"He who thinks hard about everything will accomplish nothing!"

- Frederick II

Humming pop songs from Earth in a language that no one could understand, Leo happily took the towel from the servant and wiped his face, the hot feeling instantly drove away the remaining fatigue in his body, and turned to look at several maids who were a little clumsy and were cleaning the Grand Duke's mansion under the command of the butler, Leo glanced at his mouth and said in a low voice, "It's all a lie in the movie!" ”

Indeed, the general malnutrition of the Middle Ages, coupled with the absolute division of classes, made these maids in gray linen robes really not to be seen, let alone make Leo bring up some unknown evil thoughts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Putting aside the physiological impulse to get up early in the morning, Leo casually threw the towel to the attendant behind him, buttoned up the gorgeous regular dress and greeted the busy butler, and took the lead in the hall to listen to the recent situation report.

Yes, stewards and maids, Leo's dream finally began after the arrival of the first caravan that came through the barony, this caravan not only brought all kinds of resources that Leo urgently needed, such as leather, iron ingots, sheepskins, etc., the clever merchant even rushed a few ploughing cattle and a large herd of poultry, and the jerky-eating almost crazy Leo was surprised, not only rewarded the merchant with a large sum, but also took out the precious spices brought by the system in the form of a small gift, let the caravan take out to try to sell.

With spices and a very small number of the finest gems (the Dragon's Tears Gems, which were no longer useful) being taken out by the caravan, almost all the nobles in the northern part of the continent were in revelry, not to mention the high price of gems that could almost make a viscount scavenge for the last gold coin, and the wide variety of spices alone was enough to make the nobles shine in the banquet.

Therefore, merchants and capital of any era have a keen sense of smell, since the first caravan leader who dared to try and made a lot of money in Leo's territory spread the news, the entire northern territory of the empire, and even the merchants in the central part of the empire, like cats smelling fish, flocked to the northernmost part of the former remoteness.

In view of the dense forests and poor roads in the Middle World, most caravans had to pass through the Barony of Leicester before reaching Stormwind, which made Leo more urgent to build roads, but also made the Baron's financial situation improve rapidly, and the tax alone almost filled the Baron's small coffers, not to mention the increasing number of merchants' normal consumption of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Leo heard the Baron's squire as a messenger between the two places, Baron Leicester would let out a terrible laugh even in his dreams these days, Presumably, Evely must have suffered from this.

Thanks to the increasing number of caravans, the talent problem that had been plaguing Leo was also solved by the baron who cared about it, and more than half a month ago, a sturdy old man who was nearly 50 years old was escorted by Sean, who had been promoted to the rank of baron's guard, with a simple carriage.

Gadolin Veran, a housekeeper who had been in the mansion of a certain viscount for most of his life, was at home because of the trivial matters of the family, and was later invited by the baron who cared about the matter, and introduced him to Leo, and the old man who liked to be called old Garin did not disappoint Leo, since he officially served as the butler of the Grand Duke's mansion, the once messy daily affairs were sorted out in an orderly manner, in addition to being a good hand in housekeeping, the old Garin was rare and extremely skilled in terms of human sophistication, It didn't take long for everyone, including Fein and others, to praise each other.

After a short investigation, Leo was also satisfied with all the trivial matters to be managed by him, and by the way, the treasury of the mansion was piled up with hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and some daily expenses were all entrusted to the old Garin, and only in large expenditures did Leo's supervision and permission be required, and at the same time, the servants who needed to maintain the daily work of the Grand Duke's Mansion and Leo's attendants were also recruited nearby or through caravans under the handling of Old Garan, of course, this was also related to the fact that Leo paid far more than other nobles' lucrative salaries.

For more than three months, in order not to idle the idle Knights of Punishment, under the leadership of Anthony and Keith, all the rebels and bandits within a hundred miles around Stormwind City were wiped out, not to mention the pitiful property confiscated, just hundreds of young men and a similar number of women and children joined, which surprised Leo for many days.

After taking a seat in the main seat of the hall, Leo opened a magazine-sized hard cowhide book with a little difficulty, shook the quill pen that he was still not used to using with his right hand, and recorded the situation in the past few days in an unnatural posture, then closed the diary and asked the butler who was standing quietly in front of him, "Dear old Garin, can you please report to me on the situation of the territory in the past week?" ”

"Of course, sir." The traditional butler first saluted rigidly, and then reported in an unusually clear tone of every byte, "In terms of finances, since you have not appointed a treasurer, you have temporarily given me the right to act as an agent, and the Grand Duke's income from commercial dealings and commercial taxes last week was one thousand seven hundred and thirteen gold coins, not counting silver coins and other monetary substitutes. ”

"Very well, go on." Leo, who didn't care much about money, nodded slightly, this income was not in his eyes.

"In terms of territory construction, among the several buildings that you have been paying attention to, the training ground has been completed, Lord Finn is satisfied with this after inspecting it, the stables will be built in the next three days, it is said that a caravan selling war horses is already on the way, and the rest of the military buildings, since you have not yet ordered the recruitment of soldiers, so the construction has not been prioritized."

Clearing his throat, the steward continued, "On the part of the people, due to the rapid expansion of the population, the first villages are no longer usable, and in the several areas I have planned after your consent, new villages and fields are developing, the only problem is that because of the need for too much wood, the edge of the forest has been cut down by the farmers, and many people have to go deep into the forest in order to get wood, and there have been several cases of wild beasts hurting people during this time. ”

The omelette that the maid brought up for breakfast was happily put into his mouth, Leo gritted his teeth and reluctantly drank half a cup of milk with a fishy smell, put down his knife and fork and thought about it, "In the future, the cutting work will be entrusted to the old people in the villagers to organize it in a unified manner, and the number of people entering the forest at a time is not allowed to be less than 10 people, and in addition, say hello to Finn, and draw out a small team of knights to take turns to protect." ”

"As you wish, sir." The butler magically took out a pen and a small notebook, carefully wrote down Leo's orders, and then raised his head slightly and waited for Leo's other instructions.

Looking at the thick waist of the maid's aunt who was packing the dishes, Leo shivered, stood up and walked slowly in the hall, and after a long time he gave the order as if he had made up his mind, "Inform Finn and the other two captains to come to me, I think you are right about what you said before, dear Mr. Veran, our population is increasing, and there are indeed many problems with a single knight order, I think we should bring the recruitment of soldiers into the current arrangement......"