Lord Chronicle

Chapter 131 Finally Found You
The Yire River flows through the entire territory of Lowell and leads to several territories outside, which is an extremely convenient transportation channel.However, because the territory has always been poor and has little contact with the outside world, it has not been developed.If there will be a large number of people and materials coming in and out of the territory in the future, the Yire River is undoubtedly the best choice.

Sol nodded and said: "Yes, with the development of Lovell, the difficult mountain roads will greatly restrict the circulation of materials, so the development of water transportation must be put on the agenda."

Everyone has a deep understanding of this point. It takes a lot of detours to get in and out of Lovell from the old mountain road, especially for a caravan like Reed, it is even more miserable to cross the mountains.If you go by water, you can save more than half of the time, and the cargo transportation capacity will be greatly improved.

Seeing Sol looking at himself, Manson said: "If necessary, we can build a dock soon. But dwarves don't know how to build ships, you have to figure out how to do it yourself."

Sol thought for a while, and said to Reed: "Can you buy a boat?"

Reed hummed: "Because of the concern of the war, many water transport caravans have gone bankrupt. Buying a ship is not a problem, but..."

Before he finished speaking, Saul interrupted him happily: "That's all right, then Manson, you immediately arrange for someone to build the dock, Reed, you go and get some cargo ships, the sooner the better, money is not a problem." This bullshit remark seems to have become more and more of Saul's mantra of late.

Unable to hold back a dry cough, Reed said, "My lord, please pay attention to the current financial situation of the territory. If you add the wharf and the fleet, the gold coins will probably..."

It was only then that Saul realized that the old mistake had been committed again, and the merchant marine team became an "urgent" task again.No wonder the territory turned into a gold-absorbing hole, it was just added by him on the left and on the right.

However, with the development of the territory, whether it is used as a transit point for aiding barbarians or for exporting foreign goods in the future, it needs to increase the transportation capacity. Moreover, once there is a wharf, it will be able to attract more and more merchants to enter.In this way, the merchant fleet has indeed become a matter of urgency.

Thinking of this, he could only look at Reed pitifully.Understanding what he meant, the financial officer of the territory had no choice but to sigh helplessly: "I will try my best to squeeze out funds."

Alas, the lord is good at making money, but spending money is even more terrifying.

After finishing this difficult task, Saul was in a good mood.He said to Manson again: "Manson, how are you mastering the sand table making technology?"

Manson said proudly: "This thing is actually not complicated. For us dwarves, as long as we do one well, we will naturally master its technology."

"That's good." Sol said: "I want to send a few people to Diviji Castle and make a sand table for them, which will be of great help to Gein in commanding the battle."

Thor really wanted to spread the tool of the sand table to the entire Dinar army, which would play a big role in the war against Lulin, and Diviji Castle was the first step of this plan.

Manson nodded and said, "That's no problem, I can arrange staff right away."

Mentioning Diviji Castle, Sol thought of Lesta and Kafir over there, and he asked, "Any news from Diviji?"

Dylan said: "The news came back a few days ago that the castle is still firmly under our control. Those dwarf warriors have played a great role, and all the damaged walls and equipment have been repaired."

Seeing that he didn't mention Kafir, Sol glanced at Jessica and said in a low voice, "Where's Kafir?"

Dylan couldn't help showing a smile: "Kaffir has done a great job. Her medical team has treated many wounded people. It is said that she is very popular in the castle. If you asked about her, I think Kafir will be very happy .”

Cough cough... Sol quickly interrupted him with a dry cough twice, as long as he knew that Kafir was safe and sound, this is obviously not the place to talk about this topic.

Dylan said again: "By the way, the guards who stayed there haven't come back for a long time. Do you think you should send a group of people to replace them?"

When Thor left Diviji Castle, he left behind a group of defenders to assist in the defense, and by the way to exercise in actual combat, it seems that they haven't returned home for several months.

Hearing Dylan talk about this matter at this time, Sol said: "It is possible, but most of the people staying in the territory are recruits, right?"

Dylan waved his hand: "No problem. After these days of hard training, they have mastered considerable combat skills, and they just need to practice in actual combat. This is a good opportunity."

When Thor left the territory with the veterans of the garrison, he envied the recruits. They had long clamored to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and Dylan had fulfilled their wish.

Sol thought about it, then nodded and said, "Since you think it's okay, then let's do it this way." It's really not an option to keep them in the territory all the time, and no amount of training can compare to going to the battlefield to fight with real swords and guns once.

At this time, Vince suddenly said: "Lord Lord, there is one more thing. The Adventurer's Guild has occupied the relic forest, and they are mysteriously doing something in it."

Seeing him suddenly mentioning this matter, Sol was slightly taken aback: "Is something wrong?"

Vince shook his head: "Nothing happened. It's just that the residents of the territory have reported that they went to the relic forest to collect medicinal materials, but they were driven back by the Adventurer's Guild. Those people seem to be hiding something. I think they should It’s better to be clear.”

It turned out that this was the case, Sol couldn't help but exchanged glances with Jessica, someone finally noticed that the Adventurer's Guild had unearthed the ruins in the forest.Although Sol also wanted to know what the adventurers guild was up to, but according to the original agreement, he had to cover up for them.

After thinking about it, Sol decided not to tell the story for the time being. After all, the Adventurer's Guild just blocked the forest and did not harm his subjects, and he didn't want to affect the relationship between the two parties because of this incident.

Sol shook his head and said: "No need, let those guys do what they want to do. You tell everyone, try to collect herbs in the mountains and the edge of the forest, and don't get close to the forest."

I don't understand why Saul is so indulgent, but Vince still nodded: "I see."

Then everyone discussed some other matters, and the meeting ended.That night Sol hosted a banquet for the knights who escorted the convoy from the capital, and also rewarded the residents of the territory who worked hard during this period. The atmosphere of the banquet was warm and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

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Early the next morning, Sol, who had a rare trip back to the territory and planned to enjoy the lord's corrupt life, was dragged up by Jessica.Facing the angry lord, Jessica only said lightly: "It's been too long since we've been away, and there's a lot of work waiting for us. I'm in charge of dealing with the backlog, and it's time for you to show up in the territory, or... Shall we call over?"

The various excuses that came to his mouth were swallowed immediately, and Sol immediately nodded his head.Just kidding, if you ask me to handle those official duties, it would be better to kill me.

Fortunately, the job Jessica found for him was not difficult to do, and Sol also wanted to take a good look at the changes in his territory.Besides, as a lord, not appearing in front of the citizens for a long time will affect people's hearts.

After breakfast, just as Sol was about to go out, he found Mary following behind with a smile at some point.He asked strangely, "What are you doing?"

"I heard that you are going to inspect, and I also want to see your territory, so of course we will go together." Mary said it as a matter of course.

"Please, I'm on official business, you think it's just for fun." Saul immediately refused.

"You really don't want me to go?" Mary asked again.

"Of course, you have to play with yourself, don't pull me." Saul said firmly, and now he still can't figure out what Mary's purpose is, so he doesn't want to drag this trouble.

At this moment, Marlene chased to the door: "Master, come back early at noon, I'll prepare a meal and wait for you."

Sol felt a warm feeling in his heart, and Marlene was the most caring.However, before he could reply, Mary had already gently bumped his waist: "I really didn't realize that you are also interested in this kind of little girl."

"Ahem, don't talk nonsense, I've always treated her as my younger sister." Saul quickly defended.

Mary wouldn't believe him, she said disdainfully: "Come on, pretend to be in front of me. You four will not let it go as long as you are a woman. When you were in the academy, you specifically wanted to hit the female teacher. I didn't expect to see you in two years. Interested." It's starting to shift to ** again."

This, what kind of person is this, Sol was speechless.At the same time, I was also secretly surprised, wouldn't I have been as unscrupulous as she said before?
"Sister Marlene, listen to me, your lord was before him..." Mary turned her head at this moment.

"Wow, I promise you that's it." Afraid that she would reveal his previous glorious history, Sol hurriedly said.

"Just say no earlier, don't worry, I won't hinder you, I just want to look around." Mary showed a smug smile, and said to Marlene: "By the way, what you did last night The steak is delicious, make another one for me at noon."

"Okay, I see." Marlene happily responded.

Why are there such difficult women around me... Sol couldn't help but sighed, and had no choice but to go out with Mary to the territory.

After entering the territory, people greeted Thor affectionately along the way. It can be seen that he is quite popular as a lord. After all, the changes in the territory in the past two years are obvious to all.

Sol looked left and right, anyway, for him, the so-called patrol was similar to wandering.At the same time, he has to constantly explain to the curious Mary, and he is obliged to act as a tour guide.

But soon Sol discovered a strange place. Mary seemed to be particularly interested in prop shops and magic shops, and she had to go in and take a look around every time she passed by one.

Seeing that Mary picked up each product and looked at it carefully over and over again, and then threw it back on the shelf with a disappointed face, Sol thought at first that she was particularly picky about things because of her professional habits.But gradually, she realized that something was wrong. After visiting many houses, she didn't buy a single thing. Instead, she seemed to be looking for something.

Now it's strange, did she come all the way to her territory just to find something?That's not normal. The products sold in the magic store in the territory are all imported from Bamuk, and they are no different from other places. Why did Mary bother?
Strangely, Sol couldn't help asking her, but Mary just rolled her eyes: "What are you thinking about, it's just because these things are too rough, I don't like them."

After walking for a while, Mary suddenly asked casually: "The props sold in your territory are second-rate, why don't you hire a few alchemists to make them yourself?"

"Alchemist?" Thor was taken aback, then shook his head: "There is no such person in my territory."

At the same time, what he thought of was Hitches. This mysterious guy had good alchemy skills, but he seemed unwilling to admit that he was an alchemist even if he was killed.

Mary asked unwillingly again: "Really?"

"When you said that, I remembered it." Sol pondered.

"Ah, is there really? Where is it, and who is it?" Mary's reaction was unexpectedly strong.

Sol pointed at her with a smile: "Isn't it right in front of me?"

"You..." Mary was furious, and just when Saul thought she was going to lose her temper, she showed a hint of sadness and didn't speak any more.

Now Sol is getting more and more curious, what is she looking for?At this time, the two had reached the end of the street, and because of Sol's little joke just now, the atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

Having just thought of Hitches, Thor decided to visit the pseudo-magician.Last time, that guy squeezed a lot of gold coins from himself, and by the way, selected a few orphans as apprentices, and vowed to train a group of excellent magicians for the territory.

Although he didn't believe that he could really do it, it was his own investment after all, so Sol decided to go and have a look.Thinking of this, he turned around and walked towards the magic research room on the edge of the town. Mary seemed a little depressed, but she still followed Sol habitually.

At this moment, a person suddenly ran out from the front corner and bumped into Saul's arms.Surprised, Sol took a closer look and found that it was Mira who had disappeared since yesterday.

"Mira, what are you doing here?" Saul asked in surprise.

Mira glanced at him and made the same gesture as yesterday.Sol still didn't understand. He was about to ask what he meant, but Mira's ears moved slightly, as if she heard something. She threw Sol away and went into a side alley, and soon disappeared.

"Really, what is this girl doing, has she reached puberty?" Sol asked in confusion.

After thinking about it for a while, Sol decided to leave her alone. Anyway, this girl has had enough troubles, and he knows that he will go back to eat.Thinking of this, he and Mary continued to walk towards the magic research room on the edge of the town.

"Tsk..." However, the two of them didn't notice that at the corner behind them, two unwilling men quietly looked away.

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It didn't take long for the laboratory to appear far ahead. Drawing on the lessons of the past, Manson built the laboratory in an uninhabited place outside the town, with no grass or trees for a kilometer around, so that even the most powerful magic out of control would not hurt anyone.It's just that there is a house standing in the middle of a large bare space, which is very eye-catching.

"What is this place?" Mary couldn't help asking.

Sol sneered triumphantly: "Hmph, don't think that there is nothing in my territory. Let me tell you, don't be surprised when you hear this, this is my magic research room."

"You have your own magician?" Mary was really surprised now.Being able to have your own exclusive magician is a manifestation of the strength of the territory.

Sol looked like a fart: "Of course, are you scared? Wahahaha..."

"What level of magician is it?" Mary asked again.

Saul was at a loss for words.Yeah, what level is Hitches?This guy doesn't seem to have a magic level certificate issued by the Wizards Guild, right?From the point of view of magic power, his level should not be low, but in terms of control power, it is too bad.

Embarrassed, he squeaked and said: "Uh... well, he is actually a free mage. But with my sincerity, he stays in the territory to teach apprentices, and I will have many powerful mages in the future."

"Free mage?" Mary looked at Sol with a foolish expression: "If you want to hire a magic teacher, as long as you have enough funds, you can go to the Magician Guild to hire one. Go down to their territory to do research."

"What?" Sol exclaimed, "Can the magic teacher be hired at the Adventurer's Guild?"

"You don't know, do you?" Mary looked at him suspiciously: "Because it is impossible for the Magician's Guild to raise all the magicians, many magicians who can't get funding will accept the invitation of nobles and get funds. At the same time, they also serve them, including training apprentices. You are so familiar with Walsa, you can at least invite senior magicians above level six, why do you have to offer up a half-toned free mage as a treasure?"

As she spoke, she showed a narrow smile: "Tell me, how much money have you been cheated so far?"

"This, this damn..." Thor's forehead popped up with blue veins.

No wonder this guy came to his door by himself, it turned out to be a fake that no one wanted.When I saw his poor skills, I should have thought, this is a liar at all, what a ghost, I would be confused by his rhetoric!
At this moment, Sol was so regretful that his intestines were green. At first he thought he had found a treasure, but he didn't realize that he was completely taken advantage of.With an unknown fire in his heart, he walked towards the research room angrily.

No, no matter what you say today, you have to drive this liar out.No, anyway, his alchemy is good, let him make some advanced stuff first, and then spit out the money he cheated.

Seeing his unforgivable look, Mary immediately followed him with a gossipy face: "Ahaha, no, are you really cheated? Then I want to see who is so capable, even Al Saul Lovell, one of Muke's four plague gods, can be fooled."

While talking, the two of them had already come closer, at this moment, suddenly there was a loud bang, a puff of thick smoke shot up from the roof of the research room, and at the same time the doors and windows burst, and the whole research room was immediately in a state of chaos. Collapsed with a sound.

There was no sign of this, but Saul and Mary were stunned.no?Could it be that Hitches knew that Lao Tzu was going to come to settle accounts, and first came to "explosive escape"?
But this is obviously not the case. This is just an "accident" that often occurs in Hitches' laboratory.At this moment, a scream was heard, and many children with gray heads and frightened faces in loose apprentice robes rushed out of the thick smoke.

Needless to say, this is Hitches' new abduction... oh no, it's the recruited apprentice.Obviously these children are not used to the terrible accident rate of their master. It is said that the first batch of apprentices recruited by Hitches has reached the point of turning a blind eye to any explosion in the later stage.

In this way, Thor's anger, which had risen to the peak, had no place to vent. Damn it, I'm going to spend gold coins to rebuild it again...Huh?What's wrong with me, why worry about this, I'm here to get mad.

At this moment, an older child desperately dragged a person out of the thick smoke, saying, "Master, are you alright?"

"Cough cough cough... I told you earlier that the flame falcon's magic core cannot be heated, and must be neutralized with wind magic. Look, something happened now?"
"Here we go again." Saul covered his forehead.However, he didn't realize that Mary was completely stunned when he heard the voice.

Hitches was still unscathed as before, but his face was blackened by smoke, and he squatted on the ground with a group of ragged apprentices, coughing like a group of beggars.

"Is everyone alright? Go find it quickly and move out all the things that haven't been blown up..." Hitches instructed his apprentices, and at this moment, he saw Sol.

"My lord, why are you here?" He stood up in surprise, and then looked at the ruins behind him with some embarrassment: "This...is just a small accident, you know we are doing an experiment on fusion magic, If successful, it will be an epoch-making great discovery. Since this experiment is so important, I request you to immediately allocate funds to rebuild the laboratory..."

But soon, Hitches, who shamelessly asked for money, found that Sol's face was as ugly as he wanted.

Thinking that he was still angry about the destruction of the laboratory, Hitches laughed dryly: "Haha...Of course, if the territory's funds are tight, it doesn't matter if the funds are allocated later, I can wait..."

"You liar..." After a while, a sentence burst out from Sol's mouth.

"what?"

Before Hitches could react, Sol rushed forward and grabbed his collar: "Well, how dare you fool me, and what did you say to train magicians for the territory? It turns out that you are a Mongolian doctor. Tell me! How many gold coins have you embezzled from me?" ?”

"What, what is a Mongolian doctor? I didn't take it for myself." Hitches cried out loudly.

"You still say no? Magicians can obviously be hired from the Mage Guild, but you came to cheat me of money. What is it if you are not a liar?" Thor said angrily.

A flicker of panic flashed in Hitches' eyes: "How do you know...no, I mean, who told you?"

"Hmph, I have an informant from the Magician's Guild, Mary." Sol turned his head.

Only then did he realize that Mary, who hadn't spoken the whole time, reacted very strangely. She stood there blankly, looking at him with a very strange look.

(End of this chapter)