Otherworld Management Manual

"Knight Marlowe, my lord...he hasn't come out yet?"

In the castle of Red Leaf City, Caroline sat on the main seat and asked with a tired face.

"Yes ma'am, the city lord has not gone out for the past three days."

The Marlowe knight stood respectfully below.

"Hey... Blanche, how is the implementation of the new policy going? Has the public reacted violently?"

Blanche is the only surviving mayor in the original city hall.

She thought about her words and replied:

"It's okay for the public to say that although some people are dissatisfied with the order that they can only eat one meal a day, most people can still understand. After all, the situation in Hongye City cannot be concealed now, and many people are mentally prepared. ,only……"

"Just what?"

Caroline had a bad premonition, but she still had to bite the bullet and ask.

"It's just that 30% of the merchants in Hongye City have gone away. As you know, besides the food grown, the source of income of Hongye City is also an important part of trade with other cities or villages. Perhaps it is because of the new policy. Because of this reason, these merchants with a keen sense of smell are not optimistic about the future of Hongye City, so they have already evacuated in advance."

Blanche's tone was a little helpless, she paused, and she said again:

"However, it's not too bad, because the evacuated merchants are all small merchants. Their ability to resist risks is poor, so they are naturally more cautious. Those big merchants still stay in Hongye City."

That's what she said, but Caroline knew that the stay of these big businessmen was only temporary. If Hongye City couldn't slow down and get on the right track, they would leave sooner or later.

If that time really came, then Red Leaf City would completely become an isolated city, losing the channel to communicate with the outside world, and not having enough food in stock, it would surely die.

"Will those merchants lend us some gold coins or grain?"

Although it is embarrassing for nobles to borrow money from merchants, in this case, there is no way.

"Oh, those businessmen are more cunning than the other! On the surface, they are respectful, but when they ask about loans, they just don't ask. They always have excuses to shirk. In my opinion, they just don't like us, even if we are willing to pay more than the market. They are still unwilling to pay 30% interest on the price!"

Blanche's tone was a bit mocking. He didn't like those cunning businessmen who were like vampires, and now he hated them even more.

"In that case, why don't those merchants leave?"

Caroline didn't know much about business, so she asked with some doubts.

"Ma'am, they are just waiting for an opportunity. After all, we now have a new Lord City Lord. Maybe the Lord City Lord can help us tide over the difficulties-this is their idea. Although the chance is small, it is worth a gamble. They often One of the sayings is 'There must be opportunities in crisis'."

"The new city lord..."

Caroline bit her lip, blaming herself a little.

She always believed that the reason why Zhang Feng left the castle was because of his hesitation at the time, which angered the city lord, causing the city lord to "ignore political affairs".

Without the city lord, she could only carry this burden alone, but obviously, this burden was too heavy.

"About the identity of the city lord..."

"Reporting to Madam, in the past three days, I only found out that the city lord, that is, Baron Zhang Feng, came from the east and seemed to be a nobleman. As for the others, I couldn't find anything. Oh, by the way, I heard that the city lord seems to be very rich. "

Marlowe Knight replied.

The scope of the east is too large, and there is no way to check it. However, the king city of Buck Kingdom is also in the east. Could it be that they came out of the king city?

But none of this matters, what matters is the last sentence.

"rich?"

"Yes rich,

He bought the best residential area and the best business area in Red Leaf City from the former city magistrate, and at the same time bought Charles' title and territory with 100 gold coins. "

Knight Marlowe said in amazement.

"Those people are really hateful!"

Mentioning the 100 gold coins, even Blanche gritted his teeth.

Logically speaking, even if the title was sold, the 100 gold coins still belonged to the City Lord's Mansion, but those greedy city officials stole Charles' relics during his lifetime and made the deal on behalf of the City Lord's Mansion.

If those former city officials hadn't taken away Hongye City's food, and with so many gold coins, Hongye City still had a chance to survive the difficulties.

"I'm going again today!"

A firm look flashed in Caroline's eyes, and she wanted to come to the door to apologize in person.

In fact, after Zhang Feng left the castle, Caroline went to look for him, but no one answered when he knocked on the door. Caroline didn't dare to go too far, so she could only give up temporarily.

But now that Hongye City is getting worse and worse, she can't care so much anymore, so she can only risk Zhang Feng's anger and invite him out.

As for why Zhang Feng had to be found, the reason was very simple. Apart from his status as the city lord, the most important thing was that he was rich!

...

When Zhang Feng opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the bedroom on the second floor of the property in another world.

"Huh~ I feel a little tired, I guess it's almost enough to bring such things."

Zhang Feng looked at the high bulging backpack behind him, took a deep breath, and knew that the culprit for his tiredness was it.

It seems that one hiking bag is enough. Although judging from the current situation, it is okay to bring a little more, but it is not necessary. Safety is the most important thing, and it cannot be overloaded.

After putting away the hiking bag, Zhang Feng sat by the bed and rested for a while, and then he was going to go out for a walk. He brought so many supplies, and he couldn't hold them in his hands. See if there are any merchants or nobles who can cooperate.

In fact, Zhang Feng prefers merchants to dealing with nobles.

Zhang Feng knew that most of the nobles in this era were greedy for money, arrogant and ignorant.

On the contrary, as a businessman, there are not so many things, and all interests are paramount.

But before going out, he still had to fill his stomach first. Zhang Feng came in a hurry and didn't even bother to eat breakfast.

He prepared rice, steamed buns, eggs, pork, salt, onion and ginger and other ingredients and seasonings.

Wash the rice first, pour water into the pot, and boil it directly. After the rice is cooked, add minced meat, shredded green onion, and shredded ginger. After another ten minutes, add some salt and pepper. A delicious lean meat porridge is ready.

In fact, Zhang Feng wanted to make porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, but he forgot to buy the preserved egg, so he had no choice but to make the youth version of preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

The aroma of the porridge was already very strong, and Zhang Feng smelled it, and it was that smell.

When the porridge is almost cooked, put the steamed buns in the pot and steam them briefly.

Then I started to boil the eggs, which only boiled for about five minutes, so I quickly picked them up, Zhang Feng likes to eat soft-boiled eggs.

These eggs are the kind that Zhang Feng buys aseptic eggs in the supermarket and can be eaten raw, so he is not afraid of bacteria that have not been killed.

Lean meat porridge, steamed buns, eggs, a very simple breakfast.

Although Zhang Feng knows how to cook, he is a lazy type. Anyway, he is alone, so breakfast doesn't need to be so troublesome, just eat a little.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

However, before he had time to eat, there was a dull knock on the door.

"Huh? Who will come to me, is it Coton?"

Zhang Feng glanced through the crack of the door with some doubts.

"is her?"

When she opened the door, Caroline's hand was still in the knocking position. She didn't expect that the door would open from the inside as soon as she knocked this time.

Seeing Caroline, Zhang Feng subconsciously admired her beauty, and then asked habitually:

"What's the matter, have you had breakfast? Would you like to have some together?"

"Gulong~"

Smelling the fragrance in the room, the sound of swallowing saliva was very clear in the quiet room.