Lord of the Scourge: Become the Demon Archduke In the Beginning

At noon, the census of the territory was completed, and Lauren looked at the crooked handwriting on the paper in front of him with subtle eyes.

Although he knew that his territory was in shambles, when his family property came out, it still made him feel a little bit pained.

In addition to a few high-level people in the entire territory, there are only 7 literate talents, yes, 7.

Including the bearded Dern and Ariel, there are only 9 people...

The remaining one hundred and sixty people are all illiterate, and the literacy rate is shockingly low.

This is not counting the barbarians and kobolds, if you count them...

But it's not without good news. Although most people are illiterate, they have one or two skills.

Tailors, blacksmiths, carpenters, farmers, etc. are all talents that can be used in the construction of the territory, although the gold content of the word talent is somewhat low.

Lauren looked at the few people in shabby clothes in front of him with subtle eyes.

These 7 people are selected literacy talents.

He felt that his lord might not be as good as the steward of a block in Decker City...

I appointed the three of you as the interim person in charge of rebuilding the arrow tower, fully responsible for this repair task.

Responsibility is assigned to individuals, and if any problems arise, you will be blamed.

The three slaves who had experience in building city walls and arrow towers were startled, excited and apprehensive, and quickly responded.

My lord, we must do our best!

Lauren nodded.

Looking at a middle-aged man in his early forties next to him, he said solemnly.

Xikeli, I now appoint you as the household registration administrator of the Ministry of People's Livelihood, responsible for household registration management.

After the words fell, he continued to appoint the next person without waiting for the other party to respond.

Mar, I appointed you as the health administrator of the Ministry of People's Livelihood to be responsible for the health of Huiyue City, and I will arrange ten people to give you command.

From today, no one is allowed to defecate anywhere in the residential area, and at the same time, toilets and septic tanks are built. Within ten days, I need to see a qualitative change in the appearance of the territory.

All the slaves hired by the city hall automatically get the third-class resident status, and you are the real residents of Huiyue City from today on.

The remaining few people will be arranged by Speaker Ariel.

The meeting is over.

Loren's appointment was made public with all the slave residents watching.

Under the attention of everyone, the faces of those who were named were full of excitement and excitement.

They were actually appointed as officials by Lord Laurent.

From today, they will no longer be lowly slaves, but employees of the city hall, noble third-class residents! !

Immediately, his head was raised a little bit, and under the envious eyes of the surrounding crowd, he was full of pride at this moment.

Praise Lord Laurent, praise the City of Bright Moon! !

Thousands of gold buy horse bones.

After the people around saw this scene, their already lively minds became even hotter at this moment.

They also want to be employees of the Town Hall, and they want to be out of slavery too! !

The previous residents were a pool of stagnant water, with no hope or future in sight.

But at this moment, the companions who have attracted the attention of thousands of people have ignited the extinguished flame in their hearts for them...

After finishing the assignment, Lauren came to Ariel next to her.

He stared at the shy girl with words of encouragement.

Although Huiyue City is still very weak, it requires more energy.

Ariel, you have endless potential, I need your help, your talent should really blossom.

Do whatever you want, I have absolute trust in you.

This genius is too wasted if not used.

The shortage of talents further highlighted the importance of Ariel.

Master Lauren...

Ariel looked at the extremely handsome boy in front of her,

His face was like a boiled prawn, and even his neck was flushed.

The bearded Dern had already turned his head away early, and seemed to have acquiesced to all of this.

His treasure is gone from him after all... He doesn't know why, he wants to drink.

Woooooo... I will never have a daughter again.

Ding~ Mission: Establish a city hall, completed.

Reward: Papermaking, has been issued, please pay attention to check.

At this moment, the system's notification sounded again.

There was a bit of joy in Lauren's eyes, but before he was happy for a long time, he frowned again.

Pay attention to check? Can papermaking be delivered by courier?

After several missions, Lauren also figured out the principle of system rewards... everything is based on existing facts.

Such as Kobold blood mage Sim's allegiance.

The premise of this task is that there must be a kobold blood mage to trigger it.

If there is no blood mage, maybe he will change the mission, and a kobold blood mage will not appear out of thin air to serve him.

If his mission fails, Lauren speculates, maybe the kobold, a cowardly fellow, suddenly has the courage to die generously, and would rather die than surrender to him, or simply commit suicide...

The same is true for the task of conquering the barbarians completed in the slave market. If the task fails, the barbarians will mercilessly refuse to serve him.

The papermaking skill rewarded this time, Roland speculates that it is likely that his territory existed in the first place.

If the mission fails, no one will find out. If the mission succeeds, maybe someone picked up the secret book of papermaking from the territory...

Just as Lauren was thinking, an old man with gray hair suddenly came from not far away.

Naturally, the soldiers maintaining order around him would not easily let the old man approach Lauren for no reason, and stopped him directly.

But the old man's attitude was particularly tough, and he must see Lauren.

The two sides shouted at once, quickly attracting the attention of the surrounding crowd.

What is Tommy doing? Why is he arguing with those grown-ups?

Did you die? That's the lord's soldier!

what happened??

The discussion of the crowd interrupted Lauren's contemplation. He turned his head slightly and saw a scene not far away. His heart moved and he waved to the soldiers.

Bring him here.

The soldiers let go after hearing Luo Lun's order, but they were all a little unwilling. Why is this old man so strong?

It alarmed Mr. Lauren, and Mr. Kuer will definitely scold these to death when he goes back...

The gray-haired old man came to Lauren with pleading eyes, and then knelt down on the ground involuntarily.

Your lord, you are the most benevolent nobleman I have ever seen.

I implore you to pardon my granddaughter from her slavery and make her a free resident...

Lauren raised his brows, and just about to speak, the other party's next sentence made his eyes burst into light.

Benevolent and great lord, as long as you pardon my granddaughter, I am willing to donate my family's papermaking skills.

My lord, with your noble status, you should have heard of the magic paper.

Our ancestors once produced a great spellcaster, and the papermaking technique I learned was passed down by that spellcaster.

The ancestors left a last word, and the family's papermaking technique can produce the legendary magic paper.

Although I have never mastered these technologies, if I continue to study, I may be able to achieve...

Magic paper? ! !

Lauren's breathing became short of breath.

If ordinary white paper is exclusive to nobles, then magic paper is a rare item that is thousands of times more expensive than white paper.

Because magic paper is an essential item for making magic scrolls.

Spellcasters can imprint their mages on the magic scrolls, making them powerful.

Every magic scroll is valuable, and it is an item more precious than gold.

But the method of making magic paper has long been monopolized by spellcasters, not to mention wanting to learn, even ordinary people cannot see magic paper.

But now, this extremely precious item appeared in front of him.

Although the old man in front of him said that the technology he has mastered is temporarily unable to make magic paper.

But even if the system no longer triggers the follow-up of this mission, he can still try to let the other party develop...

There may not be no chance to develop real magic paper in the future.

The implications of this are not insignificant.

Lauren seemed to see an inexhaustible gold mine piled up in front of him.