Transcendent Noble

The second day was still dark, and the Naville royal family sent the palace magistrate to give Viscount Randal a gift. The lord and nobles of Cogston City seemed to have received the signal, and one after another sent steward to visit Viscount Randal with the gift list.

For a time, the secluded DeKaiser Count House became bustling, and the carriage for gifts lined up from the gate of the Count House to the outside of the orchard.

Of course, Victor does not need to personally meet the lord’s steward attendant, but the original plan to leave the city in the morning had to be postponed to the afternoon.

Towards noon, Catherine and Queen Ariel attended the morning tea party specially organized for them by Queen Satya, and came to Victor’s temporary villa, and found that the hall was full of large and small The box, Viscount Randal’s personal maid is directing the attendant to count the gifts, and then re-categorize and pack them.

Pile of gold, gems, black glazed stone statues, weapon armor, amber, animal skins, animal horns, silk and elemental crystals were poured on the floor, dazzling the Queen Mother Gambis.

"Renault, Shaq, you carry the fine gold, gems and elemental crystals to the room on the left, and arrange for family guards to take turns to guard... Amber, animal skins, and silk need to be moisture-proof. You need to use them first. Wrap it with canvas and put it in the utility room on the right... Caligula! Who asked you to carry the black glaze stone statue? Put it down, do it lightly, don't break it... You are responsible for carrying the loaded gold Go to the room on the right...Oh, the Supreme Lord is here, you take less...Forget it, be careful not to hit your feet!"

Like Giant’s Caligula easily picked up two iron boxes and strode Walk towards the corridor behind the living room. Catherine took a visual check, and if the boxes were full of gold, they weighed at least 800 pounds.

Caligula walked out of the hall, Alina immediately saw Catherine and Lady Ariel, and curtseyed and said awkwardly:

"Mrs. Catherine, good day Ai. Countess Riel, Good day... Madam, I’m sorry, I didn’t notice that you are back just now."

Alina’s hair is lightly pulled, her cheeks are red, and her eyes are full of rays. of light. Catherine looked around dazzling's living room and thought: It would be strange if you could see me in time.

"No need to be polite, where is Victor?" the Queen Mother asked lightly.

"The adult is in the study on the second floor, according to the gift list, replying to the Great Family."

Alina said sadly: "So many gifts...We don't know. How should I respond?"

Catherine looked at the corners of her raised mouth, silently nodded, "I will see him." After she said, she went up to the second floor and walked through the corridor. Before coming to the study, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Catherine pushed open the door and saw behind the desk, the sweetheart who was exquisite like a work of art, and her heart suddenly became hot, because Naville nobles paid a lot of money to "bribish" The depression brought by Gambis's Highness also disappeared. She lifted her hand to remove the crown and hairpin, and shook her head gently. Her long flax hair fell like a waterfall, falling down her waist, stilettos stepping on enchanting and graceful steps, walking beside Victor, and asked softly:

"My dear, what are you looking at?"

"I was just looking at the design manuscript of the water conservancy project...Now I only look at you." Victor put down his quill and explored his noble status Her lover hugged her lap and wanted to say something more, but her mouthful of sweet words was blocked in her throat by a fragrant little tongue.

Catherine held the delicate and clean cheeks of the little lover and kissed for a long time, and then changed her breath with satisfaction. Said with a lovable smile: "The gift from the Naville nobleman to the Randal Family makes your personal maid happy. But, what are you going to give in return?"

"In return? There is no need to return. The gifts they give can only be described as meager compared to the wealth I brought to them."

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Victor slightly smiled, took out a scroll from the drawer, and said: "Baby, this is the gift list compiled by Elina. See if you like it, I'll let you pick one first... If you look If you don’t have your eyes on it, you might as well wait until the afternoon, when the time comes, someone will come to give gifts."

Catherine took the scroll and looked at it roughly. With her deep experience of living in Yuanbao, she was instantly rounded. She closed her eyes and covered her small mouth, cry out in surprise: "So much?" Then, she looked carefully, and the beautiful willow eyebrows gradually frowned, and finally put down the scroll, raised her eyes, stared at Victor and sighed: "It's just Naville. The gift from the royal family is worth 400,000 jinsols. If all the gifts add up, it’s probably more than 700,000."

"Why are there so many?" Victor smiled reservedly, hiding his pride, "Some Gifts are priceless and priceless. The fineness of gold is even. Fine gold, white crystal, green-patterned amber, spider silk and animal skins can be accurately estimated... The total price is almost 300,000 gold sols."

Catherine said amused and kindly: "...They are helping you to improve the heritage of the Randal Family. Maybe this favor may be worth a million gold Thor."

The Rex family The gifts given to Victor include 10 pounds of fine gold, two top four elements crystals, 100 top gem ore, 50 white crystals, two centaur Hundred-men Commander leathers, and 30,000 gold coins.

The first gift given by the royal family also limited the upper limit of gifts from the lord and nobles. The lord with the background took out the priceless and unique rare treasure from the family's collection, and some families with less favorable conditions gave the special products and gold coins of the territory, and the financially distressed families simply used gold ingots as gifts.

Victor received 1.1 tons for gold ingots, and 15 pounds of fine gold, various gemstones, elemental crystals, white crystals, and amber, and there are countless animal skins and spider silks. Car, 18 craft statues, 4 sets of ceremonial armor, 17 fine gold long sword handles and 40,000 gold coins.

Among them, only gold coin, fine gold, white crystal, and amber are considered hard currency. The prices of gold, gemstone ore, elemental crystal, craft statues, and armor long swords are uncertain. For example, the top elemental crystals, only Golden Knight can release the elemental power, but the number of Golden Knights is even rarer than the elemental crystals, they don't lack this thing, and don't need to pay for it. The top elemental crystals are almost impossible to realize, and they are used to curry favor with Golden Knight, which is just a dispensable icing on the cake.

The market price of gemstone ore and handicrafts has no standard at all. The rule is that the larger the shipment, the less valuable it is. However, 1.1 tons of gold ingots can only be sold at a price of 20% without the right of coinage, so it is best to use them as decorative materials.

Victor feels sorry for the five top Fire Element crystals. He really wants to use these Fire Element crystals to build an element furnace, but they are all recorded in the gift list. Victor didn't want to expose the secrets of the Fire Element furnace, so he could only use them to please Sylvia.

These gifts are all packaged and sold, and selling for 300,000 goldsall is a bit reluctant. As Catherine said, if gifts are regarded as the storehouse of the Randal Family, the greater Victor's reputation, the more valuable they are.

Unfortunately, Alchemy Tower ignores the method of calculating the wealth of the nobility. The magnificent gems and black glaze stones are still broken stones even if they are exquisitely carved... It is better to directly give the gold coin the benefits... Even if all are replaced with inferior Fire Element crystals!

At this moment, Victor is particularly melancholy. Catherine's mood was also quite complicated. She was silent for a moment, bit her lip and said, "You just came to Naville and gave a letter to the liaison officer for Rex to hold last night's tea party? Today, they will give you a gift. It’s polite..."

"Knowledge is wealth."

Victor did not deny or admit, instead he asked: "My dear, why did King Rex be the first Give me a gift?"

"If he doesn't give it, other lords will rush to give it. He gives it first. Others can't give more than the king, right." Catherine said with a light smile: " The king is the leader."

"That's correct, but not comprehensive enough." Victor smiled nodded, picked up the manuscript of the hydraulic engineering design on the table, and handed it to Catherine: "Look at this."

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Catherine looked at the blueprint and lifts the head for a while, and said puzzledly: "I don't know much about water conservancy projects...The Central Region of the kingdom where Naville's water conservancy projects are mainly concentrated, seems to deliberately ignore the southern lord."

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"This design manuscript is actually the layout of the industrial structure of the Rex family for Naville Kingdom." Victor said, "Panshibao hopes that the central lord of Naville can develop water conservancy, farming and animal husbandry, and achieve self-sufficiency in food production. , Thereby reducing the burden on the northern basin. But the territory of the South Fang Family tribe is too far away from Cogston. If they also lead the vassal army to return to their territory and develop water conservancy, agriculture and animal husbandry, it will not be easy for Rex to mobilize the power of the south. "So, King Rex bribed me with heavy money to make me adjust the water conservancy hub in accordance with this design manuscript and not overthrow his industrial layout." Victor laughed and asked, " Kite Castle does not need to bribe me, and I am willing to contribute my own strength to Gambis. However, the industrial structure of Gambis is generally in a reasonable state. Agriculture and animal husbandry, mining, handicrafts, and commerce are all available. There is no obvious shortcoming. The lord welcomes me to point out his internal affairs?"

Catherine sweetly smiled, resting his head on Victor's shoulder, and said coquettishly: "My dear, I'm just a little jealous... You are obviously Gambis's Highness Well."

Victor stroked Catherine's hair and sighed: "His Royal Highness of Gambis can't just sit back and watch the allies are struggling...nor without reservation."

"Dolly Madam has a close relationship with the Naville royal family. Although the Dekaiser family is young, they are the leaders of the South Fang Family that Rex intended. I can help Madam Dolly design the water conservancy system to cut Break her business with Rand Empire. "

Catherine asked in surprise, "Is it not easy?" I guess Mrs. Dolly would rather give up the water conservancy project, but also open up the business link to Rand Empire. "

"It's not easy...but it's also easy. "Victor confidently said with a smile: "There is a loophole in the water conservancy project designed by the silver tower for Naville. They did not consider the fire barrier. "

"Fire barrier? "

Victor explained: "The spread of wildfires is a terrifying disaster for mountainous and forested areas. Due to the strong vegetation in the two seasons of land and fire, and the wet and cold water season, the probability of mountain fires is low. Only in the windy season, man-made fires are often difficult to control. Therefore, in the windy season every year, the lord of the mountainous area will send out rangers to catch poachers. As the population becomes denser and human activities in the mountainous areas continue to intensify, it is not enough to rely on rangers to monitor and block fires. This requires the establishment of open spaces, reservoirs and water channels dedicated to fire prevention, fire prevention, and fire fighting. I can first help Mrs. Dolly design a water conservancy system that satisfies her, and then use the fire barrier to cut off the business path between the Dekaiser family and the Landlord. "

Catherine was overjoyed and said with a smile, "My dear, you are so smart." "

"Don't be too happy. "Victor shook the head said with a serious expression: "This kind of little trick may lead to worse results... Yesterday at the ball, Queen Shatia talked to me about Shireen Princess of Suse Kingdom and she was interested in recruiting Raymond of Borui Kingdom. .Peter enters the text. "

Catherine nodded and said hesitantly: "I've heard about this... The Radiance Knight regiment transferred 10,000 Templars from the Dusk Forest Defense Line. The northern lord of Suse Kingdom, Duke Meding, underwent a lot of military pressure. He planned to marry the Peter family of Borui to support Shireen Princess's first succession right, thus contributing to the military alliance between Suse Kingdom and Borui Kingdom. "

"The Borui Kingdom dispatched an army to help Suse defend against the Jackals in the Dusk Forest. What good will it do for them?" Could it be that Borui people can take advantage of Shireen and Raymond's marriage to annex Suse Kingdom? Victor raised her eyebrows and asked.

Catherine was startled, thinking for a moment, frowning and asking: "What you mean is... the Borui people want to use Suse as a springboard and cooperate with Neowest. port? "

Victor nodded, shook his head again and said: "Sadia and I talked about Shireen's marriage. I thought she was a lobbyist for the Eleanor family... How could the Queen of Naville be Suse? Kingdom consider? The Borui Kingdom relies on the Fruit Tree of the seven islands. They do not have the natural conditions to develop new agriculture and animal husbandry, and there is no probability of expanding the army. On the other side of the seven islands, there is a powerful Barbarian Race kingdom. Why should the Borui defeat them? If the Borui people build several ports along the river in Suse Kingdom and on the shore of Lake Fes, their fleet will be able to travel westward for more than two thousand kilometers with wind, and land from the south bank of Lake Fes, avoiding the main force of the Barbarian Race Kingdom, and opening up Southern Continent. . "

"The Borui people stretch their hands too long, and the Naville people are not happy. They also want to have a port on the shore of Lake Fes as a back way. "Victor sneered: "Assuming Neowest chooses to cooperate with Borui Kingdom, how should we Gambis react? "

Catherine got up from Victor's lap, walked to the window, turned her back to him, and whispered, "Of course it's waiting for Neowest to get on Southern Continent and find a chance to annihilate him." "

"In addition to hatred, there are benefits. "Victor lightly said: "Neowest and Borui Kingdom are enough to challenge our right to exploit in Southern Continent. Because we all landed from the southern shore of Lake Fes, we were too close to each other, we were equal in strength, and there was hatred, and war was inevitable. "

"The best way for the Borui Kingdom to maintain peace with us and develop Southern Continent is of course to sell Neowest. Neowest definitely doubted whether the Borui could fight Gambis for him. Therefore, Neowest is also unwilling to choose Borui Kingdom as an ally. "

"Neowest intends to win over Naville Kingdom, he abandoned the pope lineage? "Catherine asked.

"I'm afraid that's the case. Victor said: "Naville's strategic focus is in the northern wilderness, and the Rex family has a close relationship with the Cardinal House. Neowest's alliance with Naville Kingdom poses no threat to us, and the Cardinal's mediation is from it. We really have no excuse to trouble him. "

"I understand...not without excuses, but unnecessary. Catherine's shoulders trembled slightly, and immediately recovered her calm, turned around, smiled at Victor, and said, "Dear Your Highness Randal, what's your opinion?" "

"I have no opinion. I only state the current situation. Victor shook his head and said: "Neowest is a Legendary powerhouse, he must build the port. He cooperates with Borui people, and we have one more competitor.

Catherine rolled her eyes and said while playfully pouting dissatisfiedly: "My dear, as the Highness of Gambis, it is your responsibility to make suggestions to the kingdom."

Victor shook his head and laughed: "Okay. My suggestion is to try to break the marriage between the Mei Ding Family and the Peter family. Naville's strategic focus is on the north but not the south. Their support for Neowest is limited. Impossible does everything they can to help him eliminate the Fes Lake murlocs. Only with the power of Gambis can it be possible to build a port on the shores of Lake Fes. We can launch a feint against the murlocs at the mouth of Lake Fes and give Neowest the hope of building a port. It has been hanging his appetite and continuously consuming his vital power. ."

"Of course, when Naville completes internal integration, they will still send and hire Legion and craftsmen to help Neowest build the port, but that is more than ten years later. Gambis’ battleship has already taken shape. Enough strength to guard the entire waterway of Lake Fess."

"It is indeed a feasible way to delay the pace of their establishment of the port." Catherine nodded, after hesitating for a while, said: "The problem is, we are probably very It is difficult to destroy the marriage between Borui and Suse... If it is an ordinary family marriage, it is fine, but Suse needs to use the power of the Borui Kingdom to resist the wolves in the dusk forest. This political marriage is very stable."

Victor knocked on the table, shook his head and said: "Naville Kingdom is the force that most wants to destroy this political marriage. I have a feeling that they must have a back hand."

"I hope so." Catherine sighed, said: "I will write a letter to Yuanbao first."