Negotiations

You arrived the house of Lady Wen wearing your formal robes.

Lady Wen Ning is a middle-aged, attractive woman. She keeps her long hair up, held together by two hairpins. She is of average height, but with a very feminine body. Her clothes emphasize her large chest and slim figure, while not making it look indecent.

“Welcome, Lady Wen!” You greet her with a salute. “I, Gao Xi, have been looking for you!”

She returns your salute while raising her eyebrow.

“Welcome, miss Gao. What might I help you with?” she asked as she sat down, showing you your place to sit. You nod gratefully as you take your place.

“I answered the call of the Emperor. I raised my own banner and gathered a group of soldiers to join the volunteer corps and help in putting down the rebellion. I would hope to employ your talent to this noble cause.”

So you started your negotiations...

{[Gao Xi] INT 20 + D10 = 27 vs INT 22 + D10 = 32 [Lady Wen]}

{+5 for Lady Wen}

{INT +5 exp}

Sometime later, you were kneeling naked between Lady Wen's legs and eagerly licking her pussy.

“...as such I don't think, hmm, that I can help in your cause... hmm, yes... right there.”

You came here with intention of recruiting Lady Wen, but the intelligence of this noble Lady quickly proved you wrong. It would be much better to have her as an ally here in the capital. As such you were now doing your best to please your host and gain her favor... you even agreed to give her some gold, to help her with her situation.

You were quite eager to bring her pleasure as she tasted quite... nice. She seemed to like your body, so you dropped your clothes, to allow her the full view of it.

Your musings were cut short when you felt her body stiff and her fluids run into your mouth. You quickly drank her love juices, so her clothes wouldn't get dirty.

As she rides the waves of her pleasure, you start putting on your clothes. You didn't have a climax, but it wasn't your target... still, you are quite turned on.

Finally, she sighed with delight and looked at you.

“Thank you, Xi... might I call you Xi?”

“Of course Lady Wen.” You smile as you finish putting on your clothes – one step closer to gaining the favor of this noble Lady.

“...about the help you promised me some help...

{(GOV 36 + D10)*10 = 400 [Lady Wen]}

… how about 400 gold coins?”

400 gold coins! That was eighty percent of your gold! You would be left with almost nothing to arm your soldiers!

To your surprise, Lady Wen stud right before you and – your eyes widened as her lips crashed into yours. You melted as her tongue freely roamed inside your mouth. A low groan escaped your throat as her hand started groping your ass... then you felt her hand slide under your robe and start groping your breast.

Finally, she detached her mouth from yours.

“...well?” Her voice promised so much...

“O-of course, Lady Wen. I will-l have the gold delivered to you today.” It was hard to give any other answer, with your nipple between her skilled fingers.

Such was a way of capital and the price to gain a favor of a noble Lady.

{Congratulations! You got sex for the first time in this body! + 100 VP}

{? +25VP}

You curse as you walk around the Market. With you funding Lady Wen (the noble Lady was really good with finances if she managed to convince you to donate so much gold to her... then again, she was also very convincing), you were left with almost nothing to buy weapons for your troops. The prices on the market were... not for your budget.

Light Helmet – 10 GC

Tourso light armor – 40 GC

Sword – 10 GC

Ji – 20 GC

Spear – 5 GC

Light bow – 10 GC

Crossbow – 25 GC

Ten Arrows/Bolts - 1 GC

You certainly couldn't afford to buy any armor... nor arm all of your troops with swords or even spears. Thankfully, some of your soldiers came armed with swords, pitchforks, spears... but that left 20 soldiers without weapons.

Since you didn't join Master Zhang Ju's troop, you couldn't ask him for help - and you already made your intention of joining the volunteer corps clear to him. Changing your stance now could bring more harm than good. The volunteer corps didn't give any weapons - you were expected to bring your own.

You decided to

[A1]buy spears with your remaining gold for unarmed soldiers.

[A2]postpone buying weapons for now. {moonblack's suggestion}

[A3]attempt to steal some weapons from shops come night time {adam17017's suggestion}

[A*]write in.

You asked around, looking for anything of interest,

{(INT 20 + D10) = 25[Gao Xi] vs rumour = 25 → sucess}

{INT +20 exp}

and managed to hear about a group of bandits who pillaged villages near the capital... from what you heard, they were not Yellow Turbans, merely a common bandits.

The longer you waited the more restless your soldier would become, and the lower they morale would be.

[B1]It's time to join volunteer army and move to fight Yellow Turbans.

[B2]Learn more about the bandits and see if it will be possible to defeat them with the forces you have. {moonblack's suggetsion}

[B3]Look into the bandits and see if you can recruit them to your cause {adam17017's suggestion}

[B*]write in.

[X*] additional decisions.

AN

So yup, Lady Wen' throw was 10... which was unexpected. I thought she was going to join, maybe even become an eager follower.

{? +25VP}

means

{You've been duped! And you don't even know about it! - +25VP}