"Hey, hey!"
When the door opened, Allen turned around and saw Adele striding in. Behind her were a few maids, each holding a silver plate with all sorts of dishes on it. They looked at Adele and Allen with meaningful smiles on their faces. Adele pointed to the table beside her, and the maids put the dishes on the table.
"This is?"
Adele walked to Allen's side and bent down, "No matter how busy you are, you can't forget to eat, my lord City Lord!"
The girl's body emitted an indescribable sense of oppression, and Allen smiled dryly and shrank back. Adele was so close that the outline of a pair of beautiful peaks could be vaguely seen under the neckline.
After the maids left, Allen let the girl press him to a chair. He shrugged his shoulders, picked up his knife and fork, and began to seriously destroy the food on the table. Adele, on the other hand, was much more elegant. The knife in her hand could always cleverly cut off square pieces of meat from the steak and put them into her mouth with a fork. After chewing for a while, he sent it into his stomach.
As she ate, Adele said, "I've seen the recent financial report from the city. During this period of time, our spending gap is too large, and our income is a drop in the bucket. If this goes on, we won't be able to hold on very soon. "
"I know. I just swept through Dick's lair a few days ago and got some spoils of war. Selling them will make a lot of money. "Allen had already begun to destroy the first +, √. Second barbecue steak.
"And then?" Adele said unhappily, "Are you going to make money by sweeping through the thieves' lair? Lord Allen, there is only one Dick in the Bloodstone Wasteland. "
"Then what do you think?" Allen asked modestly.
Adele pursed her lips and raised her chin slightly. "You've finally asked the right person."
'"You know what, not all of your subordinates are honest officials. Recently, I've been wandering around the city. Apart from being smaller in size, the residences of those adults are no worse than your City Lord's Mansion in other aspects. "Adele was born into a noble family, and her eyes in appreciation were naturally not something that Allen could match. She smiled and said, "I'm sure that these officials have a lot of private property in their hands. This is a ready-made wealth."
"Don't tell me you want me to confiscate their assets?" Allen asked in surprise.
"Of course not. If that's the case, they would rebel." The girl raised a finger and shook it. "Raise funds. We simply treated the construction of the city as a business, raising funds from officials and commoners, and raising funds in the form of stocks. Of course, they probably don't know what stocks are. Why don't we change the method? For example, debt? Imperial Judgment Blowing Blowing Imitating Apricot Scabbard from R Courtyard? Confused?? Strong branches in the garden to stick together and plot against each other? Crab-Toed Centipede!
"You can also consider opening it to merchants, such as those from the Purple Roland Harbor. They should have more funds in their hands. Using money for investment and making money was something that no businessman would reject. In this way, our financial situation will improve, and with a large amount of money, it will also be beneficial to the development of Canada City. "
Allen's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea. Adele, your little brain is so good. "
"Hmph, don't put on a high hat for me. If you're sincere, why don't you think about what to reward me with? "
"What do you want?" Allen asked casually and took a sip from a glass of red wine beside him.
"I want to marry you."
Allen almost spat out a mouthful of wine. He coughed a few times and looked at Adele. "Are you joking?"
Adele stood up. Under the illumination of the light, for some reason, there was a sense of loneliness on the girl's body. Only then did Allen realize that Adele was wearing a skirt today, not her usual neutral clothes. After the modification of the skirt, the hem of the skirt was piled with lace to create a fluffy feeling. A pair of thin legs extended out from under the skirt, and the light outlined a beautiful leg line.
Allen couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to have become a little ambiguous. Just as he was about to find an excuse to slip away, he saw Adele walking over. The young girl allowed her hair to spread out, and the casually scattered hair softened Adele's sharp outline. She walked all the way to Allen, stretched out her legs, and climbed onto the chair in a kneeling position.
His chest, which had already bulged a little, almost collided with Allen's face.
Adele lowered her head and the silk slid down, blocking her and Allen's faces. In the faint light that penetrated through the silk, Allen could only see the girl's beautiful red lips.
Her red lips parted slightly, and Adele whispered, "Do I look like I'm joking?"
"It's not appropriate to talk about this now, is it?" Allen hurriedly wanted to push her away, but the two of them were too close, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pressed down on a ball of soft flesh.
Adele groaned softly and advanced instead of retreating, almost crashing into Allen's chest.
Just as the situation was about to get out of hand, the door was suddenly pushed open and Lucy's excited voice sounded from outside, "Allen, look, I've opened the box … Eh, what are you doing?"
Adele raised her head, reached out to gather her hair, and stuck out her chest dramatically, so that Allen's misplaced hand was so eye-catching. Lucy's mouth opened into an "O" shape, and Adele snorted, "Allen said I feel better than you, two ponytails."
"What!" Lucy patted her chest and said, "You dare to compare yourself to me with that cherry-like thing of yours?"
Adele laughed coldly, "That's better than your two green plums!"
"..." Allen interrupted, "Why don't we talk about something else?"
"Shut up!" The two women said in unison.
Adele jumped down and stretched lazily. "I'm full," she said to Lucy. "If you haven't eaten yet, you can stay. There's still a lot of food left."
She blinked her eyes and laughed all the way away. How could Lucy not hear the pun in her words? She stomped her foot and closed the door. She said angrily, "What did you do just now?"
"Nothing. Don't listen to Adele's nonsense. It was just an accident." Allen said with his forehead in his hand.
"Hmph, if I hadn't arrived in time, she would have eaten you."
Allen reached out and pulled her over, saying, "Do I look like I'm that easy to eat?"
Lucy looked at him seriously and nodded, "Yes!"
Allen snorted and slapped her pink buttocks, "Tell me, what were you excited about just now?"
Lucy waved the box in her hand. It was the box of deceit she had obtained from the ancestral cemetery of the Bymonds. She said proudly, "I've already unlocked the mechanism of the box. Inside is a ciphertext and a map. There are no signs on the map. I think the answer should be in the ciphertext. However, I still need some time to decipher the ciphertext. "
"Ciphertext? Map? " Allen shook his head and said, "I feel more and more that this planet is not simple. I just found out not long ago that there are Nagas in this world. Roger and the others call the Nagas mutants. From what they say, there should be quite a few mutants like them. "
Lucy patted the box and said, "When I decipher the ciphertext, I might be able to unravel some of the secrets."
"Yes."
"That" Lucy hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does she feel good?"
Allen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Don't worry about it."
The next day, Allen saw Kira. Belmore brought her along. Allen did not forget what he had promised Belmore. When he saw Kira, he smiled and said, "Belmore has helped me a lot, and I can foresee that he will be more and more useful in the future." "So in return, I want to ask for him. Miss Kira, I wonder if you would like to stay and follow me with Belmore? "
Kira looked at Belmore and smiled calmly, "Of course I do, my lord."
"That's great." Allen blinked at Belmore and said, "Then Miss Kira, you are an adventurer. I want to leave the matter of your interaction with the Adventurers Association to you in the future. I have a mission for you now. I hope to recruit adventurers through the Adventurers Association who can work for me for a period of time. "
"What are your requirements?"
"The first period is at least a year. Secondly, I don't need them to be very strong, but they must have some talent in some area. For example, they are familiar with the geography of the empire, or they are good at gathering information. "
"I roughly know what you mean."
Allen nodded and looked at Belmore. Kira knew that the two of them still had something to discuss, so she took her leave first. After she left, Allen said directly, "I need you to go to Black Iron Castle."
"Oh, I hope it's an interesting mission."
"It probably won't be that interesting." Allen shook his head and smiled, "We have a troublesome neighbor. I only found out about this not long ago." Sir Sharon of the Black Iron Castle, he had a daughter who married Maud. And if we clean up the entire Maud family, it's hard to guarantee that Sir Sharon won't hold a grudge against us. If that's the case, then this war will be fought sooner or later. Before that, I hope to know more about this Sir, his subordinates' troops, experts, and other information. "
"It sounds boring, but I'll take it. As for Kira, thank you for your arrangements, boss. "
'"It's nothing," Allen said. "As long as you don't think about my wallet in the future. Even though I don't have much money on me. "
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. At this moment, someone knocked on the door. The guard said from outside, "My lord, Mr. Roger's representative has arrived."
Over the next few days, the representatives of Reese and the Lily Chamber of Commerce arrived in Storm City one after another. In the end, Allen exchanged the spoils of war from Dick for 250,000 gold coins. The money will be used on steel mills and other matters, and at the same time, we will begin to recruit craftsmen in the territory. The city was like a machine that had already started its engine, and all its parts were beginning to work.
(On the last day of the long vacation, take advantage of the good sunshine to take your family out for a stroll. Let's go ~ ~)
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