Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 90: The Barrier That Has Already Been Established
Of course, Lowry had already made plans for the hills near his territory.

After all, as a wizard, the territory does not need to conform to the restrictions of the title. In order to avoid harassment from the nobles, many great wizards even only give themselves an honorary title such as lord.

But they will never give up the territory, or the mines of equal value to the territory.

Lori definitely didn't have any idea about the mine... With the world's mineral development capabilities, it is estimated that the annual output value of a standard mine would not be as much as his daily tasks for half a month.

There are even some tasks that he doesn't need to do. For example, his knight group that patrols every day can basically bring him supplies worth more than 1 gold coins.

You know, in order to hurt players' livers, this game has reduced the rewards for completing daily tasks to an extremely low level.

But once you put these things into reality, the amount of money is still astonishing.

Even if he is a level 16 knight, if he knows that he can get gold just by walking around the town every day, he will definitely go on patrol every day regardless of rain or shine!
He will also be friendly, caring and loving to every civilian who asks him for help, and actively solve every little thing. After all, as long as it is completed well enough, it will be a pile of gold coins.

No one knows better than Lowry himself how much performance that exceeds expectations can inspire people.

The Lori Knights, including those affiliated knights, all knew very well that as long as they completed the mission requested by the subjects, Deputy Captain Cheska would give them a huge bonus after confirmation... Although in their eyes, these rewards of dozens to hundreds of gold were already very generous, what Lori could get was hundreds of times their income.

Lowry knew that he was not very smart and did not have much human charm. He could not expect these knights and professionals who were proud of their status to provide smiling service to ordinary people. He could only choose to pay more money.

He doesn't lose anything anyway.

The current price was decided after discussion between Chesca and Pat!

As for why Pat didn't think he had too much money... In her eyes, Lowry was a very lucky kid who could find some small mines in corners by going through mountains and hills.

She also personally helped Lori dig some crystal gem mines, even gold mines.

Although they are obviously small-scale minerals caused by landslides, volcanic eruptions and the like, most of them are squeezed out from deep underground, so the quality is very good.

Especially that gold mine, its purity is almost comparable to pure gold refined by a goldsmith.

The price of this natural pure gold is three times that of refined gold of the same weight!
Of course, Count Montes knew nothing about these things.

Even on Mrs. Yagris's side, only she and Pat knew about it.

Pat must have understood that Lori and Yagris must have gone alone to dig for more valuable minerals... just like the pair of living feathers that inexplicably appeared beside Lori.

As Pat, who has been doing logistical support for Yagris for many years, he actually quite agrees with Lowry's idea of increasing the salary of his knights in exchange for the favor of the civilians in the territory.

She would only really object if Lori was going to distribute the money to civilians.

Although the things used as metaphors are different, it actually means 'a little bit of kindness is repaid with a big bit of grudge'.

Lowry is not the kind of hero who wants to change the world, but he is quite receptive to advice. Not to mention Pat, at least Yagris will definitely not tease him.

Therefore, he did not choose to distribute the benefits directly to the common people, but instead used a method that seemed to allow the knights and other high-ranking officials to benefit indirectly by allowing them to accept the benefits he gave.

Of course, all this can be achieved perfectly because all of Lori's people wear feathers that record their every word and action... No one cares after they go home, but if Cheska notices that someone didn't bring it during official business, she will definitely ask in detail.

Moreover, in Baron Gezar's territory, even the children knew that Baron Lori was extremely well-informed. In his territory, there was nothing he didn't want to say or mention, except for things he didn't want to say or mention.

Although all they got were the crumbs that fell from cutting the cake, the civilians in the Lori Territory had clearly had a much better life in the past few years.

At least, it's better than the good life they had in the past when they had to grit their teeth and raise a child who could join an adventure group or work in various institutions.

But precisely because life has gotten better, everyone wants to plant more acres of land.

There was no way. Lori's territory was too close to the Earldom of Montes, and it was impossible for there to be any prosperous business, especially after Lori asked all the smugglers to leave.

It would be nice to have more small-scale craftsmen, such as blacksmiths, bakers, leatherworkers and other basic craftsmen, which can obviously be seen in every village.

Small processing shops such as cloth shops and candy stores began to appear in small towns.

But that’s where it ends. To get good stuff, you still have to look for the store opened by the City Lord’s Mansion, and only Lori dares to open one, after all, he doesn’t have to pay taxes.

Of course, Lowry had no interest in inventing anything.

He is not short of money and his status is not bad, so why should he cause trouble for himself?
Business activities ultimately come down to people.

So, in the end, it all comes back to agriculture.

However, the areas in his territory that were more suitable for developing farmland had actually already been occupied by the group of people who had become rich and powerful the earliest.

To satisfy those who just have a little money and dare to dream about land, they can only choose new areas. However, for some reason, Lowry has been controlling the distance between him and his neighbors.

The long border line, which is invisible but always exists, is planted with tall trees.

This is a tree that has no use other than as firewood, but it can grow to 2 to 30 meters.

Although it is not easy to cut, it can be easily turned into firewood after it falls down... Just leave it there and dry it for a few days.

Its trunk is naturally layered inside, and when it loses water, it can be torn apart easily. Moreover, all the branches and leaves are spread out at the top like a big umbrella, making it look lush and leafy, but only when you fall down will you feel that it is actually weightless.

But precisely because of this strange structure, it is extremely difficult to cut before it falls down...the layers are filled with water and moisture.

This also means that the tree will not cause natural fires as long as it is alive.

Therefore, they can only grow in places with well-developed groundwater systems.

And Lowry's territory fits the bill perfectly.

The reason for the need for groundwater is naturally because their roots are the most solid part compared to the trunks above.

Countless tree roots, like long whiskers, form a network underground, transporting groundwater to the branches above.

Where these trees grow, no one can easily pass through underground and can only walk on the ground.

As long as there is enough water, they can grow into big trees within two or three years.

After Lowry arrived at his own territory, he planted these trees between his territory and Baron Dugan's because of some not-so-big but disgusting confrontations.

Then it was directly developed to other border lines.

Although these nobles in the North are experienced in combat, they don't know much about these things that require certain knowledge to understand.

In addition, even his own people didn't know where Lowry got so many saplings of the woodruff tree, which is called the 'firewood tree'... This thing can only be found around 10-year-old woodruff trees, so it is actually not easy to dig.

So, by the time Dugan and the others reacted, there was nothing they could do.

After all, Lowry planted the trees on his own territory. What does it have to do with them?
Of course, the reason why they were so reasonable was because Lowry's status allowed him to be unreasonable with them.

He was able to keep all his arrogance and arrogance within the rules as taught by Madam Yagris, which made many people worship this great knight.

After all, smart people can still see that Count Montes's attitude is to indulge rather than control.

Even so, Mrs. Yagris never thought of letting Lowry use his natural image to fight for some benefits that could be easily obtained. Instead, she let this bad-tempered and willful child grow up freely within the scope permitted by the rules.

This is a truly good mother.

It is precisely because of these characteristics of the osmanthus tree that the smuggling groups that Count Dugan and his colleagues are in collusion with can only choose to take a detour through the territory of Count Montes.

Of course, it can also be said that Masood suddenly felt that he was capable because he felt that the power of "his" side in the Earldom was growing stronger.

Although normal people would not have this illusion.

But the reason why he could come this day was not only because he was hinted at and seduced since he was very young, but also because of his IQ. No, he had no IQ at all.

In fact, the smuggling group had thought about opening up a path in the osmanthus forest. After all, they were not without their people in the Baronial Territory of Gezar.

Unfortunately, humans have no sense of the fragrance of the osmanthus tree, but a small white bird loves it very much.

Because they are small enough, even if the canopy of the woodruff tree is not strong enough, these woodruff birds, which weave nests with long and thin leaves, can live in groups.

In other words, as soon as they cut down a tree, countless birds would immediately fly into the sky and wail.

It is fine to cut down trees openly, but it is absolutely impossible to do it quietly.

And because Lowry's knights were connected to each other by feathers, they were able to reach the problem area extremely quickly.

Unless we fight them openly, there is no way to operate secretly.

However, the costusroot trees are not without their drawbacks. If they form a forest, it will be difficult to open up farmland nearby.

It is truly rare to find a place with well-developed underground water veins and sufficient surface water veins to meet the needs of the fields.

(End of this chapter)