"Father, I'm fine."

Richard recovered from the impact of the golden finger.

Viscount Sauter was relieved to see that Richard did not look like he was in physical damage.

"I still ask my father to keep it a secret about my promotion to knighthood."

In this troubled world, you always have to hide some hole cards, and you can become a knight, and try not to expose it if you can.

Viscount Sauter nodded, and promised to hide Richard's promotion to knighthood first, although according to his heart, he really wanted to show off outside.

He is well aware of his strengths and weaknesses. Let him ride a horse and cut people, that is a good hand, let him sit down and manage the territory, engage in conspiracy and calculation, and his scalp can be blown up.

Therefore, when Richard showed his management skills at the age of twelve, Viscount Sauter happily handed over the daily management of the territory to Richard.

He wasn't afraid that anything would go wrong with Richard at that time, anyway, in the land of Hunter's Command, no matter how big the matter was, it was no bigger than the knight's sword in his hand.

Richard's management ability has also proved to be much more than he expected, and the territory is prosperous at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and the castle that used to be unpleasant to eat meat can now be opened up at will, and there is still a surplus to eat and drink.

So Viscount Sauter was even more bold to hand over power to Richard, spending more time every day drinking, practicing martial arts and watching circus, anyway, he didn't like to grasp power, and he didn't doubt his son's thoughts.

……

Richard returned to his room with some thoughts, the room was spacious and bright, and the maid had already packed the bedding and warmed the bed for him.

Of course, if Richard needs it, these handsome maids can also do things other than warm the bed, but Richard has been tempered for two lifetimes, and he is not a hungry ghost who does not choose to eat, but it makes these maids who have been hungry for him for a long time disappointed.

Evil feudal society.

After the strength is improved, some plans can also be implemented.

Richard lay on the bed and thought briefly before falling asleep.

The cold night in the Northland was unusually quiet, and even a few insect chirps seemed prickly.

…………

A ray of sunlight poured into the room through the window, and Richard, who had slept soundly all night, had already woken up early in the morning.

In the eyes of the soldiers of Ironwood Fort, Young Master Richard did not train on the training ground for the first time today, but rode a horse outside the city alone.

However, Richard had a very high prestige in this Ironwood City, and he didn't have any more soldiers patrolling to ask when he wanted to go out of the city.

After leaving Ironwood, Richard rode straight to the lumberyard outside the city.

The soldiers and workers on the lumberyard guard were surprised by Richard's arrival, but they quickly saluted him.

Richard nodded, handed his horse to the soldiers and walked towards the timber storage warehouse.

Timber trade income has always been one of the important economic sources for Hunter Collar.

The Hunter family's territory is in this bitter cold land in the north, relying on the inexhaustible ironwood forest, and more than 100 jinnars can be earned every year by selling rough ironwood.

You must know that after Richard's rectification of the entire territory, the annual tax revenue is only 500 jinnars, the important field tax revenue is only 300 jinnars, and the more than 300 full-time soldiers that Richard has painstakingly built up spend more than 100 jinnars a year, which shows the importance of these lumber factories to the Hunter family.

"Master Richard, is there anything I can do for you?" The steward of the lumber mill had already received the news and rushed over.

"It's okay, I'll go into the warehouse and take a look, you can wait outside."

"Okay, I'll be waiting outside the warehouse, and you'll be ready to tell me anything."

Richard's prestige in the entire territory is almost the same level as his father Viscount Sauter, and even faintly higher than Viscount Sauter, and the stewards of all parts of the family are respectful to Richard, and they never dare to discount the things prescribed by Richard.

Those who dare to discount are now either hard laborers or have become the souls of Richard's two uncles.

……

In the humble timber warehouse, there are neatly stacked ironwood that has been preliminarily treated.

Richard walked up and put his hand on a pile of wood.

"Timber found, whether to collect it."

The interface of the system appears in consciousness again.

Richard silently said "yes" in his heart

The whole pile of timber disappeared into thin air.

"Congratulations on harvesting a unit of wood."

Richard roughly estimated that the value of the wood that had just disappeared was nearly a kinnar.

I have the impression that the game of Hero Invincible consumes resources in single digits, and this consumption is not unacceptable.

Richard then added all the other timber in the warehouse to the system, and obtained exactly ten units of lumber.

Richard then called the timber mill steward in.

When the steward entered the warehouse, he saw the empty warehouse and fell to his knees in fright.

He read again and again: "I didn't do it, I didn't do it." ”

It's no wonder that the steward is nervous, Richard is very strict, if he is treated as greedy for the wood in the warehouse, he is afraid that he will lose his life according to the rules.

"I know, it's none of your business."

"Today's matter is rotten in the stomach, and the wood is reported as a loss, and I will say hello to the chief steward."

With that, Richard turned and walked out of the warehouse.

After Richard left, the timber factory steward finally relented, he couldn't figure out how Richard had made this warehouse full of timber disappear, and his awe of Richard deepened.

…………

There are still a few other timber factories like this, but Richard did not continue to search for wood, and it was okay to loot one, if they were all taken away, it would affect the Hunter family's timber trade.

Although no one would question his actions, it was not conducive to the development of the Hunter family's territory, and Richard knew very well.

In the same way, after harvesting ten units of stone in the quarry, Richard probably had a bottom in his heart.

The two most important resources for the development of the Terran castle have been settled, and gold can be directly converted with Jinnar, and 1 Jinnar can probably be exchanged for 100 units of gold is also within the acceptable range, as for the rare resources that may be used in the later stage, it can only be said at that time.

Richard rode his horse to the wilderness farther away, and then silently recited in his mind:

"Receive the Castle's initial strength."

A few seconds later, a group of powerful-looking soldiers walked out of the ironwood forest not far away and approached Richard.

"Lord the Chosen One." When the soldiers came to Richard, they saluted him respectfully.

However, Richard did not respond for the time being.

Because after receiving the initial troops, the system pops up with an option to make a choice between reward resources and troops.

After a little thought, Richard opted for a force reward, and his next plan needed stronger troops to carry out.

After Richard made his choice, a small group of soldiers came out of the ironwood forest and saluted in front of Richard.

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Richard: Terran

Power: 5.9

Constitution: 6.1

Dexterity: 6.5

Spirit: 2.8

Skills: Beast's Breathing (Master), General Qi Induction (Elementary).

Army: Spearmen (18), Archers (10), Swordsmen (3), Crusaders (1)

The heir of the Hunter family, a young genius knight.

Open your own people panel and add an army column.

Richard took the trouble to communicate with every soldier who appeared, and found that each of these soldiers had their own name and independent thinking.

In addition to being rooted in the idea of allegiance and the chosen one, they are living people.

However, no matter how much Richard asked them, he couldn't tell how he got to this place, and he kept saying that it was a call from God.

After the conversation, Richard began to assess the strength of this group of system fighters, and this group of strong men with an average height of more than 1.85 meters did not disappoint Richard.

The most basic spearmen are probably on par with Richard's long-trained professional soldiers, and the archers' archery skills are slightly higher than those of Richard's army.

Unfortunately, the griffin was not an aerial unit in the gift, but several swordsmen, especially the Crusader, gave Richard a huge surprise.

The three system swordsmen all have the strength of peak quasi-knights, and their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of Richard's two cheap uncles.

The crusader was even more terrible, and in the confrontation with Richard, he also ignited a blue-gray fighting spirit, and almost blinded Richard.

This crusader is probably also at the level of the first knight stage, and the amount of fighting qi is probably the level of general qi induction, and his basic physical fitness is even slightly inferior to Richard, but he was stunned to fight with Richard with his superb swordsmanship.

Richard put away his sword and told the group of soldiers to call themselves Young Master Richard and not to tell anyone where they came from.

Richard then led the group of soldiers on the road back to Ironwood City, and Richard, who was in a good mood, even hummed a ditty on his horse.