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The salt production project was finally on the right track. A few days later, the hard workers got familiar with the process, and the daily output had reached more than 800 kilograms. Now the city lord's mansion can receive nearly [-] kilograms of salt into storage every day. The old city lord personally Go to the cellar to check the quality of the salt block, and then personally watch the servant break the salt block, and then grind it into salt powder bit by bit.

He didn't think he could do without looking at it. This thing was very valuable. If the servant secretly hid a little in the bag every day, how much would he lose in a month?At least it is the city lord's mansion's clear income for the past month!The most important thing is that he has never seen his family earn so much money in a day. Although the city lord's mansion has income from various other channels, there is really not much left after removing human capital and maintaining the army, that is, I can barely maintain a decent life. The 10,000+ gold coins in the treasury have been picked out from between my teeth for decades. I am usually reluctant to spend money. Now that I have this income, I can not only live a truly luxurious life In addition, the number of troops can be expanded by at least [-]%. In fact, more can be afforded, but the Kate Kingdom stipulates that if the royal family does not issue a war mobilization order, the number of troops of any border lord cannot be reduced. exceeds a certain value.

Therefore, five achievements in the expansion of the number of troops is the limit. Although the Kingdom of Kate is a feudal country, the lords are not in awe of the royal family like the Kingdom of Cathay, but the necessary rules must be followed, otherwise whoever dares to fight with a noble will be Family dealings that break the rules.

The old city lord watched the salt bricks being ground into refined salt, and saw gold coins entering his family's treasury. He was very relieved, and felt more and more that it was the right choice to have a good relationship with Udyr before. Kate Kingdom He pays great attention to the relationship between teachers and students, if it is not for making friends with Udyr.He thought that boy Chen Xiansong might not be willing to share part of the sale with the City Lord's Mansion.

Just when he was happy, Ze Longer came to his side and said: "The emissary of the Bauhinia family has come, and they have brought enough ransom money, and also brought a letter."

Now Duncan is still locked up in the underground kiln, just offering delicious food and drink. Except for breaking his hands three days before he was imprisoned, there was no abuse. Now his hands have been reattached. Almost recovered.This is an unspoken rule among nobles.Known as the privilege of the nobility, who knows if I will become a prisoner in the future, so everyone should save some affection and morality for each other, so that we can see each other in the future.

"Bring it to me."

A letter with a gold border and the scent of redbud flowers was placed in the old city lord's hand.He opened it slowly and looked at it for a while.Then hand it over to Zelonger.He smiled and said: "The Bauhinia family is really proud. Although they paid the ransom as promised, they still threatened us and threatened us not to enter the royal city, or we will bear the consequences."

Ze Longer finished reading.He also smiled: "After all, he is a veteran nobleman, and it is normal to be a little arrogant. As long as the ransom is paid, we can explain to Chen Xiansong. If he threatens, let him threaten. Anyway, no one in our family would want to go to Wangcheng to develop. The water is too deep, not suitable for new nobles like us."

"It makes sense." The old city lord was very satisfied with what Ze Long'er said: "You are the one to receive the envoy of the Bauhinia family. He is not enough for me, the mound owner, to come forward. It's better to deal with the opposite. Now Chen Xian Song is a big tree for us to enjoy the shade, we must not let him think that our family is not honest."

Ze Takiji nodded slightly, and then left the cellar.When going up the stairs to the ground, Zelonger saw a young man in aristocratic costumes approaching. Compared with the person who came, his clothes looked very simple.

After recognizing the appearance of the visitor, Ze Long'er narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his head slightly, and shouted: "Brother, why are you here?"

"Can't I come?" Although the visitor deliberately lowered his voice, his words were still a bit aggressive, with some unfriendly tone in it: "Zelonger, I didn't expect you to be able to negotiate a salt business, it's really good Ah. It’s just a little bad, why our city lord’s mansion only accounts for [-]% and we contribute, it shouldn’t be so little, it should be at least [-]%, if it’s me, at least [-]% must be made by Chen Xiansong.”

The eldest brother’s name is Bill, and he seldom stays in the city lord’s mansion. Most of the time he spends most of his time managing the food business in the shops in the city center. Almost all the agricultural tax collected by the city lord’s mansion from farmers is grain, and they can’t eat that much. Of course, most of them have to be sold.The business of the grain shop was so-so. Under Bill's management, a small amount of gold coins always disappeared for no apparent reason. It was just that the old city lord and Zelong Er didn't bother to deal with them, as long as they handed over most of the gold coins.

Ze Longer laughed inside his stomach, but there was a sincere expression on his face: "My ability is limited to this. If elder brother has any ideas, you can talk to father. He is under the cellar. If you can talk about six Success, I believe that family take-off is just around the corner.”

"Don't worry, I'll tell my father about this. Although Chen Xiansong is the president of the Association of Soul Thinkers, what can he do with the next new brat." Bill snorted, his chin raised all the time Gao, with a look of victory: "As long as you send out a thousand cavalry, the little guy will be scared out of his shit. I'm going to borrow troops from my father. You go to your business first."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, as if chasing away a fly, and then descended into the cellar very gracefully.

After the elder brother's figure completely disappeared into the shadow of the stairs, Ze Long'er finally showed a strange smile on his face. He shook his head while walking slowly outside. Before he could get out of the room, he heard There was an indistinct roar from the cellar, and the old city lord's voice had already been distorted after many echoes from the passage, but the roar filled with anger could be clearly felt.

Ze Takier had already expected such a situation. None of his older brothers and younger brothers could provoke the prosperity of the family.But he is not the eldest son. According to the tradition of the Kate Kingdom, he has no right to inherit the family. Now it depends on what his father wants. If his father passes the title to him, it will be better. If he is allowed to develop outside, it doesn't matter, Ferd He will definitely go with him, so that he will have an elite cavalry team in his hands. As long as his father gives him another small fief, he believes that he will not need ten years.The ownership of Black Rock City can be regained.

But the more this situation is, the more he must maintain the alliance with Chen Xiansong. No matter what the situation is, a genius soul thinker is a great help to him. He would think about picking food out of other people's mouths and offending the president of the Association of Soul Thinkers with such a bright future.

Thinking wildly in his mind, he walked along the aisle of the castle to the backyard, stopped in a hidden pavilion, and asked the two servants standing beside him to lift a stone slab.There was a staircase below, and he lifted an oil lamp from the stone table next to it and walked down.

The dungeon of the City Lord's Mansion is very large, and many people are imprisoned, although the ventilation facilities are well done.But the light is very poor.Ze Long'er walked in the tunnel with an oil lamp, and two guards followed behind him.Next to it is a prison cell.The prisoners inside reeked of stench.They saw Zelonger walking in with an oil lamp, and they all threw themselves in front of the iron fence, begging Zelonger to let them out. Although they would not starve to death with food and shelter in prison, the dungeon was extremely dark, and they stretched out their hands. Hard to see five fingers.Not seeing the sun all day, as long as it is closed for a few days, it is more uncomfortable than death.

Ze Long'er had long been used to these mournful pleadings, and he walked through the tunnel with an oil lamp in his hand.After walking for about three minutes, I passed at least a hundred or so dungeon cells, then turned left three times, then walked up two flights of stairs, and finally reached the end.There are four cells here, but only a symbolic iron door is installed. There are beds, tables, and a few books in the cells. Most importantly, each cell has a ray of light shining through the walls.Although the light is still a bit dim, it is better than those ground prisons in front.

This is a place dedicated to detaining nobles, and the conditions are naturally much better than ordinary people's cells.

Duncan was sleeping on the bed, his hands were wrapped with a ribbon, he got up when he heard footsteps, and smiled when he saw Zelonger: "Why, you are so busy that you have time to come here to see me?"

"How does it feel to be in the dungeon? I hope my servant didn't mistreat you." Ze Longer asked with a smile, everyone is noble, although it is a bit unpleasant, but it has not reached the point of meeting life and death, there is no need to meet each other as soon as they meet ridicule.

"It's boring, but also a bit novel." Duncan smiled, and stretched his arms: "After all, this is the first time that someone restricts his freedom. It must be a deep impression in the future, and I think I will never forget it in my life."

"Just be happy." Ze Longer looked at Duncan's pale face because he hadn't seen the sun for more than 20 days, and said with a smile, "Your family's envoys have come and brought enough ransom. ,you're free."

"Really!" Duncan was overjoyed and immediately jumped off the bed.Although he expected that the envoy would arrive in the next few days, he was still very pleasantly surprised. After all, he would know the value of freedom only when his actions were restricted by others.

Following Zelonger, the two left the dungeon. The sun was blazing, Duncan immediately covered his eyes with his hands, and tears flowed from his fingers. It was not because he was crying with joy, but because he had been locked in a dark place for too long. , Suddenly seeing strong light, the eyes suddenly feel uncomfortable, this is a normal physiological reaction.

Zelong Er has seen this kind of situation a lot, he knew what was going on, he handed over a handkerchief that he had prepared earlier, Duncan thanked him, wiped away his tears, and after waiting quietly for a while, Duncan got used to the sunshine , and then the two walked to the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, where the emissary of the Bauhinia flower had been waiting for a long time.

This emissary was dressed as a butler, with gray-brown hair and blue eyes, a middle-aged man with a stereotyped image of a butler, and his hair combed back in an orderly manner.He looked at his young master for a while, except for the bandages on his hands, there was no other injury, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"O'Murly, I didn't expect you to come here in person." Duncan was a little surprised. This person is his father's direct butler, with a lot of power and a very important figure in the Bauhinia family.

"It's me, young master." O'Murly said indifferently: "Master is worried about you. Also, is His Excellency Chen Xiansong here? The master said that the ransom will be handed over to him personally, and I would like to ask him a word by the way. "

"Not here, he should be in Huishi Village." Ze Longer said.

"Then let him come to see me." O'Murly said calmly but with great momentum.

"Are you sure?" Hearing this, Ze Longer was a little unhappy: "He is a soul thinker, and he is still the president of a branch, and he also has a title. You are a housekeeper, and you let him come to see you, you Don’t you think you are too overreaching?” (To be continued..)