Chapter 29: deceitful

For human society to develop, division of labor is necessary.
Heinuma Village has always been poor. It is very important that the villagers here do not trust each other and cannot cooperate with each other. Even weak forces could not be united and used.
Until Zhou Qingfeng appeared, the people in the village had a leader who gave orders uniformly. Just arranging manpower for patrols and hot water work made a bunch of fools realize that only cooperation can lead a good life.
There is no shortage of wood in the forest, and the bonfire lit at night greatly improves the villagers' sense of security. Old Borg borrowed a few cauldrons to boil water, and the villagers bathed directly in the open air to clean the dead skin dirt accumulated on their bodies for many years.
After bathing, people went to the campfire to bake their own clothes. Every piece of ragged clothes was like a baby. The hot water mist was full of rare laughter.
Cleaning is a very, very important thing. Everyone knows Nightingale's story. Few people know that before Nightingale, the fatality rate of wounded in Britain was over 40%.
Nightingale only boiled the gauze used for the wounded to reduce the death rate of the wounded to less than three percent. Because of her fruitful and even groundbreaking work, she was called the 'Goddess of Lantern'.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't realize that much. He simply couldn't stand his dirty self, washed the stinky mud in a compartment, changed his clothes and returned to the dwarf witch doctor's shed. Aren't you going to take a shower? "
The old gnome was standing in front of his shack door, sighing at the villagers staring at the stripe outside. Before the village was built, he built a house by the swamp. Up to now, there are more than 300 people in the village. For the first time, he has seen so many people smiling.
Regarding Zhou Qingfeng's question, the old gnome pouted and said disdainly: "How do you humans love to be clean like elves? We gnomes never take a bath and don't feel anything uncomfortable. Bathing makes people sick, don't you know? ? "
The old gnome was very proud. Zhou Qingfeng managed to wash it off. He couldn't help but stay away from it, he couldn't stand the stinking smell that accumulated over the years. But the other side had to come over and asked with a low voice.
"Victor, how confident are you in entering the Elven Ruins?"
"I'm not so sure." Zhou Qingfeng said frankly. "The goblins of the Maglu tribe want to rule the entire Black Forest. Human beings are already at a disadvantage, and now they are fighting inside. In this case, how do I find the elven remains? ? "
"So?"
"So you can't let that goblin be too rampant. Otherwise, let's not take risks, we won't even survive."
Zhou Qingfeng's words were half true and half false.
Goblin plank road is a natural danger. Unless the blockade can fly, no adventurer can escape. All humans in the forest are grasshoppers on a rope, but they still fight inside. Zhou Qingfeng just wanted to run away. It was just an excuse to explore the remains of the elves.
But this excuse sounded tempting to the old gnome. It continued to ask, "Do you want to integrate the villagers of this black marsh village to fight the Maglu tribe?"
"I have that intention."
"Impossible," the old gnome resolutely vetoed. "People in this village can't take risks with you. They are timid and selfish. No matter how good they are, they will not die for you.
And there are no powerful adventurers in the village. With that gang of waste, you can't deal with any party in the Black Forest. "
Zhou Qingfeng nodded wryly, "I know, but I have to try."
While talking, the old gnome's servant brought a guy with a head down. When this man saw Zhou Qingfeng, he quickly lay down and wailed, shouting ‘Lord Hugo’, limping over and trying to hug his thigh.
Uncle Zhou just took a shower, changed his clean clothes, and when someone saw that he was going to hug himself, he shouted: "Stop, dare to approach me and kill you."
It was Rubio, the traitor who bought medicinal herbs in the village. His property was robbed of all his energy, and he was swearing when he was anxious and desperate. But Zhou Qingfeng listened to the servants laughing, and immediately felt that this man was available and called him over.
Now that conditions are limited, loyalty and character are not what Zhou Qingfeng can consider, and ability is the most important. Todd fell down with a serious injury, forcing him to do everything he could, and personally had to come in handy.
Rubio was just crying. After being drunk by Zhou Qingfeng, he got up obediently, and listened to the command, "Her Hugo, have you heard that you are looking for me?"
Facing this kind of adulterer, Zhou Qingfeng must be careful. He was also polite, and said straight away: "I sent someone to buy from you, and I heard that my men robbed your shop?"
"Yeah." Rubio couldn't figure out what the 'noble boy' was thinking, but immediately shouted bitterly: "Master, you are a distinguished person, and you don't know the nature of the poor ghosts. They have no brains, Failure to understand rules will only be bad.
I really want to do business with you, but those poor ghosts come to my shop like robbers. They stole all my goods and cost me a lot of money. Now I can't continue to operate at all. "
Rubio reached out to helplessly, getting worse and tears.
Zhou Qingfeng just sneered at this, waiting for the other party to finish. He just said, "Yes, the people in the village are unruly and selfish and greedy. I paid for the food and they dared to hide it secretly. So I want to give them a lesson."
Rubio's eyes were twitching and he didn't know what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do?
Uncle Zhou turned his head to the old gnome and asked, "Let me use your men, can I?"
The old dwarf didn't know what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do, but he still remembered the matter of the elves, and naturally he would not allow this little thing.
So Zhou Qingfeng called out a few servants and asked them to bring their weapons and walk with Rubio. "Heinuma Village is now under my control. I now authorize you to take someone to the village to speak. Let those who have greedy me and rob me The person who delivered your goods gave it up.
Note that now you just have to shout and tell the people in the village. Give me my things now and I won't hold them. If I don't pay before dawn, then I will impose punishment. After all, people are assigned by me, who knows who moved to your store. "
It seems a bit redundant.
Wouldn't it be great to send someone to catch those poor ghosts directly?
Why shout?
If shouting can make those poor ghosts obediently deliver things, that is a miracle.
Rubio had never done that before, and was puzzled. But Zhou Qingfeng now has high prestige and authorizing him to do this, which is equivalent to regaining his losses, and allowing him to regain his status and identity, even stronger than before.
Although Uncle Zhou did not mention the payment, the medicinal drug dealer did not justify the appointment. He gladly accepted the task, saying that he would definitely get everything back. If anyone dares to hide secretly, he must kill that guy.
It was just that Rubio was in a hurry to shout, but Zhou Qingfeng stopped him with a smile and said, "Should we first count how many goods you lost?"
what!
Hearing that the missing goods had to be counted first, Rubio finally realized that the boy in front of him was really not fool. Because he was just excited and wanted to exaggerate his loss this time, maybe he could get it back and make the poor ghosts pay him.
But if the loss of goods is counted first, Rubio is not so good at making a fool of it.
There was a tablet for ordinary records in the old dwarf's shack. Rubio roughly dictated his loss, and the servants present at the time also testified. Zhou Qingfeng deducted it and shipped it to the old dwarf to store it. The rest was taken by the villagers.
After the statistics, Rubio took someone to shout.
Heinuma Village is not too big. There are more than 300 people in the village. Soon everyone heard the hoarse voice of the medicinal trader conveying the order of His Excellency ‘Victor. Hugo’.
Listening to Rubio's voice echoing in the air, the old gnome frowned and asked, "Victor, have you expected this to be the current situation?"
"What's happening?"
"The people you send are definitely not honest. They will rob Rubio's warehouses and secretly hide the goods you bought. And you keep Rubio and let him clean up those treacherous villagers. In this way, both parties are under your control and must be Depend on you to live. "
Zhou Qingfeng laughed after listening, "This is no way out. There is no good person in this village, all of them are sly. I must check and balance from this."
"Tracy?" The old gnome shook his head. "You thought so much at the beginning, beyond my expectations. The treacherous people in the village are only seeking a small benefit, and your treacherousness makes people feel scared."