Victor hadn't been back to Silvermoon Manor for seven days.

The large and small lords around the Buryat Territory have formed a circle of interests around Yeliu City, and the news that the barbarians are about to visit Randall Territory has aroused everyone's suspicions.

These days, Victor lives at Judy's manor with Nicole and Gillian, attending various aristocratic gatherings held in Wildwillow to clarify the facts with his trading partners, telling them that the barbarians will temporarily reside in Raven Town, thousands of miles away, and that Wildwillow's trade will not be affected.

stabilized the situation in Yeliu City, and after a few days of glamorous and extravagant life, Victor was blocked by Nelson and others as soon as he returned to Pinghu Town. Since the issue of the shareholding system was discussed, Victor planned to discuss the details of the gold merchant group with Lilia, but he didn't expect that the head of the family would go on strike for two days and go to Silvermoon Manor for a vacation.

Victor didn't say a word, and went straight to Silvermoon Manor, he wanted to tell Lilia with practical actions the consequences of being petty.

Silvermoon Manor is less than 10 kilometers away from Pinghu Town, it took Swift Bird to carry Victor to the entrance of the manor in a quarter of an hour, the guards opened the beautifully shaped iron railing door from the inside, Swift Bird light horsemen surrounded Victor and entered, several agile and strong Sartre hounds ran over, wagging their tails, wanting to get close to the male owner but afraid of the sharp claws of Swift Birds, just following the team to the lord's mansion on the green space on both sides of the road.

Walking down the boulevard, Victor notices that something is wrong with Silvermoon Manor.

Built in a valley, covering an area of 3,400 acres, Silvermoon Manor has meadows, woods, gardens, mountain streams, horse farms and an entire hill, with a 22-meter-high lord's mansion and 15 guest villas, as well as infrastructure such as warehouses, barracks, servants' houses, and animal pens and stables.

Silvermoon Manor is beautiful and magnificent, but there are not many servants in the manor.

After Alina took charge of Silvermoon Manor, she hired 80 house maids, 120 miscellaneous servants, plus 40 manor guards and more than 180 small attendants, and there were only more than 400 people in the entire Silvermoon Manor.

On weekdays, the servants were mainly concentrated near the lord's mansion, and the rest of the manor seemed deserted, but today, the guest villa on the left side of the boulevard was full of people, some of them were painting the walls of the villa with special mortar and white sand, some were replacing tiles on the roof, some were carrying new furniture into the villa, and the old furniture was carried out.

Victor tugged at the reins, and the swift bird gradually stopped, a snoring sound in his throat that caused the Sutter Hound to bark. Merlin sensed the hound's movement, turned his head and saw Victor and the Swiftbird riding lightly, he and his lieutenant exchanged a few words, and ran at full speed.

"Your Excellency, you're back. Maureen saluted.

"What are you doing?" asked Victor.

"Renovated guest villa. Maureen glanced back at the busy workers and replied with a smile.

"Renovation?" Victor asked curiously, "There are handymen and servants in the manor, why do you want to decorate the guest villa?"

"This... I don't know. Maureen scratched his head and said, "Lady Lilia personally ordered us to repair the Silvermoon Manor inside and out within 30 days, I was responsible for redecorating each guest house and replacing all the wood, doors and windows, George and the others were responsible for tidying up the gardens and lawns, Kent was responsible for the barracks and stables, Ferro was responsible for dredging the sewers and landscaped lakes, and Benson was responsible for the pavement and shade trees. ”

Victor was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask, "How many people did Lilia mobilize?"

"There are always 2,000 people. ”

"Go ahead. ”

Victor pressed the doubts in his heart, urged the swift bird, and soon arrived at the door of the lord's mansion. The Swift Bird Cavalry took the reins from his master's hand and led the silver-gray Swiftbird to the beast pen, while Victor walked straight into the mansion gate with four guards.

In the hall, several young and beautiful maids were busy cleaning the floor and furniture, and when they saw the lord, they bowed down one after another.

Alina carefully selected 80 indoor maids based on the maid system of the House of York. Most of them are unmarried virgins around fifteen years old, with bright enough minds, good health, well-proportioned bodies, and dignified and beautiful appearances. The maids will work in Silvermoon Manor for three years, with an annual salary of 20 gold soles, which will be collected by their respective families.

During the work period, the maid is not allowed to leave the Silver Moon Manor without authorization, and is not allowed to fall in love, if there is a violation, she will lose her job at the least, and if it causes serious consequences, she will be tortured. At the end of the three-year service period, the house maid has the right to remain in office for three years until she reaches the age of 25 or marries halfway. At this time, Alina will give her a large severance payment or a generous dowry to ensure that she will have no worries in the future.

Such strict regulations were mainly to prevent the leakage of secrets by the maids in the house, but also to raise spouses for the vassal families, and if a maid was lucky enough to be favored by the nobles, it was a different matter. In fact, the vast majority of house maids came from vassal families, and were eventually married off by the mistress to the children of the vassals.

The Randall family does not yet have a real consular family, and Alina only selects 80 of the more than 10,000 homeless families, all of whom can be called one in a hundred.

Victor noticed that the maids had changed into new maid dresses, low-heeled strapping women's leather shoes, silk ribbons tied around their waists, their hair was coiled in snow-white thin linen turbans, and pearl necklaces hung around their fair and slender necks.

The floor and staircase of the hall were wiped clean by the maids, and the furniture was replaced with gold-powdered woodware, and after this arrangement, the main building of Silvermoon Manor was truly transformed into a luxurious palace of golden splendor.

Victor was stunned for a moment and asked, "Fili, where is Lady Alina?"

The maid Fili blinked her watery apricot eyes and hesitated, "The last time I saw Lady Alina, she was reprimanding Miss Beltina in the lounge on the third floor... Master, do you want me to go to Lady Alina?"

Emphasize that Alina reprimanded Bertina. Is this asking me to rescue the snack goods?

Victor's narrow gaze made Fili uneasy, and two red clouds rose from her fair goose egg face, her eyes were erratic, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly, looking pitiful.

"No, I'll go up to her myself. ”

Victor disappeared down the stairs with four guards, and Fili let out a sigh of relief, clapping her small hands on her towering breasts, looking like Montach.

"Wow, the master didn't screw Fili's face just now... Don't be disappointed, I'll touch it for the master. A maid grinned and touched Fili's delicate cheek.

The flushed face that had just dissipated became hot again, and Fei Li said in shame: "Don't talk nonsense, it's you who think about it." ”

"Hee-hee, don't you want to?"

"Alright, alright, don't make a fuss. I wonder what happened to Bell?"

"Rest assured, the host is the most spoiled Bell......"

Don't you know that your master's ears are the sharpest?

The girl's chirping laughter clearly fell into Victor's ears, and he went up to the third floor to hear Bertina's childish voice.

"The pillows are so heavy... Bell, tired. ”|

"Miss Bell, please stand still. "This is the voice of the Spirit Monkey Militia Gernell.

"Woo... Bell, I'm hungry. ”

"Miss Bell, you'll need to stand two standard hourglass times to get to eat. ”

Victor pushed open the wooden door, only to see Bertina standing in the corner with a velvet pillow on her head, with a few blueberry stains on the chest of the little maid's dress, she saw Victor, tears in her eyes instantly overflowed her sockets, her small mouth was flattened, she wanted to cry and she couldn't help herself, and her little nose was sobbing and smoking, which was pitiful and cute.

"What's going on?" asked Victor, smiling.

The monkey militiaman Gernell replied, "My lord, Lady Alina ordered me to keep an eye on Bertina, and let her stand for two hourglasses. ”

As he spoke, the moving melody of high heels hitting the floor from far to near, a slender figure flashed into the room, "Honey, you're back." Alina threw herself into Victor's arms, gave a warm kiss, and said happily, "What do you think?"

Alina wore a goose-yellow silk half-sleeved dress, revealing her well-proportioned snow-white arms and jade calves, her burgundy hair tied behind her head, her waist like a willow, and her red lips dripping.

"It's beautiful. Victor's hands on his thin waist were sliding towards the surprisingly elastic spots.

Alina gave her lover a blank look and said, "I'm asking about the room?"

There are several oil paintings hanging on the walls of the reception room, each with a few beautiful silverware, a crystal chandelier with a diameter of one meter hanging in the center of the ceiling, and a lizard oil candle inserted in each crystal tray, and the whole room is richly decorated.

"You're not going to tell me that every room is so extravagant, are you?" asked Victor woodenly.

"Of course not...... It's just a reception room, how can it be compared to the main hall?"

Victor, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly turned black in front of him and almost fell to the floor.

How much does it cost?

"My dear, how is Silvermoon Manor better than the Marquis of Wimbledon now? Certainly not comparable, the Marquis' Palace was built with white glazed rock. However, our Silver Moon Manor is magnificent, with beautiful scenery, and it is also the top manor. ”

Alina didn't notice that Victor's heart was bleeding, and asked anxiously and expectantly, "Lady Sophia will definitely like Silvermoon Manor, won't she?"

"Just to satisfy Sophia, you guys... ......," Victor gritted his teeth and maintained his demeanor.

"Wow..."

Seeing that the man and the hostess did not pay attention to themselves at all, Bertina finally cried.

"Okay. What did the little guy do again?" asked Victor, calming down.

Alina raised her eyebrows, glared at Victor, and said angrily: "Bertina is spoiled by you!" The other squires can lead the servants to clean the manor, but Bertina ran to the kitchen alone, drank blueberry juice, and soiled her clothes. She's so unruly, what does Lady Sophia think of Silvermoon Manor, what do you think of me, Alice, and Lilia?"

Victor was silent for a moment, then pointed to the hourglass that still had most of the time left, and said, "You don't know I'm here, so what are you here for?"

Alina stared fiercely into Victor's eyes for a while, and finally laughed out loud, shook her head helplessly, walked up to Bertina, half-squatted and removed the pillow from her head, took out the silk scarf, and gently wiped the snot and tears from Bell's face.

"It's snack time for the squire, go quickly, clean the stables when you're done eating, and if you make another mistake, I'll let Mr. Gernell punish you severely!"

Bertina gave Alina a hug, then saluted Victor, and then ran out of the room, the sound of "knock, knock, knock" footsteps heard far and wide.

Alina turned her head and ordered, "Gernell, you can go to work." ”

The Spirit Monkey Militia nodded, and left the reception room with light steps. Alina rested her head on Victor's shoulder and whispered, "Bell is so cute... Except for Mr. 'Wood', oh, it's Gurnell... Except for Gernell, no one in Silvermoon Manor can do anything about her. ”

"Honey, I want a daughter like Bell. ”

"There will be. Victor patted Alina's slender hand and asked, "Where's Lilia?"

"The study on the fifth floor, with Alice. Alina took Victor's arm and walked to the top of the stairs and said, "Honey, I still have a lot of things to attend to, go up and find them yourself." ”

Victor nodded, followed the stairs and climbed to the fifth floor, and before he reached the door of the study, he heard a warbler singing.

"Madame Silvia's room must not be altered in any way, and the other rooms must not exceed the standard of Madame Sylvia's room, but they must still be classified, and the master bedroom of Victor and Madame Sophia shall be arranged according to the standard of the Marquis......"

"Well, if you make a list, I will allocate it to you how much money you need, I'm afraid that Yeliucheng won't be able to buy good things. ”

"Don't worry, Yeliu City sells all good things, as long as you have money, ....."

"By the way, and the food......"

"That's no problem, our Randall chefs are top-notch. ”

"Of course, the taste is not to be said, the key is the ingredients! Rare ingredients can reflect the nobility of our Randall family!"

"Then let Jack get a little more game out of the swamp, like the ship maggots......"

"Boat maggots? But it's really delicious, and we should give it a different name, well, swamp shellless clams, how about it?"

Lilia was wearing the same dress as Elena, with bare white feet, kneeling on a round stool, her plump buttocks and delicate waist forming a seductive curve. Alice sat next to her, her slender legs sticking straight out from under the round table, and her burgundy hair covering her pretty face, and she didn't know how to pay attention to it. Two people stand shoulder to shoulder, head to head, pointing on the parchment scroll, writing and drawing.

When did these two become so close?

Victor muttered inwardly, coughing, "What are you doing?"

"My lord, are you back?!" Alice stood up in surprise and beckoned, "I really want to ask you, what color does Lady Sophia like?"

"Uh... What color does she like? Does it matter?"

"It's important!" said Lilia, putting on her high heels, dragging Victor to the edge of the circle and sitting down, "We need to fill Lady Sophia's wardrobe with clothes, and we will know what color she likes, so we can make it." And the figure of Mrs. Sophia, you must be well aware. Say, say, it takes time for a tailor to make clothes!"

"Of course I know, and I want to know how much money you spent to curry favor with Sophia?" Victor said with a straight face.

"It's not much, it's only 24,000 gold soles, and maybe 8,000 gold soles in the back, and we're going to replace them with crystal windows. Lilia said lightly.

24,000 gold soles? 20 alchemy militia, or 30 alchemy mastiffs, or half an alchemy dragon lizard, just gone?!

Victor's heart was like a knife, his ears were ringing, he never thought that he was going to knock on Sophia's bamboo pole in a deliberate way, Lilia, a little money fan, was actually in cahoots with Sister Alina, spending money to please Sophia, without blinking an eyelid.

"Did you know that Sophia won't live in Silvermoon Manor for long, she and her people will live in Raventown!" Victor said bitterly, "24,000 gold soles?"

Lilia pursed her pink cherry lips and said, "Victor, when you went to the royal capital, didn't you also take 80,000 gold soles from the Marquis' Palace? Where did we spend 40,000 gold soles? What's more, this is to decorate the Silver Moon Manor...... By the way, over there in Raven Town, I also sent someone to decorate it. ”

"That's it. Alice nodded again and again, shook Victor's arm, and said coquettishly: "Honey, what color of clothes do you say Lady Sophia likes?"

The attentive look on the two fancy faces was vaguely familiar to Victor, and Lilia and Alice now looked like job seekers were about to be interviewed, and Sophia was the examiner.

"Actually, Sophia doesn't care what clothes she wears... Food... Or the living environment, in short, spend less ... I would say, there is no need for this... Don't stare at me... Well, if you're happy. ”

Victor shook his head and walked out the door with his legs raised.

Once these three women are paranoid, it is difficult to change their minds, especially when they are anxious. Anyway, the money was also used in Yinyue Manor, and the fertilizer and water did not flow into the fields of outsiders, so I could only comfort myself like this.

"How many single-bedroom villas do you need crystal windows?"

"I think about it, there are 3 knights and 11 midshipmen in Lady Sophia's retinue. Just install three villas. ”

Victor paused, turned and walked back, and asked, "Alice, what did you just say?"

"Crystal windows. ”

"Not this, the previous sentence. Victor said in a deep voice.

Alice glanced at her husband in surprise and said, "Madame's retinue has 3 knights and 11 midshipmen. ”

"It's okay, you go on. Victor nodded expressionlessly, turned to leave the room, and closed the door with his hand.

"What's wrong with Victor?" Alice looked at Lilia inexplicably, who shook her head. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Victor said, "Renovate Nicole's Golden Oak Manor!" and slammed the door shut.

Alice and Lilia looked at each other, and then happily discussed.

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Sitting on the throne of the lord's office, Victor fell into deep thought.

The barbarians were too big, and the benefits of the rock bricks were so tempting that they blinded Victor's eyes and made him ignore the fact that Sophia was not alone, she represented a force, and the saber-toothed tiger merchant group had 4 knights, 21 apprentice knights, and 600 elite soldiers, who were loyal to the Marquis Sophia. And their marital relationship gives them a natural influence on each other's tribulations.

Behind the Alina sisters is the York family, Lilia's brother has the strength of the Silver Knight, and the War Bear mercenary is the core backbone of the Randall family, and their marriage relationship with Victor has the flavor of political marriage, so there is no need to be afraid of Sophia. However, the three personal maids still have a reverence for the housewife.

Alina and Bertina are like mother and daughter, but she punishes Bell. Alice and Lilia have never dealt with each other, but the two got together, and Victor never thought that Lilia, a small money fan, would be so generous. All they do is to make a good impression on Sophia.

If this is true of Victor's beloved personal maid, what will happen to the others?

Sylvia says that Victor has a strong desire for exclusivity with her partner, which is actually a threat, and her implication is: If you dare to refuse Sophia, I will find a man to show you.

Victor can only admit, and must admit, although he has no realistic binding force on Gillian, Sylvia, and Sophia, as they are all high-ranking female knights. Sylvia can secure this solid partnership, as long as Victor accepts Sophia, but she doesn't explicitly explain what to do with Sophia's knights?

De jure, Victor is an independent lord of Gambis, autonomous, and obedient to the king, while Sofia is a marquis of the court and a vassal of the royal family. Sylvia wants to absorb Sophia, but she can only let the royal family take the initiative to strip her of her title, and then use the marriage relationship to place her in Randall. This kind of operation is not difficult for Sylvia, she has too many hole cards in her hand, but she will not directly canonize Sophia as the lord of the House of York, because Sylvia must not shake the ruling foundation of the vassal system, that is, the vassal relationship.

Sophia's knights, then, can only join Randall's Domain.

Does the Randall family have a place for knights, and will the people of the family resist a Silver Lady and her knights?

Victor suddenly realized that if he didn't have Sylvia's favor and trust, when Sophia joined the York family, it would be when Sylvia killed him. Now, Sylvia will definitely ask Sophia to marry her children, and only in this way can she ensure that Randall is connected to the Yorks.

In fact, from the lord's point of view, Sylvia's idea is completely goodwill, and the addition of knights will strengthen the Randall family. Victor didn't mind these knights joining the Randall family, but he had to care about the people's opinion, or more precisely, whether the lease and employment system could be implemented.

However, he was dismayed to find that the recruitment of knights would inevitably lead to the collapse of the tenancy system, which was rooted in the people's yearning for knightly nobility, and that unless he could immediately announce the existence of the Alchemy Tower, the lease-hire system would have no political basis.

"Silvia baby, I'm going to disappoint you, I won't let Sophia fall, at least not until Candle Castle is built!" Victor thought to himself.

At this moment, Gru, the captain of the guard, knocked on the door and entered, bowing his head and saying, "My lord, that old fellow from Balor is back, and he wants to see you." ”