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

Chapter 90
In the imperial calendar year 1020, late autumn is coming to an end.

Outside the city of Tius, Viscount Abel was waiting on the main road with two guards, accompanied by his second son Ren.

This city belongs to the fiefdom of the Theus family and is also the center of the earl territory. The in-laws Abel and Bonno take turns serving as city governors. Taxation and trade profits mainly provide the earl's direct troops and affiliated nobles.

As the sun goes west, Viscount Abel still looks calm. Renn is 19 years old this year. From the outside, he is already a good-looking young man. The traditional hunting attire of the North makes his figure quite upright, but he has some standing at this time. Can't stand it anymore.

"Father, are you sure cousin Noel will arrive today."

"Don't question me casually."

Viscount Abel didn't even bother to look back. The eldest son accompanied the count on errands. In the past few years, the second son had a tendency to become a wild horse.

"Oh, then this caravan must be just that, so slow." Ren raised his toes and looked out.

"Pay attention to your attitude." Viscount Abel ordered.

At the end of the line of sight, a caravan slowly approached the city. The two waited for a long time. The caravan finally arrived. An extremely handsome young man got out of the carriage. The ring on his hand was engraved with the black hound coat of arms of the Theus family. .

The black hound is a dangerous breed that has been bred by the Titus family for more than ten generations. It is extremely weak in combat, but has an extremely sensitive sense of smell. It is usually only given as a gift to the outside world and is not sold.

"Noel, long time no see."

"Viscount Abel."

Both parties saluted decently, and Jiang Yuan patiently went through the entire process. Due to the threats from foreign ethnic groups every year, the northern nobles have not yet fallen into the almost rotten state of the imperial capital and the south. Of course, the benefits are very limited.

"I met some dangerous species on the road, and there was a beautiful deer. It was my meeting gift." Jiang Yuan said proactively.

"Thank you for your generosity." Viscount Abel responded with a smile, but he was not happy. After all, generosity usually comes from asking for more. He stretched out his hand and pulled his second son over.

"This is Ren, my second son."

"Good afternoon, cousin Noel." Ren said with a grin, and then ran to see the prey.

Viscount Abel's calm expression finally collapsed, but before he could get angry, he was interrupted by Jiang Yuan.

"I'm here to select a group of people from the baron this time. I will participate in the winter hunting this year instead of the earl. Five first-level animals and 24 second-level animals. In exchange for some food and armaments, we will see the specific situation."

Abel was speechless. Ren's behavior was quite rude. Noel did not pursue it but chose to exchange it for profit. On the premise that he had already paid with dangerous species, he could not refuse. In fact, he was losing money. After all, the same weapons and food were available. Accumulation takes time.

As for the original greeting gift, of course it is gone. It is quite normal for the heir to get into trouble and the family head to deal with the aftermath.

"Okay." Viscount Abel could only reply.

The two walked towards the city, and a guard left the team to find the leader of the caravan. As a reward for escorting the baron to arrive, the caravan's goods would be traded directly with the internal affairs officer, and various redundant expenses would be reduced accordingly.

Jiang Yuan walked very slowly, and the guards beside him could hardly even move forward. Abel couldn't help but asked politely: "Noel, what are you waiting for."

"Waiting for assassination."

Abel: "..."

Please don't say this so flatly.

"Actually, not necessarily, but if someone knows in advance that I am coming and is looking for an opportunity to launch an assassination, you can be held responsible afterwards and make a lot of money." Jiang Yuan pondered.

"But you have already been recognized by the March of the Dead." Abel glanced at the long knife hanging on the other party's waist. He still recognized the imperial weapon inherited from the Thius family. "Before I got the powerful doll, I was still relatively fragile. The march of the dead did not directly improve my combat power."

"Don't worry, the guards will ensure safety."

The two came to the viscount's mansion in the city. The number of servants here was even better than that of the count. The bright red coral tree in the garden was nearly two meters high and it was close to the sea. Curios of this level could be sold in the imperial capital. A sky-high price.

"The dinner is being prepared." Viscount Abel said. He seemed very polite. After all, Noel's identity was his younger brother who was directly superior to him, and he was the only one.

"Cancel it. Based on my risk assessment, it won't have any impact. Besides, I should be able to see the information from the executive office." Jiang Yuan said.

Abel's heart skipped a beat and he replied: "Of course, the count wrote that you have the authority to act on his behalf."

"I'm not interested in checking accounts or anything like that. Please ask the agricultural officer and the bookkeeper to come over." Jiang Yuan said seriously: "Be careful at night. I don't want to see a fire, and the same goes for the earl."

"Understood." Abel smiled a little bitterly.

In the evening, Jiang Yuan borrowed Viscount Abel's study. He had no experience in leading an army, and he also knew nothing about his barony. The top priority was to have a preliminary understanding.

To participate in the winter hunt, you must have a direct force. Whether it is the right to speak or the distribution of results, it is related to this. And if you want to leverage other troops, you must at least have a lever. Esdeath has not given up its efforts in this regard. .

Jiang Yuan looked through the information piled up in front of him one by one. The agricultural officer, the classics officer, the housekeeper and the leader of the Yicheng Chamber of Commerce were standing in front of the desk waiting, and ten village chiefs were waiting behind.

"The total population of the earldom is about 32, and the ten villages in the barony have a population of about 4000. There are [-] minors who are prone to death, [-] women, and [-] men."

Excluding the old, sick and disabled among adult men, Jiang Yuan only has [-] prime-age men capable of working in the labor force, and the information has not been updated for a long time. Even the truth may be different from the truth, but his barony is considered relatively good among the same level. The big kind.

"I don't want to be an only child, a heavy burden on the family, or a child under ten years old. The relationship between father and son must be eliminated. Gangsters and gangsters will be used as waste by me, but the unemployed will be given priority..."

Jiang Yuan rubbed his eyebrows. Based on the principle of voluntary enlistment, he didn't know if he would be able to gather 500 people in the end.

"This Chamber of Commerce President, how much do ten slaves who can read and count cost."

"Forty gold coins." The president of the Chamber of Commerce replied respectfully.

Jiang Yuan took out forty gold coins from his wallet and handed it to the other party.

"Bring someone here, adult male, half an hour."

"Understood." The president of the Chamber of Commerce turned and left.

Jiang Yuan continued to read. In the calculation of weight in this world, one stone = four jun = one hundred catties. An adult man consumes about two catties of grain daily, which will be increased to six catties during wartime. The yield per mu is three stones, twice a year. With 5 acres of cultivated land, he could barely be self-sufficient after paying heavy taxes.

"Butler, how much does the Viscount bid for those dangerous species?"

"One hundred spears, two hundred sabers, fifty leather armors, thirty longbows, one thousand arrows, five oxcarts, and two hundred stones of grain."

"Tell him, plus a hundred sabers, the deerskin is beautiful, isn't it?"

The butler hesitated for a moment, then turned to report.

Jiang Yuan didn't believe that Viscount Abel had nothing when he was the consul these years.

(End of this chapter)