In the tent, Kant officially issued new orders to these 10 old subordinates who had come to seek refuge.
Or rather, Kant chose to accept them. He even gave 1,000 great silver coins to these guys. He asked them to use them as the funds for the activities in the Resniston River to help Kant infiltrate.
Of course, Kant did not tell them about Borg.
One must be wary of others.
He did not know if this group of people who had fallen as water bandits could still choose to be loyal, or they were the double agents, whether their intention for coming here was to investigate the Oasis Lookout.
But Kant did not care.
1,000 great silver coins collided with a crisp sound in the bag.
Although this amount of money was nothing to Kant, who controlled the salt mines, but to the 10 people who had now fallen as water bandits, their eyes were blank. No matter what thoughts they had in their hearts, they were immediately washed away by this huge amount of money, their hearts were beating extremely fast, filled with the desire and greed for wealth.
Kant’s lips curled up slightly as he looked at the ten of them who could no longer control themselves, he said faintly, “I don’t care what method you use, just develop yourself in the Resniston River. Every half a year, come to the Oasis Lookout and I will give you 1,000 great silver coins as the campaign funds.”
“Yes… Yes! Lord Kant!” the ten guys immediately reacted.
Without any hesitation, they immediately knelt on the ground and humbly bowed to Kant. This was the most respectful etiquette in the world, a form of respect that was expressed by humiliating themselves.
At the same time, it represented an incomparable submission.
“Yes.” Kant sat in his seat calmly and accepted their submission.
Beside him were the Lion Knights and mages. They watched everything calmly. However, they were not ashamed of giving up their loyalty so easily to these ten guys.
“Get up.”
Kant did not care.
He stretched out his hand and looked at the ten guys. “Oasis Lookout is my estate. You do not have the right to enter yet. If you develop well in the Resniston River, I will give you a sum of money.” He paused, his voice was low, “If I sit on any throne, you will become my close noble.”
“We will do our best to die for you!” the ten of them immediately kowtowed.
They understood what Kant meant.
That was correct.
They became water bandits in Resniston River without any honor left. Their former noble status was more like a thorn in their chest. They suffered day and night, unable to forget their former honor.
To be able to become a noble, who would be willing to become a water bandit, surrounded by bandits, scumbags and low-class people?
Not to mention having money.
A total of 1,000 shiny great silver coins!
This was a huge sum of money that they might not have earned for ten years when they were water bandits. If they encountered a patrol team or something unexpected happened, they would run out of money and live a difficult life, and they wouldn’t even be able to afford black bread!
Water bandits were not a good profession. Even if they had the power of the Silver Platter Kingdom behind them, they were still low-class people.
They could not even compare to the status of mercenaries!
Looking at their shocked expressions, Kant’s smile carried a hint of mockery.
He did not care what the purpose of this group of people was, but since they came here and took his great silver coins, it would be the same as saying that he had successfully set up a group of new spies in the Resniston River.
No one could give these water bandits 1,000 great silver coins directly, but Kant could!
He did not have any feelings for these silver coins.
If it was a golden eagle, he would definitely not give it out. As the silver coins that could not be exchanged for denar, Kant really didn’t mind at all.
If he gave it to these guys, he would let them know how much benefits they would get if they followed him. That would be a safe way to bind a contract with them. In front of the shiny white silver coins, these group of people wouldn’t resist the temptation of great benefits, they would give up their pride and followed Kant’s order!
Since they had already taken Kant’s money, it did not matter even if there was still a force behind them. Kant would not care because the key point was that no one else could directly give them 1,000 great silver coins as funds.
Kant would still give it to them once every six months.
One had to know.
Even the most prosperous Lion Heart City in the Dukedom of Leo would only earn over 20,000 great silver coins a year in tax revenue!
As for the merchants on the Resniston River, they probably only earned 1,000 great silver coins despite they traded throughout the year. And this was after all the hard work, plus all kinds of gross profits!
Great silver coins were really very valuable.
Kant didn’t talk much with these guys.
What he needed was a verbal agreement to let these 10 former subordinates of his mother, as well as the forces behind them, return to his control and hide in the Resniston River.
“The river passage of the ancient passage will be used in the future.” Kant thought for a while.
He quickly thought about it and had a little plan for the arrangements in the East County. “Since I have the water bandits now, it will be more convenient.”
Kant would occupy the river mouth passage of Resniston River first, and he would build the village as well.
He would also establish the lair of the water bandits.
Before they were able to effectively control the area, these local water bandits in the Resniston River would be useful. At least they wouldn’t harass them. Even if there were other water bandits coming to harass them, they would have someone to inform Kant beforehand, when dealing with the problem of the opposing water bandits, they would be able to handle it better.
As for what would happen to the water bandits who were once part of Princess Sofia’s old troop, that had nothing to do with Kant. In fact, these people were just mercenaries who were working for him with his great silver coins.
Perhaps in the future, he would need fame and would not mind giving away some unimportant land so that they could continue to be a small noble.
An emperor used thousands of gold to buy horse bones, then his subordinates would offer the real horses.
As long as these natives were hired, more natives would be served under Kant.
Of course, the true upper echelons would always be those who came from the world of “Mount & Blade” MODs.
Just like a colony, layer by layer, the top and important management would always be from the same side, while those unimportant positions or the middle and lower management would be given to those natives who were loyal to them.
There was no need to subdivide this. Even in the Continent of Caradia, they had already made good use of this matter.
The Kingdom of Nords, which was good at land warfare and trade, did things in this way.
After all, they could be considered as intruders, outsiders from the Continent of Caradia. Their true homeland was still in the continent of Nords in the north. That was their homeland. The continent of Caradia could indeed be considered as a colony occupied by the Nords.
These was not what Kant concerned about at the moment.
“Let’s stop here.”
Coming back to his senses, Kant waved his hand and said, “Bunduk, you can settle the details with them.”
“Understood.” Bunduk nodded.
As one of the few generals in Kant, there was no need to doubt Bunduk’s ability. After listening for a period of time, he could understand how the follow-up arrangements would be carried out.
In fact, there weren’t too many complicated arrangements at the moment.
They just needed to lie low and develop a network for Kant that was different from Borg’s.
They needed to do another infiltration line.
“We will do our best to solve any problems for you!”
At the same time, the ten people in front of them who were kneeling on the ground and looking at Kant with eager eyes also reacted and quickly kowtowed again, they thanked him excitedly, “The glory of Princess Sofia is blossoming on you, Lord Kant. Your kindness and talent have won us over.”
Bunduk’s eyes flashed red as he looked at the 10 guys. He stood up calmly and said to them, “Come with me. Lord Kant needs to rest.”
“Yes, yes.” the ten of them bowed and left the tent with Bunduk.
The tent fell silent.
Kant sat on his seat and rubbed his temples. “How interesting.”
“A bunch of little rats with ulterior motives.”
The mage beside him said, “They are lucky that we let them go just like that.” He paused and looked at Kant, he said seriously, “My lord, when you were communicating with them, these guys were terrified. Obviously, they lied about something. We can sense it.”
“I know.” Kant nodded calmly and snorted. “It’s okay.”
He did not rely on these guys to do anything important for him.
Although he gave them 1,000 great silver coins directly, it was simply to buy their loyalty. He wanted to let these guys know that the benefits of following him would not be small. He wanted to use the great silver coins to exchange for their ability and loyalty.
If he wanted outsiders to becompletely loyal to him, he would have to take out even more great silver coins.
Kant did not believe that no one else would give even more great silver coins on to this group of low-level water bandits. The gains did not make up for the losses.
Only a lord who controlled salt mines and did not have much need for great silver coins could casually throw out 1,000 great silver coins like this with the entire world of “Mount & Blade” as his backing.
If the nobles of the Dukedom of Leo or the Silver Platter Kingdom wanted to spend more money to bribe these water bandits?
That would be a joke!
These coins were enough to arm a well-equipped and well-trained 50-man infantry squad!
Very soon, Bunduk returned.
He entered the tent and reported to Kant, “Lord, we had reached an agreement.”
“Mm.” Kant gestured for him to continue.
“They’ll hide for the time being and use the funds to develop our forces. After we enter Resniston River, we’ll take over everything.” Bunduk reported, “Of course, I promised them that in the future, they would personally lead this force and receive the recognition they deserve, such as restoring their knighthood or even obtaining a higher rank.”
“They believed it?” Kant’s lips curled up slightly.
“They had no choice but to believe it.”
Bunduk shrugged. “I also told them to pay attention to the Silver Platter Kingdom. After all, that old king is about to pass away. As a member of the royal family, you, Lord Kant, do indeed have the right to inherit the throne.” Bunduk paused for a moment and suggested, “Lord Kant, perhaps you really should try and fight for it.”
“We’ll discuss it again.” Kant shook his head. His expression was calm, without the slightest ripple. “Right now, we have to deal with the undead in the depths of the Nahrin Desert first. After we finish dealing with those evil races, then we can talk.”
“Yes.” Bunduk nodded.
“That’s it.” Kant waved his hand and said, “Let them leave at dawn. At the same time, write a note to them. In the future, we can directly contact Firentis at the Stone Pass.”
The Stone Pass was already his territory. With Firentis personally overseeing it, he could solve these small problems.
