"Less... Young master, your oatmeal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Behind him, there was a somewhat timid voice, like a mosquito, but with a sense of familiarity that had not been seen for a long time.

"Alice, put the porridge on the table. ”

Zhou Ming smiled slightly, leaned on the back of the chair and stretched his waist, tilted his head, and watched the panicked person put the tray on the table, his hand shook, and he almost spilled the oatmeal porridge in the porcelain bowl, and finally put the tray away, but found that the eldest young master's eyes seemed to be watching him all the time, and Alice, who was standing on the side, didn't know where to put her hand, her face was red, and she was about to cry.

Looking at this maid wearing a headscarf on her head, a white apron tied around her waist, a black dress decorated with a circle of white ruffles, and a tie tied to the apron tied into a bow behind her back - this kind of maid costume was designed by Zhou Ming for the castle maids two years ago after the construction of the Grand Collar Linen Workshop, with a kind of linen fabric with fine fibers, after dyeing, once launched, it was popular among the maids because of its beautiful shape, noble temperament and convenient work.

Even, after being seen by many lords who came to the castle as guests, they were quickly introduced to the castles of various territories.

Even the mother Madame Madeleine, who was accustomed to wearing bulky long skirts supported by huge skirts, also fell in love with this kind of maid outfit, for a period of time, she wore that maid outfit every day to cook and work, and there was no decency that a baroness should have, and after being scolded by Baron Connor several times, Zhou Ming had to design a few more dress-style lady's clothes, and after wearing it felt good, her mother, Madame Madeleine, said goodbye to her attachment to maid clothes (but sometimes she still wears them).

And Alice, who was only 12 years old in front of her, not only showed off her delicate and small figure after wearing this small maid outfit, but also set off her delicate face with white and red.

No wonder when he transferred Alice to his side as a maid some time ago, his wife Fanny said with jealousy that he had brought a little vixen over......

However, Zhou Ming can let God testify, he transferred Alice to his side, just to take care of this sister in the previous life, and he didn't have any other ideas at all, and a 12-year-old girl didn't grow up well, and she didn't develop well...... Hey, how is Alice's plump place, wasn't it still an airport when she first entered the castle? It's only been two months......

"Woo~"

Alice, who was already very nervous after being stared at like this by the eldest young master, was crying with a sad face at this time, her body trembled slightly, and she wanted to cry out loud.

"Oh, Alice, don't be nervous...... It's been so long since you've been at the castle, do you think you're still comfortable here?"

Zhou Ming, who found that he was rude, quickly withdrew his gaze, and chatted with this sister in the previous life in a gentle and kind voice.

"Well, good... Okay, good here. ”

Hearing the eldest young master's gentle and easy-going question, Alice felt less nervous, nodded awkwardly, and had the courage to tell the eldest young master about her recent situation in the castle, of course, the living conditions in the castle are much better than at home, you can eat soft white bread every day, drink delicious broth, occasionally cakes and milk, there will be gifts on holidays, there is a monthly salary, she lives in a single room of a senior maid, and she is not too tired to serve the eldest young master alone.

But...... The main problem is that there are too many rules in the castle, and Karina's mother, who is in charge of training her, is too strict with her, and the maid will punish her harshly as long as she does not reverse...... and seeing that she was hesitant, Zhou Ming asked for a long time before she asked, his wife Fanny's personal maid Annie has been bullying her recently, calling her over almost every day, and then hitting her with a board dozens of times in her palm......

Zhou Ming grabbed Alice's dodging hand, put it in front of him and looked at it, and immediately became angry! Those women who have nothing to do when they are full and have nothing to do, and they are nested in the room all day long, they really can't stop for a moment! A 12-year-old girl can get this hand?

"I have to take care of this!"

The delusions in the minds of the women who want to hurt Alice must be completely extinguished and cut off!

The next day, Zhou Ming called more than a dozen of the main stewards and housekeepers in the castle, including the two maids who were married by his wife Fanny's side, all together, pulled Alice and solemnly said to them: Alice is his person, no matter what she does, even if she wants to punish her, he must ask for his opinion! Also, if anyone dares to punish Alice privately, if he knows, he will definitely let that person know the consequences of doing so!

After speaking, Zhou Ming glared at Anne fiercely, causing the woman to shrink in fright, and said with the other stewards: "Yes, eldest young master!"

After a delay of half a day, after dealing with this matter, no other servant dared to bully Alice anymore, and the price was that his wife Fanny seemed to have eaten gunpowder, and she had not taken care of herself seriously for several days...... Zhou Ming shook his head, women are just this incomprehensible, too cautious in some aspects.

However, in the past few days, Zhou Ming took a group of servants and leaders to take the key to the castle vault from the butler Bunod, opened the vault, moved all the gold and silver treasures inside, placed them in the front square, personally checked the specific amount of property, and carefully counted them.

Three days later, the more than 100 boxes of gold coins, more than 400 boxes of silver coins, and more than 50 boxes of treasures placed in the front square, Zhou Ming changed three batches of people, counted them three times, and then converted all the silver coins and treasures into gold coins, and finally calculated the number of 1.0863 million.

Zhou Ming frowned: "No, after deducting various expenses, the net profit of Grand Collar has been more than 300,000 gold coins every year in recent years, and last year, it was conservative more than 500,000 gold coins, and it stands to reason that the property in the vault should not be less than 1.5 million ......."

Instead, a smile flashed at the corner of Zhou Ming's mouth, it turned out that the sheep I raised was fat, and now, it's almost time to slaughter it......

In the afternoon of the same day, after saying hello to his father Baron Connor, and after obtaining his consent, Zhou Ming took two knights and thirty collars, and called dozens of servants to pull a dozen heavy-duty carriages, and came to the mansion of Bunod, the butler of Rose Town, and led people straight into Bunod's bedroom, and in the name of finding something, he lifted the bed board of Bunord's bedroom......

That's a staggering amount!

Fifteen heavy-duty carriages pulled back and forth three times before they brought the hundreds of chests of gold and silver treasures hidden under the bed of Bunod's bedroom to the castle square, and poured out all the gold and silver treasures in the chests, and after counting the amounts, good fellows, the total value of these hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures reached an astonishing 880,000 gold coins, almost as much as the property in the castle vault.

"Butler Bunod, I originally planned that if the amount of your family's private treasure is less than 200,000, I will take half of it, and leave the rest for you to retire with; if the amount exceeds 300,000, I will consider confiscating it all, and then thank you; if the amount exceeds 400,000, I will reduce your whole family to slaves in mining...... But I didn't expect that the amount of money you embezzled was as much as 880,000 yuan that I couldn't believe, butler Bunod, do you think it is better to hang you in public, or give you a bowl of poison and give you a decent death?"

Zhou Ming clasped his hands and looked at the housekeeper Bu Nuode who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly.

The butler Bunod slapped himself desperately, hugged his thigh and said, "Young Master Edward, I deserve to die, I deserve to die!" But for the sake of my service to the territory for so many years, please spare my life? Please spare me, I will never dare again!"

"Dare to say that there will be a future?!"

Zhou Ming kicked the dead pig away, and said to his father Baron Connor, whose face was full of disappointment: "Dad, what do you say should be done with this giant rat of the Burns family?"

"Hey, give him a little money and let his family go, don't go back to Gran to get it......" Baron Connor sighed, shook his head, and left the ......square with his back in a gloomy Bunnold is a loyal servant who has followed him since he was a child, and he is loyal, and after he became the steward of the territory, although he knew that Bunord's hands and feet were not very clean, Baron Connor, who missed his old love, still turned a blind eye and forgot it, but he didn't expect that his greed had swelled to such a ......

"Daddy......"

Zhou Ming wanted to call Baron Connor, if he just let Bunod go, he would inevitably become a huge hidden danger if he knew a lot of trade secrets and workshop secrets in the Gran Collar...... At this time, Bunod let out a pig-killing cry, constantly shouting "old man", interfering with his words.

Zhou Ming wanted to draw his sword and kill this guy, so he had to muttered a few words in the ear of the Willard knight, and then asked him to take a few collars to drive the Bunod family, who had simply packed their luggage, out of Rose Town.

Soon after, in the dense forest south of Nathan's territory, there were more than a dozen terrible screams, and a group of "thieves" of unknown origin killed all the Bunod stewards and his family who were about to rush to Rodzburg......

At this time, Zhou Ming had also sent a large number of open or secret messengers to release a shocking news in the territory of many kingdoms such as Volis, Chulin, Arino, and Iron Castle, among the thieves operating in the wild, and in various places where gossip was circulating:

The Free Business Alliance of the Kingdom of Volris is about to form a mercenary union, and any knight, adventurer, thief or any profession who is interested in joining the mercenary union can obtain mercenary medals of different levels as long as they pass the assessment of the mercenary union. The merchant group'), will recruit a large number of mercenaries who have passed the assessment of the mercenary union, bronze-level mercenaries, with a monthly salary of 10 gold coins, with additional task commissions, and black iron level mercenaries, with a monthly salary of 20 gold coins, with a higher additional task commission......