All the contract girls want to marry me

He laughed loudly and said: "You brat has become more successful now. You are much better now than you were two or three years ago. The efforts I spent on sending you to study were not in vain."

The youngest son scratched his head in embarrassment, remembering that three years ago he was a ghost in Black Rock City. Even mice had to avoid him when crossing the street, for fear of being kicked in the butt.

He chuckled and explained softly: "People will always grow. His Majesty once said that as long as you work hard, you will see a big change after three days, not to mention that I have been out for more than two years."

"Father, it's almost time. Let's set off. Don't let His Majesty arrive first."

The city lord became energetic and quickly called for the welcoming team to set off with him.

When setting off, he even took his younger son with him.

At least there was someone who knew Matthew well, and he felt more at ease.

Yes, people always grow.

Matthew looked at Wendy riding a white horse beside him and sighed secretly in his heart.

After the battle on the grassland, Wendy has grown a lot compared to a few months ago.

He is more courageous, more responsible, and likes to think (although his ideas are still absurd). After the twists and turns just now, he has put down his vanity and is willing to admit his mistakes.

As long as you are willing to admit your shortcomings, there is still huge room for improvement in the future.

While criticizing Wendy, Matthew also criticized himself.

His emotional intelligence has always been very low, and I'm afraid it will never get higher in this life.

However, we should be more gentle and tolerant towards those around us.

Wendy is not his subordinate, so she cannot reprimand him like Debray.

So what should we do with Wendy?

Matthew thought hard and unexpectedly thought of a person, Andre.

After Andrei became Andrenee, they could never go back to the way they were before, but he and Andrei always got along well.

Andre is the poor guy with a girl's feelings sealed away, while Wendy is the real girl trapped in a boy's body.

In fact, Wendy is much more pitiful than Andre.

As long as Matthew is strong enough and lifts Andre's seal, she will be the real Andrenee.

But what about Wendy?Who is her destination?

Matthew was silent.

There are many nobles in this world who like beautiful men. If Wendy just wants a warm embrace, it's very simple.

But she is a girl except for her body. Maybe what she needs is an operation?

Matthew was startled by the idea, but he quickly dismissed the absurd notion.

Even if Wendy doesn't like it, he still has to get married and find a wife to continue the family tradition.

Nine times out of ten things will go wrong in her life. This is her responsibility and no one can change it.

After thinking about this, Matthew made his final decision.

Respect Wendy's choice and treat her as a lovely girl from today on.

Other than that, they are still best friends and best brothers.

This is enough.

Just when Matthew was enlightened, Wendy reminded him softly: "Matthew, ahead is the team of the Lord of Black Rock City."

Matthew became energetic, straightened his clothes, adjusted his helmet, and galloped forward at the lead.

Wendy and Diana followed him closely.

Seeing Matthew's team, the Lord of Black Rock City, who had been waiting for a while, hurriedly dismounted his horse and led his horse forward to greet them.

"Dear Duke, Your Highness Wendy, Captain Diana, welcome to Black Rock City."

He spoke with a strong voice, neither humble nor arrogant, and stood upright.

I heard from my son that His Majesty doesn't like his subjects to kneel down.Although he was a little doubtful, the city lord still took his son's advice and stood up straight.

He won the bet.

Seeing the Lord of Black Rock City standing proudly on the roadside, Matthew felt a little more favorable to him.

About ten meters away from the city lord, Matthew got off his horse and walked towards the city lord.

A few meters away from Matthew, the city lord almost knelt down with his knees weak, but he gritted his teeth and stood up straight after remembering his son's reminder.

But the lord was coming soon, so he couldn't greet him carelessly.

Just when he was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he suddenly discovered that Matthew and the other three were all wearing military uniforms, and he made an instant decision.

He stood with his feet together and gave Matthew a standard military salute.

In empires and kingdoms, generally the city lord is also the commander of the city's garrison.

Whether they are professional soldiers with military status or amateur commanders without military status, they all have military responsibilities.

It is very appropriate for junior soldiers to salute their superiors.

Matthew watched the Black Rock City Lord's expression change from nervousness to panic, and finally gradually calmed down. He was a little more fond of the City Lord's true expression changes.

After returning the gift, he took the initiative to shake the city lord's hand and said with a smile: "City Lord Camilo, there is no need to be so polite, let alone lead the team so far out of the city. Didn't my envoy tell you?"

Camilo said very seriously: "Your Majesty, according to the laws of the empire, to formally welcome you and His Royal Highness, you must personally lead the team out of the city. This is the legal system of the empire, and I dare not ignore it."

This is true.

If Camilo really didn't go out to greet him, the Imperial Overseer would not be able to spare him.

Matthew laughed and walked towards Black Rock City under the welcome of Camilo.

Wendy and Deanna did not speak, but nodded to him in return.

Anyway, they are not the masters of Camilo, so it is enough to show respect, there is no need to be too groveling.

After all, he is also a hereditary viscount, so he would not abuse himself like this.

Seeing Matthew's satisfied expression, Camilo knew that he had made the right bet.

He gave his younger son an approving look out of the corner of his eye, which made the boy almost jump with joy.

Soon, the group entered the banquet hall under the guidance of the city lord.

In the slightly unkempt hall, twelve dishes were placed on the table, all according to the standards of King David and his courtiers having dinner together in the Holy Scriptures.

In this way, there is no need to worry about being impeached by the inspector for exceeding the standard of reception, and there is no need to worry about Matthew being angry.

Looking at this table of dishes, Matthew's evaluation of the city lord was a little higher.

Chapter 260 Let’s go, follow me into the house!

Lord Camilo was so knowledgeable that he enjoyed the meal very much.

The guests and hosts were chatting and laughing, and after a business talk, everyone had face.

As for how much of what was said at the dinner was true or false, only the people involved in it knew.

Wendy was very reserved and didn't say a few words, but just listened.

He is a member of the royal family, and it is normal for him to be a bit arrogant. Lord Camilo even thinks that this is the royal style.

Shirley did not attend the dinner.

She had never been interested in this kind of dinner party, unless it was a party where Matthew served everyone chicken legs.

Although Diana attended, she never spoke at banquets, and this time was no exception.

Camilo's son, Camilo, is usually very active, but when faced with Matthew, he is too arrogant to say anything.

As a result, although the dishes at the banquet were sumptuous, the only ones willing to chat were Matthew and Camilo.

Matthew and Lord Camilo drank a few glasses of wine and became much more familiar with each other when talking.

Matthew smiled and asked the city lord about the business and trade situation over the years. When he mentioned this, Camilo suddenly felt sleepy.

He introduced with a smile: "Your Majesty, under your encouragement of business policies in recent years, our Black Rock City's maritime trade and land trade have made great progress."

He seemed to be prepared. After Matthew asked the question, he immediately took out a roll of parchment from his sleeve and handed it to Matthew.

"Your Majesty, please see, these are the annual trade data before the Perth Crusade. This is for the last three years."

It has to be said that the Lord of Camilo City is also a capable official, and the diagrams he made are very concise and clear at a glance.

Matthew's favorite thing is this kind of technical official.

Compared with those officials who only form cliques for personal gain and serve as officials, these smart and capable technical officials are the backbone of the country.

Matthew looked at the curve representing the total trade volume, looking at the curve going up and down like a roller coaster, and naturally knew that this was because of the good things done by the Goblin United Chamber of Commerce.

Black Rock City is a trading city. When trade is sluggish, everyone's life is naturally in straits.

Camilo talked about the people's livelihood issues in the city, and said with some helplessness: "Your Majesty, you also know that in a trading city like our Black Rock City, money comes and goes quickly, and many people have no money to store food. Habit."

"Trade has been sluggish in the past six months, and many people have gone bankrupt."

"Oh, how did you deal with it?" This phenomenon is indeed very common, and Matthew doesn't find it strange. What he is curious about is Camilo's method of dealing with it.

"Last autumn, just before you went out to conquer the grassland, I purchased a large amount of food from various places and filled four granaries. I don't have to worry about the food supply in the city."

Matthew nodded, this was indeed a precautionary measure.As long as there is food, people's livelihood can be guaranteed, and at least large-scale unrest will not occur.

Matthew smiled and asked: "Then how do you plan to distribute the food to everyone?"

Camilo snorted softly, picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp. His eyes seemed to be bursting with flames, and he gritted his teeth and said:

"Your Majesty, I can't conjure food and money out of thin air. I paid for all this food. Some people are born poor. When they can make money, they don't know how to invest or save. When they run out of money, they don't know how to invest. Waiting for relief.”

"This kind of people are just moths that corrode the foundation of the country!"

"I can give them food, but they have to use labor in exchange!"

Matthew is very supportive of Camilo's idea.

He was just worried that the Holy See would take the opportunity to expand its influence.

In this world, the good reputation of the Holy See was largely due to their frequent distribution of food to win people's hearts.

The more catastrophic the year, the faster the expansion of the Holy See.

Matthew smiled and said: "If the city lord does this, aren't you afraid that people from the Holy See will steal people from you?"

When he mentioned this, Camilo felt unhappy. He said dullly: "Don't these unscrupulous people know that the food in the Holy See is the most expensive?"

"All I want is their money, what these gangsters want is their lives and beliefs!"

Hearing his father's drunken gibberish, little Camilo sitting next to him was so frightened that he lost his mind.

He served in the Matthew Army, and now he was just returning home to visit his relatives. Naturally, he knew the situation in the Matthew Army very well.

Who is Diana?That was the grand master of the Walder Knights, a figure equivalent to a cardinal.He is also one of the top ten figures in the Holy See!

That's all. She is also Matthew's closest ally. She has served as the deputy commander-in-chief of Matthew's army for a long time, and her status is even higher than that of General Debray.

It was said that Matthew doted on his wife, but everyone in the army knew that Matthew doted on Diana even more than his wife.

Many people say that Deanna will never get married in her life, because once she gets married, she will not be able to maintain an ambiguous relationship with Matthew.

Some people even whispered secretly that Diana was Matthew's secret lover, the kind who was closer than his wife.

No matter how many of these words are true or how many are rumors, at least one thing is recognized, that is, Diana's status on Matthew's side is very high.

She is one of the top five powerful people in Matthew's camp.

Most importantly, Diana is very religious!

Matthew may not care if his father says this, but Captain Diana will definitely care!

He angrily gave his father an elbow, and then winked desperately, signaling to his father that Captain Diana was here.

Camilo was also frightened when he saw Diana.

His drunkenness instantly sobered him up.

He tried hard to open his mouth, but couldn't say a word for a long time.

There is only one way to explain now, and that is to pretend to be drunk.