king of the castle

Chapter 200 Abduction

Anna is also a well-informed person, but she couldn't understand the meaning of Roger's words at all, so she couldn't help asking in a low voice, "What are you talking about?"

"Native dialect..." Roger explained depressingly, "It means that this is bad luck!"

"Let's think about what to do." Anna couldn't bear to see Roger's disappointment, so she couldn't help comforting her softly: "My father will be back soon, why don't I invite him to the Senate for activities and find a way to give you Change territory."

At this time Roger had gradually calmed down, shook his head and said lightly: "Don't bother your father, since those fellows in the Senate deliberately punished me, they would definitely not agree to change my territory. Going to the Senate will only owe those The fellow's favor is not worthy of your father's doing this."

Seeing that Roger was thinking of her father wholeheartedly, Anna also felt sweet in her heart, but she quickly asked with concern: "Then what should you do?"

"Don't worry about me! The situation in the territory is not good, just find a way to build it!" Roger said with a smile: "Isn't Kent Town also an important commercial town? If so, let it restore its original prosperity , won’t all the problems be solved?”

Looking at the confident Roger, Anna is full of appreciation.For the Duke's daughter, the most important thing for a man is to have self-confidence and lofty ideals. Roger obviously does not lack these two qualities, which naturally makes Anna even more excited.

"However, it's not easy to restore Kent Town to its original state." Roger rubbed his chin and pondered, "The most important thing in a commercial town is popularity, um...you have to trick a few people to raise your popularity!"

After hearing Roger's words, many people showed thoughtful expressions on their faces.Anna was the first person who thought she understood Roger's meaning, and she couldn't help thinking to herself: "Could it be that he wants to open a brothel in Kent Town to attract businessmen again? Hmph, no man is really a good thing!"

Chris also quickly thought of this, and with a straightforward personality, he didn't care if there were women around, and he gave Roger a thumbs up and said, "It's a good way to open a brothel, as long as there are enough beautiful women, it will definitely be done soon." Attract more men!"

As soon as Chris said that, the pretty faces of Anna and Lisa turned red.After all, they were still virgin girls, and it was inevitable that they would feel shy when they heard other people talk about such things in public.

Seeing that the people around him looked at him with "so it is", Luo Jie couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, "Look where are you all thinking? I'm so unbearable in your heart, and you only think of ways to use women to make money? "

"That's right, that's it!" Chris' answer made Roger's chest tight, and he turned and left without saying a word.

"Where are you going?" Anna asked anxiously from behind.

Roger replied without looking back, "Go find someone."

"Mr. Li, remember to look for that store on the south side of the market." Chris kindly reminded from behind: "There are often auctions of beautiful girls there, and there will definitely be something to gain!"

Hearing what the knight said, Roger almost staggered and fell to the ground. He immediately quickened his pace and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Of course, Roger would not use the method of opening a brothel to increase the popularity of the territory.Although this is indeed a way to make money when Kent develops in the future, it is definitely not something that should be done now.There are beautiful women everywhere, why should people travel so far to Kent Town to have fun?What Roger is looking for is the kind of person who is irresistible, even if they run to the end of the world, someone will be willing to come to the door.

Roger knew of two such men.After leaving the Duke's mansion, he went straight to Addison's residence, the puppet master, and shouted outside the crumbling house: "How's the timer research going? I'll bring you a bigger one!"

As soon as Roger finished speaking, he heard "rumbling" footsteps in the house, and Addison rushed out of the house in a blink of an eye.

After seeing Addison's appearance, Roger was also taken aback.Not long since I saw him last time, the puppet master has completely changed his appearance.Addison was visibly thinner, his cheeks were deeply sunken, his messy hair and beard had grown longer, and his dark circles under his eyes made him look like a drunken sick ghost.Fortunately, his eyes are still piercing, retaining some of the aura of a puppet master.

"Master Addison, why did you become like this?" Facing the changed puppet master, Roger reminded worriedly: "You are not young, even if you like women, you have to be restrained. There is a saying in my hometown that 'color is a bone-scraping steel knife'. If you have any accident, it will be a great loss to the puppet art world, so you must pay attention to your body!"

"Bah, I don't have time to look for women recently, all my energy is spent on studying your timer!" Addison's eyes lit up when he mentioned the watch: "This thing is ingeniously designed and sophisticated, but it's too small It’s too difficult to study, it would be nice if there is a bigger model.”

"I have a larger model, and detailed drawings." Roger said with a smile: "There are several other things that are more complicated and useful than the timer, all of which have detailed drawings, do you want?"

After listening to Roger's words, Addison's eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't wait to say loudly: "Of course!"

"Two conditions!" Roger didn't talk nonsense, and immediately put forward his own request: "First, follow me to Kent Town, where you will study puppetry in the future, and I will do everything possible to provide you with convenience; second , you make at least one puppet work every month, I will buy it from you at the market price, and of course you can only sell it to me."

For Addison, the conditions raised by Roger are reasonable, anyway, he is not greedy for the prosperity of Mandos, as long as there is a place for him to conduct research on puppetry.More importantly, for Addison, who was obsessed with the study of puppetry, the sophisticated timer was too attractive.In addition, Roger also said that there is something more useful than a timer, which is an irresistible temptation for the puppet master, so Addison immediately agreed to Roger's conditions.

"It's a great honor to cooperate with a master like you. I believe you will be able to raise the level of puppetry in the world of Torenzo to a new level." Roger, who has achieved his goal, will naturally not be stingy with a few compliments, and then with After making an appointment for departure, Addison hurriedly left to find BASF, the master alchemist, at the manor outside the city.

When negotiating with BASF, a money fanatic, it is not possible to convince the other party by only providing technology as it did with Addison, but to promise greater benefits.For this reason, Roger not only handed over the part of the magic pattern saved on the puppet's collar to BASF, but also promised him that all potions and magic items sold within his territory would be tax-free.

But for BASF, who is almost a businessman, the market in Mandos City is too important, and it is impossible for him to leave here for the remote town of Kent.But Roger's offer was so good that BASF couldn't refuse, so he agreed to send his three apprentices to Kent Town.

BASF's apprentices are naturally not ordinary people. Although they cannot produce high-level magic props, they can also refine all low-level and some high-level medicines.There is a shortage of any medicines on the market, even if there are only these medicines, many people will come to buy them.If these people can flock to Kent Town, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to Roger's territory.

Of course, with Roger's character, he certainly wouldn't be satisfied with the conditions BASF promised.He stalked the master alchemist for a while, and finally persuaded him to supply fifteen bottles of super potions and three bottles of high-level potions to sell in Kent town every month.Although the income from these pharmaceuticals belongs to BASF, Roger will give him tax-free treatment, but as long as it can attract popularity, it is enough.

"I smiled smugly... I smiled smugly..." Roger was very satisfied when he left the manor of the master alchemist, humming a ditty from the earth all the way.

In just half a day, Roger abducted a puppet master and two BASF students. Such a harvest is simply too satisfying.The territory will definitely attract a large number of businessmen because of the joining of these three people.As long as there is enough popularity, taverns, hotels, and other shops can be completed one after another. Are you afraid that the territory will not be lively and prosperous?

Roger knew very well that the effect of these three people on the prosperous territory was more obvious than thirty or even three hundred beautiful women.After all, there are good girls everywhere, and it is not so easy to find advanced puppeteer works and various potions.

Roger triumphantly returned to the Duke's mansion, and Eddie, who had been waiting for him, hurried up to greet him and said, "My lord, where have you been? Miss Anna has been looking for you for a long time."

"I'm going to abduct people." Roger, who was in a good mood, said with a smile: "Puppet master Addison and two alchemists will come with us to settle down in Kent Town."

As an outstanding student of the Capital School of Etiquette, Eddie has always been trained as a nobleman's steward.The young man is very familiar with the means of managing the territory, and of course he also knows what it means to have such three people in the territory, and immediately nodded happily: "This is really great, with these three joining, I am not afraid that the territory will not prosper." !"

"You're right." Roger patted Eddie on the shoulder and said, "I know you learned how to manage the territory in etiquette school, and all these things will trouble you when you arrive in Kent."

Speaking of which, Roger has known Eddie from the Lund Peninsula, and he has always had a good impression of this young man.Even in the difficult escape, Eddie can always arrange everyone to do their own work well, which makes Roger a lot easier along the way.Roger said this to Eddie today, which is equivalent to promising to let him be his housekeeper when he arrives in Kent.For a young man like Eddie, this is already a high compliment.

Eddie was really happy to hear Roger's words, and whispered gratefully: "Thank you, I will definitely not disappoint your trust."

"I believe in your ability." Roger asked with a smile: "By the way, just now you said that Anna was looking for me, what's the matter?"

Eddie immediately replied: "The Duke of Hamilton is back, Miss Anna please go to the study to meet her father immediately after you come back."