Lord of Plenty

"Although the heavy rains in recent days did not cause floods, they still destroyed many houses and farmland. I see that there are many places where water accumulates in the territory. Tate, take the escort team to help the villagers dig out the blocked drainage ditches. Before the sun sets today, we must ensure that all drainage channels in farmland and villages are clear. Time will not wait for me, and we must seize the time to carry out spring plowing and planting. "

"As commanded."

Latifah stood up on his own initiative, "Whether it's rearranging traps or clearing ditches, we can help with all these tasks. Please give us a chance to make contributions, Lord."

Kun smiled and said:

"I originally wanted to ask you to take action, so I'll leave it to you."

"Since we have chosen to follow the Archmage here, we are members of the Fenghuang Territory. It is our honor to be able to share the Lord's worries."

This time, the old mage Myhrvold finally stopped saying those inappropriate words that made Latifah think twice, and Latifah couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is a little worrying to have such an unsophisticated companion, and she is afraid that Myhrvold will offend the Archmage if he speaks unintentionally, but overall Latifah is quite satisfied with Myhrvold.

Compared to those guys whose eyes were only focused on her face and breasts, Myhrvold, who was dedicated to studying magic, had a kind personality, and had a good reputation, was obviously easier to get along with.

Kun turned sideways and looked at Vittorio, who was giving him the most headache.

"Don't worry about money. I have already made arrangements. The first fund will arrive soon, about one hundred and fifty gold coins. Don't stop the construction of the Harvest Territory. Everything will continue as usual."

Vittorio's face was complicated. He had done so much mental construction before coming, but it was all in vain. However, this result was several times better than the best result he expected, and he couldn't help but sigh with relief.

"Understood, Lord, please rest assured that I will control every expenditure of the Harvest Territory. But I have a question, where did the money come from?"

"I partnered with someone in the capital to do some small business. As for who this person is and what kind of business he does, you don't need to know. You just need to know that what I do is legal business and there will definitely be no other hidden dangers. That’s it.”

"Then I'm fine."

Li Tianyun on the side had a slightly red face and covered his eyes with his hands calmly. He is the only person here besides Kun who knows about and is involved in this transaction. After all, he still needs to purchase those little blue pills with indescribable uses.

Who would believe it? The first trade with aliens in human history was those little blue pills, and he also had a hand in it. If others found out, he would probably be nailed to history. On the pillar of shame for ten thousand years, ten thousand years!

"Vittorio, there is something very important that you need to do."

"Lord, please speak."

"I want you to take the remaining people in the Jade Heart Farm to bury and dispose of the drowned animal carcasses around the village. These animal carcasses have been soaked in heavy rain for an unknown period of time. Coupled with the rising temperature, they can easily cause the plague. Please tell me All villagers can bring the animal carcasses they pick up to the Blackstone Castle to exchange for fresh meat of the same weight, or they can exchange them for copper coins at the market price."

Vittorio hesitated to speak, and everyone in the conference hall looked at each other. The lord was acting willful again. He had just overcome the financial crisis, but his true colors were immediately revealed, and he began to spend money in large amounts again.

Seeing that everyone didn't seem to understand, Kun patiently explained.

"Joel, Nia, Ledo, you are all locals of Jade Heart Farm. Let me ask you, what would you do if the lord asked the villagers to donate the meat they picked up?"

Ledo looked indifferent, "The lord has the final say."

Little Joel's face turned red and he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. Telling the truth would be against the lord's order, but if he were to tell lies, it would be even more embarrassing for the lord.

Nia was generous and said casually:

"If it's an order from the previous lord, then just hand it over and deal with it. If it's you, sir, then... hand over half?"

After saying that, Nia laughed herself and touched the scar on the corner of her mouth awkwardly.

It's good, Lord Lord, but that's food that can fill your stomach, and it's still meat.

"Pay half?"

Kun recited these words several times in a low voice. It was not that he was disappointed. On the contrary, Kun was actually quite happy.

What does food mean to these villagers?

It's life!

Kundu was a little flattered that he could hand over half of it to him.

The entire conference hall was silent, and all representatives present looked at Kun in the main seat with complicated expressions.

If the shocking magic scroll before could only be said to be an extraordinary archmage, then this order to exchange carrion for fresh meat is so profound that it truly treats the residents of the territory as subjects. , not private property, he is only sixteen years old, what he thinks and does. Already better than more than 90% of the lords on this continent.

Some of the people who had just been forced to kneel down by the situation had their grudges disappearing without a trace. Even the most ambitious Ledo had to admit that if he sat in that position, he would definitely He wouldn't care about this, or no lord in his right mind would do this.

Being able to remind villagers not to eat dead animals that would make them sick is already a rare qualified lord, and exchanging rotten meat for fresh meat? No lord in the kingdom would do that.

Lei Duo actually felt that it was actually quite good for that person to sit in that position.

"Grace."

"Lord, I'm here."

Grace, with her hair full of silver hair, looked at Kun kindly, as if she was looking at her own grandchild.

"It is easy for mosquitoes to breed after heavy rains, and it is easy to get infected with diseases, so I would like to ask you to rush to make some herbal bags that can repel mosquitoes and avoid epidemics, and give priority to the elderly and children in the Jade Heart, then the guards, the security team, and finally the work team. You should be too busy alone, I will send the maids in the castle to help you make them. If there are other difficulties, you can tell me."

"My lord has thought very carefully, just leave it to me, and I will definitely be able to make these medicine bags by tomorrow at the latest."

Kun nodded with satisfaction, "With your attainments in herbal medicine, I am very relieved."

Although Old Tate recruited many civilians with special skills for him in the capital, Kun only valued the blacksmith Anton and the pharmacist Grace. These two are truly talented.

Blacksmith Anton, although he looks rough and careless, is actually rough and meticulous, and his forging skills are excellent.

Anton not only has some highland dwarf blood, but also once followed his grandfather to the dwarf highlands, Odmagnus, to practice smelting with a real dwarf master craftsman. If the materials are sufficient, he can even forge magic tools with magical properties.

As for Grace, it was really a big leak that old Tate picked up for Kun, a complete surprise.

Grace is a well-known pharmacist in the royal capital. Even Kun, who likes to stay in the Marquis's mansion and doesn't like to deal with others, has heard of her name. You can imagine how famous Grace is in the royal capital.

The title of master is not something that everyone can have, especially in a place like the royal capital where there are all kinds of people and masters. A pharmacist with the title of master is simply a living target.

You must know that according to the classification of the Mage Association, pharmacists are a branch of alchemists, and alchemists are a branch of magicians. It was even proposed by the Mage Association not to be included in the category of mages.

In such a branch of a branch, a profession without even a specific level, Grace can have the title of "Master" that only a third-level magician can call herself. There are many mages in the Royal Capital Mage Association who are jealous.

But Grace has been respected as a master of potions for more than 20 years, and she is still doing well. The name of the master is becoming more and more popular, and her means and strength can be seen.

Originally, such a special master, not to mention that Kun could not invite him to the territory, even if his father, Marquis Lawrence, personally invited him, he might not agree.

But things happened, and it happened that although Grace was an excellent master of potions, no one is perfect. She has a shortcoming, that is, she dotes on her children too much.

A man in his thirties, who was spoiled like a child, was also well-known in the Royal Capital for eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and was proficient in everything. He mingled with those second sons of noble families who had no hope of inheriting the family business and ate, drank and had fun all day long.

Grace was also a tree that attracted the wind. Others couldn't hold her, so they started with her useless son and let him "accidentally" provoke a noble lady. If it were an ordinary person, even some small nobles, they would not hold on to it for Grace's sake, and the matter would be settled. However, this noble lady with a hot temper did not accept Grace's apology. No one could say anything, and she insisted on following the laws of the kingdom.

According to the laws of the kingdom, civilians who molest noble women will be fined 100 gold and have their hands chopped off. If they cannot pay the fine, they must be replaced by labor.

The fine of 100 gold is not a big deal for Grace's wealth accumulated over the years, but the punishment of chopping off hands is something Grace really cannot accept. So she tried to find someone to mediate with the connections she had built in the capital for many years, but failed.

In the end, Kun went through the way of his business partner, and was blackmailed by him for a pot of extremely precious ancient magic flowers that have become extinct in modern times.

That is a rare potion that is enough to drive all women in the world crazy, the Fountain of Youth!

Its name is the Fountain, but it is a flower shaped like a daffodil. When placed in a place with sufficient water elements, this potion will condense a drop of real "Fountain of Youth" on the petals every seven days. Taking it can keep you young forever, but you need to take it all the time, otherwise the effect will slowly disappear.

The Fountain of Youth was also accidentally revived by Kun from a large number of ancient potion seeds that became magic specimens that he had found using the fertility magic. Fortunately, he had kept a few seeds before, otherwise it would be hard to say whether the deal was profitable or not.

How precious is the Fountain of Youth potion? Let's put it this way, even his fearless partner hid it tightly after extorting the potion from him, and no news was leaked.

Kun even suspected that Grace had been mistreated by him. No matter how you look at it, it was a trap set by his cousin and her best friend for the Fountain of Youth in his hand. Otherwise, Grace would have been in trouble more than 20 years ago. Why did she have to wait until he was about to leave the capital?

At the same time, this incident also made Kun deeply realize that once a secret is known by another person, it is no longer a secret, nor is it safe. It is in danger of being leaked at any time.

As everyone was sent out, the entire conference hall became empty again. In fact, not only the conference hall but also the castle was empty. All the slaves were sent out by Kun to help.

Li Tianyun stood up and said:

"I will go to help too."

Kun, who was a little tired, pinched the root of his nose between his eyes, "No hurry, I actually have something to talk to you alone. If you can move later, go and help if you want. Anyway, I don't pay you for your work."

Li Tianyun, the only unemployed worker in Fengrao Territory: ...

If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten it.

Li Tianyun teased: "What shameful thing is it that we need to talk about it alone?"

"Haha, good thing."

Kun opened his bloodshot eyes, his eyes full of teasing and ill intentions.

"Come with me, I'll show you around my research room first."

"Research room, the hidden room I saw when I first arrived?"

"Yes, that secret room. It was originally a secret room used by the original owner of this castle to store some shameful things. I cast some magic on it and used it to temporarily replace my research room before the wizard tower was built."

Li Tianyun nodded and followed Kun to the hidden room hidden in the study on the third floor. Kun's bluffing words could not scare him, and he did not believe that Kun would really hurt him, but it was definitely not a good thing, and it might be a little dangerous.

When he came to the study, Kun gently tapped a black stone brick behind the bookshelf with his knuckles, and the mechanism arranged by the castle owner hundreds of years ago was immediately activated. With a slight "click", a door that could only be passed by one person appeared on the wall.

Kun made way for the door and made an inviting gesture to Li Tianyun.

"Welcome, oh, by the way, do you know that only two kinds of people can enter the wizard's laboratory?"

"Which two kinds, family and friends?"

When Li Tianyun entered the laboratory, Kun closed the door, as if he was afraid that he would escape.

"Hehehe, of course it's the wizard and his little white mouse."

Li Tianyun was speechless, idiot.

"How many times have I told you, which villain would laugh 'hehehe'? Think about your most admired wizard, Tom Marvolo Riddle, when has he ever laughed like this?"

"You are right."

Kun's face was suddenly enlightened, with admiration in his eyes.

"Next time I go back there, I will review the entire "The Biography of Tom the Wizard" again. Sure enough, for a little wizard like me, it is too advanced to start studying Horcruxes now?"

Li Tianyun:...

Wait, wait a minute, Horcruxes?

I seem to have heard some incredible research plan!

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