408 Flatten the moral high ground of others first
The Bard Guild is very poor, very poor.
Professional unions such as mercenary unions, assassin unions, thieves unions, not to mention wealthy, at least they are free to eat and wear, let alone rich organizations like the Magic Association.
Most unions have the ability to ‘take orders’ and have strong combat power, so that their members can find jobs at any time and create taxes and benefits for unions.
But the bard...sorry, they are not capable of fighting head-on and their auxiliary abilities are not as good as those of the priests, unless they are absolutely necessary, no mercenaries want to ask them to take risks or form teams to complete the task.
Besides, a group of people were beaten to death in front, and the bard sang or played the piano in the back... Even if they won, their companions would not be happy.
Most importantly, the auxiliary effect of the bard music...is two-way.
In other words, enemies can also gain abilities.
This is about the lack of this teammate.
Only when the bard's level reaches lv5 and learn the expertise of "precise push" can you specify the group amplification target. But the problem is that if the bard does not participate in the battle, its strength will be improved very slowly.
There are very few bards above lv5. Even when they reach lv5, their comprehensive abilities are still not as good as those of the same level of priests who can resist, fight, add, and assist.
Therefore, in most cases, they can only sing songs for drunkards in the tavern. In order to earn more, many chanting poets even sing minor yellow songs. But even so, the rewards a chanting poet can get for one night will not exceed fifty copper coins on average.
Sometimes if there are no guests, or if the guests are stingy, they can't make a single penny in a night, so the tavern may give you a few copper coins to moisten your voice.
In this environment, how can a minstrel be rich? How can a mate have no money? How can a trade union have money?
People are poor and have a weak ambitions. This sentence applies to most situations and environments. Of course, a few people who can "my life is by my own means not by heaven" and rely on their own abilities to stand up from the mud and create a world of people. I won't mention it.
Too rare and not universal.
Wiki is obviously not a person who can go against the will of heaven. The huge sum of 150 gold coins in three months really cost his eyes.
The entire Holeven Bard Guild, including the tax paid by the branch, will not exceed twenty gold coins in the annual income of the association.
This will be considered as good as having three gold coins left a year after the guild operation and maintenance expenses, employee salaries, etc.
Green Shade Organization is indeed a very troublesome organization, but compared to "poor", it is nothing.
Besides, there was no head-on conflict. They were usually singing and black, and Wiki felt that these bards could do a good job.
As a great patron who believes that their bards also have a great role, Wiki was deeply moved and even regarded Roland as a confidant of the union.
When the whole world thinks you are a waste and someone says you are "okay", anyone will be moved.
Roland next discussed with Wiki how to slowly blacken the shade without any trace.
For example, some human druids made their appearance as neutral, but eventually became an obstacle to the protagonist group.
And they will say some very 'philosophical' words.
For example:
‘Trees and wild beasts are all part of nature, but humans are not, humans are just cancers of this world.’
‘A human life can barely compare to a small tree and a young beast. It is naturally kind, so you cut wood and hunt beasts to let you survive. But in a person’s life, there is a certain number of wood and meat that can be cut in a person’s life, and he should die if he exceeds it.’
'Nature is always right, and human beings are always despicable.'
etc!
In addition, many protagonist groups of various legends have been set up to save humans and to protect nature, the "small" conflicts arise between the two sides.
For example, a village suffered heavy rain and many villagers were besieged in the flood. The protagonist group wanted to cut wood into rafts to save people, but a human druid happened to appear and the protagonist group was forbidden to log wood. The two sides fought hard. After two or three days, the human druid was defeated. Although they made a lot of rafts in advance, it was delayed a lot of time and many villagers were buried in the flood.
Or maybe in order to save a city, the protagonist set fire to the mountains, blocking the demons' offensive, winning time for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in a small city, and saving many people in disguise.
But after the human druid found out, he chased the protagonist group, with the reason being that he destroyed nature and was a sinner of nature.
And indirectly joining forces with the demons almost destroyed the protagonist group.
Similar small deeds are interspersed into various legendary stories and knight novels.
Besides, these were not fabricated by Roland. There were many similar things in the information he bought from the Mercenary Union and the Assassin Union, but they were only little known.
What Roland asked the Bards Union to do was nothing more than putting these things in the sun for everyone to visit.
Wiki said on the spot that he would do things well and that he would see obvious results in Holeven within two months, and in three months, the effect would be absolutely great.
Before leaving, Roland said: "After this successful cooperation, if we still have demand for our magic tower, we will definitely come to you as soon as possible."
"No problem." Wiki held a gold coin bag in one hand and slapped his chest with the other.
After seeing Roland leave, he immediately asked the secretary to gather all the real power holders in the union and excitedly announced the important news.
"We finally have a big business!"
Wiki at the meeting, tears filled my eyes.
Roland teleported back to Delbon City to continue to supervise the progress of the forest deforestation project.
After several days of magical treatment, Vincent's injuries have been healed, and he has also joined the safety work of the logging farm and the supervision of the on-site order.
In terms of safety, because of the quasi-legend Andonara, there is no need to worry.
Moreover, at night, Christina, an extremely useful tool, can also ensure the safety of workers stationed near the logging field.
Delbon City has never been so lively.
During the day, a large group of people ran out, happily eating white bread, and cutting down trees with great efforts.
At night, a large group of people came back with a few taels of wheat.
A person doesn’t get much food, but poor families usually have several people coming out to work. In this way, not only can they eat enough every day, but they save the food for several people in the family a day, but they can also pay back about a pound of wheat together.
The expenditure is not much, but the income is small, but the poor who participate in the work are really satisfied with such a promising life.
As long as they can eat enough, even if the weather is colder, they can survive this winter.
And they are sincerely grateful to the magic tower that organized this project.
Roland is now only in charge of the overall situation. He has no intuitive impression of the gratitude of the poor. He can only estimate the general "numerical" changes, such as the statement from neutral to friendly 20.
But for Andorana, Vincent, and many magic apprentices who are often on the front line, they have a real feeling.
The workers' emotions towards them have gone from initial fear to now, and they have even been a little admiring. When they see them again, they are no longer as scared as before.
Most people like to be treated with a positive view of others, so the enthusiasm of the magic apprentices is getting higher and higher.
Even Andonara and Vincent felt very comfortable in such an environment.
It took another seven days for the migrant workers to cut off the last tree in the forest, and a large amount of wood was transported aside, and some more precious wood was transported back to the warehouse of the Magic Tower for storage.
In addition, a large amount of wild game and a lot of plant-based magic materials were harvested.
Finally, Vivian, who was responsible for the statistics, calculated the value of these woods and magical materials, and was surprised to find that... just these things alone had already doubled their total budget.
In other words, not only did they not lose, but they also made a lot of money.
This does not count the reputation you have obtained.
At the temporary summary meeting of the Magic Tower, Vivian said the result in an incredible tone.
Neither Roland nor Vincent looked surprised.
Roland simply did not care about the gains and losses this time. In his opinion, if his future organizational plan is realized, the necessary expenses are needed. He did not consider making money at all, but now he has made more than a hundred gold coins, so he doesn't care much about it.
Vincent simply didn't think it was money... He was a rich second generation, throwing millions of rmbs to the previous Blade Guild, and he didn't think about anything he wanted to repay. You can imagine how much money he had.
However, Andonara, Christina, and Jerry had similar expressions to Vivian.
They never thought that doing good things can make a lot of money.
This completely refreshed their views.
Roland gently patted the table and said, "The next step is to open up the land. There is still the same thing. Andonara and Vincent are responsible for the safety of the migrant workers and maintaining the current order. Magic apprentices still assist them. Vivian and Jerry, you two, take the Black Sha Gang to check which families are really poor, and how many people are there in each family. Get a list and then the land that is reclaimed needs to be distributed according to the head."
Several people nodded to show that they knew.
Roland announced the end of the meeting. As soon as he left the door of the conference room, he heard the guards report that a priest asked for a meeting.
priest?
Roland reacted and Hawk introduced that the reliable priest had finally arrived.
He took Andonara down the magic tower, and then he saw a female player standing at the door, wearing chain armor, carrying a square shield, carrying a huge wolf-tooth nail hammer, looking full of evil spirits.
Reliable... It's indeed reliable.
He is obviously a good fighter.
Andonara first looked at the female player's face, then looked at her front armor, and then nodded slightly.
This female player looks average...that is, she has no charm at all.
It's simply a clear stream among female players, it's so rare.
Roland walked over and asked, "Is it a friend introduced by Hawke?"
Chapter completed!