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Lucien felt that Mr. East must have misunderstood something, perhaps because the short time they played together when they were young gave him some illusion.

"What are you talking about?" Lucien's tone was light as if he was talking about the weather, "It's not good for people to hear such words."

But Mr. East is very sure of his judgment on Lucien. From the first time he saw Lucien, no, from the first time he heard of Lucien's existence, he didn't believe what Lucien said at all. The character design of a naive waste and a sick child.

It is impossible for His Royal Highness Luthers to value a good-for-nothing enough to choose a suitable playmate for him from the mother clan. After repeatedly searching through the children of the right age in the family, he was picked out when he was sent to the small manor.

The age is right, as an illegitimate child, observing words and emotions is a basic skill, he is a waste, but he is also a hard-working waste who wants to climb up in reading and socializing, he can speak sweetly, as a play (wan) partner (ju) to cheer up his younger brother and add to the fun of life ) could not be more suitable.

Mr. East has always thought that he should be grateful for the existence of Lucien, even if he was used as a toy for others, it was a hand to him who was trapped in the small manor waiting to die.

Speaking of which, he looks very much like Lucien from birth to experience, right? He is also an illegitimate child of dishonorable background, and there seems to be no difference between being thrown into a small manor and entrusted to a remote Velveer, but Velveer's Take a closer look at the place, it is definitely not a random selection to send someone.

——Poor, but no matter how poor the entire county is, it is enough to support a duke; unfortunately, the White River leads directly to the Central Province, and the Moon Mountains attract a large number of mercenary traders. No less than the imperial capital.

Don't worry too much about safety. No matter how crazy the Hall clan is, they are notoriously valuing their hometown. Therefore, even in the most chaotic adventure season, Velvet never had a big mess.

And the local manor guild leaders are evenly matched to check and balance each other. As long as Lucien himself is not desperate or ambitious, he will live comfortably in Velvetre.

Being able to choose such a good place in the vast territory of the empire, and to give it a surname and entrust it to avoid power disputes in the imperial capital, His Majesty the Emperor definitely arranged for Lucien's future after careful consideration.

A sick child who only has the advantage of being innocent and trash is absolutely not worth being so caring about.

Including the news he sent Pirlo to the imperial capital to inquire about, [-]% of the people's opinions are "the third prince is very poor" and "the little guy like a princess on the tower". They will place bets on whether Lucien will survive or not. When he arrived at the territory, he was indeed sympathetic to what happened to him.

There was no malice that would stab people, no contempt, insult, and ridicule. It seemed that everyone felt pity for this well-fed prince from the bottom of their hearts, and placed him in the position of the weak who was innocently victimized.

This is not right.

Mr. East thought that the world he saw was obviously not like this.

Waste obviously has to work a million times harder to be treated as a human being.

But if this trash is Lucien, everything is so natural.

"You really haven't changed at all." The corner of Mr. Ishtar's mouth was a little stiff, "As long as you sit there, everyone will favor you."

Even he was not immune to it. From the first time he met him, his heart softened towards the pale and weak prince on the sick bed. With a few casual words, he regarded the other party as someone of his own kind who could hug him for warmth. .

At that time, he tried his best to please everyone, he tried his best to get approval, and Lucien only needed to lower his eyes and whisper, "Did I make Brother East unhappy?", and he could easily erase it. All his efforts.

But it only needs to say "Brother East is very smart and treats me very well", and he will be brought back to the world from hell.

Lucien did it with ease, as if it was his breathing instinct, an instinct so powerful that he hated and feared it.

"Hmm..." Lucien tilted his head, showing the same innocent expression as when he was a child, and said clearly, "You really misunderstood."

"I didn't deceive anyone." He seriously corrected Mr. East's mistake, "This is what we all agree on."

Didn't he say it all, he is just a tool for the show.

To put it more clearly, his cheap father and brother are not stupid enough not to see that his obedience is purely a show, but he played well enough to make them happy enough, of course they have to take good care of his show Props to extend his lifespan.

For example, when the struggle for the succession to the throne is officially launched, and no one is in the mood to play, put him in the toy box of Velvet, lest the brothers accidentally break the toy when they fight.

As for the nature of "Lucien"...

No one cares what's in the trash, garbage, and diseased seedlings.

Well, fortunately, no one cared, after all, the brats in "Lucien" were a bit out of character.

Lucien thought easily, and because Mr. East generously saved him a lot of money, he still answered his first question, "But I just want to talk about my feelings... just, quite happy."

Compared with being so sick that I couldn't keep my eyes open when I first wore it, I have nothing to do but be hugged and cried by Anna. Of course, I am happier now.

Mr. East was dumbfounded.He had an intuition that everything was wrong. The plot development was not what he thought, but it seemed that there was nothing wrong. Compared with what he thought, it was clear that what Lucien said was more in line with everyone's personality setting.

that……

Lucien, who can enjoy this kind of twisted story and even get tangible benefits...

What exactly is it?

Mr. East could not help but shudder.

It's a pity that other people's moods were out of Lucien's consideration. After answering the question, he acquiesced that the topic was over, and went straight to the point, "I'm going to sign a magic contract for this business."

Magic contracts are more binding than ordinary contracts, and the party who violates the contract will suffer magic backlash.The earliest prototype of the magic contract was the blood contract magic invented between countries to sign alliances. Later, after generations of mages improved it, it formed a weakened version that is now widely used.

Mr. East agreed to this condition, and it took a while before he remembered that he had to pay the imperial gold coins for the delivery of the goods.

"I don't have any other gold coins." Lucien shrugged, "Well... I don't want you for nothing if you drop [-]% more. After all, His Royal Highness Luthers has taken care of you, and we will inevitably have other business in the future. Like this Well, I will only charge [-]% of the freight tax for Mansui next year, which is also convenient for you to pay.

Based on his understanding of the East family, it is difficult to achieve a high position in the family without the talent of a mage. The person in front of him is probably sent out to work. Life is not easy for everyone. It would be embarrassing to ask the other party to pay the difference out of their own pockets— ——It's better to follow the trend and lower the freight tax to attract grain merchants who are full of ears to take Velvet into the Baihe waterway to transport goods. As long as we hurry up to repair roads and docks this winter, we can make small profits but sell quickly.

Lucien's small calculations were crackling, but there was still no trace of sincerity on his face, as if he was really worried that the other party would be embarrassed by his family's superiors because he lowered the price without permission.

Mr. East's smiling face still couldn't hold on anymore, he was now incomparably more certain than ever that Lucien must have some indescribable and terrifying talent.

At least he has worked so hard for so many years, but he can't be so sincere and sincere. Even if he sees Lucien's essence more clearly now, he still has a good impression of "considerate and kind" towards Lucien.

God of light, he dared to bet all his wealth, the duke probably didn't even remember his name.

"...Thank you for your generosity." No matter what he thought in his heart, he could only thank him for the benefits he did get in the end, with a big smile on his face, "Do you want to add anything to the details of the contract? And if you have anything to do in the future, you can ask someone to find Dalton East at any office full of spikes, I will be stationed near Velvet, and I will be there on call."

Just because he had been a toy for this man for less than a year, as soon as His Royal Highness's order came, he was directly bound without any choice, although the family gave him more power than before. Many, the complexity of his mood is still hard to describe.

Now there is even a sense of tension like sitting on pins and needles, wanting to run away.

"Other things you can discuss with William, I can't handle too much." Lucien picked up the teacup and asked friendlyly, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

After Mr. East couldn't smile, he looked more pleasing to the eye. This tall and handsome man has excellent appearance, ambitious but not so tactful. Lucien personally thinks that the little wolf dog route is more suitable for him.

Without even thinking about refusing another cup of white lotus tea, he looked like a frightened dog with its tail clamped, and the bear in his head started to shout "I want to play puppy hook!".

Children’s enthusiasm for dog hooks is always incomprehensible to adults. After sending Mr. East away, Lucien had to stuff himself with a beautiful Hall mercenary, so that the screaming mouth of the bear boy was blocked and stopped. He kept nestling in Yixi's arms to make winter construction plans.

If you want to do something in a territory, then the best time is winter - a winter when he has a lot of food and the civilians in the territory are stretched.

Farmers have finished harvesting their fields, craftsmen and small businessmen have little business, and there are no adventurers and traders to make extra money for them during the closed mountain season. A large number of laborers are free to make ends meet, which is very likely to become a factor of social instability.

It will be even more difficult when the entire north enters winter early and the grain production will be reduced in an all-round way.

At this time, Lucien only needs to provide food, plus the extremely meager wages, and in the name of Lord Velveerd, he can get a lot of cheap labor to lay the foundation for everything that will happen in the future.

Roads need to be repaired, docks need to be repaired, dilapidated houses need to be repaired, and the urban construction department told Lucien that everything in his territory needs to be repaired.In addition, he has to find ways to upgrade the existing first-class fields on the territory, dig water tanks and build waterwheels, and not let go of the wasteland that can be reclaimed, so as to ensure basic disaster resistance.

Given that the farmland belonged to the manor owner, and the vast majority of the population lived on the manor owner's land, Lucien had to wrestle with the local tyrants.

Issie's warm embrace coaxed the brat into submission. With his eyes closed, Lucien scribbled and changed his winter plan in his consciousness, and arranged the scheduled things one, two, three, four, and did not forget to reserve some time for himself. A few days to get sick.

As soon as the sick leave was put on the schedule, Lucien thought about the problem of overwintering for the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled. It is inevitable that some houses will collapse and some will lose their food storage. Without a resettlement schedule, some people will definitely freeze to death and starve to death.

Lucien wrote this matter into the plan and added the footnote of "Church of Light".This kind of charitable "let the light shine" is the favorite of the Bright Church. It should be said that if he wants to do it, it is impossible to exclude the local Bright Church in Velvet, so pay attention to controlling the participation of the church. Velvet's The content of Illuminati is high enough.

As for the special handling of the special issues of the Hall clan, there is still half a month before arriving in Velvet. Lucien believes that he can find out the internal composition of the Hall clan from the hired Hall mercenaries, and then go to Think about appropriate governance strategies.

Hmm... Then when we get to the place, let's gather everyone together for a meeting.

There is no problem that can't be solved by a meeting. As long as he is patient enough to hold enough meetings, no matter how perfunctory his subordinates are, they will try their best to solve the problem for him.