Unknown Knight

The next morning, Aix was listening to Manide's report in the warehouse. He was generally satisfied with the sales and purchases of the caravan's goods from yesterday afternoon to now. However, the war in Kudan City was not under his control. The war situation was unpredictable and no one knew which would come first, tomorrow or an accident. In order to achieve King Ragnar's goal as soon as possible, Aix decided to speed up the progress here and said to Manide:

"We need to speed up the purchase of grain. Tell the nobles and merchants who want to sell goods to us that it would be best if they bring the goods before tomorrow afternoon. We will set off on time the day after tomorrow morning."

"Okay, sir."

When Manide finished speaking and was about to go out, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the yard outside. The two looked at each other and went to the yard outside the door together.

It turned out that Miss Tsunde had come to the warehouse with a small group of people. These people included two shield maidens holding shields to protect her, and several maids holding trays with carefully made cakes on them. The maids were delivering the cakes to the busy caravan members in the yard. When she saw Aix coming out, Tsunde happily ran over with her skirt lifted up and said:

"I made our most famous cheese pastry. Let me give you a taste."

As he spoke, he took a piece and put it into Aix's mouth, then walked over and put his arm around Aix's arm and continued:

"There is a large patch of wild roses blooming outside the city. Please accompany me to have a look."

Aix couldn't hear what she said. He only saw the caravan members in the yard looking at him with evil smiles. Some familiar ones even whistled. He felt his face tighten and his cheeks began to heat up. With a cake in his mouth, he replied unconsciously:

"Yeah, okay, okay."

Miss Gang De took his arm and led him out of the warehouse. He thought to himself, "Oh no, I was fooled by this scheming woman. Now she knows everything. What should I do now?"

The two of them came to the road to Wocheze City. Although Miss Gangde was still carrying Aix, she no longer led him forward, but resumed her elegant and noble posture. Every town resident who passed by them bowed to them, and the lady either waved in response or nodded in greeting, posing and acting like a star in Aix's original world.

"This is equivalent to an official announcement in disguise! You are such a scheming girl, you easily took me over," Axe thought.

At this moment, he kept a smile on his face that matched that of Miss Tsuna, but he was complaining bitterly in his heart. He originally thought that after the punishment last night, he could get past this hurdle first, and then find a way to slowly deal with it later. He didn't expect that she would break his magic skill with just one move, making all his efforts in bed and out of bed last night go to waste, and all his sweet words were in vain. He then realized that this woman was known as the wisest woman in the Nord Kingdom, and it was not called that for nothing.

How could he know that when a woman truly loves a man, passion does not mean being brainless, innocence does not mean being ignorant, partiality does not mean being without scheming, willfulness does not mean being unreasonable, having a temper does not mean being unreasonable, and giving everything does not mean letting others control you. Bad men should keep this in mind and experience it well, and don't miss the most precious person in your life.

They first came to the most famous online celebrity check-in spot outside Wocheze City - the wild rose garden. In full view of everyone, Miss Gangde picked a big and beautiful red rose and handed it to Aix, asking him to put it on her head, which attracted the envy and admiration of many fans.

After enjoying the spring scenery in the garden for a while, they were still in high spirits and went to the beach hand in hand. While chasing and playing, they experienced the romance in the waves. While snuggling and looking into the distance, they looked at the happy shore across the sea together...

Just like that, within a day, all the indigenous people of Wocheze, as well as all the passers-by who stayed in the city, knew that the daughter of the city lord's mansion was going to be taken away by the big fat pig, Aix.

In the evening, at the banquet at the City Lord's Mansion.

Tonight's banquet lacked the noise and grandeur of the past. Everyone just lowered their heads and ate the food in front of them in silence. No one was whispering to each other, and no one was playing finger-guessing games. From time to time, people would take advantage of the breaks in drinking to sneak a glance at the three people sitting in the front row.

Every time Lord Iaya put a piece of beef into his mouth, he would look at Aix next to him, as if to say that I can eat your meat in the same way. The precious daughter sitting between them didn't care about her father's temper, and kept forking meat into his plate, reminding him to eat it while it was hot. At the same time, she didn't forget to take care of Aix, and from time to time she would cut a piece of the tenderest beef on her plate and put it into Aix's mouth intimately, which made Lord Iaya drink the old wine in his glass in one gulp, and then slammed the glass on the banquet table with resentment.

I don't know how Aix finished the meal, but fortunately the nobles who attended the banquet didn't want to stay to watch the joke, and they all said goodbye to the Lord of Iaya and left. Two of them who had talked to Aix came over and patted Aix on the shoulder, and their expressions clearly reminded him to take it easy and keep his son-in-law's head down.

After everyone in the hall left, a middle-aged woman who looked 90% like Miss Gangde came out from the back garden. Gangde was very happy to see her. He called out "Mom" and ran over happily, carrying her on his arm and coming close to Aix.

Axe knew that this was the long-heard-of Madam Zoya, Tsundere's biological mother. The customs of the Nord Kingdom were gender equality, and women were not strictly restricted. However, there was one thing: married women generally did not attend men's banquets. Unlike other kingdoms, this could largely avoid the occurrence of court defilements. So this was the first time Axe had met his future mother-in-law, so he didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly walked up to her, touched her chest and said:

"It's an honor to meet you, dear Mrs. Zoya."

"Oh, you are very polite. Not as frivolous and rude as you said."

Mrs. Zoya teased her daughter.

"Mother."

Gangde knelt down and hid in his mother's arms, which made Mrs. Zoya laugh happily, which showed that she was satisfied with her son-in-law. After laughing, she walked over and kicked the Lord of Iaya who was still sitting in the chair drinking, and said to him:

"What? Lord City Lord, don't you know that there are guests coming to the mansion today?"

"How dare you say that to me? Look at your well-educated daughter, she's almost been kidnapped!"

The Lord of Iaya was already slightly drunk, and his words contained three parts of anger and seven parts of complaints.

"Hehehe" After hearing his words, Madam Zoya covered her mouth and laughed for a while. Seeing that Lord Iaya still didn't get up, she shook the back of the chair he was sitting on with both hands.

The Lord of Iaya then stood up, walked up to Aix with a fierce look in his eyes and said:

"Sir Aix, I heard that you are a newly promoted noble in Swadia. I wonder how much dowry you can afford. Our family's dowry requirements are very high!"

"Well, the Lord Mayor is having some trouble with the betrothal gift. Recently, the territory has added 6 to 700 new residents, and there are many places to spend money. In addition, I have to pay 1000 silver coins of snow salt profit to King Ragnar every year, and 1500 silver coins of olive oil profit to King Harlaus. So, could you please be flexible and postpone the betrothal gift?"

Aix was afraid that the Lord of Iaya would ask for too much, so he had to tell him the truth, letting him see that he had so many expenses and was really in trouble. He also wanted to scare him off, so it would be best not to mention anything about betrothal gifts or marriage for the time being.

But what he didn't know was that his words really frightened the Lord of Iaya, as well as Mrs. Zoya. The couple looked at each other, then looked at him with surprise. Mrs. Zoya spoke first:

"How many people are there in your territory now?"

"Less than 800 people, but it's still increasing slowly. I believe it may exceed 1000 by the end of this year. Alas, there is no way to establish a territory in its infancy with so many people leaving but not coming in."

Aix exaggerated the expected burden, but he didn't know that his future father-in-law actually controlled only about 2000 people. Wocheze City seemed to have a population of nearly 20, but the population and territory belonged to more than 1000 nobles of his line. This future son-in-law had almost people just after he was conferred the title, so his future achievements can be imagined. If they knew that the people in Aix's territory only paid one-tenth of the tax every year, they would definitely call him a prodigal son.

After taking a deep breath, Lord Iaya asked doubtfully:

"Why is it that King Ragnar wants to hand over 1000 silver coins, and King Harlaus also wants to hand over 1500 silver coins?

"That's because I was granted the exclusive license for snow salt by King Ragnar, and the exclusive license for olive oil by King Harlaus, so I'm currently short of funds. I don't know..."

"Haha, no problem. The betrothal gift and gift money can be discussed. Come on, Aix, let's talk about your two exclusive business licenses."

The Lord of Iaya laughed, took Aix's arm, and led him to his seat. Mrs. Zoya also poured a glass of wine for each of them to moisten their throats.

Under the seemingly sincere questioning of the Lord of Iaya, Aix had to give a general account of how he obtained the two exclusive franchises. Of course, he must have added a lot of hardships and desperate efforts in it, and the secret of the snow salt must not be told truthfully.

He also repeatedly told the mayor and his wife of Iaya that he had just obtained the two franchise certificates, the market had not yet been opened, and sales had not yet been increased, so it was very likely that he would suffer losses for one or two years.

The main point is to let the couple know that all their money was spent on building relationships, and sales channels have not yet been established. They are now almost destitute, and there are still a large number of people in the territory who need to be supported. As for the betrothal money, they can only laugh it off now.

But how could his little trick be hidden from the old couple? They did not even mention the betrothal gift, but kept asking about the snow salt and olive oil. It was obvious that they wanted the future son-in-law to help them get rich.

As a last resort, Aix had to give the agency rights of the two products of Woche Zecheng to his future father-in-law, which managed to stabilize the old money-hungry couple.

The mayor of Iaya, who got what he wanted, completely changed his opinion of Aix and kept drinking with him. Mrs. Zoya also looked at her son-in-law as a mother-in-law, and the more she looked at Aix, the more she liked him. She asked the kitchen to prepare two dishes for the father-in-law and son-in-law to go with the wine. The trial meeting, which was originally tense, finally turned into a happy family gathering.