Chapter 510: Giant Hobgoblin

"Furthermore, forget it before. If we leave it to ourselves, the cost of paving the trade road leading to Darauma alone will be as high as five million, let alone leading to Ivansuo. There is not even ten million." , It is absolutely impossible to win. Compared with the business that can generate money, what is the potential business tax loss we have now? "

"I understand the truth." Chief Financial Officer Kaden couldn't help but sigh, "But it always hurts to see the money that should have flowed to my own pocket change its way and go to other people's pockets. Now I have thought of a way to recover some of the losses. Methods……"

"Should we let the municipal caravan organize manpower and material resources, carry some of the goods, and follow them northward?" Raymond asked rhetorically.

"It turns out that the city lord has also thought of it. Yes, not only can you make some profits by doing this, but the most important thing is to seize the market and business opportunities. This is a brand-new business road. There are many mutually scarce goods in the initial stage. If you grasp it well, you can make a huge profit. "

Carden was able to become the chief financial officer of Ritavon City not only because of his unusual relationship with Raymond, but also because of his extraordinary business talent.

Half of Ruitawen City's wealth comes from commercial taxes, and the other half comes from the municipal caravan he runs. Buying low, selling high, and transshipping on demand are their most common methods.

"You are a professional in this matter. As long as you are sure that you can make some money, go ahead and do it boldly. What do you need me to do?" Raymond has made Ruitawen so wealthy, so he naturally has the good virtue of knowing people and making good use of them.

"One thousand light cavalry, I need a thousand light cavalry to escort them. Even if they fail to develop, they can ensure the safe withdrawal of our caravan." Kaden was cautious in his progress.

"Okay." Raymond nodded readily.

"Lord City Lord, a large number of citizens have appeared in the city, and they want to drag their families with them to join the immigrants outside the city. The general asked me to ask for instructions, should we stop them?" A sergeant from the city defense army rushed in quickly.

"Approximately how many people are there?" Raymond's expression darkened slightly.

The loss of wealth is temporary and will come back hundreds or thousands of times before long.

The population is lost, but there is no way to return it in a short period of time.

At the same time, it also shows that there are loopholes in their governance, and there are still people who cannot survive here. Otherwise, they would not choose to leave their hometown.

"There are currently more than a hundred people gathered in front of the city gate, and the number is still increasing."

Raymond thought for a moment and said, "Ask them clearly about the reasons for their departure, register them, and then let them leave the city."

"As commanded."

After the city defense sergeant left, Raymond couldn't help but sigh and said: "Old man, it seems that our governance method cannot make everyone gain wealth."

Carden said matter-of-factly: "We are in charge of a city and a territory, and all policies can only serve the majority of people, not all people.

People are divided into three, six or nine grades, and horses are divided into low, middle and high.

With the same policy, some people can profit from it while others lose nothing.

In this case, should you complain about the policy? Or blame someone personally?

Their departure shows that they cannot adapt to life here.

There is usually population movement, but they move sporadically with the caravans, so you can't feel it.

They can take away at most a thousand people from Ritavon. If there are more, I will lose. "

"It's my temper that pursues perfection." Raymond said with a smile, "Go and do your work. If nothing unexpected happens, they should continue on their way tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. You probably still have a lot of preparation work to do. ”

"Don't worry. With our light cavalry guarding us, there is no need to follow their large troops. They are building roads and advancing at the same time. They are definitely not as fast as us on the road. Especially in the Giant Plains, where there is purely a world of monsters. Even if Even if they sent an army of hobgoblins in in advance, it would be impossible to completely clean them out. On the contrary, it might arouse public anger and make those monsters who have never had any contact with each other unite. "

Many principles in the shopping mall are also applicable on the battlefield. Kaden battlefield is for beginners, but the shopping mall is for masters.

"It's not possible, but it has been aroused. The trolls in the Troll Mountains are not ordinary trolls, but highly intelligent. They have taken the opportunity to gather the fleeing monsters in the Giant Plains and organize them into an army.

If they bring such a large population and materials with them, they will become their best plunder targets, and they will inevitably launch an attack at all costs.

If they succeed, they are likely to take advantage of the situation, rush out of the Troll Mountains, establish their own monster kingdom in the Giant Plains, and harass the surrounding areas. "

The Plains of Giants is either far or close to Ritawen. Monster tribes attack from the south every year. Raymond is naturally very concerned about the situation here.

Especially the unusual behavior of the Blood Claw Legion. When they learn about Darauma's migration plan, the relationship between the two parties can be connected.

Kaden, who was just about to walk out, couldn't help but stop and said: "So, isn't the risk of this trip very high? Do I need to warn them?"

"There is no need to warn, they know it well. You can tell by looking at the emphasis of the materials they purchase. Many of them have a restraining effect on trolls." Raymond sneered, "Have you heard of monsters? The tribe brought trouble to a certain mountain range, but have you ever heard that they were able to establish an empire in the plains?

Fighting alone, those monsters do have inherent advantages, but when facing a human army that is fully equipped, they should be the ones to be afraid.

The trolls may continue to dominate the Giant Plains if they stay in the Troll Mountains. Once they come out, they will definitely become a stepping stone for Baron Gavin to establish his power in the Giant Plains. "

Raymond has seen the sidecars and building-type cars of the migrating army with his own eyes.

These uniquely shaped chariots are just food for the Ritawen light cavalry.

But against those monster armies, they are absolutely powerful weapons, especially after Ritawen has added an astonishing number of bows and arrows, most of the civilians can also be armed and rely on those chariots for long-range attack support.

"Then I feel relieved. "Kaden had no doubt about Raymond's vision. Since he said so, it must be right.

Gavin led the migrating army to rest in Retaven for three days. When they set out again, the two main legions not only completed the basic replacement of equipment, but also the size of the caravan expanded by nearly one-fold - the number of ordinary light and heavy trucks and the number of towing livestock.

The trucks were full of various goods.

The morale of the migrating army reached a peak. Originally, they were still a little worried about this migration.

Now all the worries have disappeared. They now firmly believe that Lord Gavin can lead them safely. to the valley, bringing them an unprecedented new life.

He has the ability and the financial resources.

When they set out again, the fatigue from the previous continuous journey had been completely recovered, and the running-in in all aspects had been completed, entering a new stage - strengthening.

This stage mainly involves further running-in, and strengthening the physical fitness of the civilians, so that they can gradually adapt to the higher intensity of the travel speed.

Their migration speed has been further improved, 60 kilometers on the first day, 70 kilometers on the second day, 80 kilometers on the third day, and 80 kilometers on the fourth day.

Then they stopped again, because the biggest challenge of their trip - the Giant Plains has arrived.

Those migrating civilians not only did not show the slightest fear, but on the contrary, they were eager to try.

Because Lord Gavin had already made a layout here, a huge army of monsters was waiting for them here.

A temporary military meeting was held on a huge grassland open space. The open wilderness was the best cover. The Eye of Insight combined with the Dragon Vision Glasses made it impossible for Gavin to see the real and illusory things within a radius of hundreds of meters.

Sitting on the first seat was not one person, but two people.

One was Gavin, and the other was Gavin. It was Zalanda who had signed an alliance with the Saradas family.

On the right were Copperfield, Veronica, Nora, Anna, Darren, and Kaelissa.

On the left were Bloodclaw, Susie, Buck, and Cangya.

The 1,600 kobolds that Gavin transferred from the Dragon Oak Territory had successfully joined forces with Bloodclaw and his men more than half a month ago, and played a huge role in the subsequent war.

Although the number of kobolds is small, they are the essence of the entire Dragon Elephant Territory. They are all dragon vein kobolds who have opened their professional levels, and their practicality is absolutely strong.

"General Bloodclaw, please introduce the situation here." Gavin said straight to the point, "Start with the troops you have now. "

The intelligence about the Blood Claw Legion in his hands is already a thing of the past. After more than half a month of fierce fighting, their military strength must have undergone new changes, not a sharp decrease but a surge, which can be seen from the size of their military camp.

The tough face of the hobgoblin warlord, who was not good at smiling, couldn't help but smile at this moment and said: "Thanks to the reinforcements arranged by the lord, our reconnaissance and defense capabilities have been greatly improved, and the casualties of our soldiers have been greatly reduced.

The number of hobgoblin wolf cavalry has exceeded one thousand, the number of elite infantry has reached two thousand five hundred, and the number of goblin menial servants is as many as five thousand. In addition, we also have one hundred hobgoblin giants. "

When they were enemies before, they hated the kobolds' ability to create all kinds of traps.

Now as allies and subordinates, they are really useful, which greatly makes up for the shortcomings of the Blood Claw Corps that are good at attack but not good at defense.

And the Erde reconnaissance team makes up for the aerial reconnaissance capability.

The casualty rate of the Blood Claw Corps has naturally been greatly reduced. With the large-scale incorporation of prisoners, the total force has naturally soared rapidly.

"Giant hobgoblins?" It was the first time that Gavin heard such a name, "Are you talking about half-giants of hobgoblins? What kind of giant blood is mixed with? "

The half-giant race is naturally not limited to humans.

The hobgoblins, elves, dwarves, etc. may all have half-giants, it's just a matter of numbers.

After all, the time that giants ruled Faerun was no shorter than that of dragons and elves, leaving behind a large number of hybrids.

As for how to break the huge size difference at the beginning, of course it was thanks to magic.

Giant and shrink are both first-level spells that can be cast by any spellcaster, and are even innate spell-like abilities of some races.

"It's either a hobgoblin half-giant or a hobgoblin giant, a pure-blooded hobgoblin, but with a gigantic body." The hobgoblin warlord said with great certainty, "I told the lord before that this place is shrouded in strange laws, and some things are much larger than normal, and these hobgoblin giants are representatives of them."

"Can you recruit one to come and take a look?" Not only Gavin, but the curiosity of others was also aroused.

"Okay." The hobgoblin warlord stood up and left. When he came back, two giant hobgoblins followed him.

Seeing them, everyone couldn't help but stand up, because even if they were standing, they had to look up, including Nora and Kaelissa who excelled in this aspect.

Blood Claw was right. They were pure-blooded hobgoblins. They looked no different from ordinary hobgoblins, but their bodies were enlarged in the same proportion.

The hobgoblin warlord pointed to the large hobgoblin on the left and said, "This is Leo, who is three meters and five meters tall and is the tallest among these hobgoblins. He is now the commander of my infantry corps.

This is Thomas, who is three meters and one meter tall and is the shortest among them. He is the commander of my cavalry.

The remaining hobgoblin giants were formed into the Blood Claw Guards by me, and I led them personally."

A body size of more than three meters and one meter is already a true giant race.

In Faerun, humanoid creatures of medium size or above are called giants, and trolls and ogres belong to the category of giants.

And those with an average height of 2.23 meters, like Goliath, which is close to the height limit of medium size (2.5 meters), but below this, are called half-giants.

But compared with real giants, these earth giants are one level lower, even the shortest hill giants usually start at 4 meters.

"How is their combat effectiveness?" Gavin is most concerned about their strength, sometimes large size does not mean everything.

"At worst, they are the elite of a large earth tribe, many of them are commanders or leaders." Blood Claw said proudly, "With the same number and size, they are invincible in foot combat."

"Invincible in foot combat?" When this word came out, the commander of the human side couldn't help but look at Kaelissa, because this adjective was used for them before.

The eyes of this female Goliath were obviously jumping with eager flames.

Bloodclaw keenly noticed something strange and asked hurriedly, "Any questions?"

Gavin smiled and explained, "I haven't had time to introduce you yet. This is Kaelissa. She is from the Mountain Tribe. The Goliath regiment she leads is also known as invincible in foot combat."

"I see." The Earth Elf warlord said with regret, "It's a pity that there is a difference in size between the two. Otherwise, we can send out the same number of people and have a friendly competition to see who is truly invincible in foot combat."

"It doesn't matter." Kaelissa said with full fighting spirit, "The racial characteristics of our Goliaths are that they are regarded as one size larger in strength appraisal, which is enough to offset the size difference. We Goliaths have always loved challenges. It is our greatest honor to have you as our opponent."

"This..." The Earth Elf warlord's eyes fell on Gavin involuntarily. This was the first time he came into contact with the Goliath race, but he was involuntarily infected by the strong fighting spirit emanating from the other party. He was eager to try. The Earth Elf was originally a warlike race and was never afraid of any challenge.

Gavin thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but it's a friendly fight, so be it, each side will send 50 people."

The goblins and hobgoblins are notorious in Tethyr.

At least one-third of the migrating army were forced to leave their homes because of the turmoil they caused.

Even though his reputation among the migrating army has greatly increased, many people still feel resentful when they see the Blood Claws, let alone accept them.

If you want these immigrants to completely accept the Blood Claws, don't even think about it in a short period of time.

You can only do the opposite, let those immigrants realize the horror of the Blood Claws, and think about it before doing stupid things.

"Since you are not afraid of unfairness, we naturally have no reason not to fight. When do we start?" Blood Claw said straightforwardly.

"Now." Kailisa was even more generous.

"This matter will be left for the military meeting." Gavin naturally knew the importance of it. "Since they are now your right-hand men, let them stay for the meeting."

"Yes." Bloodclaw responded, and without adding seats, he directly ordered the two earth giants to sit on the ground. Even so, they were taller than everyone present.

"Since your ordinary soldiers can also be supplemented, it means that this kind of gigantism is not everywhere, but exists in a minority. What is the general proportion?" When Gavin asked this question, his eyes did not fall on Bloodclaw, but on the two earth giants.

Humph!

The two earth giants snorted coldly, looking up at the sky, and ignored Gavin at all.

Although they knew Gavin's origins, it did not mean that they would pay attention to him.

The hobgoblin warlord suddenly changed color, stood up and said angrily: "The Lord is asking you questions, what's your attitude? If you have this attitude again next time, the Lord can forgive you, but I can't forgive you."

Leo raised his head and said defiantly: "I have never understood why the General, who is so capable, should be inferior to a human? A person who is not even extraordinary! They can't withstand a round of charge from our legion."

Blood Claw felt his scalp tingling and was almost angry to death. He only wanted to show his lord that he had just obtained a powerful warrior, and forgot that they were not born from the blood oath of the true god. Even if he taught them in person, they still had no sense of identity with Gavin. With a clang, he directly pulled out the long sword and slashed at Leo.

The hobgoblin warlord was decisive. It was hard to find a general, but compared to Gavin's trust, he was nothing.

Leo obviously didn't expect Blood Claw to draw his sword and kill him without saying anything, but his reaction speed was not slow at all. His arms, which were thicker than ordinary people's waists, pushed the ground hard, and the muscles on them bulged high, and he bounced out like this.

Blood Claw raised his sword to attack, but Gavin shouted at him: "General Blood Claw, your method is not the fundamental way to solve this kind of thing. If you follow this method, all your slightly stronger subordinates will be chopped by you in the future."

The hobgoblin warlord knelt on the ground with his hands holding the sword, and apologized with a self-blame on his face: "It's my fault for not disciplining me. Please punish me, Lord."

"Since he doubts my ability, let him see it. Come, let me see what you are so arrogant about." Gavin stood up and walked directly to the open space in the center of the conference hall. As he walked, his body changed.