Chapter 208: The White King's Package and the Maid Costume Has Not Been Removed

I feel like in terms of luck alone, Elsa and Olena are at two extremes.

Elsa has very bad luck and is always targeted by enemies. Although she can always escape danger in the end, she always ends up in a miserable state.

On the contrary, Olenna was luckier. The first batch of war horses in the hideout were brought back by Olenna and Ellie when they fought against the bandits.

It was the same this time. Just one trip out added a lot of high-quality prisoners to the den.

These are twelve senior fighters plus twenty-five elite fighters.

This is a very scary number. At least there are no such number of mid- and high-level professionals in the den.

But how did Olenna catch them? Logically speaking, the combined combat power of these people is much stronger than that of a single top-level professional.

Seeing Rand's confusion, Olenna explained, "I am an agile person, so I can attack quickly. After I threatened them not to run away, they really didn't run away. It seems that they are not very united."

This should be a very complicated process, but Rand couldn't imagine it.

"And the fighting power of the Royal Guards is not weak either. Maybe they scared those who are not strong in fighting will and are not united enough."

Rand still didn't understand, but he didn't plan to try to understand it.

The den has added 37 high-quality prisoners, but these people cannot produce immediate results. Instead, they will increase a lot of management costs.

High-level professionals cannot be locked up with ordinary chains.

At this point we have to go back to the original question.

The villagers of Man Yue Ling do not need to be managed in a sophisticated way, but if these people are not to be executed, then we must consider how to manage them.

This is undoubtedly a huge challenge.

But if they are all executed, not to mention the possibility that they may not be executed in time due to fierce resistance from the other side and some prisoners may escape, it would be a waste if so many mid- and high-level professionals cannot be utilized.

Nowadays, the grassroots military strength of the den has gradually increased. If the new recruits who are still in training are included, the total number of troops in the den has now exceeded 1,200.

However, there are very few who can become mid- to high-level professionals. One reason is that they do not have the time to learn professional skills, and the other is that becoming a professional requires talent.

Among the professionals trained by Rand himself, only Sess and Selai were very talented. In just over two years, they both became senior professionals, but they wanted to grow into the most senior professionals.

I don't think it will take five to ten years to succeed.

Although there are many top professionals in Rand's territory, the top professionals in this world are actually very rare.

Rand estimated that Ses and Serai could become top-level professionals within ten years, which was already a very high expectation.

Once these 37 people join the den, the den's strength in all aspects will be greatly increased.

There is a very serious problem here. They were originally bandits, and Rand didn't know whether they were just ordinary robbers collecting protection fees, or they were extremely evil.

Although there is no justice in this world, and Rand himself has a lot of blood on his hands, whether actively or passively, he does not want to claim that he is righteous.

But villains are like dogs that have eaten human flesh; they are totally detrimental to unity.

Rand thought for a moment and said, "I plan to make a selection."

Picking is a very mild word, but when Rand said it it sounded quite bloody.

The "maids" in the Lord's Hall hideout were somewhat surprised at Rand's choice. It wasn't that they supported Rand in bringing these powerful bandits under his command, but they were surprised that Rand could still maintain his original intention.

There is a severe shortage of people in today's dens, not only basic labor but also high-level talents.

Rand thinks about how to make money and recruit talent every day.

Rand's desire for talent is obvious to all the top executives in the base.

However, he did not expect that there were so many high-level talents that could obviously be used, and Rand still planned to select them.

They had originally intended to advise Rand not to use these unstable people casually, but now it seems that they were completely worrying too much.

"What are you going to do?" Ellie asked.

Rand thought for a moment and said, "I plan to spread the glory of the Mother Goddess to them."

Ellie wanted to laugh: "Are you going to reform them?"

Ellie looked Rand up and down and felt that he really didn't have the talent to be a charlatan.

Rand felt helpless. In fact, he had no confidence. When he was in college, he hated those Christians who knocked on his dormitory door to preach, and he failed his psychology elective course.

Rand got 59 points, and then the teacher made a small change and turned it into 60 points, but he knew he failed.

Also, he chose psychology not because he wanted to study psychology, but because he got up too late and the good elective courses were all taken.

But now we still have to find a way to deal with these bandits.

In the ancient times of Rand's previous life, most of the soldiers on the battlefield were from good families, and most of Rand's troops were also from good families.

But now Rand's foundation is still shallow, and the performance of these recruited soldiers from good families on the battlefield is terrifying. But there are extraordinary powers in this world. Although Rand has been trying his best to make up for it, such as recruiting adventurers, it is still far from enough.

Adventurers are a group of people who are free by nature and love adventure. Even though they have a high degree of favorability towards Rand, it does not mean that they will choose to join Rand's army and fight on the battlefield.

In comparison, nobles with a long heritage have great advantages in this regard.

"Well, of course not." Rand replied, "I plan to force them to be 'converted' by me, and have Taner and Fenris send over the bandits who are difficult to handle and discipline, and I will handle them all."

Rand planned to kill them all if he couldn't persuade them. The most important thing for the hideout was stability, and if there was a shortage of people, there would be a shortage of people.

Everyone present didn't know what Rand was going to do and was very curious about this matter.

So far, Rand has not really failed in anything except developing new dishes. Although this is embarrassing, they still want to see Rand being humiliated.

The matter just passed like that. The only thing they forced Rand to agree to was that since the gangsters who needed to be reformed this time were all strong, Rand had to have at least two guards when he went out.

It depends on who is free, but there must be at least two.

Otherwise, if more than a dozen senior professionals plus more than twenty elite professionals riot, there will be only one senior leader in the hideout and they may not be able to provide adequate protection.

Rand's personal safety is the most important thing for everyone in the den.

"Anything else?" Rand felt that he could start dealing with these bandits as soon as he had time.

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"Yes." Ellie, in maid outfit, dragged out a package.

"The Geological Society of the White Country will send you a soil test package." Ellie explained.

The White Country actually has such advanced things as the Geological Society.

Rand complained in his heart, and then found that there was a letter on the package.

However, the next thing is for Rand to deal with himself, as the top leaders of the hideout are also busy with other things.

And they obviously wouldn't work in maid outfits.

"I have something else that I need your help with." Rand rubbed his hands.

Won a chorus of cold stares.

The "maids" present were naturally very familiar with Rand's habits.

Ellie placed her right hand on her waist, lifted the hem of her skirt, and performed an elegant gesture that Rand could not understand: "Then, Master, I will take my leave first."

Lysa also took a few steps forward and looked at Rand with her golden eyes: "Master... Master."

Then he also disappeared into the lord's hall.

Elsa said with a straight face: "I shouted."

Then he was about to leave, and as he left he reminded her: "If you are going to start the persuasion, be sure to call more people."

After that, Elsa also faded and hid in the shadows.

Finally, Rand accompanied Olenna back to the bedroom to change out of the maid's outfit.

With that, the maid costume gathering came to an end.

However, Rand still won a major victory, because now the top executives of the hideout have a maid outfit, they should not throw it away? Then it's time to go back to work.

There was also a letter attached to the White King's package, which began with a threat to Rand not to harm Ellie.

Now the White King is completely sure that there is something going on between Rand and Ellie. If she hadn't been too busy and felt that Rand was a decent person, she wouldn't have rushed to Crescent Territory immediately to threaten Rand in person.

Rand guiltily skipped the initial threat and got down to business.

Every time the White King wrote to Rand, he would discuss some political and military issues with him, and Rand benefited a lot from it.

Whenever Rand thought of something or had some insights, he would talk about his understanding.

For example, "taxes are collected according to the quality of the land and the level of production, and people are arranged to cut wood and fish at the right time." In short, taxes are collected according to the quality of the land and the level of production, and the time is also taken into account when arranging for logging and fishing.

These things are clear if you think about them, but I don't know whether the nobles of the White Kingdom are willing to carry them out. The White King has the right to recruit domestic nobles and let them fight for him, but there is no legal basis for him to interfere in the management of the nobles' private territories.

Rand actually knows a lot of advanced concepts, but not many of them are suitable for the current White Kingdom, so he can only talk about his own understanding.

The political structure of most countries has long been solidified, and even if they want to reform it, it is difficult to achieve.

This is different from the central unified country in Rand's previous life. The country in this era is a joint-stock company, and the territory is privately owned by the lord. There is actually not much the king can do.

Then Rand recalled some major events that followed, and asked the White King to stock up more weapons, food, and firewood for heating to deal with the situation in the future.

The next step is to see if there is suitable soil to burn the inner shell of the blast furnace.

However, the White King sent not only soil, but also some minerals. I guess this is the enthusiasm of the Geological Association.

(End of this chapter)