After inspecting the two newly completed villages in the territory, and seeing that the territory was on track and all the lords were officially settled, the next day Donald sent someone to invite the personnel of the management office of the Noble Council of Boulder City to register the number of lords.

This time, because the task is more important, the three heads of the aristocratic management office led by Sir Jesse came to command in person, in addition to Sir Jesse, who had a good relationship, the other two directors also worked very seriously, of course, they were also to get acquainted with this upstart among the lords of the northern county first, and make a plan for their future.

You must know that the creation of a new kingdom and following the new nobles and nobles like Donald to advance to titles and obtain new territories are the best three ways for lower-class nobles and commoners to obtain higher positions of power, which is much easier than fighting desperately on the battlefield. As long as you work hard and get the promise of the lord, you may be able to be made a retainer and rewarded with a manor or even a small piece of territory.

"Donald, you're such a miracle man!"

"I thought you would be where you are today, but that would be years away. But I didn't expect that in less than a year, you would have become the lord of a land with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, and you would have established a village and town of this scale!"

Hearing his friend's admiration and feelings, Donald smiled at him and said:

"My friend, these are just processes for me, not results yet, and there will be more miracles to come. I am now in a new territory, I lack helpers, and I know your wishes, if you are willing to help me, at least a position of financial officer or clerk can still be taken, and the rest depends on your own efforts!"

When Jesse heard this, he knew that Donald was intentionally helping him, and said gratefully: "It is my greatest honor to have such an opportunity to witness a miracle with you, Donald, don't worry, after the work of the management office is handed over, I will come to you to take refuge!"

For a friend like Jesse, Donald still takes good care of it, the so-called fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, Jesse can be said to be his first friend after coming to this world, and his temperament is still worthy of deep friendship, far from being comparable to a man like Baron Red Maple.

What's more, Jesse was born in a noble family in the royal capital, received a systematic aristocratic education, and is well-informed, and his ability to deal with people is even stronger, as long as such a rare talent is given the opportunity, he will definitely be able to grow to a height beyond his hopes, so of course Donald can't let it go.

And what Jesse wants is nothing more than hereditary aristocracy, to get rid of his shadow as an illegitimate child, and to establish a new noble family, so that his mother will be pleased, and his father and the brothers and sisters in the family will also look at him differently. This point, after the territory is developed, Donald can still do it.

The position that Donald assigned to Jesse in his heart was not a position like a treasurer or a clerk, but in the future, when the territory grows and develops, and when it is necessary to communicate with other lords or even foreign powers, it is necessary to have a diplomat to deal with that aspect of affairs. A personable and long-sleeved dancer like Jesse is the most suitable candidate for this person.

While Sir Jesse was presiding over the registration, Donald didn't let up. Instead, he took the butler and William, who was the political officer, into the treasury of the lord's mansion.

The newly built vault was located beneath the Lord's Palace, and several separate rooms were opened up as a place to reserve funds.

It was a remote location, there were guards outside, and no one was allowed to approach the 100-step radius of the vault without the orders of Donald, the lord, or the steward and William.

"Young Master, now that all the wealth in the territory is here, let William report to you on the accounts of these days!"

Donald nodded, looking at William. William, the new political officer, immediately said:

"Lord Lord, the previous construction of the two new villages cost 2,000 gold soles, the remaining 300 have been collected into the treasury, the purchase of grain cost a total of 1,500 gold soles, more than 900 people spent 800 gold soles, the current treasury has 1,305 gold soles, and the silver moon is 581 gold!"

Donald frowned and asked, "Is that all there is left?"

"Yes, my lord, not counting the works of art and antiques in the mansion, as well as gold and silver utensils, the current territory only has less than fifteen hundred gold soles in cash!"

Donald thought about the situation, although the production of the manor could bring him at least thousands of gold soles every month, but the consumption he spent on summoning accounted for the lion, and a lot of the income in the past six months was used by him to buy elemental crystals and magic cores. Seeing that the construction of the territory has begun, the reserves in the treasury have been reduced like flowing water, and when he was in the royal capital, he spent tens of thousands of gold soles to buy an ancient arcane coin, so that the current savings in the territory are somewhat stretched.

In the future, it will take a lot of money to maintain the operation of the territory, so Donald intends to make preparations in advance, so as not to have a shortage of funds and affect the process of development and construction of the territory.

So Donald commanded William:

"Send someone to contact the Archsteward of the Kinsol Auction House, and say that I asked him to come over to discuss!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Donald's plan was to prepare to throw a few rare items for auction to earn enough reserve funds.

This has two advantages, one is that you can obtain a sum of money for emergency use in a short period of time, and the other is that you can also use the auction to make the name of the territory out, so that the outside world knows that Dalaran not only produces moonshine wine and black tea, but his lord is not only a mage, but also an alchemist who can make potions and equipment.

Of course, with the exception of moonshine wine and black tea, some of the powerful or special equipment in the Book of Truth Donald will not be leaked out of his own hands, so the types he is going to exchange for the auction are all consumables.

For example, life potions, purification potions, and beast scrolls, etc.

The only two pieces of permanent equipment that Donald picked out were the least eye-catching of the low-level magic items, the Ogre Gauntlet and the Boots of Agility. Although these two items are considered low-level magic items in the Book of Truth, they are also medium-level enchanted equipment in this world.

With the name of his teacher, the Master Alchemist, Donald would not arouse any suspicion if he took out these. After all, he did learn a lot of alchemy knowledge from Mr. Messer, and there were a lot of related books for him to read, so he could already independently make simple alchemy props and configure primary potions. If it weren't for the delay in the orc invasion and territory construction, he would have been able to obtain the official junior alchemist qualification by now.

Half a day later, Bert, the chief steward of the Kinsol auction house, who was still the round and amiable appearance, was invited to take a carriage to Dalaran, the territory of the Merlina family.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Twilighttown, and Butler Bert got out of the carriage with great difficulty, and when he looked up, he was stunned.

You know, a few months ago, there were no people here. A month ago, Dalaran was a wilderness that no one wanted to go to, except for a manor. Now, a town and a village have been built silently in the wilderness. And the faces of the people were all smiles of peace and abundance, and there was no indication that this was the dangerous place that was cursed and threatened by demonic beasts.

Seeing such a big change in this territory in such a short period of time made the chief steward extremely surprised.

Because Dalaran is currently closed to the outside world, the outside world only knows that the genius mage and the new baron of the Merlinna family are building a territory, but they don't expect that a well-built territory has been inadvertently completed by outsiders.

"Lord Baron, I've been pleasantly surprised by everything here!"

As soon as they met, the chief steward said in admiration.

Donald looked at his territory with pride and said:

"It's all the result of the hard work of my people, and as a lord, I can only use the power of magic to help them save some energy in the construction!"

Bert sighed at this and didn't think much about it, just thought it was the magic of the mage. He didn't know that although ordinary mages could use some spells such as fossil mud and levitation to help in the construction of their territory, they only played a supporting role to speed up some construction. The real construction still requires the hard work of the workers to complete.

And here in Donald, as long as you pay the price, you can complete the construction of the territory in an instant. In a sense, Donald, who has the high artifact of the Book of Truth, has done something that only a true god can do.

In the reception room of the Lord's Palace, Donald took out the auction items he had prepared for Bert to see.

Seeing the alchemy and magic items that were rare or never seen on the market in front of him, the chubby Bert's squinted eyes widened.

Reaching out and touching the items on the table, the Archsteward Bert breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Lord Baron, you've given me another big surprise!"

"Butler Bert, do you think it's appropriate to hold an auction for these things?"

Bert smiled and said:

"That's so suitable! These things provided by the Baron can be used as the finale auction items, and our auction house will definitely make a lot of money if we take out some works of art and the like!"

"Then I'm relieved! I don't know how to calculate the auction fee?"

"Generally, the practice of consignment auctions is that the auction house takes 10% as a commission, but I can make the decision and give you half of the discount, after all, holding such a high-end auction is also good for the reputation of our auction house!"

Donald nodded.

"Then the matter has been decided, when do you think the auction is appropriate?"

Bert asked rhetorically, "What do you mean, Lord Baron?"

"Of course, the sooner the better, to tell you the truth, I have spent a lot of savings to build the territory, and the funds are a little tight for a while, so I will take out these things in exchange for some gold sol to alleviate the shortage of funds. ”

Bert saw the sincerity of Donald's words, so he thought about it for a moment and said:

"Then it's set at the end of the month in five days! After all, our auction house may need time to get ready. Do you have any comments, Lord Baron?"

Of course not, it couldn't have been more perfect!"

After Donald and Archsteward Bert had agreed, the two signed a commission agreement.

Then Donald held out his hand and said, "Hope we have a good time together!"

Bert also smiled and shook Donald's hand.

"Happy cooperation! Your Excellency the Baron, rest assured, I will go back to prepare for the propaganda work, and I will definitely handle this matter properly!"

(To be continued)