The princesses all come to help me move the bricks [Infrastructure]

71.

Mrs. Wade was silent for a moment.

Finally, she took out her handkerchief and slowly wiped away the non-existent tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Okay, then you will..."

"Bless yourself."

Even knowing his old wife's temperament, Mr. Wade still choked on a rare occasion.

He was silent for a while, but smiled wryly, without refuting or affirming.

He didn't respond to anything, but made Mrs. Wade serious.

The two of them didn't say anything, they both waited anxiously.

It wasn't until the servant came to report that Grand Duke Anastasia's carriage had arrived outside the mayor, that the two stood up tacitly at the same time.

The Wades have no other children except a married daughter.

This daughter was earlier arranged to marry a small nobleman with decent background and decent family background. Although the family was just a gentleman and nobleman who had long since declined, she usually paid attention to other related things such as arranging faces when traveling.

In short, the pomp is not small, and the relevant nobles around him seem to have such a style.

The Wade couple couldn't pick a better situation, and the daughter liked each other, so they arranged this marriage.

Although the other party's family is not very sincere, but at least she is a married girl, and she didn't play tricks at will.

They have also seen a lot of aristocratic behaviors. Of course, they themselves have seen how some small nobles or wealthy families deal with it in the territory. No matter how high the level is, they cannot touch it——

However, it was the first time they saw a low-key great lord traveling like Anna.

According to their past experience, the arrival of the lord is first of all a variety of ostentation.

If there are not a few carriages to clear the way, it will definitely not work. At least four horses must be arranged to pull your own carriage, and there must be a dozen or twenty guards in front and behind.

The carriage must also be different. First of all, the family logo must be inlaid with gold and silver, which looks very bright and gorgeous. It must be polished brightly before going out. In addition, the BMW fragrant car must have more gorgeous curtains or Yes this looks like a brand new vehicle.

In a word, looking at it with the naked eye, it is an indescribable "face".

Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of behavior is "extravagant and wasteful". Among the nobles, it can only be said to be the proper ostentation of the nobles.

Like Anna, pulled by two horses that don't look very gorgeous, the carriage also looks a bit old, let alone inlaid with gems, gold and silver, which is really rare.

She was probably the most ordinary-looking one among so many district chiefs, lords, and nobles they had seen.

But if you want to say that Anna has no money, to be honest, the Wade couple don't believe it.

Not afraid of being overwhelmed by others, they still know how much subsidy the territory can get and other content.

After all, year after year, he got them directly in his hands. Coupled with the well-known king's preferential treatment and preference for Princess Anna, Mr. Wade can really be more accurate with his many years of experience as the mayor of the second district. State an approximate range of numbers.

It can be estimated from the financial subsidy that the king may give to Anna, the lord of Oran, to the amount of compensation he may make in private.

But in fact, the number in his mind is really similar to what Anna actually got.

The subsidy given to Oran in previous years is actually about the same. According to the economic and financial changes of the entire Lore Kingdom, there are some more lively years, so you can get more money, and sometimes you don’t.

This kind of "poverty alleviation" subsidy has a similar amount every year. It is not given to Oran, but to other poor places in Lore. There are so many, so basically they are arranged similarly.

In previous years, it was around 15. At most, [-] gold coins were taken at one time, and put in the territory, that is, about [-] to [-] can be used as the basic activity funds for the second district.

Don't underestimate the [-] gold coins. This can build two to three roads in the second district. If you want to build a main road, there may be a little left. If it is a small road, it will be relatively good.

But all the money cannot be used to build roads. There must be some poverty alleviation, some building houses, some improving people's livelihood, and some attracting investment...

It was also written in the previous accounts of Master Wade that in the past few years, the assets of [-] gold coins were used to complete the economic development of the second district. .

Calculated in this way, Anna, the Grand Duke, at least has a financial poverty alleviation subsidy of 15 to 20.

Then there should be about the same number, which should be about [-] gold coins, which is similar to the pocket money given directly by the king. In addition, there should be some jewelry and clothing subsidies, which belong to the share directly given to the royal children from the palace. , directly subsidized, or it may also be arranged by the king's private subsidy.

In fact, Anna did have such a sum of money.

The financial subsidy of 18 is for the whole of Oran. At present, Anna has spent [-] gold coins, all of which are used in this disaster relief activity, and a part of it is reserved for the second district.

The remaining 16 yuan has not been moved. After all, it is money for poverty alleviation. Anna has no intention of using it privately. However, this part of the money has not yet been put into the treasury. It is in a hurry and there are many things. She and Cinderella have not yet freed up their hands. .

Anna's hands are looser now, and she is not so nervous and pursuing money.

In addition to this, she still has the money to do missions. With the advancement of various daily, mainline and ordinary missions, her gold coin income is increasing. Even if many missions give equipment or material rewards, it cannot be worth it. Because the equivalent price is high, the income is naturally high, so she is really not short of money.

There is no shortage of clothes and jewelry, and the king has indeed given her and Maria a lot of rewards in this regard.

Every year, the royal family will have a special share of clothing and jewelry for the young members. This is already there, and it still belongs to the king in name, but now there is no queen, so it’s not all used for Maria and Anna. on a princess.

Naturally, Anna's share was smaller than Maria's, but after the two returned to Oran together, most of them were brought over.

Therefore, they don't lack anything now. If it must be said, they probably still lack labor.

"Hey..." Thinking of this, Anna couldn't help but sighed.

"Huh?" Master Wade and Mrs. Wade were trembling, and they were a little nervous when they saw her sigh.

"Don't be nervous." Anna first said a word of relief, then her eyes fell on Master Wade, she turned around, "No, you should be nervous for doing such a wrong thing..."

Several people entered the room together, Mrs. Wade asked someone to serve some refreshments, and then left Master Wade to face Anna alone.

The two sat down in a room that was probably a study, and looked at each other. In the end, Anna couldn't hold back, and took a sip of tea with a little milk added in it, which was a little lighter than milk tea, but the tea and milk flavors were mixed. To be honest, tasty.

She frowned slightly. Seeing this, Master Wade seemed to be slightly relieved.

"Huh?" Anna raised an eyebrow.

"Ah... my lord." He responded, not knowing what to respond.

"Tell me," Anna took the initiative to say, "How did you plan, how did you arrange it, and how did you make the second district the way it is now?"

Anna couldn't tell the difference between joy and sorrow, but to be honest, it is not clear whether the development of the second district or the current situation is good or bad.

Objectively speaking, before Anna came to the first district, the second district was indeed developing the best. If there were no accidents such as snow disasters, then the second district should still be able to develop smoothly afterward.

If the commissioner of the kingdom came to take a look, it would probably be able to give Master Wade a grade between good and excellent.

After all, the second district has indeed developed, and to a certain extent, it has been lifted out of poverty.

However, if you want to say how good the second district is, it would be a bit unconscionable.

From the detailed accounts of the Second District—provided that there are no false accounts, false political achievements, and that you will dig deeper, then you can know that the Second District has many loopholes, and the worst thing is the relationship and interests with the nobles. In terms of division, it is completely a mess.

This part is very sad, but judging from the current living conditions of the residents in the second district, it is not the best, but the taller is taller than the short. Among all the poor areas in Lore, the second district of Oran can definitely be regarded as better of.

Therefore, these subsidy funds can be obtained here, and all the subsidy funds can be given to the second district instead of being distributed among the first, second and third districts.

So Master Wade didn't ambiguous any more, instead he told her again and again, starting from the reasons and reasons at the beginning, and then talked about the current troublesome situation that can't be solved, and then brought up the biggest difficulty at present, and also reported clearly This snowstorm and related data.

"So, you are planning to..."

Anna looked sideways at him.

"This is the territory of the lord, and I will obey your orders."

"You're so cute..." Anna sneered, "I can't handle it myself, so I want to throw the burden over here... Or are you afraid that you will continue to offend me in the future and bring disaster on yourself?"

"..."

Master Wade wisely kept silent.

By the way, Anna looked at his attribute data again.

That's the kind, relatively normal, or ordinary situation, the level of an ordinary official, naturally not as good as the "prototype" of a top affairs officer like Cinderella, nor is it a partial secretary like Miss Judy official look.

[Character - Wade - ordinary residents of Oran]

Health bar: 15000/16000

Blue bar: 99/100

Rating: 19

Identity: The mayor of Oran District [-]. He used to work in Wangcheng, but was sent to work in Oran for some reason. Since then, he has been rooted in Oran District [-].

技能：生活技能lv.6、厨艺lv.8、缝纫lv.5、洗衣lv.3、事务管理lv.15、应急处理lv.16、人员管理lv.20、知人善用lv.14、领地行政管理lv.17、区域发展规划lv.8、创造力lv.1、人才辨识lv.4、危机事件应对lv.2、熬夜lv.5、公文批示lv.19、行政布置lv.18

Status: [Mild Anxiety]

Title: Quite respectable district chief

Description: A district chief of Oran District [-] who works hard but has never been able to finish everything. Although he once made an arrangement with many hidden dangers during his term of office, he has not regretted much so far. He is mediocre It is not easy to be able to achieve the present situation.As a husband, he loves his wife very much. Although his wife, Mrs. Wade, can't help but want to beat him when she is short-tempered and irritable, she is always very tolerant of her as a gentle and good-natured old man.The citizens of District [-] have a certain awe and love for him. In addition, according to his experience and characteristics, when he is in District [-] of Oran, he will have some skill bonuses and special effects, which are more effective than doing other jobs in other places. good.In addition, at the bottom of the fourth left-hand drawer of the desk in his study room, he hid his private money, a total of fourteen copper coins.

"Wait..." Anna was extremely confused in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

"You're too bad at the system, aren't you? Why did you tell me about other people's private money?"

The system ignored her, but Anna silently raised her vigilance, and felt a little sympathy for this middle-aged man in her heart.

It turned out that his private money was only fourteen copper coins. Thinking about it this way, she suddenly felt some strange sympathy and understanding for him.

However, among his skills, there is one that makes Anna very concerned——

So can staying up late count as a skill?

Could it be that the side effect of this skill is hair loss?

This is too scary, too real, right? ? ?

Judging from his appearance, Master Wade can't be regarded as a bad person.

The world of fairy tales is sometimes a world of faces. Most villains are not good-looking. Princesses must be the most beautiful in a certain sense and from a certain aesthetic point of view. Vicious, but if it is decent, it is likely to be the kind of "kind-hearted" person visible to the naked eye.

But now this is not only a fairy tale world, but also a real world, but it incorporates considerable elements of fairy tales, and people are also complicated, just like Master Wade in order to keep his seat and at the same time want to make some achievements. Many nobles got enough support for themselves, and in the same way, he did develop the second district in terms of results.

But now, because of his cowardice and inflated ambitions, he was able to take the initiative to surrender and ask her, the lord, to take over all of this because of his cowardice and inflated ambition.

"So, you want to...?"

Anna paused just right.

"I hope you can lead the people in the second district to live a better life like the people in the first district..."

"Pfft." Anna laughed and put down her teacup, "Your answer is not bad, it barely suits my appetite."

"You should know that although you took over a mess at the beginning, the formation of this new mess is also half of your fault."

"But I'm not such a ruthless person." Anna stood up and looked out the window. People in the second district were also busy shoveling snow and working, which seemed to be the same as in the first district. "The current scene is half of yours." Credit."

"I will judge what kind of punishment should be given to you based on your performance during this period, and how severe the punishment should be." Anna nodded, affirming with his slightly surprised and pleasant expression.

"Yes, this is an opportunity for you to make up for your mistakes."

"I am the lord here, and I don't like to be controlled by anyone." Anna said.

"I don't like any local snakes holding me here even more."

"What would you like me to do?"

Master Wade was silent for a while before asking.

"Find all of them together." Anna sneered.

"Then, it's all in one pot."

"I don't agree, I don't mind showing some color, in various senses." She said.

"Anyway, those treaties and contracts do not have any effect, or some of the effects in them are invalid to me. If they want to get before the king, I am not afraid of anything. The king is my father, he will only Feel more sorry for my difficulties."

"As for you, stay away when the time comes." Anna crossed her arms and looked at him.

"But at that time, it is inevitable that they will hate you. Of course, if you don't give them benefits, they will also hate you, but the hatred value will probably be higher, but you should be mentally prepared, right?"

Master Wade nodded silently, already breaking out in cold sweat.

"Wipe off your sweat. You don't have to be so nervous." Anna patted him on the shoulder. Poor Master Wade almost knelt down when his legs gave way.

"Anyway, I just try to find a way to gather them all, and then hand them over to me. As a great magician, if I don't show any strength, I have to let them take advantage of me?" Anna pouted, dissatisfied in her heart, and was already thinking silently. How much blood to let them bleed is better.

"Oh, by the way, I live here in the second district these few days, probably within three days, you arrange them for me for just a few days, they must come over, no matter what the reason is, even in my name, but I don't allow any surprises to happen, and if you miss any one, you just wait to bring your whole family to work together to make up for this hole!"

"In addition, you should know that even if it is in my name, you are not just using the name of Grand Duke Anna to smear everywhere... You understand this, right?"

"Of course!" He nodded very politely.

I don't know if it was her illusion, she felt that the other party's wig seemed to be a little loose.

Master Wade is a very ordinary middle-aged man. He wears a more obvious brown wig, which is the kind of curly and exaggerated curly hair that some European judges do when they are in court, which is more standard.

There are a lot of wrinkles on his face, and his figure is not too tall. He wears a suit that is a little faded and fringed, but the overall suit is clean and tidy. Although it is old, it is not in a messy state. .

It can be seen from the words that he is not a very bold person, and even seems a bit cowardly and old-fashioned.

But the good thing is that he is not the kind of person who is arrogant. If he can listen to other people's words, it means that this person is still saved.

"it is good……"

Probably after thinking about many possibilities and results in his mind, this master Wade finally agreed, and he planned to discuss with his wife and hold a meeting on the grounds of "discussing tax sharing and arrangements". The nominal "blessing ball after the snow disaster", when the time comes, he will find a way to "fool" all the nobles, and Anna can take them all in one go.

When the time comes, Anna will have to let them spit out all the money they ate, at least half of it.

20 per person, if you don't give them, you will kill them (no).

Anna silently swears in her heart.

At noon, Anna had lunch with Mrs. Wade, Mrs. Wade and others.

It was arranged by Mrs. Wade. In order to show her sincerity, this lady who hadn't cooked for a long time even showed off her cooking skills by herself.

Anna liked it very much.

Later, under the leadership of Master Wade, she visited and learned about the territory of the second district, which also enriched her map.

After these things are done, she can formally take over the second district from Master Wade first. As for his identity and the final handling result, we have to wait for the situation later.

"Speaking of..." Anna thought for a while, "So you don't have much farmland here?"

"It's not suitable." Master Wade said frankly.

"The land here is relatively poor and not suitable for growing wheat and other food crops. A tourist merchant came here a long time ago and said that the soil quality here can try to plant fruit trees and develop orchards, but for some reason, it has not been practiced until now."

"I don't dare to try casually. I can only maintain the current state. As time goes by, the control of the nobles becomes stronger. If I want to develop other developments in the territory, I will be hindered. On the one hand, I have no money. , On the one hand, I want to argue with them, to obtain permission and so on..."

"It's very troublesome, I will... as time goes on, I can only drag it like this." Master Wade pointed to the place that should have been farmland but is now covered by snow.

"Because if fresh fruits and vegetables are grown locally, it will inevitably affect some merchants who sell the same type of things here... and these merchants happen to be controlled by the relevant nobles. If it affects their business, they will have a lot of opinions. I We can only let people plant some wheat casually, and the harvest is not very good.”

"So the big head still relies on direct buying, right?" Anna asked.

"Yes." Master Wade sighed, "It's too difficult."

"Isn't this your original idea?" She smiled half-smile, "Who did it?"

"But it wasn't like that at first." He was also very embarrassed. "In the beginning, some nobles arranged for traveling merchants to sell all kinds of things here. Later, they became the sellers themselves, and some prices rose... "

"Later, it became a monopoly, and even directly ate the local fiscal revenue."

Anna shook her head, looking very dissatisfied, but seeing Master Wade's embarrassing expression, she didn't say anything else.

"Do you still have fish ponds here?" Seeing this, Anna remembered that there was no fish farming in her territory. There were other animal and poultry farming, but the fish ponds hadn't been established yet.

The forest area for orchards has been drawn out, and the scope is not large. She estimated that it might be enough to finish the part of the task given by the system. For a larger place, it would be almost enough to contract it to two or three local families.

If the second district is really suitable for orchard planting, and there is a fish industry foundation here, it is a good choice. There is a large orchard here, so there is no need to develop so much in the first district, and there can be more varieties of fruits. Overall planning.

Now she also wants to manage the three districts simultaneously.

"Yes." Master Wade nodded, and when she saw she was curious, he added a little more, "There are quite a few local water production businesses."

"There are fifteen households in total, all of which have fish ponds. This is a public fish pond in the area, which is supported by the District Governor's Mansion. The remaining fourteen are all private."

"Because of this reason, the local fish and shrimp and other aquatic products have always been relatively abundant, and the price is not so expensive, even though it is an inland place."

"Is there any trick?" Anna asked again.

"There is a prop." Master Wade would not hide anything, and said directly, "There are seven traveling merchants in our local area, and three of the large caravans have moved in. Among them, five of the traveling merchants are controlled by nobles, but there are Two of them are relatively 'retail investors', and on the big caravan side, one is controlled by nobles, and the other two are famous big caravans."

"Among them, there is a traveling merchant and a caravan, both from the seaside."

"Beach?" Anna's eyes lit up.

"Yes, the leader of the private traveler is called Barlow. Master Barlow grew up by the sea. He and his family do business as traveling merchants. They often sell some fish and seafood to the inland, including very valuable salt resources, including a special 'pearl'."

"Pearl?" Anna blinked.

"Yes, I don't know the scientific name. It seems to have a professional name, but the locals call it 'sea pearl' according to the soil name. Sea pearls can be buried in the ground, and then make the water on the land 'fertile'. baby."

"Local farmers will bury one of these in their own fish ponds, which can be guaranteed for three to five years. Depending on the size and quality of sea pearls, the seller will also tell you this, such as our 'public fish ponds. ', which is equivalent to the "unified field" you got in the first district. There are five sea pearls in it that can fertilize the water quality. One hundred fish fry can live in it every year, and they can live eighty to ninety. This is Numbers for the first year."

"Will the effect be weakened after that?" Anna was curious. In fact, she already understood a little bit. This is probably similar to an alchemy tool. In this magical world, magic can be used to change the poor physical environment to create wealth. The only difference is that Is there anyone willing to do this.

Just like most noble alchemists would not use their talents on daily necessities, if it weren't for such natural things, there might not be any alchemy props to make water nutritious.

Anna estimated that it could disperse or attract elements in the air to make the water better, attract microorganisms to ensure the survival of fry, or it could control the temperature like the alchemy props she created.

"In addition to Lord Barlow's family, there is also a large caravan in our country that will also sell this sea pearl."

"However, it is different from the traveling merchant Barlow who started by the sea, the big caravan is called 'Hope', and the hope caravan is based on the river port."

"Is it related to other nobles?" Anna narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Not really." Master Wade shook his head. "It's the caravan called 'Orchid Glory', which is controlled by the nobles behind it. The earls and nobles of the Kingdom of Lore, but it's just a branch, not the headquarters."

"I hope that the caravan itself is doing business in the south of the Lore Kingdom. Aren't there canals and ports at the southeast entrance of our Oran? They came from there, and they usually do business this way. , so they also have their own way to get sea pearls."

"What's the price of this sea pearl?" Anna was curious.

"I really want to buy one to play with."

"Are you an alchemist?"

"Yes."

"Is it a magician?"

"Yes."

"..."

Master Wade was silent for a while, and he didn't seem to accept that the young lord in front of him really had extraordinary abilities, but he couldn't hold on to her.

Although they heard some news, including defense towers, etc., they still felt that she didn't really have such abilities, but possessed some props from the king or other things, so that she could display some abilities.

Anna would not catch people and say that she has some ability or magic, she doesn't need to correct it now.

Master Wade explained.

The price of sea pearls is very expensive. A medium-quality sea pearl costs about [-] to [-] gold coins, and the more complicated ones are those made by most people in the territory, including those buried in his public fish pond. They are all in the early one thousand, up to two thousand gold coins.

The local private merchants who can buy this kind of pearls either find ways to "borrow" or work for others. There are really no ones who are really capable of buying sea pearls in this way.

Generally speaking, a miscellaneous seed can only guarantee about half of the survival rate, and it can guarantee one to two years is the best, unless many seeds are buried, but that is not as good as a high-quality seed.

The public fishponds are buried down again and again, and there are only five after being placed five times.

As for the medium-quality ones, it is said that they can reach 80.00% survival rate, and can guarantee a time limit of about five years, and then they will slowly fail, from 80.00% probability to seventy, sixty...

It is said that the top magicians use the highest quality. This is the blind spot of Master Wade's knowledge.

Anna listened for a while, and understood what he meant. If she really wanted to do research, like a great magician or an alchemist, then she would buy the hard-to-find legend. in the sea pearls go.

It's useless to buy such low-quality pearls, but Anna just wants to figure out the principle, and see if she can also quote this in her first district, and she doesn't really want to use this pearl to study magic and make alchemy props.

"So, you need to book with them?"

Anna asked.

"Yes, that's right." Master Wade nodded.

"I suggest you place an order with Master Barlow. Their speed should be faster. After all, they come from the sea. It is said that sea pearls also come from the sea...Maybe I hope the caravan comes from the river, although it is also called the sea. Pearl... that's what I heard, but I don't know the details."

"This kind of thing is worth several thousand gold coins, and it is a precious item. Here... the second district is a relatively poor place. They just came here to have a fixed small shop for development, and it is impossible to put valuables here. It's always on sale..."

"I understand, it's just that I don't have the purchasing power." Anna nodded, expressing her understanding, and secretly made up her mind that sooner or later, she could make Oran develop enough to attract merchants of this level or even higher to sell all kinds of rare treasures. the point.

As a former big businessman, she couldn't be more familiar with the details.

From purchasing power to local security capabilities, all will become various considerations. She has had this kind of thinking and knows the main points.

"Is there anything special?" Anna asked.

"Continue to talk about it, I am very curious about these."

Master Wade's face was a bit strange, but even if he thought she was looking at it strangely, he couldn't say much, he could only rack his brains to wonder if there were other similar things in the territory.

But the second district is indeed, except for the fishery, which relies on this "foul" approach to develop, other aspects are basically based on business and attracting popularity.

There are no large ores, no mineral mines, and no other special products. The land is relatively barren and there are no mountains and forests. The only advantage is the plain area, and the transportation is not bad.

After Anna and Master Wade finished counting the relevant situation together, she asked someone to deliver a wave of relief supplies to the people here, and then sent them to the leaders.

Anna suddenly wanted to visit the collapsed slum area, but Master Wade hesitated to speak, but finally nodded.

It is ironic that from the destroyed slums here, you can just see a relatively large area of ​​vacant houses of the nobles.

They don't usually live here, even if they have manors and villas—Anna doesn't even dare to think about how they built such buildings as small country villas and small bungalows in the poor place of the second district. This so-called aristocratic district is not far away.

From here, you can see how the nobles are so extravagant that they control the house and waste all kinds of resources.

Anna only felt that her fists were hardened, and she wished she could go up and show them some color.

Fortunately, Mrs. Wade was quick to prepare for the ball, and Mr. Wade, relying on his penetrating tongue, finally managed to fool these nobles over.

Here, Anna has already set up the magic circle, just waiting for them all to come to the door.