Lord of Plenty

"By the way, how is the household registration in the territory? I heard that the progress has been good recently?"

As if he had been waiting for Kun's question for a long time, Old Tate straightened his back and said loudly:

"Living up to the trust of the young master, there are 127 new residents in Fenghuo Territory, 127 civilians, 366 slaves, 582 original residents, a total of 1,750 people, and now they are all Recording completed.

The vast majority of them chose to join the work team of Blackstone Castle. According to the master's original instructions, half of the people were sent to the Ever Dark Forest to cut trees, and the other half were responsible for the construction of new buildings in Jade Heart Farm.

The book has been placed on your desk, Master, and you can read it at any time. "

"Well done, faster than I expected."

When he first arrived in Fenghuo Territory, the residents of the territory were uncooperative. Kun thought that it would be impossible to mobilize all the people in the territory before spring plowing. It seems that Old Tate, the household registration officer, has done a good job. It has a look and feel.

"It's all because of the kindness of the young master. After the residents in the territory discovered that the new lord was not only not interested in the few scattered copper coins in their hands, but also changed his ways to provide them with work, food, and wages, they became more and more active.

Some even want to meet the lord and sincerely thank you. "

Kun was noncommittal about this. These were obviously exaggerated statements made by Old Tate. Just listen to them. There is no need to take them seriously.

The lords of Yongxu Continent generally regard the residents of the territory as their own private assets, and at most he regards the residents as cheap long-term labor, so he is willing to give them some respect.

If he listened to a few flattering words from others and really thought of himself as some kind of bullshit savior, then it must be that he accidentally got his head pinched by the Gate of Plenty while traveling between the two worlds.

"In addition, the old servant also wants to recommend two people to join the young master's escort team. They are both local children from Jade Heart Farm, and they are almost the same age.

One was named Joel and the other was named Ledo, both of whom were quite talented. It was a pity to be left in the logging team. This time, both children contributed a lot to registering the residents of the farm. "

Because of the previous lord, the residents who stayed in Jade Heart Farm were mostly women and half-grown children.

The well-behaved and filial Joel is actually very popular on the farm. With Joel's persuasion and appearance, the resistance Tate encountered was suddenly reduced by half.

And Ledo, who was called a gangster by Nia, was the child king in Jade's heart, the kind who spoke the truth.

In addition, Lei Duo originally wanted to join the security team and become a soldier, so he took the initiative to help Old Tate, the lord and housekeeper, recruit many local residents, so the household registration work went so smoothly.

Although Ledo's little thoughts were well concealed, he still couldn't escape the venomous eyes of Old Tate.

Old Tate doesn't care about these things, good or bad, ambitious or not ambitious, as long as he is capable and useful, he doesn't mind helping.

The only thing was that he had to know how to repay his kindness. If he dared to bite back, he wouldn't mind letting the former guard captain who said he was almost rusty stretch his muscles.

"These are all small things. The affairs of the escort team are now under your control. You have the final say.

Any treatment issues or training plans should be discussed as needed, and they should be explained clearly in advance. This way, it will be easier to get along with each other, but don't turn a grudge into an enmity, which would not be beautiful. "

"Actually, Xiaonia is the most suitable candidate for Dao En's new disciple. We should train her carefully to take Dao En's vacancy in the future and serve as the young master's guard captain..."

Kun waved his hand, indicating that Old Tate could stop.

He was already very embarrassed to let a third-level great warrior who was well-known in the kingdom serve as the peace officer of a small place like the Fengrao Territory. Then he was jealous of the apprentice he accepted. Is this the work of a human being?

Back in the study, Kun, who was sitting behind the desk, opened the drawer and took out a stack of beautifully crafted drawings and handed them to Old Tate, who was waiting quietly.

"Master, what is this?"

“Previously, because we had to rush the work, all the houses built in the territory were simple structures, which were only required to be habitable and cold-proof.

Now that everyone has a place to live, we can't continue to do that. It's time to pursue practicality and beauty. "

“This is the drawing of the canteen, this is the drawing of the public toilet, and this is the drawing of the two-story townhouse.

This is the fountain of Aqua, the goddess of wisdom. I like this the most. It was built for me in front of the castle. Well... don't worry about this now. You can build it later. "

Aqua, the goddess of wisdom? Old Tate was a little confused. He had never heard of this god's name.

“Take these drawings and give them to the carpenters and masons of the construction team, and let them build houses and buildings according to the patterns on these drawings.

The materials that need to be used and the location of the construction are all listed above, just follow them. If you really can't figure it out, send someone to Dao En's place to find Li Tianyun. It just so happens that he can practice his speaking here and kill two birds with one stone. "

These architectural drawings were all drawn by Li Tianyun.

The drawings were drawn based on the architectural knowledge from Blue Star, combined with the architectural style of Yongxu Continent as inspiration, and after visiting many buildings in Lobos City.

Although Li Tianyun dropped out of school very early and went home to recuperate, he still insisted on completing all university architecture courses by himself.

In fact, in the online world of Blue Star; Oh, Li Tianyun is a very popular architectural illustrator with the online name "King of Assyria", but no one knows his true identity in reality.

If he hadn't been seriously ill and met him again, Li Tianyun would have become a well-known architect, which was also his original wish.

As for now, his wish is probably to become a qualified third-level warrior like Dawn who can split open the door of Blackstone Castle with one sword?

The style of painting is a bit off, but luckily the people haven't changed.

Glancing out the window, the weather today was good, the sun was shining brightly, there was little wind and no snow. The layer of ice crystals frozen on the window also evaporated without a trace with the warm sunshine.

Unlike the first two days when he came to Plenty Territory, the windows were blurry and nothing could be seen clearly. This was a sign that winter was about to end.

Withdrawing his gaze, Kun looked at the household registration list on the table and continued:

"Ask the maid to prepare some black tea and snacks and send them to the living room, no, let's send them to the study.

Then ask someone to invite the two mages, Latifah and Myhrvold, and say that I want to talk to them. After waiting for so many days, it’s time to wait in a hurry. "

Since meeting him once in the Mages Association of Lobos City, Kun has never appeared in front of others, and naturally he has not given the mages who followed him any chance to communicate with him.

Normally, if an ordinary noble can invite a mage to sit in their territory, even a mage apprentice will be treated as a guest.

This is related to the face of the nobles, because in their eyes, only those who live in ruins will not have a mage retinue.

Even if he is trying to make a fool of himself, he will invite a mage from the Mage Association at any cost, even if it is a mage apprentice.

Generally speaking, ordinary nobles can only invite junior mages. Higher-level mages will at most become worshipers of a certain big family, and more often they will be at the top and hold important positions in mages associations in various places.

Therefore, in the human kingdom, the status of mages is extremely noble, only slightly lower than that of nobles.

But Kun naturally wouldn't spoil them like this.

In terms of status, he is the son of a marquis and has half of the royal blood, so he is considered a royal.

In terms of magical attainments, as a fourth-level archmage, he is as far away from these junior mages as the first level, and there is no comparison at all.

Kun had been waiting for them for the past few days just to give these 'great mages' a little beating who would be treated as guests elsewhere.

What he needs are helpers who can use magic to help him build his territory, not some uncles who can only decorate the territory.

It is also to give these unreliable guys who are hot-headed and follow them as soon as they hear that the Archmage is recruiting helpers, some time to calm down. Those who should leave, and those who should stay, can stay.

As for the part left behind, he will naturally not treat the other party badly. What he can give will definitely far exceed their barren imagination.

"As you wish, Master."

Old Tate put one hand on his chest, imitated the butler's actions and turned around to leave.

To be honest, Old Tate's movements had nothing to do with elegance, but Kunquan pretended not to notice.

Soon a maid brought black tea and snacks. The black tea was the Ismail Highland black tea he brought from the royal capital, which is produced on the east side of the mountainous area of ​​​​the Meir Highlands.

Since the Meer Highlands are filled with clouds and fog all year round, the tea harvested in August and September every year is of the best quality, and the fermented black tea has a bright orange-red color.

The soup noodles also have a golden halo, which is as beautiful as a crown. The taste is mellow, with a hint of green orchid aroma, bitter and sweet, and it is also a first-class hot commodity in the royal capital.

No matter where you are, as long as you have a little bit of wine, iron, tea, and salt in your business, you can make a lot of money.

Of course, not everyone can do this kind of business, otherwise it will be a sin of harboring a treasure, and sooner or later you will be in trouble.

Kun had a good relationship with a big tea merchant in the capital before. He once helped him solve the problem of tribute tea returning to tide, which was a big help to him.

As for how much truth or falsehood there was, Kun didn't bother to investigate.

As a result, every year when the big tea merchant traveled to and from the royal capital, he would privately give Kun a lot of high-quality tea. Later, when Kun Li's family became the lord of Fenghuo Land, he specifically asked Old Tate to invest in the merchant's business.

"Dudu~"

"Please come in."

The door of the study room was opened, and two junior mages, Latifah and Myhrvold, came hand in hand. After getting Kun's signal, they sat down opposite the desk with some restraint.

It is impossible to say that he is not nervous. The nobility and reserve of the mage are limited to other than the mage.

No junior mage could remain calm in the presence of a high-ranking mage and the youngest third-level mage who set a new record in the kingdom.

With a decent smile on his face, Kun picked up the teapot and poured a cup of black tea for each of them.

"I've been delayed by things these days, so I haven't had a chance to chat with you. I'm really sorry. By the way, are you two used to living in the castle these days?"

Taking the tea cup with both hands, the somewhat flattered old mage Myhrvold said quickly:

"Thank you Lord for your concern. It's okay, it's okay."

"Okay? Hahaha."

Kun was a little overjoyed when he heard this, but he was a ghost.

Guess why he hasn't come back since he was away at Blue Star? It's a cold spring and freezing to death. Now in Fenghuo Territory, it's a little warmer during the day, but it's even colder at night.

Besides, he has not yet spared manpower to repair the Blackstone Castle, so the servants have only cleaned the interior a little cleaner than when he first arrived.

These mages who used to live a life of luxury in Lovos City suddenly came here, and it is impossible for them to get used to living here.

Feeling a little embarrassed, Melward lowered his head and took a sip of tea, while the beautiful mage Latifa beside him covered her mouth and laughed secretly.

I have said it long ago that this lord is very different from the upper mages in the Mage Association, more wise and more sincere.

Just say what you want to say, there is no need to hide it. If you insist on not listening, it will be embarrassing.

"I would also like to thank you two for your support. I heard from the housekeeper that two mages were impatient to see me for a long time, so they left the castle and returned to Lovos. If you hadn't stopped them, I'm afraid more people would have chosen to leave with them."

There were a total of nine mages who followed Kun out of the Lovos City Mage Association, and now there are only seven left. Kun estimated that if he didn't show up again, more people would leave.

"This..."

Mehrward and Latifa looked at each other, really not knowing what to say. Was this a real thank you, or was it a censure?

After all, if they were really willing to try their best to persuade and stop them, they were just two mage apprentices, how could they not stop them.

Kun smiled. He didn't really want to get the other party's answer to the question that would be wrong no matter how he answered it.

Reaching out to pick up the household registration book on the desk, Kun shook it in his hand, pulled out two pieces of parchment from it, and read it aloud.

"Melvord E. Saavedra, 72 years old, currently living in Blackstone Castle in the Plenty Territory, a peak primary ice mage.

He is good at 16 primary spells including "Ice Cone" and "Slow Spell"... He can cultivate magic plants, make first-level magic scrolls, and is proficient in the common languages ​​of human countries, such as Elven, Orcish, and Etheric."

Listening to a great mage reading these insignificant contents written by himself, Melvord touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed.

If he had known that this was not a parchment given by the great mage in order to deeply understand their actual situation, but a household registration form, he would not have filled it out in such detail.

After reading the content of one parchment, the other one was much simpler, with only one sentence on it.

"Yefson Moya, a formal mage apprentice who passed the assessment of the Lovos City Mage Association, has now left the Plenty Territory."

Latifa keenly noticed one thing, the colors of the two parchments seemed to be a little different.

Kun was too lazy to hide anything, and told the two people frankly:

"Fengrao Territory is now in ruins, and some people can't stand the hardship and feel that there is no hope for the future and choose to leave. I understand and respect everyone's right to choose.

Not only the two people who left now, I swear on the name of Alan that I will never stop anyone who leaves in the future, including you two, and I will not take any revenge."

"But if you leave, it won't be so easy to come back in the future!"

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