Let me tell you, this task is really difficult.
Huling is the longest mountain branch in Nanyan Kingdom, spanning the four counties of Xiyue, Anshan, Fujiang, and Danzhou, and intersecting with the Wanyao Mountains.
Then go all the way north and connect to the Pilgrimage Mountain in the far west of Dongzhou.
Just traveling all the way from Liyang to the west of Huling near the border of Nanyan would take several days, day and night.
Moreover, Lingxi Jiuxiao has been able to operate in the local green forest for so many years, and even the Xiyue County Sheriff led troops to encircle and suppress him many times without success.
Although they occupy the natural and dangerous location of Huling, the bandit power under them is bound to be strong.
To say one hundred thousand heroes is definitely an exaggeration, but it is estimated that there are more than ten thousand subordinates.
For bandits, more than 10,000 people are extremely impressive.
They are familiar with the terrain of the mountains and can come and go freely. They can even surround the officers and soldiers who enter the mountains, making it difficult to eliminate them.
According to information, Xiyue County lost hundreds of soldiers in the previous sieges and suffered heavy casualties.
If this mission is to have someone go into the mountain and kill all the Nine Owls, it must be a Class A mission. Jiang Ye can't take it even if he wants to, and he doesn't have the strength to take it.
But the task requirement is to recover official silver, so that's different.
The official silver was 200,000 taels. After Jiu Xiao snatched it, it was impossible for him to hold the silver and stare at it every day.
If you have money, you must spend it.
Furthermore, this amount of silver is bulky and extremely inconvenient to store in a cottage.
If they were to be suppressed by government soldiers again, they would definitely become a burden.
Therefore, Jiu Xiao will definitely replace a large part of it with materials, gold treasures, etc.
That is to say, selling stolen goods!
To sell the stolen goods, you must enter the towns in the county. Although Lingxi Jiuxiao has been operating in the local area for many years and has intricate relationships, it is impossible for no information to be leaked.
According to the intelligence sent back by the spies, Jiu Xiao will personally dispatch several Xiao Xiao to lead the brothers with excellent skills in the village to enter the city to sell off the stolen goods.
The place they chose was a remote county seat in Xiyue County called [Zi County].
This area has been controlled by a very influential barbarian chieftain in Xiyue County for generations. Although the county magistrate is directly appointed by the court, his power is limited.
In addition, although Zi County is not prosperous, it is rich in a kind of jade called [Purple Jade].
This jade is dark purple all over, with a mysterious and noble appearance. It is very popular among nobles and officials in Nanyan. It is a hard currency among treasures.
Therefore, Zi County has become an excellent place to sell stolen goods in Lingxi Jiuxiao's mind.
Now that the imperial court was furious because of the robbery of the official silver, His Majesty personally ordered the [Blood Dragon Guards] to join forces with the Xiyue County Government to recover the official silver within a month.
However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, no troops were allowed to be mobilized. Obviously, the army could not be dispatched, and the only choice was to gather experts and sneak into West Vietnam.
At the same time, considering that the news that Jiu Xiao was going to Zi County might be a smoke bomb, in addition to Zi County, the other counties had to send additional manpower to keep an eye on him.
As the first secret guard organization in Nanyan, the [Blood Dragon Guard] cannot mobilize all its members, so it has to recruit experts from all over the world to replenish its personnel.
Because this mission was issued by the imperial court, it gave a lot of merit points and also had stepped rewards.
If you can complete the basic goal, you will be awarded 1,000 points of merit.
If you can still achieve merit above this, continue to accumulate merit according to the size of your merit.
This is in line with Jiang Ye's requirements.
As long as it can be completed, a minimum of 1,000 merit points will be guaranteed, which just meets Xie Jun's requirements.
You can also strive for more.
If he could get more meritorious deeds, Jiang Ye would naturally strive for them.
He knows very well that the completion of tasks will greatly affect the NPC's attitude and decision-making.
It's like some kind of hidden task evaluation mechanism.
Similarly, completing tasks can also be divided into "passing", "good", "excellent", "perfect" and so on.
If he can get far more than a thousand merit points, he will probably face less resistance when it comes to establishing a gang.
Other B-level tasks either rewarded non-meritorious merit, or even though the rewarded merit points were higher than 1,000 points, the upper limit that could be achieved was too low.
so.
"That's it!"
Jiang Ye took off his mission card and took it to the Yamen to register.
The registration official was a young man. He was a little surprised when he saw this task, but he didn't ask any more questions.
Just ask him to put his fingerprints on it.
System prompts sound simultaneously.
"Ding! You have received the Nan Yan Meritorious Monument mission [Recover Official Silver]!"
[Task Level]: B
[Mission Objective]: Report to the Blood Dragon Camp, and then set off for Zi County, Xiyue County.
If more than half of the official bank amount is recovered within ten days after arriving at the location, and the participation rate is no less than 15%, it will be deemed completed.
If it exceeds ten days or any conditions are not met, it will be deemed a failure.
[Task Reward]: 1,000 merit points, 300 taels of silver
[Extra mission]: Kill the Lingxi bandits, +100 merit points/person;
Kill Nine Owls, +1000 merit points/person;
Extra recovery of official silver, +1 point of merit/twelve taels
Jiang Ye nodded. It turned out that this meritorious figure still had participation requirements.
That's right, there is no one person participating, and there will be no opportunity for players to take advantage of the loopholes.
His main concern was this additional task.
The reward is still quite generous. Killing a bandit will get you merit points; killing the bandit leader will get you a thousand merit points per head.
Extra silver taels are recovered, and a point of merit is given for every ten taels.
If a person can recover an additional ten thousand taels, it will be a thousand points of merit.
This is to encourage those who take on tasks to take the initiative.
However, Jiang Ye was not prepared to rush forward. When he got there, he would first understand the strength of Lingxi Jiuxiao. The first goal was to meet the minimum guarantee mission conditions first.
After accepting the mission, I will report to the Blood Dragon Camp within the same day and set off in the evening. It is extremely urgent.
Jiang Ye didn't waste any time and went home as soon as possible.
Shui Sheng and the cook who had just been hired saw him coming back and said hello to him.
Jiang Ye nodded, there was no time to try the cook's skills now.
The cook used to run a restaurant on another street, and the neighbors called her Su Niang.
I heard that the business was very good at one time, but the gangs there collected too much money and were harassed by thugs from time to time, so the store could no longer open.
Judging from his face, he has a gentle and kind appearance. He is in his thirties, still charming and slim.
He took out the fifty taels that Xie Jun gave him before and asked Shuisheng to quickly buy a few bottles of good wine and a few kilograms of cut beef.
After getting it back, Su Niang knew that Jiang Ye was going to take her on a long trip.
She quickly packed the bag with thick cloth and added good cotton, so that the temperature could be maintained for a while in the southern winter, which was not too cold.
"correct."
Before Jiang Ye went out carrying the cloth bag, he told Shui Sheng one more sentence.
"Go to Lieutenant Xie's mansion and ask the concierge to tell you that I have accepted a mission from the imperial court and will go to Xiyue County. I will not return until some time later."
Shui Sheng wrote it down and responded: "Good sir."
Tell Xie Jun to let him know that he is serious about this matter, and also to give the other party something to look forward to.
After getting it done, Jiang Ye went to the Blood Dragon Camp.
The Blood Dragon Camp is located within the Imperial City, in a large and stern mansion on Suzaku Street.
"He who comes is stopped!"
Outside the mansion, two solemn sentries stopped him and asked.
