Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord

"What did you write?" Liu Feng said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, leaning on the railing, looking at the turbulent water.

"Let me take a look." Nicole opened the letter and read it, chuckling from time to time. This is the reply she wrote yesterday.

"Looks like it's some kind of joke again." Liu Feng raised his brows, thinking of the beast-eared girls in Xiyang City, without his supervision, they might be making a fuss.

"That's right." Nicole shook her long flaxen hair and said with a happy smile, "Master, Fleur won't go to school anymore. Now she's either sitting in the study or going to sleep on your bed all day."

"..." Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed, "Flei's temperament may not change for a while."

He could imagine why Fleur behaved like this. This was a sign of relying on him. He came out these days, making the closed girl feel insecure.

"Fleur likes the young master very much." Nicole said softly, her gray eyes flickered, she didn't know why she thought of Catherine, the daughter of the duke seemed to like the young master too.

"Reply and tell Fu Lei to let her go to school obediently, otherwise she will not be taken to heaven when she returns." Liu Feng said gently.

"Okay." Nicole said softly, and walked to the cabin with the letter, which still had some girls' whispers to say.

Liu Feng turned his head to look at Nicole's leaving back, then turned his head to stare at Pulsatilla, frowning and thinking about how to make letters flow more easily and information be reported more quickly.

What happened in the past two days is what Amos wrote in his notes. If he was in Xiyang City, it would take at least a month before he got such news, that is, it was more than a month later than he received the outside news.

This is not what he wants. Lack of intelligence means that opportunities are missed. How many things will be lost and missed, but it is unrealistic to use all pulsatillas to convey information, and it will be exposed if used too much. This is his information. One of the secret weapons.

"Delivery by letter? By courier?" Liu Feng touched his chin, frowned and pondered, and muttered, "Letter? Do you want to leave the goods first?"

He thought about the express delivery business on the other side of the earth in his mind, trying to find a delivery method suitable for this era, so he didn't have to think about express delivery for purchasing items.

"Do you specialize in the circulation of letters?" Liu Feng's black eyes lit up, that's right, let's start with the way of delivering letters first, and then receive the delivery of goods when they mature.

"Using the city as a unit? One city to one city? Finally reach the destination?" Liu Feng's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

In this era, there are few people who can read and write, and even fewer people who can write. If you want to express mail, you must at least be able to read and write.

There must also be an office in each city, people who run errands and messengers, land and water routes to be carried together, ships and carriages that can move quickly, etc.

The more Liu Feng thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. He decided to go back to Xiyang City and start letter delivery. He will conduct a trial in several cities near Xiyang City for the time being. After success, it will be promoted. On the surface, it is letter delivery, but secretly it is information delivery. , In the future, it will develop and grow, and it will start to express goods.

Chapter 0375 Blackwater City.

Heishui City is located by the Heishui River, a branch of the Youshui River. Liancheng was named after the Heishui River. The location is not very good, or in winter, the location is very poor.

Because the Heishui River is frozen, it is impossible to sail by boat. The distance between Heishui City and Youshui River will take a day by horse-drawn carriage, let alone walking on foot. It will be frozen, so Blackwater City has become an isolated city.

Spencer, the lord of Blackwater City, was sitting in the castle in distress. Standing beside him was his daughter, Sheeran, who had short black hair and brown eyes. Both of them were worrying about the grain storage in Blackwater City.

"Father, the food in our Black Water City is only enough for everyone to eat for about 20 days. This is still a case of frugality." Xilan said in a low voice.

"This..." Spencer opened his mouth, and finally turned into a helpless sigh. What can we do? Their Heishui City was already barren, and before winter, they were robbed by horse thieves, which led to the lack of food in their Heishui City.

Going to other cities to buy grain, how could it be possible to buy it? Many cities do not sell wheat in winter, not to mention they don't have much gold coins.

Spencer is a baron nobleman, and his family has been aristocrats in Blackwater City for generations. In other words, Blackwater City is an old city. It has experienced five city owners, all of whom are members of the Spencer family. The next city owner will be Sheeran.

In fact, Spencer, the lord of Blackwater City, is not as good as an ordinary businessman. He is too worried about the commoners of Blackwater City. In other words, he is a good nobleman who loves the people.

Spencer didn't exploit the common people, he lived a miserable life, he felt like a village chief, not like a city lord; his life was better than the common people, but he was very popular with the common people Ai Dai, as soon as there is something to say hello, the civilians are scrambling to help, this is a comfort.

"Father, why don't I take the knight to hunt?" Sheeran put one hand on the knight's long sword at his waist, and said in relief, "At least this can last for a while."

"Forget it, it's hard to find prey in winter, don't freeze it, the loss outweighs the gain." Spencer shook his head and stopped, he was not willing to take risks with his only daughter, he had only one daughter left.

Spencer's generation can be called bleak. His wife died when his daughter was thirteen years old, and he didn't marry another wife, so he raised his daughter alone.

"This... my lord father, how about I go to other cities to ask for some wheat and return it to them after harvesting next summer?" Xilan couldn't bear to see her old father frowning all day long.

"They won't borrow it." Spencer shook his head and smiled wryly. He knew too well the virtues of nobles in other cities. They were all selfish people. Otherwise, he wouldn't be ridiculed as a good old man.

Blackwater City is only a small town of 2,000 people. Many people in the city are related to Spencer by blood. Some of the grandparents of the common people were knights of Spencer's grandparents. How could he be so cruel to watch the commoners starve to death? .

"But..." Xilan became impatient, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, is it possible that everyone is waiting to die after the wheat is eaten up?

"Go on, let me think about it." Spencer waved his hand.

"..." Xilan looked at her father's face. There were more wrinkles around her eyes and more white hair on the top of her head. She pursed her lips, her brown eyes flashed with determination, and turned to leave.

She is going to find a way to get some food, no matter what it is, as long as it can share for her father, she is afraid that if this continues, the elderly father will fall ill.

Hiran put on some sheepskin clothes, a knight's long sword hanging from his waist, and a spear in his hand. With these two things, he left the castle. He stood outside the castle, looking at the dilapidated castle wall, his brown eyes full of tenacity.

"I'm sure that Heishuicheng will become a big city, and the castle will also become bigger. Father, don't worry." Sheeran cheered in her heart, turned around and walked out of Heishuicheng.

A few hundred meters away from Heishui City is the Heishui River. It is a river channel more than 30 meters wide. Now it is completely frozen, and the ice layer is as thick as two palms.

"Huhu...it's really cold." Sheeran moved her hands and feet, and then went down to the ice of the Heishui River. She wanted to cut through the ice to catch fish. This was just a whim of hers.

She was a good fisherman in the past, and she often poked fish with a spear, and every time she was able to add food to her old father, that was also the happiest moment.

"Huh~~" Hiran took a deep breath, and then poked the ice layer with the spear tightly. Not to mention, the ice layer was really hard, and it took more than 20 minutes to poke an ice hole the size of a bucket.

"Huhahuha..." Sheeran panted heavily. Winter sports are really exhausting, especially if you don't eat well.

"Very good, just to see if there are any fish passing by." Sheeran held a spear and squatted halfway by the edge of the ice hole. The most stupid way was to stand still and wait for the fish to emerge.

She has no other choice. Hunting in winter may not find prey for several days, and she has to consume more wheat to maintain her strength, which will be even worse.

Ten minutes passed, and the ice cave soon froze again. This made Xilan extremely distressed, and couldn't help poking down with his spear.

"Huh?" Xilan was stunned for a moment. The spear had a different feel, it had hit something, and he quickly pulled it up, only to find a palm-sized fish on the tip of the spear.

"Really, are there really fish?" Sheeran's brown eyes widened, sparkling with joy, and she was so excited that she quickly took the fish off the spear.

"Great, watch me poke a few more fish and go back to make soup for my father." Sheeran stood still again, this time poking the ice hole with his spear from time to time.

However, the goddess of luck seemed to have abandoned Xilan, and an hour passed, and she was panting tiredly, but she didn't poke another fish.

"Gulu~~"

The most tragic thing was that Sheeran was so hungry that she screamed loudly. She couldn't help but patted her stomach and shouted, "Tummy, hold on, I'll go back after poking a few more fish."

"Huh~~" Xilan stood up straight, moved her hands and feet, especially her bent waist, and then turned her neck, but she saw black spots moving in the distance.

"Huh? Is it a human?" Sheeran frowned, wondering, "Who would walk out in the winter?"

Since the beginning of winter in Heishui City, no outsiders have come to Heishui City, and no one has left Heishui City.

Chapter 0376 ice sledge.

"Tat Tat Tat..."