Chapter 206: Cheating
“Fuck it!”
Gervis ignored Kevin's provocation, but Pat on the side couldn't stand it anymore and cursed under his breath. However, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was not convenient for Pat to stand up and fight with Kevin, so he cursed fiercely and did not take any other action!
After the archers were auctioned off, it was soon the turn of the 30 longswordmen. Although the longswordmen were not as eye-catching as the archers, the bidding prices continued to rise.
It quickly climbed from 150 gold coins at the beginning to 170 gold coins.
When the bidding reached 170 gold coins, the scene fell silent again. Just when everyone thought that these 30 longsword fighters would be auctioned off again, Kevin's voice was heard again!
"180 gold coins!"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
In an instant, the audience on the platform and outside the fence began to whisper, and their eyes were full of respect for Kevin. After all, the timing of Kevin's two moves was just right, which further highlighted his wealth and courage.
"181 gold coins!"
But his coolness did not last more than three seconds. Just when Kevin was feeling smug and thought that he had captured the longsword master again, a voice came from the side, instantly shattering his smug mood.
"185 gold coins!"
Kevin gritted his teeth, because the person who made the bid was Gervis. However, Kevin had been planning on these slave soldiers for a long time. Even if Gervis was disgusting, he could only bear it and continue to bid. After all, the highest bidder wins, which is only natural.
Unlike Kevin who was gritting his teeth, Gervis was drinking his drink and enjoying the cool breeze. He didn't even look at Kevin and seemed so calm. After hearing Kevin's bid, he made another bid without any haste.
"186 gold coins!"
"you……"
Kevin was furious when Gervis argued that he would only add one gold coin. He was about to curse, but he remembered that he was in front of everyone and could only hold back his anger and continued to shout, "190 gold coins!"
"congratulations!"
Gervis decided to quit while he was ahead. After all, he didn't really want to take pictures of these longsword fighters. If he continued to argue, Kevin would give up and he would be at a big loss!
"snort!"
After hearing Gervis's playful compliment, Kevin could only look at him fiercely. Caroline beside him also glanced at Gervis meaningfully, but Caroline's face did not show any joy or anger.
"Congratulations again to this young master..."
With such a high price, when the longsword fell into Kevin's hands, the host immediately shouted with joy, and his eyes lit up when he looked at Kevin and Gervis. After all, one was a big money sponsor, and the other one was very good at making money, which made them earn 10 more gold coins in an instant.
Pat was laughing uncontrollably when he saw this scene. If there weren't so many people and the venue wasn't allowing it, he would definitely do another spinning top!
"Next up is the Spearman! If you guys like him, please hurry up and bid!"
The longbowmen and longswordmen have all fallen into Kevin's hands, and there are only 50 spearmen in the field who have not yet won. The host did not delay and struck while the iron was hot, preparing to sell this spear phalanx for a good price.
However, longswordmen and longbowmen were popular among the minor nobles, because their fighting style was in line with the standards of the minor nobles. After comparing the two, the spearmen were obviously not as popular as they were at the beginning. After all, they were subject to many restrictions and their numbers were not large, just a square formation, neither too high nor too low. After waiting for a while, a noble finally spoke.
"I want 100 gold coins!"
Although 100 gold coins is more expensive, it is still quite cost-effective if no one bids. The noble shouted out when he saw that no one bid.
"105 gold coins!"
After the noble shouted, Kevin's voice was heard again in the field. After Kevin spoke, the noble who had just spoken knew that he had no chance, and he had already added 5 more gold coins, so he stopped bidding and leaned back in his chair silently.
"This young master is offering 105 gold coins. Are there any other masters who would like to bid?"
The host was overjoyed. When he heard Kevin's bid, he became happy and kept looking at Gervis.
Gervis did not disappoint the host. He smiled at the host and shouted calmly, "106 gold coins!"
Hearing Gervis' bid, the host was overjoyed. No words came out of his mouth, but his eyes were shining. He looked at Kevin again, waiting for Kevin's bid.
However, to the host's disappointment, Kevin was about to make a bid, but when he saw Gervis' eager look, he immediately suppressed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, picked up the drink and took a sip, and said nothing more.
"Congratulations to this young master for the opportunity to be given the names of 50 spearmen!"
The host was helpless and looked towards the podium. He found that no one was bidding anymore, so he could only announce that the 50 spearmen fell into Gervis' hands for 106 gold coins.
"Fuck!"
Of course, the curse was not from Gervis, but from Pat. As a good friend of Gervis, and Kevin, the pretty boy, was their common 'enemy', so Pat felt that Gervis was betrayed by Kevin, and was quite unhappy.
"Pat, do you have any money on you? Lend me 50 gold coins first, and I'll return it to you after the wine is sold in two days!"
Gervis didn't show any anger of being made fun of on his face. Instead, he smiled, approached Pat and whispered to him.
Of course Gervis wasn't angry. Instead, he was thankful that Kevin was so timid that he just raised the price once and then gave up.
Of course, the reason why Gervis came to the high platform was not just to escape the summer heat. In fact, he had no interest in these slave soldiers.
This was when the system's voice sounded in Gervis' mind just after he finished talking with Pat.
bite!
Autumn is coming and the southern expedition is imminent. As a lord, you should have enough troops to participate in the war!
Characters: Purchase any type of slave soldier from the Akte Merchant Group! (Purchase for the full number of people!)
Reward: 5 energy points!
When Gervis heard about this system task, he was overjoyed on the spot.
This system has not appeared for a while, and since Gervis knew that he could gain energy points by killing orc leaders, he no longer thought about the system issuing tasks. He didn't expect that after just a round of visits to this slave market, this damn system would issue a task.
And the reward was unprecedentedly rich, 5 energy points! Gervis thought it was as easy as picking up money, so he tricked Pat to come to the platform.
Although now it was only enough to buy these not very practical spearmen, Gervis didn't mind, because they were the cheapest!
Moreover, Gervais had originally planned to recruit guards again and train an infantry phalanx after returning to Stormwind from Winterfell. This was a plan that Gervais had long had.
In the past, what was the strongest infantry corps in the Western Middle Ages? If it was a head-on battle, it would of course be the Macedonian Phalanx, which was an improvement on the Greek heavy infantry phalanx.
The Macedonian phalanx with a strict formation can easily defeat an enemy that has a numerical advantage but a chaotic formation. Although Gervis is now in a different world, apart from the title of knight, the social structure of this world is similar to that of the Western Middle Ages in his previous life.
The Macedonian phalanx in the previous life also proved its brilliant record, so even though the number of people was small, Gervis felt that as long as they were properly coordinated, this spear phalanx could produce unexpected results in field battles.
When Gervis was bidding for the swordsman just now, it was purely to squeeze Kevin. He was worried that when he bid for the spearman later, Kevin, the vindictive nobleman, would definitely disgust him. So it was better for him to disgust him first, and then when bidding for the spearman, he could make Kevin lose his judgment and think that he was not interested in the spearman and was just trying to squeeze him.
The result was just as Gervis had expected. Kevin stopped bidding immediately. It was much smoother than Gervis had expected. Kevin only called out a price once and then stopped.
Gervis felt that this might be because spearmen were actually dispensable to Kevin. After all, Kevin was the son of an earl, and a great noble like an earl certainly had no shortage of spearmen. Spearmen were easier to train than longbowmen and longswordmen, as could be heard from the host's introduction just now.
…
Of course, Fatty Pat had money on him, and seeing Gervis smiling, he really didn't feel like he was being cheated, so he said nothing more and generously took out a purse and put it in Gervis's hand.
"100 gold coins, take it first, you can return it in a few days!"
(End of this chapter)
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