Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 153 Frustrated in Love
Stannis decided to say something to narrow the distance between the two of them. He looked at the sky for a while, and the girl for a while. He really didn't have the talent to pick up girls.

"Uh...well, uh...do you have a boyfriend now?"

He still said what he wanted to say directly without concealing it.

Lu Xiya blushed, this question was a bit too straightforward for this kind of orthodox-educated legion commander's daughter.

"Boyfriend... do you mean lover?"

Stannis grinned hurriedly and couldn't stop nodding. He felt that his straight-forward approach was the golden rule for picking up girls, and he could write "Chen's Cheats on Picking Up Girls" in the future.

"I don't have a lover now..."

Stannis was delighted, he felt that the day when he would get rid of being single and the bitter sea of ​​being a bachelor would not be far away!
"But my husband has just died in battle, and I haven't considered this aspect yet..."

what! ! ?
Stannis never expected this to be the case.

At this time, the little girl in Lucia's arms began to make a fuss.

"Mom, my daughter wants to eat honey!"

what!Mother! ! ?

Stannis, who has been hit hard one after another, has begun to doubt himself. Lucia seems to be about the same age as him, why does she have a child, and she is still so old!

Lushia obviously didn't see that the boyish heart in Stannis was broken, but coaxed her daughter.

"I'm really sorry, Stan, I made you laugh. My husband and father died together in this black forest. Now I can only take her to live alone. I haven't considered the aspect you just said yet."

Stannis turned and left silently. Although Lucia could be said to be a beautiful young woman even if she had a daughter, motherhood made her even more attractive.

But Stannis still gave up attacking her, not because he didn't want to be a successor, but because she knew that what she needed more than a widow was to find someone who could take care of her and truly love her.But he who just wanted to have sex with a lover was obviously not suitable, so he turned around and left wisely.

Frustrated in love, Stannis began to wander around the territory again. He walked along the Combe River until he found that the river was endless.

Like all people who have suffered serious losses in their love career, Stannis can only devote himself to his career, that is, continue to carry out the main task, how to climb to the position of Duke.

Now, because he has already formed an alliance with the three families in the west, he can no longer poach people. This has greatly reduced the number of farmers in his territory, and he has to find a new way to increase the population.The north is the territory of the Worf family, so don't think about it, it's not fun to annoy the wolves.As for the Howth family in the south, Stannis has never had much contact with them. These white horses are on the verge of civil war, and Stannis is planning to intervene strongly when they are fighting to see if there is any money to be made.

The population growth is now at a standstill, and Stannis has to focus on other aspects. For example, why has no boat ever sailed on the river that has always been calm in front of him?
Stannis fell into deep thought as he looked at the calm and spacious river.

Until all the staff he summoned had appeared in the war hall, he still sat on the main seat in a state of thinking.

"Boss, you don't have to do any more modeling, what's the point of calling us here!" Robert was the first to speak out. Before that, he was flirting with the beautiful ladies in the tavern, and he drank half of Korodov's stock wine.

Stannis returned from the idea, and he was the first to ask, "Does anyone know why there is not even a boat on the river?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they had never thought about this question.

When memory is no longer valid, recorded history begins to reveal its role.

Bachelor Romon walked out of the crowd contentedly. He flipped through the cowhide book that had been through many vicissitudes, and said calmly: "Your Excellency, according to the above records, your family used to have a port, but it was destroyed by a war 30 years ago. The once-in-a-hundred-year flood destroyed it, and it has not been rebuilt afterwards, causing ships on the river to lose their anchorage."

It turned out that this impoverished family also had a profitable tool like a port, so Stannis had to look up.

"However, most of my port is destroyed because there are no ships docking, but I remember that this river can connect to the Southern Gemini Sea. How can there be no ships?"

Bachelor Romon had no choice but to spread his hands. He was not clear about things other than history.

Robert was the first to react and shouted: "I know, I know! I heard that a group of water bandits were entrenched in the territory of the Howth family downstream. They built a dam to block the river and arranged many hidden reefs at the bottom of the river. When the unlucky ship ran aground, the gang of water bandits jumped on board and killed all the merchant crew and looted the goods, and as time passed, no one left here."

Stannis was very annoyed, these blustery water bandits!It's not good to go where to kill people and sell goods, but you actually came to a place that is directly related to your own interests!This is tantamount to cutting off his fortune!Originally, he wanted to rebuild the port to attract ships to dock, but now there are no ships, what a ghost!

"Don't the Howth family care?" Stannis yelled, how can the lord acquiesce in the reason why there are robbers in his own territory?

Korodov said at this time, he seemed to be very annoyed by this kind of thing, "The Hoss family is now in internal turmoil, these sons of no honor don't care about the lives of the people at all, they would rather use the army to guard against each other Unwilling to send an army to crusade."

It seems that these feudal lords did not disappoint, they are still the same greedy and short-sighted.

Then you can only rely on yourself.

"Then it doesn't matter if I help the Huoss family fight against those water bandits!"

After Stannis finished speaking, everyone stared at him incredulously.

"Boss, you won't be full and have nothing to do again. You have only been stable for a few days and you are going out to fight people. Can't you live a few days of leisure at home?" Robert said so Well, deep down he didn't want to see this guy running around, always putting Stannis' body in danger.

But Stannis doesn't care about their ideas at all, because land transportation alone can no longer satisfy his appetite. If waterways can be opened up, the cargo throughput in his territory can at least double. By then, he just doesn't want to do it. Industry, someone will take the initiative to help him build an industrial zone.

(End of this chapter)