Faced with Stephanie's puzzlement, Roland explained, "Building a floating city requires a very secretive environment, otherwise it's easy to be sabotaged when building the floating chassis in the early stages. There's no shortage of people in this world who are particularly jealous. "
Stephanie felt that Roland's concern was normal.
If she knew that someone she didn't like was building a floating city, she would definitely find a way to sabotage it before he became powerful.
Not to mention that there were quite a few people who couldn't stand others doing well.
"I see." Stephanie's right hand played with the long hair by her ear, curling it for a little while as she said, "I'll announce to the public that I'll hire you as my royal Mage and be responsible for the security of my territory. This way, I'll ship a large number of magic materials to you and won't arouse the suspicion of outsiders. At the same time, if you're responsible for the security of my territory, you can decide on the layout needed to build the floating city yourself, there's no need to specifically ask for my opinion, how about this? "
"Then I'll have to trouble you," Roland said rather gratefully. She had already thought of it for him, so it was only right to be a little grateful.
Stephanie stared at Roland for a moment, then smiled and said, "You're welcome, we're partners now."
Roland finished the pastry in a few bites and said, "Then get ready, I'll set off after I return from the Magic Tower."
He knew that women always had some things that needed to be carried, and it wasn't convenient for him to watch from the sidelines.
"Okay." Stephanie nodded.
After finishing the milk, Roland went to the Magic Tower.
After Roland left, Stephanie's expressionless face suddenly showed a look of joy.
Andonara saw it from the side and asked with a smile, "That's strange, why are you willing to work with Roland? You were clearly saying last night that he wasn't a gentleman and didn't have the demeanor of a man and things like that. "
"A floating city, that's a floating city." Stephanie looked at Andonara with a look of surprise. "A Mage who can build a floating city is right in front of me, only a fool wouldn't work with him!"
Andonara found it even more strange. "You believe Roland? Aren't you afraid that he's lying to you? "
"If multiple teleportation arrays can be created, it wouldn't be surprising to have another floating city." Stephanie said with a smug smile, "Although I'm not very good at internal affairs, and I don't have much of an overall view, I'm not so stupid that I can't see what a real future talent is. I've been learning from my father for more than ten years. I'm not good at anything else, but when it comes to investing, I'm very proficient. "
Andonara raised her head proudly. "You're far inferior to me. You're just a partner. Roland is mine."
"You got it backwards. You're Roland's man." Stephanie shook her head.
Andonara shook her body indifferently. "There's no need to be so clear between husband and wife."
Stephanie was lost for words. She felt that she had been fed a mouthful of sour stuff again.
Roland came to the Magic Tower and checked the recent affairs. Vivian had managed everything well, and with the help of Christina, the bat, everything was on track.
The students of the magic school were very hardworking. One-fifth of them had already become magic apprentices, and two had become official mages.
Everything was on track.
Roland and Vivian chatted for a while, and then were about to return to the manor, when a swarm of bats suddenly flew in from outside and hung upside down on the roof.
A dozen pairs of red eyes stared at Roland.
Vivian was already used to it. She went to close the window to block the sunlight outside, and Christina came down in human form.
She looked at Roland rather unhappily. "Master, is it appropriate for you to leave the Magic Tower to two women when you're out every day?"
"I think you like it," Roland said casually.
Christina choked and couldn't speak.
Vivian smiled faintly next to her.
Indeed, as Roland said, both of them actually quite liked the job.
In this world, in this feudal era, women's status was relatively low.
And Stephanie, who could become a queen, was only an anomaly. After all, the Fareins Kingdom had a tradition of queens ruling, so women's status was relatively higher.
But only a little higher.
There was no such tradition in Hollevin, and it was very difficult for women here to make a name for themselves.
For someone like Vivian, who could manage a Magic Tower and influence half of the city, it was already an unimaginably high status for her.
So she cherished such an identity. If she worked so hard to manage the Magic Tower and the city, sixty percent of it was to help Roland, and the other forty percent was for herself.
To realize the value of her life.
That was probably how it felt.
"Vivian, in addition to work, you have to find time to practice magic," Roland said lightly. "Just as I delegate my work to you, you can delegate some of the work and authority to other trustworthy members of the Magic Tower. In this world, to become a superior, you still need a certain amount of strength as a foundation. The Magic Tower will grow bigger and more people in the future, and if your strength can't keep up, then you'll stop at managing a hundred or so people. " “
Vivian froze for a moment, then she thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I understand."
Christine sighed on the side. "I know that this position is really quite good, and we never thought of it before, but … we always feel insecure when you're not around. After all, outside, there are always different ideas and opinions about women, especially beautiful women. "
This was indeed a problem.
Because of the customs of Hollevin, people outside instinctively looked down on women, especially women in high positions.
A man who did a hundred points would get a hundred points.
A woman who did a hundred points could only get eighty points at most, and most of the time only seventy points.
Roland thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, in another year or so, I won't need to run around outside anymore. At that time, no one will dare to bully you. "
A year later, Roland estimated that he would be able to make the floating city. Although it wasn't big enough, as long as it stopped above the Magic Tower, it would be a proper deterrent. Not to mention the local forces of this world, even if the players wanted to cause trouble, they would have to think twice. “
I don't doubt your potential. " Christine shook her head and said, "But there is a very troublesome matter at the moment that actually needs you to deal with."
"What is it?"
"It's about the Golden Sons," Christine said. Christina said, "There's a guild of merchants called Cornucopia that's stationed here. They were responsible for promoting business development at first. But now they have monopolized the goods of several industries and are starting to drive down prices. Vivian has been dealing with them, but it hasn't been very effective. Their business methods have been pressuring us step by step, not too fast, but very effective. "
Roland froze. "Cornucopia, what's going on?"
His relationship with Cornucopia wasn't bad. More than half a year ago, he had helped their boss make a few pieces of magic equipment.
"Here's the specifics." Vivian came up and explained the matter.
It turned out that after Cornucopia was stationed here, they began to do business with the same business methods they used on Earth.
Soon, they monopolized the supply of fur, meat, and building materials.
Now they were eyeing food and magic materials.
Even more outrageous was that they had begun to contact some local forces that didn't get along with the Magic Tower.
They had even begun to contact the puppet mayor, John Junior.
After Roland heard this, he frowned.
Then he said, "Vivian, take me to Cornucopia's local stronghold, I'll go ask what's going on."
Vivian nodded repeatedly.
Ten minutes later, Vivian and Roland took a carriage to the busiest east commercial street and stopped in front of the largest storefront in the middle.
Roland got out of the carriage, looked up, and saw a gold-rimmed sign across the door.
The sign had the words "Cornucopia Branch" written in both Chinese and Hollevin.
Roland walked forward with Vivian.
There were two men on guard at the door, and they were a little surprised to see Roland and Vivian.
They were even a little timid.
They knew Vivian, and they knew Roland even better.
Although John Junior was the mayor on the surface, everyone in Hollevin knew that Roland was the real mayor behind the scenes.
Even the mayor's wife and daughter often went to Roland's manor, so it would be strange if there was nothing fishy going on.
Although timid, at the thought of the large salary Cornucopia paid, one of them braced himself and came up, bowed, and said, "Honorable Mr. Roland, it's a pleasure to have you come to Cornucopia. Our branch chairman is receiving guests, could you wait a moment in the waiting room?"
"Sure."
Although in the eyes of most people in Delpon, Roland was a man of great power, Roland himself didn't have this perception and self-awareness.
He just felt that he had more resources at his disposal, and in terms of personality, they were all equal.
So he was willing to wait.
Seeing that Roland was so easy to talk to, the guard was relieved and invited Roland into the waiting room.
Then he went out.
Vivian sat next to Roland, a little upset, but Roland didn't say anything, and she naturally couldn't express any opinions.
It wasn't long before a player walked in quickly.
He opened the door to the waiting room, saw Roland, and immediately reached out happily to shake hands with Roland while saying with a smile, "Almighty Roland, I finally meet you. Your deeds are so awesome, you're my idol. "
This man was quite enthusiastic and seemed to really admire Roland.
But Roland had been in society for two or three years anyway, and how could he not see the other party's business-like enthusiasm?
He immediately smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's all nonsense, but your chairman is quite impressive, pulling up such a big force in such a short time."
"That's true, our boss is also a capable man." The player sat down and said with a smile, "Let me introduce myself first. I'm Husso, the vice chairman of Cornucopia and the chairman of the local branch. Almighty Roland, do you have any business for us this time? "
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