king of the castle

Chapter 250

When Roger first arrived in Kent Town, the total number of residents in the town was less than a thousand. 【】Now some residents are still working in the lumberyard, and some are responsible for transporting the stone provided by the dwarves back to the town. There are only more than 500 people left in the town, and there are even fewer young adults who can work among these people. .

When Kent Town was not very lively before, this manpower was enough.But now the town is in disrepair, and all walks of life need labor.Bars and hotels need waiters, porters on the pier, someone to manage the vineyard, and someone to maintain the law and order of the town. These people are a bit stretched.

In a world with an underdeveloped technological civilization like Turonzo, the number of people in a territory is also one of the criteria for measuring the strength of a certain nobleman.Now Roger has deeply realized this point. If there is not enough labor force, the development of Kent Town will fall into a stagnant state again.

In order to solve the problem of manpower shortage, Roger quickly asked Eddie to post a notice at the entrance of the town, announcing that his territory began to accept refugees from all over the place.As long as these newcomers have lived on their own in the territory for more than a year and have not committed any evil deeds, they can become the official people of the territory and enjoy the same treatment as others in the future.

The current Kent Town is quite different from before. As the town becomes more and more prosperous, there are opportunities to make money everywhere. As long as anyone is willing to work hard here, he can definitely live a much better life than in other places.

The merchants quickly spread the news, and soon there were many unfamiliar faces in the caravans that came to Kent Town.These people are refugees from all over the world, intending to start a new life in this emerging town.Because the lords of various places strictly forbid the people in their territories to migrate to other places, so these new immigrants came to Kent Town as caravan members.Of course, whether or not they leave after they come is beyond the control of the original lord.

With the addition of new labor force, various jobs in Kent Town, which had gradually stagnated, were resumed.The whole town is in full swing, making everyone who comes here feel that it is only a matter of time before Kent Town becomes prosperous again, and this time is not too far away.

Everyone attributes the changes in Kent Town to the new lord. If Roger hadn't held an auction boldly and wisely promulgated a decree of substantial tax cuts, Kent Town would never have prospered so quickly. , all people will not get such a big benefit because of this.Whether in the town's bars or hotels, vineyards or lumberyards, or even the market where merchants trade, everyone is talking about the young baron, praising him for bringing everyone a good life.

In the baron's mansion to the east of the town, the lord, who is becoming more and more prestigious, is teasing Lisa.Lisa in a maid outfit is very cute, definitely the most perfect image in the minds of all lolicons.Every time he manipulates people, Roger can't help but put his hands on the cute and pretty maid, and he will never give up until the girl is panting and limp.

Naturally, this time Roger was no exception. He let the petite Lisa sit on his lap, with one arm around the girl's slender waist, but the other hand had already slipped down her skirt.The girl's thighs were smooth and full of sex, which made Roger linger, and he was not willing to pull his hand out.

Under Roger's mischief, Lisa's breathing became more and more rapid, and a delicate red cloud appeared on her pretty face.Although Lisa was always a little uneasy every time the two had such intimate contact, but out of affection and obedience to her master, the girl would still let Roger do whatever he wanted without showing any resistance.

"Little Lisa... I think you're getting bigger and bigger here." Roger's big hand, which had been around the girl's slender waist, moved to her chest at some point, and while gently kneading, he hugged Lisa's ear He said softly: "Well, it's really about the same size, and it won't be long before I can eat it!"

The hot air from Roger's mouth sprayed on Lisa's earlobe, making the girl's flushed pretty face hot.Although Lisa was a little worried about what was about to happen, it was more about anticipation and the sense of security of "finally becoming the master's woman".

"My lord, the income and expenditure of the territory last month have been released." Just as the two of them were chatting together, Eddie's voice sounded outside the door: "If you have time now..."

"There is time, there is time." Roger was still very concerned about the situation of the territory. Hearing this, he kissed Lisa's pretty face and said, "Wait a while."

Lisa also knew that Roger had business to do, so she quickly got off his lap and went to open the door while arranging clothes.However, the clothes can be tidied up quickly, but the blush on the face does not fade so quickly, so the girl's flushed face must not escape Eddie's eyes.

However, as a qualified housekeeper, Eddie certainly knows what to do and what not to do. He turned a blind eye to Lisa's slightly embarrassed look, and after a little nod, he strode up to Roger and said : "My lord, the total income of the territory last month was [-] gold coins, but the expenses were as high as [-] gold coins. If this continues, I'm afraid the territory will soon be unable to make ends meet."

"Don't worry." Roger waved his hand to Eddie and said, "The town is currently under construction, and every place has to spend money, so the cost will be higher. As long as this period of time passes, other expenses will come down. Then In time, more businessmen will come to the town, and we can start making money, so we have to take a long-term view in this regard.”

In fact, Eddie also knew this truth. He said this just to fulfill his duties as a housekeeper and remind Roger.Now that the lord has already made up his mind about this matter, Eddie quickly moved on to the next topic: "All the shops you have in the town have been rented out, and the monthly rent can be [-] gold coins. But some Traders are more likely to buy your house, and they say they’re willing to pay a lot of money all at once.”

Since Roger announced that merchants with permanent shops in Kent Town only need to pay a transaction tax of [-] per thousand, many merchants have started looking for suitable places to open shops in the town.However, they soon discovered that all the shops in fairly good locations had the same owner, the local lord.

The merchants in Nai can only rent these shops, but they have been thinking about buying these houses.After all, everyone is interested in the future of Kent Town at the moment, and if they can buy some property here earlier, it will be a business that only makes money but not loses.

"Tell them to only rent and not sell!" Roger was also very principled on this point, and said to Eddie without hesitation: "Our town has just begun to develop, and these industries will be worth a lot of money in the future. It’s not worth selling it.”

Eddie's method was the same as Roger's, and he immediately bowed and replied: "I told them the same, sir. I also suggest that you announce the expansion of our town in the name of the lord as soon as possible, so that those new houses also belong to Yours."

I agree with the butler's idea very much, Roger immediately made a decision: "You will immediately issue a decree, declaring that all the land in Kent is the baron's property except for the places that already have property rights. To build buildings on it, you must first buy land from me."

"Obey!" This was originally one of the rights granted by the kingdom to the lord, and Roger did this just to emphasize it, so Eddie immediately complied without hesitation.

"Hey, anyone who wants to buy land has to bleed a lot, otherwise they don't want to build a new house." Roger thought beautifully: "Oh, I didn't expect that my brother would be able to engage in land finance one day. By the way, property rights cannot be sold, only The right to use can be sold. First sell it for five or ten years, and then sell it again after the time has passed. This is called sustainable development!"

"My lord, there is one last thing. There is not much food in the territory." Eddie didn't know what Roger was thinking, and quickly continued: "Although we have recently purchased some food from merchants, the territory The population on the road is also increasing, and there will be no food for ten days at most, should we buy some more food from the merchants?"

If this had happened two months ago, Roger would have been in a panic.However, the first season of grain on the junior farm can be harvested in a few days, so this is no longer a problem for him, and he quickly shook his head and said, "There is no need to buy any more grain, I will solve this problem. Those merchants are too ruthless, knowing that there is a shortage of food in the territory, they have raised the price of food so high, let these profiteers suffer a bit this time!"

Eddie was surprised by Roger's decision not to buy grain in order to make the profiteers who took the opportunity to drive up the price of grain suffer.However, since he was on the Lund Peninsula, he has trusted the lord's conditions, and this time is no exception.Since Roger said that he would solve the food problem, Eddie didn't say anything more, bowed to Roger, took his leave and left.

Not long after Eddie left, Bonnie entered Roger's room without even knocking.Seeing that Roger was still lazily lying on the bed, the female knight lifted him up from the bed and said, "What time is it now? Why are you still being lazy? Hurry up and follow me to train!"

At present, the cooperation between the lumberyard and the dwarves is in charge of two knights, Chris and Phil, while Bonnie stays in Kent Town to take charge of the town's defense and security.Ever since she knew that the magical building of the primary training ground was built in the castle, the female knight came to Roger almost every day to train hard with him to improve her strength.

Bonnie and Roger signed a symbiotic contract, so as long as Roger agrees, she can enter the secondary space of the castle. Not only can she use the training ground to improve her strength, but she can even go back to Earth with the castle hub.However, Roger was afraid that it would be difficult for the female knight to adapt to the environment of the earth, so at least he had no such plans recently.

The primary training ground can only improve the strength of the trainer to the advanced bronze level, and strictly speaking, it doesn't help Bonnie much.But for the female knight, even a small improvement in strength is very encouraging, so she has never been tired of training recently.Of course, every time Bonnie trains, she will never forget to take Roger with her.

On the contrary, because Roger has just become a strong bronze player, the hard training during this period has helped him a lot, and he has also reached the advanced bronze level a few days ago.Of course Roger is very satisfied with having the advanced bronze strength so soon, and was planning to rest for a few days, but he didn't expect Bonnie to come to him again.

Roger knew the character of the female knight very well, and knew that today's laziness would be impossible to steal, so he could only get up resentfully and drag Bonnie into the secondary space of the castle.

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The new year is coming. I wish you all a happy new year and good health in 2012. Wishes come true

In the end, Pumpkin complained a little, why is the number of Chapter 1 of the New Year such a sad number? I really didn't mean it.