Goddess Wanhua Mirror

Lu De knows that the other party has a purpose, but he can't deny that there is such a coquettish and mature big sister who takes the initiative to please him. As long as there is no problem with his sexual orientation, he will definitely feel a burst of darkness in his heart.

However, Lu De came into contact with Serves not because his vanity was high because of the other party's licking, but because he took the opportunity to inquire about the situation in Unos Town.

Lude once visited the town of Unos, which is one of the richest places on the northern border of the Kingdom. It nominally belongs to the Earl of Lumley, and the appointment of the mayor needs the approval of the Earl.However, in view of the enfeoffment system of the Duran Kingdom that Lude has complained about countless times, the Earl only owns the town of Unos in name, but has no actual governance rights.

The prosperity of Unos town is all due to the leadership of the previous old mayor.But it is a pity that his old man failed to cultivate a suitable successor. After his daughter and son-in-law took over the town after his death, they quickly left the work of managing the town behind and began to indulge in pleasure.

What went wrong in the first two years, the old mayor left a mature management team for his daughter and son-in-law, and the family wealth he saved was indeed strong enough, so the town still maintained the same prosperity as before.

But even if there are mountains of gold and silver, there will be a day when there will be a day of squandering and squandering.The old mayor's team tried to persuade the son-in-law, who is the new mayor, to focus more on government affairs instead of spending money recklessly. aroused their disgust.

So taking advantage of the power at hand, the mayor and his wife dismissed a large number of "former elders" and replaced them with a group of guys who were good at flattering people.

These sycophants have no other skills. They are good at bullying and flattering their superiors. After they take the position, they put aside the serious business and use the power at hand to fill their own pockets first.Well, the town of Unos has been turned into a miasma by these people!

In order to maintain the extravagant life of the mayor and his wife, and to enrich their own pockets, these people began to set up their own pretexts to levy all kinds of strange and miscellaneous taxes on the people of the town. Fat sheep, cut it hard before letting it go.

Thanks to these odds and ends, the good reputation of Unos Town was about to be ruined. The townspeople continued to flee, and many businessmen decided to bypass this pit and go to other places to do business.

Knowing these situations, Lu Dexin said that it was less than nine months since he went to Unos Town last time, and the local situation has deteriorated to such an extent that the couple's prodigal ability is really completely It was beyond his previous imagination!

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With a team of more than 100 people, Lu De returned to Pine Tree Village.

The villagers didn't know the details at first, and thought they were refugees "picked up" from outside by the priest out of kindness, but after asking, they found out that most of them were just passing by them, immigrants who were willing to stay and settle down I'm afraid not many.

And the outsiders are also curiously looking at the village in front of them, which is a little different from what they imagined.

Prior to this, Songshu Village in the minds of most outsiders was a dirty and messy traditional village with low and simple houses, disorderly street layout, and muddy roads full of excrement and urine that made people daunted.However, these scenes, which are already common in the eyes of ordinary people, did not appear in this little-known Pine Tree Village.

In fact, if they had come to Songshu Village at this time last year, the local situation would have been exactly as they had imagined, and there would be no substantial difference from other pioneer villages around them.

Outsiders who don't know the truth only think it's very miraculous, but the locals who have experienced it know very well that it was Mrs. Lude who brought them this series of changes, and the kind and loving medicine god Evelina and the goddess of love and desire... The god Shabulkorn also protects the pious village of Pine Trees.

"This village... seems to be very rich!"

Looking at the clean and tidy village and the energetic villagers in front of her, Servis's eyes flashed.

As the owner of the circus, Serves is very clear about the way of survival in their profession. Most circuses and song and dance troupes will choose to "tour" all over the mainland.

Because for the vast majority of people, juggling and singing and dancing are entertainments that they only watch during the New Years and festivals when they have a little spare money on hand. Ordinary civilians can be willing to watch once or twice a year, even if their economic conditions are relatively good. More poor people may turn their heads and leave without hesitation when they hear that tickets are asking for money.

A small number of large cities with a large enough population base may be able to accommodate one or two singing and dancing troupes, but basically only those top-level orchestras that are well-known and supported by big money behind them are eligible to enjoy this kind of treatment.

And small and medium-sized family groups like the Rainbow Circus are not even qualified to compete with each other on the same stage.

However, it is more than enough than the above. Serves belongs to the kind of more intelligent circus owner. He does not wander around like other colleagues. Wealthier places are strung together in a line.

In this way, both efficiency and maximum benefit can be ensured.

In Serves' original plan, the town of Unos was located between the Duchy of Camerin and the Earl of Lumley. They would stop here for a while and perform three or five games before leaving, but Reluctantly, such a situation happened, the circus was forced to take a detour, and found Songshu Village by accident.

Serves has traveled all over the world with her parents since she was a child, so her experience is naturally much more extensive than that of ordinary people.She only made a rough estimate by eye, and deduced that the local population should be about [-], which is already the size of a small and medium-sized town. It looked like he was starving.

So, relying on a good first impression, Servis first labeled Pine Tree Village as "rich"...the kind that is a bit messy.

With this thought in mind, Servis secretly planned in her heart that she was going to audition locally.Although it is not the most suitable autumn harvest season right now, it is right to test the waters first. If the response and income can meet expectations, Serves does not mind including Pine Tree Village in her tour route, besides, the local area is still the drug Diocese of God.

When Serves was performing in the Duchy of Ganmaling before, she had inquired from some noble ladies who liked to chew their tongues, saying that the flirtatious Duke had recently obtained a "miracle medicine" that made him A bad old man in his late 20s has unbelievably revived his [-]-year-old glory!

These gossips have been completely spread in the local area. Not only the rich and the upper class are talking about it, but even many people in the market are talking about it after dinner.After all, everyone has a heart for gossip, and the Duke himself seems to want to let more people know... he is doing it again!

In view of these rumors, Serves remembered Lude and the God of Medicine, but her first impression was not very good. She always felt that the priest who would develop and sell this drug should not be a serious person.

But Servis doesn't care if Lude is a decent person or not. She only knows that Lude who has this potion in hand must be very rich, and there will be many nobles who will take the initiative to establish a good relationship with him for the potion.If I can get on with his network, it's worth it even if I'm forced to sell some of my looks.

That's why Serves was so attentive when she first saw Lude, and even had a faint stance of going backwards.

However, after getting along all the way, Serves found that this old priest with white beard and hair, at least at first glance, was quite a decent person.

In the face of the benefits she offered, she didn't show the dirty pig brother who was gifted with color and soul, nor did she seem to be chatting and laughing with her like an experienced veteran of the show, but showed a kind of embarrassment that only young virgins have.Even though he concealed it very well, some subconscious small actions still exposed himself.

"Could it be an innocent old virgin in his 60s? Is it true or not?"

Not knowing that Serves secretly made such an "insulting" judgment on herself in her heart, Luther had already returned to the temple with Aina, who was still sulking.

Romean, who was squatting at the door and waiting specially to welcome them back, noticed the abnormal atmosphere between the two of them as soon as they came up.

"Master, what happened to Senior Sister Aina?"

"Don't pay attention to her, child fighting spirit."

Hearing that Lude said that she was a "little child", Aina snorted angrily, walked past Lude deliberately with her head held high, and walked back to her room at a pace that no relatives would recognize. He looked at Lude with an embarrassed face.

"Master, why don't I go talk to Senior Sister?"

"It's not too late to talk about it tomorrow. You should be tired, right? Go back to your room and have a good rest."

Looking at the well-behaved and sensible little Romean, Lu De couldn't help showing a smile like an old father.He felt that his current situation was like his eldest daughter had just entered a headache-inducing rebellious period, while his well-behaved little daughter was still a warm little angel who could still redeem his tired body and mind.

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Dragging his somewhat tired body, as soon as Lu De returned to his room, he fell headlong on the soft bed and turned into a comfortable salted fish.

Thanks to the income from selling medicines, the living environment and living standards of the temple have been significantly improved. The bitter days of eating bran and swallowing vegetables last year are gone forever, and they have entered a well-off society like running.

Lude, who had a lot of spare money on hand, did not spend extravagantly like the nouveau riche, and even used the materials given to him by the Bishop of the God of War Sect Ural to build a school, but he did not say that he had to be hard and simple to treat himself To the point of being penny-pinching.

So at least Lude was not stingy with the money that should be spent. He hired villagers to repair the inside and outside of the entire temple. The damaged walls and roof were repaired, the original bare front yard was also greened, and a Batch of new furniture and daily necessities.The brand-new temple may not look gorgeous, but the overall first impression is very comfortable.

It is worth mentioning that the abandoned sewer under the temple has also undergone a radical transformation. Lu De only said that he wanted to use this space as a storage room. question.

The comfortable bed made Lude drowsy, and he fell asleep in a daze after a while.

However, it has been proved countless times that people who go to bed early without dinner tend to wake up hungry in the middle of the night. Therefore, when Lude was woken up by his stomach, it was still dark outside the window, and there should be quite a while before sunrise. time.

In desperation, Lude, who was so hungry and uncomfortable, could only get up.Since the arrival of Romean in the temple, the kitchen has been gradually taken over by this sensible little Argonian girl. She can learn all the dishes Lude has cooked by standing by and watching them once, and she will definitely be able to compare them if she cooks them three times. Loud is delicious.

The other party's talent in cooking really surprised Lu De.

Clutching his gurgling stomach, Lu De came to the kitchen to look for food, and soon found a pot with the lid on in the cabinet. There was a small note on it, which read "To the master" in beautiful small characters, Lu De knew at a glance that this was a "snack" that Romean specially reserved for himself when he woke up at night.

There were a total of six large round onion stuffed buns in the pot, and Lu De didn't bother to set the steamer to heat them, so he directly put the buns on the smoldering stove to bake.But at this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and when Lude turned his head, he saw a genuine female ghost standing at the door of the kitchen.

If this situation had happened three months ago, Lude would have taken off right now, like a cat that was secretly put a cucumber behind its back by a human being.But at this time, he looked calm, and even had the leisure to say hello to the female ghost in front of him.

"Good evening, Miss Eleven."

"Good evening, Lord Priest, I heard you just got up, so I want to talk to you about some work matters, is it convenient now?"

"No problem at all."

Looking at his most diligent "top ten employees", Lu De couldn't help showing a capitalist-like smile on his face.

Since having this Elaine who is proficient in secretarial work, Lu De has now truly achieved "work without paperwork". The ghost secretary does not need to pay wages, and can work overtime for 24 hours without a break. It can be said to be very useful!

After putting a few hot buns on the plate, Lude followed Eleven to the basement.After the renovation, about two-thirds of the space here is used as a storage room, and the inner section is partitioned by a wooden wall to make a hidden secret room. In addition to storing some items that cannot be disclosed to the public, it also provides Eleven office use.

One person and one ghost entered the secret room, and there were several stacks of documents neatly arranged on the desk for Lude to read. Lude looked through the documents carefully, and would ask Eleven some questions from time to time.

In a sense, the current Pine Tree Village has basically realized the "unity of politics and religion". No matter how big or small things are in the village, Lu De can say the same thing.

However, the original leadership team in the village announced its disbandment. The presbytery that was established before stood up to the opposite side of the God of Medicine Sect because of the invasion of the God of War Sect. After the God of War Sect retreated, it was immediately liquidated. kicked out of the village.

However, the punishment for these guys was not instigated by Lude, but by the village chief Rom.The old guy is now a hard-core medicine god, and he hates these ungrateful bastards.

Therefore, at a time when the external threat has temporarily disappeared but has not disappeared, and the internal environment has stabilized, Lu De, who has fully grasped the right to speak, believes that a rare opportunity for development is in front of him!

So under the command of Lude, a religious leader, Pine Tree Village began to concentrate on major tasks and prepare for "industrial upgrading".

Before that, more than [-]% of the villagers in Songshu Village were mainly engaged in farming. Although there were also skilled trades such as blacksmiths and carpenters, they were all small family-based workshops, and they were far from industrialization.

Therefore, starting from reality, Lu De first operated the school he established as a technical school, using middle and low-level classes to teach young children literacy, and advanced classes independently chose a professional training.

In order to get enough teachers for the school, Lu De sincerely invited a group of craftsmen, including the blacksmith Bank, to teach at the school as their professional teachers and train students in advanced classes.

At first, the craftsman was not very happy, but because of Lude's unparalleled prestige in the local area, he reluctantly agreed. Only the blacksmith Bank did not hesitate because Lude had saved his daughter.

Lu De understands what these craftsmen are worried about. Most traditional technical jobs have some very strict rules in the school. Apart from his own flesh and blood, all outsiders have to sign an apprenticeship contract that is undoubtedly a contract of sale.Apprentices have to work in their master's workshop for at least ten years, and they may not be able to learn much real things.

The craftsmen are so apprehensive about teaching skills, obviously because they are afraid that they will starve to death after teaching their apprentices, but in Lude's view, this bad habit of cherishing their own broom actually seriously hinders the technological progress of this world.

Therefore, in order to dispel the worries of these craftsmen, Lu De promised to give practical benefits to the craftsmen who serve as teachers, first of all, generous remuneration, each teacher's annual salary is as high as [-] gold coins, which is an offer that almost all low-level civilians cannot refuse number.

The second is to promise that in the factory to be established, these craftsmen will be allowed to invest in technology, and the dividends will be a lot of money, and these shares can be used as personal assets and passed on to their descendants in the future.

This is also the most important part of Lude's industrial upgrading plan. He wants to set up a local factory and start a business.As a Chinese with the gene of the Industrial Party in his bones, Lu De never gave up his ambition to industrialize in another world. He didn't start before, mainly because the timing and conditions were not yet ripe.

However, there is an old saying on the other side of the earth. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Pine Tree Village is located on the northern border of the Kingdom, which is a newly developed area. It may be difficult for Songshu Village to complete the project independently.

So Lude thought of a way. He used medicine to open up a source of income before, letting outside businessmen and dignitaries know that he has good things here. Advertising effect brings convenience to them.

Lude knew that the two neighboring lords both had ideas about the newly developed land on the northern border, but no one dared to send troops to occupy the area until the king's official canonization.

So Lude asked Hume and Fallen Leaves to go to the Earl of Lumley and the Duke of Ganmaling to spread false news, making them think that the other side had a plan to build a road to the border and strengthen their influence on the local area so that they could influence the local area of ​​Pine Tree Village. The medicine produced by the God of Medicine Sect has a monopoly.

These gossips that were spread out on purpose really played a role. Although the two lords could not confirm the accuracy of the news for a while, they at least knew the purpose of the road. The road construction competition started for a while, which cost Lu De two usable trade routes without paying a penny.

After the road problem is resolved, Lude can then concentrate on building a factory.Taking into account the actual local conditions, the first factory Lude plans to open is a brick and tile factory. There are clay mines in the lower reaches of the river to the east of the village, which Lude discovered when collecting materials for pottery.

One of the advantages of bricks and tiles is that they do not have to worry about sales. Pine Tree Village itself has a high domestic demand, and as the population in the Kingdom continues to move in, other surrounding villages will also want to upgrade their housing.But anyone who has a little bit of pursuit will not be willing to live in a simple wooden house or an earthen embryo house for the rest of his life.

It is worth mentioning that this brick and tile factory will adopt a joint-stock system. As the main investor, Lu De will naturally take the majority, holding 70% of the shares of the brick and tile factory in the name of the God of Medicine. Lu De proclaimed himself the chairman .

For the other 30% of the shares, the village head Luo Mu’s family who invested in the money accounted for 5%, the craftsmen and teachers of the school invested 10% of the shares with technology, and the remaining 15% was owned by all adults over the age of 15 in the current Songshu Village. Shared equally.

This decision means that after the brick and tile factory is completed and put into operation, as long as there is no loss in operation in the future, almost every household in the village will be able to receive dividends. Moreover, Lu De also promised that his brick and tile factory will give priority to hiring local people. The villagers who thought the brick and tile factory had nothing to do with them suddenly became excited.

On the other hand, Lude has formed a more solid community of interests with the local villagers in a true sense by relying on his left-handed religion and his right-handed economy.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least [-]% of the villagers in the entire village have become devout believers in the God of Medicine, and their loyalty and trust in Lude has unconsciously surpassed that of the king and the lord.

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For the entire industrial upgrading plan, Lu De proposed a complete general framework and process, and Elaine, as the secretary, was responsible for the paperwork such as statistical accounts and perfecting the plan.Miss Ghost's beautiful aristocratic handwriting is not a bit better than Lude's shameful "dog-paw handwriting".

Roughly flipping through the proposal, Lu De nodded in satisfaction, saying that this is the experience a boss should have. He is only responsible for scratching his head, and the excellent employees below will work overtime to complete it.

"It's great! If I were to do it myself, I would definitely not be able to reach this level. Thank you, Miss Eleven, it's great to have your help."

"Hey, it's not as good as you said!"

Hearing Lude's praise, Miss Ghost showed a naive smile, not caring about being squeezed at all.

After all, before that, Elaine had been alone and doing nothing for 300 years, so now she has something to do, and there are still people willing to chat with her, which makes Elaine very happy.

At least if the workload is not too much at this stage, it is true!

After talking about work matters, one person and one ghost simply started chatting.Eliwen knew that she was an undead, and she might be wiped out in the sun, and most of the living people outside were also afraid of her, so she had been obediently hiding in the basement, being a "house ghost" who never went out.

And Lude was worried that Elaine would feel bored, and that she would live in the dark basement for a long time, and she would develop mental problems like other undead after a long time, so he would come down to chat with her from time to time and tell her about himself. Anecdotes from the outside world.

Eleven admired Luther's plans and ideals of running a school and opening up people's wisdom.Because even in the heyday of the most prosperous human civilization more than 300 years ago, knowledge was one of the "privileges" that the vast majority of people at the bottom could not easily touch.

Eleven was born in an aristocratic family and worked as a court lady.The queen of the Kingdom of Manas once had the idea of ​​developing basic education, but unfortunately it failed in the end, and the country was destroyed.

But today's world is much worse than it was back then. Not to mention that the common people at the bottom are uneducated, even many nobles are equally illiterate, and feel that swords in their hands are more suitable for ruling territories than words.

It can be seen that the decline of world civilization has not recovered along with the population!

However, Lu De didn't chat casually today, but complained to Elaine.He told the other party about the conflict between himself and Aina, and then asked her to judge for him.

Seeing Lu De babbling, like a father lamenting that his daughter is getting more and more disobedient, Elaine almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

"Master Lude, you really care about Miss Aina!"

"Hey! The problem is that the dead girl doesn't appreciate it at all, she was very well-behaved before."

"Don't worry, children grow up like this."

Lude leaned on his chin and looked at Elaine, after thinking about it, he still didn't tell her the truth.

When he first discovered Elaine, Lu De once thought that this ghost girl who had been spying on him for several months must know many secrets about him, including his "true face" and Aina's identity.

But Lu De soon discovered that he was completely wrong.It is true that Eliwen hid underground and became his neighbor for more than half a year, but apart from trying to scare people by shaking the cabinet for a while, most of the time she didn't dare to approach Lude at all. The nemesis of the undead.