Chapter 6: Butler or Maid, That's the Question
At the first sight of the only son of the Grande family, Gram Peak, Leo felt that it was too suitable, appearance, behavior, the key is the brown suit, there is no better adjective than a butler or a deacon.
I'm going to woo this man to be my butler, Leo had a strange idea in his mind.
Mu Feng undoubtedly brought good news, although he could not give direct help, but the Grands family could provide support in secret, and if the situation was good, they could also consider turning away directly.
Not to mention anything else, just relying on the batch of materials transferred from other places by the Grande family, it is possible to resettle the residents of Songmu Town, and even to arm the young and strong labor force to a minimum.
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Although his father asked him not to question it, Mu Feng couldn't help but ask the bottom of his heart when he ended the interview.
"Lord Leo...... Do you really plan to rely on those ..... inferiors....oh no, the outlying dwellers to take Drifting Snow City?"
This question made Leo stunned for a moment, and then pretended to be unfathomable and smiled at Mu Feng.
"I naturally have considerations, compared to this, classmate Mu Feng, do you want to be my housekeeper?"
"Classmates? Is it to work for you, thank you for your love, I will consider it"
Mu Feng was confused, what was the new lord thinking, but listening to his father was always right, in short, he dealt with it first.
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Turning around, Leo noticed that Fran was looking at him with an extremely subtle look.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing....just didn't expect hello to that"
"Huh??"
Fran waved her hand
"Ah, of course I don't mind, after all, our country doesn't prohibit this"
Leo understood, this Red Rose Princess wanted to be crooked, and it was ridiculously crooked, or was she really easy to misunderstand?
Although Mu Feng is very good-looking, some neutral, it is better to say....cute? ..............Wait a minute??
Leo fell into deep doubt about himself.
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In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, the Grands disguised themselves as caravans and brought a large amount of supplies, food, clothing, medicines, and so on from the nearby mining city.
The most important thing is that there are twenty sets of light armor and halberds, and I have talked to the elders before, and there are many young people who are more willing to serve the new lord than to live in such a panic and live all day.
Even so, even if the princess and the assassin duo are counted under his command, there are only 43 people, and the average nobleman's family is several times more than this.
Leo rubbed his eyebrows, he really came to take office, why does it feel like he is here to attack the city, his plan is not enough to rely on this little manpower! What the hell does the Dwarf King think?
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The four major family meeting halls are all here today, and the four major families have held more meetings recently than in the past year.
"In my opinion, send someone directly to give them to ......"
The head of the Dio family glared at the person who spoke and shook his head
"Nonsense, the princess is by that lord's side, she just pretended to be an empire before, and now she has so many eyes watching, do you think it's long?"
Dealing with a new lord is not the same thing as dealing with a princess of the royal family, if it is discovered, everyone present will feel a huge pressure, from the dwarven king who has been undefeated so far.
Everyone didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in that emperor's gourd.
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Leo decided to call the elder and ask, what is the elder's name? In RPG, this kind of character is basically a position = name.
"Your Excellency needs to gather people?"
The elder's name is Lucio, and when he knows it, Leo is also stunned, but fortunately, there is no DJ in this world and there is no need to DJ.
The old man obviously had some clues, but he wanted to say something, obviously scruples about something.
"It's okay, if you have an idea, just say it"
He swallowed and spat, and said two words tremblingly.
"Mountain people."
Leo then understood why the elder was stumbling, it was indeed a bit taboo to mention it in front of ordinary princes and nobles, but Leo was a complete outsider.
The so-called mountain people are the relatives of the dwarf kingdom that once caused a rebellion a hundred years ago, the main personnel were executed, and the remaining accomplices were exiled to the northlands, and they could not be naturalized as commoners of the kingdom for generations, and could only live in the mountains of the northlands.
Now, although a hundred years have passed, many people have forgotten this history, but it is still a very disgraceful thing to let the royal nobles conspire with those criminals, and in a sense their status is even lower than that of serfs.
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After the elder left, Leo couldn't help but sigh, after this matter ends, basic education must be universalized, otherwise no one can help count all kinds of information of materials and personnel in the event of such a big move, and it is the first time since high school that he has worked so hard to write a book.
"Do you really want to use those mountain people?"
Out of the palace, Fran let herself go more and more, directly straddling the chair with her back and cocking, her head resting on the back of the chair, not at all elegant as before.
"Zi said, there is no class of education, even if it is a mountain people"
"Who's the Son?"
"A great saint"
"What is a saint? Is it the same as the priest of the church?"
"That's the Priesthood..."
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Fran didn't have a match when he spoke, and the chair was also very noisy, Leo rubbed his eyebrows, thought about it, and picked up Fran directly.
"Ahh
Ignoring Fran's struggles, she turned to the other side of the chair and sat her up straight.
"Your Highness wants a lady, do you know? I have something to do now, you have to see that you can be quiet."
Fran's face flushed instantly, and she began to speak.
"Got it"
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The town of Pine often exchanged supplies with the mountain people's garrison, after all, the mountain people were not allowed to enter the towns of the kingdom unless they had permission to do so.
In this way, Leo was saved a lot of trouble, and the elder was very familiar with the leader of the other party, so he could save a lot of intermediate links.
As long as the price is sufficient, there is nothing that the mountain people can't talk about, and I don't know how much criticism will be attracted by this move in the royal city, but the mountain here is high and the emperor is far away, and there is the first princess of the kingdom as a backer, what can anyone say?
I asked the elders to do it in the evening, and I received the news the next evening, lamenting the efficiency of the work, but there was an unexpected harvest.
Originally, Songmu Town was only friendly with one nearby settlement, but after the exchange of opinions between the settlements, the other two settlements were also somewhat interested, and the principals expressed their desire to meet with Leo.
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"Three days later, the mountain and forest festival invited me to a banquet? I have a bad premonition..."
"Then why don't you go? The opportunity you have given them to serve is already a great gift."
Fran pouted, unable to understand Leo's self-succumbing to meet them.
"The mountain people are not stupid, the conditions I offered are very good, I shouldn't refuse, I'm afraid that someone will get in the way"
It was useless to think about it, Leo shook his head
"In case something goes wrong"
Looked at Fran and turned his gaze to the Assassin duo.
"I'll bother you to protect it."
"Yes..."
The guards were fine, but the two of them felt that the eyes of His Highness behind Leo seemed to be about to pierce themselves......