I, the retired legend, were forced to go ashore

Her strength is also enough to free her from this bondage.

Looking at the girl who suddenly became irritable, Hussein knew that she was really worried about Bai Harbor, so he could only smile wryly: "Cough, correct me, I am not a king, but a prince, and I don't have royal blood on me. The ruler is the Messiah, and the power in my hand is not even comparable to that of a general. Moreover, I only know that it is too difficult to implement those policies after sitting in this position..."

He is also powerless.

Let’s just talk about the decree signed this morning.Hussein wanted to borrow a batch of grain from Gugaoya to White Harbor to meet unexpected needs, but the old lord insisted that he had no surplus grain reserves.The conscience of heaven and earth, in order to appease Gu Gaoya during the previous war, the royal family specially transferred [-] dans of grain, how could there be no such thing now! ?

But it was a long way back and forth, and he couldn't dispatch spies—if he wanted this group of people to take action, he still needed to share the benefits with the spy chief; if he recruited an officer, it would make people feel that there was a gap between the royal family and Gu Gaoya ...

In the end, he found a middleman, and found the position of tax chief of a certain place for the stupid second son of the old lord of Gugaoya. For this reason, he held four meetings with the finance minister to balance the interests of the tax system. The personnel changes in the three territories were made just to borrow the [-] dans of grain!

When he thought that he had to arrange for the army to guard and settle the various territories where the food went all the way south, he had a headache.

Before he became a prince, he only longed for this position, and set his ambition to make the country grow stronger with his talents.

But now, he just wants to finish the seemingly endless pile of junk at hand, and then get a good night's sleep.

Hearing the prince's complaints, Ada was very dazed and puzzled: "If anyone dares to be disobedient, why not cut them off? If you have no excuse, just point them out as the remnants of the rebel army?"

"It's not that simple. The nobles marry each other, and the relationship is intricate, and it will affect the whole body. The force of the rebel army has already made many families frightened, and almost consumed all the connections and reputation left by the previous king. If you continue to be strict If not, I am afraid that everyone will unite to protect themselves and break away from the rule."

Hussein sighed and leaned back on the chair, rubbing his temples to relieve his headache: "Is there any high-alcohol wine, let's have some to relieve fatigue."

"Hey? You'll be rich when you become a prince, right?"

Who gave you the guts to ask for wine here?

Ada teased, walked behind the counter, and took out the best wine she could get her hands on.

"Where, now that I have become the king's husband, the territory in my hand will naturally become directly under the king's control, so I plan to sell the manor there,"

Hussein took the bottle, bit open the cork, and then drank directly from the bottle.

This rude action violated his usual habits, and it also showed in disguise how depressed he had been recently.

It wasn't until he drank half a bottle in one breath that he continued, "I'll have money after I sell that house, and I plan to invest in private assets by then."

It was only then that Ada realized that intermarriage between the royal family and nobles had the effect of recovering the territory.

But she is more concerned about another thing: "You still have territory!?"

"Ah, it's been there since I was born. I inherited my aunt's title. The place is not big, there are about a hundred or so households, and my usual pocket money is part of the output there."

Hussein spoke plainly of a life trajectory that would make ordinary people jealous to death, drank down the wine, and waved to Ada, motioning for another bottle.

"Damn, you nobles, it's really unfair."

Ada complained angrily, turned around and took out a bottle filled with water from the cabinet and threw it over: "This bottle is two hundred!"

Hussein was strong enough to catch the wine bottle thrown by Legend, bit the cork and took a big mouthful, then put the bottle on the table in pain: "You want two hundred for this bottle of water?"

The girl who was stimulated by the privileges of the aristocratic class has entered the mode of slaughtering customers: "The profit of the small shop is small but the sales are high. This bottle is [-], and I can only earn [-] at most."

"Tsk," Hussein frowned, took out his wallet, and scattered all the banknotes in it on the table, looking like a broken pot: "We're not fooling around, I only have this money, look at it." Kill it."

Ada immediately leaned over happily and started counting the money.

It is not enough to count once, but to check the calculation a second time.

"A total of 5011."

"Well, that's fine, you can take the whole amount and leave me a change." Hussein thought of the bakery at the gate of the palace that he used to visit with Messiah.

Ada nodded cheerfully and left a one-crown coin for the prince.

"Hiss..." Hussein underestimated the girl's shamelessness: "Should you leave all the 11 crowns to me?"

"What crown?"

The money twirled in the girl's hand, and then it disappeared miraculously.

She squinted her clear eyes and looked innocently at the prince.

"Okay, come on, pretend I didn't say it."

Hussein waved his hands helplessly, lay back on his back, and looked at the girl with a happy face.

He knew that with this legendary status, getting money would be a breeze, as long as she let go, there would be a lot of people rushing to beg her to accept countless benefits.

But she still cares about tens of kronor every day, which is just an attitude in life.

Thinking of this, Hussein tentatively asked: "If you envy the noble life, why don't I grant you a duke's territory? Let you be the first female archduke in our province of Jianjue?"

"No no no no, forget it, I'm fine now." Sure enough, what I got was the girl shaking her head and waving her hands again and again: "Don't mention this kind of thing again in the future, otherwise we won't even have to be friends. "

If the kingdom is in danger, she will naturally act when it is time to act, but if you want her to change her life, she is not ready yet.

Hussein also understood the girl's intentions, smiled a little, picked up the bottle full of water, took a sip, and sighed with a prolonged ending: "Okay, I have to rinse my mouth with this water to sober up." Otherwise, if those courtiers see the clues, it will be another pile of shit!"

This is a rare moment of relaxation for him in recent days.

The legendary proprietress of the head of the Chimera is already a rare friend of his at this stage.

It's a pity that there is a fly in the ointment: "It's noon, why don't you even have a meal..."

He scanned the surrounding area for signs of a fire cooking in the tavern.

Ada regained her energy immediately, and greeted Xiao Liutiao: "Come on, change clothes, His Majesty is going to treat us to dinner!"

"Goodbye to you!"

Chapter 335. Buy cakes

Although the king left, the tavern was still closed.

Because Ada still has an important job to do today.

She took the little wicker and braved the snowflakes from the sky, and went to the street.

The two were wearing thick cotton clothes, one was tall and the other was short, holding small hands with big hands, making the little wicker feel very warm.

"That... Hei, can Aunt Hei stay at home by herself, she hasn't come out to eat for a day..."

Xiao Liutiao awkwardly called Guangming Zhiyi's pseudonym, thinking that this aunt who looked like dried bean sprouts was really weird.

Ada scratched the girl's hair, then helped her button the cotton cap, and said carelessly: "It's okay, don't worry about her, and don't bother her... Just pretend she doesn't exist."

"Hmm..." The girl seemed to understand, she nodded sleepily, but she had already remembered what her aunt said in her heart.

"By the way, where did the old whore go? Why haven't I seen it all day?" Ada was still thinking about talking to the old captain about Stonetalon Mountain.

He is a human being, and he is one of his own who will never rebel, so he will definitely be of great use.

Xiao Liutiao was very calm, but her words were shocking: "Isn't today a holiday, uncle went to Pink Memory to find his old lover."

Ada staggered suddenly: "Do you know what you are talking about!"

Dude, is this how ghetto girls raise their kids?

"Aren't men like this, they have to vent every now and then." The girl calmly told the truth taught by her biological mother: "It's just like a woman who always has a yin illness and goes out of business for a few days every month."

At the same time, I was thinking, judging from the scene I saw when I woke up my aunt in the morning, Sister Shenying was the one above.

So when Aunt Ada is out of business for a few days, I must behave well and make a bowl of red date soup with rock sugar for her to drink.

This used to be my mom's favorite.

By the way... Mom...

The girl thought of her biological mother who often beat and scolded herself and always said that she was a burden, but also had many warm memories, and fell silent.

Ada was also amazed by the girl's rich extracurricular knowledge.

It was not until a long time later that she realized that the look of the girl beside her was not quite right: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing..." Little Wicker shook her head, and in order not to worry her aunt, she raised her head and forced out a bright smile.

The girl's hare lips add a lot of charm to the smile on her face.

But Ada could still see what was hidden under the smile.

After thinking about it, she squatted down and picked up the girl, letting her sit on her arms.

Although the little wicker is still a little skinny, it is definitely not something that a normal woman can hug.

The girl holding her and walking down the street calmly attracted a lot of attention.

That iconic white hair attracted greetings from many familiar neighbors: "Hey, the proprietress is back? What did you do before? After walking for so many days, we thought you were married!"

The neighbors laughed, obviously joking.

Ada also laughed: "Take my stupid elf for a trip, kill a dragon by hand, and save another dragon."

"Hehe, I haven't heard you bragging for a long time, I really miss you~"

"Tomorrow will be open normally, and then you will come to listen to my travel notes this time, and tell you that this time I have arrived at a place called Tiyat Continent..."

"Why are you running on land again? Didn't you always tell the story of Qi Wuhai and Devil Fruit?"

"That story can't be finished until I die, so I decided to switch to a new series in my lifetime!"

Ada greeted the neighbors friendly, and walked to the bakery on another street with the little wicker in her arms.

"Boss, here is the most expensive cake!"

She patted the table and shouted arrogantly.

If you have money, you are tough.

Seeing a big customer coming to the door, the bakery clerk was naturally hospitable and brought out a freshly baked cake: "It has a fruit layer inside, and vanilla is sprinkled on top, and it only costs 70 crowns."

"Fruit...?" Ada thought that the elf at home likes to eat fruit the most, so she hurriedly made a decision and bargained for the price: "That's it, give me another zero."

The guy froze in place holding the cake.

This, it seems that there is no odds to wipe off?

The girl took out seven crowns, slapped it on the table, and pushed the money over.

Dude: "????, that's how you wipe zero?"

"Don't be too stingy, I know that I own a tavern across the street, and the neighbors, please give me an internal price." Ada said the philistine, thinking that he should be able to win this cake for only 50 crowns.

The saved 20 will be used to buy the kind of healthy and downward fairy tale book to reward yourself.

"A tavern owner?" The guy saw the girl's white hair and suddenly realized: "I remember my boss mentioned... If it was you, then the cake would have to be 80 crowns."

"Why! Hearing that I am in business, I just raised the price. Is this looking down on our independent women!"

Aida, who was beaten by the traveler's supreme punch, turned his head, and he quickly explained: "It's our boss who said that you seem to owe him a lot of money..."

"More than 30 kronor is still owed!?" The girl patted the table, confidently: "He is drinking in my shop now, and he specially asked me to come here to buy cakes to pay off the wine debt!"

The first trick to cheating money is to cheat!

It doesn't matter if you can't get scammed, there is a bakery two streets away...

However, this guy is obviously not very smart, and maybe he has never heard of the impressive record of the boss lady who is the head of the Chimera. In short, he easily believed the girl's words: "Well, when the boss left, he did say that he wanted to find a place for himself. The blessing of dispelling diseases, maybe going to the tavern...but the price of this cake..."

"Forget it, I'll give you fifty first, and ask your boss to make up for it later!"

Ada waved her hand generously, and then urged: "Hurry up and wrap it up for me, I'm in a hurry to go back and block your boss, hum, my hands and feet are not quick at all!"

The buddy could only be obedient and quickly put the cake into the gift box.

In his opinion, everyone is a neighbor, and Chimera Head is opened in the most prosperous area nearby, so it is not possible to cheat even this little money, right?

After snatching the gift box, Ada pulled up the little wicker and began striding home, leaving the battlefield.

"Auntie, how much do you owe the bakery?"

There was a curious light in Little Willow's eyes.

"I can't remember exactly, you have to ask Triss how many birthdays she has had here." Ada smiled triumphantly, "And that guy owes me too, the last time the mixed race invaded, his wife was seriously injured , but Triss took a lot of effort to pull her back from the gate of hell, I didn't ask for a consultation fee at that time, it was just for this moment!"

Neighbors, talking about money hurts feelings too much.

Owing to each other is the only way to get closer.

"So, today is my sister's birthday?" Xiao Liutiao tilted her head.

"No, it's your Aunt Deep Shadow." Ada replied.

Elves live for hundreds of years, so they don't pay much attention to birthdays, and most of them, including Deep Shadow, don't even go to this day.

But this time was the first important festival after the two established their relationship, and Ada decided to buy a cake for her lover to celebrate.