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At this time, Yixi, who clocked out of get off work, did not know that there was a mission to send money to his door. In fact, after the salary of the guards at the banquet was settled, the too young Lord Duke was sealed and nailed by him along with other things he saw at the banquet. Burying death into the depths of memory is the professional ethics of their Hall mercenaries.

Forget everything when the job is done, mercenaries don't have a good memory.

However, because he slept with His Excellency the duke, he had to do his duty as a pillow of human flesh. This time, he received a more generous reward. The six gold coins in his hand were shining, which made him feel extremely happy.

Mr. Housekeeper also packed a lot of snacks left over from the banquet for them. Basically, no one cares about all the snacks at the banquet. Usually, the leftovers will be distributed to the servants, guards, and temporary workers. It belongs to this job. hidden benefits.

Izzy put the wages carefully into his pocket, put on his cloak and lowered his hood, and planned to have a little extravagance with his companions after buying new weapons with the money.

For example, go to the tavern and have a few glasses of clear and sweet ale, and order a few of the chef's specialty dishes for a change. Dilu's cooking can only be said to fill the stomach, and everyone wants to eat something good if conditions permit.

I can't guarantee what other people think, but that glutton Ned will definitely be the first to raise his hand and cheer.

Yixi always felt that Ned was willing to pinch his nose to guard the door of the Huanguan, and the evening supper supply at the Huanguan's online level was indispensable.

Um?Why does Yixi know that Huanguan serves supper?

This is the same as he would pack the leftover snacks from the banquet. There is only a lot of food wasted in places like Huan Guan, and Ned can bring some good things back from time to time to make a meal for everyone.

On the streets of Sovina City, where the morning light is coming, the wind brings the chill from the farther north.

Issie tightened her neckline, squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky. The soft and warm morning sun dispelled the slightest bit of chill in an instant.

He thought that Velveer should already be in the Snow Country covered in silver at this time.

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After the first snowflakes of winter fall, soon there will be the second snow, and the third snow.The cold wind rolled down from the high mountains, dyeing the green mountains of the Moon Mountains in frost.

The mountain roads became slippery and difficult to walk, and the beasts that had accumulated energy for the winter wandered in the forest, and the cold forced them to fight for more food.For several days in a row, the wind blowing from the mountain smelled of blood, and the roars of wild beasts echoed day and night, scaring the child to cry all night.

Another group of adventurers fled from the mountain empty-handed in a state of embarrassment. Everyone knew that the closing season of the Moon Mountain Range had arrived ahead of schedule.

This is the most violent and restless season in the Moon Mountain Range. The entire mountain range is like a hungry and ferocious beast, preying on all the flesh and blood that comes to its door to satisfy its hunger.

The market at the foot of the mountain, where adventurers and businessmen flocked in the past, has become deserted. The tents set up in summer have been dismantled into wood and animal skins and transported away for other uses. In a few days, this place will become a wasteland again.

The civilians who make a living by doing small businesses in the market sighed sadly. Without adventurers and merchants, their food, drink, and daily necessities stalls would have no business, because the weather turned cold and they lost a month or two of money. Thinking about it, we all know that this winter will be extraordinarily long and tormented.

Farmers are also worried. The cold weather and heavy snowfall have ruined most of their harvest in the second half of the year. The changing weather has brought disease attacks, and the sound of coughing and sneezing is often heard in the farmhouse.

Healing potions require money, church holy water also requires money, and there are various taxes and taxes on their heads, which are harvested layer by layer to save their years of hard work.

These changes are reflected in the data, that is, as soon as Lucien woke up and opened his eyes, he received a head-on critical attack from the system-there was not much data in the first place, and the city's construction speed shrank by nearly three percent overnight. One, the bloody numbers make people's hearts stop and they can't breathe.

Lucien proved that this is by no means an exaggerated rhetorical description.

He realized more deeply than when the system had just awakened that his life value was directly linked to the city's construction speed. That night, he was pinned down on the bed again by a high fever and cough and couldn't get up.

Lucien is more used to the feeling of being sick than anyone else. This level of discomfort and weakness can only be regarded as his daily state, but he has only enjoyed a comfortable life for half a month. He will not cough until he vomits, and he will not be shivering and convulsing all over his body. , He can even sleep peacefully until he wakes up naturally, and dances an opening dance at the banquet.

His body remembered that feeling, the joy that made him addicted more than anything else, and the bear child in his head was crying and clamoring, wanting to taste that sweet taste of ecstasy again.

He will do everything for that feeling.

If the system wants to find a host who is desperately trying to develop a territory, then it should be bound to a good choice.

But first, Lucien had to feed the bear a piece of candy to make him shut his mouth.

"I can't sleep... My whole body hurts... I want the guard who slept with me that day." Lucien coughed and appealed to Anna, "His name is Issy, and he is a beautiful Hall mercenary."

Because of his illness, he looked weak and pitiful, his face was pale and his cheeks were red, and every word he said seemed to say that this was my last wish.

No one can say no to Lucien who looks like this, even his iron-blooded and powerful cheap father has been tricked, let alone Anna who raised him like a mother.

Seeing the back of the head maid going out aggressively, Lucien knew that Izzy would appear in front of him tomorrow at the latest.

Moreover, Anna was sent away. The maid under her was timid and only dared to stand far away at the door waiting for orders. This gave Lucien the private space to relax and think about how to solve the winter problem.

The early arrival of winter means a comprehensive blow to the territory. The most basic types of agricultural products have suffered from poor harvests and reduced production. If the food supply is insufficient, many people are at risk of starvation and freezing to death.

At the same time, light industries in this world, or artisans, such as blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and tailors, are basically self-employed, self-produced, self-sold, and integrated with industry and commerce. The scope of sales is extremely limited. Once the local economy shrinks, ordinary people can only have enough food and clothing If there is no spare money to buy things, a large number of craftsmen and small businessmen will go bankrupt because they have no business.

In terms of heavy industry, Lucien doesn't need to worry too much. Everyone knows the level of industrial development in the wizarding world. The only heavy industries in Velvet that can be called heavy industry are iron ore and a small spar mine, which account for a very small proportion of the overall industry.Moreover, these two mines used to belong to the state property, but now they are owned by him, the lord, and the people working in them are all exiles. On the premise that he is responsible for his own profits and losses, as long as he guarantees that no one will die in them, the basic situation will still be stable.

As for the three data items of the cultural and entertainment department that are still gray... these three items can be summed up as the construction of spiritual civilization, but anyone who listened to the political class in school should know that how can they have the capital to develop if they can't eat enough? Spiritual civilization.

Lucien changed his position on the pillow, and put his cheek against the silk cloth to cool down his head briefly.

Sure enough, the first thing to solve is the problem of food.

Adhering to the principle of "starting with the most basic issues if you don't know where to start", Lucien quickly decided on the initial policy of action - find a way to get food as soon as possible.

His urgent need for food is related to Velvid's industrial composition.

Velveer has very little arable land, and almost all of it is in the hands of the manor owner. The rented land tax is very high, and the adjacent Moon Mountains are a gold mining field for adventurers and mercenaries. The existence of mercenaries and the above factors lead to the fact that there are very few local farmers in Velvet, and there are many blacksmiths, cobblers, and other craftsmen and small merchants. In other words, the majority of the population needs money to buy food.

Because the resident population is less than [-], the grain produced by Velvet in a normal year can barely meet the demand, but when the weather is bad and the grain production decreases, it is necessary to buy grain from other places or open a warehouse to relieve the pressure. .

Lucien has seen Velvet's grain production data for the past ten years. If the agricultural and pastoral officer hadn't misreported the data to him, the official grain reserves left for him would not be enough to survive this winter.

He had to buy food as soon as possible—here Lucien highlighted [as soon as possible].

Although it hasn't been shown yet, Wilvid's early winter also means that the whole country is getting colder early. This winter, at least in the north, life will not be easy. The supply of food will be reduced. If he wants to buy food after he arrives in the territory , it is very likely that money can't buy it.

Moreover, he [now] is very rich, and the settling allowance that should be paid to him is not less than a penny, and the valuable cultivation resources that he does not need are piled up in the mountain, so why should he wait for the grain merchants to sit down and raise the price?

The function of money is not to buy things, otherwise it is different from gold coins, silver coins and garbage.

"Cough." Lucien coughed, stood up and leaned against the pillow, and the maid standing by the door came up immediately, and while helping him adjust the angle of the pillow behind him, asked him softly if he needed to call a doctor or a priest.

"Call William over here." Lucien rejected the doctor or the priest, and chose William, the captain of his guard.

Under normal circumstances, he should have asked his servants to do errands and compradors, but the chief servant who was newly stuffed in after he was appointed was talking too much nonsense, and the personal data on the panel was quite average.

Well, an N card was overwhelmed.

Lucien judged the cards in his hand in his heart.The best performers on the data page are his maid chief Anna and guard captain William. There are outstanding items in the data balance, and the matching degree between personal strengths and positions is high, which can be classified as SR level. Work attitude is correct.

The guards and the slaves sent by the cheap second brother can also screen out a lot of R cards. The data is flawed but it does not affect the normal use. Some of them have talents in other aspects that they may not know about. Lucien wants to persuade people to change careers .

Lucien thought about it and revised the statement.

He didn't want to persuade people to change careers, but he had already watched the people and figured out how to use them, and he just waited for the territory to arrange people immediately.

There is no need for him to waste energy "persuading" people to change careers. Anyway, he is the leader and he has to listen to him.