Michael was one of Annan's first acquaintances.

He fell to Mr. Fast's tavern because he was no match for the genius mage who was also in the Mage's Tower, and finally cheered himself up with Annan's encouragement.

Michael accompanied Annan through his initial youth, so after the change of identity, Annan still did not treat him as a subordinate.

"But I didn't think you'd do anything like that."

Annan lowered his eyes to look at Michael who was captured by the elements, and turned his head to ask Francois, "How much did you earn?" ”

"Three hundred and three golden-nar."

Bound by the dirt, Michael was unwilling: "That's what I knocked out one by one with my staff on the head!" ”

"And half of me." Francois crossed his shoulders to watch the joke.

"Why?" Annan asked puzzled.

"If you have a floating city, you will definitely not take a fancy to these three hundred gold coins, I can use them to continue researching!"

"Continuing to fail?"

"I didn't fail, but I succeeded in finding a hundred materials that are not suitable for alchemy gunpowder!"

Annan felt that Michael was easily extreme, such as falling because of a genius mage, such as embarking on the road of no return to smashing people with a staff, such as burying his head in alchemy...... But for a lord, this is obviously a good thing.

Bang –

A heavy cash box smashed in front of Michael Keil.

"What is three hundred gold narls enough? Here is a thousand kinnars. I will open an alchemy research institute, and the monthly funding will be at least 1,000 jinnars. ”

To add to the convincingness, Annan opened the box and put a magic lamp inside.

The shiny gold coin reflected on McCail's face, making the scar on his forehead clear, and Annan suddenly thought that it would be good for Michael to play Annan Porter when he grew up in the future.

"Give it to me?"

Annan was just about to answer, when a burst of dragon power that made everyone dizzy suddenly came with a low roar.

"Mine!"

At this moment, the workers in various parts of the Gem City under construction raised their heads, either frightened or familiar to see a giant dragon landing in front of the City Lord's Mansion.

Elimoas's majestic dragon pupils leaned in front of the window, her body was smooth and graceful, and her scales in the sunlight seemed to be sparkling sapphires.

"Then here you go." Annan doted on the window, but thought to himself that he would not take out his belongings within a mile radius of the crystal lair in the future.

Elimoas snatched her hand out of the window and returned to her lair as if she had put her hand in a rat hole.

Annan retracted his gaze and asked Michael to ask Ingrid for money, and Francois to prepare to recruit farmers.

Henry hadn't brought the necromancers yet, and Annan had to use farmers to ensure inefficient food cultivation for the time being. As for whether Henry will deceive himself...... He couldn't run.

"Annan, I don't understand, we have already made an unimaginable and endless wealth with magical images, why should we waste our population to develop agriculture?"

Francois had seen the maddening finances of Gem City, and if a piece of parchment was used to represent Gem City's finances, then the revenue outside of the magical image would be like poking one of Lily's beards in ink on the parchment.

From Arcane Cores to Orichalcum to the construction of Gem City, all of them are made with the help of magical images.

"Ingrid, tell him." Annan clasped his arms.

"Because the lord of the castle is not knowledgeable, and he is not prepared to become a real ruler." Ingrid said calmly.

"If you say that again, I'll show you!"

"Really?"

Annan blinked, turned his head and Francois said, "Because we are only the first to eat crabs, our advantage will become less and less over time." ”

The Tatoon Empire has begun to produce an endless stream of magical images.

"The first person to discover a treasure often doesn't become the owner of the treasure."

"Do we have time to do anything?" Francois quickly understood what Annan was saying.

In fact, Annan is already doing this: the theater is.

There must always be a place for magic images to be shown, and the theater will be in control. All score their share.

and as an anchor for the development of the Gem City: acquiring land around theaters in various city-states and building shopping streets to pave the way for the magical newspapers of the future.

"But what does that have to do with farming? We now have only about 6,000 registered residents, and even if we mobilize half of the residents to open up farmland, we will probably only ...... A tax of a few hundred gold coins. ”

Or in the case of five food taxes, and the magic image can earn so much in a day.

"History has taught us countless times that it is very stupid to give your life to someone else." Annan replied solemnly.

The coastal trading territories of the Obiris Strait change almost every few decades because they are completely ill-equipped to cope with disasters. As long as the shipping routes are cut off, they will only be forced to face increasingly expensive grain.

The Duchy of Montabulllock is an example. A hundred years ago, it was like this: the Duchy of Montabulllock was easily vassalized by the expanding Tatooon Empire, which blocked its coastline.

And so it was now: it was supposed that the Mad Dog Grand Duke, who was in control of the Mage Guild and the Duchy Guard, should be the new master of the Duchy, but this one was indeed troubled by the other heirs, as he had no farmland of his own.

Although he can plunder other people's food.

"I didn't think you dabbled in history...... Ingrid said unexpectedly.

Annan snorted coldly: "We should humbly stand in the lower reaches of the long river of time and look up to history. ”

Francois was no longer confused and was ready to call up the peasants.

Annan was not idle, and he held two banquets in Gem City and Sertovis - in the name of Gem City.

The former Annan also invited the lords near the Jewel Bay, and not many people came to the banquet, except for the lobbyists of the other heirs, only the strait lords who had trade because of the "Fast pants" sent people.

Annan invited them to join the trade route of Gem Bay, and by the way, they tasted the special food of the Duchy of Montabullock, stewed surimi, which can only be said...... The principalities still eat as if the empire was blockading them.

The latter banquet was much more formal, with many of Sertovis's bigwigs attending, as well as his friends, the Xanna family, even the lazy Suni, and her father, the "Eternal Groom", who came to the banquet.

After the beginning, Annan gave a special speech: he first told them as a participant that the Empire was about to cancel the alien order, and then proclaimed the glorious future of Gem City and allowed all races to settle.

The great racial syncretism described by Annan intrigued some aristocrats, but it was nothing more. When there was no alien order, aliens were also excluded, and apart from elves, orcs and dwarves could do nothing but mercenaries and blacksmiths.

But the eyes of the young ladies sitting next to Lady Germani and the young ladies at the banquet were shining with stars, and Annan's confident demeanor when talking about things they did not understand perfectly matched their fantasies.

Jack? Just a poor boy with no money.

(End of chapter)