Ethan had come to a realization.
Although these residents had lost their previous memories, they still retained basic human knowledge and personality. They could still think and make their own judgments.
So, Ethan continued to follow the principle that if you treat your subordinates well, they will treat you well in return.
He smiled slightly and looked at Attendant Lady, "Attendant Lady, you worked hard all night. What kind of reward would you like? Whether it's food, daily necessities, or even some special items, I can satisfy you."
"Thank you, Lord, I… I don't need anything," Miss Attendant Lady shook her head with a blush, "Actually, just receiving your praise is already enough for me!"
["Wife, are you stupid? How can you not want anything!"], The scarecrow's eyes widened in disbelief as it looked at Miss Attendant Lady, full of frustration, ["Do you know how hard it is to get a chance like this from this super profiteer, where you can name your price freely? And this is what you deserve! Hurry up and ask for something, don't let this profiteer get off easy!"]
['See?'], Ethan deliberately removed the block again and spoke to the scarecrow telepathically, ['It's not that I don't want to reward Miss Attendant Lady, she's the one who doesn't want anything. You can't pin this on me, right?']
["Get lost. If you really meant it, you should take the initiative to give something!"]
The scarecrow grumbled.
Although Ethan didn't want to deal with it, he had to admit it had a point. So he still asked Attendant Lady, "You can't refuse. Rewards for merit, punishment for faults. This will be the number one rule in our territory from now on. So make a request. What do you want?"
"Y-yes, Lord," Attendant Lady hesitated as she looked at Ethan, "Lord, can I… ask for anything?"
"Can—"
Ethan had just been about to say yes.
But when he felt Miss Attendant Lady's burning gaze, he quickly changed his words, "But that won't do! You can only request something related to yourself. Anything involving other people or their belongings requires their consent."
"I see…", Miss Attendant Lady's eyes dimmed a little, "Then I want the Lord to spend a day with me. Lord, would you… be willing?" [T/N: Lmao! I smell something burning.]
["What?"]
The scarecrow was instantly dumbfounded, ["What does that mean? Wife, why would this be the reward you want? Wouldn't it be better to ask for food or drink? Or even a high-level weapon! Why would you ask the Lord to… to spend a night with you? What is this?"]
["Ethan, did you use some kind of charm on my wife? Why would she want you to accompany her?"]
["What's so good about you? Can you compare to even a single hair of my love for her?"]
["I'm warning you!"]
["Don't you dare get any ideas about my wife, blah blah blah..."]
Ethan directly ignored the scarecrow and looked at Attendant Lady with a serious expression, "I can't."
"W-why?"
Attendant Lady looked unwilling. She raised her head, looking both sad and a little aggrieved.
Seeing that, the scarecrow's heart melted, ["Ethan, didn't you see Miss Attendant Lady's expression? How can you bear to hurt her! Just agree to it. It's only one day. If not, just let her stay by your side! How can you bring yourself to refuse!"]
['A simp who keeps simping ends up with nothing!']
Ethan shot the shameless scarecrow a look of disdain before continuing to speak to Miss Attendant Lady, "Attendant Lady, I'm really sorry. I can't agree to this request."
"Because I am the lord of this entire territory, which means I have to be responsible for all the residents. So I absolutely cannot accompany any one person alone, because that would be disrespectful to the others."
"Besides, I also have to take responsibility for everyone's future lives. So please forgive me, I can't accompany you."
"How about this?"
"Since you can't decide what you want, these are some high-grade fruits I've obtained. Pick any one you like, and let it be your reward for last night."
With a wave of his hand, a fruit platter immediately appeared in front of Ethan.
Inside the large platter were not only cube-shaped watermelons, ruby grapes, purple durians, but also pyramid apples and giant rice bananas.
After hearing Ethan's refusal, Miss Attendant Lady finally held back tears as she picked a giant rice banana from the platter. She peeled it on the spot and took a fierce bite.
At once… all the men present sucked in a sharp breath.
It just goes to show, you can offend a petty man, but never offend a woman.
After dismissing Attendant Lady.
Ethan unexpectedly discovered that because he had insisted on rewarding Miss Attendant Lady, the newly arrived residents had all gained a wave of loyalty.
Although the increase wasn't large, each person had gained five or ten points of loyalty.
Sure enough, the method of giving rewards was very effective.
Next… Ethan took out thirteen troop upgrade vouchers. These new vouchers had naturally been bought cheaply from Mr. White.
Since he had already figured out Mr. White's bottom price, Mr. White had no choice but to stop overcharging him.
He could only sell everything at the original price.
One voucher… One spirit stone.
That's right.
The original cost of these troop upgrade vouchers was actually just one spirit stone to duplicate.
So naturally, the base price was also one spirit stone.
However, to secure this deal with Mr. White, Ethan had also given him a benefit.
That was that Mr. White could also buy duplicated skill books from him at the price of one spirit stone, such as [Skill Book · Slide (Pseudo)], [Great Fireball Technique (Pseudo)], [Useless Freezing Spell (Pseudo)].
And the two had even reached an agreement that once a commercial district was established, they would both sell duplicated skill books there.
The profits would be split fifty-fifty.
Ethan naturally agreed happily. When there's money to be made, everyone should get a share.
And he had no doubt that Mr. White definitely had a wider variety of skill books than him. When the time came, he could conveniently scoop some from him.
However… what Ethan didn't expect was… these few cheap troop upgrade vouchers had actually produced several special classes.
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[Resident: No. 46]
[Gender: Male]
[Strength: 20]
[Defense: 27]
[Agility: 3]
[Tier 2 Class: Giant]
[Traits: Extremely high defense and strength, but low agility. The agility weakness can be compensated with equipment.]
[Special Ability: Can instantly expand into a three-meter-tall giant. After transforming, gains powerful defensive capability and can serve as a frontline vanguard! (Transformation duration: 30 minutes)]
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[Resident: No. 49]
[Gender: Female]
[Strength: 15]
[Defense: 5]
[Agility: 25]
[Tier 2 Class: Birdman]
[Traits: A flying unit, highly suitable for scouting and reconnaissance! The only drawback is low defense, so it's best to equip plenty of defensive gear to avoid being shot down.]
[Special Ability: Can grow wings and gain the ability to fly. (Winged state duration: 30 minutes)]
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[Resident: No. 50]
[Gender: Male]
[Strength: 20]
[Defense: 5]
[Agility: 20]
[Tier 2 Class: Farmer]
[Traits: Highly talented in planting, with fast and efficient cultivation speed!]
[Special Ability: Has plant affinity. Crops personally planted gain a 20% increase in growth speed and a 20% increase in yield. (Not suitable for combat, belongs to logistics personnel!)]
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