What Rand didn't expect was that the small building where the Earl was located had a surprisingly high room height, with each floor measuring 10 meters, and the room where the Count was located was a super-large and super-high room that was directly raised to the roof.

Rand who had just entered the room glanced curiously at the various arrangements of the room, in Rand's opinion, it was more like a gymnasium in the previous life, with a super high roof, various exercise equipment, and a special wooden floor.

Count Maned Wolf sat quietly and half-lay in a huge rocking chair, looking at the curious Rand, and Fernando stood behind the Count.

"Think this room is interesting, right?" The Count spoke

"Your room is very special"

"In fact, in the big family, such a room is very common, and when you break through to the Sky Knight, you need a special place to practice flying with Dou Qi." The Count said as he looked around.

"At the time, I thought it was a matter of course to become a Sky Knight, but later I realized that what was needed behind 'as a matter of course' was even more than what Sky Knight needed itself."

In fact, Rand still agreed with this sentence when he first heard it, in the first few years of work in his previous life, Rand also thought that as long as he could work hard enough, the promotion and salary increase in the future should be taken for granted, but after years of stumbling, he also knew that even if he put aside the ethereal connections, personality, opportunities and even fate are enough to change the words "deserved".

Of course, Rand knows better that the Earl seems to be introducing life experience to Rand, but what he really wants to express is that the viscount that Rand inherits now is not as simple as "it should be", but he won it from Count Manewolf, and Count Maned Wolf hopes that Rand can appreciate it.

"My father has always told me that as a mid-level knight, I can inherit the title of Viscount Roth smoothly, thanks to the Earl's care"

"Hey, Viscount Rand is now the great hero of our Northwest Territory", the old maned wolf smiled, "Even His Majesty the King wants to confer the title of Viscount of the Court on you, do you want to accept only honor?" Or do you plan to stay in the royal capital and do your duty for Your Majesty? ”

"What do you mean, Count?"

"I think that you have just inherited the territory of Lot, and everything is not clue yet, it is better to train in the territory for a few years, and then go to the royal capital when the territory can run on its own."

"Thank you, Lord Earl, I think exactly as you do."

"Okay, I heard that you've fulfilled all the contracts between the Bob family and the other nobles?"

"Yes, Lord Earl, the Galloping Plain needs a lot of food, and produces horses and salt," Rand said as he organized his words,

"Now there are too many barbarians and human demon supporters in the Roth territory, and the Roth territory cannot afford to raise them, so they must return to the plains to develop salt mines, raise black-scaled horses or other livestock, and exchange these grassland specialties for grain."

"Very good, I am relieved that you can have such a plan for the territory, the Galloping Horse Plain has been the biggest source of chaos in the Northwest Territory for the past few hundred years, I hope you can keep the peace now." A look of relief appeared on the count's face.

"I'm very happy to develop the territory, I will ask the steward to find you a place outside the city, and in the future, your caravan will be able to have a fixed warehouse and house in Mane Wolf City."

"Thank you, Lord Earl."

"In addition, each of their nobles has a mansion of their own in the city, Viscount Bob has it, and your father used to have it, but then he sold his house to Bob" The Earl smiled, "and let the butler take you there in a moment, and now these two houses are yours too"

"But Rand, I heard that your caravan will eventually go to the royal capital?"

Here, Rand knew that Count Maned Wolf was ready to make an offer, "Yes, my lord, I have a contract with the Salt Iron Division. ”

"Oh, of course, the Dragon Kingdom is in great need of salt from the plains, but as far as I know, the nobles of our Dragon Kingdom are mainly based on demonic beast leather armor, and their mounts are also dominated by demonic beasts.

If you spend your energy to bring the black-scaled horse and iron armor to the royal capital, you probably won't be able to sell it! ”

"Oh, I didn't expect this, you know, I haven't been to the royal capital, I really don't know the situation"

Rand complained in his heart while responding to the earl, what are you messing with me? They are all wearing leather armor, and the tens of thousands of deposits from the royal capital in Bob's account book are all blown by the wind?

"In my opinion, your black-scaled horse and iron armor will be sold in the shop in Mane Wolf City, if you can't sell it, I will wrap it up, and you won't have to run all the way to the royal capital."

If it weren't for Bob's books, Rand would have thought it was his father, Huck, who said this.

"Thank you so much Earl, but in any case, I still need to send a large amount of salt to the royal capital, if only there were enough cargo ships."

"Isn't it a coincidence, every time our caravan goes, it is a cargo ship, and it stops in several cities along the way, our two caravans can go together, and I only charge you one percent of the profit as the ship fare."

"Thank you so much, Earl" Rand knew that the asking price was indeed not high, Rand as a viscount, his caravan to go to cities outside the Northwest Territory required a high entry tax,

Although salt is the goods of the Salt and Iron Division, and the salt quotation of the Salt and Iron Division is exempt from taxation, it will be difficult for the people at the city gate, and other goods accompanying the caravan will be taxed at a higher percentage.

But with the Earl's fleet, not only can a large amount of salt be transported at a low cost, but also under the banner of the Earl of the Northwest, most of the entry taxes can be exempted, and a little alone is very profitable.

"The Earl has one more thing, my territory is not full of food, and I want to buy some food in Mane Wolf City."

"Okay, you follow my housekeeper, take my voucher, and go to the back warehouse to buy some old grain."

"Well, thank you so much, Earl"

The old grain was much cheaper than the new grain, and could not only be used as rations for the barbarians, but also as fodder for black-scaled horses and pack beasts, which was also a must-buy for Viscount Bob every year during his trade.

Before leaving, Rand presented the Count with several other sets of magical equipment, and then followed the butler to take over the plots in and out of the city.

"Father, there's no need to give Bob's house to Rand just like that, right?" Fernando was a little puzzled by his father's generosity, "Even if we buy his armor and horses, we buy them according to the price, and he still has to follow us to trade, and our family has given him enough profits."

"Hey" the old maned wolf sighed, his son was good in other aspects, but he took money too seriously. "Now the whole kingdom hopes that I can have a conflict with the Galloping Horse family, and they are afraid that the Galloping Horse Plain will be swallowed by us alone."

"Then we can't get used to him so much"

"So what? We excluded him and let him go to the king every day to sue as a court viscount? ”

"Then just let Rand go to the royal capital to be his court viscount"

"And then? Let the Blue Dragon family find him a silver knight's wife to manage the Luo Collar? ”

"You mean?" Fernando raised his hand to a height of 3 meters.

"yes, it's the Dragonborn girl." The Earl gritted his teeth and stood up, "Each family has a different understanding of the same thing, in your opinion, she is a one-in-a-million demon supporter, and perhaps in the eyes of other families, she is just a bargaining chip for the exchange of interests."

If you want to avoid becoming a bargaining chip, you need to see not only the gold in front of you, but also the future! ”

The Earl was once again mired in memories of half a month ago, and was forced to admit in front of the Legend and the Magus that he had married the lady to the future Viscount Lot, which was the most difficult moment in his decades-long earl career.