Soldiers are training, woodcutters are cutting wood thorns, fishermen are catching catches, workers are building fortifications, women are making clothes, and everyone in Xingyue Bay is paying for their future. Even Annan is no exception!

Breeze City.

A dinner party inviting nobles and wealthy merchants in the name of the king of the north is being held in the banquet hall.

Unlike a normal banquet with a predominance of men, most of the guests at this banquet are ladies and ladies from various families.

Annan's image of Jack not only fascinates the ladies, but also makes them dream of it. Annan, in particular, fits all their fantasies about their spouses, such as having their own fiefdoms, never attending banquets, and a look that moistens the corners of their mouths.

The reason for making Annan pay such a big sacrifice is simple - preparing for war emptied Annan's savings.

Not only magic muskets and magic cannons, but also plate armor, fortifications, and hired workers require huge expenses. Annan and Francois had enough money – they had to save some gold to survive the winter.

Ingrid offers to sell the knighthood. As a fiefdom lord, Annam can send about 300 knights, but only the territories that are almost unable to hold out will use this method to reap benefits. It's not okay for the one-year-old Xingyue Bay to enter old age early, and the people of Xingyue Bay have no oil and water to fish.

Shoot the third magical video? But the income of the magic images is less than the other, and the nobles of the Puron Grace County are no longer able to get rid of it, unless they show off their feelings.

"How about the Prequel to The Fall of the Mage Tower? Tell the story of Jack and Ruth before they move to Breeze, and preferably the plot where they once passed by. That's when Evelyn suggested.

"How long are we going to shoot?" Annan pointed out the window. The first two months were ok, but it's too late.

Sell magic muskets and magic cannons to Olmedo? It's just that Olmedo doesn't look down on these things, for a simple reason: when the rat plague has broken through the battle lines of the Mage Tower and the Knights, there is no point in giving 300,000 inhabitants a magic musket.

At that time, Annan wanted to say that now it is just a one-shot magic musket and artillery, and in the future, it will be an automatic magic musket and magic artillery, but it will take time......

Doubling the price of a magical newspaper? It is known that the 10 copper coins of the magic newspaper are just enough to break even, but the Claudia brand magic stone can only be produced once a day, and it is 7,000 copies a week, and the magic newspaper has been sold between 40,000 ~ 60,000 copies since the issue of the rat people went north - the Star Moon Bay Magic Newspaper did not lose money, all thanks to the sponsorship of the wine lady. For example, if the magic newspaper changes from 10 copper coins to 20 copper coins, this money will all go to Xingyue Bay, that is, 50 gold coins per week......

Annan now goes to Breeze City to knock on the doors of the ladies and asks for more money than this.

But sadly, those industries in Xingyue Bay, fish, spinning machines, cotton yarn, and plate armor that no one wants at all add up to less than 50 gold coins a week...... Counting the taxes, it is barely reached.

At the end of the day, the heart of Xingyue Bay is Annan. Annan is here, so Xingyue Bay is here. Annan died, so Xingyue Bay died. Because a territory should be like this: the lord has the power of life and death over the lord, and the lord is shrouded in the shadow or favor of the lord from birth to reproduction to death.

200 gold coins a month tax? I sympathize with your lords and serfs, who must have been oppressed to the point of inhumanity...... A tithe of taxes? You must be making me laugh...... Let the people work and pay them? Have you done too many bad things in the past so you are doing good deeds to escape hell?

Xingyue Bay, which is nominally a territory, is essentially a city - but as a city, Xingyue Bay is abnormal. A true city would have a nobility that checked each other and at the same time united to weaken the power of the city lords. Even a town of 3,000 people like Hirabayashi has three factions: mayors, nobles, and professionals.

And in Xingyue Bay, Annan is what he says. His will will be accurately transmitted to the ears of the people, and then the people will carry it out efficiently.

Starmoon Bay is like a giraffe. As the head, Annan tried to stretch up, burrowing through the dense canopy of trees, chasing the beautiful sunshine and white clouds, but its body fell into the gloomy forest, feeling the warmth of the head.

And the body thinks that they are dragging down the head, and the head thinks that the body is supporting itself.

Mr. Schwaro thus described Starmoon Bay as "family", which is both positive and derogatory. There is no town in Starmoon Bay that does not have loyalty, but it is not uncommon for families who have worked together to gain status and wealth and end up falling apart due to interests.

In any case, Annan's purpose in launching this banquet is to make money: to solicit sponsorship for the "Star and Moon Bay News", and to fry cold rice - to sell the "Fall of the Mage Tower" Philosopher's Stone again. Nominally a collector's edition: a crystal base worth less than three gold coins, and an unworthy signature from Annan, priced at 150 gold coins.

Dressed in a well-fitting dress and holding a Philosopher's Stone in white gloves, Francois stood by a pile of collector's edition Philosopher's Stones, and introduced to the surrounding guests, saying that ordering at the banquet would also enjoy a 20% discount, only 120 gold coins, which is equivalent to earning 30 gold coins!

Ladies who had never seen this kind of sales were a little impressed, but there were also ladies who wanted to be alone with Annan for a while after ordering. Francois consulted Annan and replaced his solitude with dancing.

On the dance floor, Annan tried to keep his distance from the glamorous lady in front of him, so as not to let his weak and helpless body be swallowed up, but he couldn't stop the hand on his back from touching it.

This is a necessary sacrifice......

Annan lowered his head and did not dare to look at his partner, a shyness that made it difficult for the women to control, crowded around Francois, taking off their necklaces or waving their money bags: "Give me one." ”

In order to save Annan from those bad women, the girls also crowded over: "I want a copy too!" ”

Annan danced and danced with the fragrance of his body, and Francois counted the money with joy.

After jumping again, Annan let go of the girl who had Xia Fei's cheeks, she woke up from her confusion, and asked in disappointment, "Is it so fast?" ”

Annan smiled and said, "Sister Poses, I want to go and drink something." ”

"Then I'll go take a break." The girl said shyly and gently, returning to her companion.

"How's that......"

The aristocratic girls anxiously urged Poses.

"It feels good...... I seemed to be Ruth, and I hugged Jack in the hall of the Mage Tower......" Poses smiled beautifully.

"It cost more than a hundred kinnar just to dance......" A girl's tone was sour, but she couldn't hide her envy.

Her companion bumped her lightly, "Don't you want to experience Ruth once?" ”

Bo Saisi also felt that it was very expensive, but she still couldn't help but clasp her hands and linger on the aura of a brief hug: "But he called my sister ......"

(End of chapter)