Sinan Pei couldn't believe it. Who would believe that such a lavish spender of money can become richer and richer?

Until he took the ledger that Theresa had offered to hand over - he could see a little bit of a doorway in the ledger.

The Auvergnes seem to be generous in their spending, but aside from mere charitable and ecclesiastical donations, other expenditures such as municipal aid are not as large and unacceptable as they might seem – because those expenditures are symbolic.

The Auvergne family leased the autonomy of their own territory to the municipalities within the territory on an annual basis. The guilds and merchants in the town reciprocated by paying a considerable amount of money in addition to the taxes, which he learned was recorded in a separate ledger and, in his view, was intended to satisfy the king's tax collectors. And most of the charity is also done in the form of work-for-vibration.

In a word, it looks quite lofty, but in fact, he has not lost face at all, buying people's hearts on the one hand, and absorbing gold everywhere. And its territory is indeed rich.

But...... Theresa is young, and when the royal family was in charge of these properties, he really didn't think about it? Sinampei was confused for the time being, and he couldn't figure it out, but even if he thought about it with his ass, he knew that there must be a reason for this.

As a modern person, Sinampe also has to admire the wisdom of the Auvergne family. What kind of legacy did the ancestors leave to this girl? Even if you do it yourself, you will never be able to do it better than this.

And Sinan Pei also found that there are not many small nobles who have large fiefs in the entire dukedom, and these small nobles who have territories are obviously cronies in the family, and most of them are also related to each other.

"The fiefs of those unreliable guys were basically bought back by their ancestors. Theresa smiled playfully, "Otherwise, the map of the territory is too ugly." ”

After a pause, she said, "Little nobleman...... When you fight, you should be called up for military service, and if you don't fight, you should honestly guard your estate. ”

Sinan Pei found that he couldn't understand the girl duke in front of him, as if she was quite smart?

This territory is too well governed, and it is rich, and the armament can't see how lax it is......

"If I were the king, I wouldn't be at ease. Sinampei couldn't help muttering.

He didn't speak his native language – he had developed some habits these days. So the phrase was heard by Theresa.

She smiled, "Perhaps, but I'm quite relieved of them—this king and the next." ”

This is not as shy as the Chinese people. Sinampei shook his head noncommittally at Theresa's words. Maybe she has something to rely on, but this is not something that Sinan Pei should care about for the time being, let's do the things at hand first.

After reporting on her work, Theresa smiled and gave him another order: "Si, you are really knowledgeable, even in the entire Capetian Kingdom...... No, you want to be good in Oggenia as a whole. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. Sinan Pei nodded, neither looking very happy nor arrogant, in short, he was neither humble nor arrogant.

Theresa picked up another document on the table: "You can help me take a look, this is the blueprint of the water diversion and heating system of the castle that I asked someone to design when I was in the capital Pali. I'm going to renovate all the old facilities in the castle. ”

Si Nanpei took it and looked at it, and could only sigh and said: "Your Highness, I think it's better for me to use the wisdom of my hometown to redesign it for you." ”

"Wouldn't it? I think it's a pretty good design. Contrary to Sinampei's expectations, Theresa puffed out her cheeks and retorted angrily.

Glancing at Theresa's red cheeks, Sinampei understood that the drawings were designed by herself, and then she came to look for compliments!

But after a short while, Theresa accepted the reality: "Well, almost everyone says that. If you're willing to design, I'll leave it to you. Don't you say you're a learned scholar?"

Sinan Pei nodded, and then asked, "Your Highness, do you need to consider the issue of defense?"

The castle is not in the middle of the city, but is built on a hill, and the terrain is dangerous, and from the point of view of the design, the defense must have been prioritized at the beginning, and the castle also has enough defenses and granaries. But Sinampei didn't understand the current situation, so he asked this question.

After thinking about it for a while, as if thinking of something terrible, Theresa gave a cold shiver, and then said resolutely: "Castle, naturally, the safer the better." ”

Si Nanpei thought with a little malice, is she afraid of being caught by others and snapped? He couldn't help but glance at Theresa with an inquiring gaze, thinking about her disheveled clothes, her expression was panicked, her body was covered with ropes and fell on the bed, and several foreign nobles and even soldiers took turns pressing on the ...... Ahem, it's wicked, but it's blood-pumping.

Noticing Sinampei's "evil" gaze, Theresa glared at him fiercely.

"Then just rebuild one. Sinan Pei said nonchalantly, "I think that with the advancement of technology, this centuries-old castle should have been eliminated a long time ago." ”

Sinampe already knew that during this era, several kingdoms in the east and the city-states of Saranyi in the southeast of Capet had begun to develop large bronze cannons and even long-barreled cannons for siege.

"That's what you think, that's great!" Theresa agreed, without hesitation, "It just so happens that I don't want to live in this haunted castle all day...... How much is it? I'll give it to you!"

Sinan Pei was speechless, she really deserves to be a little girl, she is willful when she has money...... Just because of the reason of haunting? Sinampei didn't want to believe it, but apart from this special reason, Sinampei really didn't know how to explain it. Si Nanpei, who can't see the depth of Theresa's wisdom, attributes this to the willfulness of the little girl.

"Your Highness, I still have to investigate the cost before I can give an exact figure. Sinampei thought for a while and said.

"So be it. Theresa nodded, even if it was a clapper.

The corners of Si Nanpei's eyes twitched, this girl really has no guardian? At the very least, there should be a respectable old housekeeper to watch it! Si Nanpei almost wanted to slap himself in a big mouth, and inexplicably left himself with a thankless job. Moreover, she trusts herself too much! This kind of project is really used in a person like herself, who has known her for a few days, to do it......

It's true that Sinampei is a modern person, but he is not omnipotent? It's just that it seems that there is no way at present, so he can only do it seriously, at least he has studied a little bit of modern war history before, and he still knows what he knows about the fortress or something......

"Your Highness, this is not a small project, it will not involve just one or two disciplines, I may have to recruit a group of experts......" After thinking about it, Sinan Peti was still a little uneasy.

Theresa thought for a moment, then agreed: "No problem, this is also a matter of course." ”

After saying that, she casually stroked her long chestnut hair, revealing her slightly pointed ears.

Si Nanpei felt that he was a little dazzled, and he didn't care too much.

It was a long time before he understood what the ears meant. How noble is that to those who attach great importance to bloodline......