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Archduke Volendor was on his first trip to the Northlands, and he was amazed when Duke Kenmax passed through the province of Dramke, with the patchwork of clear territorial boundaries, the straight and wide avenues, and the well-structured water conservancy facilities crisscrossed the fields along the road, all of which subverted his mind of this large agricultural province of the former Cresson Empire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is said that in order not to infringe on the rights and interests of the nobles of the imperial territory of Demke Province, the national highway under construction was changed again and again, and finally an agreement was reached along the boundaries of the territories of the nobles of the various nobles, and the cost was increased several times...... What's going on with this flat avenue in front of you? Could it be that this is the legacy of the former Grand Princess Madras when she was in charge of the province of Remke?

When the Grand Duke of Forundo led the family armed army to escort more than 100,000 people to Yungeshandra Province, he did not pass through the Southern Province, Winston Province, and Demke Province, but directly crossed the Egret Lake swamp from Meishan Province to Yungeshandra Province. Although the road is more difficult and difficult to walk, it is almost half the distance and time. Not only him, but also the Grand Duke Handra and Grand Duke Sabaji, who were transferred to the two southwestern provinces, also followed this path.

Duke Kenmax pouted and told Archduke Volendor that it was Lorlist's handiwork. After the destruction of the Duchy of Madras, Lorist transferred all the nobles of the Duchy who surrendered to Winston Province, and then invested nearly two million Kingford to use the more than 100,000 captured Duchy soldiers as labor, and spent two and a half years to pull the national highway line in the province of Delemke into a straight line, and built water conservancy facilities before redividing the title and canonizing the domain nobles according to the geographical location......

"This ...... This...... Why did the Norton family spend such a large amount of money to plan the territory under their jurisdiction...... "Archduke Volendor was a little speechless, more than two million gold fords, this Dramke Province is just the territory under the jurisdiction of the Norton family, not a direct territory, so many gold coins are smashed down to recover the capital, I don't know how many years. You must know that the territories under your jurisdiction are basically the territories of the lower lords and vassal families, and the Norton family can only charge a management fee of up to 10 percent......

Moreover, interprovincial highways like this are generally funded by the kingdom, and the Norton family, as the governing lords of the province of Demke, can apply for financial subsidies. However, thinking about the temperament of the Second Highness, the Grand Duke of Forrendo understood that it was impossible. It seems that the Norton family is really rich enough to complete the transportation construction of such a province on their own.

Duke Kenmath laughed: "This is called a lot of money? My friend, don't you know that the Norton family has invested nearly 20 million Kingford in the Northland to develop the territory, and has spent 10 million or 20 million on the armament of the family's armed forces, do you think how the elite name of the Norton family's armed forces came out, purely by throwing money and throwing money......

Just as Lorist muttered that Duke Kenmax would rather spend his money on the enjoyment of life than invest in the family armament, Duke Kenmeth also thought that Lorist had spent too much money on the family armament. He once heard Lorist say that half of the family's income is spent on the family armed forces every year, which makes Duke Kenmest think that Lorist must have persecution paranoia, so much money is spent on armaments just to protect the family, and the strength of the family armed forces exceeds that of the kingdom, so it makes His Royal Highness taboo.

As a genius businessman, Duke Kenmax can easily roughly estimate the annual income of the Norton family, and it is precisely because of this that he understands that the hundreds of thousands of family weapons of the Norton family spend at least two or three million gold fords every year. However, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, the stronger the Norton family's armed strength, the thicker the thigh of Lorist he holds, and he can rely on the big tree of the Norton family to earn his own small money with peace of mind, without worrying about the idea of others beating the Kenmax family.

The Grand Duke of Forrendo was stunned by Duke Kenmeth's words: "This ...... So much Kimford, where did the Norton family get so much money......"

"Grab it. Duke Kenmas replied lightly, he knew the details of Lorist very well, and when he was drinking and playing with Fat Smith, Bodfinger, Tiger Ross and others, he heard them talk about the gossip on the northbound road more than once, and knew that they robbed all the way to the northland.

"Are you kidding, how can you get so much money?" said Archduke Forrendo, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Hehe, my friend, don't you know that guy was studying in Morente City back then, and when he wanted to go back to the Northland to inherit the title, he and his friends from Dawn Academy organized a convoy to go north, but the nobles of the territory along the way beat their idea of the convoy, so they fought all the way to the north and were invincible. As the victors, they sacked the territories of the losers, so the convoy grew stronger and stronger, and when they arrived in the Kingdom of Antinac, they were commissioned by His Royal Highness II to clean up the rebellious nobles in the three kingdom provinces, stabilize the situation in the kingdom, and put His Royal Highness on the throne.

You can think about how much they robbed at that time, nearly a hundred noble territories in three provinces! Then they went crazy, robbed the Duchy of Madras, and went to the Northland to rob the Grand Duke of the Northland. Everything, everything, gold, women, men, even the elderly and children. Later, he robbed the second prince, the royal city of Windbrie. The biggest one was when they destroyed the slave kingdom of Haneyabada a few years ago, and I estimate that they have robbed no less than twenty or thirty million gold fords from that slave kingdom......"

The Grand Duke of Forrendo opened his mouth wide, as if listening to the heavens: "Really?"

"Why am I lying to you, that guy and his men are not afraid to talk about these past events, and they still talk about robbery. You'll never understand how horribly efficient the organized robbery of the Norton family is, and the places they've looted are cleaner than a blank sheet of paper......"

Duke Kenmax slandered the armed robbery of the Norton family with envy, and finally he licked his lips and said stupidly, "That guy also robbed me of 100,000 goldfords......"

At that time, Lorist was the first to deal with the Kenmasses family after leaving the northbound convoy and returning to the family territory first, not only setting fire to the Red River Valley Manor Castle on the Kenmest family's viscount's territory, but also sweeping away all the materials and materials stored in the manor, and even the Duke Kenmasse's private money of 100,000 goldfords hidden in the manor's secret room was not spared.

Even though Duke Kenmax now runs the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, the number of Kingfords he handles is calculated in tens of millions, and his own expenses for a year's luxurious life are more than 100,000 Goldfords. But when I think of the 100,000 gold ford's private money, my heart is like a knife. The 100,000 private money hidden in the secret room of the Red River Valley Manor Castle was a huge amount of money that he had spent nearly ten years to accumulate in the various businesses he had taken over since he served in the family chamber of commerce, and even his father didn't know about it.

As a result, the private money was robbed by Lorlist, which was an eternal pain in the heart of Duke Kenmeth. As soon as he remembered that he had been frugal since he entered the family chamber of commerce, and that the Kingford, who had been carefully wiped down by himself before putting it in the box, had been saved for Lorlist, the Earl of Kenmax was angry. Thinking that after he got the bad news, he wanted to go to Lorist desperately, and insisted on conquering the rock castle that had fallen into the hands of the Norton family despite the heavy casualties of the family's forces, almost provoking a mutiny.

However, the biggest advantage of Duke Kenmest is that he is sober-minded and knowledgeable about current affairs, and after knowing that he is not Lorlist's opponent, he immediately obeyed his father's instructions to change his ways, turned enemies into friends with Lorlist, and hugged Lorlist's big thick legs tightly, so that now he has such a prominent status and title, and the Kenmax family also monopolizes West Degrad Province as a family territory......

After passing the pontoon bridge in the lower reaches of the Mitobro River, the Grand Duke of Forrendo actually set foot on the land of the Northland. On the way from the pontoon ferry to Raging Bear City, he finally understood the changes brought about by the Norton family's investment in the Northlands by the Norton family, which Duke Kenmax said had invested tens of millions of Kingford in the Northlands. Is this the remote and desolate Northland, with its endless herds of cattle and sheep, wide avenues, endless farmland, and rows of village houses, bustling town markets, and bustling peoples......

Archduke Forrendo felt that the scene he had seen when he was young on the Antaro Plain, where the imperial capital was located, did not seem to have left an impression as much as what he saw in front of him, and the closer he got to the city of Angry Bear, the more prosperous and lively the place became. Even though it's winter and it's snowing, the streets are still full of people and a joyful atmosphere.

Kenmas proudly told him that it was not the southern region where the capital of the Northlands was located, Raging Bear City, which was the most prosperous area, but the really wealthy areas of the Northland were Fengle Plains, the territory of the old Norton family, and Northsea City, which was the first to be developed, and the second was the harbor city. In addition to having a mansion in Angry Bear City and the largest manor in the aristocratic special area in the eastern suburbs, he also has a large courtyard building in Beihai City.

It seems that the Norton family is really rich, and Grand Duke Forrendo is relieved, he should be able to borrow money this time. However, with Duke Kenmeth's introduction to the Northlands, the Grand Duke of Volendor suddenly had an idea in his heart, he wanted to get Lorlist's permission to inspect the Northlands and see the results of the territory development that the Norton family had spent so much money ford......

The New Year's celebration of 1785 in the universal calendar of the Gelinthia continent was the largest, most attended, and most high-level New Year's celebration banquet held by the Norton family. The number of nobles and their families who participated was nearly 1,500 people, and Lorist felt that the central castle of Angry Bear City was not big enough, and it seemed that it would have to be expanded again, and maybe a palace would really be built this time.

Speaking of the highest specifications of this New Year's celebration because of the largest number of grand dukes participating, the four alliances of the Northland are the four grand dukes, and the Grand Duke of Fisabrun has brought his lover Xiandi Grand Swordsman again, and it seems that he has already felt a little happy. Even last year, after attending a banquet held at Duke Kenmax's estate, he specially asked Lorist about the price of homestead land in the aristocratic district, and seemed to want to build a manor for permanent residence.

However, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun could not afford to pay for the purchase, but the implication was probably that Lorist would pay for the construction of a manor house for him as a tribute to his elders, and the manor would have to be bigger and more luxurious than the one of the Duke of Kenmax......

In addition to the Grand Duke of Fisabrun, there is another Archduke of Forendo for this New Year's celebration, although they were once enemies, but the war is over, the Grand Duke of Forendo has also surrendered to His Royal Highness, everyone is a nobleman of Antinac, and Lorist cannot turn it away. Not only to be warmly welcomed, but also to be courteous, this is the so-called aristocratic demeanor. Yesterday's battle on the battlefield, today's arms, this is also the norm of aristocratic families.

Regarding Duke Kenmeth's statement that the Archduke of Volendor came this time to borrow money to develop the territory, Lorist also agreed. Of course, this money was not borrowed for nothing, and the money loan between nobles was also a kind of usury, and it was repaid within a specified time limit with different interest. If the relationship is good, I will give you 9,000 if you borrow 10,000, and you only need to repay 10,000 within the specified time limit, and the interest rate will be doubled if the time limit is exceeded.

If you are harsh, it is very likely that you will return from seven out of thirteen, and if you borrow ten thousand to repay seven thousand, it will cost you thirteen, which is almost doubled. However, Lorist promised Archduke Volendor that he could borrow his money for three years, and he would return to nine out of twelve, which made Archduke Volendor overjoyed. It's just that he remembered the idea in his heart, and proposed that he wanted to see the results of the Norton family's development of the territory everywhere in the Northland after winter, and learn from the experience before signing the loan agreement, Lorist agreed without care, and ordered Reddy to be responsible for the safety of the Archduke of Volendor's trip.

Archduke Volendor set out after the rainy season, and Reddy took a team of guards to escort him back to Raging Bear City after spending more than two months walking around the Northland. Archduke Volendor asked for a meeting with Lorlist, and then made a new request, hoping that the Norton family would support him in fully assisting him in the development of the province of Yungeshandra in terms of personnel, technology, and funds, for which he was willing to pay a large sum.

This is not a simple loan relationship, but requires the Norton family to provide personnel to conduct a detailed survey and exploration of the entire province of Yungeshandra in the territory of the Forundo family, comprehensively design and plan the development of the entire province, prepare a budget and arrange the planning steps. In other words, Archduke Volendor entrusted the Norton family with the development of his family domain, which had never been the case in the pre-Clisian Empire.

Archduke Volendor's request caused a huge repercussion within the Norton family, with voices of approval and disapproval. Not only is this unprecedented, but there are many voices questioning how the Volendor family will repay the Norton family for the huge price they paid for the development of Yungeshandra Province. Archduke Forrendo was very calm about this, he said that the Forrendo family is indeed poor now, and they can't get much money. But he has a province as a territory, and as long as the development is completed, whether it is ten years or decades, there will always be a day when the debt will be paid off.

Lorist had a good impression of the Grand Duke of Volundo, and when he went out to conquer the four central principalities, the Grand Duke of Volundo did not destroy the grain and various material warehouses in order to protect his subjects, but sealed them for the Second Highness to receive, so that the army of the Antinac Kingdom would not harass the people, and when the Second Highness moved the Volendo family to the province of Yungeshandra, the number of people who voluntarily followed the Grand Duke of Volendo to the new territory was also the largest, reaching more than 100,000.

Now the Archduke of Forrendo is willing to let his family take on a huge debt in order to develop the territory, this attitude also makes Lorist feel very admired, he told the Archduke of Forrendo that in principle, he supports the idea of the Grand Duke of Forrendo to develop the territory and develop the people's livelihood, but the specific plan is still to wait for the results of the comprehensive investigation and exploration before proceeding, it is useless to be anxious now.

On July 3, 1785, the Grand Duke of the Northland ordered the dispatch of capable men to conduct a comprehensive survey and exploration of the province of Yunge Chandra, which opened the curtain on the joint development of the noble domain.

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