Chapter 120: The Strange Maid
Leaving the barn, Tang Xin looked around in Fila Manor.
I found that the estate was very well run, the ground was very clean, even the dirtiest livestock circle was quite organized, and Tang Xin also saw some mills and bakeries, which showed that the Fila estate not only sold raw materials, but also further processing, in addition to the grape seems to be grown, the area of the Abel territory is very sunny, and it is also a good choice to develop the wine industry.
Tang Xin roughly estimated that according to these properties on the surface of Lafei Manor, the average monthly income is at least more than 10,000 gold, and if there are other industries, Tang Xin estimates that the monthly income of Fila Manor should be about 20,000 gold.
Tang Xin opened the lord's manual, the tax of each manor set on it is the most convenient to calculate according to the area, it is 0.5 gold coins per foot per month, MGM Manor has more than 3,600 feet, and the monthly tax is fixed at more than 1,800 gold, while Fila Manor has to pay more than 3,000 gold per month, this tax should not be too big a problem for Fila Manor.
Later, Tang Xin visited Pastor William and called him a priest because William, the owner of Fila Manor, was also the pastor of the Pelo Church in this diocese.
The relationship between the Lionheart Empire and the Holy See of Pero is very close, and the Lionheart Empire is also a country that develops agriculture, and most of the ordinary civilians believe in the Pero who is in charge of the harvest, and these dioceses are specially set up by the Perot Church for the common people, and William is the priest of this area dedicated to the missionary of ordinary civilians, he has no formal priesthood, but because he works in the diocese, he is respected.
"Hello, my lord, please take a seat, please take a seat......" William looked more gentle, and his appearance was also very handsome, and he looked less than forty years old.
After learning about Tang Xin's intention, although he looked quite calm on the surface, Tang Xin always felt that his expression was a little weird.
As soon as Tang Xin mentioned the topic of taxes, he immediately took out the gold coin from his arms and respectfully handed it to Tang Xin with a very embarrassed expression.
"My lord, I'm sorry, I'm a little short of money this month, so my taxes ......are a little late," Pastor William apologized incessantly.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's normal, I understand......" Tang Xin's expression was very relaxed, and suddenly, she mentioned casually, "By the way, Pastor William, do you know anything about MGM Manor?" It seems that the estate has not paid its taxes for three months, and if there is something wrong with the finances, then I will give them some time. ”
"No way, there's no way Miss Mira could do such a thing, something must have gone wrong." To Tang's surprise, Pastor William's reaction seemed to be very strong, which made Tang Xin have a plan in his heart again, and it seems that there is probably a story between William and Mira that has to be said.
"Hehe, don't get excited, I don't know much about the situation now, don't I just ask you casually, Reverend William, you seem to be quite familiar with Miss Mira?" Tang Xin said quietly.
"Oh, sorry, I was in too much of a hurry." Reverend William's expression was also a little embarrassed, and he seemed to be a little remorseful, and suddenly expressed a little fiercely, "That's right, Miss Mira is a kind-hearted lady, and she is very kind to the servants and farmers of the manor, and Lord Abel was very fond of her when he was still there, and often showed Miss Mira the novels and travelogues in his study. ”
"Oh, that's it, there must be something wrong, I just came over, and there are a lot of things I don't know about the affairs officer and adjutant below, I'm really sorry......" Tang Xin nodded, indicating that he understood, although he complained in his heart, this kind-hearted and the non-payment of taxes she asked before seemed to have nothing to do with it, and the IQ of this little green hat William did not look as high as his appearance.
Tang Xin left Fila Manor in a leisurely manner, and the relationship between these manor owners seemed to be quite complicated, and if there were any tasks, it would probably be related to this.
The next few manors are Domingo Manor Lord, Silver Star Village and Jinte Village, there is nothing special happening in these manors and villages, mainly because it is the spring planting season recently, and the funds are relatively tight so they are late in paying taxes, Tang Xin postponed the time for them a little, and they were grateful to Dade again and again to promise that they would pay it at the end of the month.
After visiting these manors, Tang Xin went to the manor directly under the Abel Territory - Hilton Manor.
Roy, the housekeeper of the manor, greeted Tang Xin respectfully.
Roy is a handsome young man in his twenties, wearing straight clothes, his hair is combed well, and he has the feeling of an elite, but in the face of Tang Xin, his eyes are still more respectful.
"Roy, how many years have you been working here?" When Roy accompanied Tang Xin to inspect the manor property, Tang Xin asked.
"My father was the butler at Hilton Estate, and I lived here since I was a child, and I have been helping with chores since I was twelve years old, and I have been for more than ten years." Roy bowed slightly, looking very respectful and modest.
"Oh...... So this manor has always hired temporary tenant farmers for planting in spring and harvesting in autumn every year? This is a bit strange because I see other estates and lands that have been cultivated by farmers who have lived here for generations. ”
"This was decided by Lord Ebel, mainly because the war had just stopped, and many people had left their hometowns, and these homeless people had no land of their own, and they could not be accepted by the lord of the manor, so at that time, Lord Abel built this Hilton Manor to hire these homeless people who could not work for a long time, but urgently needed money to support their families." When Roy talked about Lord Ebel, his expression was full of longing and unconcealable respect, obviously with great respect for the previous lord of the realm.
"Then Lord Abel is really kind-hearted, and the method he thought of can indeed solve the problem." Tang Xin praised, this Lord Abel is the father of Abel who now lives in the Hippoidon Heart Necklace, and little Abel did not mention much information about Lord Ebel, but it is obvious that the people in the entire territory, including these subordinates, the lord of the manor and the village chief, have a very high opinion of the old Elbel.
However, Tang Xin still had reservations, and everyone praised him, at most it showed that Old Able was very good to the outside world, but whether he was the same on the outside or a hypocrite who was better disguised than Yue Buqun remained to be verified.
The current property of Hilton Manor consists of a large area of ordinary farmland, with only a few corn and wheat and a small plot of rice, and the other property is a relatively simple but large lumber yard.
After Tang Xin knew the reason for the construction of the Hilton Manor, he could understand why the manor in this direct territory looked even more simple and simple than the small private manors such as MGM Manor, Fira Manor and Domingo Manor.
Considering that the homeless people were not all farmers in the first place, and perhaps they did not know how to work, then only the most ordinary agricultural tasks and logging work that only required effort were suitable for these novices.
"Okay, I have a general understanding of the situation, I will ask someone to design it, and then build some houses to attract homeless people to settle down, and then build some basic facilities, but that is a long-term plan, at this stage, you still follow the arrangement of previous years, hire some homeless people, and strive to complete the sowing of the land during this time." Tang Xin explained a few words to Roy, and then planned to leave.
She is very efficient in doing things, she patrols the whole estate, she has a rough plan for the future development, these things are very trivial chores, but to make a manor run well, these details are the most important things.
When Roy sent Tang Xin out, he happened to meet the maid of the Lord's Mansion to bring dinner to Roy, Roy was an employee of the Lord's Mansion, three meals a day, occasionally eating in the Lord's Mansion, and sometimes being sent by the maid.
Tang Xin didn't care about it, these background settings are an interesting part of the game, because players can really feel that these NPCs are real people, and when they play, they will have a more sense of substitution.
But when she returned to the study of the Lord's Mansion and began to write down the various clues she had obtained so far in her notebook, she suddenly thought back and felt that something was wrong.
She suddenly didn't have a clue what was wrong, but she felt that the maid who delivered the meal had a sense of disobedience.
Tang Xin bit the pen and thought about it, but he still couldn't think of anything strange.
At this time, Wen Er came with a message: "I have a project, which is a relatively confidential project, so I shouldn't be able to play the game in the past week, and the dragon soul is ...... over there."
"Well, okay. Is there anything you want me to do over there? Didn't you attract the dragon soul and the ice wolf before? Tang Xin dialed the communicator and replied that although she did not participate in the action of playing with the dragon soul, she could get a glimpse of it from the gossip messages of the girls in the channel.
Tang Xin only felt that Wen Er, a black-hearted goods, had an IQ that was indeed not comparable to ordinary people.
still remembers that they were in Rainbow Town to solve the task of Captain Hodge and Lady Anna, and the news was leaked by Wen Er himself, and he also earned a lot of money to break the news, which has been confiscated by Tang Xin.
After luring all the people of the dragon soul to Rainbow Town, Wen Er went to Captain Hodge and brought the people of the Ice Wolf who were working for the Brotherhood over, and he released several specious fake news, making the people of the Ice Wolf think that the clues of the Brotherhood's mission were on Captain Hodge.
Of course, this news is very technical, and it is the news that Tang Ji's family was arranged to chat with the NPCs in the town and released it.
The Don Guy family was very upright and had no talent for doing bad things, but just told them some simple information, such as Captain Hodge was back, Captain Hodge was an old friend of the proprietress Anna, and Captain Hodge was very powerful...... The content is also real and very daily, and the Tang Ji family brings these messages to chat with the people in the town.
Wen Er's step is undoubtedly very good, because the content of these messages is true, but you must know that gossip passes through different populations, and the effect is different......
Therefore, after further processing by the NPCs in the town, this information became the effect that Wen Er wanted.
After studying the news heard from the NPCs, the Ice Wolf's think tank came to the conclusion that there must be some big secret, a big mission, maybe an epic mission!
Because the ice wolf encircled and suppressed Wen Er and Tang Xin at sea before, it was also for this mission, the purpose was to intercept the Dolphin and Captain Hodge, so this time Wen Er's mission was offline because of the news of Captain Hodge, which did not arouse the suspicion of the ice wolf at all.
And it was this seemingly frivolous move that made the dragon soul and the ice wolf, the main forces of the two major guilds, all gather in this small rainbow town.
What Wen Er did was just a mouthful, and it couldn't be easier.
Dragon Soul is also a very famous guild, the president of Dragon Soul, Long Tian, is a super-rich second generation in reality, and he doesn't have any bad hobbies, but he likes to play online games, so he formed the Dragon Soul Guild.
Arrogant, protective and tyrants.
These three keywords can fully interpret the style of the Dragon Soul Guild.
Tang Xin and Wen Er just cut a pair of strange couples, the eldest brother of Xiaomei in that little couple is the deputy leader of the dragon soul, don't think that it is because of the relatives and friends of the executives that the dragon soul is so reluctant to give the chase and kill order.
The Dragon Soul's chase order is known as the most worthless chase order among the major guilds, and basically after a while, three or five chase orders will be issued every day, because even if it is just an ordinary gang member who is cut down, or an ordinary passer-by, but the cousin's boyfriend's sister's sister's sister's aunt of this passer-by is the sister-in-law's aunt...... No matter how many layers of relationship are separated, as long as it can be related to the Dragon Soul Guild, Dragon Soul can also transfer all the main forces, and the next chase order will be chased to the ends of the earth.
Therefore, the Dragon Soul Guild is also nicknamed the Neighborhood Committee and the Aunt Committee, and there is a kind of rich and willful in this guild, which is to meddle in things, no matter whether they are happy or not...... temperament.
Under the mental arithmetic and unintentional of Wen Ergongzi, the main force of the ice wolf who worked hard to solve the task and the main force of the aunt group of the neighborhood committee who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic met, so many elite players were together, and the leveling area alone was already overcrowded, and large and small frictions also occurred from time to time.
And for the arrogant lord of the dragon soul, it doesn't matter if you are an ice wolf, a fire wolf, a wind wolf, or a forest wolf...... As long as there is a little dissatisfaction with any of their members, that is, they don't take their dragon soul in their eyes, and they don't put their boss Long Tian in their eyes, hum! If you don't accept it, cut it! It's just you guys in a hurry to do the task!
Naturally, the group of arrogant aunts of the Guardian Neighborhood Committee with strong lethality launched a chaotic and protracted PK melee with the little sorrowful urges of the ice wolf running the task.
I didn't look at the wolf totem and lost the epic shoes, and he didn't have time to pay attention to it for a while, and he was already overwhelmed by the dragon soul, a gang of snake spirits who didn't play cards according to the rules.
"Hehe, there's basically nothing to do, these two guilds should fight...... Very happy. Tang Xin seemed to be able to see Wen Er's smiling fox eyes through the communicator, and Wen Er then wrote lightly, "The next task should be related to the Brotherhood and the Lionheart Empire's battle for the throne, as well as the Brotherhood's secret plan to control Zhì Kalu, so we must stand on the opposite side of the Brotherhood, I think...... It's better to take advantage of this time to solve the ice wolf, there are always people harassing people in two-way tasks, and it's quite annoying. ”R1152