Chapter 49: Huge benefits! First update!

January 2, 376, the Second Era.

This is a year that is destined to be uneasy, and it is also a year that is destined to be recorded in history.

Under the leadership of the four generals, Riodalee, Marcus Kane, Barbosa and Jerry Rivad, the New Year's competitive sports in Athens City is being held like a fire. Some of the low-level mercenaries with great combat power have also emerged one by one, showing their strength in competitive sports. These people will be absorbed into Athens after the competitive sports are over, and being able to live a stable and stable life has always been what these mercenaries long for.

All the competition issues are going according to the plan.

Originally, Murphy should have been there in the past two days, but now he has something more important to do.

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At 8:30 in the morning, the hall of the Governor's Office.

"Governor General, the diplomat Tobayes is back." The heavy footsteps of the general guard attendant came from outside the door. He stood respectfully outside the door, staring at Murphy, who was sitting in a chair, closed his eyes and pondering, and leaned over slightly.

"Come back?" Murphy was awakened, and he sat up straight and said in a deep voice: "Let him come here immediately."

"Yes." The general guards bowed and left.

I waited for about five minutes.

Diplomat Tobayes appeared in front of Murphy. He was a handsome man with wide eyebrows, deep eyes, high nose, thick lips, tall and upright figure, which was very consistent with the aesthetic views of Westerners. Having not seen him for more than a month, a mature and steady aura appeared on the diplomat Tobayes. It seemed that after the last knock, he also understood a lot of things.

"Ding, your diplomat's ability is improved, you can view his ability through the system page."

As soon as diplomat Tobayes came to Murphy, he heard the system prompt sound from the auxiliary system of Total War. He raised his hand to signal the diplomat Tobayes to sit down, and then turned on the auxiliary system to start viewing his new attributes.

“Diplomatician-Tobayes:

Ability of the affairs officer: ★★★★★★(His words have already influenced many people and many things.)

title:

Born to be a diplomat (the ability of a affairs officer +2, he was born to be a diplomat.)

Beautiful (the ability of the business officer +1, people with good looks are always more likely to make people feel close to each other.)

Good at diplomacy (the ability of the affairs officer +3, he is very good at diplomacy.)”

Unexpectedly, in just over a month, diplomat Tobayes improved his abilities as a affairs officer to six stars. It seems that his talent is indeed a bit amazing.

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He ordered the maid to pour a cup of tea, and then Murphy waved his hand to signal the others to retreat. What he wanted to talk to the diplomat Tobayes now is a very important thing. If used well, Athens may have an extra strong ally in the future!

Looking at the diplomat in front of him, Murphy rubbed his forehead and pondered for a moment, then said, "Has the food been shipped back?"

"Not yet." Diplomat Tobayes shook his head and said, "I only transported half of it first, and half of it is already on the way. But it may take some time to arrive."

"Yeah." Murphy nodded. It was enough to transport half of the food back first.

Murphy's slender and fair middle finger tapped the tabletop gently, and he watched everything outside, listening to the cheers from the arena.

After a long silence.

He just looked at the diplomat Tobayes in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Tell me the specific situation of the matter."

Before returning, diplomat Tobayes brought Murphy a very shocking news. The amount of information hidden in this news is too large. If used well, it will definitely be a great help to the development of the territory!

Diplomat Tobayes sorted out his thoughts and slowly told the story.

"It was probably mid-December when Lord Murphy ordered the first batch of corn soju to arrive. At that time, with the help of Utols, I had reached a trade cooperation with other barbarian tribes living in the northwest. They agreed that we exchange food from them with other things, but we had to buy a batch of horses for them."

Murphy nodded. These were plans he had arranged in advance. The northern barbarians also had cavalry, but their horses were not as tall as those obtained from the trade of the centaur tribe.

"These barbarian tribes are relatively scattered, but they all obey the orders of the Psychean leaders. Lord Murphy, the man you saved last time was actually the next successor of the Psycheans, and they were also the ones identified by their shamans as the [Brave]. That person has a high prestige among other barbarian tribes, so this time the trade can be so successful."

Murphy was a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't know that the Psiah mercenary leader would have such a high status.

If it were replaced by aristocratic status within a human city-state, he would probably be more viscounty than?

"The Pusias have the highest status among the barbarians because they have the bloodline of the ancient hero [Roarer - Hegore]. That is, they can enter a violent state like orcs, so that they can ignore pain and have a much stronger power than ordinary people! Although other barbarian tribes also have warriors who can violently, they are far from the number of Pusias."

"Mr. Murphy, the violent warriors they call them warriors, and have a high status in the tribe."

violent?

Murphy chewed these two words silently, as if the power of the temple was also given to violence.

Why does this coincidence exist?

Could it be that there is some invisible rule that binds the power level of this world? The orcs' berserkers, barbarian warriors, and temple fanatics are undoubtedly not using the power of violence.

What is hidden in this?

Diplomat Tobayes was wise to not disturb Murphy's thoughts.

Wait until Murphy came back and said, "Hmm? Keep talking."

He just picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then continued to say.

"After the trade cooperation was reached, I stayed in the Psychean tribe. The gathering place of barbarians was very primitive and backward. Utols, the heir of the Psychean, asked me to teach others about their knowledge and teach them to read. I agreed."

The northern barbarians seemed to have no written words of their own. Only some chiefs and nobles understood knowledge, and most of them did not know how to read. Otherwise, the noble council would not have called them barbarians.

"I stayed there to teach them some simple words, and I kept them as planned until the snow melted before coming back."

"After the traded goods arrived, I gave some of the corn soju to the barbarian chiefs to taste. They expressed their love for this spirit, and if they could, they only need to provide these spirits in the Athenian territory."

Speaking of this, diplomat Tobayes fully utilized his diplomatic talent.

"The wine brewed by the barbarians is simply clear water compared to our soju. Because there are not many goods and the food is rare, I increased the price of this corn soju ten times on the original basis."

In terms of terms of trade, Murphy gave Tobayes a certain degree of autonomy, but he did not expect that this guy was so ill-hearted and quietly raised the price ten times. However, he finally deserved his title as a genius diplomat, and his mission was to ruthlessly slaughter those diplomatic targets.

"Mr. Murphy, do you know how many things were exchanged for the thirty jars of soju that were shipped?" At this point, the diplomat Tobayes looked excited. He stretched out three fingers and said, "I exchanged for the food worth 30,000 silver coins!"

Thirty thousand!?

This value was really beyond Murphy's expectations.

This is almost equivalent to three months of tax revenue in the territory! It has to be considered part of the trade income!

"Continue to talk." Murphy took the trade list handed over by the diplomat and said in a deep voice. In addition to these, there was another very important thing he did not explain clearly.

"At the end of December, it was about the fifth day after I swapped out the soju."

"A few Psyian warriors who had drunk this kind of spirits entered a violent state after getting drunk, causing considerable trouble. Then this kind of wine was forbidden by the barbarians. Even the spirits that were previously distributed were taken back."

"It was about the third day, and the barbarian chiefs met me together."

"They asked me how much more of this spirit is in my territory. I said that the brewing of this spirit is very troublesome in Athens. It can produce relatively small amounts now, and it has to be supplied to others."

"The barbarian chiefs immediately decided to buy all our spirits for twice the price!"

double.

With the original price increased, that is twenty times.

If it is really as they said, the profit alone is enough to maintain the operation of the territory.

Speaking of this, the diplomat Tobayes' expression became serious.

"I felt quite strange in my heart, so I sent someone out to inquire about the news. After a few days, I finally gained something."

"What is it?" Murphy asked.

"The soju wine was transported to the shamans of the barbarian tribes, and then I found that some adult men in the tribe, who were about twenty years old, were selected and sent to the residence of the shamans."

Diplomat Tobayes looked at Murphy with a solemn expression and said word by word: "I - doubt - doubt!"

"The spirits produced in the territory are likely to bring those barbarian warriors into a state of violence!"

Drinking violently!?

When Murphy thought about this, he immediately felt that it was very possible.

If you use alcohol stimulation to enter a violent state, if you are an ordinary person, you may not be able to endure it. You may vomit it up drastically on the spot. However, if the target is those strong barbarian warriors, you may have another effect. And there are those mysterious shamans that are rarely known to the outside world, then the inference of diplomat Tobayes is likely to be valid.

If that's true.

Then we need to plan some of the things that come later!

Moreover, the brewing and distillation technology of soju must be firmly grasped in one's own hands.
Chapter completed!