Richard's brows furrowed more and more, and while rubbing the corners of his forehead, he said, "Now twenty-one of the fifty-nine territories of the family have seen a drop in taxes...... These guys really don't have much patience! Do you think the bandits in Kunda's territory came from Schumpeter, or did he make up for himself?"

The old butler said, "I can't judge this."

The old housekeeper focused on the management of the family's internal affairs, so it was naturally difficult to make a judgment. Richard didn't expect an answer, but asked in passing. He stood up and paced back and forth in the room, his face growing colder. After walking back and forth for dozens of laps, Richard suddenly raised his hand and wanted to drop the tax report in his hand to the ground. But in the end, he just gently placed the report on his desk.

When he looked up again, Richard had become very calm, and commanded, "Sue Sù Kunda, since thieves are rampant, then it is better to halve the taxes for the next season." ”

The old butler was surprised, but said nothing. After following Gordon for so many years, the old butler knew the situation of the family territory very well, and knew very well that Kunda was just a pawn for another temptation. And there have been dozens of similar temptations. If Richard does not show enough skill to control the territory for a period of time, the lords of the territory are likely to fall apart.

Richard's hand gently caressed the tax report, and the gesture was as gentle as caressing his lover's face, but the light in the corner of his eyes was so cold that it was chilling, and he said to himself: "Schumpeter, a crippled family, still dares to play tricks behind his back?"

Judging from the territory and power distribution, only the Schumpeter family tempted Kunda, and the real behind-the-scenes force was Mensa. Mensah and Akmund were already mortal enemies, but in the early stage, like Schumpeter, they were almost crippled by Gordon. Therefore, after trapping Gordon at the cost of the Lhoki plane, Mensa knew that Akmund's territory was empty, but he was temporarily unable to start another all-out war. The old and spicy Duke Mensa is now focusing on annexing Schumpeter, which is also a piece of fat, and better to swallow. For the stormy Gordon series, the differentiation and disintegration are effective enough. At least in Richard's tax report, you can already see the power of this strategy.

Richard pushed the report back to the old butler and said, "Investigate all the lords whose taxes have dropped significantly, or whose territory has changed and mark what you think is abnormal." Hope to see this report before I come back next time. ”

"No problem. The old butler agreed.

"Is there any news over there in the dark blue?"

The old butler immediately took out a piece of paper and said, "His Royal Highness Su Helen has fallen into a deep sleep, and it is said that the sleep time may be about three years. ”

Richard was stunned and asked, "Is the teacher asleep?" Did you tell me why? Is there any special information for me?"

"Unfortunately, no, young master. ”

Richard was silent for a moment before nodding and continuing to arrange the private plane. The enchanted crossbow arrows ordered by Richard will be delivered tomorrow, and Richard is going to take 50,000 arrows, and let the old butler deliver the rest to Aceris. The situation in the rest of the planes is very stable for the time being, and Richard is powerless to support, only Lina from the green forest plane left a private message for Richard.

The content of the letter is simple, describing the current predicament of the Green Forest Plane. When the dragon mage took over the city, he noticed that the surrounding forests were growing much faster, and the natives were attacking more frequently and aggressively. The felling teams sent out of the city were constantly attacked and suffered heavy losses. And the level of the raiders has become higher and higher, and archers of rank sixteen or even higher have begun to appear frequently. Now the dragon mage can only be trapped in the city, relying on the support of the magic tower to fight against the natives. She feared that perhaps soon the natives would launch a powerful attack. And although she was sure to hold off the next attack, the situation was clearly going in a bad direction.

The value of the Green Forest Plane is distinct, otherwise the Schumpeter family would not have taken it so seriously. The ubiquitous forest is home to a number of rare tree species, including several that can be used to craft high-quality enchanted bows and arrows. And around the city, a rare vine plant was also found, and its fruit can extract a fragrance, which makes the magician meditate more focused, and the magic power increase speed can be increased by 10%. This flavor is called Demon Fragrance, and in Norland it is priced in grams. It doesn't have a significant effect on low-level mages, but the real value lies in the fact that this fragrance has an effect on legendary mages.

Each gram of this essence was worth a thousand gold coins, and in the small area around that city alone, the annual production of demonic incense had reached half a kilogram. Relying on the trade of wood and demonic incense, the dragon mage can barely support the battle.

But the real trouble with the Green Forest Plane is the 'Walking Forest'. The natives have similar skills to the druids, and are able to get trees off the land, walk a certain distance, and then re-establish themselves in a new area. That's why Lina is so desperate to cut down, but she is still surrounded by forests. In addition, the dragon mage has ascertained that the combat effectiveness of the indigenous warriors in the forest will skyrocket, and the increase will be about 20%.

In addition, in the past period, Lina has also brought back dozens of cubic meters of rare wood. The old butler had found a craftsman and started making a fine-grade longbow. After enchantment, each longbow will be worth around three thousand. This batch of wood is enough to make hundreds of longbows.

There are also hundreds of warriors guarding the floating island, and after experiencing the ** of the foot knights, with the help of Fasqi, they have recruited two hundred and one thousand people respectively on the floating island and the Black Rose Castle, and are now stepping up their training. It's just that for Akmund's weak finances, it is still very difficult to arm more than a thousand soldiers. There are simply no additional fighters to pull out to support Lina.

After a moment of silence, Richard finally sent a message to Lina to hold her up for a while. He will find a way to provide support.

In the afternoon, Nereus and Agamemnon, who had received Richard's message, arrived on the floating island. However, Richard received them not in the study, but in the storeroom.

Nereus was as beautiful as ever, but his face was a little haggard. This did not detract from his appearance, but it added a special ray of melancholy to him. Qingli and melancholy, it will only lead to two extreme reactions, one is to find ways to relieve his worries, and the other will arouse the beastly nature in the hearts of others, wanting to ravage him well. Richard was shocked to find that he was actually biased towards the latter way in his heart.

This made the young royal constructor sweat profusely, and he was even more afraid in his heart.

Not only because of the status of the royal family of Neris, but also because the fourth prince is a man. No matter which plane of human aristocracy, there are many men and women who eat together. But Richard clearly hadn't reached that level yet. As for the future, who can say for sure? Akmund was notoriously unpredictable.

Suppressing the strange movement in his heart, curiosity rose in Richard's heart again. Nereus was noble, intelligent, and not weak, so what made him emaciated?

However, Richard's time is precious, and every minute it takes is a drain on Faro's divine grace. So he said bluntly: "It's me again, this time I still need a batch of high-grade martial arts, shields, and armor leaves." The number will be bigger than the last time!"

"Ah, what?" said Neris, and immediately groaned, and his face suddenly turned white.

Fortunately, Agamemnon was always calm and asked, "Price, quantity." ”

Richard said: "The price is according to the list price you gave me last time, in terms of quantity, I need a total of about 10 million weapons this time." ”

Even Agamemnon couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "Such a big order, it's beyond my authority." Neres!"

"Ahh As a result, he was called out by Agamemnon and almost jumped up.

Agamemnon didn't seem to see Nereus's embarrassment, and said casually, "Nereus, Richard needs too much. I'll leave it to you and you! about eight million. ”

Nereus couldn't help but gasp, his face suddenly turned pale, and he lost his voice: "I...... I can't afford to come up with that much money!"

"From the treasury of the kingdom. Agamemnon pointed out the way, and finally did not forget to add: "There is a difference." ”

The last sentence was the key, which made Nereus's little face a little bloody. Only then did the fourth prince remember that Richard's offer this time was based on the price given by Agamemnon, which was much higher than his previous two prices, and it was also higher than the price of Nereus going to the kingdom's treasury to privately pick up weapons and equipment. Although the spread is only 3% to 5%, the total amount is huge, and this difference income alone can make up for half of Neris's previous losses. This made Nereus, who had recently been tormented by the economic crisis, overjoyed. The arrogant Four Princes didn't expect that one day they would be excited about hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

After finalizing the deal for weapons and equipment, Richard walked over to an enchanted box, opened the lid, and said, "This is part of the payment." ”

Seeing the whole box of the finest maple amber, Nereus exclaimed, and Agamemnon's breathing became a little shorter.

Richard patted the sealed magic box and said, "This box is worth seven million discounts!"

The maple amber that Richard brought with him was superb, all untreated and uncut. In the hands of Nereus and Agamemnon, it is natural to find someone to cut, process, and process it into finished magic and construction materials, and sell them little by little. If these links are handled well, it will be close to one million in revenue, but it will take time to digest slowly. Richard didn't have the time or the means, so throwing it directly at Nereus and Agamemnon was the ideal solution.