Rhodes didn't spend much time wandering around when a female officer found them.

"Lord Rhodes, Lord Sandra, please."

Rod smiled and looked at the female officer with a nervous face, not wondering why she was able to find them.

"You're a little nervous."

The female officer's muscles trembled suddenly, and she saluted in a panic but forcefully, capable and concise, and the flat figure unexpectedly gave people a feeling of seeing beautiful things.

"I'm sorry, Lady Sandra told us about your deeds, and I'm thrilled to see you, and I have no ill will."

Rhodes smiled and quietly glared at the snickering Daphne.

"You don't have to be nervous, I think I can judge if there is malice or not. Since it's Lady Sandra who wants to see me, let's lead the way. ”

Follow the female officer to a hotel, during which you can see smiling people, these people's spirits exude joy from the inside out, they are very satisfied with their current life, especially the many well-dressed women, their emotions are even high to make Rod a little confused.

"Lady Sandra has governed Anluo City in an orderly manner, and it is three points more prosperous than the previous city lord."

Walking into the hotel and coming back from the street scene, Rod couldn't help but sigh, compared with the Anluo City in the memory of the original owner, the current Anluo City is much better, not only full of vitality, but also without so many nobles who have nothing to do all day long.

"It's great to get compliments from you."

Rhodes looked back in the direction of the voice, but it was Lady Sandra and her daughter Fanny, who had just returned to the castle.

"Where, I should have said no, I didn't visit you in the first place."

Lady Sandra looked at Rhodes with vague disgust, not in the slightest.

"I know that Lord Rhodes doesn't want to be public, so he didn't greet him, so please don't be surprised."

Because she had contact with Rhodes, she could see that this time it was not so much exile as avoidance, and it was time to avoid it if the limelight was too strong. Otherwise, why give him such a large piece of territory, even if it is a desert, it is a legal territory that many people can't ask for in their lifetimes.

"Where."

Rod waved his hand, compared to this kind of thing, he was a little concerned about Sandra's emotions, it seemed that he had encountered some troubles, Rod understood after a little thought, Sandra had something to ask for.

"Has Lady Sandra been in trouble lately?"

Sandra's face was startled, and then a wry smile appeared.

"I can't hide anything from Lord Rhodes, in fact, this matter is not a big deal, I shouldn't bother Lord Rhodes, I just think that this matter involves Lord Rhodes's territory."

Rod nodded yes, no impatience.

Lady Sandra saw it in her heart, and knew that Rod could at least listen.

"In fact, it is the kobold and the rat people who have been attacking the caravan frequently recently, and even a few bold kobolds have smuggled into the territory of the Sartre Kingdom to steal food from the residents of the surrounding villages and towns, and no less than five cases have been identified as kobolds in the past half a month."

Rhodes' eyes widened unexpectedly, he learned from the memory of the original owner that the kobolds and nezumi in the Northwest Desert were very timid, and they had occasionally attacked caravans before, but they had never heard of smuggling.

"Is this true? Those timid kobolds have the audacity to smuggle into the territory of the Sutter Kingdom? ”

Sandra nodded vigorously in confirmation.

"This phenomenon has only become serious since the new Queen of Léa, Duke Joni, moved all the oases to one place and planted a large number of plants that can suppress sandstorms."

"After my investigation, it is very likely that the desert oasis was moved to one place by Duke Johnny, causing the kobolds and ratmen to lose their livelihood.

"As long as kobolds and nezukrens want to approach the oasis, they will be discovered in advance by Duke Johnny and ruthlessly killed, never missed, and finally had to attack the caravan in the face of the embarrassment of survival."

Rhodes nodded, Jonny had received the power of a prophet from that totem god, and could communicate with the spirit of nature, with the spirit of nature guarding the woods, those kobolds naturally had no way to get close.

However, Sandra is not a prophet, let alone communicate with the spirits of nature, and the environment of the Northwest Desert is even more unpredictable, so it is impossible to do everything.

"That is to say, those kobolds and rat men have succeeded several times, and after tasting the sweetness, they think you are easier to bully than Duke Jonny, so they put their noses on their faces, and there are already a few kobolds who have smuggled across the border."

Sandra nodded helplessly.

"Yes, at the beginning they only attacked very little, but then they became more and more presumptuous, because because of their relationship, the merchants who originally planned to go to Laia had to be backlogged in the province of Stormwind, and they did not dare to go to Laia privately."

"After consultation with Duke Joni, although Duke Joni will send soldiers to pick up my official convoy, it has caused those merchants to only follow behind the official convoy to Leia, and for a long time, a large number of merchants are piling up in Stormwind Province, which will definitely deal a blow to the business of Stormwind Province."

Rhodes understood that since Leia became a province, even if Jonny used her divine power to transform the oasis into land suitable for planting, the crops could not mature in a day or two, and the cultivated area could not meet the population of Leia, so she still needed to import food from abroad.

And the nearest province with a lot of food production has naturally become the preferred target, and it has always been.

It's just that since Laiya became a province and the tax rate was greatly reduced, businessmen who saw huge profits naturally continued to pour in from other provinces, and sold the old rice that could not be sold in other places at a flat price, or even at a high price, and obtained unimaginable profits.

This naturally has an impact on the Storm Province.

After the kobold attacked the caravan, these merchants only dared to go with the official convoy of Storm Province at a time, so that because of the backlog of grain, it would inevitably affect the price and make the price go down.

When the price disparity was excessive, even some wealthy people were reluctant to buy more food from the official convoy of Storm Province, and instead turned their attention to the old rice of the private caravans, buying more old rice for the servants at home.

If these effects are still acceptable, then on the other hand, the hidden dangers make Sandra secretly anxious.

The influx of those merchants into Laia will inevitably pass through Storm Province, and it will also bring economic benefits to Storm Province, Sandra will naturally not dislike it, but with a large number of merchants congested in Storm Province, materials began to accumulate in large quantities, and for a long time, resulting in unstable prices, if they are not dredged and digested in time, it will definitely deal a blow to the local business of Storm Province.

This is the root cause of Sandra's eagerness, after all, the bulk of the grain transaction is the official of Leia, and the rest of the details will be abandoned, and she will be able to get it back from the merchants from the tax sooner or later, but once the local business in Stormwind Province is hit hard, it will cause unimaginable consequences.

But this made Rod's eyes light up, he was still worried about where to buy supplies, the Northwest Desert is his territory, and if you want to develop, you must need residents, but human survival there is a problem, so you can only subdue kobolds and rat people, but materials are a big problem, especially food, isn't this situation just right now.

Kobolds and rat-men don't care if they're old or not.

Rod couldn't help but glance at Simone.

Simone nodded slightly, and she and Rhodes thought of going together.

Rhodes looked back at Sandra: "If someone digests the congested supplies and subdues those kobolds so that they don't attack the caravan, does Lady Sandra think it will solve your troubles?" ”