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"Luci is going to build a city in Velveer." Luses propped his chin in one hand and held the chess piece in the other, with a mysterious tone as if he was talking about some important secret.

If you take a closer look at his expression, there is a bit of smug flaunting.

Especially when he found out that Rufar on the opposite side didn't get the news, he was so angry that he almost flipped the chessboard on the spot.

Compared with the stinky brother Rufaer, Lu Xi is more willing to write a letter to tell himself about things - just thinking about it this way, Luses can feel the sense of accomplishment of being relied on and trusted by Yao Di at the same time, and [Win! ] Such an incomparably simple joy of victory.

But happiness belongs to happiness, the chessboard is still not lifted.He is only three chess pieces away from beating Ruffal. Judging from the relationship between the two camps during this period, they may not have the opportunity to play chess together again in the past few months. How could they miss this opportunity to win again? .

Ruffal was incompetent and furious for a few minutes, and cursed from the air for a long time, that heartless stinky Lucy, before he barely calmed down and responded to Luthers' opening sentence.

"Tsk, it's still because Velvet is too poor, otherwise it is estimated that he will start construction as soon as he passes by."

Lucien very much agrees with the positive significance of the existence of the city for the development of civilization, which to a certain extent is contrary to what they have learned in the royal course.

Most of their teachers objected to the existence of cities. Even if they themselves lived in the largest city on the continent, it did not prevent them from thinking that cities, which are fully supported by commercial activities, are a violation of the inherent system. Shock and blasphemy make the people who live in it lose their "duty" to recognize their own status, and then become a potentially unstable factor of arrogance and disrespect.

"In Lucy's words..." Lusos couldn't help laughing every time he thought of Lucien's expression when talking about these things, "People who use this kind of value to evaluate things are already potential factors of instability."

Although the papers submitted by Lucien have never been out of line in the slightest, and the format standards are strictly in accordance with the teacher's arguments, in the eyes of the teacher, he has always been a good student who is obedient and well-behaved.

Ruffal curled his lips, "Pretentious guy."

Lucien seldom discusses serious topics related to politics and history with them. He just can’t understand the questions he asks. The questions are too difficult and he can’t do them. Let Lucien, who was lying flat and pretending to be dead, open his mouth to speak.

……

Lucien chewed the tender and delicious beef, took a sip of the juice in the glass, and showed a confused and innocent look to the manor owners who were looking forward to him after speaking.

"Well... What the gentlemen said just now makes sense."

First affirm the other party's speech, just like when he was exposed by two cheap brothers face to face for pretending to be a fool.

You're right, but what—

"But, what does what you say have anything to do with me?"

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Lucien had no choice but to speak more clearly, "Good, good, it's true that what you said is very, very reasonable, but it doesn't do me any good, right?"

"A city!" Lucien emphasized, "Concentrated facilities, a complete industrial chain, and a city with a large influx of adventurers every year! Have you calculated how much benefits and benefits it can bring me? "

Dalton opened his mouth to cheer Lucien at the right time: "According to the market tax calculations for this year's spring hunting season, if the city is established, it will be able to create a transaction volume of nearly ten million gold coins a year, and the tax revenue alone can reach more than one million gold coins. "

Moreover, the land where the city is located belongs to Lucien, just like this year's Spring Hunting Fair. It is not free for him to pay to set up a tent camp and various facilities there. Even the county government's office in the fair has to Pay Lucien a venue rent of one silver coin a day.

Of course, Lucien also paid taxes to the county government according to the law.

A city with good ecology is a minting machine, which can not only drive the industrial development of the entire Velvet County, but also bring huge wealth to the city's owner.

"So, everyone has said so much and asked me to give up building cities. What you said is very reasonable." Lu

Sean bit off the meat off the fork, and looked up at his guests, "So, how are you going to compensate me for giving up this project?"

As far as the facts are concerned, the brothers still have to settle accounts clearly. At the beginning, he asked these manor owners to give up the spring hunting camp, but he sold them a lot of fertile forest land at a low price as compensation. Now they are going to empty their teeth and put him in their pockets. take the money out...

Lucien suggested that they dream about it.

But these gentlemen, just like his two cheap brothers back then, thought they had a high ground facing him, so they yelled louder than anyone else, but when it came to actual interests, they had to pay for a dime and a copper coin. He was suddenly short of breath and speechless, and he seemed to be half short in an instant.

Obviously Lucien thinks he is a very easy-talking person, you don't even have to spend too much time trying to explain the truth to him, as long as the benefits are enough to deal with integrity, Lucien is willing to be a good guy to make everyone happy child.

Unfortunately, at such times, there is always silence and no one speaks.

"Ah."

The smile on Lucien's face faded, and he showed a tired and indifferent look on his face. He threw the silver fork on the plate with a lack of interest, and knocked out a crisp "ding".

"WTF."

He sneered coldly, leaned back on the back of the chair, and held his own glass of juice.

At the beginning, he had a glass of wine. When he opened the banquet and gave a speech, he was holding the same wine as everyone present. The aroma was mellow and long aftertaste. Apply carmine red.

Viscount Norbert did not speak. If it was when Lucien first arrived, the young man's rudeness and contempt would probably make him jump up in anger, but he is still sitting firmly.

Apart from his status as the president of Velveer's Noble Association, he has no reason to object to Lucien's city construction plan.

This is the partner that his daughter has negotiated, at the cost of certain losses to his generation of the Norber family, to ensure that the next generation of the Norber family can retain their family property and dignity in the hands of the current alliance.

It was also the status of the noble association that had to advance and retreat together that even so, he had to openly express his opposition to Lucien's plan.

But it was only on the surface that Lucien's speech had a huge loophole for him to refute, but he pretended that he hadn't noticed it, and just said plainly: "This is a very important matter, please think twice."

Lucien narrowed his eyes and looked at Viscount Noble, "I'm really thinking twice." He said, "Otherwise, why would I ask you questions?"

"I'm not a fool. Since you guys told me to give up the plan, shouldn't it be reasonable for me to ask about compensation? After all, I haven't been able to join your federation. If you're alone, you should live a more frugal life."

Lucien's gaze turned to the other people under Viscount Norbert, "About my question, do you have anything to say?"

Viscount Norbert did not speak this time.

So the others either wanted to speak but looked at Viscount Noble's face hesitating to speak, or they gave up thinking directly under Lucien's gaze.

Some couldn't help but secretly complain that Viscount Noble didn't agree to invite Lucien to join the Federation of Nobles, completely forgetting that all of them were opposed to having one more royal nobleman in the Federation, and the so-called voting was just a formality. The end result was a unanimous vote.

If Lucien was a member of the Federation of Nobles, they would not have to work so hard to reason and be ridiculed by Lucien. They could directly ask Lucien in the name of the Federation to give up building the city or share the benefits of city construction with everyone. Sharing—the existence of the collective is always higher than that of the individual, which is an irrefutable truth in this world.

But Lucien was not.

Lucien didn't give the guest any more time to think. After glancing around, there was still silence, and then he opened his mouth to continue the conversation.

"It seems that you all have nothing to say." He put the juice back on the table and looked at Lawrence and the others on the other side of the table.

"If you don't say anything, please listen carefully—the county government also has a lot to explain to you in detail about this plan to build a city, and you need your support and help

The place. "

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who eats for free and beats me up. Everyone is a citizen of Velvet. I naturally hope that everyone can get well."

Lawrence received the signal from Lucien, stopped eating silently, and answered Lucien's words at the right time: "Yes, I know that you have a lot of concerns about building cities, but building cities is not a plan that was decided suddenly. Based on Velvet's actual situation and development needs, the conclusions drawn after a large amount of data statistics and evaluation will be of great benefit to Velvet's future development."

As soon as he talked about analyzing the data, the banquet hall, which had a dinner party atmosphere, immediately became a meeting place. Convincing the manor owners on the opposite side not only needs a large amount of data and facts to support it, but also requires clever words to break the defense, and at the same time, be careful not to If you are caught with a language loophole, if you are a little careless, the old foxes on the opposite side will seize the opportunity to fight back.

Building a city will definitely harm the interests of the manor owner, but it is not without benefits.The city will attract artisans, merchants and idlers who make a living by doing part-time jobs, and the manor owners will lose the income related to these people. However, at the same time, the city will also attract a large number of foreign population, which will drive the economic development of the entire Velvet As the industry upgrades, the demand for production in the processing factory model will increase, and the manor owners who have local advantages and land capital can seize the opportunity to make a fortune.

The lord of Lucien attaches great importance to the protection of the local industrial chain. If the local nobles want to build factories or invest in projects, they will have a lot of preferential policies, and it will also serve as compensation for the city's impact on the manor economy.

Originally, Lucien was going to ask the manor owners about the compensation for abandoning the plan by asking rhetorically. He could ask about the compensation for abandoning the plan, and the other party could naturally ask him about the compensation for their losses when the plan was implemented. However, Viscount Noble has a lot of prestige. If he doesn't speak, the people below will shut up. As a result, the effect of the county government's own words is not so good.