I have millions of wage earners

Lord Brave, it was not just the battle that shocked the villagers.

After experiencing the hard battle, the players quickly got to work and began cutting down trees to build a lumber mill.

It was the first time for many new villagers to work with the braves. The infinite physical work methods of the braves put these new villagers to shame.

"Aren't the brave men too strong? I feel that the work efficiency of the five of us may not be as good as the brave men!"

"As the brave men often say, is this the world of the strong?"

"If I were as strong as Lord Brave, my salary would probably double! No! Triple it!"

"That's great. With the help of such powerful braves, our lumber mill will be established smoothly!"

"I am really lucky to be able to come to Tudou Village."

"Okay! Let's work harder! Even if we are delayed, we can't delay it too much! We must be worthy of the wages the lord gives us!"

Under the command of the engineer and the director of the lumber mill, a dozen players who received the mission, plus 20 village workers, spent two days building the main body of the lumber mill.

Then he returned to Tudu Village with a full load of timber, providing the first batch of timber from the lumber mill to Tudu Village, which was in urgent need of timber.

Bearding, who had returned with the mule train, gave Flynn further debriefings.

"The quality of the wood in that valley is indeed very good, and there is a very old poplar tree in it. The wood made from this ancient poplar tree is inherently insect-proof and is suitable for making wardrobes and cabinets."

"It's a pity that it's just a small valley after all, so the total number of trees is limited. It's enough to satisfy the existing Potato Village. But if Lord Flynn wants to expand the Potato Village several times, a new logging factory will have to be opened by then. .”

"Yes." Flynn nodded, "It will be good if it can meet the existing needs. Let's do it step by step."

In addition to lumber output, Flynn's biggest concern was the safety of the lumber mills.

Flynn asked Bearding, "I saw you encountered a troll on the way to the lumber mill."

"The brave men performed very well and successfully killed the powerful troll."

"But it's also a warning to us that that area is not that safe."

"What do you think the level of defense facilities at the lumber mill is like?" Flynn asked.

Billdin thought for a moment and replied: "Under your special instructions, I designed a wooden fence for the lumber mill, which is stuck at the entrance of the valley. I also built an observation post on the left and right sides."

"These defense facilities will be built within the next few days."

"Given the current scale of the lumber mill, a wooden wall and two towers of defense facilities are already completely high-end."

"But Sir, you also know that the most important thing in defense is people, and the workers in the lumber mill are just ordinary villagers. If they encounter danger, the combat effectiveness of these lumberjacks is very limited."

"It's okay if there are players in the lumber mill. If there are no players and only the workers guard it, it is estimated that a dozen goblin bandits can easily break into the lumber mill."

What Bearding said is indeed a problem.

Flynn thought for a while and sighed: "It seems like it's just a waste of money."

What Flynn meant by burning money was using mithril powder to summon fighting NPCs in the system.

For example, Combat Instructor Al Ain and Guerrilla Instructor Robin Hood, these two elite instructor-level NPCs, both have good combat abilities and can even fight several rounds with bosses like Flynn.

But such a powerful combat NPC is also quite expensive. 50 grams of mithril powder per week is really scary.

It is naturally impossible for Flynn to hire a few NPCs with a weekly salary of 50 grams to guard the small logging factory.

Of course, there are also weaker combat NPCs, but even these weaker combat NPCs are still very expensive.

The cheapest ordinary soldier combat NPC, whose combat effectiveness is roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary regular soldier of the kingdom, requires 20 grams of mithril powder maintenance fee per week.

A slightly more refined one will require 25-30 grams.

Then there are those with captain-level strength, and even higher is the instructor-level with 50 grams per week.

It is said that after the small wooden door system is upgraded in the future, it will be possible to summon more powerful combat NPCs, but the summoning function of stronger NPCs has not yet been unlocked.

In a word, combat NPCs are not cheap!

Even a soldier NPC costs 20 grams, which is more expensive than a director like Falman who manages a logging factory!

From the perspective of farming and economic development, Flynn is unwilling to summon too many combat-type NPCs that cannot produce benefits.

Alain and Robin Hood, their existence can teach players combat skills, and can also charge for passing the graduation test, so their existence is necessary.

And if Flynn summons the soldier NPC, although the soldier NPC can stand guard and patrol, he cannot make money by standing guard and patrolling!

You must know that 20 grams of mithril powder a week is not cheap.

20 grams of mithril can be converted into gold coins, which is equivalent to 20 gold coins. And for a weekly expenditure of 20 gold coins, you can hire the King of Soldiers to work!

Flynn used these 20 grams of mithril to expand the online scale. Wouldn't it be better to recruit two more players?

Therefore, Flynn has not summoned combat-type NPCs until now.

As for building an army of NPCs?

Flynn had long asked about the possibility of the system establishing an NPC army, and finally concluded that it was almost impossible.

First of all, there is a limit to the number of intelligent NPCs that the small wooden door system can carry, and it is not possible to recruit as many as you want.

The smarter and more powerful the NPC is, the more system resources it takes up.

Summon tens of thousands of NPC soldiers?

Sorry, the small wooden door can't do it!

Besides, if 10,000 NPC soldiers are really summoned, the maintenance cost of hundreds of thousands of grams of mithril powder per week?

If Flynn had the money, wouldn't he just spend it to hire indigenous soldiers to fight, and then get kickbacks for the rest?

Finally, letting NPCs fight and kill is really cost-effective.

Flynn asked the system before that after NPCs die, they cannot be resurrected directly.

For example, Alaine, who earned 50 grams per week, was killed. If Flynn wanted to resurrect her, he would need 100 grams of mithril.

Of course, Flynn can hire other combat instructors, but the number of NPCs of the same type is limited. If Alain, Bilain, and Sucking Lain are all dead, then Flynn will have to use mithril to resurrect the Alain NPC.

The same goes for intelligent soldier NPCs, which are limited in number. If a few battles result in heavy casualties, there will be no new soldier NPCs. Flynn's money for resurrecting old fallen soldiers and NPCs is probably enough to stun the king of Iron Hill Kingdom!

Combat-type NPCs summoned with mithril are no better than real people in combat effectiveness, are extremely expensive, and cannot be resurrected infinitely after death.

Therefore, Flynn would rather leave all combat tasks to the players.

There are infinitely resurrected tool players. Is Flynn spending money to build an NPC army because he is mentally ill?

But combat-type NPC soldiers are definitely not useless.