439 A fiefdom where birds do not lay eggs
There are not too many good things, Wutong wore it on himself without saying a word, he only had a necklace and two rings on his body are jewelry, this bracelet and an anklet, but it makes up for the shortcomings of his lack of jewelry, as for the problem of wearing so many things and not being cumbersome, there is no need to think about it at all, there are more bits and pieces on the mage's body, and he doesn't care about these two more, anyway, the mage doesn't need to fight hand-to-hand combat often like a warrior, and the more bits and pieces on his body will affect his movements.
The rest of the bits and pieces are nothing to be rare, but Sycamore found two spell books from the "relics" of Shajiro, one "Bigby's Palm Book" and one "Rodagant's Elemental Book", Sycamore flipped through it, and unexpectedly found that these two spell books were the same as his own "Gurugul's Plastic Energy Book", both of which belonged to the [relics] of the predecessor spellcaster!
It's a pity that the secret text inside, Wutong can't be deciphered for a while, and you have to study it when you have time to decipher it, and it is estimated that the palm-shaped spell of Sajiro and the spell of various elemental balls are obtained from these two spell books, which is a good thing!
Wutong, who had obtained two "Spell Legacy", suddenly felt that this duel had been very rewarding, and it could be said that the value of these two [Relic] spell books had surpassed that of "Capricorn Carriage and Horse Travel" and the two [Strange Things] equipment he obtained.
Returned to Fairhaven City in a happy mood, Wutong and their group disbanded automatically, Lin Linling and Xiaoba naturally went back to the "Chamber of Commerce Headquarters" to deal with related matters, while the others scattered in a hurry to deal with private affairs, handed over tasks to tasks, learned skills to learn skills, and went to the familiar bar to relax if they had nothing to do.
Sycamore, on the other hand, returns to the Vinnarn Academy with his followers to report to Mr. Zemmour's recent situation, and then to visit Her Majesty at the Andel Palace to obtain his new title and fief.
To his surprise, he did not find Master Zemmour at the Venerne Academy, nor did he meet the queen at the palace.
"What's going on? Something seems to have happened? Wutong observed suspiciously, whether it was the tutors of the Venern Academy, or the chamberlains of the palace, and even the Fairhaven City revealed a trace of tension and haste.
The number of patrols of the city's enforcers and knights, as well as the movement of guards and soldiers, and the hurried appearance of the aborigines, made players curious and began to ask around about what was going on, but the news was only limited to the fact that the queen would publicly announce a series of new royal decisions to the people on the first day after the latest [Dragon's Rest].
This is a major event after the plague in Fairhaven! It seems that there is going to be some large-scale game plot again!
After staying in Fairhaven City for a few days, in the library of the Tower of Eternity, he spent a lot of gold coins studying two spell books, successfully deciphered the secret spell texts in them, and obtained a lot of rare spell sycamores, but he couldn't wait for Archmage Zemmour to return, but the royal ceremonial officer issued his title badge and fief, and the originally scheduled official audience and investiture ceremony was postponed again!
Although the official knighthood and fiefdom were obtained, it felt very hasty and sloppy, as if the royal family no longer had the leisure to focus on such a face-saving project as the awarding of a small baron.
Sycamore felt very unhappy, because not having an audience with Her Majesty and receiving the ceremony of the queen herself holding a ceremonial sword on his shoulder, for a baron, was somewhat unjustifiable, and it could have a certain negative impact on his [prestige].
Moreover, the content of the fief permit made Wutong directly dumbfounded, although he had long expected that the royal family, who did not have much undivided land left in his hands, would not allocate any rich and fertile territory to him, but he didn't expect that he would be so casually thrown to a place where birds don't: Gaote Village! …,
What is Gault Village?
The total population of a dilapidated village does not exceed three digits, and because there is no land worth cultivating, not a single tree of economic value, no mineral deposits, no sufficient water sources, nothing counted, and no nearby villages or population centers within a radius of hundreds of kilometers, the number of inhabitants is still decreasing.
Move away or die for a variety of reasons!
Yes, Gault Village is one of the saddest villages in the Principality of Andele, located in the Gray Bone Plain, the Forest of Broken Words, the Wilderness of Mourning, and the Star Mountains, the junction of the four northern fierce lands of the Principality of Ander, whether it is the [End War] of the [Dawning Calendar] period or the Dark Ages of the [Twilight Calendar] period, there are too many war scars left on this land, and these battles have caused the northern land of the Principality of Ander to become a worthless wasteland and dead land.
Sycamore, as early as when they were on the inaugural mission and went to [Wailing Wilderness], they passed through Gaote Village once, which is also the end point of the northbound journey of most players, and after crossing Gaote Village, they entered the blood-colored high-risk map that belongs to the Jedi at the current level of players.
After learning that the land with Gaote Village as the core and a radius of one hundred and fifty square kilometers was assigned to his territory, Wutong almost didn't tear up the fief certificate granted by the royal family woven with gold and silver threads, that place! What's the difference between having and not?
A territory without any economic output will not only have no use value for him, but will become a burden to him, even if there is not even a dog's tail grass growing on your territory, but the tax that should be paid must not be less!
"It's a scam! This is blackmail! There must be shady! ”
Wutong roared in front of the royal ceremonial officer, although the royal family has been very "kind" to exempt him from the tax of his fief for ten years, and all the output belongs to him, but Nima must also have output on this land?
In addition to the dilapidated 100 broken wooden houses, there is not even a wooden fence in Gaote Village, if you want to develop to have output, it is simply an impossible task, to put it mildly, even if Wutong wants to pay for his own money to build a house, he cannot buy wood and stone locally, Gaote Village is almost no grass within a radius of several hundred kilometers, and the land is all gray-white gravel!!
In front of the royal ceremonial officer, Wutong threw the fief certificate into his bag fiercely, silently protesting his indignation, and the ceremonial officer showed considerable sympathy for this disrespectful faux pas.
Whoever gets this fief in a different way, it is estimated that it has to be this kind of performance, no scolding is already a well-educated nobleman, it is better not to have this fief, at least the empty lord without a territory can also get a very rich salary from the royal family, and the nobles who have obtained the territory not only do not have this money, but also have to pay heavy taxes to the royal family.
The nobles who have no territorial income will have to develop and build their territories, and what will they use to support the knights under their command, let alone form a private army to protect the territory.
However, when the royal ceremonial officer left, Wutong took out the fief certificate and looked at it, rubbed his chin and pondered for a while, the performance just now was all for the ceremonial officer who represented the royal family, and the crying child has milk to eat, right?
In fact, this fiefdom with Gaote Village as the core, Wutong is still very satisfied, although there is no output, no resources, not even the people, the whole "no product", but its geographical location is "too good", just at the junction of the four fierce places, and before entering the four fierce places, the only supply point in the north, although it cannot get any income from agriculture, but it does not prevent the development of commerce here. ..., it is foreseeable that as the player's level increases, more and more adventure teams enter the four fierce places, as the last supply point for the north, any player who passes through here will have to stop here to rest, which will bring huge benefits here!
How else, even though they are in the same space, the world of the player and the aborigines are completely different?
The main thing is that the tax exemption for ten years is equivalent to more than three years in the real world, and Sycamore is very skeptical that he was still playing the game at that time.
In addition, although the territory demarcated on the territorial certificate is only 150 square kilometers, the surrounding area is simply a deserted dead land where the bird does not lay eggs, that is to say, he can "occupy" as much land as he wants, and no one will denounce him.
However, at present, Wutong does not have the ability to build this territory, so let's just start to build the territory, and if you start building the territory now, the expenses that need to be spent will not be enough to fill in all the belongings of the entire "Secret Shadow Chamber of Commerce"!
Notified Lin Linling to send someone to Gaote Village to sort out and build a little to create a small supply point, Wutong didn't care about this matter anymore, and obviously Lin Linling didn't have the time to take care of this matter, although the moment she got the fief certificate, Gaote Village was officially renamed [Wutong Ling], but it didn't have any economic value in a short period of time, and it couldn't attract investment, so Lin Linling was still busy preparing for the construction of the new industry of "Secret Shadow Chamber of Commerce" "Secret Shadow Flying News Company".
Before the outbreak of the Battle of Aoraon, using the pseudo-dragon demon pet of Wutong, he obtained a large number of [Communication Stones] from the kobolds, and it is completely possible to use this large number of [Communication Stones] to build a communication network belonging to the "Secret Shadow Chamber of Commerce", and even open the "public communication" business!
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