"What? is the Hand of the King?"

The sentinels were startled, especially when they thought that they had almost made a move just now, and the cold sweat on their foreheads broke out, attacking Downton, but they were going to be beheaded.

"That's right, you see, this is the Magic Lake Pearl, worth millions of gold coins, which can allow demonic powerhouses below the dragon slaying rank to directly advance to the first rank!"

The Sentinel Captain was so excited that he stared at the lake bead in his hand, it had always been his regret that he could not become a demon, and with this treasure, he could try to condense the soul seed.

"The goddess is on top, so expensive?"

"If you sell it, won't you become a millionaire?

"Come on, this is the duke's reward, obviously for the chief to use, if it is sold, there will definitely be big trouble!"

The sentinels looked at the chief, their faces full of envy, and swallowed their saliva.

The captain of the sentry did not speak, and clutched the lake beads tightly, as if he was holding hope and the future.

Unbeknownst to Downton, because of his momentary admiration, the Sentinel Captain became a magician, and let the descendants of his family serve the dynasty he established for generations, and one of the most prominent descendants even sat on the position of Generalissimo, commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, swearing to defend against foreign enemies.

Morning Mist is in sight.

With the development of trade, not only the main roads were widened, but several small towns on the border also flourished, becoming larger in scale and increasing in population.

As the last supply station on the way to the Sunset Prairie, Morningmist is five times larger and more populated than when Downton left.

Once upon a time, the appearance of an ogre or bear goblin outside the town would cause a huge panic, but now, there are so many natives on the streets that even the security team is staffed by a team of ogres.

Downton and Elaine lead the horses. Walked into the town.

Even in winter, it is still full of people, and usually at this time, it is a returning caravan, but this year, it is all going to the orc tribe.

"You don't know. The orc tribe has suffered a disaster, and they have all sold their sons and daughters, and the precious fox girls of Fox in the past, which have no price, are now in circulation. ”

"Hehe, what are women, those potions they have accumulated for hundreds of years are the big ones, I heard that someone has found a lot of good treasures. ”

"Come on, the orcs are said to be for food. It's time to plunder south, and now you go to the orc tribe, the lamb sent to the door!"

"Didn't you just come back from the prairie? I think you're worried that we're running out of goods, and you're going to trick us out so you can run away again!"

The streets are a mess, and there is everything.

Although the situation between countries is too bad, the war did not happen after all, and these businessmen are driven by huge interests. They were all fascinated and didn't care about life safety at all. Besides, now is the opportunity to make a lot of war money, and whoever doesn't take the opportunity to get a few weapons over will be sky-high.

"Opportunities and risks coexist, if you want to get rich, you can't be afraid of death!"

A big businessman roared. It immediately resonated with everyone and applauded loudly.

"Let's go!"

Downton smiled and moved on, a portion of the income of these merchants would become his taxes. So he wished they were trading all year round.

When the house arrived, Downton frowned, for he found that although his house was intact, all the houses within fifty meters of it had been demolished.

"Brother, look!"

Elaine pointed to a wooden sign planted in front of the house, which said that the residence of the Hand of the King was forbidden to be visited, and violators were to be hanged.

"A dilapidated house, what's there to visit?"

Downton was speechless, this was obviously the mayor's sycophancy.

"Let's go inside!"

Elaine couldn't contain her excitement, stepped up the steps, took out the key, and prepared to open the door.

The little walnut was already attached to the window, looking inside.

"Hey, what are you doing?

In a house across the street, an aunt with a bucket waist ran out, carrying a spatula, and roared domineeringly.

When the neighbors heard the sound, they all rushed out, staring angrily at Downton and Elaine, but the mayor of the town said that they should take good care of this house, if it is stolen or destroyed, all the surrounding residents will be reduced to slavery, so they are very careful.

", no participation is allowed here...... Look, Downton?"

A middle-aged man shouted, but the next moment he bit his tongue, as if he had seen an undead, and jumped back in fright.

"What? Downton!"

"Ah, Lord Duke, and Elaine!"

"What duke, if you want to call the hand of the king, don't you kneel down quickly!"

A group of people were gossiping, and then they all knelt down, and there were other pedestrians on the street, who were stunned and didn't know what was going on, but when they heard that it was Downton coming, they also knelt down.

"Brother!"

Elaine saw the aunt and uncle she knew, and was about to say hello, but she knelt on the ground, and suddenly she didn't know what to do, and couldn't help tugging Downton's arm.

"Get up, there is no Hand of the King today, only your neighbor Downton!"

Downton walked up to an aunt and reached out to help her.

The aunt's legs trembled and she was about to stand up, but when she heard the cough reminder from the person next to her, she quickly knelt down again.

Downton glanced around and saw that no one had gotten up, and all his former neighbors had their heads bowed and did not even dare to look at him.

Yes, who is Downton? The ruler of Frankfurt, whose status is more noble than those big businessmen and nobles, in a word, will make countless heads fall to the ground, a mayor of Morning Mist is the storage zài they need to look up to, but the mayor of Downton, let alone kneeling and licking Downton, does not even have the opportunity to kneel and lick the maid beside him.

Abagon's propaganda was very good, so these neighbors knew how unattainable the boy next door was.

When uncles and aunts teach their children, they like to say, "Look at whose children are so promising, but they never mention Downton's name, because he is so outstanding, and they feel in their hearts that even if they struggle for a hundred lifetimes, they can't do that kind of Cheng dù, which is a desperate height......

"Aunt Noah, what are you doing here? I'm Elaine, and I still remember when I borrowed your eggs to replenish my brother's body!"

Elaine originally wanted to ease the atmosphere, but who knew that as soon as the words came out, Aunt Noah sweated like pulp and kowtowed vigorously.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have borrowed your eggs and didn't pay them back. Yes, and cheese, ham and a pot, I'll give it to you now!"

Aunt Noah likes to take advantage, and once saw that the brother and sister had no adults to take care of them, so they opened their mouths to borrow things, but never changed them.

Bang!

Aunt Noah was really scared, and after just a few strokes, she saw blood on her forehead, and then she hiccuped. Suddenly fainted and fell to the ground.

"I didn't mean that, you misunderstood!"

Elaine was anxious and hurriedly sowed an aura of healing.

"Elaine, that's enough!"

Looking at these trembling neighbors, Downton suddenly felt that he had come back to enjoy the scenery of his hometown, not to show off.

"Brother!"

Elaine, who was stopped by Downton, turned around, originally wanting to say something. But after seeing his gaze, I understood what he meant.

"Everyone's kindness back then. I remember that for the next three years, Morningfog Town was exempt from taxes for three years, and the residents on this street were five years!"

Downton finished speaking, and turned on his horse. After glancing at the house where he had lived for more than ten years, he turned to leave.

Little Walnut and Elaine hurried to follow.

"Great, five years of taxes, you can save a lot of money, and you will have a better life in the future. ”

The neighbors smiled.

"It's not hard to live now. Since Downton, no, since the Duke came to power, our income has increased. ”

"Yes, who would have thought that the postman boy in the past would actually become the Hand of the King? Fortunately, I didn't bully him back then, otherwise I would be afraid to think about it!"

"Come on, the Duke is not a person who holds grudges, look over there, otherwise she would have been hanged. ”

The neighbors looked at Aunt Noah, they all knew that she was pretending to be dead, everyone was a kind citizen, although they hated this woman who loved to take advantage of small things, but they didn't think about letting her die.

"Hey, how nice it would have been if I had married my daughter to him in the first place?"

Someone regretted it.

"Hey, don't look at your daughter's appearance, the duke's girlfriend, but the Bavarian rose, the dream lover of men all over the continent. ”

Downton's return only made the neighbor's table more topical, after all, the two sides have been separated by a huge chasm, and there is no intersection again.

Passing by the post office where he once worked, Downton didn't go in, but went directly out of Morning Mist Town to see and went straight to the free trade zone.

Since Downton became the Duke of the West, the construction of roads has not stopped, not only to strengthen the infrastructure, but also to resettle the displaced people, give them a bite to eat, and avoid unrest.

The road system is perfect, which is naturally more convenient for caravans to move and make logistics faster.

The continent is very wide, and the only place that spends the scenery is that there are wooden stakes on both sides, on which are poked with dead heads.

These were all robbers who plundered the surrounding area, including natives, orcs, and humans, all of whom were cut down by the border guards and inserted on the side of the road.

In the past, it was a whole corpse made into a specimen, but later the more and more it was killed, and there was a possibility that the plague would breed, so only the head was left.

Instead of being terrified, the people of the Westlands felt that they were talismans, because they represented the great fighting power of the Frankfurt army.

Until now, all that has been left on the border are a few famous bandits, and those who are not counted have all gone to plague the surrounding neighboring countries, no way, they can't afford to provoke the people of Frankfurt!

Downton went to the Garni Free Trade Zone, which was also one of the first to be established, and it has now become a huge town, and before you arrive, you can see the 'Hui' shaped city wall.

For the safety of the merchant group, the mayor of the district took it upon himself to mobilize the natives to build the city wall, but he did not expect that before it was completed, the scale of the free trade zone expanded rapidly day by day, turning the outer city into an inner city, so the construction had to be stopped.

Of course, the mayor of the district is also a business genius recommended by Abagon, and the inner city with better location and better security is stationed as a commercial center, and almost all those large merchant groups have set up offices here, and the annual commission is a lot of money. (To be continued......)