After being promoted to Legend, there was a problem between Victor and Nicole, as well as the three personal maids. This is mainly due to the qualitative change in Victor's life level, and his observation power has reached an unbelievable level, resulting in his mental perspective being on a completely different level from that of mortals.

The house maids of the great lord are all beautiful girls who are one in a hundred, and their facial features, figure, skin, body fragrance, and voice have strict selection criteria, and they also have to receive professional training from the family. These house maids were considered the lord's harem before they got married, and they were left to the lord to take what he wanted, but Victor was not interested in the house maids of Silvermoon Manor.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the silver moon maids are all charming, but the flaws on their skin, the smell of sweat under the cover of body fragrance, and other subtle defects are magnified several times in front of Randall's extraordinary perception, coupled with Victor's ultra-long perception distance, except for Sylvia, no one has yet been able to bring him emotional surprises.

Fortunately, Victor has X-3, which can self-denounce and correct perceived defects, but that glorification is only for a very small number of people, such as sisters Lilia and Alina.

On the other hand, as a top-notch legendary creature, Victor's appearance is not back to the basics, his beauty is like the sun in the sky, and his extraordinary charisma makes ordinary people only awe and dare not blaspheme.

Nicole's situation is okay, she is a veteran knight after all, and she can step into the transcendent realm at any time. Lilia and Alina sisters are not good, the most obvious change is Alice, she is lively by nature, she used to stick to Victor to invite pets, but in the face of the Golden Eye Count gradually silent, everywhere seems cautious.

After three years of not seeing each other, Victor was already a Swordmaster of the Furious Wind who had killed the legendary orc, and although he deliberately maintained the state of the Soul of Mist, it was difficult to hide the inviolability of the powerhouse of the Sanctuary. Lilia and the others are oppressed by Victor's mind, and almost instinctively divert their attention, trying to eliminate their strangeness to each other in other ways.

It's like a beloved husband returning from an expedition, but becoming a dragon that can blow himself to death with a breath, and any woman needs a process of adaptation in the face of this change in order to get to know each other again.

Counting the gold coins together is a good way to do this, and they and Victor have been through the most difficult period of the family's business, and each copper sol in their pockets is eager to break into several. In fact, this is really the case, and the exchange of copper sol for ten copper points originated from Victor's idea. Now, Victor has brought back millions of gold coins, and Nicole and Lilia are of course proud and happy as the wives of the Randall family, which also evokes Victor's fond memories of them.

In fact, Victor and sisters Nicole, Lilia, and Alina have a deep emotional foundation and cherish each other very much. In the next few days, Randall's Royal Highness did not ask about family affairs, but only concentrated on accompanying Nicole and the three personal maids, and they counted gold coins together, traveled to the mountains and rivers, hunted and camped, and gradually regained a sense of intimacy.

Five days later, in the afternoon, Nicole put a family budget on Victor's desk and talked about family affairs.

"Honey, you're kidding...... Must be kidding. Victor smiled exaggeratedly, raised the animal skin paper in his hand, and said half-complaining: "There is no detailed planning on it, and it will ask me for 5.5 million gold soles...... Where is this budget, it is clearly here to collect debts. ”

"What about Lilia? It's not a good idea for the family's budget to look like this...... I'll go find her!" Victor put down the sheepskin scroll, shouting to slip away.

Nicole walked around the desk, sat in Victor's arms, wrapped her hands around his neck, and smiled: "Honey, time is in a hurry, this family budget does not list the details, but I can tell you first, okay." ”

It was cold outside, the fireplace in the study was not lit, and Nicole wore only a light spider silk nightdress, revealing a pair of long, snow-white legs with graceful lines.

It is rare for Nicole to take the initiative to show her feminine charm, and Victor naturally gave encouragement, hugged her and laughed: "I'm listening, if your reasons don't satisfy me, you will accept my punishment." ”

“...... I'm not afraid of you. Nicole's cheeks were slightly red, and she squinted her eyes and said, "The Randall family responded to the red smoke and sent 700 cavalry and 240 Swiftbird light horsemen to an expedition against the Sidon centaurs. Among the lords of the Centaur Hills, and indeed of the entire kingdom of Cambys, our losses were the greatest, with 588 killed and 67 seriously wounded and disabled. These brave and loyal soldiers need to be compensated......"

Before the expedition, Victor was ready to replace all the alchemy humans led by Randall, and the elite of the Randall family fought only 284 vassal soldiers, and the rest were all alchemy militia and alchemy auxiliaries drawn from the mercenary army. Alchemical creatures are not afraid of death, and they are the fastest to die. In fact, the Randall family's vassal cavalry only lost 61 people, and those who survived experienced the baptism of war, and Victor had to be promoted and reused. As for the alchemy humans, they don't need to be compensated, and even the usual bounties and salaries are handed over to the Alchemy Tower.

"Bereavement ...... I gave a triple pension, and it wasn't much. Victor said lightly.

Nicole bit her red lip and said, "Also, the mercenaries of the Centaur Hills take turns guarding the Ghost Forest Pioneer Point to ensure that the road for the displaced people to move south is smooth. Our Randall family sent 1,500 troops at a time, and they also suffered casualties against the prairie jackals and forest jackals. So far, Randall's 1st and 2nd Legions have lost 74 casualties, 33 are seriously wounded and disabled, and more than 200 are slightly injured...... According to the rules of the legion, we must not only compensate the casualties of mercenary soldiers, but also pay meritorious bounties and double commissions for soldiers who go into battle. That's 1,500 extra soldiers......"

"Well, the mercenary soldier pays 6 gold coins a year, and an additional 1,500 people is an increase of 9,000 gold soles...... I have 6 million gold soles and I can't afford to spend it like this, and I will spend it in less than 667 years...... Therefore, King Friedrich and I have agreed that by the end of the Windy Season next year, the army of the Kingdom of Dordor will take over the Wraith Forest Frontier, and all the mercenaries in the Centaur Hills will be withdrawn. Victor teased.

"That's not what I meant, I'm not done yet......" Nicole was annoyed and opened her mouth to bite Victor's ear, but was immediately suppressed.

The two of them flickered for a while before she continued: "The kingdom is preparing to launch a new round of fish-man wars, and I plan to expand the mercenary corps of the Randall family, from 6,000 in two legions to 9,000 in three legions, plus three ranger reserves and 600 swift bird spirits. ”

After listening, Victor said with a smile: "To expand the army, money alone is not enough, soldiers, training, armaments, loyalty and brave education, commissions, these factors must be considered. Take the Ranger as an example, I positioned them as the elite of the family, referring to the standard of the second-level source blood warrior, the physical fitness is three times that of ordinary people, and the combat effectiveness should be comparable to that of ordinary arcane warriors or beginner trainee knights. Are you sure that the Randall family has the best of the way to meet the needs of the expansion?"

Nicole hummed, nodded and said: "The permanent population of Randall has reached 440,000, mainly tenants, more than 90,000 young men and women, and the expansion of a mercenary army of 3,000 people will not affect the operation of the territory at all." What's more, we have recently resettled more than 27,000 displaced people, including 10,000 young men and women, and more than 6,000 elderly people over 50 years old, but most of them have crafts, and the rest are underage children. These outcasts can serve as Randall's laborers as soon as they become tenants. ”

Refugees from the Sassan Empire migrated to the kingdom of Gombis to escape the war. These displaced people are clearly not adventurous, and it is impossible for mercenaries to recruit Sassanian refugees. But the fact that they were able to walk from the distant Sassan Empire to the southernmost part of the Centaur Hills shows that they are in good physical condition, and even the elderly over 50 years old can withstand half the strong labor, which is suitable for filling the lower labor of Randall's territory, liberating some tenant farmers, and increasing the number of artisans and mercenary soldiers.

Although the adults among the refugees are not very useful, their children are still expected to receive a general education from the Randall family.

When it comes to absorbing the displaced population, it is not the case that whoever is famous will get the most people. This depends on the resettlement ability of the territory and tests the governance level of the family. Randall's ability to get 27,000 Sarsan refugees shows that the Randall family has no pressure to absorb such a large number of people, and Victor is quite satisfied with Nicole's performance.

Randall led the formation of two training camps, recruiting 443 apprentices from the first batch of graduates of the Legion School. I expect that in five years, half of the apprentices will be able to reach the level of a Level 2 Source Blood Warrior and be able to join the Rangers...... More than 200 Rangers is definitely not enough, so I plan to expand the training camp by 4 more Servants, and even if the Trainee Followers only have a pass rate of half, we can still train 600 elite Source Blood Warriors every year. Nicole said with a wistful smile on her lips.

The second-level source blood warrior is not a lettuce in the ground, it can grow with a little water and fertilizer. Half of the pass rate of the training camp is only the most ideal situation, and the graduates of the Legion School will be one out of ten to enter the training camp, and finally a quarter of them can reach the standard of the Source Blood Warrior, and Victor will be very happy. Moreover, the larger the base of apprentices, the lower the pass rate and the higher the training cost, Nicole's idea is simply unrealistic.

Victor couldn't help but say, "I remember that most tenant families were reluctant to send their children to the Legion School for martial arts training. ”

"I want to revise the enrollment method of the Legion School, so that the family bears more than half of the cost of the junior trainees, and those who perform well can also receive a bounty, and even directly persuade them to adopt, in short, I will try to encourage the children of tenants to join the Legion School...... It takes a lot of money. Nicole said with great interest: "In addition, we can use rock bricks now, Pinghu Town is about to be expanded into the main city of the territory, and the main fortress, the outer city wall and two auxiliary forts will be built...... Oh, by the way, I've already seen the blueprints of the hill camp to build the fortress of Candlekeep. The Candle Castle you designed is magnificent, it's a fortress city....... and I plan to start construction next year, and I expect it to be completed in fifteen years. ”

"My dear, it costs many, many bucks. Nicole smiled softly, her bright eyes hiding a little smugness.

Victor's deep and charming dark eyes turned into a strange dark gold, and he said flatly: "You may not have a clear idea of 6 million gold soles...... The royal family of Neville minted money privately, and no royal family in the human kingdom could give 6 million gold soles at a time, but the fortresses and castles they built were converted into far more than 6 million gold coins...... Let's put it this way, the budget you gave me has been calculated for 15 years, and you have not said a word about the annual revenue. If you consider the balance of the family's finances, even if I don't have the 6 million gold soles, I can accomplish these goals of yours, including the construction of the Candle Keep, within ten years. ”

"Honey, is this the budget? You're going to have to get all the 6 million gold soles in your hands to be satisfied......

Nicole lowered her head, was silent for a while, and said truthfully: "I'm afraid that you will spend all this money on the Centaur Hills, not for the Randall family." ”

Victor smiled and said, "It turns out that you are afraid that I will be partial to Sylvia, so you ask me for more first?"

"You'll live with your lady in the future, so you can still take care of us?" said Nicole with a sour sour purser of red lips.

Nicole is probably the only senior female knight who dares to compete with Sylvia in person, because she is still from Rose Manor, she is considered a descendant of Sylvia, and now she is carefully wary of the former mistress for the Randall family, just like Victor before.

There was always a place for Nicole in the softest place in Victor's heart, he stroked his lover's hair, and said in a soft voice: "Red Frost Tree Manor is not far from here, I can come back to accompany you at any time, I promise to stay in Silvermoon Manor for five days every month......"

Nicole looked up into her lover's dark golden eyes and whispered, "I don't believe it...... Madame is the companion of the Raging Wind Swordmaster. ”

Victor touched his nose and smiled bitterly, "I don't have confidence in me...... Well, I promise to spend at least 5 days a month with you, and if I'm delayed by events, I'll be able to spend more time with Baby Nicole until next month. ”

"One day less is punishable by two days. Nicole wrinkled her nose, put her arms around Victor's neck, and said coquettishly.

"Okay, I promise you. Victor nodded in agreement, and said, "Since I have brought back this gold, I will not carry it away." Although researching the secret method of the soul bloodline is more expensive than buying a giant dragon, Centaur Hills is not short of money now. The 6,000,000 gold soles are deposited in the Randall family's coffers...... However, I only left you 2 million gold coins, and the remaining 4 million, I have other plans......"

"Is it only 2 million, is it okay to leave 3 million for the family?" asked Nicole unwillingly.

Victor shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate the 2 million gold soles...... In two or three years, Kinsol's purchasing power could double what it is today, with 2 million equivalent to 4 million, or even more. Of course, the value of Goldsol, Silver Sol and Copper Sol will soon fall again...... There are rules, risks, and opportunities in this, 2 million gold soles are whatever you want, I just ask, even if you lose it all, it doesn't matter, it will be a test of your governance...... Anyway, the rise of our Randall family is unstoppable. ”

"Well, my dear, I listen to you. Niri said contentedly on Victor's chest.

There are still 260,000 gold soles in the treasure trove of Pinghu Town, which is an unimaginable wealth for a twelve-year-old earl family. Looking at the entire human realm, I am afraid that I can't find any lord who can take out 2 million gold coins to let his wife take full control, not to mention that Victor has more than one lady, and Sylvia is even more glamorous and the lady of the main room.

Nicole has followed Victor for so many years, always receiving his influence, and is in a period of transformation between the old and the new in the concept of wealth, and many things seem to be understood, but she is secretly determined not to let her lover disappoint her.

Victor patted Nicole's slender hand and said, "Okay, you go and call Todd for me, I have something to tell the mercury agent." ”

Nicole kissed Victor lightly on the lips, left his embrace, and walked out the door.

Waiting for Nicole's light footsteps to disappear into the dressing room on the third floor, Victor's face appeared with a complicated expression, some were relieved, some were lost, and some were thoughtful, he sighed in his heart, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "...... even Lilia 'betrayed' and defected to Nicole...... I've lost ground in Randall?"