Demon King

The speed of the flight was ten times that of walking. Nebuldan was carrying Ivo, and it took only ten days to enter the border of Lasses, which was worth three months of Ivo's journey over the mountains. Township·Village·Xiao·Said·Net

Originally, Ivo wanted to return to the capital directly, but after thinking about riding a dragon, it was too high-profile. He let Nebuldan land near the town of Lima and waved his hand to let the Frost Dragon find food by himself.

Ivo came to Lima Town for several purposes. He inquired about this year’s intelligence, by the way, to see how the hurricane regiment led by Stonehoof had developed, and he had to release news to the Brotherhood. In one year’s time, his assessment results were early. I just came out and haven't received it.

Within a year, Lima Town has undergone even greater changes, thanks to the business route of the Kimmele Chamber of Commerce.

Business brought development, Lima Town became more and more prosperous, and the town was doubled. Travelers, merchants, and mercenaries on the street continued to flow and prospered.

With the discovery of a small mineral vein thirty miles away, the population of Liema Town has grown rapidly. Among them, there are many miners. A small mineral vein represents a huge profit for the major chambers of commerce. The mineral vein is located in the territory of Madi. Have the right to dispose of.

The major chambers of commerce hope to obtain the mining rights of the mineral veins and have funded the construction of Liema Town to please Madi. This is also one of the reasons for the rapid development of Liema Town. According to the current development momentum, it may not be a few years before Lima Town can Become Lima City.

The urban distribution of Lasses is relatively rough. Except for the cities planned by the royal family, if some small towns develop rapidly and their population and scale reach a certain standard, the lord can pay a huge wealth to the royal family in exchange for the power to build a city.

There are many benefits of building a city. The most obvious is the promotion of status. The identity of the lord of the town and the city lord is very different. After the city is built, there is a great chance of being promoted. In peacetime, the development of territory is the main way to improve the title.

The role of cities far exceeds that of towns. The city allows the construction of moats, city halls, etc., and receives financial allocations from the royal family every year. The speed of development is **** faster and faster. The population is growing rapidly, attracting elites, and the lord can get everything The benefits are numerous.

After a year’s absence, Ivo marveled at the development of Liema Town. The expansion of towns has been rigorously distributed. The city’s rudiment has already been formed. The number of guards on the streets has also increased significantly. The influx of people represents an increase in taxation. In addition, the Chamber of Commerce subsidies. Madi is not short of money, and Ivo sees Madi’s ambition to build the city from the rudiment of the outer wall under construction.

Following the memory, Ivo came to the stronghold of the hurricane group. In front of him was a four-story high-rise building, beautifully decorated, completely different from the shabby appearance in his memories. The five characters of mercenary group.

Ivo froze for a long time before he was sure that this was his hurricane group. He walked into the lobby with a lot of confusion. There were many round tables and several counters in the hall. There were many mercenaries sitting by the round tables, and some customers signed in front of the counter. Writing the employment contract, Ivo cares that these mercenaries are hung with a black badge on their chests, and the badges are engraved with white scroll-shaped patterns, as if to imply a hurricane. Township·Village·Xiao·Said·Net

"leader?"

I was watching, and suddenly remembered the low-voiced exclamation beside him. Ivo turned his head and saw Gavin standing beside him, looking at him suspiciously. Gavin saw Ivo’s face and confirmed Ivo’s Identity, surprised and delighted: "Boss, you are finally back."

Ivo tilted his head, "Find a quiet place to talk."

Gavin nodded and took Ivo upstairs.

All the way to the fourth floor, Ivo saw Stonehoof in the room at the end, as well as four unfamiliar faces.

These four people are all high-level members of the hurricane group, looking at Ivo suspiciously. For them, Ivo is also a strange face.

Stone hoof suddenly stood up from the main position, and said with joy: "Leader, you are finally back!"

Ivo nodded and looked around. Seeing that the four strangers looked uncertain, with a slight alienation and alertness, Ivo moved in his heart and sat down on the stone hoof position calmly, knocking on the table, strong Said: "Gavin, explain the current situation, why my hurricane group has become a mercenary group? Also, who are these people?" Ivo pointed at a few strange high-level members casually.

The four senior members looked at each other, and Gavin timely said: "Everyone, Mr. Ivo is the real leader of the hurricane regiment, and we all work for him."

At this time, a fierce-looking senior member sneered: "Why don't I know this as the deputy commander." As soon as his voice fell, the other three senior members all agreed.

Ivo looked at him, "What's your name?"

"I don't have to tell you." The fierce man who claimed to be the deputy commander snorted coldly.

Gavin hurriedly introduced: "This is Manu, the current deputy commander of the Hurricane Regiment. These are Luke, Tambor, and Shi Ansen, all mercenary captains."

Manu said coldly: "I don't admit that a stranger somehow became my leader."

Stonehoof roared: "I am a follower of Mr. Ivo. Of course he is the leader of the hurricane regiment."

Manu sneered: "The hurricane regiment is a hurricane regiment. You are you. In short, I don't recognize his identity and will not accept any of his arrangements. Let's go!"

Manu stood up, and the other three mercenary captains followed him.

Ivo was expressionless: "I didn't let you go, come back, sit down!"

Manu snorted, completely ignoring Ivo, and walked towards the door, just about to push the door.

At this moment, a fiery heat wave suddenly broke out in the room, and the whole room instantly turned into a blue sea of ​​fire.

The door was burning, Manu quickly backed away and looked at Ivo in shock. Ivo was constantly pouring out blue flames, but he sat in his seat and didn't move.

Ivo pointed to the seat, with a strong tone: "Sit down."

Manu swallowed and came back obediently and sat down. The other three mercenary captains were even more frightened. They could feel the terrifying temperature of the blue flame, as if Ivo could kill them with every gesture.

After they sat down, the blue sea of ​​fire suddenly disappeared, and there was no trace of charred, like an illusion, they were even more shocked by Ivo's methods.

Ivo knocked on the table: "No matter what I used to be, from now on, everyone in the hurricane group will obey my orders."

The four mercenary captains were silent, facing Ivo's unfathomable power (at least in their opinion), they dared not refute.

Ivo was actually a little dissatisfied. A year ago, he asked Stonehoof to establish a hurricane regiment. He didn't want to be a high-profile, and become a mercenary regiment. It depends on the situation. Stonehoof did not completely control the hurricane regiment. After deterring the four of Manu, he looked at Gavin with questioning eyes.

Gavin first glanced at the four of Manu, Ivo raised his brows and became interested. He turned to the door of the door, and the four of Manu hurriedly left.

There were only three people left in the room, and Gavin wiped off his cold sweat, and hurriedly explained the trajectory of the hurricane group during the year.

A year ago, after Ivo left a sum of money and left, Gavin began to assist Stonehoof to gain a foothold in Liema Town. In accordance with Ivo's plan, they began to recruit staff, inquired about news everywhere, and laid an intelligence network.

In the beginning, it went well. The prosperity of Lima Town provided a great help to their plan. Population mobility was an important factor in the transmission of information. The Hurricane Group's intelligence network gradually radiated to the small southwestern region of Lasses.

But they soon encountered funding problems. The intelligence network is a very money-burning thing. There are too many people to hire. The division of levels must be strictly planned. The transmission of intelligence also requires money, and the secretive nature of the intelligence network is very high. Importantly, these expenditures seem to be piecemeal, but as the intelligence network grows larger, the rate of burning money has risen geometrically.

This is a spider web structure. The larger the area covered by the intelligence web, the more terrifying the daily maintenance overhead.

Maybe you only need to spend 100,000 benas in the first month, and probably 300,000 in the second month, layer by layer, so the intelligence network is not something ordinary people can afford.

In just two months, the funds left by Ivo were squandered, and the development of the hurricane regiment fell into a bottleneck. The protection fee of the caravan could not fill the hole. In desperation, Stonehoof had to change its business strategy and began to accept employment. Register with the Mercenary House and become a mercenary group.

Stonehoof is strong and has completed several missions very well. Gradually, it became famous in Lima Town, and the hurricane regiment began to expand in scale. There are now two to three hundred mercenaries in the regiment, and the speed of making money can only barely fill in the holes for maintaining the intelligence network, and is unable to expand.

The Hurricane Group claimed to be a mercenary group, but only Gavin and Stonehoof knew that they were actually building an intelligence organization.

Ivo touched his chin, and he could still accept this result. For the hurricane group, funding was the biggest bottleneck. Ivo thought for a while and took out more than half of his money, three million benas, bulging. A few money bags were placed on the table, and Ivo asked, "How long can the money be used?"

Gavin's eyes lit up, he thought about it for a while, and said: "It will allow our intelligence network to radiate half of the country's borders. The scope is five or six times larger than it is now. Expansion requires one million, and the monthly maintenance cost will increase to seven. One hundred and fifty thousand."

Ivo frowned. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com’s money-burning speed was a bit unexpected. Lasses is only a kingdom of Friega, and it occupies a small area of ​​Friega. Intelligence The net covers half of Lasses, and three million can only last for less than three months.

Although there are still one or two million in his body, it is obviously not enough to spend. Ivo nodded his forehead in anguish. He didn't expect that one day he would worry about the money. Although he could use the assets of the Dark Eye in Lasses, he was unwilling. Do it.

The reason is very simple. Although his authority in Lasses has increased and he can greatly embezzle the wealth of the Black Eye, the flow of every capital is regulated, which will cause the hurricane group to attract the attention of the Black Eye and even be infiltrated. , Surveillance, the card of the hurricane regiment has not been exposed yet, and Ivo doesn't want to choose the bigger one.

Money is like a cleavage, there will always be a squeeze.

Make money on the agenda.

Generally speaking, Ivo is still quite satisfied with the development of the hurricane regiment, and saves himself the trouble of finding intelligence. There is a thick pile of intelligence on the table for a year, allowing Gavin to pick only the notable events, and the rest is left A dozen sheets of paper.

(To be continued.)