Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 51 No benefit, who surrenders?

   No benefit, who surrenders? Don't understand such a basic truth?

  David thinks it's not that Gregory doesn't understand, but that he understands too much. This guy has eaten up the benefits he has given him!

Hehe smiled and dealt with it a few times, even though Gregory's mouth was dry, David didn't express as excitedly as he expected, "To be favored by the Forrest family, that's me, David, for eight lifetimes." Blessing to repair! ’ and other words, but meaningless coping such as ‘um, yes,’ and so on, which are used very skillfully.

   "Is this guy really a commoner from Orion?" Gregory vaguely felt that what he was facing was not a village chief who was from a commoner, but those old fritters who managed logistics supplies in Iron Tree Fort.

   He looked at David strangely again. No matter how he looked at him, he was just an 'average' young man. He felt that he might be thinking too much, maybe he couldn't digest such a big surprise all at once? How about giving him some time to think about it?

  Actually, David has activated the skill he learned in his previous life to "handle things". He just hates the way of talking around circles and guessing riddles. It's a waste of time to talk for a long time without getting to the point.

   But hating it doesn't mean he can't. In the environment of the previous life, anyone with some work experience can understand this skill. After dealing with it casually, he also started to go around in circles, constantly saying something like, 'Rindong Village recently built a toilet. ’ ‘During this period of time, the aquatic products in the Winter River are very plump. ’ and other meaningless nonsense, and resolutely stopped talking about Sean Forrest and the recruitment of him by that family.

  The two chatted awkwardly for a while, and Gregory finally realized that David was not willing to accept the solicitation at all.

  After thinking about this point, Gregory found that there was no way to talk about this matter, so he could only excuse that it was getting late and he wanted to spend the night with David.

"No problem at all."

  David called Addis, lent Addis and Alfie's room to Gregory, and then gave his own room to Addis and Alfie.

  Although Addis doesn’t know about David’s ‘secret’, Addis has seen many of the things Laura brought, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see anything in David’s room.

   In addition, Addis's house retains the original posture of the world, and there is nothing shady in it.

  After realizing that this Gregory is not trustworthy, David will make this arrangement as a matter of course—besides, he and Fording will also stare at these people at night.

  No words all night...

  It was just dawn the next day. I don’t know if Gregory had made some big claims at his new master’s house, but now he felt ashamed that he didn’t get things done, and his spirit seemed very bad.

After trying for a long time, and even asked David if he would accept the offer from the Forrest family, and finally got a refusal answer, Gregory left Cold Winter Village with a face full of resentment, even the previously agreed potato None bought.

"Why don't you accept it?" After knowing Gregory's real intentions, Addis asked David this question curiously: "Joining a noble family like Forrest seems to have nothing bad for Winter Village, right?" ?”

In the eyes of Addis, the Forrester family has massive resources. If David becomes a subordinate of the Forrester family, the development of Cold Winter Village will be smoother and faster, and all kinds of resources, population, and labor will no longer be It is a problem that restricts the development of Cold Winter Village.

"At that time, will Cold Winter Village still be my village?" Not to mention that the other party doesn't value me at all, and I won't get any practical benefits from joining the Forrest family, and there is even a high probability that the other party will take away Cold Winter actual control of the village.

  Just saying that his golden finger is related to his territory, he cannot easily give up his territory. What if I became a subordinate of the Forrester family and Cold Winter Village became the territory of the Forrester Family, what if Goldfinger directly disapproved that Cold Winter Village was his territory and then disappeared?

   "But if you refuse directly, it will cause the other party's dissatisfaction?" Addis is most worried about this matter. David has made it clear that he will not give what these nobles want. What will the other party's reaction be?

"I think that the other party gave such an invitation but did not make any promises, which shows an attitude in itself." Fording, who seldom speaks on such matters, rarely expressed his opinion: "They It doesn't matter how you choose."

"I think so too." David thinks that the Forrest family just thinks that Winter Village is something they have at their fingertips, so they don't want to promise David anything at all—even if the other party gives him a knight status, guaranteeing that Winter Village will always be It's his territory, and he won't refuse it so simply.

   Now that it’s like this, it can only be said that the Forrest family didn’t look at David at all. The benefits they gave may be some money or something, and there is a high probability that they will be wiped out by Gregory.

When he expressed his reluctance, Gregory didn't use money to convince himself. Maybe Gregory knew the Forrest family's follow-up methods and the Forrest family's attitude towards David, so he was so greedy. , Unscrupulous?

   "The peaceful life seems to be coming to an end."

  David felt that he had chosen the most remote place in the Kingdom of Tilan, and there were no other villages and towns within a large distance, so he could play a farming game quietly.

  Unfortunately, it is inevitable to compete with others after all.

"Could it be that the Forrest family will use force?" Addis had a headache. He just wanted to find a place to live in peace. Live the rest of his life with Alfie in retirement.

  Rindong Village was originally a perfect place for the elderly, but now troubles are coming to the door.

   When the Forrest family occupies Cold Winter Village, he will definitely not be able to live here any longer. Maybe he will find a new residence with Alfie.

   It’s not that Addis looks down on David. What Cold Winter Village has to face is the Forrest family, one of the most powerful noble families in Iron Tree Fort. Such a noble family cannot be competed by a few ‘common people’ at all.

   Unless... Addis looked at Fording not far in front of him, and asked what Laura was up to recently? Why have you rarely seen people recently?

   "Laura has been busy with things recently, and it may take some time before she comes back."

   "This..." Addis actually wanted to ask, can Laura's family help? But he felt that these words could not be said directly?

"Don't worry, the Forrest family really took action against Rinwinter Village, and we won't be the ones who are unlucky." David is not worried that the other party will use force to seize Rinwinter Village, even though there are few people in Rinwinter Village, but he is better than force. I'm really not afraid of anyone.

  The real trouble is the encirclement and suppression from other levels. If Forrest uses the power of the family to force Lindong Village, even if David is still helpless, David also lacks countermeasures in this regard and can only be beaten passively.

The other party can also draw their salaries from the bottom of the pot, forcing away the few farmers in Lindong Village, making it impossible for the village to develop at all, and then assigning the land next to the village to someone. Winter village surrounded.

  In the eyes of normal people, it is only a matter of time before the destruction of Rinwinter Village is implemented with these methods.

  They never imagined that if that kind of thing really happened, David would use more drastic means to fight back—including but not limited to bombarding the Forrest family.

  Of course, if it really reaches that level, don't even think about farming quietly, and just change the script "Northern Hegemony".

   Didn’t know that David’s thoughts had drifted to Addis, who was bombarding Iron Tree Fort, and he was still worried about the future of Cold Winter Village. He felt that he couldn’t wait like this, even if it was for his own retirement, he had to do something.

   "I'm going back to Iron Tree Fort."

   "What are you doing back in Iron Tree Fort?" David knew that although Adis was a well-known old hunter in Iron Tree Fort with a good professional level, he had no influence in Iron Tree Fort. At most, he knew more people.

"I'm going to check the situation of the Forrest family." Addis knew how capable he was: "Don't worry, I've lived in Iron Tree Castle for half my life and know a lot of people, otherwise I wouldn't be able to help Aesop find out All kinds of news."

"Well, if you want to go...then inquire about which families there are and where on this plain they plan to establish villages and towns." David knew that he wanted Adis to just do nothing in Cold Winter Village, It will only make the old hunter feel uncomfortable, it is better to let him go out for activities: "Pay attention to safety, coming back safely is more important than anything else."

   "Don't worry, I'm best at saving my life."

  Adis got up and went back to his room to pack his luggage. He wasn't going to ride a horse this time. That would be too conspicuous. He doesn't plan to bring anyone with him, he can better protect himself when he is alone on the road.

   Watching Addis leave, David thought for a moment, thinking of the little blacksmith Will Turner. Now that Laura is busy with her own business, even if she comes here occasionally, she can't add firepower to David.

  The only one who can bring things here is Steve, but Steve can't help him bring all kinds of weapons. The only ones who can count on are Will and Fording.

   Moreover, he didn't want Will to help him 'bring weapons', but he wanted to ask Will if he knew how to make artillery?

   There are many pistols, some shotguns, and some semi-automatic rifles in the village. But lack of heavy firepower, even if only a few small steel cannons are built, it is better than nothing.

   Just when David wanted to find Will, he happened to see Will wandering around the village with a woman.

   "Will...huh?" David greeted Will loudly, and the next second he realized something was wrong: "This is... Elizabeth Swan? How did this woman come here?"

Looking at the smiling Will in surprise, he brought Elizabeth to him, greeted him while introducing himself: "This is Elizabeth Swan, this is David, the village head of Cold Winter Village .”

  (end of this chapter)