"I'm Dante. Alighieriri, a knight under the command of the Florentine Master, this time on the orders of the Florentine Master, escorted His Excellency Elsie over. The silver-armored knight turned over and dismounted, and then said succinctly, "But because I felt a strong aura erupting here, I rushed over first, and Lord Elsie is still behind, and it will probably take a while to arrive." ”

Dante didn't have any arrogant expression because his strength was far above Sean and the others, he was like a real knight, humble, polite, and treated equally. This kind of slightly old-fashioned knight is rare in this era, so whether it is Rena, Xephanio, or even Cecilia, they all pay a little more attention to this knight.

"Great!" Sean's face finally showed a hint of joy, "Florence is quite creditable." ”

"The Florentine Lord has always been very creditworthy." Dante frowned, it was obvious that this knight really carried the spirit of chivalry into his life, so he naturally showed some dissatisfaction with his master being said by others.

But Sean didn't bother to pay attention, he turned his head to Rena and said, "Rena, you take a team of people with Dante to fetch Elsie back, and I and the others will take Lonis back to the barracks first, and then you can come by yourself." ”

"Okay." Rena nodded, "The first squad is out." ”

Although Rena is not as familiar with Steel Wings as Alfred, she has worked together and lived together for a while, so she still knows how to manage and command Lu Dao as a whole. As Rena's voice fell, more than twenty Northland barbarians quickly lined up from the phalanx, and then stood aside and lined up in a slightly smaller phalanx. There were only five people in each row, but it seemed that the spirit was no different from the big phalanx.

Although Dante was only a strong man with extremely high personal strength, he was not ignorant of some things about the nobles, so when he saw the formation and formation of these soldiers, his heart was filled with the same shock as when Lonis first saw him. Thinking of this, Dante glanced at Lonis again, but saw that the latter was really lying in the prisoner car and sleeping, not at all like a disguise.

As a gold-level powerhouse, his judgments on momentum and hostility are naturally extremely accurate.

And on Lonnis's body. Dante did not perceive any unusual change in mood, as if he seemed to have fully accepted this arrangement of fate. This would never happen to any nobleman, even if they seemed to have accepted their fate on the surface, but unless they were really scared, they would be let go. Then they will inevitably make a comeback, and because of the experience of the previous one. The next retaliation will only be more violent.

But if it's the kind of aristocrat who is scared. It is impossible to be as calm as Lonnis, who must be frightened and panicked.

What's more, Dante has also heard of Lonnis's reputation, not to mention that the family behind him is a marquis family, even if it is Lonis himself. It's not the kind of person who doesn't have the strength. If he wanted to, he could have summoned a more elite force to fight as soon as he returned, even if he couldn't win the battle, but harassed or even interfered with the development of the Panda Leader. It can still be done.

But now, Lonis is very calm.

This calmness has completely surpassed Dante's cognition.

Could it be that Lonnis and Sean have reached some kind of secret agreement? This thought suddenly popped into Dante's mind, and then it became a lingering thought, deeply rooted in Dante's mind, and he felt it necessary to report this information to the young master of Florence immediately.

"Your Excellency Dante, we are ready, please lead the way."

I don't know when, Sean has already led the big tribe towards the military camp outside White Dove Town, they have no intention of entering the city, anyway, the size of the military camp can accommodate more than a thousand people. And Rena's side, which has also been fully assembled, is now waiting for Rena's new orders, but she sees that Dante seems to be thinking about something, so it is inconvenient to disturb, and only when the eyes of this powerful knight finally begin to focus on it, Reina spoke.

"I'm sorry, I was distracted." Dante said in a low voice, this is another huge gap that is completely incompatible with strength, "Let's go now, it's probably just a few hours away." …… Provided, of course, that he doesn't run in the wrong direction. ”

Rena smiled slightly, but did not answer.

After thinking for a while, Dante finally did not mount the horse, but hung the spear back on the saddle of the war horse and let the horse move freely.

……

On the other side, Sean and the others also quickly returned to the military camp outside White Pigeon Town.

Now that the militia in the barracks seems to have basically been trained, everything naturally begins to be handled according to the regular military system. There will be soldiers in the barracks who are responsible for patrolling and guarding the gate every day, and the security patrols in White Pigeon Town have not been left behind, and the militia who have not had their turn to be on duty continue to train according to the previous regulations, and everything has been arranged by William in an orderly manner without the slightest disorder.

So when Sean led the team back, the soldiers in charge of the night vigil had already found out, and then the horn of the guard sounded, and almost instantly, the originally silent barracks was like a beast that was gradually waking up, slowly opening its eyes and showing its fangs.

When Sean and the others were still more than two hundred meters away, the entire military camp had already begun to rely on the fortifications to set up, if the enemy dared to force the attack, the militia of White Pigeon Town did not think about whether they could hold this camp, but they were sure that they would definitely be able to deal a heavy blow to this unknown army.

Sean nodded with satisfaction with the swiftness of the response in the barracks and the long line of torches lit up from White Dove Town, which proved that the training during this period of time had not been wasted, and it still had a very obvious and significant effect. Although in Sean's eyes, the militia regiment is still only a second-level army, but this kind of reaction ability is undoubtedly close to the third-level army, and Sean feels that if he can pull this militia regiment out of the army and fight a few more battles, it will probably become a real third-level army.

For the strength of the army to increase. Sean certainly wouldn't mind.

So of course, it is impossible to make your own people fight your own oolong incident.

So soon, one of the commanders in the barracks received confirmed information that it was indeed the return of the lord's army, and that a prisoner had been captured, which was naturally an exciting thing.

But tonight, Sean seems to have become Lady Luck's darling.

Not to mention that because of the appearance of a fog spirit, he will not have to face the pain of attrition, and he can also get a gift from Vivien, a strong man, in addition to Elsie's arrival here tonight, the military literacy of the barracks militia has been greatly improved. These things were enough to excite Sean for a long time. But what really surprised him was that Neil was actually doing some research work in the main tent, and he was worried that Neil would reject this kidnapping method, but he didn't expect him to care at all.

"I didn't expect you to really become a lord." Neil saw that it was Sean who had walked into the tent, and after only one glance up, he lowered his head and continued with the unfinished work he was doing. This is exactly the same as William's, "the general situation in the territory." I've heard William say that. Therefore, I have made some revisions to some of the planning and development guidelines written by William before. …… Hmm, I've also made some adjustments to your Void Town layout plan, are you okay? ”

"Nope." Sean smiled and said, "William admires you very much. So since you're willing to stay and help me with these things, of course I won't have any problems. ”

"It's fine if you don't have it, but you have it, and I won't bother."

Neil said to himself. This attitude and personality made Sean a little suspicious if this Neil was William's long-lost relative—if from a human perspective, Neil could probably be William's grandfather—otherwise, how could the self-fault of these two people be so strong.

"I've studied it carefully these days, and the development prospects of the territory are not impressive, I really don't understand why you would choose such a piece of land as your territory." Neil sighed helplessly, "In the short term, we probably won't be able to get much income in the territory, and it is even very likely that we will have to continue to pay, but this situation will probably start to improve next year." …… Personally, I suggest that all taxes in the territory be exempted this year, so that the inhabitants can have a good winter, and the backlog of goods will basically be transferred from the residents to the market next year, which will stimulate the growth of the market, which will greatly strengthen the prosperity of the territory and attract more displaced people to settle down. After all, after the expansion of White Pigeon Town into a city, the number of residents that can accommodate it has also greatly increased......"

“…… After that, we also need to reset the business tax, the land tax, the resident tax, and so on. As for the land outside White Pigeon Town, I suggest that an announcement be issued that all residents will be allowed to reclaim it for free in the next three years, as long as they can reclaim as much as they can, the reclaimed land belongs to them, of course, there are some more detailed things to deal with, and it is naturally impossible for residents to occupy the land in vain without working, so there should be a punishment system accordingly......"

“…… Attracting a large number of displaced people through land reclamation and tax breaks will accelerate the development of our territory. But this year, we'll need to invest about 500,000 gold coins. Next year, we will be able to recover about 50,000 gold coins, and the rest will take about six to seven years to fully recover this investment, although the results are indeed relatively fast, but the income will be relatively low......"

“…… In addition, the development of the relevant industrial chain in Hongye Town must also be put on the agenda. My personal suggestion is to start at the same time as the construction of Void City, and you are not right to expand Momiji Town into a city, so we can create a boutique trade route. The first batch of red maple wine will probably be available in two years' time, and we can consider setting up a trading caravan of our own, or transferring the property rights of red maple wine in a monopoly way, but I personally prefer the second option, because we can open an auction and the price will be served. The results of this method are not fast, at least another two years, but the rewards are rich enough. It's just that the initial investment will be relatively large, at least close to one million start-up capital, but the annual profit can reach 200,000 gold coins at least......"

“…… All of these investments will cost about 1.7 million, but they can be fully recouped in about five years, which is still calculated according to the current situation of the territory. If the number of inhabitants in the territory increases, if the trade route is relatively smooth, and even if we can launch more products with Red Leaf Town as the core of the trade, and your so-called real estate business can be started, the payback time will be faster......"

Neil said a lot of words, and even threw out dozens of planning drawings, and also analyzed the pros and cons of various plans to Sean step by step, as well as the cost recovery time and the return of money and energy, etc., which made Sean's head big.

He is not good at this kind of thing because the details that need to be involved are too complicated, so Sean has never been involved in any work on the development of the territory in the game. The only thing he knows is fighting, and it's the kind of fighting in PVP - in modern terms, it's a high-end combat duel, and it's unlikely that even such a thing as a war with troops will be possible.

Therefore, what Neil said, Sean basically went in his left ear and went out in his right ear, and he could vaguely see countless stars popping up on his head.

It's just that Neil said it with such interest, of course, Sean, as a lord, couldn't completely ignore his hard work, so he still maintained a kind of gathered look on his face and listened, but in fact, even he didn't know what Lu Dao was listening to, and finally just babbling like a baby and nodding and clinging.

Finally waited until Neil finally stopped, Sean felt very relieved, but Neil took a sip of a glass, moistened his throat, shook his hand and took out a pile of papers full of various words and patterns, as if ready to continue to say something, Sean finally couldn't help it at all.

"Alright, we'll stop it for today." Sean couldn't wait to stand up, with a serious expression, and reached out to pat Neil on the shoulder, "William said that you are very powerful, so I also trust you very much, and you are fully responsible for this kind of matter regarding the territorial development policy." From today on, you are my chief staff, and the future of my territory depends on you, I am optimistic about you, boy! ”

Neil nodded seriously, with a little excitement in his eyes: "Don't worry!" Now that I have promised William, it is naturally impossible to back down, and I have already planned all the development of the territory in the next ten years, and the rest is to adjust the details. ...... in this regard"

At this moment, a noisy sound suddenly sounded in the barracks.

Sean's eyes lit up: "Okay, Neil, I'll leave these things to you." I'm going to go out and deal with my prisoners of war and some other issues now, so be it. ”

"Yes! Your Lordship. ”

Sean nodded with satisfaction, and when he turned around, an expression of relief instantly appeared on his face.

It turns out that being a lord is also so tiring, and Sean began to miss the good days of shaking off the shopkeeper. (To be continued.) )

PS: Well, I drank a lot of alcohol and got drunk. Even though it was past twelve o'clock, I still insisted on finishing the yard, so that's it, and I went to sleep.