Claude found that he was suddenly very busy. He had to send his sister to school every day and pick her up in the afternoon. When I return to the forest farm, I have to take care of my mother and my brother to prevent anything from happening to this naughty child. Here we have to patrol the forest farm, and we have to make three meals a day on time. We can no longer fool around as casually as I did before. I just have to cook three meals for my family every day and feed the little snow dog. There are also more housework.
In addition, Claude also had to personally decorate a new room for his mother. The wall coverings and curtains were replaced with new ones. The furniture, bed, and single sofa were all designed by Claude himself and brought to a furniture store in the town for customization. Then he sent it to the forest farm to decorate it himself, trying to give his mother a new home environment so that her body could recover better.
Because I was afraid that my mother would see things and miss someone else, all the furniture in my parents’ bedroom in the big red brick house was not brought to the forest farm. It's just that the money is spent very quickly. After buying the alchemy magic test materials with the money robbed from the Black Snake Society last time, the rest is basically spent. But my mother's health was getting better day by day. Sure enough, the environment in the forest farm was very good for her physical recuperation. After more than ten days, my mother was able to get out of bed and walk slowly, but she still didn't have the strength...
Seeing that April was coming, her mother called Claude to her room that day and gave him an account book from the National Bank, which contained forty-four gold crowns and three silver thalers. My mother said that this was left by my father. He originally planned to use the money to start a business again, but he didn't expect that he would not have this opportunity...
The mother grieved for a while and then took out a sheepskin document bag from under the pillow, which contained a dozen contracts and agreements. Claude took a look and saw that most of them were rental agreements.
My mother said that after my father converted the big red brick house into an apartment for rent, it had a total of six large suites and two small attics. There were two large shops and two small storefronts underneath, and the monthly rent could be eleven silver pagodas. With Le and two riaso, the total rental income is about twenty-five gold crowns a year. After deducting the expenditure on house repairs and maintenance, almost fifteen or six gold crowns are deposited in the bank by my father every year. Account.
Rent is basically collected every quarter. Now that April is coming, those renting tenants have to prepare rent again. Mother used to take care of this matter, but now that she is in poor health, she has entrusted everything to Claude.
So Claude was busy going to the big red brick house to collect rent. He also worked for three days, cleaned up his original home, and then rented it out. In this way, the monthly rental income of this big red brick house reaches about three gold crowns, which is almost the total income of a commoner in a year. Claude estimated that as long as this big red brick house was there, his mother, sister and brother would not have to worry about the cost of living and studying, and they would be able to live a good life.
It was just during this time that Kaifani often drove the delivery carriage of the Mermaid Tavern to the forest farm to find Claude. For no other reason than to stay quietly by Claude's side and watch him do his work, and sometimes help him do it. Housework. She didn't care even if Claude was not here. Instead, she had a good chat with her mother, helping her out to bask in the sun or take a walk in the forest farm. Even her younger brother, Little Booker, had a good impression of this big sister who often brought him delicious food. .
This led to the result that every time after Kaifuni left, her mother would always mention Kaifuni's goodness in front of Claude, which meant that she hoped that Claude would go find the girl to propose to her immediately and bring her in the next day. Anyway, the Kingdom's stipulated age for young men and women to get married is eighteen years old, and both Claude and Kaifni have reached this age.
Just when Claude was annoyed by his mother always nagging him about the benefits of getting married early, Butler Lutheran rushed to the forest farm in a hurry. He brought Claude a letter written by Mrs. Maria to him. of a letter.
Mrs. Maria said in the letter that she had learned of the tragedy of Mr. Morsan's suicide and was deeply moved by his courage and sacrifice for his family. She also felt sad for the Claude family. It's just that during this period of time, she couldn't escape from the royal capital and couldn't come to express condolences in person. She could only write letters to express her condolences.
The main reason why Butler Lutheran came to Bailu Town was to do two things. The first thing was that Mrs. Maria gave the forest farm cabin and the surrounding three hundred acres of forest land to Claude as a gift for his coming of age. . In other words, if Claude agrees, the cabin and the large woodland next to it will become Claude's private property and will no longer belong to the Norman Forest Farm.
This was an unexpected gift for Claude. Madam Maria actually divided the cabin from the villa in the forest farm and gave it to Claude along with a piece of hilly woodland next to it. Suddenly Claude unexpectedly Stunned there.
"Master Claude, Madam has arranged everything, and has brought all the required certificates and documents. As long as you sign, I will go to the town office to help you complete the rest of the procedures." Lutheran The housekeeper didn't understand why Madam Maria valued this boy so much. Although he had studied pharmacy with her and knew that he could do magic, he was nothing more than a wild mage. But this did not prevent him from completing the tasks assigned to him by his wife to the letter.
"Well," Claude nodded, putting this matter aside before continuing to read the letter.
The second thing that Madam Maria said was that she appointed Butler Lutheran to come here not just to give Claude a gift, but that Madam Maria raised more than three hundred gold crowns and asked Claude to assist Luther. An Guanjia bought a house and land in Bailu Town, the more the better. She did not hide anything from Claude, and directly told him that Sterling X had made a decision to transfer Bailu Town from the three southwest counties to the direct jurisdiction of the royal capital, and upgrade Bailu Town to a city as a new naval center. The main base of the formed Storm Fleet.
This almost told Claude that Sterling X had fully adopted the plan proposed by Prime Minister Duke Clement Duncan and was preparing to carry out large-scale development of White Deer Town, making it a city similar to the military city of Port Nerru. The parallel naval fleet base is responsible for the navigation and safety of the new route to the mainland of Nubisia.
It is conceivable that as soon as this plan is announced, Bailu Town will have a great opportunity for development. If nothing else, the land price alone will rise several times. So Mrs. Maria said bluntly in her letter that she was not interested in participating in those dirty intrigues to get a share of the pie. Those were what politicians and nobles cared about. She wanted to earn some clean money to buy some precious experimental materials, so she took advantage of her first opportunity to get the news and asked Butler Lu to go to Bailu Town to purchase real estate, and then sell it after the kingdom announced its development plan for Bailu Town. Go out and earn enough money for her to spend.
Although the development plan for Bailu Town will be announced after the kingdom's political training meeting in mid-May, some important departments in the royal capital have secretly prepared to send people to Bailu Town to conduct thorough research and explore public opinion. As far as Mrs. Maria knows, the kingdom's special department, the Ovelas Kingdom's Public Special Security and Security Inspection Office, will soon send people to Bailu Town to set up a branch. Special departments in each military city and military base will station personnel to prevent reconnaissance and destruction by evil magicians.
So Lady Maria warned Claude in the letter not to accidentally reveal his identity as a magician. After all, he is a practicing mage, not a registered mage registered with the special department. Once being targeted by that special department, it means endless troubles. What many branch leaders of the special department like most is to hunt down those wild magicians, because that is the best way for them to obtain merit.
Mrs. Maria gave Claude the cabin and a small piece of mountain land behind it because she wanted him to settle down. A mysterious magician appeared in Bailu Town and killed many members of the underground underworld. Perhaps the special department in the royal capital did not care about such trivial matters as the death of a few gangsters in a remote town, but the underground magic market was gaining traction. After the report from Julian, the person in charge of the Deer Town Acquisition Point, he spent a lot of effort to find the teacher that Claude had made up.
As a frequent visitor to the underground magic market, Mrs. Maria naturally got the news. She knew who did it as soon as she heard it. In the letter she wrote to Claude, she warned that the fights with those underground societies in the past would be forgotten, but after the kingdom’s special department entered White Deer Town, you should be more honest and don’t rely on your magic power. Show off your power. If something goes wrong, even if she can save Claude's life, Claude will definitely not want to be imprisoned by the special department until he grows old...
Claude felt a little disappointed when he put down the letter. Although he was very grateful to Madam Maria for the reminder, he was a little disappointed that he would not be able to rob the Black Snake Guild in the future, especially since he had been preparing to settle the score with Bill the Butcher, the boss of the Black Snake Guild.
"Master Claude, Madam has reminded you that you'd better burn the letter after reading it." Butler Lutheran said respectfully from the side.
That's right, if this letter falls into the hands of others, it will become Lady Maria's fault. Claude lit a fire and put the letter on it.
It wasn't until the letter paper turned into ashes that Butler Lutheran opened the document package he had brought and took out the documents one by one.
"This is the property rights document for the cabin, the hillside behind it, and the pine forest in the col next to it. Please sign...
This is the joint use right of the forest farm mountain road. You sign here...
This is the gift instructions from Madam, and it also requires your signature...
This is the power of attorney. If you sign here, I can go to the town office to handle the relevant procedures.
By the way, here's the thing. Madam has transferred another twenty gold crowns to your account in the National Bank. From now on, you will also be responsible for paying the monthly salary of Mr. and Mrs. Xioli, the caretaker. You need to sign this salary book. Put your name on it…”
Claude signed his name on more than a dozen documents. Butler Lutheran neatly packed all the documents on the table into his file bag: "Master Claude, I will go to the town office immediately to handle the matter." The formalities can be completed in about two or three days. I will send the completed property documents to you then."
Now Claude can be regarded as a person with private property. Although he is only eighteen years old and has just come of age, he already owns nearly three hundred acres of forest in Normanli Forest Farm and a small wooden house, which is worth no less than seven to eight hundred gold crowns. , can be considered a middle class in Bailu Town.
As for why Madam Maria divided a small piece of the Norman Forest Farm and gave it to him, Claude knew it very well. First, she appreciates talents. Madam Maria thinks that he has a bright future, so she spends a lot of money to win over him. Of course, this is just an obvious excuse. The purpose is to let the people of White Deer Town know that Claude has embraced the thick legs of the Normanry family, and that he is also a figure with a backstage and background. This is to avoid being reduced to the civilian class after the death of Mr. Morsant. The Field family was bullied by others.
The real reason is actually very simple. This is the reward given to him by Mrs. Maria. When Madam Maria returned to the capital last year, Claude put the Magic Hand and four other magic spell arrays in an envelope and gave it to her. Madam Maria said that the five rune spells Claude learned are now considered forbidden spells. Each one costs at least one or two hundred gold crowns, and you have to be lucky to buy them from the underground magic market. She simply does not have the financial resources to learn these four rune spells from Claude.
Claude gave these four spells to Madam Maria, mainly to thank her for her kindness and her careful teaching to him. To be honest, Claude is really grateful to Madam Maria, the first female mage he came into contact with. Although she was only a registered mage, she opened the real door to the mysteries of magic for him. From her, he learned a lot of common sense about magic and the current situation of magic in the kingdom, which was many times better than what he did behind closed doors.
He knew Madam Maria's temperament, so when he handed it to her, he specifically stated in the letter that it was an advance payment for asking Madam Maria to find suitable combat spells for him at the underground magic testing ground in the royal capital. Only then did Madam Maria accept the letter. Down.
But now it seems that Mrs. Maria must have not found any combat spells. She is not willing to default on Claude's favor, but she cannot afford to pay. Thinking about how she could only raise about 300 gold crowns to buy real estate in Bailu Town, you can see how financially distressed she was, so she simply divided a small piece of her forest farm and gave it to Claude, one acre of forest. The current market price is about two to three gold crowns, and three hundred acres has exceeded the price of those four rune spells.