When Xiao Chen and his entourage arrived at Suero, it was already evening, and the convoy entered the inner city in the shadow of the city gate stretched by the sunset. After not seeing him for more than a month, Suero is still as prosperous as before, and the horse thieves in the remote mountains have no effect on the merchants and nobles here.

Li Jia finally waited until the effect of the charm technique disappeared, and finally she could no longer hide in the carriage to avoid harassment. He rode alongside Selinda, curiously looking at the people and scenery inside the city.

It was dinner time, and the streets of Sueroone were quiet and devoid of pedestrians. The convoy walked along, leaving behind the clatter of horses' hooves against the gravel road, and the creaking of wheels.

Most of the roadside shops were busy, and the proprietors and men had closed their pavements with thick cloth or planks, and the light of lighting hedrons and candles had begun to emanate from the windows of the houses and inns.

Selinda pointed to the rows of shops and said, "Suero is the largest trading city in the northwest of the kingdom, how is it compared to your hometown? You can even see Imperials, Dwarves, Elves, and Sea Clans. ”

Li Jia smiled, whether it was Shenzhen where he grew up, or Shanghai where he studied, where is such a small city comparable? Just click a street on the map, and the prosperity is many times that of here. It's a gap in the times that can't be bridged in any other way, and he responds, "Well, it's interesting. ”

Li Jia's compliment was insincere, and somewhat annoyed Selinda, who argued, "The commerce of the royal capital is nothing more than that, not to mention the rigid empire and the fragmented trading ports of the south." Unless you're from another world, there's no city on this continent that can underestimate the riches of Suero!"

Is it another world? Li Jia smiled and didn't answer, but this expression was seen by Selinda.

"Do you like it here?" he asked.

"Well, I like the atmosphere of the city. It's vibrant, and the city in my home territory doesn't have that flavor compared to that. Selinda sighed.

"No matter how good a city is, it is built by people, and I believe that your hometown will one day be more prosperous than here. Li Jia's eyes swept over a large-scale snack shop in the local area, except for the wooden shelves, where would it be the opponent of the supermarket.

"It's easy to say!" Selinda stared ahead, and seemed to think of a lot of things for a moment, "Suero's prosperity is more than a thousand years, this is a place where trade and roads meet, and no other city can learn it." Not to mention the fact that there are those who do not want such a city to appear in the fiefdom of Arias. ”

"Is it the Earl's political enemy?" asked Li Jia.

Selinda shook her head.

"If it is your wish to build a prosperous city in your hometown...... I can't promise anything, but I'll try to help you make it happen. Li Jia stretched out her hand and gently held it on Selinda's hand.

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Selinda and her entourage went to her house in Suero, and everyone from the school came to the hotel where Xiao Chen stayed before.

But as soon as they entered, they were told by the boss that Miss Luo had moved out of the hotel half a month ago and moved into the house she had bought.

Xiao Chen took the address given to him by his boss and looked at Chen Hansheng, he knew that most of the gold coins were used for military expenses at that time, and Luo Ling didn't have much capital, so he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

When they found the address on the note, they were surprised to find that it was a quiet mansion adjacent to the center of the city.

The mansion has three floors, covering an area comparable to a small shopping mall, with at least seven or eight rooms on the first floor. The walls of the mansion are covered with carvings, and there are all kinds of birds and animals on the eaves, which are simple and gorgeous.

Xiao Chen's team was large in number and full of goods, and it attracted the attention of the people in the house before it reached the door. The door soon opened, and Luo Ling, Xi Luo, and several people left behind by the business team came out together.

Luo Ling's appearance tonight is rich and gorgeous. Her hair was curled up, she wore a gorgeous light blue dress, a sapphire necklace the size of a pigeon's egg around her neck, and a white fox fur shawl draped over her shoulders.

"It's great that you've come back victorious. "The merchants have brought the news of the defeat of the horse thieves, but I am relieved only when I see you with my own eyes." ”

"The horse thief is back. Xiao Chen looked at her blankly, "But, but how did you become like this?"

"If I didn't believe in your teacher Luo's personality, I would have thought that you were a local tyrant. Chen Hansheng said.

Luo Ling saw that everyone's eyes were focused on her dress, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "You are all fighting, and we are not idle." I'm dressed in work clothes, and if I don't dress like this, I can't enter the circle of noble ladies. Don't worry, I didn't use a penny of your money, this house and the business are all real money. ”

She said to Cilo, who was dressed as a housekeeper behind her: "Ciro, please inform the Baroness, I won't go to today's party, and then arrange for everyone to eat and bathe, and you can find some people to help everyone unload." ”

"Yes. Silo saluted and instructed the little servants around him, and soon, a group of strong men came into the courtyard and began to move the goods under the command of Cilo.

"Please, everyone, show me around your new home, and when you're done with it, the meal should be ready." I've been training the chef for more than half a month, and you can eat a little bit of Chinese food here. ”

The dinner really brought a bit of Chinese flavor, and it was not easy to cook the dish to this extent without soy sauce or vinegar. During the banquet, talking about the war horse thieves on both sides, it was not easy to do business, and everyone sighed.

After dinner, everyone rested. Xiao Chen asked Luo Ling to meet alone in the study.

Xiao Chen went to the study first, picked out a few books on the shelf, flipped through them but didn't see a word. The back and forth in his mind at this time were fragments of getting along with Luo Ling.

When he didn't see Luo Ling, Xiao Chen had been thinking about how to face her, and the hug he had left last time seemed to have opened a certain barrier between the two, and he wanted to establish something through this. But I am afraid that an inappropriate word will destroy everything before. Between men and women is a game of slow temptation and gradual approach, just like a passenger plane needs a runway when landing, and going straight up and down will cost people's lives.

Luo Ling had already changed out of the dress when she came, wearing a shirt and skirt, looking capable and charming, she leaned against the door frame, looking at him with a smile, as if she could read through his thoughts.

Xiao Chen had a hunch that if he said something at this time, he might immediately receive a good person card. So, he chose to avoid that topic, and instead asked, "How have you been these days!" ”

Luo Ling smiled a little smugly and snapped her fingers, "I also participated in a few boring dance parties, met some chattering wives, visited a few rich misers, and then talked about a few business." ”

"It seems that you are very good, don't the profiteers here deceive you that you are a single woman?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"Do I look like a good bully?" gestured to the fist.

"In this world, most women still have to be attached to men. Xiao Chen was amused by her movements.

"That's the way stupid women and stupid women live, do you think I'll be like that?" Luo Ling frowned.

"That's not it, I'm just curious about whose prestige you borrowed? It can't be Mrs. Xiao, right?" Xiao Chen smiled sheepishly.

"Hmph!" Luo Ling snorted lightly, "You guy just likes to be self-righteous, as if the world doesn't turn around without you." Why should I be Mrs. Xiao, can't I be Master Luo Ling? Madame Magician or Magician, which one is more powerful? Have you seen those rich businessmen look respectful in front of me, which one dares to be as presumptuous as you. ”

"You're pretending to be a magician, aren't you afraid that they'll find out?" Xiao Chen said in surprise. But then he realized that he had asked a stupid question, wasn't he playing all the way before?

"Who will check me? Who will dare to check me? I am a magician, and I will only benefit a hundred percent of their business. Does it matter if it's true or not?" Luo Ling took out the ledger in her hand and threw it to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen picked up the account book, only turned a few pages, and exclaimed, "This is the business you have done in just over a month?"

Luo Ling's business has dozens of items listed in this account book. Luo Ling did not invest in anything new at all, but used her vision and ideas to organize these local productive forces and produce all kinds of profitable new products.

For example, she used the mage as a guise to cooperate with the pig dealer, and the other party was flattered and let her own half of the shares. The bristles and wooden handle are equal to a toothbrush, the pork is canned with iron sheets, and after the pigskin is nitrated, the tailor she hired is made into a backpack and insole. She used the goods as funds to invest in other projects. After a few times, the funds left by Xiao Chen have turned over several times, although they can't be cashed out immediately, Luo Ling already has a full hand of contracts and a whole warehouse of goods.

"This ...... , which is also an exaggeration. Xiao Chen felt that his self-confidence had been hit like never before.

"Resource integration is just that, if a modern person can't even do this, he hasn't lived in the information age for so many years in vain. Luo Ling winked at Xiao Chen.

"But the house and the servants are expensive, right? I guess you don't have much money left. ”

Luo Ling smiled: "This house is really not expensive, I bought it at a tenth of the market price, and I used the goods to offset the account." Together with the Diaz family and the Bacchus family, we formed a trading company called 'Golden Jasmine', and the trading company used my products to defeat several competitors in some fields. This house was originally owned by one of the unlucky ones, and after he went bankrupt, I took over the house. ”

"This is a way to cut off people's money! We have such a big move when we first arrive, will there be a problem?"

"The Diaz family and the Bacchus family are both land snakes, not to mention that Baron Gregory, the baker who controls the city guard, also has a stake in Golden Jasmine. Whoever wants to beat us up has to weigh it carefully. Luo Ling looked in the direction of the city wall outside the window and said: "Since a few weeks ago, the thugs who wanted to set fire to our warehouse were hanged outside the city wall, and it is already known that the Golden Jasmine Chamber of Commerce is not good to mess with Suero. ”

Xiao Chen nodded yes, "That's what I said, but you still have to be careful about your own safety." ”

"Well, in order to protect myself, I bought a dozen or so slaves, and the porters you see are actually members of my slave guard. ”

"Slave Guards, we want to go together!" Xiao Chen said with some excitement, "This time we came here with a mission, which is to purchase a batch of slaves and increase the number of people in the school. I didn't expect you to go one step ahead! Are your slaves obedient? Can you do good things?"

"Sometimes, simple-minded slaves are more reliable than our own. After they were bought, everything in their lives depended on their masters, so they could do all kinds of things in order to please their masters. Luo Ling frowned and sighed, "Human life is very lowly in this world, as a master, you can find a reason to execute slaves at any time, and give them away for resale at any time." There is no need to pay a little moral responsibility, and everyone will think that it is justified, even the slaves themselves. ”

"In this way, when we bought them, we actually saved them. ”

"Don't think of yourself as a savior, we only buy them because we need labor. It is certainly the best outcome to let them become free people who join us through education, but you can't put the cart before the horse at the beginning. Luo Ling said with some seriousness.

"Well, let's go to the slave market tomorrow. ”