"Holy! Is Stormcastle really that poor?"

Duke looked at Stormcastle's financial numbers with red eyes and couldn't help but exclaim. Of course, his eyes were red not because he was crying because he was poor, but in this world without electric lights, he looked at the financial statements and structural drawings of the oil lamp all night, and he was smoked by oil smoke.

After countless confirmations overnight, Duke completely admitted Stormcastle's current financial balance, and there were only 1,683 Continental Gold Coins left. It should be mentioned here that the world's common currency is iron, copper, silver and gold coins issued by the Holy See. In fact, there are currencies made of precious spars further up, but those spar coins are too valuable and generally not circulated in the market.

If we forcibly compare the monetary units on the earth, about one iron coin is equivalent to one yuan of RMB, copper coin is ten yuan, silver coin is one hundred yuan, and gold coin is worth 1,000 yuan.

The gap between the price of gold and silver is not as exaggerated as that on the earth, the main reason is that the gold mine output in this world is much higher than that of the earth, and it is also the main magic material, and the liquidity of the world is also good, so the gap has not widened. In other words, the more than 1,000 gold coins on Storm Castle's books are roughly equivalent to more than one million on Earth.

More than one million may be a big number for an ordinary person, but for a castle of tens of thousands of people, what is this amount of money? On average, it is only a few tens of dollars per person, and no matter what public facilities and infrastructure are all built, it will cost millions of dollars to build a long brick and stone road!

"How can you be so poor, where does the money go? I've only been here for a month, I feel that I can't get rid of the pot of Storm Castle, it seems that the previous city lord was too greedy, it's really crazy!"

Duke said naturally to himself, originally his eyes were just tears from smoke, and now he couldn't help but want to cry in his heart.

"My lord, let's eat something first. ”

A soft female voice came as a maid dressed in medieval court attire walked in with a plate of bread and milk.

This maid is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and although she is not as good-looking as Princess Jina, she is still a standard blonde beauty. This is because in the Middle Ages, maids were an important type of work for women, generally accounting for more than half of the female population, and there was enough room and space for selection.

"Sophia, put it on the table. Duke said casually that he was in a state of burnt and had little appetite.

Hearing Duke say this, Sophia's face showed a timid expression, and she walked towards Duke a little nervously. Mainly because since the lord took office, he often looked at himself with the eyes of colored Mimi, and he would move his hands and feet when no one was around.

If it weren't for Princess Gina coming to Storm Castle at about the same time, and this kind of behavior against the lord everywhere, he might have taken a step closer. So whenever Sophia was alone with Duke, she was a little nervous.

Hearing the sound of plates on the table, Duke also glanced casually to the side, just in time to see Sophia's nervous expression. Duke certainly understood why, but he also felt helpless about this matter.

Although when I first came to this world, I saw the young and beautiful maid for the first time, and I did have some thoughts in my heart. But because of Princess Jina's existence, she didn't do anything, and she didn't even have a good time. As a result, due to the previous impression, Duke is now similar to a pervert in the eyes of this group of maids.

"Go down first, I'll call you if there's something." ”

Duke said casually, in this dangerous situation, he didn't have the heart to tease the little maid.

Hearing Duke directly call herself down, Sophia was a little surprised, how did the lord feel like a different person in the past few days. I didn't move my hands and feet a few days ago, but Mimi's eyes still haven't changed. As a result, now I don't even have eyes, and I still work in the study all night, which is really incredible.

Perhaps out of curiosity, Sophia turned around with her sleeve touching the silver cup containing hot milk. The hot milk spilled on Sophia's white little hands, making her instinctively let out a cry of pain.

If it is according to the standard maid and lord situation, in this case, the lord will not only not care about the maid's injury, but will also punish him for doing something wrong. But Duke did not have this deep-rooted class consciousness, and after hearing Sofina's cry of pain, he grabbed Sofina's hand, quickly took the kettle of water next to him, and rinsed the burned area of her hand with cold water to cool down, so as to avoid skin burns.

Faced with Duke's sudden move, Sophia was startled at first, and then instinctively quickly knelt down to apologize and atone. You must know that the daughter of an ordinary farmer, being able to enter the castle and become a maid is the best job for a woman in Storm Castle. With tens of thousands of people squeezing into Storm Fort for refuge in the winter, causing prices to skyrocket, this job can help the family survive the winter without starving and colding, so Sophia is afraid of being fired for her own fault.

"My lord, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I'm sorry. ”

Sophia's tears flowed down her face, which made Duke, who helped her cool her palm, stunned. But he quickly reacted, this is a feudal society after all, although maids are not like slaves who have no human rights, but there is still a lack of security in law and social status.

"It's okay, it's a little thing, the hand burn is not serious, you can clean up here and get out. ”

Duke said lightly, this kind of trivial matter is just a brush, but at this time, a crisp and sweet voice came from the door: "Hmph! Yesterday you announced that you would fight against evil creatures, and today you will hide in the study and tease the maid, is this your preparation for the invasion of monsters?"

Duke glanced towards the door and saw that Princess Gina was staring at her with large, watery eyes and a puffed face on her face. I have to say that Jina does have a demonic potential, even if she is angry, she has a sense of beauty.

But at this moment, Duke only felt that this princess was annoying, it was simply the kind of thing that was wrong. What do you do to your business, if you have that leisure, you might as well care more about how to resist the invasion of monsters.

At this time, Duke quietly let go of Sophia's little hand, and then motioned for her to retreat first. Faced with the arrival of the imperial princess, Sophia was even more panicked, and hurriedly walked out of the study with a plate.

"How do you know I'm not prepared? I don't understand the majestic goal in my heart when I talk to a vase like yours!"

"What did you say!"

Princess Gina stared at Duke with dark eyes, then grabbed the long sword at her waist tightly in her hand and walked towards him angrily.

Seeing Princess Kina's move, Duke was a little panicked in his heart, this little girl is a violent person with high force. I can't say that I can't say myself, I want to do it again!

"Your so-called majestic goal is to touch the handmaiden's hand!"

Fortunately, the violent act that Duke imagined in his heart did not appear, and Princess Gina just walked in front of Duke, her fair face blushing with anger, staring at Duke's eyes.

Faced with Princess Jina's emotions on the verge of exploding, Duke felt that good men didn't fight with women, and he couldn't continue to stimulate her.

So he had to say, "Of course not, if you want to change the current situation of Stormcastle, then you have to use some unconventional means! So I have decided that I will start the first winter project in Stormcastle!"