Be the Mayor From Today

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

"I'll take a look." Nicole opened the letter, read it, and laughed lightly from time to time. This is the reply she wrote yesterday.

"Looks like it's a joke again." Liu Feng raised his brows, thinking of a few beast-eared mothers in Xiyang City.

"That's not it." Nicole said with a smile, fluffing her long flaxen hair, "Master, Frey doesn't go to school anymore. She's either sitting in the study all day now, or sleeping in your bed."

"..." Liu Feng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed, "Free's temperament, I'm afraid it won't change for a while."

He could imagine why Frey was like this. It was relying on his performance. He came out these days, making the closed girl feel insecure.

"Frey 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 to the letter and tell Frei, let her go to school obediently, or go back without taking her to heaven." Liu Feng said gently.

"Okay." Nicole said softly, took the letter and walked to the cabin. There were still some girls' whispers in the letter.

Liu Feng turned his head to look at the back of Nicole's departure, and then turned to stare at Pulsatilla again, frowning and thinking about how to make it easier for letters to circulate and information to be reported more quickly.

What happened in the past two days, that is, what Amos took notes, if he was in Xiyang City, it would take at least a month to get such news, that is, it would take more than a month for him to receive external news.

This is not what he wants. The lack of information means passing by the opportunity. It will lose and miss a lot of things, but it is unrealistic to use the bald man to transmit information, and it will be exposed if it is used too much. This is his information One of the secret weapons.

"Letter delivery? By express?" Liu Feng touched his chin, frowning in thought, and muttered, "Letter? Don't leave the items first?"

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

"Do you specialize in the circulation of letters?" Liu Feng's black eyes lit up, yes, first, let's start with the method of delivering letters, and then receive the courier when it matures.

"Using the city as a unit? One city passes one city? Finally reaches the destination?" Liu Feng's mind quickly turned, thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

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

There must also be an office in each city, errands and messengers, land and water routes to go together, fast-moving boats and carriages, etc.

The more Liu Feng thought about it, the more feasible it was. He decided to go back to Xiyang City and start mail express delivery. For the time being, he would conduct pilot projects in several cities near Xiyang City, and then promote it after success. The surface is letter express delivery, but secretly it is intelligence express delivery. , In the future, when it grows and develops, it will start to get goods express.

Chapter 0375 Blackwater City.

Blackwater City is located by the Blackwater River, a branch of the Youshui River. The name of Liancheng is also named after the Blackwater 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 road distance from Heishui City to Youshui River takes a day by horse and carriage, let alone walking on foot. It will be frozen, so Blackwater City has become an isolated city.

The Lord of Blackwater City, Spencer, was sitting in the castle in distress, and next to him stood his daughter, Sheeran with short black hair and brown eyes. Both of them were worried about the food storage in Blackwater City.

"Father, the food in our Blackwater City is only enough for everyone to eat for about 20 days. This is still under the circumstance of frugality." Xilan whispered.

"This..." Spencer opened his mouth, and finally turned into a helpless sigh, what can I do? Their Blackwater City was originally barren, and before the winter came, they were robbed by horse thieves once, resulting in insufficient food for their Blackwater City.

If you go to other cities to buy grain, how can you buy it? Many cities don't sell wheat in winter, not to mention they don't have any gold coins.

Spencer is a baron noble, and his family has been a noble of Blackwater City for generations. In other words, Blackwater City is an old city. He has experienced five city lords, all of whom belong to the Spencer family, and the next city lord will be Sheeran.

In fact, Spencer, the blackwater city lord, 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 and a good nobleman who loves the people.

Spencer did not exploit the commoners, and he lived a miserable life. He felt like a village chief, not like the lord of a city; his life was better than that of the commoners, but he was very popular among the commoners. Ai Dai, as soon as you say hello, the commoners are all rushing to come to help. This is a comfort.

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

"Forget it, it's hard to find prey in winter. If you don't freeze, you'll lose more than you gain." Spencer shook his head to stop him. He was reluctant to take his only daughter to take risks, and he had only one daughter left.

Spencer's generation was bleak. His wife died when his daughter was thirteen, and he never married again, so he raised her daughter alone.

"This... Father, why don't I go to another city to ask for some wheat and return it to them next summer?" Xilan couldn't bear to see her old father frowning all day.

"They won't borrow it." Spencer shook his head with a wry smile. 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 man.

Blackwater City is only a small town of 2,000 people. Many people in the city have blood ties with Spencer. Some of the commoners’ grandfathers are also the knights of Spencer’s grandparents. This makes him so cruel to watch the commoners starve to death. .

"But..." Sheeran was anxious, this is not good, that is not good, is everyone 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, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were a few more layers, and the white hair on the top of her head was more, she pursed her lips, her brown eyes flashed a little firmness, and she turned to leave.

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

Sheeran put on a few sheepskin coats, hung a knight's sword at his waist, and held a spear in his hand. He left the castle with these two things, and stood outside the castle, looking at the ruined castle walls, his brown eyes were full of tenacity.

"I will definitely make Blackwater City a big city, and the castle will also get bigger. Father, don't worry." Sheeran cheered, turned around and went out of Blackwater City.

A few hundred meters away from Blackwater City is the Blackwater River. It is a river more than 30 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 went down to the ice surface of the Blackwater River. She wanted to cut through the ice to fish. This was just her whim.

She used to be a good fisherman. She used to stab the fish with her spear. Every time she was able to add food to her old father, that was the happiest moment.

"Phew~~" Sheeran took a deep breath, then clenched her spear and poked at the ice layer. Not to mention, the ice layer was really hard. It took more than 20 minutes to poke a bucket-sized ice hole.

"Huhhaha..." Sheeran gasped, exercising in winter is really exhausting, especially if you don't eat well.

"Very good, let's see if there are any fish passing by." Sheeran held the spear and half squatted on the edge of the ice cave. The stupidest way was to stand there and wait for the fish to emerge.

She has no other way. Hunting in winter, she might not be able to find prey for several days, and she has to consume more wheat to maintain her stamina, but she will lose even more.

Ten minutes passed, and the ice cave quickly froze again, which annoyed Sheeran so much that he couldn't help but stab him down with a spear.

"Huh?" Sheeran was stunned. The spear had a different touch. It had hit something. He quickly pulled it up and found a slap-sized fish on the tip of the spear.

"Really, is there really a fish?" Sheeran's brown eyes widened with joy, and she was so excited that she quickly took the fish off the tip of her spear.

"That's great, let me poke a few more fish and go back to making soup for my father." Sheeran stood still again, this time poking at the ice hole with a spear from time to time.

However, the goddess of luck seemed to have abandoned Sheeran. An hour passed, and the man was tired and panting, but he did not hit a fish again.

"Guru~~"

The most tragic thing is that Sheeran's hungry stomach screamed. She couldn't help patting her stomach and shouting, "Belly, hold on, I'll go back after poking a few more fish."

"Phew~~" Sheeran stood up straight and moved her hands and feet, especially her bent waist. She turned her neck again, but saw a black spot moving in the distance.

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

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

Chapter 0376 ice sledge.

"Ta Tata..."