor Su in managing the town.

Xu Lai asked again: So, according to your previous position, what is your monthly salary?

Little Aiboka hesitated for a moment and said: I used to be the captain of the caravan, doing dangerous work. On average, my monthly salary plus subsidies can earn me more than 30 gold coins.

But now there is no need to go out and there is no danger. The average salary of a town mayor is about 20 gold coins per month. It is very reasonable for you to pay half of our mayor's salary.

In fact, whether it was the guard captain he worked for before or the mayor of a small town, their salary only accounted for a part of their income.

The mayor can do whatever he wants, and a little bit of greed can lead to a lot of gray income.

As the captain of the guard, he brought some of his personal goods with him every time he went on a business trip, and he made a lot of money by selling them several times.

However, these incomes are not on the table. In addition, Xu Lai has been a life-saving grace to their brothers, and little Aiboka is embarrassed to say this.

“Well, the town is still under construction, and money is indeed needed everywhere.

But ten gold coins is too little, so let’s give it 15. Each of you will get 15 gold coins. When the house is enough in the future, each of you will be given a house.

Aaron, you are a sharpshooter. There is now a sentry tower in the town that you have to take charge of. In addition, if you work harder, you can also serve as the town's peace officer.

In the future, the population in the town will increase, and Su Ya, including them, will gradually get out of these government affairs.

When the time comes, Xiao Ai, you will take on the responsibility of the mayor, and so will you, Aaron. Later, when there are more people, you can personally recruit some helpers. You can set the salary below ten gold. What do you think?