The Bard Guild is poor, very poor.
Professional unions such as mercenary unions, assassins unions, thieves unions, etc., not to mention extremely rich, at least have enough food and clothing, let alone wealthy organizations like the Magic Association.
Most unions have the ability to 'take orders', and their strong combat effectiveness means that their members can find jobs at any time, creating tax revenue and profits for the union.
But bards... Sorry, their frontal combat capabilities are not good, and their auxiliary capabilities are not as good as priests. Unless it is absolutely necessary, no mercenary wants to invite them to take risks or form a team to complete tasks.
Moreover, a group of people are fighting to the death in the front, and the bard is singing or playing the piano in the back... Even if they win, the companions will not feel happy.
Most importantly, the supporting effect of bardic music... goes both ways.
In other words, enemies can also get ability increases.
This is equivalent to not having this teammate.
Only when the bard's level reaches Lv5 and learns the feat of 'Precise Push' can he designate a group increase target. But the problem is that if the bard does not participate in the battle, his strength will increase very slowly.
There are very few bards above level 5. Even if they reach level 5, their comprehensive abilities are still not as good as those of priests of the same level who can resist, attack, and support.
Therefore, in most cases, they can only sing to drunkards in taverns. In order to make more money, many bards even sing minor pornographic songs, but even so, a bard can get as much as one night of singing. The average reward will not exceed fifty copper coins.
Sometimes there are no customers, or the customers are stingy and can't make a penny a night, so the tavern may give you a few copper coins as a soothing money.
In this environment, how could the bards become rich? If the professionals had no money, how could the unions be rich
People are poor but have short ambitions. This saying applies to most situations and environments. Of course, the few people who can "I have no control over my destiny" and can stand up from the dust and create a world by their own abilities will not be able to do so. mentioned.
Too rare and not universal.
But Wiki was obviously not the kind of person who could go against the will of heaven. The huge sum of one hundred and fifty gold coins in three months really dazzled his eyes.
The entire Holevin Minstrel Guild, including the taxes paid by the branch, the total annual income of the guild will not exceed twenty gold coins.
After excluding the expenses for operation and maintenance of the guild, staff salaries, etc., it would be good to have three gold coins left in a year.
The Green Shade Organization is indeed a very troublesome organization, but compared to 'poor', it is nothing.
Besides, it wasn't a head-on conflict. He usually sang songs to make them angry. Wei Wei felt that bards like him could do a good job.
As Roland was a major patron who believed that their bards could also play a big role, Wiki was deeply moved and even regarded Roland as a confidant of the union.
When the whole world thinks you are a waste, but one person says you are good, everyone will be moved.
Roland then discussed with Wiki how to darken the green shade slowly and without leaving any trace.
For example, let some human druids appear as neutral characters, but in the end they became an obstacle to the protagonist group.
And they also say some very 'philosophical' words.
For example:
'Trees and beasts are all part of nature, but humans are not. Humans are just cancer in this world. '
'A human life is barely comparable to a small tree or a young animal. Nature is kind, so it allows you to cut trees and hunt animals to survive. But in a person's life, there are already certain numbers for how much wood he can cut down and how much meat he can eat. If he exceeds this limit, he will die. '
'Nature is always right and humans are always mean. '
etc!
Moreover, there are many 'small' conflicts between the protagonists of various legends who want to save mankind, and the human druids who want to so-called protect nature.
For example, a certain village suffered a heavy rain and many villagers were trapped in the flood. The protagonist's group wanted to cut down trees to make rafts to rescue people, but a human druid happened to appear and prohibited the protagonist's group from logging. The two sides fought hard and fought twice. Within three days, the human druids were defeated. Although many rafts were made in advance, a lot of time was wasted and many villagers were buried in the flood.
Or in order to save a city of hundreds of thousands of people, the protagonist group set fire to the mountain, blocking the demonic attack, buying time for the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in the small city, and saving many people in disguise.
But after the human druids learned about it, they launched a hunt for the protagonist group on the grounds that they were sinners of nature by destroying nature.
And indirectly joining forces with the demons, almost destroying the protagonist group.
Similar small deeds are interspersed in various legends and chivalry novels.
Besides, these are not made up by Roland. There are many similar things in the information he bought from the Mercenary Guild and the Assassin Guild, but few people know about it.
And what Roland asked the Minstrel Guild to do was to put these things under the sun for people to visit.
Wiki said on the spot that the matter must be done properly, and that Huolewen will be able to see obvious results within two months, and after three months, the results will be absolutely stunning.
Roland said before leaving: "After this cooperation is successful, if our Magic Tower still needs it, we will definitely come to you as soon as possible."
"No problem." Vicky held the gold coin bag in one hand and beat her chest loudly with the other.
After seeing Roland leave, he immediately asked his secretary to summon all the powerful people in the union and excitedly announced the big news.
"We finally have a big deal!"
Wiki at the meeting burst into tears.
Roland teleported back to Delbon City and continued to supervise the progress of the deforestation project.
After several days of magical treatment, Vincent's injuries have healed, and he has also joined the safety work of the lumberyard and the supervision of on-site order.
In terms of safety, there is no need to worry because of the quasi-legendary Andonara.
Moreover, at night, Christina, a very useful tool bat, can also ensure the safety of workers stationed near the logging camp.
Delbon City has never been so lively.
During the day, a large group of people ran out, happily eating white bread and working hard to chop down trees.
At night, a large group of people came back in darkness carrying three taels of wheat.
One person does not take much food, but poor families usually have several people working out. In this way, not only can they eat enough for one day, but also save a day's rations for several people in the family, and several people can return a pound of food together. or so of wheat.
The expenses are not much, but they can have income. Although it is small, the poor people who participate in the work are really satisfied with such a promising life.
As long as they have enough to eat, they can survive this winter even if the weather gets colder.
As for the Magic Tower that organized this project, they were sincerely grateful from the bottom of their hearts.
Roland is only in charge of the overall situation now. He has no intuitive impression of the changes in the gratitude of the poor. He can only estimate the general 'numerical' changes, such as changing from neutral to friendly 20.
But for Andonara, Vincent, and many magic apprentices who often work on the front line, they have real feelings.
The workers' emotions towards them have changed from the initial fear to the current awe, and even some faint admiration. When they see them again, they are not as scared as before.
Most people like to be viewed in a positive light, so the motivation of the magic apprentices becomes even higher.
Even Andonara and Vincent felt very comfortable in such an environment.
The migrant workers spent another seven days cutting down the last tree in the forest. 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 game was harvested, as well as many plant-based magic materials.
In the end, Vivian, who was in charge of statistics, calculated the value of the wood and magic materials, and was surprised to find that... these items alone were more than double their total budget.
In other words, not only did they not lose money, but they also made a lot of money.
This does not include the fame gained.
At the impromptu summary meeting at the Magic Tower, Vivian recounted the results in an unbelievable 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 to be realized, necessary expenditures are needed. He did not consider making money at all, but now he has earned only a hundred gold coins. He didn't care too much either.
Vincent simply didn't think it was money... He was a second-generation rich man. He threw millions of RMB to the former Blade Guild without thinking about anything in return. You can imagine how much money he had.
On the other hand, Andonara, Christina, and Jerry had similar expressions to Vivian.
They never thought that they could make a lot of money by doing good deeds.
This completely refreshed their outlook.
Roland patted the table gently and said: "The next step is to open up wasteland. It's still the same as before. Andonara and Vincent are responsible for the safety of the migrant workers and maintaining the current order. The magic apprentices still assist them. Vivi An and Jerry, you two will take the Black Sand Gang to check which families are really poor and how many people there are in each family, and make a list. The fields that will be reclaimed in the future will need to be allocated based on the head of the family."
Several people nodded to show that they understood.
Roland announced the adjournment of the meeting. As soon as he walked out of the conference room, he heard the guard report that there was a priest asking to see him.
Priest
Roland realized that the reliable priest introduced by Hawke had finally arrived.
He led Andonara down the magic tower, and then he saw a female player standing at the door, wearing chain armor, carrying a square shield, and carrying a huge wolf-toothed sledgehammer. Her appearance was full of evil spirits.
Reliable...really reliable.
At first glance, he looks like he is a good fighter.
Andonara first looked at the female player's face, then at her front armor, and then nodded slightly.
This female player has an average appearance... which means she has no charm at all.
She is simply the clear leader among female players, which is so rare.
Roland walked over and asked, "Is this the friend introduced by Hawke?"
"Yes, I am a priest of the Water God Sect. I heard that you are in urgent need of a powerful thug who can fight and increase, so I came over happily."