746 Book Fiefdom
Happiness is a self-sufficient thing, and it is easier for people who know how to deceive themselves.
Tiddle Lime probably belongs to such a person, the rumor that she was broken by the cat god at the beginning made her expectations for love fall to a rather low point, and when there is a man in front of her who meets the average standard in her mind, she is satisfied.
Zhou Shu didn't have any ill feelings towards Tiddlelem, but he didn't like it either. As a queen, she looked a little more presentable than the sick princess who had stepped on a hitched stake and drank beer, but only by looking like her.
Having said that, what she tossed out today made Zhou Shu feel a little impressed.
Blade Plains, an area on the map in the shape of a date pit. At this moment, it has become Zhou Shu's fiefdom. Whether he wants it or not, he wants to take over there and become the master there. In addition, this jujube core plain is also about to become a weapon for the country of the west to use its national power to attract the population of the enemy country.
"Aren't you afraid that all the spies from the enemy country will run in there?" Zhou Shu asked Tiddlelime a fairly basic question, which directly confused Tiddlelem.
"Without this area, wouldn't enemy spies be able to enter?"
Also...... Zhou Shuhan one. The appearance of the American continent looks like a somewhat deformed taro, and the east and west are also split in half from this taro, and the national border between the two countries is 17,000 kilometers long, and the border defense forces cannot be all over the country, and the border guards are quite ordinary, and anyone who wants to come in can come.
The purpose of the existence of the Zaohe Plain is to generously want the country of the east to promote the beauty and wealth of the country of the west, so that the poor people of the country of the east can change their doors and abandon the darkness and turn to the light.
Zhou Shu was skeptical about this.
It's not that he looks down on the country of the west, if he throws the country of Baiyue into the country of the west, with the inexplicably high-yield crops and well-behaved livestock with strong bodies, it is possible to make the hungry people in the country of the east flock to it. But the problem is. The country of the West is also in a rhythm of starvation, both countries are agrarian civilizations, trapped in a closed continent. After breeding for so many years, he didn't even mix food and clothing, let alone make the enemy country red.
Zhou Shu didn't think he had the talent for management in his life, but he was very interested in making the Sword Plain rich. He's still very confident.
Not to mention anything else, he has also read the principles of economics, combined with the great investment-pull model of his motherland, using the gold in the treasure of the dragon to get the resources of the whole country to the Sword Plain, and it is not impossible to use money to make people flock to it.
Now the dragon inside the Dragon's Treasure is gone, and it looks like it has fallen into a pit. Although the gold coins are also much less, the rest is enough to build an all-gold palace, and it is still possible to use this money to develop a pilot city, but I don't know how many years it will take.
Zhou Shu has always regarded himself as an agent. It's the kind of firefighting team captain who puts out the fire where something goes wrong, although the fire has always been chasing him, the captain.
Now, he is still a little uncomfortable with suddenly wanting to make him the head of the local administration. Tiddlelem's next words also made him even more uncomfortable.
"You, you don't have to go to the Sword Plain, it's far and wild, I'll send someone to take care of it for you. If you have people you trust. It is also possible to name them by name and go there to be lords. However, they are all residents of the East Country, so I'm afraid it's not a good place to go. ”
Listened to Tiddle Lime. Only then did Zhou Shu react. He had been wondering why this little girl was usually so clingy to herself, and suddenly gave her a fiefdom that was so far away that she was dying, it turned out that she had no intention of letting herself go to the Sword Plain.
Blade, this was the second time he'd heard the word recently, before heading back to his hometown. When he saw the brown-skinned girl on the road, he called herself Sword Blade, and according to the naming rules here, she must be from the Sword Plain, or maybe she was the great nobleman there.
Zhou Shu actually still wants to go on this business trip, and now there is no war between the two countries. Returning to calm, it is precisely the time when it is necessary to play administrative tricks and intrigues. He also wants to honestly experience the feeling of being the protagonist of the farming text, and it seems good to go over there to take office.
Looking at Tiddlelem's expression begging for praise, Zhou Shu was a little hesitant, not knowing if he should make physical contact with her. Zhou Shu is really not good at coaxing girls with words, although the girls around him feel that saying good things is his strength, but that is just the result of his usual poor mouth and getting used to not being able to control his mouth, and when he really wants to say something, he is dumb.
Looking at Tiddlelem, he wanted to give the little queen a hug, sent her away, and begged her to let him go by the way. It's a big deal, I promise her to come back for a week and stay with her for a day. At such a distance, you can fly as a fire ball, you don't need to call a 'taxi', and it is more convenient to come and go.
Tiddlelem looked at Zhou Shu nervously, wanting to see his happy face, but what he was waiting for was a wide chest that was large enough to fit her in. Master Zhou opened his arms and hugged the little queen, making Tiddle Lime stiff and motionless, she didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly, she would have begun to worry that Zhou Shu would take off her clothes, and she felt glad and regretful that she was not dressed solemnly enough today, which was very contradictory.
Zhou Shu didn't think that this would take advantage of other people's little girls, it was enough to hug and express his joy, and he quickly let go of Tiddlelem.
The Queen was not disappointed at all, she was easily satisfied.
"I'll do you a favor. Zhou Shu said that he wanted to go to the fiefdom to be majestic. "I haven't managed that big of a place, but I'm confident that it will become the best place in the West Country. ”
Speaking of empty promises, Zhou Shu easily persuaded Tiddlelem to spend one day a week with her. The queen is also not subtle at all, and directly made this request, Zhou Shu is an understanding person, and he doesn't ask 'what to do with you', the two of them just have such a tacit understanding to ignore the embarrassing topic.
For a long time, Zhou Shu didn't think that his eldest lady, that is, the sick princess, would let him have a second woman, even if it was Ula Mystery, it was impossible. In his opinion, if there is really such a case, then the person who is most likely to be accepted by the sick princess. It's Tiddlelem.
Also as a queen, the sick princess has a covet for this colleague in the country of the west. Zhou Shu felt that if he could get the queen and thus the country, the sick princess might agree with him to get the queen. To put it simply, it is a sacrifice on politics.
That being said, Zhou Shu was not obsessed with Tiddlelem.
The Queen lingered in Zhou Shu's room for too long, and she didn't leave until someone came looking for her.
Zhou Shu, who got the promise, wandered around to find Nati. After finding her in the kitchen, he also brought her into his room, fed her a cone, and then rolled into bed and continued to feed her a cone. Nati has now mastered the licking skills of ** on her own, and she has a great talent for this.
For this eccentric gift, Nati loves it, she loves sweets. There are still many cones, because it is night, and it is not suitable for eating so many cold things. So stay for the time being and wait for the hot weather to eat again, the ice cubes in the treasure chest show no signs of melting, and it seems that it can be preserved for a while.
The two of them weren't used to tossing around in the palace for too long, and the night was basically a quick one. It wasn't convenient for Nati to stay here, so she sneaked back next door with a red face.
Early the next morning, Zhou Shu was called by Tiddlelem, and he saw her in a small study, beside which stood two tall and thin old men besides the maids. Judging from the dress, it is estimated that he is a big official.
Zhou Shu saluted the queen and hugged the two old men. Later, I learned that they were officials of the East Country. Only then did Zhou Shu figure out why Tiddlelem let himself come to see her in a new dress early in the morning.
The two old men were foreign affairs officials of the East Country, and they came this time specifically to see Zhou Shu, the man who defeated a country by himself. That's what people call him in the country of the East. Although there are many insults to it, it is a demon. But there are still those who admire its strength.
Tiddlelem knew that Zhou Shu was not used to this kind of thing, so he simplified what should have been a grand reception to the current one.
She looked at the two diplomats with a smile, and looked at their expressions staring at Zhou Shu suspiciously and respectfully, and her heart was very sweet.
Now she has the feeling of showing off her excellent boyfriend to outsiders.
The two officials of the East Country saluted politely, and the number of courtesies was sufficient. Zhou Shu also recalled the etiquette methods that were taught by the etiquette teacher before, and returned the salute to others.
These diplomats had actually come with ulterior missions, and both of them were excellent painters among the officials, and they were also asked to write down the face of the great scourge of the Zhou Shu and draw a portrait of it. It's not that he wants to do anything bad with his portrait, it's just that the king of the East Country wants to see this guy who has made him unlucky.
The class of kings is actually relatively simple in many cases, and there are not so many fancy intestines, and later generations have too much speculation.
Tiddlelime smiled and watched Zhou Shu talking to the two diplomats, Zhou Shu saw her expression in his eyes, felt funny, and probably guessed her state of mind.
The diplomats wanted to make sure that the person in front of them was not the hero of the legendary enemy country, the evil god of their country, so they made a seemingly rude request.
"Lord Earl, I heard that you can do immortal things with your human body, but who cares?"
Zhou Shu felt quite helpless about his translator, and inexplicably translated this kind of thing for himself. He guessed that this should be someone pulling the official tone with him, and the words he said were not so colloquial, so the translator made it like this. Although the translation of this thing can be regarded as conforming to the standard of Xindaya, but listening to an old man in the West talking about this thing, Zhou Shu also took out a handkerchief with goosebumps.
He is not a sissy, but the handkerchief is necessary in this era, for example, when passing by the vegetable market, the sensitive nose of Master Zhou will use it.
He wasn't going to cover his nose with this thing, but he was going to give an explanation to the person in front of him.
"You mean, you want me to give you a trick for you to see, right? ”
He didn't drag the text at all, because he knew very well that the translator would translate it into the text of the other party.
Zhou Shu grabbed the handkerchief and shook it in front of the faces of the two dazed diplomats, "Two adults, what are you going to eat for lunch?"
"Unfed. ”
"Well, yes, it's just over nine o'clock. Zhou Shu said this, shook the handkerchief, and the handkerchief suddenly ignited a raging fire. Then a rabbit was pinched out of the fire. "Take it and eat it. Zhou Shu threw the rabbit into the arms of the two foreigners, and bowed to Tiddle Lime to show the end of the performance, even though he was not wearing a hat at all.
The two foreigners walked away with white rabbit ears and snorted, and Zhou Shu swore that he didn't think about the moon god when he became a rabbit, and this time he was injured by mistake. He didn't want to humiliate people.
Tiddlelem admired Zhou Shu's accidental injury, as a victorious country, he felt that it was not a big deal to humiliate the enemy country, even if he cut off his arm and sent it back, it was just a slight revenge for his brother.
Master Zhou also found an opportunity to change the trick just now for Tiddleleme, lit the silk scarf to attract her attention, and then pulled out a rose from his arms, which looked like it had changed out of thin air. He is not a sissy, and he carries a flower with him because there is such a branch hidden in the ragged clothes that he has just made. He himself is also strange.
Roses are not a symbol of love in this land, and there is no such thing as flower language in this world, but almost all flowers can be said to be symbols of love except for those that can be eaten. Zhou Shu sent this flower, which also made Tiddlelem blush and bow her head, and the queen's hair crown was about to fall off.
Tiddlelem had officially confirmed the fiefdom of Zhou Shu in the court, and announced that the heroic Earl would soon set foot on his land to rule and govern the plains that had once belonged to the barbarians.
Horses are produced in the Plains of the Sword Blade. This thing is of little use to the White Moon Kingdom, but it is a strategic material for the East and West. It is a point of economic growth. Being able to own that land is something that makes many people blush. In this country, there is no tax-sharing system, and the local finances are self-sufficient and do not need to be handed over to the royal court.
If it weren't for Zhou Shu being a hero, and the queen being on the side to prevent people from harassing him, there would have been countless merchants running to him to do the horse business.
Horses are such supplies. In the country of the west, it will never be marketed, and it is a resource as valuable as a gold mine. If you just let people go to the plains to set horses, it is estimated that the wild horses will become extinct in a few years.
Zhou Shu didn't know about this kind of thing, and neither did Tiddlelem, so it was naturally a tragedy for these two laymen to bump into each other. Because of the interests involved. Naturally, no one told them, and a large number of caravans and horse dealers were already heading to the Sword Plain of Zhou Shu, ready to take advantage of the fact that the masters there did not have time to take care of these things, and wanted to make a fortune.
This kind of thing Zhou Shu finally became clear, and someone told him that it was the mouthy parrot Sir Sir Brown.
The colleague who was possessed by the parrot patron saint, Zhou Shu still liked it. As he circled the palace in his new clothes, Sir Cockatoo stopped him, congratulated him on the matter of the Plains of the Blades, and talked a little more about it, and then came to the question of horses.
Zhou Shu is not afraid that the horse will be tricked by others, as long as he uses the Book of Summoning diligently, it will not take a year to make the wild horse more than the living. The population of the Plains of the Sword Blade is about two million, which is quite small, less than one-fiftieth of the entire West Country, but about one-thirtieth of the area.
Listening to what Sir Cockarot had told him in his casual conversation, he was a little depressed, and his confidence in managing the land had diminished considerably.
If you want to manage a province as large as a province, you must have your own team. But it's a pity that Zhou Shu doesn't have talents in this area. He's a martial artist who kills people like hemp, and it seems really unsuitable to deal with the plot that will happen in the farming text.
Just when he was depressed, the face of a girl named Hundred Tongues appeared in his head.
"Uh, looks like I'm going to have to form a team......"
Lord Zhou conjured up the treasure chest, grabbed a cone and gave it to Sir Parrot, thanked him, and then ran to find Her Majesty the Queen, wanting to find the captives from the Plains of the Sword and Blade to help him manage the land. Leaving the indigenous people in charge of themselves is a great form of local regional self-government.
Sir Parrot grabbed the cool thing in his hand and stared at the hero who ran away, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't even know what it was for, but he knew it had been pulled out of a treasure chest that appeared out of thin air. It's better to keep it properly.
Sword Blade Hundred Tongue is the eldest daughter of the head of the Black Feather family in the Plain, and all the men in her family died this morning, so at this time she has become the rightful owner of the Sword Blade Plain, the Duchess. At this time, she didn't know that her family's land had been included in the territory of the West Country, and she didn't know that the man standing in front of her was the true and legitimate owner of the Sword Plain.
"Western pig, what are you looking for me to do!"
Dressed in tattered clothes, he would be standing in front of Zhou Shu, who was standing in front of the private prison of an officer's mansion.
The officers were very moved to see Zhou Shu, a big man. He had seen the heroic posture of Lord Zhou fighting from afar before, and this sword blade was captured by Zhou Shu after the battle and when he swept the tail, and it had become his private property at this time.
Lord Zhou saw that his youngest daughter was the owner of rare magic power in this land, so he exchanged his own piece of parallel cultivation magic array, which had not been used for hundreds of years, for Hei Yu's family.
Sword Blade Hundred Tongue Black Feather, this is the full name of the Hundred Tongue Girl. It is even more handsome than what Zhou Shu knew before, and it is translated as a secondary second name that will be used by Yang Xi secretly. The Black Feather family has been managing the Slut Plains for more than a hundred years, has a solid foundation, and has a very good reputation in the local area.
All the men in the Hundred Tongues family were dead, and they were dragged out by the officers at four o'clock this morning and killed, and the corpses were just beginning to be hit by flies. Her girl's family didn't know about the miserable situation, she didn't know anything. Because she was a pretty girl, the officer was worried that his men would not be able to help but spoil them, so he kept him in a private room. The key is in his own hands.
The girl, who had been separated from her loved ones, had no idea what was going on, and had been slowly sorting out the dirt that had dried off her hair, trying to make herself cleaner. She knew now that it didn't feel good to be covered in mud.
"My name is Zhou Shu, and I'm here to save you from the sea of suffering. ”
He was scolded by this girl just now, and he was also very depressed. I remember that this guy didn't know how to speak such a dirty word two days ago, and it seems that he learned it in this house. It's easy to learn bad, but it's hard to learn well, which makes Zhou Shu sigh a little.
Baiyu is quite wary of the man in front of him. There's no way around it, it's in this state of involuntariness. She had to be careful, though it didn't help.
Zhou Shu pinched his chin and pondered, trying to find a way to make her trust herself. The girl's mother is still alive.
"Well, Hundredtongue Girl, or I'll let you and your mother out first. Go freshen up and get dressed first, I have something I want to tell you. ”
Hundred tongues heard this. Without hesitation, he scolded, "You think I'm going to serve you!? If you want to bully me, you'd better have someone tie me to the bed right now!"
Zhou Shu was speechless, so he rushed to say this, he always felt that this woman took the initiative to ask for that ......
"Oh my God, girl. You do me a favor. I really have something serious to say. "It's already noon, the sun is terrible, Zhou Shu doesn't want to stand in front of the dungeon and fight with this woman. "Well, let's make a deal. You go and tidy up a bit, and I'll talk to you about something in a moment. Whether it succeeds or not, I promise you that I will let you and your family go back to the Sword Plain and personally escort you back. ”
Zhou Shu's statement also made Baiyu continue to be misunderstood.
"It seems that you are very attached to me. She shook her hair and shook a puff of dust, "You Westerners have never kept their word, how can I trust you?"
"I'm not a Westerner...... Zhou Shu didn't expect that he would be said by a blonde Latino girl, and he was a little depressed when this Chinese deserved. "Then you can tell me a way, how can you trust me, I tried to do my best. ”
"You swear to God!" said Hundred Tongues, "to your sun god." ”
"The sun god is dead...... Zhou Shu sighed helplessly.
Baiyu let out a long 'oh', "I'm sorry, I almost forgot about this." Since your lord god is not angry, then you swear like the moon god of our country. ”
"Is she trying to provoke me?" Zhou Shu looked at this guy with a smug face, and felt that she was quite good at pleasing people, and being pressed to the ground by the cavalry before didn't seem to make her honest.
The moon god is also dead, obviously she doesn't know, Zhou Shu sighed and swore decisively. He didn't have time to fight with this guy, and he would have to go play with Natie later.
To be the boss of the Plains of the Sword Blade, he has to support his own team, and he has to treat both Liberty Eagle and Nattie, after all, they are bodyguards. (To be continued......)