The rest of the Yuki Collar came quickly, and thanks to the Kobold's ability, a secret passage is being established between the Yuki Collar and the Hill Collar, which can allow the high-level of the two territories to interact more quickly, which can greatly improve the interaction between the high-level of the territory. According to Raphael's plan, a soldier-only passage will continue to be opened in the future, which can shorten the distance between the two territories and form a corner between the two territories!

But these are still on the board, and they can't be realized so quickly. The secret passage between the high-rises is only under the kobold's survey!

However, the road between the two territories has been rebuilt, which can make it easier to move between the two territories quickly, after all, as the saying goes, to get rich, build the road first! The original dirt path has been reclaimed and paved with stones, which prevents the road from turning into a puddle of mud on rainy days!

And in order to make the horses walk faster, there are also additional roads for horses to run on both sides, so some excellent horses are selected from the hill and mountain collars, and a new small ranch is established in Yuki Ling! The villagers of Reese happened to have some ability in this area, and after a little training by Luther Dew, they took up the position of domestication.

So on the evening of the second day after receiving the information, a group of people were ushered in outside the Qiu Shan Domain, familiar faces were Wiener Dew, Diana Mullen, Daniel, and the rest were some talents promoted by Raphael later, with Raphael's ability to probe attributes in the territory, these people naturally have their own uniqueness.

As for Luther Dew, because he was stationed in the Valley of Yute, the information had not yet been delivered to him. This is something that Jarvis has not considered a little.

In the council chamber of the Lord's Palace, everyone sat down one after another.

"Lord Arvis, what's going on? Summoned us all in such a hurry? "It's Diana Mullen who asked, since she followed Raphael, she also got a good arrangement, she was originally a merchant's daughter, and she also had some good ability in managing money, Raphael observed her attributes at the beginning, and let her join the financial group, and the current finances of the territory are managed by Yalvis, Lance, and Diana Mullen together. Most of Thor is in her hands, though.

Name: Diana Mullen

Race: Human

Status: Treasurer

Attributes: Strength 10, Agility 15, Constitution 10, Intelligence 23, Perception 13, Charisma 25, Will 16

Class: Level 15 Merchant/Level 5 Ranger (Level 1)

Personal Expertise:

Financial management: Some people are born with a special keen ability to make money, which can keep the gold sol in the money bag from becoming zero! (In addition to money-related things, gain intelligence, trade, negotiation, management, etc.) (can be promoted)

Business Mastery: Although you are still young in many ways, you are familiar with most of the details of business transactions and extract business taxes from them to the maximum! (When you are an official, you can reduce tax evasion by businessmen and increase business tax revenue.) At the same time, you can get the ability to improve when trading! ）”

Raphael was also a little surprised when he saw this attribute, this ability is even better than Lance, and the intelligence attribute is also extraordinary, a buried talent! Raphael gave her a little trial and let her into her inner core, and Diana Mullen had a very high level of intimacy (like loyalty) because of the intimacy between the two, so Raphael had nothing to worry about.

In particular, Diana Mullen is a member of the Abrahamic family, and they cannot exist without them in the hierarchy! Some people may think it's cronyism! In fact, as the lord of the entire territory, the more prosperous his family is, the greater the benefits for the stability of the territory! Raphael felt that Diana Mullen should find some great professional positions, otherwise it would be a waste of her talent!

This is also one of the reasons why Daniel also came to the hill leader, but it is not entirely the case, the little guy is very competitive, and he has successfully established the profession of magician under the guidance of Raphael, and he is also Raphael's apprentice. The little guy now has the strength of a first-order magician, and can use the three first-order small spells of arcane missiles, fireball techniques, and ice shield techniques more flexibly, although other magic is involved, but they are not very proficient, and the value of a magician is still very high!

When the level is not high, the value of one legal class can be almost equal to about three melee professionals. And the little guy also followed Raphael's personal guard to the kobold mountain range to temper himself constantly, and the actual combat experience is not bad, at least there is no big problem in dealing with a few adults!

"I'm sorry, Ms. Diana. This matter is so important that I have to bring everyone together. Jarvis said a little apologetically, the relationship between Diana Mullen and Raphael is not known to anyone, but the fact that no one knows still means that someone knows about it, and Jarvis belongs to the person who knows, and Jarvis didn't say much about it.

This kind of thing was a common occurrence among the aristocracy, and Raphael did need a lady to make him understand and familiarize himself with these things. The children of those big families will have a special maid to teach them in this area when they are almost twelve years old, and Raphael is already very weak in this regard!

Touching this thing is not to make them addicted to it, but to make them resistant to those beautiful women, and not to become people who become distracted when they see women! And Diana Mullen is a good candidate, beautiful and charismatic, and she is a member of the family herself, she will not do anything bad for the territory, and Kenneth is dead, there is no problem with the intersection between the two!

On the contrary, Jarvis also agreed, he hoped that Diana Mullen could conceive Raphael's child, Diana Mullen's identity was known to these members of the Abraham family, and the other lords did not know her original identity, so even if Diana Mullen was really pregnant with Raphael's child, there would be no problem!

After all, it is very normal for a nobleman to have many lovers and many side rooms. It's going to make him look charismatic! It's the same thing that noble ladies seduce young nobles!

It's just that it's not easy to explain to Daniel, and Yalvis once asked Daniel's thoughts on the side, but the little guy doesn't care at all, because Diana Mullen is not his biological mother, and the relationship between the two is more like a brother and sister than a mother and son. Unexpectedly, the little guy agrees with this matter. He thinks that Diana Mullen must be lonely because she has lost Kenneth and has no other relatives in the territory, and that she will be able to get on the good side if she can have Raphael's care.

So, the last bit of obstacle is gone!

"What's so serious?" Diana Mullen couldn't help but be a little nervous when she saw Yalves so cautious, after all, Raphael was not in the territory now, if something big really happened, would they be able to really handle it?

"We may have to face an attack from Bartholomew City!" Jarvis didn't beat around the bush and cut straight to the point!

"Huh? How could it be so sudden? Our territory has nothing to do with Bartholomew, and besides, we are not close to Bartholomew, and if they really want to fight, there is no reason for them to come? What's in it for Bartholomew to start a war for no reason? "During the time when Diana Mullen was appointed by Raphael as the treasurer, she was very humble and learned a lot of knowledge, and she would go to read the books in Raphael's study every day, which was allowed by Raphael. So Diana Mullen has changed a lot during this time.

"I'll answer that!" A voice came from outside the door, and it was Prescott.

Prescott told the whole thing to everyone in an orderly manner, without too much bias, and it can be said to be very pertinent.

"That's the way it is, so we have to prepare early. However, we also have an advantage, because the lord had the foresight to build a wall outside the hill realm, and we were able to rely on the favorable terrain to deal with the enemy. And it looks like we should tell my lord about this! Jarvis said aloud, he had thought about these things yesterday, and now he said them in a very orderly manner.

"I'll send a message to Luther about this matter, he has his master's pet, it's a very spiritual little guy, and he will definitely be able to inform his master of our situation here!" Wiener Dew said loudly, indeed, this matter is best for Luther Dew to do.

"Well, then we're in trouble with Ms. Wiener." Jarvis nodded, he originally wanted the red-headed eagle to deliver this letter at first, but now it seems that there is a better choice, Raphael's pet Xiaoqing is not much stronger than the red-headed eagle, it is indeed the best choice, after all, the journey to the ice and snow country is quite long, and the red-headed eagle may not be able to do this!

"Then I'll go back as soon as I go." Wiener Dew also knew that the situation was urgent, so she didn't delay, and got up and went out to get busy.

"Then we're going to think about how to deal with the soldiers from Bartholomew!" When Jarvis said this, the whole council room was a little quiet, after all, the message from Prescott's mouth was really not good this time, and the good ones were not coming!

"Reverend Prescott, do you know anything about the formation of Bartholomew City?" It was Dalena who spoke, Dalena's military talent is very high, Raphael often fights with her on weekdays, at first the little girl couldn't even hold out for three minutes, and then it became half an hour or an hour, mainly because Raphael didn't have that much time, otherwise it would be longer! This shows how talented the little girl is!

"I don't know much about the compilation, Claire Latin is very subtle about this, he's a very smart guy and doesn't do things too blatantly. Although everyone knows that he recruited a lot of soldiers and strong men, there are only more than a hundred soldiers in the city defense army, and the rest of the soldiers are quietly hidden by him. ”

"I think about it, he also thought about it, and when the time comes, the empire will be able to track it down, so it will be easy to shirk it!" The latter sentence was not conceived by Prescott, he listened to Bishop Augsdog. The so-called saying that ginger is still old and spicy is really not unreasonable! Bishop Augsig's ability to preserve the Temple of Glory in the midst of the chaos of Bartholomew is a testament to his wisdom!

"Lord Yalvis, can we consider bringing those mercenaries into this fight?" It was Leticia, Alva, Justin, and Milu who spoke that the trio had now become the Big Three of the Raphael Mercenary Guild, and Alva had gone to the Mercenary Guild headquarters to apply for the construction of the union very smoothly.

The mercenary union was built in the outer city of Yuki Ling, and the mercenary union in Yuba Town was very clean, tidy, and atmospheric, and it was a three-story wooden building, and Raphael built the first floor as a place for mercenaries to consume and rest according to the design of the café in his previous life. The second floor is used to issue commissions and accept commissions, and the second floor is in the form of floor-to-ceiling windows, giving people a bright and atmospheric feeling!

The third layer is a place where Alva, Justin, and Milu are used as council halls for high-level officials, where they can discuss some important matters of the mercenary union, of course, this floor has not been used so far, after all, the current high-level does not count Raphael, the three of them behind the scenes, and there is nothing to discuss!

Raphael has always felt that mercenary unions like Bartholomew's are not good for people's senses, and this is exactly the portrayal of most mercenary unions. It's no wonder that the nobles talk about mercenaries as if they were talking about dirty and disgusting things. Indeed, it is really difficult to give people a good impression in such an environment, and it is difficult for such a mercenary union to form a cohesive force.

That's why Raphael spent these Kinsol to build such a large building that is no different from a five-star hotel, in this era, this kind of building is almost only available to the aristocracy, even those high-end hotels are not so well decorated! And Raphael's idea is not just such a building of the mercenary union, as long as this mercenary worker slowly becomes stronger. Raphael also plans to wear the badges and emblems of the mercenary guild with Yuki's own logo.

The sense of collective honor is condensed on top of the little things, as long as the mercenaries feel that joining Yuki Ling's mercenary union is a very promising and face-saving thing, then Yuki Ling may really be able to break away from the mercenary association according to Raphael's idea and set his own rules! Raphael values mercenaries as a resource, because they cover a wide range of people, and they have people of all religions, which just shows the possibilities they contain.

This allows Raphael to have a group of supernumerary soldiers who don't need to train themselves and can still play a combat role, of course, Raphael prefers to call them mercenaries if he can, after all, it sounds cool!

"Mercenaries? This is not something that should not be considered, when the time comes, I will discuss with Alva, Justin, and Milu to see if these mercenaries in the territory can join this battle, it will be a good thing, after all, our young warriors are still too immature! , I can rest assured that I can have these old fritters with me" Listening to Leticia's words, Jarvis nodded and said with great appreciation.

(Yesterday I was cut off from the internet, and it was stiff.) I went home today, took a shower, and changed yesterday's manuscript a little. I thought about a lot of things last night without the Internet, and I thought about four o'clock in the morning unconsciously, but nothing came of it. After all, the statue of the thinker is placed there every day, and I don't see him come up with a reason. Give yourself a vacation today, adjust your state, adjust your biological clock, and go to bed early at night. Well, that's it...... ）