Chapter 532 The Current Status of the Star Mercenary Group (2)
This small hill is indeed a bit far from the inner city, but it is also a good place in the west outer city. The key is that there is a spring at the foot and halfway up the hill, which have been widened to form two wells, making it very convenient to get water. It is much more convenient than other places where you can only get water from the streams flowing out of the mountains or dig deep wells by yourself.
Most of the people living in the half of the western outer city close to the mountains are poor households or people with some wealth but not much. If the outer city is the slums of the main city of Tianjing, then this half of the area close to the mountains is the slums in the outer city.
The small hill is undoubtedly the villa area in this area. Anyone who can occupy a place on the hill is naturally much stronger.
Feng Wuya and others chose this place because it naturally suits the needs of the mercenary group, is large enough, and is relatively convenient for deployment.
Compared to other mercenary groups, the Star Mercenary Group has more resources and higher requirements for security and privacy. They do not need to build a base from scratch, and they also have to leave enough room for development. There is no more suitable place around.
Another thing is that the people who originally lived on this hill were all lone rangers with decent strength, and naturally they could not compete with the Star Mercenary Group.
Feng Wuya adopted the approach of using courtesy first and force later. He first sent people to negotiate with them one by one. One party gave up the land and the other party made compensation. The price offered was generally 1.5 times the price in Xiwai City.
Some people saw that the Star Mercenary Group was very sincere, and knowing that they could not compete with them in terms of strength, they readily accepted the mercenary group's exchange of interests.
For this group of people, the mercenary group thoughtfully provided a variety of compensation methods, which can be regarded as a good relationship. Some are compensated in money, and some are provided with training resources.
Those people were simply overjoyed by this, and most of them chose a transaction method that mixed money and cultivation resources, and both parties were very happy.
Some people saw that the Star Mercenary Group had a very gentle attitude and thought that they were a soft persimmon that could be easily squeezed, so they made huge demands. Some even made unreasonable demands after the mercenaries rejected their unreasonable demands. The mercenaries did not tolerate them and fought with them directly according to the rules of the outer city, beating them black and blue and then throwing them off the mountain.
The mercenary group did not leave any excuses. When they threw them down the mountain, they also gave them a bag of gold coins. However, the amount was only equivalent to the average market price of the West Outer City. These people ended up losing more than they gained.
Through these battles, the Star Mercenary Group was able to demonstrate its strength to the outside world and also deterred some people with ulterior motives.
At this point, the Star Mercenary Group completely occupied the hill, began construction of the base in full swing, and began to accept missions and external contacts.
There are very few forces as powerful as the Star Mercenary Group stationed in this area near the mountains, and even if there are, they will leave soon.
With the Star Mercenaries stationed here, the safety level of the surrounding area has increased a bit, so except for those who were beaten up by the mercenaries, the surrounding residents welcomed the arrival of the Star Mercenaries and came to give gifts just to make themselves familiar to them.
Feng Wuya felt that building good neighborly relations would be beneficial to the development of the mercenary group, so he generously accepted everyone's gifts and reciprocated by bringing some specialties brought from Qingyan City as a return gift, which was considered as officially integrating into the group.
After seeing the Star Mercenary Group's style of doing things, several people who had previously exchanged interests with the mercenary group came to ask if they could join the mercenary group. After Feng Wuya sent someone to inquire about their past style of doing things, he felt that their character and strength were acceptable, so he agreed to let them join, but they could only be trainee members for the time being.
In fact, the main reason why Feng Wuya could so easily agree to their joining, in addition to their good character and strength, was that the joining of these locals who were familiar with the local rules would be more conducive to the mercenary group's foothold here.
After that, the development of the mercenary group got on the right track and gradually gained a certain reputation.
Eight high-level summoners and more than thirty elite mid-level summoners are a force to be reckoned with wherever they are, and will naturally attract covetousness.
After the Star Mercenary Group began to gain fame, people began to come and recruit them.
In view of the size of the Star Mercenary Group, they dare not recruit small and medium-sized forces, otherwise there is a high possibility that they will become the hosts. All those who come to recruit them are big forces in the main city of Tianjing.
For big forces, one or two high-level summoners are not worth the effort. To recruit them, they have to bring an entire mercenary group under their control.
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PS: Today is another busy day. I just got off the high-speed train. I managed to type this little bit on the train. I’ll post it first and finish it tomorrow. Good night.