The Castle Lord's Mansion

Richard sat in the garden enjoying the warm spring sun, and a maid mixed some tea for him.

Since Lint took over the day-to-day affairs of the Demon Castle, Richard has been freed from these tedious affairs, and has time to bask in the garden, sip tea, and be salted fish for a while.

"Lord Richard, this is the territory situation of this month, and the amount of soap sales, please take a look."

"You don't have to look at it, I don't have to worry about you."

Lint, who was sitting opposite Richard, was reporting to Richard on the daily management of the Demon Castle.

Since deciding to work for Richard, Lint quickly got into the groove, and after getting a little familiar, he took care of the day-to-day affairs of the Demon Castle.

and soon showed his domestic talents, even better than what Richard originally did.

And Lint's refuge, Richard got not just a top talent,

Lint also has caravan channels, elite forces and even intelligence agencies, to use an inappropriate analogy,

Lint's defection was equivalent to bringing a rich dowry, Richard recruited a Lint, and incidentally annexed a small force in the North.

The funds brought by Lint greatly alleviated the financial difficulties caused by Richard's reckless militarism.

And through Lint's mature trade channels, the sales of soap were completely opened, and Richard had a rare surplus in finances.

"Nightingale, please send someone to accept it as soon as possible."

"I said, you can continue to manage the nightingale, and the others will not be able to manage it at this time."

Nightingale is the intelligence agency under Lint's original command, and professionally speaking, it is not as good as Yusidu.

After all, Yusidu's intelligence concepts are all from Richard, and Richard has absorbed thousands of years of experience and knowledge from the previous Blue Star to come up with a set of intelligence concepts that are incomparably advanced in the world, Yusidu's professionalism is higher than that of Nightingale, and it is not a thing that can make Richard proud, they just stand on the shoulders of giants,

Although it lags a little behind Yusidu in terms of professionalism and concept, it is undeniable that Nightingale is already one of the best intelligence organizations in this era.

Moreover, compared with the rain silk, the nightingale has a longer cultivation time and a wider area, which definitely has a great complementary effect on the rain silk.

"My lord, the nightingale must be taken over by you."

Lint was very serious this time, and no matter whether Richard was sincere or pretended, an organization like Nightingale should not be in the hands of a man he had just taken refuge in.

"In that case, you are still responsible for the operation of the nightingale, and I will select a few clever people from the rain and the official school of Tiemu City to go to the nightingale, and just change the nightingale according to the rain."

Richard saw that Lint was resolute, and after thinking about it, he gave a compromise method,

In fact, he really didn't worry about Lint taking the nightingale to make trouble, although the two sets of intelligence systems cost manpower and material resources, but there is an obvious advantage that the intelligence on both sides can corroborate each other.

As long as the minds of the two intelligence organizations do not collude together, then they will never dare to deceive Richard, because no one knows whether the other line has obtained relevant information.

In the case of rain, even if Lint has any selfish intentions, it is difficult to hide from Richard in major matters through the nightingale,

The most important thing is that Richard's real hole card is the group of loyal and unbetrayed system soldiers, with this armed force to support him, Richard has a sense of security, and rarely suspects.

"It's fine."

Lint thought about it for a moment, and accepted Richard's proposal.

"What's the progress of the recent expansion of Demon Town?"

"At present, there is no shortage of labor, but because of the large amount of work, I am afraid it will take some days to complete."

"But those kobold slaves are good at digging pits and quarrying stones, and they don't consume much food, so it would be nice to have more."

The project of expanding the Demon City with the Demon Castle as the center began after Richard sorted out the military affairs.

At this time, after the ogre was raging, there were still a large number of displaced people in the territory that Richard had taken over, which were all ready-made labor, and cash-for-work was the best way to deal with it.

The construction of the road and the city was started at the same time, and now the price to be paid is only basic food.

The expansion project of the Demon Town is the key project of this cash-for-work project set by Richard.

It's just that compared to Ironwood City, the expansion scale of Demon Town is much larger.

Because of the location, Ironwood City can absorb forty or fifty thousand residents if it dies, after all, although Ironwood City is the place where Hunter's family made their fortune, its location is still too remote, almost at the northernmost point of the Northland.

The commodities are also relatively simple, only some timber merchants will buy some timber, and there are some sporadic leather markets, a small wealth is enough, but it is difficult to have greater development, this level of ironwood city can not support Richard's ambitions,

The Demon Castle is different, although it borders the wilderness, it is actually closer to Drifting Snow City, and there is a wider Daling River flowing next to it, and there are some special abilities in the wilderness that attract many caravans.

It's just that the ogres in the wilderness are unreasonable and powerful, these caravans want to go to the wilderness to trade with their heads pinned to their pants, and the ogres need their goods to be true, but they can't stand this group of ogres are robbers, and they don't understand the truth of the long stream, as long as they encounter a tribe with crooked thoughts, the whole caravan has to be explained,

In this case, there are caravans willing to go to the wilderness to trade, which shows the high level of interest.

Of course, Richard's ambitions don't stop there, being the second of the Hull family is simply substandard,

What he wants to do is to completely subdue all the tribes in the wilderness, turn the dangerous wilderness into a safe passage for caravans, and incorporate the wilderness into his territory.

The amount of work in Demon Suppression City is at least five or six times that of Ironwood City, and the target is also the Drifting Snow City of the Lancet family.

Of course, such a large project cannot be completed in a short period of time, and the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.

"Lord Richard, Master Gandalf wants to see you."

"Invite him in."

"Yes, sir."

While Richard and Lint were still planning their plans, Gandorf finally couldn't help but come and ask to see Richard.

It's been almost a month since he went to live in the Demon Castle, and when he went to the wilderness, Richard didn't give a letter.

Although he was serving delicious food and drink all day long, he always had something in his heart and was not comfortable.

"Lord Richard, Lord Lint..."

After Gandalf entered the door, he still greeted the two first,

After living in the City Lord's Mansion for so long, Gandalf naturally understood Lint's current status, and when they first met, he also wanted to accept Lint as a disciple with Lint's talent as a mage.

It's a pity that Gandalf actually doesn't have any dry goods in his hands, and Lint is not as easy to fool as Rollin, so he has to give up on this matter.

However, after hearing this, Richard also asked Gandalf in detail if there was any way to measure the other party's talent.

After all, Richard has a system, and naturally knows that Luo Lin and Lint have higher mental power than ordinary people, and they are indeed suitable people to become masters.

It's just that in the face of Richard's inquiry, Gandorf kept talking about it, and in the end, he really didn't dare to fool Richard, so he told the truth.

Whenever he encounters someone who is weak and quick-witted, he will fool the other party to learn magic from him, because such people have broken off the path of knighthood, so they may be fooled by him.

Richard, who knew the truth, suddenly lost interest.

"Lord Richard, it's been a month, when will you be able to go to the wilderness..."

Although Gandalf was anxious, he still suppressed his temperament after entering the door, and reminded Richard in a tactful tone.

"Your Excellency Gandorf, sit down first."

Richard pointed to the empty seat next to him, and beckoned the waiter to serve Gandalf a cup of tea.

"Rishard, what do you see?"

Gandorf now completely lacks the calmness that a mage should have, and his mind is full of spells, magic crystals, and he is a little more anxious than Richard.

"The time is coming soon, you prepare, and we'll be able to leave in a few days."

After speaking, regardless of Gandalf's excitement, he turned back to Lint and said:

"And the kobold slaves you need, after this time, as many as you want."

The market has been refreshed again, and the city in the forest and the boulder fort have more soldiers after a month of accumulation,

The time, almost...