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Lucien has to clarify here, although the general direction of this matter is indeed within his plan, and the final goal is indeed his preset goal, but his surprised and bewildered reaction when he was kissed was indeed true. Indeed [true] reactions are not performances...

At least half are real responses.

After all, it's the first kiss, no matter what, at least there will be the reaction that the kindergarten boy should have when he is kissed by the girl he likes. The one in his head has long been tongue-tied and blushing, and may even cry out in anxiety.

whee.

Lucien held his chin, enduring his anger at himself.

His head hurts a bit, but it's not unbearable. After all, this matter has achieved his preset goal, and the little sequelae he suffered in order to satisfy his bad taste are completely within his acceptable range.

—Issy agreed to accept his sponsorship.

Lucien's initial goal was this. After he couldn't turn Izzy into his own beautiful doll, after testing it out and confirming that it was really impossible, establishing a money relationship was the best solution under the current situation.

[Sponsorship] for gifted people is very common in this world. Not all gifted people can be born with a golden spoon in their mouths and have all kinds of resources. A large part of them will inevitably face the situation of having no money, no resources, and no connections during their cultivation. Difficulties, but many aristocratic businessmen have limited talents or no ambitions, and the wealth they hold is suitable for investing in talented potential stocks.

This will be a long-term business that requires continuous investment, which will test both the vision of people and the patience of waiting, but as long as the investor can be promoted to a high level, the benefits will be enough to offset the cost of investment, and if luck is enough If you can buy a stock that can reach the level of a master or above, it is a good deal that is really profitable at a real price.

For example, President Andasi accepted the sponsorship of the nobles in his hometown to be able to embark on the path of mages. For the sake of President Andasi, the local mage union, warrior union, adventurer union, etc. will give that family some preferential treatment. The escort missions with the name of that company can be dealt with immediately.

Even as far as Lucien knew, the heir of that family was only able to climb up to the collateral girl of a certain big noble family under the guidance of Chairman Andasi.

"Sponsorship" is just like that, establishing a stable and close relationship between the sponsor and the beneficiary through money, and if it is sponsored by a rich enough duke—such as Duke Lucien Velvet— Then the people he sponsored will not be able to get rid of Lucien's shadow for the rest of their lives. Lucien can also rely on his status as an investor to make some requests that cannot be made in an employment relationship.

Izzy received a three-piece suit from Lucien.

First was a badge with the white rose of the Velveer Griffin engraved on it, and then there was an innocent cooing white dove with black bean eyes.

The badge gives Isi a part of the privileges that can only be enjoyed by the Duke of Velvet, which is not bad in the circle of the empire. As long as he is not involved in some treasonous conspiracy case, there is some room for mediation, at least the judge will give the way. Sean wrote a letter to confirm the situation before sentencing, so that he would not go directly to the guillotine gallows like dealing with ordinary mercenaries.

But Baige needless to say, sent credit.Lucien has fully implemented the character design of "no one can take advantage of the lord". No matter whether he has other ideas in funding Issie or not, after all, he must give him value for money when he spends money on Issie. A broken corner is realized into a truly enhanced strength.

After all, raising a talented person is not much cheaper than raising Velvet, because the circulation of cultivation resources is not the same system as ordinary goods. Lucien’s resettlement fee has enough resources and he is so useless that he can’t use them at all. Otherwise, it would be too expensive The sale of Lucien really has to be considered.

Therefore, Lucien adhered to the principle of "I want to know where to spend so much money", and asked Izzy to submit a report to him every week. There is no limit to expressing clearly. Lucien doesn't expect Yixi's education level to be able to write flowers. He just wants to accurately grasp the situation of his belongings.

Why can't he know the money he gave, his beautiful doll.

Inexplicably, Issy was able to imagine Lucien's upright tone. He sighed softly in his heart, and argued with Lucien about the difficulty of operating a report once a week—if he accepted any exploration tasks in deep mountains, old forests, and underground cities, If he lost contact with the outside world for a month or two or even half a year, it would be good to save his life in such an environment. He couldn't be in the mood to write a report for Lucien.

Besides, pigeons are really unreliable. Even if Lucien gave him a special training pigeon for the army, it is not uncommon for a pigeon with the blood of a monster to be positioned by binding the user's breath, flying faster and having a higher IQ than ordinary pigeons. Cases of flying in the wrong place or missing halfway.

Issy argued so hard that the frequency of reports changed from once a week to at least once a month, and Lucien added additional patches such as reporting in advance for long-term missing missions.

Oh, by the way, Lucien suddenly remembered something, and quickly added a "don't cut your hair off secretly".

He still prefers Izzy's long hair to short hair.

Except for the badge and the pigeon, Izzy wasn't surprised at all when he saw the last thing Lucien took out.

—a leather choker embellished with an obsidian pendant.

Izzy was sure that Lucien had definitely prepared all these things long ago and was waiting for him to use them. At this point, if he tried to struggle with anything, it would only be as if he wanted to refuse, so he might as well bow his head to life frankly.

Issy has been proficient at this since he was a child, and the orphaned cubs who have lost their relatives only have to bow their heads and tuck their tails, and life will show him a little mercy.

He should be thankful, at least Lucien didn't make a collar.

The silver-haired youth of Hall knelt on one knee, raised his head obediently, exposing his fragile neck.His expression was calm, like a tamed beast, quietly retracting its claws and fangs, waiting for the master to hang all the nameplates on it.

Lucien liked his posture. He was half lying on Issy's body, his chin pressed against his shoulder, and carefully wrapped the slender belt around his neck.The soft leather fits together with the warm skin. The brand new leather will slowly acquire its unique texture and luster over time, and it may slowly seem to be embedded in the skin and become one with the body. .

The pendant that Izzy thought would hang in the front was finally tied behind her neck. After adjusting the tightness of the necklace, she hung the buckle, and a small obsidian was hung on the tail hanging down at the end. As long as the collar of the clothes is not too low, it can be easily worn. hidden in clothes.

From the front view, Izzy's neck is only tied with a thin leather necklace, which is simple and inconspicuous.

Because the appearance characteristics of the Hall tribe are too obvious, they generally don't have the task requirements to infiltrate in disguise, and one more necklace will not have any impact on Issy's work.

But it was impossible to take it off, the leather was enchanted, if he voluntarily or involuntarily took off the necklace, or died unfortunately, Lucien would feel it immediately.

Lucien was very satisfied with the decoration he had chosen for the beautiful doll, it was like the anklets tied to the claws of wild birds, no matter how high or far the birds flew, he could immediately know any accidents.

Issie touched his neck not used to it. The leather was probably the material Lucien brought from the imperial capital. It was so thin that he didn't feel that he was tied up. Lucien didn't tie it tightly either, leaving him a few Allow for shortness of breath during strenuous exercise.

But "being tied up" is a fact, and his unaccustomedness is more psychological.

——If some people knew about his thinking, he would probably be scolded for being cheap and acting like a good boy... To put it mildly, it would be called being fooled and standing up.

After all, the benefits he got were real money and real resources, and Lucien's request was not too much. He didn't even have the usual practice of asking Izzy to offer him loyalty or promise to pay him in the future. do charity.

Even if Lucien really had some unreasonable thoughts, many people would scramble to climb onto his bed.

Thinking about it, Issy nodded to Mr. Dalton standing outside the door, turned around and went out with a wink, not to participate in the two-person meeting between the lord and the Minister of Finance.

Dalton's eyes lingered on Issy's neck for a moment, and then he showed a social smile without any difference, "Good day." He greeted the other party with a gentle and friendly tone.

Then, before reporting to Lucien, Dalton said "Congratulations" to his immediate boss.

"You know again?" Lucien hummed a questioning tone, and reached for the work report in Dalton's hand.

Dalton handed over the report and replied, "Although I don't know, I guess it should be a happy thing."

Lucien raised his eyebrows, and finally ended the pre-conversation with a notice-like "Well, I've funded him", leaned back on the soft chair and opened the report, silently saying "Please start your performance".

Dalton successfully read the subtext of his immediate boss's "report and don't talk nonsense", turned around Lucien's notice in his head and took note of it for the time being, opened his own paperwork and began to report to work.

Doton is currently mainly in charge of the part of Velvet's winter construction plan that involves business. Internally, he has to establish a good relationship with the merchant union. From raw materials for infrastructure projects to conventional consumables for various types of work in the processing plant, he is in charge. Connect with all kinds of businessmen.

Of course, he also took this opportunity to try his best to establish relationships with the local aristocrats, giving gifts and visiting their homes, and on the premise that the plan he proposed was reliable, Lucien also held two tea parties very cooperatively. , On the surface, hello, me, hello, everyone.

Externally, Dalton is responsible for using his own contacts to open up business routes. The products produced by the processing factory can only be called "commodities" if they are sold. Inventory, so it is necessary to find a large external chamber of commerce that distributes Warcraft products to buy wholesale.

However, this business cannot be sold by the Wilvelde County Government. Once the official takes the position of a [merchant], it will be difficult to get rid of the suspicion of competing with the people for profit, although this kind of thing is very common in this world. , but if possible, Lucien still hopes to maintain the official government's "fair, just and open" external image as much as possible.

After all, Lucien's purpose is not to make money through the processing plant, but to circulate money, labor, and goods inside and outside of Velvet, so as to promote the development of the entire Velvet business environment.

In turn, the city construction speed of the system will increase again.

Based on the above premises, Dalton formulated and implemented the product sales plan for the first processing plant of Velvet.