Chapter Twenty-Six: Taking Office, Long Lake!
Bayer doesn't like to delay, and Long Lake is far better than the original Shetling, and now Sender Ayro in terms of geographical location and economic strength.
Thus began the massive moving operation, with the once-huge Gul head being taxidermy and hanging from the wagon.
The force of two hundred elites is amazing, and the family money brought by Baier is basically venom.
All sorts of poison wood weapons, venom, poisonous gases.
If a green skin falls into the truck and smashes all kinds of containers, I'm afraid it will turn into thick water.
Mushroom bisque.
But the poison was so strong that it could not be stored for a long time, and Bayer's troops were now severely restrained by the situation.
There is no container to take the toxins out, and even the best human metals are melted by the toxins within a year.
And long supply lines will make toxins volatilize less, making transportation more and more expensive.
The Poison Marsh both gave the Bair army superior mortal fighting power and kept them bound within the province.
Today, Bayer's problem is how to carry the toxins with them and store them for a long time.
With this in mind, Baier and his party came to Long Lake, a short distance away, and in just one day they walked in front of this rather Gothic port city.
As the new duke, the arrival of Bair and his party sparked a warm welcome from farmers and merchants, but they did not stop at the welcome, they experienced far more lord changes than other lords.
The city of Long Lake is a beautiful city, built at the mouth of the Rick River, and the whole north of the city is covered by a large river, with a continuous moat, and a huge port crowded with merchant ships and sailors.
The temple of Ranard (the empire's god of thieves) was built in the square by the merchants of Bretonnia, who changed the filth and uncleanliness of the past, even though the peasants and nobles thought that the merchants and thieves were similar.
Baier is like a star at the moment, whether it is the head specimen of the Gur beast or himself, he has made the long lake churn constantly.
At this moment, Bair had his own castle, the largest building in the city, 30 meters high, all made of black marble.
It is said that the castle was here before Bretonnia became a country, and it has a history of 1,000 years.
The castle is a mile long from east to west, and there are servants, stewards, and Xiao Si are also available.
The business is very skilled, and there is no need for too many instructions, after all, they were still serving others some time ago.
And Bair walked into the castle with the convoy, listening to the butler's introduction.
"My lord, the specialty of Kernberg is the sweet and clear water of the well salvaged underground."
"Only the Duke and his family can taste it."
Bayer is in a good mood right now, and he is indeed a little thirsty after a long journey.
"Okay, okay, I'll send it to my room later."
The butler bowed.
"Wait for you to rest, I'll ask someone to make tea for you."
And he took many servants to take Bair's salute and put it into each room according to the retainers, the lady, and the master.
When Baier walked to his master bedroom, he saw the huge bed, the soft velvet blanket, and at this moment, after half a year of wind, frost, snow and rain, he really left the poisonous swamp...
For a moment Bayer couldn't believe it, until he suddenly pinched the face of Miss Ellie, who was packing up her clothes next to her.
"Hey, what are you doing?!"
Miss Ellie pouted.
"I'm testing if I'm dreaming, does it hurt?"
Miss Ellie nodded.
Bair suddenly locked the door, hugged her again, and pressed her to the bed.
"Let's make you feel something else."
The bed was big and soft.
When the matter was over, Bair walked to the castle's office under the guidance of the butler and began to deal with the situation in the territory.
According to etiquette, merchants and lords will come to give him a briefing from tomorrow.
However, due to the invasion of the greenskins, the lord of Long Lake has been killed, and tomorrow it may be the consul who will report it.
Bayer, on the other hand, opened one document after another that had been sorted out by the clerical officer, which recorded the situation of Long Lake this month.
Although the duke is no longer and the lord is dead, the five villages of Long Lake also provide a tax of 400 gold coins a month.
With the addition of commercial tariffs, the huge amount of 700 gold coins is the current income of Changhu for half a year.
This was when the lord took many peasants away, leaving the fields uncultivated.
If it were a normal Changhu half-year, it would have an agricultural income of six hundred gold coins, plus customs duties and the funds provided by the current Sende Elo of Bayer.
Back to the real heyday, it shouldn't be a problem to have a tax of 1,000 gold coins in half a year, not to mention that there are still 3,000 gold coins lying in the truck waiting to be used.
However, after not being happy for long, Baier saw a large number of reports of attacks, and it seemed that a large number of greenskins had begun to attack the village before the Duke of Long Lake set out on his expedition.
Guardrails have been damaged in five villages, and the price of stone has risen due to the recent shutdown of quarries near the Grey Mountains due to greenskins.
Half a year's tax revenue was not enough to repair the village, and the previous duke took too many peasants with him before the expedition, and the knight lords of the kingdom who could command the village were all killed in battle, and the chivalrous knights who were substituted were all killed.
As a result, the law and order in the city is greatly reduced.
After reading the general situation, Bayer leaned back in his chair and sighed.
It seems difficult to be a rich lord?
Baier suddenly felt tired, stretched out his hand to pick up the cup of tea, and looked at it, it was indeed crystal clear, and there was a faint sweetness on the smell.
I heard that the duke used to drink more than a dozen glasses a day.
Bair was just about to take a bite when he suddenly felt the temperature of something in his pocket.
He reached out and pulled it out, and it was actually the triangle symbol he got in the previous battle against Skarsnik.
Since there was nowhere to move, it was put in his pocket at random, but now it gave off a faint green glow, and when Bayer tried to move it, it suddenly diminished.
Moving again, the light increases.
It looks like a certain location is getting closer, and the symbol will become brighter and brighter.
With tea in one hand and runes in the other, Bair followed its light out of the room and down to the castle's cellar.
The runes shone brightly at the moment, illuminating the room green.
Then it creates a suction out of thin air, flies in mid-air, and passes towards an inconspicuous corner of the cellar.
Suddenly sticking to it, Baier realized that there was a hole in the wall of the cellar, just enough to hold this rune.
The hum of the mechanism turning, and the wall in front of him opened, revealing a bottomless spiral staircase, and Bair dared to descend.
Green light spilled out from the ground, and Bayer descended a few dozen meters before he saw the huge space underground.
Countless strange pipes and machines wrapped around a green boulder, and the stone was carved with many symbols to look like totems or something.
The entire underground space is 100 meters long, and all of it is illuminated by the green light of the stone, and the dark green stone is going to fill this space!
When Baier recognized this thing, he immediately turned around and ran towards the stairs, because he had been taught this thing in the knowledge of his nobles, and this TM was the dimensional stone, the nuclear energy of this world!