"Locke, is this magical contract really made by a would-be magician? I haven't even touched some of the balance knowledge contained in it. At dinner, Angelina said to Locke.

"Well, her name is Alan, and she's a friend I met from my travels on the East Coast. Locke replied.

Being surpassed by a magician of the same level in the field of knowledge was very unacceptable to Angelina, and she had already made up her mind to spend time in the field of magical balance science next.

Relying on the crystal ball given by the magician of Ashar, Locke was born on the side of the Holy Tower for a week, and accompanied Angelina and other women.

At parting, Locke told the girls that he would come back again in three months.

This time back to Princeton, in addition to Rafi, Xia Qian was also taken by Locke.

Over the past year, the half-elf bloodline in Xia Qian's body, Master Kayla has studied almost the same, and Xia Qian can only be idle on the side of the Holy Tower, so it is better to follow Locke back to the Omore Empire.

Locke knew that Xia Qian was talented in business, and he planned to place Xia Qian in Bi Li's family as his spokesperson, contact and develop those business families, and make money for himself.

Xia Qian is very interested in the errand that Locke arranged for her, and the most important thing is to help Locke.

Summer in Princeton was fast approaching, and while the Imperial Capital was trolling, Locke in a carriage had quietly arrived at the Morgan family's mansion, where there was a lively discussion.

"My lord!" the maid guarding the door had seen Locke before, and when she saw Locke coming, she bent down and greeted him respectfully.

Pushing open the door, I saw a long table inside, and on both sides of it, a group of old men were sitting, and these old men were arguing about something.

They are all leaders of small and medium-sized families who have cooperated with the Morgan family, including nobles with titles such as viscounts, barons, and lords, as well as principals of certain consortia and famous chambers of commerce in the empire and localities, and even some heads of down-and-out knight families to join in the fun.

Sitting at the top of the long table was naturally the old man Over.

Sitting on either side of the neighborhood are the families of viscounts and barons who have a cooperative relationship with the Morgan family.

These were the quietest of the bunch, as they had already privately negotiated the distribution of the cake and the trade-offs.

Those who are making noise, they are the most numerous, but the interests are the least.

Seeing Locke come in, the old man Old-Fleur, who was sitting in the first place, immediately got up and said boldly, "Lord Locke, you are here!"

As soon as the old man said this, the scene calmed down, and everyone looked at the new figure with bright or dark eyes.

There is no doubt that the person who can make Old Man Overe so enthusiastic must be the first-class knight who is good friends with the Morgan family.

He shook hands with Old Man Over, and surrounded by everyone, Locke sat on the throne.

"This is the patriarch of the Porut family, this is the patriarch of the Max family, and this is the patriarch of the William family. Old man Ofer first introduced the three old fellows beside him.

These three old guys also have an identity - the Viscount of the Empire.

"Hello. Locke shook hands one by one, showing extreme humility.

These three old guys, no matter which one is singled out, are twenty or thirty years older than Locke, and Locke did not show any arrogance because of the crushing of the strength level.

After the three old guys, the old man Ofer pulled out of the room again, and several characters with heads and faces were introduced.

Locke, who was behind them, didn't stand up and shook hands with them, but only bowed slightly.

After such a circle of communication, everyone sat down and prepared to start today's meeting.

The specific details, Old Man Ofer and the patriarchs of the other viscount families have already discussed, and they only need to wait for Locke, a first-class knight, to arrive, and sign the contract to complete.

Old man Overall didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point, handing Locke a detailed contract that listed the benefits that Locke would receive each year for these families, as well as the obligations that Locke needed to fulfill.

"Twenty tons of pig iron per year...... Five tons of refined salt...... Two thousand horses of silk...... 500 barrels of wine ......"

"Golden Moore 700,000...... Silver Moore 1,300,000 ......"

"800 low-grade energy crystals...... 400 Intermediate Energy Crystals...... 200 high-grade energy crystals ......"

“......”

There are all of them, and there are dozens of them in total, which dazzles Locke's eyes.

Many of these cooperative families brought in by the Morgan family could not directly pay for the energy crystals that Locke needed, and could only use ores, salt and other items to offset the funds.

"I don't want these things, you'd better exchange them for energy crystals or magic cores for me. Locke pointed to the dozens of lines above.

Old man Ofer and the three old guys next to him looked at each other left and right, and said, "Okay!"

In fact, in this contract, the supply of energy crystals in the back mainly comes from the three viscount families, and the miscellaneous tributes in the front come from various minor nobles and chamber of commerce organizations.

Locke doesn't want these things, but they want them.

Not to mention the important people's biological resources such as pig iron and refined salt, even those hundreds of barrels of wine, which were taken to the northwestern provinces of the Omoor Empire and exported to foreign ethnic minorities, were enough for them to make a fortune.

"That contract needs to be changed. Old man Overall said.

"Well, you can discuss with my wife how to change it. Locke took advantage of the situation and pushed out Xia Qian, who was standing next to him.

Xia Qian, who has long silver-white hair and looks so different from ordinary people, was noticed by someone when she followed Locke into the field, and everyone knew that she was the wife of this first-class knight.

"I don't know what you call it?" asked Old Man Over, who didn't dare to rely on the old man and sell the old, in the same respectful tone as he did to Locke.

"My name is Xia Qian, hello. Xia Qian smiled.

"Xia Qian?" said the old man Aufer repeatedly, he seemed to have heard this name somewhere, he was so old that he couldn't even remember it for a while.

A few years ago, Xia Qian had done a lot of business in Princeton, and later, when Locke took her back to Faustin, she sold all those properties to the Bili family, and it was there that Old Man Offer had heard Xia Qian's name once.

It's not that everyone doesn't know Xia Qian, and everyone present knows each other.

Bi Li, who was sitting a little closer to the old man and Locke, looked at Xia Qian in disbelief, she knew Xia Qian's appearance, what was going on, Xia Qian, who was a few years older than her at the beginning, has now become younger than her, and her hair has changed color.

Bi Li made up her mind, went back to chat with Xia Qian, and asked what was going on, women are very concerned about their appearance, if they can, Bi Li also hopes that she can become younger.

After that, Locke didn't participate much in the cooperation and discussion with these families, and left it to Xia Qian to do it, which was also training Xia Qian.

A week later, Locke went on a trip to the Knight's Hall, and his mission for the year was about to begin.

With the messenger given by the knights of Rayleigh last year, Locke went to the mission hall and found Rayleigh's brother, Rewan.

Lewan is a middle-aged knight with a beard, and his depth is not visible to Locke, but he is judged to be at least a powerful first-class knight comparable to Hals.

Picking up the messenger that Locke handed over, Lei Wan checked left and right a few times, and after detecting the fluctuation of the familiar mark belonging to his brother through his mental power, Lei Wan threw two mission scrolls to Locke.

"The first is to exterminate a small Naga tribe in the southeast sea that has been plagued for a long time. ”

"The second is to kill the quasi-rank demonic beast Xiong Zhen who has recently appeared in a dense forest in the north of the empire. ”

That's the benefit of having a backstage and a doorway.

Locke hadn't heard of it yet, but there were newly promoted first-class knights who could choose the type of mission they could complete during the ten-year mission.

Without much thought, Locke opted for the second mission.

Damn, the southeast sea is so big, just finding that small Naga tribe will cost Locke a lot of effort, not to mention fighting in waters that he is not good at.

In comparison, it was much easier to kill the bear.

"Visionary. Rewan smiled and complimented Locke. "Don't take it lightly, this bear hurt three of our would-be knights on a mission last month, so it was taken seriously by the above and adjusted to the trial mission of the first-level knights. ”

"Yes, I see. Locke said so, but he didn't really care much about it.

This Xiong Zhen really ate the gall of the bear's heart leopard, and dared to hurt the people in the knight's hall, from this point of view, most of this quasi-level demonic beast is generally intelligent, but it just relies on its rough skin and thick meat.

You must know that in the three western islands, many quasi-level demonic beasts, tier-level demonic beasts, and even super-level demonic beasts are very self-aware, and it is too late for people who usually hide from the holy tower and the knight's hall, how can they hurt people.

Taking the Scorpion Dragon family entrenched in the Murphy Forest in the territory of the Faustan Kingdom as an example, the Scorpion Dragon Lord Adamlis and his spouse Shiva are all rank demonic beasts, and there are several descendants with the same strength under them, such awesome strength has to be obediently recognized in front of the Holy Tower and the Knight Palace.

Angie and Fermo were sent by the Scorpion Dragon Lord Adam Lith to use the two of them as mounts and pets, so the intention of flattering them should not be too obvious.

Putting away the scroll, Locke planned to complete the mission within two months, and then go to Santa to get his new equipment.

After receiving the mission, Locke stopped by to visit Hals, Shelley and others who lived in the Knight's Palace, who had just completed the mission in the Dill Sea, and they planned to rest for two months and digest the harvest this time.

Knowing that Locke's mandatory task was to kill a quasi-rank demonic beast Xiong Zhen, Hals and the others, like Locke, didn't take it to heart.

They know Locke's strength, and he is not a weak person among the first-class knights, and this task is not very dangerous for him.

"Do a good job, come back early, Shelley has already planned the next mission. Hals punched Locke in the shoulder and said heroically.

"Well, I guess I'll be back in two months. Locke said.