kindness? This is where? Lorist, who had just woken up, stared at the creamy-yellow birch wood panels in a daze. The curved primary-color wood grains formed strange patterns one after another. The wind is rippling. The morning breeze blows into the room from the two open floor-to-ceiling windows, bringing a string of amethyst wind chimes hanging from the window to the crisp and pleasant knocking sound. Looking at the crystal candle lamp hanging from the white zenith and the carved decoration in the shape of a magic bear in the corner, Lorist finally came to his senses. Oh, this is the Bear King Palace, this is my new home, and now I am in Maryland. Leah's bedroom.
This can't be blamed on Lorist. Although he has lived in the Bear Palace for three or four months, most of the time he sleeps in Princess Silvia's big bedroom, or in his own lounge over the study. Last night it was the concubine Maria's turn to sleep with her. Lorist didn't ask Maria to go to his lounge on a whim. Instead, he came to Maria's residence and slept in her bedroom, so he just woke up in the morning. I can't even figure out where I am.
"Honey, you're awake..." Maria with a lazy face opened her misty eyes, her naked body moved close to Lorist, and her right hand deftly moved down Lorist's lower abdomen. Touching down, he quickly grasped the handle of the morning erection, and began to play with it, and then the whole body got into the thin velvet quilt until he buried his head under Lorist's crotch...
Actually, I don't want to do morning exercises in the morning... Lorist really wanted to say such a thing, but his body's reaction was very honest. After being teased, it is already as hard as iron... It seems that I have to find a chance to catch up on sleep in the study in the morning... Lorist screamed in his heart, while pulling Maria up to let himself deeply enter her body...
It's just that Lorist didn't expect that there would be so many things to deal with in the morning...
"Your Highness, according to the report submitted by Mr. Tagle, our Emperor His Majesty has once again lowered the qualification reserve for honorary titles of nobles. Now it only costs 3,500 Goldfords to obtain the title of Imperial Honorary Baron. The title of an imperial honorary viscount is only five thousand, but the price of an imperial honorary earl is still the same as before, which is eight thousand gold coins."
Fatty Shi looked at the document in his hand with a serious expression: "In the second half of last year, His Majesty the Royal Family conferred more than 130 nobles with honorary titles, and their income was no less than 500,000 gold dollars. It is worth noting that most of them invested in the purchase of honorary titles. The rich people who hold the title of nobility are all from our family territory. They are all beneficiaries of business transactions with Morente City. identity… "
Lorist spread his hands: "There's nothing we can do about it. We can't stop them from obtaining the status of nobles. After all, nobles with honorary titles in the empire are more grandiose than those in our family..."
It's just that Fatty Shi's answer made Lorist laugh and cry: "No, Your Highness, after they obtained the status of imperial honorary nobles, they returned to our family territory to spend money to transform the imperial honorary nobles into our family's honorary nobles. Because in our family, it takes about 8,000 gold merits to obtain a baron's honorary title, but it only costs more than 2,000 gold merits to convert an imperial honorary titled nobleman into our family's honorary titled nobleman. out, they saved two or three thousand gold points..."
"Bullshit, you have to save even this little money..." Lorist murmured admiringly.
It is normal for the titles and titles of nobles of honor to be sold among the nobles of the various kingdoms and large territories of the Galintia continent. For rich people, obtaining the status of a noble title helps to protect their property security, and at the same time makes their status superior to others, allowing them to integrate into the upper class and aristocratic circles. If they are lucky, maybe they can get a fief to make their family a real territorial noble. Like the Kenmes family is a very inspirational version of reality.
Only by mixing into this circle first, will you have the opportunity to see the upper lord and get the opportunity to serve him, and if you have the opportunity to serve, you will be appreciated by the upper lord for your meritorious service. Becoming a real territorial noble in the long run is no longer a dream. Therefore, there are not a few rich people in the Norton family territory who want to change their status because of getting rich. What makes Fatty Shi unhappy is that they buy the titles of imperial honorary nobles. Isn't this giving the money to the Second Highness
On the contrary, Lorist is very satisfied with the fact that these people who have obtained the status of imperial honorary nobles return to the family territory and transform the imperial honorary nobles into family honorary nobles. This shows that everyone is optimistic about the development and future of the Norton family, and thinks that the Norton family The canonized titles of nobles are more secure, which shows that everyone is very clear-headed and no one is betting on the Second Highness.
But let these profiteers take advantage of it in vain. Lorist felt uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he ordered: "Well, in the future, we will increase the price according to the price of the nobles of the empire and convert it into the handling fee of our family's nobles." The amount is about 10 to 20% higher than the total price. In this way, no one will continue to do this. Even if His Majesty lowers the qualification reserve for imperial honorary nobles, there will not be many people in our family territory to buy. gone."
Fatty Shi nodded. This is a good way. Since the cost is high, no one will make such a fuss. It is better to buy the status of honorary nobleman directly from the family.
"Your Highness, because there are many more honored nobles in the family territory, many honored nobles jointly wrote a letter requesting the family to expand the noble special zone, so that they can also have the opportunity to buy land in the new noble special zone to build a manor castle. The administrative office is conducting After on-site investigation and discussion, it is considered that three noble districts can be divided into three noble districts in the open space between the Bear Palace and the noble districts, and combined with the original five noble districts. This is the preliminary planning plan, of course, in In the planning plan, there is still a 300-meter open space between the Noble District and the Bear King Palace as a warning area... "
Fatty Shi submitted a planning document to Lorist, and Lorist signed it after reading it, agreeing to the request to set up three more aristocratic special zones.
"In addition, the Administration Office is planning to carry out a comprehensive real estate renovation plan for Hongheyuan and Xing'anyuan this year and next year. The family finance department has approved and plans to invest 5 million in development funds. It will take five years and the total income is expected to reach 3,000. About seven million gold dollars. This is the general plan of the reconstruction plan, Your Highness, please sign here." Fatty Shi handed over another document.
The real estate development and reconstruction projects in the original seven towns of Fengle benefited the family a lot. Although there were many twists and turns, the problems were finally resolved. It took six years intermittently to complete all the reconstruction and development projects. It can be said that all the residents of Fengleyuan have lived in the houses they bought. The income of the family is around 13 million goldford. This made the family's treasurer, Viscount Speer, turn his attention to the more than three million people in the Northland...
For this reason, Director Speer specially wrote a letter suggesting that all the citizens of the Northland should live in the houses they bought themselves within ten years. It is clear that they want to clean up the private property of all the citizens. No money? It doesn't matter if you don't have money, the family can lend you money to let you live in a good house, and then slowly pay it back in ten or twenty years...
Two years ago, Lorist was still thinking about how to deal with the business alliance in Morente City. After reading the letter from Speer, he secretly marveled at his acumen and cruelty. People have become house slaves to work for the family. Lorist also knew in his heart that the family had invested no less than 50 million in Northland over the past ten years, whether it was the salaries and benefits paid to the family's armed soldiers, or the living materials and free housing provided for those forced immigrants. There are also farming fields, building cities and towns to develop mine resources, behind which are a huge amount of investment.
The wealth of the Northland lies not in the millions of goldfords that the Norton family tax each year, but in the industrial and mining workshops that spread all over the family territory, as well as small individual businesses that bloom everywhere, such as snack bars, grocery stores, hairdressers, tailors and other services industries, the types of daily necessities and materials that are in increasing demand, and the job opportunities that can be obtained as long as you work hard. In the past few years, every household of the more than three million people in the North has a few dozens or even dozens or even hundreds of gold blessings hidden in case of emergencies...
Now Director Speer's idea is to use the gold treasures hidden by these ordinary people's families. If the real estate reconstruction and development projects can be used to search for these hidden funds, it is conceivable that it must be an astronomical amount. Speer Director Er's eyes were already red. It's just that Lorist stopped this plan because the family was still at war with the business alliance and what the family territory needed was to maintain stability.
Last year, Director Speer brought up the old matter again, so Lorist decided to carry out real estate reconstruction and development projects in Hongheyuan and Xing'anyuan this year, considering that these two places are the first development sites of the family territory, followed by Fengle After the original development, the people living in the cities and towns of the two places are also richer...
After signing, Lorist asked while handing the document back to Fatty Shi, "By the way, have there been any changes regarding the new construction of Pangshan Province and the recruitment of constituencies?"
Fatty Shi replied: "Your Highness, because of the policy of private land ownership, we have received nearly 100,000 applications, and are currently undergoing preliminary review, and it will take at least half a month to reach a conclusion. It is estimated that the first batch of suitable citizens About 20,000 to 30,000 people, the number of people we require with mercenary qualifications and retired soldier experience is only 3,000 to 4,000, and the rest have only practiced in the local garrison for a few days, just making up the number."
"Pangshan Province is different from Biehe Territory. We don't need to carry out the overall development right away. Everything will be done slowly." Lorist put his two feet on the desk and slumped in the chair comfortably: "There is no force It is easy to encounter danger when immigrants go there. After all, it is too close to the Demon Dragon Mountains and the barbaric plains. At present, the Rock Army has surveyed the terrain in Pangshan Province and selected dangerous places to build a defensive front, while the Flying Tiger Legion is already sweeping the barbaric plains. The group of monsters. I estimate that it will take at least four or five years to settle down in Pangshan Province. The people recruited now are to gain a foothold in Pangshan Province and build a few towns, so we don’t need to rush for success.”
"I understand." Fatty Shi thought for a while and said, "However, Your Highness, there is a situation at present. Many nobles with honorary titles have sent letters or sent people to inquire about our family's announcement of the private land policy in the Panshan Province. The idea is to acquire or buy a large amount of land in Pang Son Province to transform yourself into a landed noble... ”
"Hehe, they have a good idea..." Lorist said with a sneer, "Tell them that the 100 acres of private land that each resident of Pangshan Province can obtain is the highest quota, and the allocated locations are randomly selected. Even if It is a mercenary team, and the land they allocated is not connected together. Also, the land in Pang Son Province is not for sale, and the land allocated to the people in Pang Son Province only accounts for half of the area of Pang Son Province at most, and the other half will become the property of meritorious persons. Canonize the territory."
There were a lot of things to do today, even after Fatty Shi left, Lorist did not find a chance to be lazy, because Malek and Tagle came.
"Your Highness, this is the latest news from the imperial capital. His Majesty has arranged the base of the Stormtroopers in Meishan Province. It is said that he is preparing to deal with the increasingly rampant bandits in the eleven provinces in the central part. There are also rumors that His Majesty is planning to send Bai The Lions have been dispatched back and are preparing to be deployed in Verbasya Province..." Tager said.
Lorist immediately jumped up: "What does that idiot want to do? Are you going to declare war on our family and the four northern alliances?"
Both Malek and Tagle understood who Lorist was referring to, but they pretended not to hear.
From the map, Verbasya Province is the neighboring province of Yungeshandra. There is an egret lake between the two provinces, and there is only one mountain road connecting the two provinces. When the northbound convoy arrived in the province of Verbasya, the Grand Duke of Madras closed the land passage, and deployed the Iron Guards at the fortress of Lichtana on the border, forcing Fatty Shi, who commanded the northbound convoy, to In desperation, he was almost prepared to adopt the poisonous plan of the Second Highness to drive one hundred thousand refugees to storm the fortress of Liechtana, opening a northbound passage for the northbound convoy through mountains of corpses and seas of blood...
Fortunately, Lorist rushed back from the family territory, led the convoy to cross Bailu Lake at night, and then offered a plan to cut off the water so that His Royal Highness captured the fortress of Liechtana, and was able to sweep Yungeshandra Province. Now His Royal Highness is going to transfer the White Lion Army back to Wilbasya Province, which is clearly aimed at Yungeshandra Province, the territory under the jurisdiction of the Norton family. You must know that the White Lions are in charge of the Christian Empire's foreign conquests, and they are deployed in the province of Verbasia. What does this mean? Do they treat the Norton family's territory as an enemy country
There is also the newly formed Storm Legion, which is deployed in Meishan Province. This is adding to the obstruction of the four alliances in the Northland! Except that the family territory of the Duke of Shaheen has been moved to the Cribia Province in the central region, the deployment of the Storm Legion in Meishan Province is equivalent to the deployment of the White Lion Legion in Verbasia Province, cutting off the Norton family. The land passage for the three territories of the family and the Felim family. No wonder Lorist scolded the Second Highness as an idiot. This was clearly a provocation to the four northern alliances.
"Let El lead the Iron Guard Corps to station in Yungeshandra Province, rebuild the fortress of Liechtana, include the land passage into the defensive position, set up a fort on the bread post, and take strict precautions. At the same time, in Bailu A shipyard was set up on the shore of the lake, and gunboats were built to patrol the lake so that the sails on the opposite bank could not be launched into the water. It's over, that idiot gave us this hand, it's clear that he doesn't want us to have a good time."
Lorist responded quickly: "Let the Chaser Legion go to the territory of Duke Shaheen, that is to say, he received an invitation from Duke Shaheen to station in his family's territory, so that it can compete with the Pegasus of the Felim family in the southern province." The Legion is sandwiching the Storm Legion in the middle, I want to see how the Second Highness can get the Storm Legion out... "
"Yes, Your Highness," Malek said.
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