Under the fiery red sunset, An Fei stood there quietly, like a statue. A long time ago, he was an assassin, free from the entire society, lonely and withdrawn. He did not want to accept anyone, nor did he want to be accepted by anyone, even though Walking among the bustling crowds, his heart was still as hard and cold as eternal ice, because what he rejected was the entire world.
But here, everything about him is changing bit by bit, and the starting point of the change is absurd. He has no ability to be aloof. In order to survive, he can only wear a mask to interact with others. Learn more about this magical world. Unexpectedly, this contact could not be turned back. He felt the warmth and won the friendship of some people. Although that kind of friendship was very childish to him at the time, and all he wanted was to obey, but things changed. Development does not depend on people's will. The ones who can melt An Fei little by little are not only Susanna, but also Sol, Ernest, Chris Ding, etc. He is already burdened with too many things. thing.
An Fei didn't know whether this change was right or wrong. He even felt that right and wrong were not that important anymore. For the sake of what he was carrying, even if this path was wrong, he would rather continue to make the mistake and never look back!
A warm hand wrapped around An Fei's arm, and then Susanna's soft voice sounded in her ears: "You, you would rather watch the sun here than go out to help us, you are so lazy!"
"I'm not lazy, I'm here to train your abilities!" An Fei said with a smile. "You always make sense!" Susanna wrinkled her nose.
"By the way, have all the food been distributed?"
"no."
"How many days has it been? Why haven't you posted yet?" An Fei was stunned.
"Because I can't send it!" A voice came over, and then a resentful Alice walked up to An Fei in a few steps and stretched out her hand: "Money!"
"What money? Are you..."
"I'm the chief consul, I know! You don't need to repeat it!" Alice was furious. Every time she found An Fei, An Fei always used this sentence to send her away. She had heard enough: " But I’m not minting money. I need money!”
"How much do you need?"
"We need fifty thousand gold coins for the time being."
"You're crazy!" An Fei's eyes widened. Fifty thousand gold coins is not a small amount. Besides, Alice said it was temporary, which meant that more would be needed in the future.
Alice did not speak this time, but just handed the scroll of paper to An Fei. An Fei unfolded the scroll and saw that it was full of various expenditures. As he looked at it, he said: "We will figure out a solution for the money matter. You Go and distribute all the food first. If you wait a few more days, the mercenaries will start a riot. Why don't you even distinguish priorities?"
"You can't send it!" Alice said firmly.
"Why?" An Fei raised his head and said in shock.
"We cannot ignore the tradition of mercenaries!" Alice said slowly: "Whether it is a large mercenary group or a small mercenary group, when there is no mission, the mercenary group will only pay a fixed rate to the mercenaries. The mercenaries themselves are responsible for daily expenses, and the mercenary group will bear daily expenses only during operations."
"But we are no longer an ordinary mercenary group." An Fei said softly.
"Can you make all the mercenaries get used to your methods?" Alice asked back: "Even if we divide all the food, we still have to pay them. You can't use food to replace wages. That will do to the mercenaries." There will definitely be complaints! In this case, we might as well give out the salary first and let the mercenaries use the salary to buy food. This is normal for them. If they are satisfied, we can get some benefits. It is not the best of both worlds. ?"
"You do know how to do business." An Fei smiled.
"This is not a business." Alice shook her head and said: "Divide the food? How do you ration it? Some mercenaries eat a lot, some mercenaries eat a small amount, some mercenaries have a family of seven or eight people. Some mercenaries have a family with seven or eight people. You can feed yourself so that the whole family is not hungry. Some mercenaries just need to fill their stomachs. Some mercenaries are greedy, so they must eat and drink well. Tell me how to ration it? No matter how you decide, you can only satisfy some of the mercenaries. The soldiers will be satisfied, while the other mercenaries will be dissatisfied with you!"
"Okay, okay, okay." An Fei waved his hands repeatedly: "Then what do you think we should do?"
"It's very simple. You get something for your work! Besides, those mercenaries have almost 40,000 family members. There is no need for us to carry such a big burden on our backs. It is the mercenaries' own business to support their families." Alice's momentum remained unchanged: "Since the establishment of the Grand Alliance, we have never paid any salary. This time we must make up for it at once. We have to figure out how long we have been with you and how much effort we have made. As for the newly joined mercenaries, We can only pay them the minimum salary because they have done nothing! Not enough to spend and support their families? You can perform better and have people promote you, or ask for tasks, but you can't? Then I'm sorry! Weird You are incompetent! We are a mercenary group here, not a refuge! Want to earn a living? That is definitely not possible!"
An Fei flipped through the scroll and saw the series of numbers. He couldn't help but feel guilty. He coughed and said, "Let's do this... I'll go find Mr. Marino to discuss it."
"That's your business." At this point, Alice seemed to be angry enough, and she called An Fei you again, and then continued: "But there is one more thing. Very unsatisfactory approach.”
"What's up?"
"Our Grand Alliance sneak attacked the checkpoints of the Flash Sand Empire, seized a lot of things, and captured all the tax officials. But no matter how much you trust Ozgucci, you should not leave all those things to Ozguch. ! This is the unified action of our major alliance. All the gains are not for you alone, nor for Ozguch alone, but for all of us!" Alice said slowly: "Without you and Madam, there would be no Xinpei. With the efforts of La, Orsi and others, can Özgüq conquer the level alone? Why should Özgqi handle everyone’s harvest? Do you think he will be fair?"
"Well...we are all brothers. I don't think it is necessary to make it so clear, right?" An Fei smiled bitterly. In the past, whatever their small team got, it was all managed by Feiler. Who wants to spend money or need anything? , just go to Feiler directly.
"Sir, you are wrong. This aspect must be made clear!" Alice pushed back without hesitation. And she said in a serious tone: "We also need to let the mercenaries know what we have gained every time. They can even calculate how much they should get! If we can't even do this, we will always be a mob!"
An Fei looked at Alice blankly. Alice had contradicted him many times today, but... it seemed that he was indeed irrational. After pondering for a moment, An Fei finally gave in: "Alice, what do you think we should do? Do?"
"The things I counted are all there. You can see for yourself. Of course, I will also make some omissions. I will make them up when I find them."
An Fei looked at it carefully, and Alice classified the recent actions into different levels. For example, when they fought against the undead creatures in Moramachi Town, Alice decided that they were in D level and encountered the transport troops of the Flash Sand Empire. It is rated C+, the level of the sneak attack on the Flash Sand Empire. Alice ordered C.
Looking further down, An Fei couldn't help being shocked. His name was at the top of everyone's list. As the president of the Grand Alliance, his salary was one thousand gold coins, and there were three words "Magic Swordsman" behind it. No. I know what it means, but what follows is eight hundred gold coins. Finally, there are subsidies for various tasks, such as rescuing companions, which seems to refer to rescuing Susanna, and luring the enemy deeper. It seems to be referring to the temptation of the Shansha Empire's supply troops to take the bait. Anyway, the various subsidies combined totaled five thousand gold coins.
Susanna is the third consul of the Grand Alliance, and her salary is five hundred gold coins. Behind him was the great swordsman, one thousand gold coins, and An Fei didn't look at the subsidies at the back. Next is Chris Ding, the second consul of the Grand Alliance is worth 600 gold coins, the leader of the magic group is worth 200 gold coins, and the junior magician is worth 5 gold coins. Next is Alice, her simpler, solitary chief consul, whose salary is eight hundred gold coins. Behind them are Bravi and others, who can receive a certain amount of money for each position, and extra money is calculated based on their rank.
With An Fei's calmness, he couldn't help but feel crazy. Alice said that 50,000 gold coins were needed. The combined salary and task subsidies for him, Susanna, and Chris Ding alone were almost more than three dollars. All in all, **! Absolute **! And he, An Fei, is undoubtedly the best place. Two months of job salary allowance and the additional income of the magic swordsman, plus all the mission subsidies, are almost 10,000 gold coins.
"Alice..." An Fei swallowed: "Look... Susanna, Chris Ding, I, they don't need so many gold coins, so let's waive them all."
"Sir, the numbers I calculated are very fair, and can even be seen by everyone. No one can find fault!"
"Alice, I'm not saying you're unfair, I'm saying...we don't need these gold coins."
"Sir, if you are willing to donate your salary, that is your own business, but I must share the salary with you." Alice paused and said in a very indifferent tone: "The Major League is Yours, there is no doubt about it, but if you regard the major league as a thing in your hand, you can knead it at will, kill whoever you want, pay you as much as you want, and give it as much as you want. If you don’t think about it, you will get nothing. In short, if you feel that you have the right to do whatever you want, then you can tear up the things I counted.”
"I understand what you mean, there are no rules and no rules." An Fei pondered for a moment and finally nodded.
"It's good that you understand." Alice smiled.
"Alice, how much salary can those mercenaries who just joined get paid?"
"Eight silver coins."
"Eight silver coins? Too few? It's hard for them to support themselves, let alone their families." An Fei said in shock.
"I have already paid them one month's salary in advance. They have just joined and there is no subsidy. This is already a lot." Alice's smile grew wider: "I really didn't realize that you are such a noble person before. "
"What do you mean?"
"Why do you have to carry this big burden on yourself?" Alice said calmly: "If their worries are relieved, how will you use them to make them work for you in the future? Assume that all the mercenaries can live a good life. How many mercenaries do you think are willing to take risks in the Death Forest when they can live a life of food and clothing without any effort? As far as I know, mercenaries in the Brotherhood Alliance Mercenary Group earn seven silver coins per month during their rest period. We already have more Give me a silver coin."
"Okay, it's up to you." An Fei nodded again: "I'll talk to Ozgucci later and ask him to take out all the things confiscated this time. If it's not enough, I'll go find Mr. Marino." Discuss and discuss.”
"It will be much more effective if you say it than if I say it, but..." Alice extended her hand to An Fei again.
"What?" An Fei said nervously. He had already promised to raise 50,000 gold coins, why was he still not satisfied
"I saw with my own eyes yesterday that you got a memory crystal, and I hope you can hand it over." Alice said with a smile: "We put the memory crystal up for public auction, and those who want it can come and bid, Ozgucci and Tagore You can come too. From now on, all trophies will be handled in this way. You have no right to give the trophies to anyone privately or keep it for yourself! If you really want it, come and bid! Anyway, you and your wife’s salary is No one can compete with you as the highest. As long as you still recognize me as the chief consul, I hope you can support me and respect my decision!"
An Fei honestly took out the memory crystal from the space ring, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Rules?"
"Rules!" Alice smiled back at An Fei and caught the memory crystal.
Susanna couldn't help but chuckle. An Fei was used to being arrogant. She rarely saw An Fei so deflated.
"What are you happy about..." An Fei stretched out his hand to pinch Susanna's nose. At this moment, he and Susanna felt an inexplicable pressure coming from afar at the same time, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look in that direction.