Dear Broom Knight

Of course, Lowry had already planned for these hills near his territory.

After all, as a mage, the territory doesn't need to conform to the limitations of a noble title. Many archmages, to avoid harassment from nobles, even only give themselves an honorary position like a baronet.

But territory, or a mine of equal value to the territory, they would absolutely not give up.

Lowry certainly doesn't have any ideas about mines... With the mining capabilities of this world, the annual output of a standard mine is probably not as much as he makes in half a month doing daily tasks.

Some tasks don't even require him to do them. For example, his knight order, which patrols every day, can basically bring him back over 10,000 gold coins worth of supplies.

You need to know that this game of his has already reduced the rewards for completing daily tasks to an extremely low level in order to make the players grind.

However, once these things are placed in reality, this money is still very astonishing.

Even a level 16 Great Knight, upon learning that he can get 10,000 gold just by wandering around the town every day, would definitely patrol every day, rain or shine!

He would also definitely be friendly to every commoner who asks him for help, care for them, and actively solve every little thing. After all, if he completes them well enough, it's a pile of gold coins.

No one understands better than Lowry himself how much energy and spirit exceeding expectations can inspire in people.

Lowry's knight order, including the people from those affiliated knight orders, all know very well that as long as they complete the requests for help from the people, Vice Commander Cheska, after confirming it, will issue a huge bonus... Although in their eyes, these rewards, ranging from dozens of gold to hundreds of gold, are already very generous, what Lowry can get is as much as a hundred times their income.

Lowry knows that he is not particularly smart, nor does he have any personal charm. He can't get these knights and professionals, who are proud of their status, to play any smiling service for the common people, so he can only choose to add money.

Anyway, he doesn't lose out.

The current price was decided after Cheska and Pat discussed it!

As for why Pat doesn't think he's burning money... In her eyes, Lowry is a very lucky child, who can find some small mines even when drilling through mountains and valleys.

She has also personally helped Lowry dig some crystal and gemstone mines, and even gold mines.

Although it's obvious that these small mines appeared because of things like landslides and volcanic eruptions, because most of them were squeezed out from the depths of the earth, the quality is very good.

Especially that gold mine, the purity is almost comparable to pure gold that has been refined by a goldsmith.

This kind of natural pure gold is priced at almost three times the weight of refined gold!

Of course, Count Montes doesn't know any of these things.

Even on Lady Agreus's side, only she and Pat know.

Pat certainly understands that Lowry and Agreus must have secretly dug more valuable mines... Just like those living feathers that inexplicably appeared around Lowry.

As Pat, who has been doing logistics support work for Agreus for many years, actually quite agrees with Lowry using this method of increasing the wages of his knights to gain the favor of the people in his territory.

If Lowry were to take this money and distribute it to the common people, she would really object.

Although the things used for comparison are different, it is actually 'give a升 of rice as kindness, give a 斗 of rice as hatred'.

Lowry is not the kind of hero who can change the world. He is still quite receptive to good advice. Pat aside, at least Agreus certainly wouldn't lie to him.

Therefore, he did not choose to directly distribute the benefits to those common people, but instead used a method that seemed to allow the knights and other high-level people to accept the benefits he gave them, so that they could indirectly benefit from it.

Of course, the fact that all of this can be perfectly realized is also because Lowry's people all wear feathers that record their words and deeds... No one cares after they go home, but if Cheska notices that someone is not wearing it during official business, she will definitely inquire in detail.

Moreover, in the Barony of Gezhal, even children know that Baron Lowry's information is unusually well-informed. In his territory, there is nothing he doesn't know, only things he doesn't want to say or mention.

Although what they get is only the crumbs that fall off when cutting the cake, in recent years, the lives of the people in Lowry's territory have obviously been much better.

At least, it's better than the good days they used to have, when they had to grit their teeth and raise a child who could go to an adventure team or some miscellaneous organization to work.

But precisely because life is getting better, everyone wants to plant a few more acres of land.

There's no way around it. Lowry's territory is too close to Count Montes's territory, and it's impossible to have too much prosperous commerce, especially after Lowry invited all those smugglers to leave in one go.

It would be good if there were a few more small handicraftsmen, such as blacksmiths, bakeries, and tanners, which are now clearly visible in every village.

Small towns have also begun to have small processing shops such as cloth shops and candy shops.

But that's it. The good things mainly depend on the shops opened by the city lord's mansion, and only Lowry dares to open them, after all, he doesn't have to pay taxes.

Of course, Lowry is not interested in inventing or creating anything.

He's not short of money, and his status is not bad, so why bother?

Commercial behavior ultimately depends on 'people'.

So, in the end, it still comes back to agriculture.

It's just that the places in his territory that are more suitable for opening up farmland have actually been occupied by the earliest people who got rich and strong.

Although it's not easy to cut down, it can easily become firewood after it falls... Just leave it in place to dry for a few days.

The inside of its trunk is naturally layered, and after losing moisture, it can be easily torn open. Moreover, all the branches and leaves are spread out at the top like a large umbrella, which looks lush and leafy, but you can feel that it doesn't weigh much when it falls.

But it is precisely because of this strange structure that it is very difficult to cut down before it falls... Those layers are full of water and water vapor.

This also makes this tree not cause natural fires as long as it is alive.

Therefore, they can only grow in places with developed underground water systems.

And Lowry's territory just meets the requirements.

The reason for the need for groundwater is naturally because, compared to the trunk above, their roots are the most solid part.

Countless root hairs like long beards gather underground to form a network, transporting groundwater to the branches above.

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Where this kind of tree grows, no one can easily pass through underground, they can only walk on the ground.

Unfortunately, as long as there is enough water, they can grow directly into large trees in two or three years.

After Lowry arrived in his territory, he planted these trees between his territory and Baron Dugan's territory because of some not-so-big but disgusting conflicts.

Then he directly developed it to other border lines.

These nobles in the Northern Territory are rich in combat experience, but they don't know much about these things that require certain knowledge to understand.

In addition, even his own people don't know where Lowry got so many tree seedlings called 'firewood trees'... This thing is actually not easy to dig because it can only be found around 10-year-old fragrant trees.

So, by the time Dugan and the others reacted, they couldn't do much anymore.

After all, Lowry planted the trees on his own territory, what does it have to do with them?

Of course, the reason why they are so reasonable is because Lowry's identity allows him to be unreasonable with them.

He can be taught by Lady Agreus to let all the arrogance and willfulness be released within the rules, which has already made many people worship this great knight.

After all, smart people can still see Count Montes's attitude of only intending to indulge, not intending to control.

Even so, Lady Agreus has never thought of letting Lowry use his naturally possessed image to fight for some benefits that could have been easily obtained, but instead let this irritable and willful child grow freely within the scope allowed by the rules.

This is a truly good mother.

It is precisely because of these characteristics of the fragrant trees that those smuggling groups colluded by Count Dugan and others can only choose to detour from Count Montes's territory.

Of course, it can also be said that Masood suddenly felt that he could do it, because he felt that the power belonging to 'himself' in the Earl's territory was getting stronger and stronger.

Although normal people would not have this illusion.

But he can get to this day, not only because he was hinted and seduced since he was very young, his IQ, no, he has no IQ to speak of.

In fact, the smuggling group has also thought about opening a road in the fragrant tree forest. After all, there are their people in the Barony of Gezhal.

Unfortunately, humans don't feel anything about the 'fragrance' of the fragrant trees, but a kind of white bird is exceptionally fond of it.

Because they are small enough, even if the canopy of the fragrant tree is not strong enough to bear it, it can allow these fragrant weaver birds, which can weave nests with slender leaves, to gather and live in it.

In other words, as long as they cut down a tree, countless birds will immediately rush into the sky and howl.

It's no problem to cut down trees openly, but it's absolutely impossible to do it silently.

And Lowry's knight order, because they have feathers to contact each other, arrives at the problem area extremely quickly.

Unless they fight them openly, there is no way to do any secret operations.

However, fragrant trees are not without their shortcomings. If they form a forest, it is difficult to open up farmland nearby.

It is really hard to come by to find a place where the developed underground water veins also have above-ground water veins sufficient to meet the needs of farmland.