After listening to Temple's request, Leon's mind suddenly diverged somewhere, and after pondering for a while, he pulled up the map southeast of Campbell.

Since he became a lord, a large part of the Campbell's territory has been shown on the map. From Brown Bear Town, where he now settled, the winding border in the east stretched irregularly northward, through the edge of the Black Forest, through the town where the old count was born, through the eastern foothills of the Copperhelm Mountains, and continued north to disappear into the shadows. Leon knew that it was the land of the Sver Kingdom, and it belonged to an old nobleman, but because he lacked relevant knowledge, he had not yet shown it.

And Li Ang had specialized in studying the Great Wasteland, and he knew that if he crossed the border line and traveled twenty or thirty miles to the east, he would see a faint layer of fog, and as the distance deepened, the fog would become thicker and thicker, and finally formed a fog that enveloped the entire Great Wasteland.

"Mysterious and deep, eerily quiet" - he described the place hidden in the fog in all the books he could find.

According to Temple, these people in search of wealth in the Black Forest only dare to travel a dozen miles, and further than that, only relatively powerful hunters have the courage to enter, so to speak...... Leon compared, estimating that at most they had walked less than a fifth of the way out of the Black Forest from the mist.

Now that Campbell's southern border is very unstable, and there is such a discordant factor as Fort Edward, there may be more uncertainties in the future. The eastern border is temporarily unhindered, but according to the hunters, there seems to be signs of an increase in monsters recently......

However, with Leon's current strength, it is impossible to take care of both sides at the same time, so he can only concentrate on dealing with the border with the Pale Mountains in the south, not to mention that the note found by Melissa also seems to indicate that there is a force lurking against Campbell over there.

"Plan ahead...... Leon stared at a flat area north of Brown Bear Town, gaining some concentration.

"Leon," Caterina reminded in a whisper, "Temple is still waiting for your reply. ”

At this time, the merchant's mood was very low, and his shoulders also collapsed, so he almost sighed, and when he saw the young lord's distraction, he felt that his thoughts were mostly useless.

The idea of staying with Campbell had been swirling in his mind for a long time, and it was a decision he made after traveling to several countries. The inhabitants here lived a relatively leisurely life, the tax rate was not high, and the lord was very open-minded, and did not interfere too much with the freedom of the lord, but the sudden killing of the old lord made him lose confidence in Campbell's future.

But now that Leon is here, this young man is the direct bloodline of the old earl, a genuine lord, and in the past two days by Leon's side, he has discovered a lot of commendable character traits from him. In Temple's eyes, he felt that as long as Leon could continue, he might be able to do better than the old lord, so that he gradually regained confidence in Campbell.

But so far, this is just his own wishful thinking, and I don't know if Leon will agree to him staying, after all, something like that happened before.

"I understand what you mean, but no, my supplies have to be purchased from other sources," Leon said as he thought about it, not noticing Temple's appearance at all, "but of course it's okay to stay, and I have other things to leave to you if you want." ”

When Leon said the first half of the sentence, he knew that he had no hope, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he suddenly began to get excited. ‘

"My lord, if there is anything you command!"

The merchant's heart was like drinking honey, he knew that the lord said such a sentence to show that he recognized the value of his deposit, if the things assigned by this lord are done well, maybe there is a chance to further close the relationship with the lord, what is there to worry about after having such a backer?

Leon looked at the irrepressible smile on Temple's face, and the sparkling eyes, and couldn't help but feel that the other party had gone too far, and it was necessary to be so excited to do something?

As a time-traveler, although he understands that he is already the lord of Campbell, he has not really experienced the great change brought about by the transformation of his identity from an ordinary person to an earl lord. Telling him that it was just a change in title, at most there were more responsibilities, more things to do, and in addition to the love and closeness of the townspeople in the villages and towns that passed by on the road, it was possible that he could not experience the awe of a lord like Temple.

However, Li Ang controlled his expression very well, as long as he adhered to a good principle - don't ask too much in the face of things you don't understand or understand, just listen to what others say, at least he won't show timidity, right?

So the young lord coughed and said, "That's right, I have a preliminary idea......

An idea popped into him while looking at the map, and the more he pondered it, the more feasible it became.

The mysterious and dangerous Black Forest hides many rare and unknown properties, and the proximity to Campbell's borders makes it an innate convenience for him. But such a vast forest is not something that a neighboring lord can control, his grandfather can't, and he can't.

In that case, it is better to be generous and provide an "official" foothold within the territory for hunters who make a living from it.

Leon's long-term vision was to carve out an area north of Brown Bear Town, to build services and provide professionals at his own expense, and to provide a "trading area" that included food, shelter and transportation for hunters interested in "exploring and exploring" the Black Forest. Of course, exploration and exploration are just another way of saying, in essence, these people must be there for those rare goods, but their harvest can only be sold to the trade area, that is, the merchants designated by the lord, and the price will be the same as before, and there will be no deduction and deception.

The purpose of setting up such a trade zone is to make money in the first place, and the prosperity of Tongguò Brown Bear Town over the years can be seen how much profit it has, and Li Ang is not prepared to set a tax rate, which will cause disgust and discourage enthusiasm, it is better to buy it directly, maybe the profit will be much more than the tax.

Although he brought back a large amount of money and goods from the chaotic capital, the development of a territory relying on this money alone is equivalent to sitting on a mountain of empty food, and there must be one or even several stable sources to sustain it, Li Ang didn't know how his grandfather maintained it before, so now he can only figure out his own way.

The Black Forest near the eastern border of Brown Bear Town has been mined by hunters for several years, and there should not be much left of the property, and then deep enough people need those strong people to dare to enter, but this is only a small part of the Black Forest extending to the border, and there are still dozens of miles of forest sea covering the border line like a shadow to the north, and find a suitable area over there to build a new "Brown Bear Town" , will definitely attract a large number of hunters to come to dig for gold, especially if this is approved by a lord, and they have no other worries.

"Your Excellency...... That's how you planned it?" said Tempe, his face flushed after listening to Ang's brief explanation, and his hands rubbed back and forth, and he was stunned for a moment before he asked in a low voice.

Seeing Li Ang's gaze, Deng Pu hurriedly said, "No, my lord, it's not that I question your idea, but that your idea is really ...... It's ......"

In the end, he didn't dare to say it directly, but changed his words and asked: "It is said that the Black Forest and all the property in the territory belong to you, why would you give it away?

From this sentence, it can be seen that Temple really wants to stay, so he is already on the side of the lord. In the past, when the old earl was there, although he was in a state of ignorance to Brown Bear Town, and did not even collect taxes, but because of this, the behavior of these outsiders was a form of "smuggling", which was an illegal act in the absolute sense.

They were worried all day long, for fear that the powerful lord would suddenly bring people to kill him, and then they would not even have a place to cry, so they would rather come and go more frequently every year than dare to live in Brown Bear Town for a long time.

If what Leon said was true, it would be different, this was an act that the current lord admitted, and the lord was in charge of the acquisition, which would have reassured the hunters who risked their lives to enter the Black Forest, who would rather have a lower price than a stable shipping channel.

So as long as the news spreads, Temp can guarantee that the number of people who come here will be at least three times as many as before! However, doesn't the lord know that those properties are actually his own?

On the other hand, even if the amount of produce brought out of the Black Forest by hunters in the past required dozens of merchants to buy it every year, did this young man have such a strong financial backing?

Li Ang looked at this shrewd businessman with a stunned look, and he felt a little proud in his heart.

"Look, you think I'm stupid, right? Lao Tzu's experience has dumped you in two worlds!"

Indeed, Temple only considered it from the perspective of interests, but he didn't expect Leon to consider it from the position of a lord, and of course this idea had other purposes.