"Knight Marlowe, Lord of the City...... Hasn't he come out yet? ”

In the castle of Red Leaf City, Caroline sat on the main seat and asked with a tired face.

"Yes, madam, the city lord has not been out for the past three days."

Knight Marlowe stood respectfully below.

"Hey...... Blanche, how is the implementation of the new policy, and is there any violent reaction from the people?"

Blanche is the only remaining municipal magistrate in the original town hall.

She pondered her wording and replied:

"It's okay for the people to say, although the order to only eat one meal a day after the order has aroused the dissatisfaction of some people, but most people can still understand, after all, the situation in Red Leaf City can't be concealed now, and many people are mentally prepared, but it's just ......"

"Just what?"

Caroline had a bad feeling, but she had to bite the bullet anyway.

"It's just that the merchants in Red Leaf City have already left for three years, you know, Red Leaf City's economic resources, in addition to the food grown, trade with other cities or villages is also an important part, perhaps because of the new policy, these merchants with a keen sense of smell are not optimistic about the future of Red Leaf City, so they have withdrawn in advance."

Blanche's tone was a little helpless, and after a pause, she said again:

"However, it's not too bad, because the evacuated merchants are all small merchants, and their ability to resist risks is poor, so they are naturally more cautious, and those big merchants are still in Red Leaf City."

That being said, Caroline knew that the stay of these big merchants was also temporary, and if Momiji City couldn't recover and get on the right track, they would have to leave sooner or later.

If it really comes to that time, then Red Leaf City will completely become a lonely city, losing the channel to communicate with the outside world, and there is no sufficient food stock, and it will definitely die.

"Will the merchants lend us some gold coins or grain?"

Although it was a shame for the nobles to borrow money from merchants, in this case, there was no way to do it.

"Oh, those merchants are more cunning than the other! On the surface, they are respectful, but when asked about borrowing, they just don't open their mouths, they always have an excuse to shirk, I think, they just don't like us, even if we are willing to pay 30% of the interest above the market price, they are still unwilling! ”

Blanche's tone was a little sarcastic, he didn't like the cunning, bloodsucking merchants he had already hated, and now he hated it even more.

"In that case, why don't the merchants leave?"

Caroline didn't know much about business, so she asked with some confusion.

"Madam, they are just waiting for an opportunity, after all, we now have a new city lord, maybe the city lord can help us through this - that's their idea. It's a small chance, but it's worth the gamble, and they often say that 'there must be opportunities in crisis'. ”

"New City Owner's ......"

Caroline bit her lip, a little reproachful.

She always believed that the reason why Zhang Feng left the castle was because she hesitated at that time, which angered the city lord and caused the city lord to "ignore political affairs".

In the absence of the city lord, she could only carry this burden alone, but it was clear that this burden was a little too heavy.

"About the identity of the lord of the castle......"

"Mrs. Hui, in the past three days, I only found out that the city lord, that is, Baron Zhang Feng is from the east, and it seems that he is still a nobleman, as for the rest, I can't find anything else, oh yes, I heard that the city lord seems to be very rich."

Knight Marlowe replied.

The scope of the east is too big, and there is no way to check it at all, but the royal city of their Buck Kingdom is also in the east, could it be that it came out of the royal city?

But none of this matters, what matters is the last word.

"Rich?"

"Yes, rich, he bought the best residential area and the best business area in Red Leaf City from the former mayor, and at the same time bought Charles's title and domain for 100 gold coins."

Knight Marlowe said with some amazement.

"Those people, it's really hateful!"

At the mention of these 100 gold coins, even Blanche gritted her teeth a little.

It stands to reason that even if the title is sold, the 100 gold coins belong to the City Lord's Mansion, but those greedy city officials stole Charles' relics during his lifetime and made transactions on behalf of the City Lord's Mansion.

If those former city officials hadn't swept away the grain of Momiji City, plus with so many gold coins, Momiji City would still have a chance to survive the difficulties.

"I'll go again today!"

Caroline's eyes flashed with determination, and she wanted to come to the door to apologize herself.

In fact, after Zhang Feng left the castle, Caroline went to look for him, but no one paid attention to the knock on the door, and Caroline didn't dare to go too far, so she could only give up temporarily.

But now that Red Leaf City is getting worse and worse, she can't care so much, so she can only risk angering Zhang Feng and invite him out.

As for why he had to find Zhang Feng, the reason was very simple, in addition to his identity as the city lord, the most important thing was that he was rich!

……

When Zhang Feng opened his eyes again, he had already come to the bedroom on the second floor of the otherworldly property.

"Whew~ I feel a little tired, I guess it's almost the same as bringing such a thing."

Zhang Feng looked at the mountaineering bag that bulged high behind him, and took a breath, knowing that it was the culprit who felt tired.

It seems that it is enough to bring a hiking bag, although according to the current state, it is okay to bring a little more, but it is not necessary, safety is important, and it cannot be overloaded.

Put the mountaineering bag away, Zhang Feng sat on the edge of the bed and rested for a while, and then prepared to go out for a walk, he brought so many supplies, it is not okay to hold it in his hands, see if there are any businessmen or nobles who can cooperate.

In fact, compared to trading with nobles, Zhang Feng prefers merchants.

Zhang Feng has known about the nobles of this era, and most of them are greedy for money, arrogant and ignorant.

On the contrary, it is a businessman, there are not so many things, and all interests are paramount.

However, before going out, he still had to fill his stomach first, Zhang Feng was in a hurry, and he didn't even bother to eat breakfast.

He prepares rice, steamed buns, eggs, pork, salt, green onion and ginger and other ingredients and seasonings.

First, wash the rice, pour water into the pot, and boil directly. Wait until the rice is cooked, add the chopped minced meat, shredded green onion, and shredded ginger. After cooking for another ten minutes, add a little salt and pepper. A delicious lean porridge is ready.

In fact, Zhang Feng originally wanted to make preserved egg and lean porridge, but he forgot to buy preserved eggs, so he had no choice but to make a youth version of preserved egg and lean porridge.

The aroma of the porridge was already very strong, Zhang Feng smelled it, it was that smell.

When the porridge is almost cooked, put the steamed buns in the pot and steam them briefly.

Then I started to boil the eggs, it only took about five minutes, and I quickly scooped it up, Zhang Feng likes to eat soft-boiled eggs.

These eggs are all the kind that Zhang Feng bought some sterile eggs in the supermarket, the kind that can be eaten raw, so he is not afraid that there are bacteria that will not kill anything.

Lean porridge, steamed buns, eggs, a very simple breakfast.

Although Zhang Feng can cook, he is lazy, anyway, he is alone, so he doesn't have to be so troublesome for breakfast, just eat a little bit.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

However, before he could eat, there was a dull knock at the door.

"Huh? Who's going to come to me, is it Kirton? ”

Zhang Feng glanced through the crack in the door with some confusion.

"Is that her?"

When she opened the door, Caroline's hand was still in a knocking position, and she didn't expect that as soon as she knocked on the door this time, the door would open from the inside.

Seeing Caroline, Zhang Feng subconsciously admired her beauty, and then asked a little habitually:

"What's the matter, have you eaten breakfast? Would you like to have something together? ”

"Gollum~"

Smelling the fragrance emanating from the room, the sound of swallowing saliva was particularly clear in the quiet room.