The Pseudo-Human Academy: Starting with a Bricklayer Personality

Xu Feng pondered for a moment, then spoke:

"Have you memorized the salt-making method for saline-alkali lands?"

"My lord, I understand." Lisa nodded, looking very serious.

"Alright, describe the salt refining process again." To be on the safe side, Xu Feng decided to have Lisa describe it again.

Lisa gave a detailed account of the events described.

Xu Feng nodded with satisfaction, clearly pleased with Lisa's retelling.

Xu Feng took out a topographical map of the Griffin Empire and marked the location of the Salt and Alkali Territory on it.

Xu Feng looked at the Salt and Alkali Territory with a strange expression. The Salt and Alkali Territory was located on the northeastern border of the empire.

It borders the Monster Forest to the west, and to the north it borders the Siberian Plateau, which is the territory of the Northern Grand Duke, the Calamity Witch.

The other section borders the Demon Clan's Demon Cave and is adjacent to a river to the east. Apart from the frequent floods, it is also a uniquely advantageous geographical location.

Aside from the fact that most of the land in the territory is saline-alkali soil, it's not bad.

Speaking of which, the Calamity Witch really likes potato pancakes, and her older sister seems to really like them too.

If the Calamity Witch and her adopted older sister were to meet, wouldn't they probably have a lot in common?

Mads Mikkelsen was speechless.

He felt that Xu Feng's observational skills were comparable to those of a mature banana.

Lost in thought, Xu Feng handed the map to Lisa and asked:

"Can you read a map?"

Lisa nodded and said:

"I can understand it."

"How long would it take you to get here with a hundred people?"

Lisa observed the distance from the capital to the Salt and Alkali Territory and found that it would take at least three provinces to reach the Salt and Alkali Territory, a journey of up to 300 kilometers.

Lisa quickly provided an approximate time:

"My lord, it will take us about 12 hours to reach the Saltlands. This is a conservative estimate considering the extremely poor road conditions, including mountains, hills, and swamps."

Xu Feng was stunned when he heard this. "Holy crap, the Swift-footed Warrior!"

Even in ancient times, the fastest courier service, which could travel 800 li, would take 1.5 days to arrive.

These pseudo-human subordinates of mine don't even have mounts, yet they can predict that it will take 12 hours to reach their destination. They truly deserve their 7-point physique bonus; it wasn't wasted at all!

The impression of the fakes in Xu Feng's mind was greatly improved immediately.

He nodded with satisfaction, and then said:

"Very good. After Tom finishes exchanging the currency, you take a hundred men and bring some more currency over. Then prepare to head to the Salt and Alkali Territory to purchase machinery and equipment, refine white salt, and also open up trade routes to dump the white salt. Understand?"

Upon hearing this, Lisa knelt on one knee, placed her hand on her chest, and said calmly but inwardly with great excitement:

"Understood, my lord."

It's an incredible honor that the great, bloodthirsty gentleman values ​​her so much, allowing her to lead a group to do this!

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Meanwhile, in a small, unnamed noble territory.

Baron Simmel is Xu Feng's cheap father in the dungeon.

He was currently enjoying a honey bread in his left hand and a large chicken leg in his right, eating with great relish. He hadn't had such a good life in a long time.

He discovered that true happiness lay in using all the money he had spent on building his territory for his own benefit.

The butler, Oski, was also enjoying a piece of white bread. This was the first time he had lived such a good life since he started working for the master.

Just then, a squad of guards rushed over and surrounded Baron Simmel.

Baron Simmel was so frightened that he immediately raised his hands and swallowed the honey bread in his mouth:

"What...what are you doing? I am a baron, a nobleman, you can't do this."

Although Simal's words seemed confident, his tone lacked any real conviction.

Because after he left the territory, he didn't know whether the Twisted Family of Twisted Territory had occupied Salt and Alkali Territory as promised.

The leading knight spoke calmly:

"You are Baron Simmel, right?"

"Yes, it's me. I haven't violated any imperial laws. You can't arrest me. I'm a nobleman."

Baron Simmel repeatedly emphasized his identity, trying to persuade the soldiers to let him go.

"Then that's it. Baron Simmel, we are knights of the Twisted Family. It's our fault for escorting you back to the Salt and Alkali Territory."

"We shouldn't have occupied the Salt and Alkali Territory. As an apology, we will return it to you."

Baron Simmel was dumbfounded; he had never heard of territory being returned after it had been occupied.

According to the laws of the Griffin Empire, nobles must manage their territories properly, and if they are caught by the imperial tax officials for not managing them properly, they will be punished.

However, he would be stripped of his noble title. The reason why Baron Simmel has not been stripped of his noble title all these years is simply because even the imperial tax officials are too lazy to come to his godforsaken place.

Moreover, the imperial tax officials also knew that the harsh environment of the Salt and Alkali Territory made development impossible.

Therefore, he passed each assessment very reasonably.

If the motion fails, Baron Simmel will be stripped of his noble title, and the salt and alkali land will certainly be given to the next baron without land, who is usually a viscount's son.

Giving the saline land to a landless baron is tantamount to directly offending a viscount family. If you make the list in next year's assessment, you will most likely fail.

They will be stripped of their noble titles.

Even if you intend to grant passage, what will the viscount family behind the Baron of Salt and Alkali think if you allocate the Salt and Alkali Territory to him?

Given the shrewdness of the imperial tax officials, they would never be foolish enough to offend someone for no reason.

So they kept giving Baron Simmel the assessment, and simply let the hot potato of the salt and alkali territory rot in his hands.

After the Nianba family occupied the salt flats, they discovered just how difficult Baron Simal's life had been, with Siberia and the Demon Cave to the north.

Every now and then, a cold wind sweeps through, freezing people senseless, and demons come south for a feast.

The east side is constantly plagued by severe floods, and the magical beasts in the Monster Forest to the west frequently wreak havoc in the salt flats, making development impossible.

After all that trouble, the steward of the Ningba family calculated that the expenses of running the salt and alkali territory were practically a bottomless pit, and it was simply impossible to run a business.

Even if you sold the entire Twisted Collar business, you still couldn't make it work.

The nobles of the Nianba Territory were also honest people, fearing that the Salt and Alkali Territory would fail the imperial tax officials' scrutiny and be stripped of their noble titles.

So they immediately dispatched knights from the family to find Baron Simmel, hoping to return the hot potato that was the Salt and Alkali Territory.

That's why Baron Simmel encountered such an unbelievable scene.

Baron Simmel was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand it, and he couldn't comprehend it at all. He hadn't even been living in paradise for more than a few days!

How did the Twisted Family end up coming to our door?