Chapter 0029 Cunning
For human society to develop, division of labor is necessary.
Kurozuo Village has always been poor. A very important point is that the villagers here do not trust each other and cannot divide the work and cooperate. The already weak power cannot be condensed and used.
It was not until Zhou Qingfeng appeared that the people in the village had a leader who issued orders. Just by arranging people to patrol and burning some hot water, a group of fools realized that only by cooperating can we live a good life.
There is no shortage of wood in the forest, and the bonfires lit at night greatly enhance the villagers' sense of security. Old Borg borrowed several large pots to boil water, and the villagers took a bath in the open air to clean the dead skin and dirt accumulated on their bodies for many years.
After taking a shower, people went to the campfire to bake their clothes. They were as ragged clothes as treasures, and the hot mist was filled with rare laughter.
Cleaning is a very, very important thing. Everyone knows the story of Nightingale. But few people know that before Nightingale, the death rate of wounded in the UK exceeded 40%.
Nightingale simply boiled the gauze used by the wounded, which reduced the mortality rate of the wounded to less than three percent. Because of her excellent and even groundbreaking work, she was called the "Lantern Goddess".
Zhou Qingfeng didn't realize so much. He simply couldn't stand his dirty self. He washed away the stinky mud in a compartment, changed into a set of clothes and returned to the dwarf witch doctor's shack, "Old Borg, don't you go to take a shower?"
The old dwarf was standing at the door of his shack, staring at the naked villagers outside and sighing. Before the village was built, he built a house next to the swamp. To this day, more than 300 people in the village are now, and this is the first time he has seen so many people smiling.
Regarding Zhou Qingfeng's inquiry, the old dwarf curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Why do you humans love clean like elves? We dwarfs never take a bath, and they don't feel anything uncomfortable. Taking a bath can make people sick, don't you know?"
The old dwarf was very proud of her. Zhou Qingfeng finally washed it clean, but he couldn't help but stay away from it when he heard this. He couldn't stand the stinking smell of the other person on his body over the years. But the other person was about to come over and asked in a low voice.
"Victor, how sure are you about entering the Elves' Relic?"
"I'm not sure." Zhou Qingfeng was frank, "The goblins of the Magru tribe want to rule the entire Black Forest. Humans are at a disadvantage and now they still have to fight in the internal struggle. When this happens, how can I find the remains of the elves?"
"so what?"
"So you can't let those goblins be too arrogant. Otherwise, let alone taking risks, it will be difficult for us to survive."
Zhou Qingfeng's words are half true and half false.
The goblin plank road is a natural danger. Unless it can fly after being blocked, no adventurer can escape. The humans in the forest are grasshoppers on a rope, but they still have to fight in the internal battle. Zhou Qingfeng just wants to escape, exploring the remains of the elves is just an excuse.
But this excuse sounds very tempting to the old dwarf. It continued to ask: "Do you want to integrate the villagers of this Black Zoom Village to fight with the Magru Tribe?"
“I have this plan.”
"Impossible." The old dwarf decisively rejected, "The people in this village cannot take risks with you. They are all timid and selfish. No matter how much benefits they give them, they will not work hard for you.
Moreover, there are no powerful adventurers in the village. With those trash, you can't deal with any force in the Black Forest."
Zhou Qingfeng nodded and smiled bitterly, "I know, but I have to try it."
While speaking, the old dwarf's servant brought a guy who was hunched over. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng, the man quickly lay down and cried loudly, shouting "Honor Hugo" and crawled over to hug his thighs.
Uncle Zhou had just taken a shower and changed into clean clothes. When he saw someone trying to hug him, he quickly shouted: "Stop, if you dare to get close to me, I will kill you."
The one who climbed over was Rubio, a profiteer who bought medicinal materials in the village. His property was stolen. He was so angry that he cursed, and he was very frightened. But when Zhou Qingfeng heard the servants laughing, he immediately felt that this person was available and called him over.
The conditions are limited now, loyalty and character are not something that Zhou Qingfeng can consider, ability is the most important. Todd fell seriously injured and forced him to do everything possible. If he is a person, he must come in handy.
Rubio was just pretending to cry. After being stopped by Zhou Qingfeng, he got up obediently, hunched over and waited for instructions, "Heronor Hugo, I heard you are looking for me?"
Faced with such a profiteer, Zhou Qingfeng must be very careful. He was not polite and said straight to the point: "I sent someone to buy it. I heard that my subordinates robbed your store?"
"Yes." Rubio couldn't figure out what the 'noble boy' was thinking, but immediately shouted bitterly: "Master, you are a noble person, and you don't know the nature of those poor people. They have no brains and don't understand the rules, and they only know bad things.
I really want to make a deal with you, but those poor people come to my shop like robbers. They snatched all my goods and caused me to suffer heavy losses. Now I can't continue to operate."
Rubio reached out to act helplessly, and the more he spoke, the more miserable he felt, he would shed a few tears.
Zhou Qingfeng just sneered at this, and when the other party finished speaking, he interjected: "Yes, the people in the village are unruly and selfish and greedy. They dared to hide the food I paid for. So I want to teach them a lesson."
Rubio's eyes were circling when he heard this, and he didn't know what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do?
Uncle Zhou turned his head and asked the old dwarf, "Is it okay to lend your subordinates to me?"
The old dwarf didn't know what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do, but he was still thinking about the elves' ruins, so he naturally agreed with all these trivial matters.
So Zhou Qingfeng called out a few servants and asked them to bring their weapons to Rubio, "My village is now under my jurisdiction. I now authorize you to take people to the village to shout. Let those who have greedy for my supplies and robbed your goods hand over the things.
Note, now you just need to shout and tell the people in the village. Now hand over my things, I won’t pursue them. If I don’t hand over before dawn, I will impose punishment. After all, I’m assigned by me. I know who moved things to your shop."
This seems a bit unnecessary.
If you want to establish your authority, wouldn’t it be better to just send someone to capture those poor people?
Why still shout?
It would be a miracle if the poor people could hand over the things they wanted by shouting.
Rubio has never done this in the past and is puzzled. But Zhou Qingfeng is now at a high prestige, and authorizing him to do this is equivalent to recovering his losses, and regaining his status and identity, even stronger than before.
Although Uncle Zhou did not mention the payment for the goods, the medicinal material profiteer refused to be appointed without reason. He accepted the task happily and said that he would definitely recover everything. If anyone dared to hide it secretly, he would definitely take the guy's life.
But Rubio was about to go and call, but Zhou Qingfeng stopped him with a smile and said, "Should we count how much goods you lost first?"
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When Rubio heard that he had to count the lost goods first, he finally realized that the boy in front of him was really hard to fool. Because he was so excited that he wanted to exaggerate his losses this time, and maybe he could make some money back and make the poor people who rob him pay the price.
But if we count the loss of goods first, Rubio will not be able to be a ghost from it.
There were clayboards for ordinary records in the old dwarf's shack. Rubio roughly told his losses, and the servants present at that time also testified on the side. Zhou Qingfeng deducted the ones that had been shipped to the old dwarf and stored, and the rest were left by the villagers.
After the statistics were completed, Rubio took people to shout.
Kurozo Village was not very big, with more than 300 people in the village. Soon everyone heard the hoarse voice of the medicinal merchant conveying the order of the Lord Victor Hugo.
Listening to Rubio's voice echoing in the air, the old dwarf frowned and asked, "Victor, did you expect it to be the current situation?"
“What’s the situation?”
"The people you sent will definitely be unhonest. They will rob Rubio's warehouse and secretly hide the goods you bought. And you keep Rubio and let him deal with the cunning villagers. In this way, both sides are under your control and must rely on you to survive."
After hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng laughed, "There is no way. There is no good person in this village, they are all very cunning. I have to check and balance it."
Chapter completed!