That's a fake elf

"Don't be nervous, Lord Earl, these are all my people."

Seeing Watra Qing's face turn red and red, Li Ang felt extremely happy.

The last time he came, Vatra not only maintained his identity to bully the younger ones, but also ambushed him on his way back.

If Ellie hadn't been proficient in [Nature's Touch], he might have died.

This time he brought his men to show off his power, which also made this old guy feel like he was often intimidated by others. If he could take action, Li Ang would be eager to do so.

"Since you are from Baron Rielner, I won't ask any more questions. I just hope that you will restrain your troops and not let them harass the villages and towns along the way."

Vatra looked at the Naga and Siren Banshees under Li Ang, with a look of solemnity on his face.

Li Ang glanced at Vatra in surprise, but he didn't expect that he could endure this breath.

After taking a deep look at Wattela, Li Ang suddenly took out a money bag and scroll from his arms, threw them on the wooden box aside and said:

"I want to buy some supplies and bring them back to Zishanling. Here are the orders and money."

As Butler Coster picked up the money bag and scroll, and then muttered a few words beside Vatra, Vatra's face suddenly darkened.

When Li Ang saw this, he immediately smiled.

For no other reason, in order to humiliate Vatra, all he wrote in the scroll were some high-end products, many of which were worth thousands of gold.

But what he filled in this purse were only some copper coins and silver coins, and the total amount of them was less than one gold coin.

"Are you satisfied with the money I gave you?" Li Ang said with a smile.

"I accepted the money. Things will be ready in half a day." Vatra glanced at Li Ang, took a deep breath, asked the butler to put away the money and scroll, and then said calmly:

"Actually, I prepared a gift for Baron Rielner and sent it to Cedar Forest Castle a month ago, and your sister has already accepted it."

"But since Baron Rielner is not satisfied, I can give you another one. I hope that from now on, our two families can forget their past grudges."

"By the way, I heard that Baron Rielna is going to Pegliano to participate in the Warriors Festival to win glory for the country. If you see the Duchess and the Lionheart King, please say hello for me."

"..." Li Ang's smile suddenly stopped.

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Walking on the path of the Musk Forest, Li Ang felt inexplicably complicated at the moment.

Originally, he thought that when he appeared with the Siren Banshee clan, Wattela would choose to jump over the wall in a hurry, so that he could naturally destroy the opponent and take back Haiyan City.

Anyway, he now has sufficient evidence of Vatra's collusion with the Vastians. As long as he submits it to the Druid Temple, there is absolutely no problem in having Cuiting convict him of treason.

But what he didn't expect was that the other party would move out his mother and his grandfather, Charlie the Lionheart.

"What are you worried about?" Gao Lan followed Li Ang on the horse sent by Wattela with a trace of doubt on his face.

"I was originally sent to Zishan Ridge as a lord to investigate whether Vatra was smuggling contraband and slaves, but the deeper I investigated, I found that things were not as simple as I thought."

Li Ang sighed deeply and said with a sad face:

"When I pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, I now have some doubts as to whether my mother and grandfather were also involved."

"I think you should give your family a little more trust." Gao Lan said softly.

"Haha, I thought about it too, but when I think about my mother's somewhat extreme character, I really... It's hard to explain in words." Li Ang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Li Ang actually doesn't have much nostalgia for power.

But his mother was different. She had always been eager for him to become the first heir, and she often used some extreme means to do this.

To become a duke, you need the support of nobles, so you need to win people's hearts, and the best way is to reward them.

But Fanashir no longer had any extra land to distribute to the nobles.

As the population increased, Fanathil needed to import more and more food every year, and the treasury deficit became more and more serious. It was even more difficult to bribe nobles with gold coins.

With his mother's character, she would never reach out to the common people for it.

Ordinary business can only subsidize the national treasury at most. If you want to save a lot of money in a short period of time, you have to either start a war or violate the ban and do something that harms the national interest.

"If you are worried, you can ask your mother and grandfather for confirmation first." Gao Lan said in a deep voice.

"Well, that's all it can do." Li Ang nodded helplessly.

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zishanling

Returning here again after nearly two months, Li Ang almost didn't recognize that this was his territory.

Along the way, he had seen several guard towers and had been inspected several times. If he hadn't taken off his hood to show his identity, he might have been stopped on the road.

When he arrived at Qilin Village, Li Ang discovered that the fences here had been replaced by stone walls, and most of the wooden houses had been replaced by stone houses.

Compared with the depression in the past, people are coming and going here now, the population has increased several times, and there is an endless stream of traders and adventurers.

All of this made him unbelievable.

"elder brother!"

Just when Li Ang was still standing in a daze at the entrance of the village, a figure jumped on Li Ang's back.

The rangers patrolling with Lorna almost had their hearts broken when they saw the goddess in their hearts pounce on an elf, but after hearing her words, they suddenly showed expressions of surprise.

"Lona, I didn't expect you to recognize me even after I used my disguise skills." Li Ang took off his hood and said with a smile.

"Of course, we are brothers and sisters with the same spiritual connection!" Luo Na said with her hands on her hips and a proud look on her face.

"Lona, how did you manage to change this place in less than two months?" Li Ang opened the system panel and looked at the five villages whose popular support reached 95, and was amazed.

"It's just integrating the resources left by my brother." Lona said with a smile:

"The stone walls, stone houses, and sentry towers in the village were all built with the help of the dwarves from the Silver Pine Mountains. I just gave them a batch of ore donated by Vatra, and they volunteered to help."

"As for the extra civilians, adventurers, and businessmen here, they are all attracted by the highest level of God's blessing in Zishan Ridge."

"Because you left enough gold coins, I easily recruited enough villagers to become rangers to maintain law and order."

"But there are also troubles. Because of the blessing of God here, many miraculous creatures in Fanasier have begun to migrate here recently. Many high-level poaching gangs are always hanging around."

Seeing that his sister had lost her virginity, was wearing leather armor, and looked dusty, Li Ang couldn't help but touched her head and was filled with emotion.

Once upon a time, this little girl who in his eyes could only tease him and cause him trouble has now become a girl who can take charge of her own business.

"Brother, I just saw a lot of sirens and naga swordsmen outside the village. Are they all yours?" Lorna asked curiously.

"Well, they are all warriors I conquered and recruited at sea." Li Ang smiled and nodded.

"What about them?" Lona nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly pointed at Perona, Vimona, and Gao Lan.

"I forgot to introduce you, Perona, the princess of the Naga tribe." Li Ang pointed at the little black-haired girl who was looking at Lorna curiously.

"Hey, hey, sister, you and eldest brother look alike!" Perona broke away from Gondi and trotted up to Lona. Her eyes kept flowing between Leon and Lona, and she said with a smile.

"Hehehe, everyone says so. When we were young, as long as my mother put us both in skirts, my father wouldn't recognize who was the brother and who was the sister." Lona said with a proud look on her face.

"Really?" Perona's eyes were shining, as if stars were shining.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, how can I wear a skirt." Li Ang's face turned crimson, he held down Lona's head and said through gritted teeth.

"Brother, you haven't introduced them to me yet!" Lona broke free from Li Ang's hand, hid behind Lona, pointed at Gao Lan and Weimona and said.

"Nice to meet you, beautiful princess. I am Vimona, Linali's sister, and the leader of the Siren clan." Vimona twisted up her black dress and bowed with a smile.

"I don't like her. She is full of conspiracy. She must be just like that insidious guy in Vatra!" Lona trotted to Li Ang's side and muttered quietly beside him.

Although the sound was not loud, it was extremely lethal, and at least the smile on Vimona's face was almost unbearable.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Ang glared at his sister fiercely, and looked at Vimona with a slightly embarrassed look.

"Brother, this person's temperament looks like..."

Looking at Gao Lan, who had specially changed into a long silk dress, looking as quiet as a virgin and exuding a noble aura, Luo Na didn't know why, but she always felt a little familiar to her.

"Gao Lan."

"elder brother."

"Gao Lan, Gao Shun's sister." Li Ang turned around and looked at the two people who were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, with a smile on his lips.