I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 173 Xiaodao's Ambition

It was easy to take down Oncandra.

Just as Marlowe had expected, Xiaodaozha had sent people to find out the situation in the city. He knew that the guards inside were less than a thousand local garrison troops. They were professional soldiers, but they were poorly equipped and had been crippled by him before.

Xiaodao felt that it would not be difficult to defeat these enemies. With a bombardment of tiger squat cannons, a burst of volley gunfire, and a charge of heavy infantry, they could crush their resistance in one wave.

Even if they wanted to attack the city, it would be even easier. With just a few people, it would be too easy for them to defend the city of Oncandra with a permanent population of over 100,000.

The garrison only has a few hundred people. Once all the troops are placed on the city wall, they are scattered. Players carrying siege ladders can basically consume all their people in a few waves of charges.

However, it is easy to take down Oncandra, but what happens after that?

In addition to asking about the guards, Xiaodao also asked about the current situation in the city of Oncandra.

This situation is very easy to find out. There is no need to send anyone in. Just grab a few workers who are out working, ask them to sit down, give them some pancakes, and chat with them slowly. Xiaodao can know what the situation is inside.

Onkandla is now full of hungry ghosts. Among the hundreds of thousands of permanent residents, at least one-third are starving.

This is terrible.

Xiaodao is now employing two to three thousand refugees, and he is already exhausted. Truckloads of food are transported from the rear, and they are all eaten up in a few days.

Damn it, Xiaodao now realized how much a person who does physical labor can eat when there is no oil or water.

A bag of unleavened flatbread weighed five kilograms. A strong man ate it all in one go, drank a whole pot of water, and then turned around and said to himself that he was not full.

Those who eat five kilograms of food in one meal are definitely the exceptions of the big eaters. The others are ordinary people. No matter how tired they are from work, they cannot eat that much.

But Xiaodao felt that one bag of pancakes was not enough to hire one person to do the work. However, he had no choice but to give only one bag and no more.

People eat what horses chew, and the food pressure is too great.

Xiaodao has planned to use all his pocket money this year to buy food, so he is not in a hurry to take over Oncandra, because there are more hungry people in the city, and if he takes the city, he will have to provide them with food.

In fact, it is okay not to care, because according to the conventional thinking of players, it is the government's responsibility to control everything, but who is the government now?
Without a doubt, it was Prince Chris.

In fact, according to the style of the nobles in this world, Prince Chris doesn't need to care about the poor people in Oncandra after he takes over.

They can starve to death if they want, and eat humans if they want. Whatever they do, it won’t get in the way, and they will never appear in front of the high and mighty masters.

Even if these people died, they would not blame the masters, because things have always been like this. No one will be responsible for the poor people below, and the poor people don’t know that they should find someone to be held responsible for their hunger.

Otherwise, why should they pay taxes?

Players who grew up in a unified society always tend to think that the government should be responsible for everyone under its rule. Chris, who was born in the same society, did the same and brought trouble upon himself.

Chris might notice something, but he doesn't want to change his habits. He doesn't want the world to change him.

It's so frustrating that you still have to bow your head even though you have cheated.

Far away.

All in all, Xiaodao actually didn't need to be responsible for the starving people in Onkandla. He only needed to take down the city and then send someone to talk to the back. Chris would naturally squeeze out a few people from the already extremely tense crowd and bring a lot of food to take over the city.

Then, the Mountain Tiger Regiment will get the reputation and merits they deserve, as well as military reward money.

Things should have turned out this way. However, there was a little surprise... Xiaodao saw Home Alone and others running over with a carriage.

The people in Home Alone really became rich overnight, with a whole cart of gold, silver and jewelry. Although the horse died, all of them became oxen and horses, and they had to drag the cart for ten kilometers with a grunt, looking very miserable.

But there was really a lot of gold and silver, so much that Xiaodao even thought about robbing them.

But after thinking about it for a long time, Xiaodao still didn't do it... It's not because of the profit issue, but mainly because it's too embarrassing to do so. They are all gold and silver in the game, so there is no need to do so.

However, even if it was just money in the game, Home Alone and his men were able to show off and feel proud for a long time in the camp. Two days later, the Ultramarines sent more than a thousand men to tow away the convoy, putting an end to their enviable show-off behavior.

However, this incident also stimulated Xiaodao, and coupled with the information provided by the refugees, he came up with a bold idea.

Oncandra is a handicraft city, or in other words, most cities in this world are built on the basis of handicrafts. Among the hundreds of thousands of residents, there are nearly ten thousand handicraftsmen.

These artisans are all technical talents and are wealth.

If we can capture all these people, or turn this city into the territory of the Mountain Tiger Legion... then, the Mountain Tiger Legion will not only become the first legion in the game to have a city territory, but the legion will also have everything it needs in the future.

How majestic!
Duoluo Town is good, but it is just an agricultural town and has nothing to do with industry.

This is a very difficult idea. Xiaodao himself feels that the success rate is not high, and the game version should not have been updated to this step yet.

However, based on Xiaodao's understanding of Prince Chris, the latter is very likely to agree to his application.

So, Xiaodao wanted to give it a try.

It would be great if we succeed.

If you fail, you will lose your money, and your offline life will not be as carefree as before, and you will go to the bathing place less often.

After thinking about it, Xiaodao felt that he could take a gamble, but because the idea was too bold, he did not tell the second person, for fear that outsiders would find out and laugh at him.

With this idea in mind, Xiaodao wanted to stockpile some food first, and when the time came, he would lead his troops into the city and occupy this place.

Well, he didn’t know exactly when the opportunity would come, and Xiaodao wasn’t sure either.

"Hey, Xiaodao, are you in there?"

Outside the tent, a player shouted loudly.

"I'm here, what's wrong?"

"An old man came into the city. He said he had something important to discuss with our boss, and that meant he was looking for you."

"What's important?"

Xiaodao walked out of his tent curiously and asked.

The player turned around, pointed at the trembling old man behind him, and scratched his head.

"He said it was about the fortune of Oncandra and Prince Chris."

(End of this chapter)