Arcane Universe

Feng Chou soon took a fancy to a large estate not far from the city of Nicholas.

This manor is called Stirling Manor. It is a Baron-level manor and the largest resource in the hands of Longman.

The Stirling Manor belongs to the family of the Marquis of Nicholas. The Nicholas family was originally the lord of Nicholas, but in the urban self-control movement promoted by the church and the royal family, Nicholas became a city. As an autonomous city, the Nicholas family has lost the sovereignty of the city and can only draw one-tenth of Nicholas’ tax revenue.

As the largest aristocrat in the neighborhood, the Nicholas family directly owns 5,000 square kilometers of land near Nicholas City, of which 2.3 million mu of cultivated land is a symbol In fact, the marquis of the real leader.

In addition to having a huge territory, the Nicholas family also has a pivotal position in the druid guild. In the Elder group of the druid guild, there are two members of the Nicholas family. One is the Legendary Druid. It is said that the Nicholas family also owns the bloodline of the natural elves, and has a Phoebe relationship with the natural elves of Osserrian.

In recent years, the Nicholas family is selling some scattered land under the family’s name to raise funds and participate in the wave of industrialization.

With the development of industrialization, the profits of industry, commerce and trade have become more and more lucrative, far exceeding the return rate of land, which has increasingly shaken the aristocratic land-based ideas, especially in the vicinity of Bao Feng City In the region, more and more nobles began to try to sell land, invest in factories and trade.

The old-fashioned Nicholas family already belongs to the latecomers in this wave.

The condition of this manor is very good. The manor is located at the foot of the Emerald Mountain about 40 kilometers east of Nicholas City. In the valley of the Emerald Mountain to the north of the manor, there are two small rivers flowing out. The Luss family built two dams at the mouths of these two river valleys to intercept the rivers and raise the water level. Relying on these two reservoirs, they built a complete irrigation system to irrigate the 100,000 mu of land controlled by the manor at the foot of the mountain.

There is a castle in the territory, a small town, and six villages control the entire territory.

It’s just that the total price of this manor is very high, as high as 10 million kronor. This is the price after the land price has fallen due to the massive sale of land by the nobles in these years, otherwise the price will only be higher.

Feng Chou hesitated and finally decided to take this manor.

Anyway, he has already made up enough money to upgrade the Universe Pagoda. As for the next upgrade, according to the urine performance of the Universe Pagoda, ten million is probably an utterly inadequate measure. There are not many of them. It’s not much worse without it.

The reason why Feng Chou wants to take down this manor is not because he has any territorial collectors, but because he wants to study spells quietly, he must have his own magic laboratory To build a magic laboratory, a piece of land that belongs to you is also necessary.

Although this territory is relatively large and expensive, it is very suitable for his requirements for establishing a magic laboratory. It is far from other territories, and the castle is on the slope of a stone mountain, which is very suitable for establishing underground magic experiments. room.

When I heard that Feng Chou was going to buy this ten million crowns worth of territory, the manager of Longman seemed very excited, and he immediately sent people to the mansion of the Marquis of Klers in the city.

Soon, the clerk who went to Nicholas House returned and asked Feng Chou to come to negotiate with him tomorrow.

That night, Feng Chou stayed at the best emerald hotel in Nicholas.

In the morning of the 2nd day, Manager Longman accompanied a middle age person in the gown of an aristocratic servant to the hotel.

Feng Chou, who had already finished washing, quickly walked downstairs to the hotel lobby after receiving the notification from the hotel.

The aristocratic servant next to Manager Longman, wearing a black dress, white shirt, black bow tie, gray pants, and black leather boots.

After being introduced by the manager of Longman, Feng Chou knew that the middle-aged servant was named Whitman, and he was the first-class servant of the Marquis Nicholas.

The three people left the hotel, got on the luxurious carriage with the family crest of the Nicholas family, and went straight to the residence of the Marquis of Nicholas.

The residence of the Marquis of Nicholas is located in the center of the city, just beside the City Council Plaza. This is a huge mansion that occupies an entire block. In the center of the mansion is a huge palace surrounding the palace. It is a wide square, with huge fountains on the front, back, left and right of the palace. All around the square is a neatly built garden.

This huge mansion, called Nicholas Palace by the Nicholas, is also worthy of its name.

The carriage passed directly through the gate of the mansion, through a garden, bypassing a huge spray pond, and stopped under the stairs in front of the gate of the palace.

Standing at the gate of the palace to greet him was Steward, the head of the Nicholas family, an old man with a straight stature, a hair grey-white, a grim face, and a black dress.

Under the invitation and leadership of reserved old steward, Feng Chou and Manager Longman walked through the luxurious lobby on the first floor of the palace, through a wide corridor, and came to a circular staircase at the bottom of the corridor. Following a spiral staircase to the third floor of the palace, and through a long corridor, the two were taken into a huge office.

This spacious room with brilliant crystal walls looks more like a ballroom than an office.

In the center of the office is a huge white gold-rimmed desk, and a thin middle age person wearing a blue silk dress and a white wig sits behind the desk, beside him , Stood a secretary wearing a white silk dress and a white wig.

In the four corners of the office, standing four sword guards wearing gorgeous heavy armors, Universe Pagoda told Feng Chou that these four were all high-ranking fighters.

Bring Feng Chou and Manager Longman into the office, and after introducing the two, old steward leaned slightly to the owner, turned and walked out of the office, closing them.

The Marquis of Nicholas, the middle age person sitting behind the luxurious desk, quietly looked at Feng Chou for a moment after Steward left, and then said: “Stuart master, I am very happy See you, please sit down.”

Feng Chou took off his hat, put it on his chest, bowed slightly to the other party, and said: “It is an honor for me to see you, Honorable Marquis.”

Feng Chou sat down on the milk-white leather sofa next to him after the Marquis Nicholas made the gesture of asking to sit again.

The Marquis not at all said hello to Manager Longman, nor did he ask him to sit down, as if he did not exist.

When Feng Chou sat down, the Marquis asked: “Stuart master, I heard that you came to Sutton from the sea through the West Coast route?”

Feng Chou said:” That’s right, Your Excellency Marquis, it was a very interesting journey.”

It is not surprising that Feng Chou knew about this. The Nicholas family and the Druids’ union are closely related, and it’s easy to learn from Gavin Elder found out about him.

Marquis said: “Can you talk about it? I am very interested in sailing, and very curious.”