From the pure blood dragon clan, I started to become a human being

Chapter 85 Intelligence and Secret Techniques

Late at night, Titus went back to his room to rest accompanied by his housekeeper. Jiang Yuan sat in the study and learned about information from the books. The timeline at this moment was before the plot began.

Due to the influence of extraordinary factors, in the later period of the empire, a parallel system of central and local governments was adopted, with a total of 27 counties and cities. Each county and city governed ten to twelve cities and hundreds of villages. The total population was estimated to be around 5000 million.

Berkshire is the 18th county established. It is located in the Northland and is very close to the sea in the east. Due to the cold climate in the north, its fishing and farming are not outstanding, and even salt production is inferior to No. 20. Seven established blue sea counties.

The fiefdom of Earl Theus is located on the seaside. It owns a city and two important subordinate nobles, Viscount Bono and Viscount Abel, who are considered in-laws of the Theus family.

As for the Barony of Noel, it covers ten villages and is close to the sea. It is self-sufficient.

"Before the winter hunt begins, I need to accumulate wealth, manpower, and armaments. At the same time, the Eighth Fang must fill up a certain amount of combat power. There are many things to do."

……

The next morning, on the second floor of the castle.

The table is filled with food, still mainly meat, vegetable soup with nuts, the main dish is carefully baked white bread, and finally supplemented by dessert and honey jam.

The four of them were sitting at the table. Red Eyes had a strong desire to eat when he got up in the morning and kept eating. Black Eyes seemed quieter and glanced at his sister from time to time. Titus had a poor appetite and stopped eating after drinking the soup. Ended the meal.

"Did you not sleep last night?" Theus asked.

"It's normal." Jiang Yuan refused to have the valet wipe his mouth. He took the handkerchief and said, "The last time I went hunting, I met a hunter in the sea and forest. He mastered the family's salt-making method. I After buying it, it is expected that the output and scale will be greatly improved after it is put into use, and compared to the current salt, it will be more refined. The buying group is mainly for nobles and businessmen, so selling to the imperial capital is a good choice."

The steward carefully handed the paper to Theus. The count looked at it twice and asked, "Where is the person?"

"Kill him." Jiang Yuan replied calmly, "Send someone to give it a try first. If successful, you will lend me a thousand gold coins and the profit will be split [-]-[-]."

"Okay." Theus turned to the butler and said, "Let Knight Rodon go to the earl and lead an elite hundred people back. In addition, without my permission, Red Eyes and Black Eyes are not allowed to leave the outside of the castle this winter. The guards' The names and place of origin will be counted again, and we will check them once a week from now on, and stop recruiting new guards."

"Yes." The butler said respectfully.

"Revealing to the outside world that I have the complete production method is private property. The earl has no right to know after the coming-of-age ceremony. Let's say whether you believe it or not." Jiang Yuan warned, if you touch the interests of others, there will definitely be hostility and even kidnapping and assassination. It's just a matter of time. , his eighth house is short of corpses.

"Understood." Seeing that the count had no objection, the butler answered his baron seriously.

After the housekeeper left, Jiang Yuan threw another piece of paper over. Titus caught it and couldn't laugh or cry, "Don't you even trust Burke? He has been with me for more than ten years, and he has already gone through the testing process."

"Most loyalty has a price tag."

"That's right." Theus stopped worrying about this issue and waved his hand. In the dark corner, a figure climbed out of the window.

"A master from the Imperial Fist Temple is still a little short of the general level."

Jiang Yuan nodded. The combat power in this world is generally divided into four levels: guard level, knight level, general level, and the rare strongest.

Without holding any special weapons, the one who can kill ten elite soldiers head-on is the guard class. The one who can defeat fifty well-equipped elite battle formations is the knight class. As for the general class, he usually has the ability to turn the tide of small-scale battles. , in the history of the empire, there were cases where generals and more than [-] central guards died together.

A combat-type Teigu user is generally defined as an enemy of a thousand people. If a general-level Teigu user is holding the Teigu, he may become a strong man who can defeat an army by himself on the battlefield.

After the meal, Chitong took the small wooden knife to the school field for training, and Heitong followed her sister obediently.Jiang Yuan returned to the bedroom and used pen and paper to record the alchemical knowledge in his mind, so as not to forget it over time. The text was in simplified Chinese. After evolving away from pictograms, it would be more difficult to decipher it from scratch.

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Three days later, the castle grounds.

The sun was shining brightly, and the wind in late autumn was not too cold. Guards were on duty in the towers around the castle. According to the earl's instruction, the number of level three dangerous black hounds used for guarding exceeded double digits. A certain The little girl expressed dissatisfaction with this because they also eat meat.

On the school ground, Jiang Yuan was standing still in a strange posture, sweat dripping from his chin to the ground. Red Tong stood aside and nodded secretly, while using his eyes to stop Black Tong from stepping forward to wipe the sweat.

Five minutes later, Jiang Yuan changed his posture. Chitong approached and pinched the opponent's wrist. After confirming the standard posture, he stepped back.

Theus sat under the sun and flipped through this year's account books. Winter is coming. It is the lord's duty to try to ensure that the people in the territory do not starve to death. Of course, in addition to this, his greater obligation is to attend the banquet. As a Burke He is one of only two counts among the county nobles. It is the basic policy to unite the nobles to check and balance the prefect.

"Uncle, you are very smart."

After an exercise, Chitong evaluated it very seriously.

"You are smarter than me." Jiang Yuan took the towel from Heitong and took out a handful of sugar cubes from his pocket as a reward. The little girl reached out and stuffed all the sugar cubes into her mouth, then smiled happily.

"Why." Chitong asked, crossing his arms.

"Because you are already full and ready to hibernate, but I haven't yet. Not to mention anything else, at least you solved the problem first, which is great." Jiang Yuan praised without hesitation.

After saying that, he took a short time to relax his body and regain his strength. The exercise similar to ancient yoga just now is the secret method of the Titus family. After generations of modifications and improvements, it has become quite perfect and can exercise the muscles of the whole body more thoroughly. The fundamental thing is to imitate the hunting movements of dangerous species at all levels, which initially involves the extraordinary.

The price is that it requires a lot of energy. Red Tong likes to eat meat, and Black Tong likes sweets, which are all related to this.

After the fourth secret practice, Theus came over with a bag of gold coins and said:

"Be careful. Exceeding the limit can easily damage the body." Theus put the bag on the ground. "The new salt production method was successful. Thanks to the recent good weather."

"I have to go out for a while before the news about the new salt leaks out," Jiang Yuan said.

"How to ensure safety? I can equip you with a team of guards." Theus frowned.

"Compared to thieves, guards pose a greater threat to me. Death outside and death in the castle are two different concepts."

"But I gave you the March of the Dead."

"There is no such thing as an absolute fit for a Teigu."

Theus almost couldn't catch his breath.

Jiang Yuan said with rare relief: "It's just hard for us to trust each other. Please forgive me. I promise I won't run away this time. I will be back before the winter hunting. You don't have to take sides."

Theus was silent for a while and said, "Be careful."

(End of this chapter)