"You are the right-hand assistant recommended by the teacher to me. If I don't believe me, who else can you trust?" Ander looked at Amilia strangely.

Amilia reacted. In the eyes of this Sir Ander, she was the helper she found by his teacher Ye Demon, so she was naturally trustworthy.

She hesitated for a moment, under the common vanity of noble women, she did not say that she was just a prisoner.

But she said, "Sir Ander, a nobleman will not give his authority completely to others."

If she sincerely follows Anderson, the better she will be trusted.

But she was just a prisoner and had a working period of only three years. After the deadline, she could leave here to find her brother and fight for the rejuvenation of the Locoway family.

Yesterday, I heard Phella and Kelly talk about Ender's deeds, so she knew that this boy with a sunny smile had not been educated by a nobleman and knew nothing about what many nobles should master.

Amilia felt that she should popularize the knowledge of the ruler for him.

"It's okay, I feel relieved about you." Ender shook his head disapprovingly.

"—Well. So Sir Ander, how many gold coins can I use now?"

This is a very realistic problem. Even aristocrats cannot ask others for free services. To build a territory, there is no less money.

Yesterday, everyone had not been talking for a long time, and Ande took out a hundred gold coins and let Amilia use it temporarily. But it was enough to post the task and make a deposit, but it was not enough to pay in full.

"Well- there are about 1,200 gold coins, but by September next year, I will pay Mr. Varik a thousand gold coins."

"What?" Amilia was surprised.

Debts have always been the enemy of the nobles. Because they were unable to repay their debts, the knights and nobles were deprived of their territory, ten times more than the nobles who lost their territory in war.

"Mr. Varik provides me with an interest-free loan of one thousand gold coins for the preliminary development of the territory. What's wrong, Amilia?"

"Ah, nothing." Amilia breathed a sigh of relief when she heard it was an interest-free loan.

"I have some investments in the Fred Chamber of Commerce, and I earn about 500 gold coins every month. In addition, I have some of my spoils that have not been sold completely. I have asked the people from the Fred Chamber of Commerce to see them, and they can be worth about 600 to 700 gold coins."

Ende almost explained his old truth.

The title of Lord came too easily, and Ender did not feel anything great—on the contrary, he fully felt the effect of force, so Ender is not at all concerned with managing the territory.

"Sir Ander, with such income, it is not difficult to build a qualified lord territory. If you need to build a territory as soon as possible, you will spend more money; if you are not in a hurry, you can save a lot of money."

Amilia nodded. The monthly income of 500 gold coins was not a small number even before the Locoway family lost their territory.

"There is no hurry to build a territory, just follow the normal speed, but the manor must follow my plan." Ander thought for a while and set the tone of the territory construction.

"Okay, there is also my salary problem." Amilia said as expected.

Even if a captured knight is to be rewarded if the lord wants to borrow his power.

"You can see that thirty gold coins a month?" Ende didn't think about this, so he asked humbly.

At most, he knows the salary market for hiring workers and hotel workers, but how can he know the market for senior intellectuals?

Amilia nodded slightly and agreed.

Although she is not a lady who is not good at both hands, she actually doesn't know how much she should get. However, since the other party offered a salary of thirty gold coins, she was reluctant to do so.

But in fact, the Baron's house pays only ten gold coins a month, and the court knights' salary is no more than twenty.

The work report is actually over. Amilia originally wanted to try to get a martial arts teaching from Ander, but I think this matter should not be too hasty. The two have just met for two days, so it is not easy to gain such trust.

"There is one thing in the end. The businessman Mandel brought a message that in seven days, the Baron Leicester will hold a reward ceremony in the square outside Leicester town, and invite you to attend."

Ender nodded and said he knew.

This is a must-go. Ander is now a lord and is considered the first "big figure" in the Baron Leicester. If he doesn't go, he won't give the Baron face.

Even if Baron Leicester was successfully promoted to viscount, there would be no baron within his territory. Lords and knights are the highest-ranking subordinate nobles in the viscount's territory.

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"Sarry, be careful, I may be sad in the future." Knight Vinson stood on the boat and said goodbye to his old friend.

Wind Knight Vinson is a hardcore royal party. This time he has been a bit taboo to help his old friends in his private capacity.

This kind of thing must not be repeated, and next time he may not be able to sneak in.

"Vinson, thanks to you this time, I don't know how to express my gratitude. When you go back, you must be careful. The Ottoll family may cause trouble for you - these 80,000 gold coins are my apology."

As he said that, Surrey Lester put a box into Vincent's hand.

That was a withdrawal certificate of 80,000 gold coins, all the money that Surrey Lester received from the three barons and all the cash he could raise now - in this world, the nobles expressed their feelings very simply, they spoke directly with the money, the more money they had, the deeper the feelings were.

Of course, it is also because of the existence of the goddess of wealth that such things like bank bills have been passed.

With so much money, not to mention that Knight Vincent's Mithril enchantment heavy armor was just a part of it, even if you buy a brand new one, you can't spend 20,000 gold coins.

Knight Vinson was very surprised by his old classmate's big money, 80,000 gold coins, even for a palace count like him, it was an extremely amazing number.

"Sarri, I can explain when I have this money when I go back. Next time you have help, just ask someone to come and tell me - if you can't sneak in, at worst, I can bring people through the Ottore family territory to help you!"

With 80,000 gold coins in hand, no matter what kind of royal party he is, as long as he does not directly rebel, nothing else will be wrong!

There are more unsuccessful knights in the king's capital, and with this money, he shouted, and it is not difficult to pull up half of the Knights. It is probably not enough to defeat the city of Gra, but it is not too difficult to penetrate the Marquis of Ottor.

After sending away the Knight Vincent, Surrey Leicester returned to Leicester Castle.

He returned to his study room, back to his desk, lowered his head, and rubbed his eyebrows and eyes tiredly - the overall situation was settled on the surface, but he still couldn't relax.

During this period, he fought all over the country and made every decision. He annexed three baron leaders with an area similar to Leicester leaders in one fell swoop. In the eyes of others, he was very energetic and reached the peak of his life. But who knew that he was trembling, afraid that he would be doomed if he missed the opportunity?

This is to put the fate of the family on the gambling table, no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful.

If he is really confident, why should he buy a property in King Gilt and put his wife and children there? It’s not that if things are inconsistent, his family can have a way out and not let the Leicester family succeed.

From this perspective, he and Baron Drod looked at the problem somewhat similarly, except that he was more skilled, more prepared, and more powerful.

"Tu tuk--" Someone gently knocked on the door of the study.

"Please come in."

"Surry, what's wrong with you?" Lord Kruel came in.

"Nothing, Uncle Kruel, it's just that the territory war has come to an end, I'm a little tired."

"You can't relax yet, Surrey, this is a critical moment for the Leicester family, by the way, is the Vincent Knight gone?"

"Yes, I brought him eighty thousand gold coins."

Kruel was shocked: "That's all our money! In this case, what should I do if the reward ceremony will be held in seven days?"

"Use all the land!" Baron Leicester said without hesitation.

"What!? How can you--" Kruel was anxious and even his words were stuck.

In the eyes of ordinary nobles, territory is the lifeblood, and it is common sense for nobles to be willing to pay gold coins rather than territory.

Although in this territorial war, three baron territories were annexed in one go, these territories were limited. If all the territories were used for rewards, the future Viscount Leicester family territory would shrink by a large amount.

This made Kruel, who has always regarded himself as a member of the Leicester family, feel like he lost one million!

"Uncle Kruel, don't worry. Although the territory is important, we are not yet stable now. Stabilizing the situation is more important than keeping all territories. Entity of territory can not only stabilize people's hearts, but also bind these people to us."

Baron Leicester rubbed his temples, sat upright behind the desk, and explained slowly to Kruel.

It is a special case that Ender was named Lord without the need for a ritual of allegiance.

Generally speaking, not to mention lords and knights, even at the level of gentry, one must express one's allegiance to the lord when accepting territorial rewards.

Moreover, just as the Baron Drood was annexed by the Baron Leicester, the lords and knights in the Baron Drood's territorial legitimacy was erased.

Therefore, those who were given land by the Baron Leicester must be bound to the Leicester family.

"Uncle Kruel, these 80,000 gold coins have to be given. Vinson damaged his protective heavy armor this time, and his strength has dropped significantly. If he is not satisfied, our friendship will end here."

"This is very unfavorable to us. I know Vincent's character. After he received these 80,000 gold coins, he would definitely make a noise to support me after returning to the capital. If the Otto family wants to take advantage of my foothold and not taking action, they must consider Vincent's existence."

"What's more, I want to get the Viscount from the Elders' Court, which is also inseparable from Vinson's influence."

Baron Leicester continues to explain.

Even if Vinson is not in a position to do anything, his identity as a military official is there. If he expresses his support, the royal family and military personnel in the Elders' House must consider Vinson's attitude.

"Building a territory is a very expensive thing. When these people get land, they always have to take out the wealth they have in their pockets to build the territory. We can make some money and also strengthen their business connections with Grah City. I now feel increasingly that wealth comes not only from the territory, but more from the manufacturing industry and commerce."

"Uncle Kruel, in the past decade, 30% of our Leicester family's income comes from caravans, 50% come from caravans, furniture manufacturing, herbs, animal skin purchases and some other workshops, and less than 20% are grain collected from farmers."

Baron Leicester had some ideas about this income structure, but this idea was not in line with the mainstream of ordinary noble lords. Therefore, Baron Leicester was only secretly supporting the development of merchants and manufacturing industries, and did not put his own ideas on the table.

But today, with the prestige of annexing the three barons, he tried to convince Kruel.

"If the Leicester family wants to become stronger, they cannot rely solely on farming and collection. We want to develop manufacturing. Even if an oak is transported to Gran City, it can only buy two gold coins, but after making a carriage, it is worth thirty gold coins - and transporting a carriage is much more labor-saving than transporting an oak."

"Huh--Okay, Surrey, you're much smarter than me, you can do whatever you want." Cruel shook his head helplessly. Although Surrey Lester seemed to make sense, he was still reserved about it.

"This is a list of people who need rewards. This is a map of the four barons. I have someone merged the seized maps and drawn a new map. If you want to grant those land, you have to prepare. Some of the gang members may need to move, so we must be prepared.

As for those untouchables who insult the Leicester family, they must not be spared!"

Speaking of this, Kruel was full of murderous intent. Many people had died in the territory war, so I didn't care about dying some untouchables.

"Forget it, they have no choice but to do so." Baron Leicester waved his hand.

These people insulted the Leicester family, so he naturally received information, but he was different from Kruel. Although he led troops to fight, he fought head-on and had seen many similar techniques.
To be continued...