Roddy used magic to cut away the excess vegetation and looked carefully. He felt that these pits were similar to the shell craters in his memory. The marks on the ground had long disappeared, and the pits that could be seen now were left by the stone buildings. Roddy could see the cracks of the stones due to the high temperature and the cracks after cooling. This made him feel even more strange.
Could it be that this place was hit by the forbidden spell, Meteor Shower?
Roddy stood there and thought for a while. He really did not know where this place used to be in the High Elf Kingdom. He saw that it was still early, so he mounted the Kelda Duck and flew directly to the west for a while. He landed in the northern part of the Bergen Territory and walked into a still intact town. With so many newspapers published, Roddy naturally wanted to come to the target area to see how the actual effect was.
To his surprise, just as he approached the tavern, he heard someone reading the contents of the latest issue of the newspaper aloud.
"Hot recruitment... Uh, you want to listen to this? Okay, I'll read — if you think you have a skill and want to find a stable and high-paying job in Elson, then don't hesitate! "
"Tailor, leather maker, baker, blacksmith... Uh, this seems to include all the professions, even theater actors..."
The young man reading the newspaper was obviously not doing this for the first time. He glanced at the professions and read the salary of Elson to those in the audience who met the requirements. "Professional blacksmith, 12 silver coins a month! After passing the promotion exam, you can get 30 silver coins! Brando, you really should not waste your skills in this godforsaken place! "
Elson provided a lot of "public jobs". There were vacancies for leather makers, blacksmiths, tailors, city patrols, and so on. This was different from other cities. Professions such as tailoring and blacksmithing were basically skills passed down from generation to generation in the Kallon Kingdom. It was normal for a shop to remain in the same place for generations. However, in Elson, these professions were all "state-owned". This was because Rody wanted to engage in large-scale production, not custom-made workshops.
He randomly found a seat, ordered the best food in the tavern, and continued to listen to the other person reading.
In order not to attract too much attention, Roddy wore a gray cloak. Therefore, when he walked in, he did not attract much attention. Instead, it was the new title that attracted everyone's attention in the room — "Elson is currently hiring a large number of clerical staff. As long as you can write and read, you are qualified to apply. The specific department is … uh, the Magic Research Institute? Department of Agriculture? Why haven't I heard of this before? No, 'newspaper office' should be a place to write newspapers. It seems that whoever goes to Elson really has a chance to edit newspapers for everyone to read! "
The advertisement in the newspaper was mainly for the people in the Eiferta area. In this era, transportation was not convenient. It was basically impossible for people from the Bergen territory to apply for a job in Elsen City. Even if the journey was smooth, it would take a month. But Roddy's deliberate printing was also a strategy: he wanted everyone to feel that Elsen City was a land of wealth.
The newspaper ended at this point, and the people around took out their copper coins as a sign of support — this had become a customary rule. Although it was not much, it could be considered as a sign of goodwill. When everyone returned to their seats, the tavern owner on the counter joked with the young man, "Cauchy, you are educated and literate. Do you want to go there?"
This young man was the knight Cauchy who started reading more than a week ago. At this time, his eyes were still staring at the newspaper in his hand, and he replied hesitantly, "I really want to go and have a look …"
As a knight, Cauchy did not intend to live on the money he earned from reading the newspaper every day. But the road to Elsen was indeed very long, and his skinny horse would probably starve to death halfway — the reality was so cruel that people had no choice.
"Hey, buddy, catch."
Cauchy turned around and saw a shadow in the air. After nimbly reaching out and catching it, he found that it was a high-quality silver coin. The knight's eyes lit up — in the Bergen territory, a silver coin of this quality was almost comparable to two low-quality coins mixed with nickel in the current market. This was definitely the highest reward he had received since reading the newspaper.
Looking up, Cauchy found that the man who supported him was obviously exuding a different aura from the others. He had participated in the war, so it was easy to distinguish the smell of blood on him …
To have such a feeling, he was definitely not a commoner or a citizen, but definitely a noble who had fought in the war.
"Boss, I want to buy this knight a drink, I want the best."
Roddy asked Cauchy to sit down, and asked with interest, "You just said that you want to go to Elsen?"
Cauchy was naturally a little embarrassed by the question, and he smiled awkwardly, "It's just a thought. After all, I have no home to go back to, where is not a wandering?"
After chatting with each other for a while, Roddy fabricated an identity and said, "I just came back from the east. My father died in the war, and the territory was ruined. It seems that there is no way to take it back from the other old thieves, so I've been wandering around."
The identity he was talking about was actually the missing eldest son of a noble in his memory. Back then, Roddy had done a mission to help find the remains, so he was very clear about the family background of this kind of noble. Cauchy confirmed that he was indeed a descendant of a noble in the east of the kingdom, and his original doubts about his identity also vanished, and the topic of conversation also became more relaxed.
"This battle is inexplicable, but what's even more inexplicable is that His Majesty still wants to continue fighting. I heard that Milnor did not gather many people, I really don't know how many people will go to Efta in the end. "
Hearing this, Roddy laughed in his heart. He published the newspaper and constantly used public opinion to put pressure on the nobles, just for this scene. The nobles who originally did not have a cohesive force would not do something that would be strenuous and unrewarding. As long as Milnor's troops did not exceed 4,000 people, Roddy only needed to send an elite team to raid them a few times, and it would be enough to make these idiots fall apart. As for besieging the city … Rody had countless backup plans waiting to fall into his trap.
"Although that's true, if we don't fight, there is no way to make money … Although I still have some silver coins left, I will eventually starve to death if I keep wandering around like this."
Roddy pretended to complain a little, and played the role of a "wandering descendant of a noble" more realistically.
What he said was actually the complaint of most knights and young nobles in this era. The only ability of the nobles without family property was to fight on horseback, and it was difficult for them to earn any income without fighting. Therefore, there were always various reasons for duels and small-scale conflicts within the kingdom. Even Charles II could only turn a blind eye to this, because he had no control over it at all.
"Actually, there is indeed a way, but I don't know if you are willing to accept it." Cauchy secretly pointed at a few guys in black robes at the corner of the tavern, and said in a low voice, "Recently, the Viper Cross has been recruiting knights for Count Milnor. They said that if a noble knight joins, they will settle the remuneration once a week, and it is quite a lot."
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