Most of the ecosystem in the secret mirror had been damaged, and it would take some time to rebuild it. However, with 33 steel golems, Suhlen only needed to provide the materials and let the tower genie command the golems to work. Only the work that the steel golems couldn't do would be done by Suhlen and Hathaway.
The working capacity of more than 30 Steel Golems had surpassed that of a construction team of more than a thousand people. These Steel Golems were all powerful and tireless. After giving the task of repairing the secret realm to Tower Spirit No. 1, Su Lun began to prepare for the planting area.
He was going to plant some commonly used magic plants in the planting area, but he didn't have many magic plant seeds, so he could only plant them as he collected them. Also, the work of planting magic plants could not be done by steel golems. It could only be done by humans. Many magic plants were dangerous, so normal people couldn't plant them. Only wizard apprentices could do it.
Suhlen didn't build a wizard academy, so he didn't have so many free labor. However, he had his own way. Alex's harpies were very good. Although they were not wizard apprentices, they were quite strong. They could take care of magic plants. The only problem was that there were not many of them. The planting area opened up in the secret mirror was very large, and it was impossible to plant everything with only a few people.
A secret mirror like this was more than enough to support a wizard organization.
In the planting area, Suhlen gave the seeds of peacebloom, golden thorn, silver star, and more than a dozen other magic plant seeds to the harpies for them to plant. Many places in the planting area had not been repaired, but it was not urgent.
Maybe when he was strong enough, Suhlen would build a wizard academy.
After returning from the secret mirror, Suhlen finally remembered that the messenger from the Kingdom of Florence was still waiting to see him. Suhlen could guess the purpose of the messenger's visit. It was most likely about his title.
"Ask the messenger from the Kingdom of Florence to see me," Suhlen said to the servant next to him.
"Yes, sir."
Soon, the servant brought a middle-aged man in his thirties to Suhlen's study.
"Good day, Your Excellency Suhlen." The middle-aged man bowed elegantly.
"Good day, I'm sorry to have kept Mr. Messenger waiting for so long. The territory has just been established, and there are many things that need to be done." Suhlen apologized, but there was no apologetic expression on his face.
"We understand that His Excellency Suhlen is busy."
"Right, what's your name?"
"Robert Monroe, nice to meet you, Mr. Suhlen," Robert said with a smile.
"Please sit down, Mr. Robert."
"I wonder what brings Mr. Messenger to this remote place?" Suhlen continued after inviting him to sit down.
"Sir Suhlen is too humble. Even a child in the Northern Lands has heard of the title of the Pearl of the Northern Lands." Robert shook his head.
"The bards in Calt are singing about your heroic deeds. You are very famous in the Northern Lands. At first, I thought they were exaggerating, but after coming to Northern City, I realized that the rumors were not exaggerated at all. You have created a miracle. In just one year, you have built such a big city in the wilderness."
Hearing Robert's compliment, Suhlen immediately raised his guard. Robert was the messenger of the kingdom, so there was no need for him to curry favor with him. Now, he was lowering himself so much. No one would believe that he had nothing to ask for.
"The sugar, rum, and paper in Northern City are all in high demand in the Kingdom of Florence."
"Hehe, what you see is just the surface. Northern Citadel is on the verge of collapsing. To prevent the monsters from attacking, I have to form a huge army. Northern Citadel's army now accounts for one-third of its population. Most importantly, these soldiers aren't farmers. They are all professional soldiers. The cost every month is making my heart ache," Su Lun said, shaking his head. Although he was complaining, it was more like he was trying to show off his muscles.
"Many people want to experience this kind of pain, but they can't." Robert shook his head.
"I am here to invite you on behalf of the Royal Parliament," Robert said with a smile. Robert smiled and said, "Mr. Suren, you've successfully opened up a new territory, and it's developing well. The Noble Parliament has approved your achievement. You can now design your own family badge and go to Calt to receive your title."
"I remember that the standard for successful development is three to five years? I don't think I have reached the standard yet. "Suhlen was not happy about being recognized by the Royal Parliament. Instead, he asked calmly.
"According to the kingdom's standard, it will take three to five years. But your territory is developing so well that the Royal Parliament has approved that you don't have to wait three years." Robert shook his finger.
"I see." Su Lun nodded in agreement. However, he knew that this was just a piece of paper. There were some merchants who wanted to obtain aristocratic status. The best way to do so was to buy a Land Expansion Order, find a place to develop, and then spend money to bribe the Aristocratic Parliament to recognize them as aristocrats. They didn't care about territory, they just wanted to obtain aristocratic status.
"Of course, you have to know that we are taking a huge risk by doing this. So, we need your support." Robert winked at Suhlen and gave him a knowing look. However, Robert was going to be disappointed. He and the Royal Parliament did not know that Suhlen had never thought of gaining their recognition.
Suhlen had planned to build a new kingdom from the very beginning. Joining the Royal Parliament and gaining the rights to develop a territory as well as the title of a count was not something that Suhlen had planned to accept from the very beginning.
If he accepted their title, it would mean that Suhlen had joined the Kingdom of Florence. If it was just for the title, he could have done it with his Legendary-level strength. There was no need for him to go through so much trouble to develop a territory in the north.
However, Suhlen did not plan to fall out with the Kingdom of Florence. After all, more than half of the trade routes to the Northern City had to pass through the provinces in the north. Moreover, the Northern City gained a large number of people from the provinces in the north every month. If they fell out with the Kingdom of Florence, not only would the trade routes be blocked, but the recruitment of refugees would also be interrupted.
Of course, even if they fell out with the Kingdom of Florence, there would still be trade routes coming to Suhlen. However, the price would definitely be affected. They would take the opportunity to lower the price and sell it at a high price under the pretext of the border blockade. There was no doubt about that. There had been such cases in the history of his previous life and the history of this world.
The most classic example was the sea ban policy of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life. On one hand, they were trying to stop the country from opening up the sea. On the other hand, they were trying to smuggle goods. They used the sea ban to kill all their competitors and monopolized the unimaginable profits.
"Thank you so much, but I have too many things to do in my territory now. I can't leave for the time being, so I can't go to Kalent City to accept the title." Suhlen was overjoyed at first, but then he looked regretful. His acting was so good that he could win an Oscar.
"Well …"
"But to thank the Royal Parliament for their help, I can give you three trade quotas. Each quota allows you to buy 50 kilograms of sugar and 100 barrels of rum from the Northern City every month." Suhlen offered the bait.
Suhlen did not know how many people there were in the Royal Parliament, but they would definitely fight for the three quotas. Based on the Royal Parliament's character, as long as there were enough benefits, they would not care who you were. These quotas were enough for the Royal Parliament to fight for a while.
As for the three quotas, it was not a loss for Suhlen at all.
Since last month, the sugar beets planted in the Northern City had started to mature batch after batch. The production of the Northern City sugar refinery had increased from 600 kilograms of sugar per month to 1000 kilograms of sugar per month, and this number was still increasing. Suhlen estimated that the production of sugar would exceed a ton in two months at most.
With more sugar, there would naturally be a need for more trading quotas. Giving them three quotas would not only show their friendliness, but also bring them benefits. Why not?
Hearing that Su Lun could give them three trading quotas, Robert was overjoyed. After all, the Aristocratic Parliament had been jealous of the previous caravans for a long time because they had monopolized the sugar trade in the Northern Town and made a lot of money. If it were not for the fact that those caravans were backed by big nobles, they would have snatched them long ago. Now that they had three quotas from Suhlen, it was naturally the best outcome.
Of course, there are conditions for these three quotas as well. Seeing Robert's uncontrollable excitement, Suhlen smiled in his heart. Northern City is preparing to train some grassroots officials, and we lack some scholars as teachers. Therefore, I hope that the nobles with the quotas can help me find some scholars to teach in the Northern City.
They don't need to be famous scholars, as long as they can teach basic education.
"No problem, Sir Suhlen. We will send the scholars you need over soon." Hearing Suhlen's request, Robert did not mind at all. Although there were not many literate scholars in this era, there were many of them in the circle of nobles. After all, many people learned these things to serve the nobles. Moreover, many of the nobles' children had received education and could be teachers. As long as they were willing, they could easily find a few hundred scholars.
"Then I look forward to working with you," Suhlen said with a smile.
"I look forward to working with you." Robert was also full of smiles, as if he had earned a great deal.
Suhlen laughed in his heart. Although you earn money, I will not lose money.
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