Although he figured out the reason for the desolation of the manor, Ain's mood was not very good.

If Marrington still has great hopes for the restoration of the manor, Ain's hope is basically zero now.

Because Ain has personally experienced the corruption and destruction of the entire Rether Kingdom, the faces of these nobles, Aine is clear in his heart.

If you want to sum up the real power class of Riesel in one word, it is best to be unprofitable. Restoring the manor in the northern part of Winterfell, which has been deserted, doesn't really have any interest in the Lord of Winterfell.

This is because the taxes of all the estates directly under the kingdom in the entire kingdom of Resel are handled by special noble tax collectors appointed by the noble council, rather than the civilian tax collectors appointed by the cities, noble lords, and provinces themselves.

This meant that the lords, lords, or governors or grand dukes of the provinces had no way to interfere with the taxes of the estates directly under the kingdom. Of course, if the manor is sold by the lord himself to his subjects, then the natural right to collect taxes rests with the lord.

Obviously, all the estates in this area in the northern part of Winterfell were compensated by the noble council for the landless nobles outside the Northwest Fortress, and naturally belonged to the category of manors directly under the kingdom.

However, the benefit is not only the tax revenue of the manor, but the bags of gold and glittering things can still be called benefits - but now Ain needs to use these three manors to create some wealth in a short period of time, how can he have the money to bribe when he is already short of money?

Therefore, Ain's trip to the city hall was also with the heart of not being helped. Anyway, if you don't pay off the arrears before the accident, it's a matter of paying back some more gold coins. Anyway, the real repayment deadline is not until the end of the winter year, and Aine is in a hurry to make enough money, just to pay back some money.

……

"Ain, did these alchemy instruments of mine solve the problem for you?" When Ain exchanged the alchemy instrument into's hand, couldn't help but say something in a boastful tone.

"Admittedly." Ain nodded, but his expression was helpless, "Without the alchemy instrument, it will take some trouble for me to figure out the reason for the desolation." Thanks to alchemy, but after discovering the cause, how to solve it became a bigger problem. ”

"Not negative energy? Nor is it a curse? "It's clear that's magic goods shop, which heyman has been running for years, has a good grasp of the words that come out of the mouths of these spellcasters.

"I thought so at first, but it's a pity...... Ain shook his head, "Anyway, the specific reasons are complicated, and I can't go into detail with you...... Anyway, it's hard for me to solve it with my own strength. ”

Ain didn't want to spread the news that the northern manor area of Winterfell had been desolate by magical rituals. Because there are so many large and small estates in that area, now he is only a judgment, not a 100% confirmation. If this speculation spreads like this, and the nobles of all sizes are busy working in vain, then Ain will become the target of public criticism.

"I see." nodded and didn't ask anything, "But my alchemy instrument has helped a lot, shouldn't I mean it?" ”

As he spoke, grabbed a money bag from somewhere and weighed it.

"Last time, you just erased my fraction, and now you still ask me for rent?" Aine replied angrily and amusefully, "If you had given it to you last time, I might have considered paying you a few gold coins for rent, but now, don't think about it." ”

With that, Ain turned around and left Heyman's magic house, leaving Heyman alone and muttering, "Even if I gave you those dozens of silver coins last time, I guess you will still find a reason not to pay rent today." Fortunately, His Majesty the Changer has given me such wisdom, and if I can earn a copper, I can earn a ......."

Originally, Ain saw that it was still early in the sky and was going to go directly to the city hall, but after calculating the duration of the arcane task of summoning the mount, Ain decided to go back first.

Because of Ain's current arcane attainments, each time he releases the summoned mount, he can only maintain the summoned mount for about two hours. It takes three hours to make a round trip from the manor to Winterfell, which means that Ain has actually re-released a summoning mount on the return trip, and the duration of this summoned horse is only half an hour.

Using arcane magic to summon horses to come out instead of raising horses to pull carriages, Ain didn't know if he would be boasting about his wealth and squandering spell slots at will, or if it would be undignified and the poor couldn't even afford to raise horses.

None of that mattered to Ain, he didn't want to see Malrington's look of loss.

"Marrington, let's go home first, and we'll go back tomorrow for the city hall business." Aine got into the carriage and spoke directly to Malrington.

Naturally, Marrington didn't think much about it, and he did what Aine said.

……

The next morning, under the same warm sun, the cold wind was still howling outside the city, but in the far winter, the city felt warm like spring.

This time, Ain mounted the horse he had summoned, and arrived alone in front of the town hall.

Although when Ain came into this world, this body was only new to riding horses. But the energy of riding horses countless times in the game in his previous life, coupled with the fact that Ain did not give up the training of riding skills later, and now Ain's riding skills are barely at some level. In addition, horses summoned with arcane magic are obviously much easier to control than real horses.

After canceling the summoning spell and sending the horse back to another world, Ain took out his family's coat of arms and handed it to the guard at the gate of the town hall.

"Aine Lannister, the heir to the Lannister Baron, wishes to meet with the Lord of the City, and he has discovered the reason for the desolation of the manor area in the northern part of Winterfell." Ain's previous life game is also used to this kind of formatting language in general mission language, so it is natural to say it.

"Your Excellency the Baron, please." One of the guards stepped forward and took the coat of arms from Ain's hand, "We will go and confirm the identity of His Excellency the Baron and the availability of His Excellency the City Lord, and if His Excellency the City Lord is willing to meet with you now, we will let you know; If Your Excellency is not available at the moment, we will also notify you of a time available for an interview. Routine, I hope His Excellency the Baron will not blame. ”

No matter what Aine says, he also has a knighthood, even if he has not reached the legal age and has not officially inherited the title, but as the only heir, he is still a spellcaster, so the title of this baron will definitely not be inherited, so these guards are naturally polite. After all, their right to talk to the noble lord on an equal footing is also brought by the position of guard, if they lose this position and offend a certain noble lord before, then they can be crushed by that noble lord casually.

Aine nodded very easily, he also knew that being a guard was not so easy.

Soon, the guards replied that His Excellency the Lord of the City was now willing to receive Aine when he had time.

Aine had already done his homework at home the day before through the gate in the sea of spirits, whether it was the name and surname of the lord of Winterfell, or the title and title, or his preferences, he knew everything well.

As soon as Aine entered the room belonging to the city lord's office, he saw Brady already standing in front of the desk, as if waiting for his arrival.

"Viscount Brady." Ain gave Brady a salute as usual.

Subsequently, Brady also returned the usual half-salute to Ain.

The title of viscount is actually similar to that of a baron, but the fief of a viscount is more important than that of a general barony, and most of the time it is a county or a big city. So in fact, Ain and Brady don't have that big title gap, but they are also the lord of Far Winter. So as is customary, Ain should bow first, and Brady must return the half-salute.

"Baron Ain, I heard from the guards that you have found a solution to the desolation of the Manor area north of the city?" Brady didn't say too much to the point, either, and cut straight to the point.