"Come, let one let go!"

On the side of a road in Bay City's residential neighborhood, a middle-aged woman in an apron pulls her voice to chase away two children who are playing under a sign.

At first, the two children ignored it, and played there by themselves, until the middle-aged woman reached out and pulled at their ears, and then she turned around and ran away in fright.

However, he didn't go far before he turned back again.

"Aunt Marshan, what are you doing?" watched the middle-aged woman tinker in front of the sign, and one of the little boys curiously poked her arm.

"Go, go, my aunt is busy, I don't have time to pay attention to the two of you. The middle-aged woman named Ma Shan turned around angrily and drove away.

The two children ran away with a grin, and then they didn't go far, just watching.

At this time, a young man with a short beard passed by, he looked at the busy appearance of the middle-aged woman, and couldn't help asking, "Sister Ma Shan, what are you busy with?"

The middle-aged woman looked back and found that it was her neighbor, so she replied casually: "It's nothing, the notice issued by the lord, I have to paste them on the notice board." ”

"Billboard, this board?" the young man looked at the side of the road, where a square board hung from the wooden pole. I didn't have this before, but I was recently brought in by the new lord's people.

There are also other places in the residential area, and there are dozens of them scattered around.

I didn't know what this thing was used for, but now that I look at it, I almost understand.

"What did the lord notify?

The inhabitants didn't know much about the mysterious lord, and if it weren't for the fact that he would come out every day to inspect the territory, many residents would not know that there was an extra lord above them.

In this regard, they didn't have much reaction, just like the former city lord, they basically couldn't touch officials like the lord, so naturally they didn't care much.

The only thing to worry about is that with one more lord in Bay City, will the residence tax increase?

Faced with the young man's question, the middle-aged woman named Ma Shan replied: "There is no tax increase, but the citizens are informed that he will hold an inauguration ceremony in three days, and the place is in the square in front of Pochi Castle." ”

"Oh, no, I'm not going. The young man was relieved, but he also lost interest, he usually worked on the docks, but he didn't have time to watch the inauguration ceremony.

"The lord said that the inhabitants who went could each receive half a pound of wheat, and said that it was his greeting gift. ”

Hearing this, the young man who was about to leave with his legs raised couldn't help but stop.

————

At the same time, many of the staff hired by Rowan as clerk were as busy as Ma Shan.

The port area, the business district, the residential area, and the slums, each area has many new signs, and the signs in each area are pasted with clean white paper, shining in the sun.

These aunt-level employees are not only tasked with posting notices, but also explaining to everyone who passes by what the notices say.

In Bay City, there are very few literate residents, most of whom are illiterate, but after a day of fermentation, most already know that the lord will hold an inauguration ceremony in three days.

That's not the point, the point is that as long as you listen and listen to it, you can get half a pound of wheat for free!

No one is not interested in this kind of cheap delivery, people talk about it, and the idle people in society are happy without obstacles. Those who have jobs are frowning and thinking about how to get their bosses to agree that they will go to the ceremony in three days.

Even people who don't care about half a pound of wheat are quite interested.

Half a catty per person, there are at least 20,000 people in Bay City, and this new lord is really generous.

————

Allen, who has been praised by many for his generosity, is now bargaining with people less generously:

"Two gold coins!"

"Ten!"

"Two and a half!"

"Ten!"

"Up to three gold coins!!"

"Ten!"

Alan looked depressedly at the guy in front of him who ate him and drank him, and still talked about the price with him.

Faded away from yesterday's drunkard-style sloppiness, ate and drank enough and took a bath, the mage named Raphael in front of him still looks more in line with the positioning of a middle-aged handsome guy.

It's just not very particular. Alan pouted secretly.

As a mage, doesn't he know the phrase cannibalism has a short mouth?

With a salary of ten gold coins a month, you can buy a house in Bay City.

Give him a house a month? Although mages are scarce, Alan is not a big deal.

"Big deal, wait for that old Oliver to come and make a deal with him. Alan pondered psychologically, and finally quoted a price: "Five gold coins, if it doesn't work, I'll find someone else." ”

"Deal!"

As sure as he bit ten gold coins and didn't say anything, the word deal was so decisive that Alan didn't react a little.

He looked blankly at the middle-aged mage with a serious face in front of him, and subconsciously asked, "Didn't you say ten gold coins?"

"I think five gold coins is worth me. The man in front of him said without changing his face, rolling up his sleeves and raising his hand to take a sip of coffee as he spoke.

Alan wondered if he had found a fake mage, but the feverish left hand and the birthmark charged with a star proved that the man in front of him was indeed a mage.

After thinking about it, Alan suddenly laughed, and he raised his glass to indicate slightly: "Happy cooperation." ”

Raphael was a little surprised, he thought that he had been "tricked" by himself, and the young nobleman in front of him would be angry and even drive him away, but he didn't expect to be so calm.

didn't even ask him if he had real talent, so decisively agreed to hire himself for five gold coins a month?

"Is it because you have a lot of money and you don't have anywhere to spend or do you know who you are...", Raphael hesitated, but in the face of Allen's frank gaze, he still raised the coffee cup in his hand: "Happy cooperation." ”

Although Raphael's personality is not in tune, he is very accurate in asking himself, this kind of accuracy has gone beyond the level of the mundane, but a strange ability mutated by long-term practice of meditation, and he can sense the general emotions of the target through his eyes, and he has never made a mistake.

The clear eyes in front of him did not dodge at all, and the emotions revealed were also very open, which proved that he was not hiding any other thoughts, but really just appeared like this.

"Interesting. ”

Raphael somewhat admired the young guy in front of him.

As soon as this thought came to him, a ball of light that only Alan could see quietly floated out of the middle-aged mage's body, and then came to him with Allen's stunned expression and merged into Allen's left wrist.

The warm feeling of absorption made him stand up subconsciously.

"What's wrong?" Raphael looked at Allen opposite strangely, wondering why he suddenly looked like this, did he want to regret it?

He subconsciously straightened his back and looked at Allen, secretly vigilant in his heart.

It's not okay to regret it, he finally found such a long-term meal ticket in front of him, but he can't let him run.

Due to the rules of the tower, he couldn't leave Bay City, but Bay City could afford to hire his magic apprentice for five gold coins a month, and he didn't have one.

Without Tari's consent, he can't casually instruct ordinary people to learn magic, and those who know a little magic are not restricted.

The big fat sheep in front of him met his requirements perfectly.

"Or three gold coins?" said Raphael, but Allen sat down calmly.

However, although it no longer seemed to be anything out of the ordinary, Raphael could still see the joy in his heart in Allen's eyes.

"Am I missing five gold coins?" Raphael unconsciously touched the two whiskers on his upper lip.

It's a lot, soak in Perfume Street every day, and you need about three gold coins a month, and the remaining two gold coins can be left to buy some small gifts to bring to the girls. As a rough estimate, a total of five gold coins should be enough.

Luckily, Alan didn't know what was in his mind, otherwise he might have regretted hiring him.

However, he was quite grateful to the unscrupulous Mr. Mage in front of him now, if it weren't for him, how would he have discovered this new way of taking energy?

Yes, the new way, the same as the original cognitive light cluster, after this light merged into his left wrist just now, Alan knew why it appeared.

It's the power of appreciation.

Raphael had just risen a wave of appreciation for him, so this ball of light appeared!

But since appreciation can be condensed into a group of light and absorbed, is it okay to like, admire, worship, and so on?

So, what about fear, disgust, and even hatred?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but regret that he didn't like to contact the mages much because of their loneliness.

I thought it would be okay to be recognized, but whoever thinks there is another way, blame him for not digging deeper.

"It seems that future development plans need to be adjusted. Alan finally concluded.

The charge of the six-pointed star is not too rigid, you only need to know his name and his general appearance, you can absorb the energy mass in the air, just like the temple in the previous life, it is useless to have the name of the god alone, there must be a statue of the god, and private worship is also, or get a small sacrificial table at home, or hang a statue necklace or something. The absorption process of Allen's six-pointed star is similar to this.

There are very few entertainment facilities in this world, and he originally planned to use the convenience and entertainment nature of newspapers to vigorously promote them, and then spread information and images about himself, so that he can only plan and promote them in the rear, but now it seems that he has to put more effort into the content part.