I haven't seen Joshua for a year, and Joshua is almost unrecognizable after becoming a beta. The Joshua in my memory has an immature temperament and strong willpower, but he hides two points of jealousy and hatred for the world, and at that time He was tortured by the curse for a long time, and his energy and energy were seriously lost, and he looked a little weak.
But the Joshua in front of him is sunny, cheerful, and even has the temperament of a superior.
Seeing Beta, he bent down with a smile and said, "Long time no see, teacher. You are finally willing to come back here."
Amanda thought that Joshua was Beta's friend, but unexpectedly, he was actually his student. After all, there was not much difference in age between the two of them. Although Beta looked a little more mature, she was at most in her early twenties, and Joshua was probably around the same age.
"This is Shirley, and this is Amanda." Beta introduced the names of the two female companions respectively.
Xue Li smiled and said, "Then you should call me Shi Niang."
When Joshua saw Shirley, he was slightly distracted, but he quickly corrected his mentality. He respectfully called his mistress, and then looked at Amanda, thinking, could this also be his mistress
Amanda knew that he had misunderstood, and waved her hands again and again: "I have nothing to do with Beta, I am just his subordinate."
Although Amanda's status is not high, after all, he was brought by Beta, and he still greeted Amanda very politely.
Then Beta asked Joshua to sit down, looked at him for a while, and said with satisfaction: "The strength has improved quite well, it's already at the elite level, and it looks like a lot of energy, the position of the city owner shouldn't be hard, right? "
"The lord of the city?" Amanda, who was tasting the fine fruit wine, sprayed out the wine in one gulp: "The lord of the city of Sicilia?"
She looked at Joshua in surprise: "I know that the owner of Sicilia City changed a year ago, but I never thought that the owner of the city would be so young. This is a commercial city. How do you take it?" To the position of city lord? Is your family very powerful?"
Joshua looked at her: "This is all thanks to the teacher. Everything I have now is given by the teacher."
Amanda looked at Beta, then at Joshua, a little disbelieving: "If he is so powerful, he would have taken the city of Sicily by himself, why give it away."
Beta smiled and said nothing.
Joshua smiled, but also remained silent.
Amanda knew that she had asked something she shouldn't have asked, so she stopped talking immediately. She is just a girl at heart, not stupid.
The atmosphere seemed a bit dull, Joshua quickly asked: "The teacher must have something very important to come back this time, can you tell me about it? I think I should be able to help."
"I'm here to make money this time." Beta didn't hide anything, and didn't feel embarrassed: "You are the lord of the city now, and you are well-informed. You should know that I am also the lord of the wetland. It is a barren land, and I want to live in A city is built there, so a lot of money is needed."
"Teacher, I can support you." Joshua said sincerely: "Sicilia has received a lot of taxes this year, and there will be more in the future. I can give you a share every year. Within ten years, I think It should be possible to gather enough money to build a city, and give money while starting construction, and ten years later, when the money is enough, the city will be built."
Beta waved his hand: "No need, I collected a lot of money from the previous lord a year ago, but I spent almost all of it. And your Sicily city, although you have a lot of taxes, you also spend a lot. It is located in the commercial center of the Three Kingdoms. If there is not enough proof of military strength, it is easy to cause big problems."
Joshua wanted to say something else, but Beta said seriously: "I can earn money slowly, but if I use your money to build the wetland, should the lord write your name or mine ?”
These words were a bit serious, and Joshua understood after thinking about it, and he said sadly, "Then how can I help you, teacher?"
Beta thought for a while and said, "Then help us find a large warehouse, a special large one."
Joshua thought for a while, then said with a smile, "I just happened to know that there is such a place."
Then the teacher and the student drank some wine together and chatted for a while. After about an hour, Joshua said that he still had a lot of city affairs to deal with, so he left with some reluctance. He returned to the city lord's mansion in a carriage, and just as he sat down, his wife and maid, Julie, came over holding a glass of specially prepared fruit wine.
Joshua took it, took a sip, closed his eyes and meditated.
Although Julie is not very beautiful, she still has a bit of charm now. She walked behind Joshua, rubbed his shoulders for him, and asked, "How is the situation there, Your Excellency Beta?"
"The teacher is still the same kind of person as before. He rejected my offer and didn't even want to cause trouble for me." Joshua sighed: "But I have changed and become snobbish. Hearing When the teacher came, my first reaction was whether it would cause trouble."
Julie comforted: "This is normal. You are already a qualified city lord. Many times, when you become a qualified superior person, many things must change, including your temperament."
"Julie, will you change?"
"I will always be your maid, so I will never change."
After a moment of silence in the room, Joshua asked suddenly: "Julie, do you think I should remove my knight status? After all, I am now the lord of the city, a nobleman of the same level as the teacher. If people know that I am It is his second-class knight, and this may not have a negative impact on our Taut family."
"But the second-class knight conferred by Your Excellency Beta can bring powerful power and rapid growth." Julie had a faint worry on her face: "If you remove the status of the second-class knight, then the power you get will Will it be taken back?"
"Probably yes." Joshua thought for a while and said, "But now that I have been exposed to magic, even if I lose my power, I can get it back quickly. Most importantly, I already have my own magic power." Power, even if the individual is weaker, there is no big problem."
"Then you make up your own mind. I'm just a maid. No matter what you do, I'll be by your side."
Joshua touched Julie's hand.
On the other side, Amanda said to Beta bitterly: "You are stupid, a city master supports you in building the city, he is still your student, what are you afraid of, he is not willing to help you, you have to work hard on your own." I think you are stupid enough to work hard to make money."
Shirley had an indifferent expression on her face.
But Beta said slowly: "I would be very happy if Joshua said this a year ago. But now Joshua is the lord of the city. When he said this, I felt a little chilly."