Tauren Overlord

Unlike the barren mountain territories, some people from rich territories often have more resources to cultivate spellcasting abilities.

Especially in big cities, both the literacy rate and spellcasting rate are much higher than in the mountains.

Perhaps in the near future, there will be double-digit spellcasters visiting the Mountains...

While Lu Heng was thinking about his future plans, he put away the psychic potato cubes, looked at Rosa, the personal maid beside him, and said softly:

"What are you thinking about, little cutie?"

Seeing her master's eyes looking at her, Rosa's eyes were also filled with shyness and satisfaction:

"Ah, I'm fine, I just think the master is so gentle to Sister Leia."

Lu Heng touched Rosa's head, his eyes also filled with tenderness:

"It is also thanks to you that I have a solid foundation for what I want to do."

This is not a lie Lu Heng made up to pamper Rosa.

Without Rosa's psychic crystal, the "maid development plan" he was planning would be out of the question.

Facing her master's eager eyes, Rosa slightly turned away her eyes and said shyly:

"Master, there is one more small matter."

"explain."

"The young master has lost his mother's supervision and seems to have awakened some special attributes."

A hint of alertness flashed in Lu Heng's eyes.

"What special talent did he awaken?"

However, this alarm was quickly dissipated in Rosa's response, she explained:

"It's not that he has awakened his ability to cast spells, but that he, as a little boy, particularly likes to wear girls' skirts."

"I heard that he wanted to be a girl for a long time, but his wife had been very strict with him before, so he couldn't do it."

So this is what has awakened, then it’s okay.

"You handle this. As long as he doesn't make excessive demands, it's okay to give him a few skirts."

"As for the traditional training direction for male nobles, such as learning to be a knight's squire, there is no need to arrange it."

"Okay." Rosa nodded shyly.

Lu Heng naturally had no brotherly feelings for this adopted brother, but he also did not have any hatred that required him to be destroyed humanely.

Moreover, from a practical point of view, it is not the best solution.

This child's father, the lord, is a second-level spellcaster. Who knows when he will return to the Mountain Territory after gathering his troops.

He is one psychic level higher than Lu Heng, and he is also a tough guy who has fought his way through the battlefield. He is not a soft persimmon that can be easily bullied.

If it wasn't necessary, Lu Heng really didn't intend to fight with this kind of person.

Then someone needs to explain the situation to him.

If both mother and son were dead, then no matter what Lu Heng said unilaterally, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

As for the fool who thought that by killing the other heir, his own child could take over smoothly, he is still lying in his coffin.

In this case, it would be better to let the child confirm for himself that the ones who ambushed them were indeed ratmen and minotaurs, not some dear good brother.

In this way, Lu Heng will find it easier to gain the lord's trust.

After all, in the lord's opinion, the child was probably his own son.

Although his eldest son is not...

When he thought of this, Lu Heng actually felt a little sympathy for the lord of Qunshanling.

But now is definitely not the time to be overly sympathetic.

After Lu Heng became the acting lord and gained control of the territory's income, he discovered that the territory itself was in a loss-making state.

Even though there is still the small treasury from the lord's wife to support it, it can only last for another two or three months at most.

Savings are ultimately limited, so we still have to see how to increase revenue.

Lu Heng returned to the study again and moved his thoughts to the south of the mountains.

In a way, the Suspension Bridge Monastery is in a really good location.

Although there are roads in all directions leading to the mountains, from a business perspective, the most important route is the south.

To the north are more barren mountains;

The West is at war;

There is a group of military fortresses in the east, and one cannot enter or leave at will;

Only the south is an economically developed region.

However, at the suspension bridge monastery leading to the south in the mountains, Lu Heng still had an unfinished business.

16. Bilateral trade between me and myself

As a kidnapper, he found that the other party's family had no intention of ransom him.

What else can we do except tear up the hostages?

Regarding this confusing question, Lu Heng planned to ask Lundstol directly.

He teleported back to the Suspension Bridge Monastery in the form of a minotaur again and used the chat stream to talk to the big merchant he had just tied up last night:

"If your family wanted to save you, they would have come long ago. Otherwise, why don't you tell me what use you are to me?"

At this point, Lundstol hadn't eaten for the entire day.

This made his stomach make a low rumbling sound from time to time.

But hunger is not the worst thing.

He was surrounded by a group of ratmen who could not speak his language and were mumbling something.

I don't know if they were discussing when to eat him.

So when he saw the minotaur who could speak the Temenian language, he quickly tried to grab this only life-saving straw:

"Don't kill me, I'm still useful! I know a lot about adventurers, please give me a chance to become a leader!"

Of course Lundstall wanted to survive.

He really wanted to make more money at the beginning, so he rejected Lu Heng's request for a price reduction.

Otherwise, how could he make more money so that his wife could live the life of a lady?

How could he make his son hold his head up proudly among his peers?

His son will meet the girl of his dreams sooner or later, so how could he bear to let his son hold back because of money issues?

These all require money.

But life is more important.

If he died like this, wouldn't he never see his wife and children again, and never be able to provide for them again?

Thinking of this, Londestal immediately used all his intelligence and said to Lu Heng:

"I can help you deal with adventurers, ugh, those shameful killers."

"As the person who prepares the medicine for them, I know a lot of secrets..."

In fact, for Lu Heng, it would be best not to kill anyone.

After all, if people are killed, they will die, and when they die, they can't work, so of course it's better to be alive.

Moreover, Lu Heng really felt Londestor's sincerity, and he really needed help, so he asked:

"Can you write?"

Lundstol nodded quickly:

"Of course. I'm a Taimenian merchant. I have to write the purchase and delivery orders myself. I won't hand them over to the clerk."

"I am very fluent in the Taimenian language. If you need me to speak the Imperial language..."

Lu Heng interrupted him:

"It's enough to know the Taimenian language. I want you to pretend to be a grain buyer from Wormwood Town in the south."

Londestall was a little surprised. What was this minotaur doing?

But he didn't dare to raise any objections. After all, he really didn't want to starve to death... or even be bitten to death here.

"You must find a way to contact the acting lord of the Mountain Territory without showing your face, and exchange the imperial coins for rye food."

"Don't worry about the money, I'll pay for it."

"When you open up the road, you can eat bread."

As he spoke, Lu Heng gave him a few pieces of mushrooms, which was also one of the foods that the rat people were eating.

He knew that one of the reasons why the ratmen had low fighting power was that they ate too little.

The hundreds of old farmers from Taimenia in the mountains can grow some high-yield crops.

For example, Taimenia rye can be harvested six times a year, which is higher in yield than many crops Lu Heng encountered in his hometown.

It has two main uses:

One is as a weapon component, because this rye bread is very strong and can be made into a Taimenia war club or a gun barrel, and then with a bayonet it can be made into a gun.

Second, as food, although this thing is hard enough to be like stone, as long as people are poor to a certain extent, they are still willing to soak it in water and eat as much as possible.

After all, this kind of black bread is much more nutritious than stone.

If the rat people eat this thing, at least they won’t starve to death.

If conditions permit, Lu Heng would actually prefer to let the rat people eat white bread made from white wheat that matures once a year.

Unfortunately, the yield of this thing is too low and it has relatively high requirements for fertility.

At least in the Mountain Territory, it is almost impossible to grow it, so naturally it is not enough for the ratmen to eat.

Relatively speaking, the soil fertility requirements of Taimenia rye are much lower.

Even in mountainous areas, planting can be carried out on a certain scale.

However, this crop is so easy to grow and has such a high yield that it is often in oversupply.

Old farmer Taimenia herself had become numb from eating such tough food, and nobles rarely consumed such hard food.

Some imperial ladies would rather treat this black bread as a plaything than as food to be eaten.

Apart from eating it himself and selling it to junior military and industrial nobles like Burios, it was really difficult for old farmer Taimenia to find a market.

However, gun barrels made of Taimenia rye bread are inherently inferior products, and even slightly more sophisticated arms dealers want to eliminate them.

In this dire situation, Lu Heng found a new sales channel for Taminiya rye, which also created income for the old farmers of Taminiya.

While Lu Heng was thinking about how to improve the economic situation on both sides at the same time, Lundstoll, an old businessman, quickly thought of a way to trade:

"Master, when I was in the Western Continent, I once came into contact with the Taimenian uprising army."

"At that time, I was a good citizen who submitted to the empire and could not make fair deals with the rebels."

"So we wrapped little pieces of paper around stones and threw them in the middle of the road near the sign."

"Both parties in the transaction go to the designated location at the designated time to pick up the items they need, so that the transaction can be carried out without showing up."

Lu Heng thought about it for a while and found that this idea was generally feasible.

As for how to pass the little note written by Londestol, Lu Heng has a lot of ratmen leaders who can do this.

This idea can also be used to attract more adventurers.

Lu Heng added:

"This is just one of your tasks. Your other task is to attract weaker adventurers to come here and seek death."

In fact, this kind of true and false trick game is also played a lot by adventurers.