Lord of War

The Boulder family can be regarded as a relatively famous big family in the Darbion Kingdom.

As the Boulder family who started as businessmen, they are most famous for their political investments. This family has a very keen political tendency. No matter what major events happen in the kingdom, this family can get great benefits from it. All the territory has been given up, but its own strength has not weakened. There are even four more powerful Marquis surnamed Boulder in the seat of the Marquis of Power in the Principality of Ryan.

And this guy in front of him who looks similar to himself is actually a member of the Boulder family?

When did the Boulder family become knights instead of political investors?

But soon, Xiao En seemed to realize something again, and suddenly said, "This is Baron Modrag?"

"Yes." Before Cassius could reply, the young man nodded sadly, "I am Baron Mordeg, Elsie Boulder.... I am very sorry that you have encountered such a situation. Things, all of this is my fault. In any case, please give me a chance to make amends."

"Uh, it's not your fault alone." Sean's facial muscles twitched a few times. He had never seen a lord, or a noble would be so humble. In his impression, someone who could own a territory People, even if they are not noble knights, are basically similar to peacocks with their tails open, not to mention that barons can already be officially counted as nobles—although they are only the lowest level.

"Uncle Hand, he wasn't like this before." Elsie, the young baron, sighed softly, "Maybe there is some reason."

For such a topic, Sean certainly couldn't intervene.

"Uncle Cassius, do you know who else is in Uncle Hand's family?" the young Baron Elsie asked.

"I heard that there is a wife, but she was divorced many years ago, and she seems to have taken her son to the Millennium Covenant Empire." Cassius thought for a moment, and then replied, "If your lord needs it, I can leave immediately to investigate .”

"Let's go investigate." Baron Elsie said.

"Yes." Cassius nodded, but then said, "But my lord, if I leave your side..."

"It's okay." Baron Elsie smiled, "I'll be going back to the manor soon, and I'll be accompanied by His Excellency Sean, so safety should be guaranteed."

"Ah, no, I just..."

\u003c无BR\u003e Before Sean finished speaking, Cassius came up, held Sean's hand sincerely, and said, "Your Majesty Sean, the lord, please protect me! he!"

"No, I mean..."

Cassius was just as he was, silent and capable. As soon as he finished speaking, he flipped his hand and got on his horse. With a flick of the rein, he ran in the direction where he was being chased by the dragon. He didn't know where he was going. Only Sean and Al were left behind. The two of them stared at each other here, not knowing what to say at all.

After a while, Elsie still said, "Your Excellency Sean, I will trouble you next."

After all, Elsie has also got on the horse, and his movements are indeed extremely fluent, which also reveals that his riding skills are indeed better than Sean's. After getting on the horse, Elsie was already riding,

Turning around, I realized that Sean was still where he was, so he greeted again: "Your Excellency Sean, what are you still doing in a daze? Blackstone Town is ahead, and we need to get there before dark."

Seeing Elsie's familiar look, and Cassius's solemn look as if he was entrusting the funeral, Sean's face was completely broken. He just came to Blackstone Town to buy some black steel stones and go back to build the castle, and by the way, play a few lower-level dungeons to get some experience points. How did it become that he was going to protect the baron in a blink of an eye?

And from the looks of it, it seemed a little dangerous.

Wait, the development of the plot shouldn't be like this! ——Shawn's heart was roaring crazily, like thousands of mud horses galloping past.

But in the end, Sean or Elsie went on the road to Blackstone Town together.

Of course, along the way, Sean maintained his dissatisfaction with Elsie's familiar character with a certain silence.

At most, Sean would snort or sneer when Elsie said something that made him want to complain. However, as Elsie began to describe the situation in his territory, Sean finally couldn't help but shed tears of sympathy for him—he always thought that the situation in his territory was already very bad, and it was only at this moment that he finally realized that he It's lucky.

"Thank the gods for letting me meet Elsie." Sean said silently in his heart.

In fact, Sean doubted whether Elsie Boulder, the young baron, had offended someone in the family. Because he was a baron, but the piece of land he inherited was not a barony of a standard size, but a territory that was only slightly larger than an ordinary jazz - only a small town, a small village and a Mini estate.

Under normal circumstances, if a baron inherits a relatively small territory, there will inevitably be some rich supplies in the territory to make up for it. But in fact, this Mordegg collar is not only very small, but the land is relatively barren.

Except for some limited places, the vast majority of land is not suitable for growing crops. And this limited place is all concentrated in this mini manor where Elsie lives - the entire manor covers an area of ​​less than ten acres, and most of the manor is planted with various fruit trees. The building that serves as the main building is not even a stone building, but a four-story wooden building. According to the rules of the nobility, no other house in the manor could be taller than the main building, so scattered scattered among the other three-story houses in the manor occupied the little area left in the manor.

And such a manor can only accommodate 20 or 30 people at most.

As for the other small village, it is really small. There are less than 20 families in the whole village, and there are only 60 or 70 people in total—it is bigger than the manor where the nobleman Elsie lives. thing? And because this village is too poor, Elsie is completely exempted from all taxes in this village. If there is not a prosperous Blackstone Town to support his territorial income, Elsie will probably become the Boulder family. Is he the first aristocrat in the world to go bankrupt due to poor management?

However, Blackstone Town is said to be prosperous because the entire town relies on the sale of black steel stones to earn business, but most of the income is used to buy food to maintain the rations of the entire town's residents.

And the most outrageous thing is that the stone factory that can produce black steel stone is not a product under the name of Elsie!

"Is the owner of the stone factory a great beauty?" Xiao En finally couldn't help but complain instead of snorting or sneering.

"No, it's a middle-aged man." Elsie said, "He's as thin as a monkey. I always thought he must be malnourished."

"That middle-aged man is your lover?" This kind of thing is not surprising, many nobles like it.

"How is it possible!" Elsie was shocked, "The person I like is the youngest daughter of Duke Sethros, and I am about to..."

Sean doesn't need to listen to what Elsie said later. Because if he remembers correctly, the Duke of Dabion Kingdom, who advocated peace with Asuna, will die at the hands of his political opponents in a year. He doesn't know exactly why, but the only What I know is that after the Duke died, all the children of his family were reduced to slaves, and all the property was divided up.

"Then what reason did you have to be controlled by that factory manager?" Sean couldn't help but finally interrupted Elsie.

"nor."

"Then, is there a huge hole in your head!" Xiao En finally couldn't stand it anymore, "This stone factory is not yours, so why do you have to pay the excavation fee for it?"

The Black Reef Grassland originally belonged to Viscount Shaov's territory. After Viscount Shaov died in battle, this territory now belongs to Asuna, so the mining right of the territory naturally belongs to Asuna. If Blackstone Town wants to continue mining the black reef rocks to make black steel stones, it must pay Asuna a mining fee to obtain mining rights, otherwise Asuna has the right to send troops to expel them or even kill them on the spot.

It's just that what Xiao En didn't expect was that the mining rights and the payment of fees were actually paid by the idiot Elsie.

If it is said that the stone factory belongs to Elsie, then it is another matter, but this stone factory does not belong to Elsie, so why should he pay for this stone factory? Sean's only thought was that there must be some ulterior secret between the two, but Elsie flatly denied it, so Sean could only say that Elsie is definitely an idiot.

How could aristocrats manage their territories like this?

"But this stone factory belongs to the Boulder family." Elsie frowned, and then said, "Then if I pay for my own family business, isn't it normal?"

"So, in this family business, do you have any shares?"

"Shares? What's that?"

"It means, do you get any dividends?" Sean couldn't stand it anymore, "Did you get any gold coins from every order transaction in this stone factory?"

"It seems... no..." Elsie thought for a while, and then said, "The factory manager said that business has been really bad recently, and no one has come to place orders..."

"Business is not good?" Sean sneered, "Have you learned chivalry and ruined your brain?"

"Hey! I'm going to be angry when you say that!"

The two rushed towards Heishi Town while arguing like this, and finally arrived at the town gate of Heishi Town in the evening. (To be continued) [] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )