With such good material in their hands, the women seem to have discovered a poignant love story that can't be told for several days. What's more, with the artistic expression of the women, if there are no more details and emotional entanglements interspersed in the middle, it will be a waste of so many years of creative skills in the aristocratic circle.

It is unclear how many versions of this story will eventually evolve into, and how long it will dominate the list of hot topics after dinner.

Ten minutes later, Olivia and Alvin were ushered into the second-floor reception room, where Myron and Isaac sat down.

By this time, Minian had already left the Song of the Forest with Wendy. Wendy doesn't leave reluctantly, curious to see what Myron and Olivia will talk about. And Minian definitely didn't want Wendy to contact Myrondo, so she pulled her away very strongly. As for whether she will say something bad about Myron behind her back, it depends on her mood.

"My name is Myron, Myron Hawke, and first of all thank you for your help. Myron introduced himself while speculating about Olivia's intentions, of course he wouldn't believe that Olivia really wanted to buy this store with 200,000 gold coins.

"I'm Isaac Bacon. Isaac introduced himself, and his mind kept thinking, but in a different direction than Myron. He sometimes stared at Olivia's face in a daze, and sometimes stared at Olivia's firm chest, as if reflecting on when such a beautiful rich woman appeared in the Duchy of Lane and he didn't even know where she came from.

"You can call me Olivia, he's Alvin. Olivia briskly revealed her identity.

"Her Royal Highness Olivia, the First Goddess of the Duchy of Sweet?" Isaac seemed to know the name well, and in fact, he was very familiar with this beautiful and famous woman. Of course, due to the short time of landing, Myron knows very little about this kind of continental figure.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect that in the Duchy of Lane, some people have heard of me. Olivia covered her mouth and smiled for a moment, seemingly satisfied with her popularity.

In fact, people who know Olivia will most likely know Alvin, after all, he is the youngest Knight of the Round Table in the Duchy of Sweet, and he is inseparable from Her Royal Highness the Princess. However, Isaac only focuses on women, and when he hears Alvin, he automatically ignores it. Therefore, he didn't guess Alvin's identity now, he only knew that this guy was very capable of fighting.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, presumably those 200,000 gold coins are not for the purpose of buying our shop, right?" Myrons couldn't figure out the reason after thinking about it, so he decided to ask directly.

"Of course, your place is good, but I didn't buy it for much use. Olivia didn't plan to go around in circles with Myron, and said: "I have a fancy for a vein and need an agent, and the 200,000 gold coins are used to repair the base." ”

"What veins?" Isaac didn't seem at all surprised that princesses from other countries came to the Duchy of Lane to look for veins. In fact, he could roughly guess that the veins were in the mountains and forests to the west, where the territory was vast and there were many alien races, and it was not under the jurisdiction of the Duchy of Lane, but it was relatively close.

"Aquamarine. ”

Myron and Isaac nodded at the same time. Azurite ore is a rare item even in the mineral-rich Principality of Lane, and if the ore veins contain abundant ores, it is definitely a lot of wealth.

"You can apply for the right to open up the border in the name of the family, and you can get it for a few thousand gold coins. "Olivia had done her homework before she came, and she knew a lot about the system of the Duchy of Lane.

In the Duchy of Lane, every nobleman can apply to the royal family to open up surrounding territories. Successfully exploited territories are generally owned by nobles, equivalent to local lords. This approved territory was protected by the Imperial Family, which allowed reinforcements to defend against foreign enemies in the event of an invasion, and to prevent the Duchy's internal army from raiding homes.

The Duchy encouraged the nobility to expand their territory, which was one of the easiest ways to expand their power.

However, not every nobleman was willing to explore territory. The reason is simple, the land that is being developed is generally the land around the principality, which means that you have to grab the land from the foreign race. It's not like you're over when you grab the land, you have to defend it.

Your territory is in the outermost circle of the principality, so when the enemy attacks, you must be the first to attack. Therefore, if you are not careful, it is still possible to be directly killed by the enemy, which is a thankless task.

Even if the enemy doesn't have the ability to eat your territory in one bite, you may be in trouble. For example, if you build a small town next to them, then they will always think about you and worry about you, and they will often come to your house when they are short of food and clothing.

Of course, if the enemy is coming, reinforcements will definitely come. But if you look at history, it's not hard to see that the timing of reinforcements arriving is usually subtly linked to the time when the last defender fell.

In addition to security issues, another issue is particularly important, and that is how to attract more civilians to your territory. This question is difficult, at least it will stump 90% of the nobility.

It is well known that in large cities, living conditions are the best. Because large cities have the most complete infrastructure and the most abundant materials.

The second is small towns, although the sparrows are small, and they have all kinds of organs. Although such a town is not particularly rich in materials, it is better to have a complete range of types, which can fully meet the normal life of people.

The worse is the rural areas, because the population density is much different from the cities, so it is impossible to have a very complete infrastructure, and the material is mainly self-sufficient. You can survive, but you can't enjoy a high quality of life.

The worst is the newly opened land, and everything has to be started from scratch. For example, food is the most important resource for survival, and people need livestock and farming tools to farm. If these things are purchased from other territories, it will inevitably increase the cost. If you are going to produce it yourself, you need a blacksmith to produce farm tools, and you have to go to the mines if you want raw materials......

Therefore, how to convince thousands of civilians to give up their original rich life and drag their families to live a life of exile with their families is a problem, not to mention that it is easy to be affected by war. If there is no attractive enough thing to exist in such a land, it will take a long time to slowly grow and develop.

For most nobles, they will only choose to explore their territory when they find special resources, or when the population density of the territory is too high, or when they encounter some other special events.

And Myron, he didn't plan to develop this territory, he just mined.

"And what do you want me to do?" Myron is not the type to faint at the sight of a beautiful woman, he must first know whether he has the ability to take this matter forward.

"It's very simple, this 200,000 gold coins is the start-up capital I gave you, and of course, it is also my only investment. You'll need to use the money to build a mine and a base that needs to be able to withstand the invasion of small groups of enemies, and I don't want the mine to be killed by a foreign race as soon as it opens. Absenteeism, skilled trades, and the military all need to be formed by yourself. "Getting down to business, Olivia is also rarely serious.

"And you need to provide me with 100,000 gold coins worth of aquamarine ore for free every year, and I will buy the excess at the standard market price as operating funds. It's all your money, and you can spend it at your disposal. As for the question of ownership, the infrastructure belongs to me, and all the personnel belong to you, which is equivalent to you can feed a small army with my money. Olivia used simple language to explain the way to cooperate.

Myron doesn't know much about the income and expenditure of the vein, but Isaac has a mine at home, so he has to discuss it with Isaac. Olivia nodded in agreement. So the two discussed it carefully, and finally came to the conclusion that it was worth doing.

The only problem was transportation, though, and they hoped that Olivia would take on the task of transporting it, or simply build a road to get out. Olivia said that there is so much money, and all problems must be solved with this money, including road repairs.

Although the transportation problem has not been solved, Myron thinks that the income from the mine is still no problem to feed a small infantry regiment, and that if it is done well, there will be a surplus. So, Myron happily took on the task.

Myron belongs to the type with strong hands-on ability, and since the negotiation is completed, he immediately runs to work.

There is a fundamental difference between simply opening a mine and opening a mine in the western forest. If you're opening a mine in your territory, just find a slave to come and mine.

But Myron's task is not so simple.

First of all, he had to apply for the right to develop, which was relatively easy, and Myron only took 3 days to complete the relevant procedures.

It is clearly not enough to have only one pioneering formality. The orcs in the mountains don't care if you have the right to set up camp here. If you run into them, all you have to do is nod your head, smile, and slash them in the face with the blade in your hand. Of course, the orcs are just as hospitable, and they will even ignore our courtesy greetings and go straight to the final step, and roll up the stick and charge out.

Therefore, at this time, if only slaves are brought with you, it is obviously the rhythm of death, and there must be someone who can fight. Can you fight, understand? It's the army, and a small mercenary group like the nine-tailed fox is obviously not enough. Myron estimated that he should at least initially assemble a small army of more than 1,000 men to cope with the day-to-day defense. However, judging from the subsequent development, Myron seems to have miscalculated.