After Sean left the City Lord's Mansion, he took a taxi back to the hotel.

Now that I've met with Asuna, and everything that needs to be said has been thoroughly negotiated, there's no reason to work hard to continue walking such a long way. You must know that Sean revealed such a piece of information in order to think of Asuna before the Dao, but it took him more than two hours to finally reach the City Lord's Mansion, if it weren't for the stamina value in his attribute points that was not bad, this section of the road would be enough to make Sean feel entangled.

The inner part of the fortress under Asuna's reign is full of streets and is divided into different areas according to the different purposes of the building. For example, no industrial buildings are allowed in the vicinity of residential areas, and such buildings can only be built in two areas, near the outer city or in the outer defense area, and if there are industrial buildings in the residential area, regardless of whether they will pollute the surrounding area, they will be punished.

In the Tonis, Asuna's words are the law, so naturally no one dares to disobey.

As a result, there are very strict rules on the streets of the inner city for horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. For example, no carriage is allowed to exceed four horses, carriages are to avoid pedestrians, and on certain roads, whether there are people or not, they are not allowed to gallop, but only slow down - these rules are strict and complicated, but they do make the whole inner city of the fortress of Tonys very safe and secure, and there is no confusion.

Only when the security conditions in the city are good and full of order, then people who want to enter the city will obediently queue up to register and pay the head fee. Of course, how many of these people are afraid of Asuna's name and the terrifying combat power of the Thundering Blade, then few people know the way.

It took more than two hours to leave, but it only took less than half an hour to get back by taxi carriage.

Sean knew that the old coachman's skills were absolutely superb, because he could feel the carriage speeding all the way without any stops, so this meant that the coachman also knew the entire inner city of Tonis Fortress very well.

In the hotel, William was lying on the table. It's a little unusually boring. His right hand was on the table, and he didn't know what he was drawing. But there are no pens, no fingers, and no water, and there are really few people who can know what William is doing now. Even Cecilia, who had a good memory, looked at it for a while, but she couldn't put together a complete picture of what William had drawn.

At another table in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, Alfred sat with Anno.

Ever since Alfred became a Magic Warrior, he would never take off his armor unless he was sleeping and bathing. It was as if this armor had been completely integrated with him. However, with the help of the magic pattern, the weight of the armor is indeed negligible, but Alfred still has not figured out how the magic pattern on this armor works—whether the magic pattern on the back resonates with the armor, or the texture carving on the armor resonates with the magic pattern on the back.

This may seem like the same thing, but it's a very important point, because it's the first person who resonates with it that really matters.

But with Alfred's IQ. It's really hard to understand.

As for Anno, this guy is typical of good scars and forget about pain. Now that he has returned to his state of life, he has completely forgotten the battle that night, he is still smiling and grinning in the crowd, eating and drinking, it seems that nothing is going on, but the few scars on his body are also clearly telling everyone that the events of that night were not a dream - but William's focus is not on this. He didn't think the priest of the Temple of Victory was very good. Healing with magic can actually leave scars.

The hotel where the crowd was staying was large, large enough to accommodate three or four hundred customers. So this time Sean didn't have a way to take the entire hotel - in Tonis Fortress, it would take a lot of money. Sean couldn't spend his money so profligately, especially in the next situation that he would soon face, which would cost money everywhere.

So when Sean came back, of course the four guys sitting at two tables in the hall didn't see Sean's shadow, after all, there were other guests on the first floor of this hotel. It wasn't until Sean walked up to Cecilia that the little girl finally found out about Sean's return, and her face immediately showed joy, and then she threw herself at Sean: "How are things going?" ”

"It's going well." Sean smiled, "There was a slight accident, but it didn't get in the way, at least in the name of the big portion, we have already stood on our feet." ”

"Accident?" William, a lazy man, was finally reluctant to stop lying on the table and drawing things that no one could understand, "What accident?" ”

"Go back to your room." Sean glanced at the situation in the hall, there were a lot of people here, and it was difficult to guarantee that some people had a lot of mouths, so he said something and walked towards his room, and Alfred and Cecilia and others immediately followed.

Sean's room, at the end of the third floor, is next to Alfred and William's room, and on the left is Anno and another Northland barbarian's room. Although William has always emphasized that he wants to have a room for himself, but this guy who can be regarded as completely helpless, how could Sean let him sleep alone, he didn't want any accidents for the future ten, so he arranged for Alfred, who can be regarded as the strongest among the people, to accompany him.

"What's going on?" Back in the room, Alfred spoke nervously.

If there was anyone present who was most nervous about Sean's territory, it was really Alfred. After all, having a stable territory means a safer life, so that Hina doesn't have to follow them around.

"My negotiations with Asuna have gone very well, and she has recognized me as a pioneer knight, while also giving me a piece of territory and a knighthood." Sean didn't play tricks, but immediately spoke, after all, the four people in front of him are all his core members, so of course it is necessary to explain the current situation to them, "It's just that the territory I chose is not as safe as I imagined." ”

"What do you mean?"

"This territory nominally belongs to Asuna, but in fact the authority of the territory belongs to a nobleman from Dabiang, but it is not clear which nobleman it is." Sean explained in a deep voice, "But these are not problems, as long as we know which nobleman is in the Dao, there is always a way to get the contract documents back, the real problem is that there are three towns in this territory connected to the Wild Lands." Now, because the lords on both sides do not recognize this territory as their own. So this territory has completely become a three-way zone. ”

"It's connected to the wilderness again, and it's a three-way zone...... William's brows furrowed slightly, and then he smiled helplessly, "You really picked a good territory." When we take over this territory, we will have to fight with the inhabitants of these three towns. ”

"Probably not, right?" Alfred was a little puzzled, "Residents usually don't have the courage to disobey the nobility, as long as Sean has a formal power of attorney. No matter how unhappy they are, they can't resist. ”

"Those who are accustomed to freedom will not want to go back to the days when they were in bondage." William vetoed Alfred's statement, "Not to mention the impact of the danger of the Savage Land on this territory, there has been no lord's jurisdiction for a year, and you can only rely on your own ability to survive, the best thing for these three towns is to ask mercenary groups to protect the town." And in order to face the attack of the Wild Land tribes that may come at any time, the combat effectiveness of these mercenary groups cannot be low, and they may even be complete in arms, belonging to the type of war mercenaries. ”

War mercenaries, as the name suggests, are mercenary groups that appear in the wars of various countries, and the number of such mercenary groups varies in size, but they are all very good at fighting, so in the case of some wars. If there are not enough troops. will pay to hire these mercenary groups to assist in the battle. During the war between the Duchy of Lane and the Kingdom of Dabion a few years ago, the Kingdom of Dabion hired more than a dozen war mercenaries. At one time, the army of the Duchy of Lane was in crisis.

"Then it looks like it's really going to be a fight." Alfred asked.

"That's why I said that our future lord really picked a good place." William pursed his lips, looking a little unfazed.

"If you want to become a true lord, this territory is a must." Sean completely ignored William's attitude, and then continued, "It would be better if the inhabitants of those towns were willing to submit to it, and if they were unwilling, they would have to conquer it by force. …… Anyway, the matter of fighting a war must be handed over to you. ”

"Even if we subdue these three towns, where are we going to set up our base camp?" For fighting, this is originally William's strong point, although he doesn't show much happiness, but since he really wants to do it, of course he won't resist, "How do you plan to settle Anno's tribe?" I'm afraid they can't coexist with the townspeople of these three towns, so do you want to build another town? ”

"That's exactly what I thought." Sean nodded, "I've already thought about where the troops will be stationed, and I've also decided on where to build the new town." If not, why do you think I'm leaving so much money? Wouldn't it be better for me to buy a large number of high-ranking slaves after I sold that Demon Book in the first place? ”

"Is that enough?" William said with disdain.

"You don't have to worry about that." Sean waved his hand and said very heroically, "I have negotiated some other things with Asuna at the same time, anyway, as long as I can afford to pay for it, she will send us some supplies at the market price, which is extremely beneficial to our early development." However, we can't sit back and eat all the time, and we still need some projects that can generate profits. ”

No one objected to this, after all, if a territory wants to develop, it naturally needs as many revenue items as possible, and if it only relies on the tax revenue of three small towns, I am afraid it is impossible to feed the current army of more than 5,000 people.

"Fred, you leave for the Bryce Forest tonight, transfer the troops directly to the Black Swan Castle, Cecilia and I will leave as soon as they get Asuna's paperwork, and we will meet over there when the time comes."

"Good!" Alfred naturally had no opinion on Sean's proposal, after all, his daughter was still staying in that temporary camp, and he was of course happier than anything else that he could personally pick up his daughter back.

After that, William and Alfred discussed the route of the march of the large army, after all, there were still thousands of people there, and it was impossible to hide the traces of such a scale, and the roads along the way were all on the edge of the kingdom of Dabiang, which was also likely to cause some accidents, so it was natural to be as careful as possible. As for the things Sean said about building a new town, William didn't understand, so he didn't pay attention to the communication between Sean and Cecilia.

At this moment, Sean and the others have already begun to arrange all the future itineraries, just waiting for Asuna's official appointment documents to be delivered.

Asuna, on the other hand, suddenly remembered when she began to prepare the appointment paperwork that she had forgotten to ask Sean if she knew the secrets of the Tony Fortress. This made Asuna feel a little frustrated, she felt that she was really not calm enough, and she was shocked by the "Drinking Horse Wind God Lake", causing the content she wanted to ask to forget instead. (To be continued.) )

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