The city by the lake has become a jewel in the territory of the Iris family, most of the barony's territory cannot support a city, but here, relying on the rich products of the Cronokey Lake region, this city for mercenaries has been successfully built, and the tax revenue of the Iris family has continued to grow.

"The 100,000 levates that Aldington brought back have all been used, and now there is a supplement from Lakeside City's tax revenue, and the expenditure on the territory has finally been balanced."

Lady Helena took the ledger and chatted with her husband, Baron Aureno, while checking it.

The baron exclaimed: "I didn't expect that the family's migration to Kamchatka Province not only did not weaken its strength, but it became stronger and stronger...... Thank you, madam, for giving birth to a good son for me. ”

"Orenor, what are you going to do next, is to support Aldington's proposal to form a shallow water team, develop the resources in Lake Cronotkee, and engage in river crossing, and start building the city on the other side?"

"I think it's a good proposition, sea monsters are worth more than monsters, and once the city on the other side is built, the mercenaries can mine more resources. What needs to be doubted now is that with the influx of mercenary groups, it is bound to increase friction with Xueman, leading to large-scale battles. ”

"Family Knights, can they continue to fight against Xue Man?"

"It's easy to deal with ordinary snow barbarians, but there are powerful tribes in the southern snow barbarians, and it's difficult to deal with them just by relying on the iris family to conquer them." The baron frowned, "I don't have a mind right now, according to Aldington's idea, we can unite with the three imperial barons of Kamchatka and conquer the snow barbarians together." ”

"By choosing to work with those three, we're definitely going to have to give up a lot of the benefits of the Cronokes Lake area, but, O'Reno, I think it's time to give up. The influx of more and more mercenaries will make people blush and leave a bad impression on the king. ”

When the Iris family was originally sealed here, Edward XII did promise the area of Lake Kronoki to be the sphere of influence of the Iris family, and promised tax reductions and exemptions.

But at that time, the Kronotke Lake area was still a barren land, and no one could have imagined that it would only take half a year to develop so prosperously, and the daily output of truckloads was heavy. This kind of property is no less than that of those mature land that has been cultivated for many years, which naturally attracts people's attention.

After thinking about it, Baron Aureno finally nodded: "Okay then, I will invite the three families to the new castle as guests to discuss the joint development of the Cronokes Lake area...... Simply completely liberalize, no longer enjoy tax reductions and tax exemption benefits, and pay as much tax as you should to the king. ”

"This will allow us to lose some income in a short period of time, but the family can stand firm here and the long-term interests will be protected, and I agree."

The new castle is still under construction, and it will take at least a year to complete the main building, and the rest is to tinker with it every year, and continue to work hard for generations to grow it.

The name of the castle was somewhat controversial, and Baron Aureno wanted to use the old name of "Butterfly Castle" as a reminder of the old place; Lady Helena wanted to use "Fort Petrel", after all, her son's "Petrel" was famous for Plantagenet; As for Aldington, he also contributed his own proposal "Dragongun Castle".

All three had good reasons, so at one lunch, they offered to wait for Mrs. Carly to take her back and hear her advice.

And the task of taking over the old lady Carly was handed over to Aldington.

At the beginning of May, Aldington arrived at the Eagle Castle with the Servant Knights, and found that the Eagle Strike Sky Family was building another mage tower.

"This mage tower, called the Photographic Magic Tower, after it is completed, with His Excellency Shamir as the chief, specializes in the technical research, apprenticeship training, and matrix manufacturing of photographic magic." Viscount Hector was in high spirits, "You know, Aldington, soon you will be able to take another lev again!" ”

"Oh, so quickly earned 100,000 lev from the Eagle Strike Sky Family?"

"Of course, we put in a lot of magicians to make the core of the photographic matrix, and then let the apprentices make the rest of the parts, so that the production can be increased by liters. But the bulk of the income is not the photo matrix, but the photo! Only the professional photo paper we provide, can take photos! ”

The technology of photo paper is very low, and the price is not high, but it can't stand the large sales, and those aristocrats who bought the photo matrix are taking pictures and showing off almost all day long.

There was a pause.

Hector shook his head and said, "However, we have also found out that some nobles have started to produce photo paper, and we have no authorization at all!" Fortunately, the photo paper they produce is not working very well, but His Excellency Shamir estimates that in three months at most, they will be able to meet our standards. ”

"It's good to be able to delay for three months, after all, isn't His Excellency Shamir's team developing the next generation of magic, and the photography matrix I suggested to him is probably about to appear, right?"

"No, no, no, there is no shadow yet, the photographic matrix is too complicated, and it is only a technical demonstration at the moment. The main direction of Shamir's team is the 'pixels' you are talking about, trying to make a photo full of more pixels and express the scene more clearly. ”

Judging by the photos taken by the current photographic matrix, Aldington thinks that there should be 300,000 pixels, which is enough for the average situation.

But once such a photo is enlarged, the image appears blurry.

Therefore, the launch of 1 million pixels and 3 million pixels in the future is bound to set off another wave of trends, and 30 million pixels is not the end of the road.

Of course, Aldington didn't think that the two families could keep cutting leeks all the time, and sooner or later the nobles would follow suit and snatch the photographic matrix market. If you want to keep the interests of this area, it is not enough to rely on the Imperial Count and the Imperial Baron, at least you must have the protection of the Marquis.

The generation of the Eagle Strike Changkong family has no hope of going further, so he can only rely on himself.

"By the way, Aldington, how is your marksmanship going?" Viscount Hector asked.

"There's already an eyebrow."

"That's good, your grandfather didn't care about photographic magic, but he cared about your marksmanship, and he'll be sure to ask about it when the luncheon comes."

Indeed it is.

At the family luncheon, Earl Hellington pulled Aldington and asked about marksmanship: "You have comprehended the meaning of "Eagle Gun", how is "Mountain Gun" and "Dragon Array Gun"? ”

"Mountain Spear" also understood, and it will take a while for "Dragon-shaped Array Gun" to be used."

"Good, good!" Earl Herrington said three times in a row, "It takes several years or even more than ten years for other knights to comprehend a marksmanship, and you only need a year and a half, this talent makes me confident that you will develop a new marksmanship." ”

Seeing that his grandfather was happy, Aldington, who had always liked to show off, smiled and said, "Actually, I have already started to sort out the new marksmanship. ”

"yes, tell me about it!"

"I call it Dragon Lance, and there's just an unreal framework and a few infrastructures."

"After luncheon, let's go to the martial arts arena, and I'm going to see your Dragon Lance! "The Earl of Herrington immediately made a decision, and ate a little faster than usual.