After the performance of "Autumn Whispers", Schubert stood up and saluted the lord. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Very good, Schubert, you played this "Autumn Whisper" perfectly. Meng Fan clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I feel extremely honored to be praised by you, Lord Claude..."

"Schubert, I asked the butler Parker to prepare a thousand gold coins for you, and Parker will give you the money when you go out. Meng Fan said.

"Lord Claude, the money you give me on weekdays is enough for expenses, I can't accept you anymore, Lord Claude..."

"Schubert, you have performed these piano pieces I have composed perfectly, and this is my reward for you. Meng Fan put his hands in front of his chest and said, "You can take it, Schubert, Lord Claude has never been stingy with those who have outstanding talents. The dark mage Mar Sahar, who was standing behind the lord, said with a smile.

Looking at Master Claude sitting on the chair, Schubert saluted Meng Fan again with a grateful face.

When Schubert left, Tiberius turned around, "Master Claude, haven't you already invented the music box, why do you want Schubert to play piano music?" Tiberius looked at Meng Fan and asked.

"Although the music box made by the dwarves can play piano music, it is different from the musician playing the piano live, Lord Claude, as the lord of Blackstone City and the original author of these piano songs, how can he satisfy the imitation pseudo-music of the music box?" said Mar Saha, who was standing behind Meng Fan.

Mar Saha's words won Meng Fan's heart, yes, although Meng Fan created a music box that could play piano music, Meng Fan would not be satisfied with listening to the mechanical sounds coming from the music box.

The piano is spiritual, and Meng Fan likes to see pianists sitting at the piano with enthusiasm and dedication.

There were six music boxes on the desk, these were the few samples produced by the dwarves at the beginning, Meng Fan had played with them for a few days when he first got them, and he had never touched them since.

"Tiberius, did you come to see me, do you have anything to report?" Meng Fan turned his head to look at his tax collector.

"Lord Claude, since the first batch of two hundred music boxes were sold, in the past six months, we in Black Rock City have sold a total of 1,200 music boxes to the major cities of the Gilgidian Kingdom, and the price of each music box is about two hundred gold coins, and in half a year, the music box has earned more than 200,000 gold coins for you, Lord Claude. Tiberius reported the sales of music boxes in the past six months to Meng Fan.

"More than 200,000 gold coins. Meng Fan had a smile on his face, the music box has now become the most profitable commodity in Meng Fan's hands, plus the taxes of the three territories of Black Rock City, Cold Water City, and Giant Wood City, and the grain trade with the dwarf clan, Meng Fan can obtain more than 700,000 gold coins every year, and in a few years, Meng Fan will be able to become the richest lord in the Gilgia Kingdom.

"Lord Claude, since the economy of the territory has developed rapidly, then we must further plan to expand the territory army. The dark mage Mar Saha, who was standing behind Meng Fan, spoke.

"Hmm. Meng Fan nodded, "Tiberius, how is the new army trained by Gruya?" Meng Fan looked up and asked, "Lord Claude, the new army trained by His Excellency Grua has become capable of fighting after more than a year of training. Tiberius replied.

"It's already capable of fighting..." Meng Fan lowered his head and thought for a moment, "In this case, let the two armies under the eldest brother and Gruya recruit another five thousand recruits each..." Meng Fan said.

Meng Fan's eldest brother Bogula served as the city defense officer of Black Rock City, and had a territory army of 10,000 people under Bogula, and Gruya also trained a new army of 10,000 people on the orders of the lord Meng Fan, and now Meng Fan is ready to expand these two armies by 5,000 recruits each, increasing the territory army to 30,000.

Feeding the army is very money-consuming, and 30,000 soldiers need to spend 300,000 gold coins a year for military salaries, but this is no longer a problem for Meng Fan, and now Meng Fan has an annual income of more than 700,000 gold coins. To expand the army, we must first develop the territorial economy, which is a very simple truth, and Meng Fan has done a very successful job in this regard.

The news that the Kingdom of Bretan was actively preparing for war had already reached the Kingdom of Gilgias, and King Brunn Sias appointed his eldest son, Christian, as the commander of the army.

Four years ago, the Kingdom of Brettan suffered heavy losses in the war with the Kingdom of Gilgias, the new commander of the Brettan army, Christian, threatened to make the Kingdom of Gilgias submit to his feet, Meng Fan had foreseen that in the near future, the Kingdom of Gilgias and the Kingdom of Brettan would inevitably break out again, Meng Fan must seize all the time to develop and strengthen his military strength, and prepare for the upcoming war.

"Lord Claude, here's... there's also a letter from Purple Sun City. Tiberius took out a letter from his arms, Meng Fan took the letter from Tiberius with a little surprise, and looked at the red fire paint on the letter, on which a budding tulip was printed, the tulip was the family crest of Marquis Levin Nolan, the lord of Ziyang City, and the Nolan family of Ziyang City was also known as the Tulip Family.

Picking up a knife from the table, Meng Fan cut open the envelope and took out a piece of stationery from inside, Meng Fan looked down at the letter paper in his hand for a while.

"Lord Claude, what did Marquis Levin say in the letter?" Tiberius, who was standing in front of Meng Fan, asked, and when Tiberius got the letter, he knew from the fire paint on it that it was from Lewin Nolan, the lord of Purple Sun City.

"Lord Marquis has invited me to attend his sixtieth birthday party in Ziyang City next month. Meng Fan gently folded the letter in his hand and said, "Marquis of Lewin, please go to the birthday party?" Tiberius had a surprised look on his face.

Although the sixtieth birthday is a celebration thing, but generally speaking, the birthday party will only invite relatives and friends in the city, and the friendship between Lewin Nolan, the lord of Ziyang City, and Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, is not very deep, and the two have even met once, but this time Lewin sent a letter from afar to invite Meng Fan to his birthday party.

In his letter, Lord Lewin said, "This is what His Majesty the King meant. Meng Fan stared at the letter paper that was folded into a small piece in his hand and said, "His Majesty the King is coming to Ziyang City?" Tiberius was stunned at first, but thinking about it carefully, it was not strange that King Landry came to Ziyang City to celebrate Lewin's birthday, after all, Lewin was Queen Freya's father and Prince Warren's maternal grandfather.