"One gets one, one two gets two, two two gets four, three three gets nine......"

The bustling road of people coming and going, this is a real road, and the traveling merchants driving horse-drawn carriages come and go, and the sound of horses' hooves and horses is endless. The road standard set by the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang at that time was too narrow after all, even the widest road could only accommodate four large carriages in parallel, but Desmond was already in the third year of trade, and even the most remote places inhabited by the barbarians of Eastern Europe had a reputation of 'flowing milk and honey', and there were more than hundreds of carriages coming and going every day, and the rest of the places were fine, once they reached the road intersection, they would be blocked all of a sudden.www.biquge.info

However, even in such a situation, there was a group of people who occupied most of the road, with the leading knights in front and the special custom-made in the middle, one with two large luxury carriages, and the back were guards in double leather armor, as soon as such a team appeared, the whole road was suddenly blocked, and it was impossible to get out, but no merchant dared to complain.

For the eagle depicted in the carriage with its wings outstretched and the knight proudly holding his head high all indicate that the one in the carriage is the eternal, the only and supreme ruler of the land, His Excellency the Grand Duke of Donchester.

Only, if a passing merchant with a keen ear listened carefully—if there really was a human ear that could be so sensitive—he might be able to hear the crisp recitation of the girl from time to time in the carriage.

"Woo-I don't want to learn, don't learn!"

Like chanting scriptures, Xiao Leah, who had a headache by reciting mathematical formulas, became angry, and directly threw the multiplication table written by the Duke of Xiao Tang in her hand into the window of the carriage at a lightning speed, and then sat back casually and continued to play her good boy.

"Lily, you're ......!"

Duke Tang wanted to be angry, but what kind of person was Leah, although she was still young, she was already a beautiful woman, the more beautiful a woman was, the more she would deceive, and before Duke Tang could speak, two tears almost fell.

"Okay, fortunately, I'm prepared, continue to study, I'll keep an eye on you all the time, don't be lazy."

sighed, the little Tang Duke himself had to admire his foresight, in fact, this is also his old routine, everyone here, who has never lost his temper and tore the book when he first started school, just stand up, let's have a good talk.

"My brother is a bad guy, he knows how to bully me, and he always forces me to do things I don't want to do."

Hey, Lily, speak responsibly, don't say as if I did something I shouldn't have done, I just force you to learn Chinese every day, force you to learn mathematics, and then force you to study politics, that's all, it's not a thing at all than when I was in school!

Duke Xiao Tang complained in his heart, but in fact, he also understood that it was indeed a little embarrassing for Leah to let a girl suddenly learn these things.

This is the Middle Ages, just like in ancient China, women are virtuous if they are not talented, and the girls of ordinary peasant families began to help the family work early, and married out when they were old. The girl of the aristocratic family, who does not pay attention to free-range, does not care whether there is a girl at all, pays attention to it, or has expectations for the girl, just like the previous Earl Connell, hiring professional aristocratic teachers, etiquette, movements, conversation, appearance, a girl only needs to master these, and it is enough to become a beautiful vase.

As for those important serious things, isn't there a saying that war, let women go away; education, let women go away; Politics, let women go away; The important things are handed over to the man, and the woman can teach her husband and children at home with peace of mind.

But Little Tang Dagong, he can't do this.

He promised Xiao Leah's mother that if she wanted Leah to grow up healthily, then there would be no less things to teach Leah, if Leah was just an ordinary girl, it would be okay, even if she was allowed to play, it didn't matter how big the disaster was, anyway, in this acre and three points of land, Duke Tang Xiao Tang is the sky. But Leah is the Earl of Ulster, an earl, which means that she will be a leader in the future, as a leader, she doesn't know how to calculate, can't read or write, and can't politics, and the final result is definitely to be played to death.

Even if it is the little Tang Grand Duke, it is impossible to be by Leah's side all the time! So no matter how much Leah pretends to be pitiful now, no matter how much the tears in the corners of her eyes are dripping, the little Tang Grand Duke still has to be hard when she should be hard, and never give Leah a little illusion.

The noisy time passed quickly, although the speed was much slower than when the two people and two horses, the little Tang and the Count of Alcoba, galloped all the way, but when they came to their senses, Cork City was already close at hand.

Today's Cork City has undergone a new round of construction, and it is not the same as last year's time, the dock has been expanded, the urban area has increased, and the trading area has expanded again, almost reaching the size of the plan, and it will take five years to achieve this level in the plan!

However, Xiao Tang Dagong estimates that achieving this point is almost the limit.

After all, Desmond is still only an earldom, limited by the number of people and cultivated land, the annual output is always limited, even if all of a sudden the territory expands several times, but the development of new territories always takes one to two years, and other territories also have their own cities and ports, and it is even more impossible for the Duke of Xiao Tang to abandon other territories and only develop Desmond, that is the real cart before the horse.

So, if nothing happens, that's the end of Desmond's development. Although what should be done is still the same, building roads, clearing wasteland or anything can't be left behind, but the center of gravity of the little Tang Grand Duke has begun to slowly turn to the two counties of North Munster and Ormond.

After all, if the developed index is set at 100 points, then Desmond can get at least 70 points, of course, 70 points is not high, but it is already very difficult to improve, instead of trying to improve 70 points, it is better to improve other places that are not even 20 points to 60 points, so the progress is not greater?

This plan deservedly had the full support of Cash, the treasurer, who, in his opinion, had the greatest potential for development in the whole of Ireland undoubtedly Dublin, which was now under the control of the Archduke of Don, followed by North Munster, which was also under the control of the Archduke of Don, and had such a good place not to develop, but only one Desmond in his eyes, which was too small.

But these are still digressions, even if the center of gravity shifts to a little bit, with Desmond as the center, step by step to the periphery, the time needed does not know how many years it takes, it is really a long-term plan, only with patience.

After all this gossip, the carriage finally drove into the city of Cork, crossed the main road that divided the residential area and the trading area, and stopped when it reached the Government Square, and in front of the carriage, Crane, who was waiting eagerly, and the merchants who came behind him, were already waiting to see the demeanor of the little Tang Grand Duke.