The old city lord is not at home, Riccardo is not only splitting the association, but also attacking the king's throne, most of the troops are used for internal attrition, which has caused a temporary emptiness in the Kate Kingdom, Tachibana has been moving frequently on the border line recently, and the city lord has led the troops to garrison the gate, and he has not returned to the city for nearly a month.

As the captain of the scout cavalry, Verde naturally followed the old city lord to guard the border. Zelonger stayed in the city and managed the affairs of the city for his father. The only friend who can speak is out, Ze Longer has been quite lonely in the past month, although there is a maid to give him 'relief', but he will be tired of doing too much, what he needs is a friend who can talk to him on an equal footing, not some echo worms.

So when Chen Xiansong visited, he was still a little happy in his heart, otherwise he would not have said 'sarcastic' Chen Xiansong, for some familiar people, such an unpolite dialogue is a very good performance of the relationship.

A few people entered the living room of the house, Ze Long'er asked the servant to bring good fruit wine, and after taking a few sips of the three of them, he asked: "Look at the invitation, from today onwards, you will be the branch leader of our Black Rock City, although I will go to your banquet in the evening, but I still want to congratulate you in advance." With that, he raised his glass and gestured.

"Thank you." Chen Xiansong's expression was not as high-spirited as the new official was about to take office, but he said a little gloomily: "I hope that I will never take over this position." ”

Ze Longer knew what Chen Xiansong meant, he patted Chen Xiansong on the shoulder, and didn't say much, because he could understand such feelings, but he couldn't really understand that most men born in the nobility didn't want to overthrow their fathers. Inherit the title as soon as possible, Ze Longer also has such thoughts, but he does not intend to inherit the family position by killing people, but with ability, he always feels that his father is old, a little too conservative, not radical enough.

However, Ze Longer only thinks about these things, and of course he will not say them in front of outsiders. He felt that the topic was a bit heavy and easy to be cold, so he said, "That's right. The two waterwheels in your house are really very useful, I have specially seen them, hundreds of acres of land do not need manpower at all, can be irrigated all the time, and now many nobles in the city are quite interested in this. Why do you build more planes and sell them? ”

"This matter has to wait for the order from the headquarters of the association." Chen Xiansong smiled and said, "After all, there will always be a lot of bonuses to me." The covenant that should be kept still has to be kept. Otherwise, who will still believe in my credit in the future. ”

"Makes sense." As a nobleman. Of course, Ze Long'er knows how much the contract affects the prestige of a family, but he has other opinions on this: "I heard that there is a fight to the death on the board of the association, and even the royal family has been impacted, although who is the king has little impact on our family, but no matter how you say it, it is a little difficult to accept." The association is in civil unrest, and I have heard that many places are unable to allocate even the funds they used to have. In this case, it doesn't seem so difficult for the club to find its own way out. People must not be starved to death. ”

Chen Xiansong thinks he has a point, but now the association is not short of money to spend. Besides, he has something to make money to build, so why bother selling a waterwheel: "I'll consider your opinion." ”

"If you really sell water wheels, you must help me keep three." Zelonger said very seriously. After a pause, he asked again, "I'm glad you came to be my guest, but now I can tell you what I mean, according to what I know about you, you are the kind of person who does nothing but go to the Temple of the Sun." ”

During this time, the City Lord's Mansion collected a lot of information about Chen Xiansong, and even recorded some boring conversations with the villagers one by one, and then they agreed that Chen Xiansong was a rare and good person, and then he was still a very unsociable person, and he usually liked to stay at home and do his own things, but this is very in line with the style of soul contemplatives, which is not surprising.

"Near the swamp west of the city, there is a mountain with spring water, you should know it, it is the land that belongs to your lord's mansion."

Ze Long'er nodded: "Zhilu Dao, that place is a small territory distributed to me by my father, and it is connected to other lands. Although there is nothing good on it, it is a barren mountain, but how can you say that you can cut down some timber every time, you ask what is this for? ”

Chen Xiansong looked at Zelong'er: "I want this mountain." ”

The nobles are all groups of creatures who are quite sensitive to profits, and when he heard this, a thought immediately flashed through his mind, 'There is money to be made'. The soul-contemplative person always plans and then acts, and does not see the rabbit and does not scatter the eagle. Especially among the geniuses of soul contemplators like Chen Xiansong, everything has the potential to create great profits.

"For what?" Zeron asked.

"I'd like to use it for a test." Chen Xiansong took another sip of fruit wine.

"It's not impossible to transfer it to you." Ze Longer played with the wine glass in his hand, looking like a snobbish businessman: "We are familiar with each other, but in this matter, the interests of our family cannot be conceded casually, so ...... What are you going to trade it for. That mountain is a very important piece of land to us. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong suddenly became helpless: "Just now you said that it was just a barren mountain. ”

"One time, another time." Ze Longer said with a smile: "Commodities may rise or fall in price at any time, and you, as a soul thinker, should understand this truth." And recently, our City Lord's Mansion has set aside a lot of land, first gave you a piece, and then the Chen family from the Aurora Kingdom bought a piece at a low price, if you take away another mountain, how much land can we have left in our City Lord's Mansion? An aristocratic family, if there is not enough territory, then it is not far from decline. ”

What he said is indeed true, the aristocracy has an extremely pathological pursuit of land, and money is a very important criterion to measure whether a family is strong, but people pay more attention to how much land the family has in their hands.

Ze Longer did make sense, but Chen Xiansong knew that he was just trying to raise the price. There is a lot of land in the City Lord's Mansion, and there is one less mountain, but there is less than one hundred percent of the land missing, and the City Lord's Mansion can afford to sell it.

"Just say what price or something you want." Chen Xiansong didn't want to beat around the bush.

Ze Long'er thought for a while, and then said, "You already have a Lady Bai Min, why don't you give Lady Bai Qianxin to our City Lord's Mansion?" I'll give you two more mountains for free, and my sister Lux can ...... too."

Tom! Chen Xiansong lightly knocked on the table twice, stopped Ze Long'er, and then said, "Don't talk about these nonsense things, say what you really want, or the price." ”

"I'm just kidding." Zeron shrugged.

Chen Xiansong said: "Some jokes can't be made. When he said this, the little guy who was drinking raised his head, glanced at his teacher, and then smiled sweetly, and continued to eat and drink, perhaps because he was growing his body, and the little guy could eat a lot of things at any time.

"Well, that's my fault." Zelonger coughed twice, and then said: "Recently, Tachibana has been on the border, and there have been frequent movements, which seem to be a big attack when our country is in turmoil. As a border city, there is a great possibility that our Black Rock City will be attacked, but because of the civil war, we may not be able to get reinforcements, so in this case, it is quite important to improve our armament, after all, one more combat power will be more guaranteed, which is also related to the safety of your Gray Rock Village. ”

"Raise your armament?" Chen Xiansong was a little puzzled.

"Exactly, we're looking for a way to make steel." Ze Long'er looked around, dismissed the servant, and then continued: "We have also inquired about your affairs in Qingxi City, and I heard that in order to inquire about some news, you sent the steel-making method out of Lu...... Our City Lord's Mansion also wants, if you can give it to us, I will not only give you the mountain, but also the land within three hundred meters of the mountain belongs to you, what do you think. ”

Chen Xiansong thought about it for a while and felt that it was feasible, after all, when he gave away the steelmaking method to others, he did not sign a contract for the other party to monopolize the technique, and it stands to reason that it can be transferred to others.

Seeing that Chen Xiansong had some intentions, Ze Longer continued to persuade: "And we can guarantee that this method will never be leaked. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Xiansong nodded and said, "Okay." Now are we ready to sign the land transfer deed? ”

Seeing that Chen Xiansong agreed, Ze Long'er only smiled lightly on his face, but under the table, the hands on his legs were clenched tightly with excitement, how much role can steel weapons play in war, they are the military families who know best, once this contract is signed, it will be a huge opportunity for their family, and his personal status in his father's heart will definitely be greatly improved, and there will be more hope for inheriting the position of city lord in the future.

With a slight sigh of relief, Ze Long'er calmed down his restless mood, and he said slowly: "Don't be in a hurry now, it will take some time to write the contract." But I think I'll definitely be able to finish it before the evening, and I'll bring you the contract documents when it's time for the banquet, how about it?" ”

"Okay." Chen Xiansong stood up: "In addition, I still have some things, so I won't stay here in the morning, and I'll see you in the evening." ”

"See you in the evening." Zelonger also stood up, and then he suddenly remembered something, he had just negotiated a big deal, and he was so happy that he almost forgot: "Do you remember the Dolan family...... After nearly a year of silence, their recent actions are very strange, and according to the intelligence investigation of the Verde Scouts, their target is most likely Greystone Village. ”

Chen Xiansong's body froze for a moment, and then said gratefully: "Xie Lu, thank you for telling me the news...... Sith, let's go back first, there is a lot of food at home, don't be so reluctant. (To be continued......)