Chapter 126: Mountain and River Business Road
Gap-tooth Miller praised Mrs. Moore's dishes.
This was not to agree with Russell's taste, but he really felt that the new dishes with the names of "secret method, secret method, secret technique" such as "secret fish soup with scallion and ginger", "secret sweet and sour pork tenderloin", and "secret braised chicken with rice" were delicious.
"It's so delicious, Mr. Russell, your cook, Mrs. Moore, must be an amazing gourmet!"
Gap-tooth Miller's mouth was full of oil, and his teeth were a little leaky, but this did not prevent him from getting the supreme satisfaction.
Russell was quite satisfied with the recognition of Gap-tooth Miller.
To be honest, although these new dishes were given such cool names by him, in fact, not many people could accept them.
One place, one taste.
Moreover, Longmian Continent is still a different world, so it is naturally difficult to resonate with Russell's taste in terms of food.
It's rare that someone really loves these foods.
When dinner was over, Gap-Tooth Miller said goodbye and left. Russell gave Charles a slight signal: "Give him some tax breaks. After a brief contact, Gap-Tooth Miller... is a good person."
Charles nodded: "As you wish."
In the next two days, Gap-Tooth Miller's grocery store quickly went online in the small market, rented a house, hung a sign, and put on the groceries that were not dazzling, and began to sell to the entire Black-Waisted Snake Manor.
"When your slag bricks are fired, I will use them to build a grocery store that sells goods and lives in one." Gap-Tooth Miller promised.
"I'll give you a 20% discount!" Russell waved his hand, "If your whole family is willing to settle in the Black-waisted Snake Manor, I will give you another 100 acres of land."
"Really, sir?"
"Of course."
"Then I will go back and discuss with my family. I can guarantee that as long as the groceries and bedding are ready, my wife and I will definitely come here to settle down. As for my sons and others, it may depend on their own opinions."
"Okay, it's settled." It's just some wasteland. If it can increase the population, Russell doesn't mind giving some away.
Anyway, no one has cultivated these lands, so it's just right to collect some taxes.
It's definitely cheaper to collect taxes from free people than from serfs, but no matter how cheap it is, it's still a profit.
Wait until night.
The familiar "Ga" sound came, and Xiao Menglong, who had consumed two mouthfuls of dragon flames in a row and had been sleeping for six days, came back again.
"Ice cream, my dragon!"
"Ga!"
"Take off, Ice cream, Sword Butterfly, let's go around the manor. It's been a long time since I've been around, and I almost forgot what the roads look like." Russell turned over and rode on the little dream dragon, and the surroundings instantly bloomed with a little magic light.
Flying all the way, even if the speed is only 15 kilometers per hour, the flow of time in the dark dream is very slow.
So Russell still visited many places in the manor.
What a pity.
No new magic light was found. The treasures on this land have been almost collected by Russell, and it is difficult to find new treasures in a short time.
One night passed.
On the second day, the messenger knight of Fluorescent Castle arrived, and it was still the old acquaintance Raphael: "Master Russell, the Baron has ordered that all lords and lords, please go to Fluorescent Castle on time at noon today to attend the trade road cleaning meeting!"
"Have a cup of milk tea, Lord Raphael, take a rest and we will set off." Russell asked someone to take Raphael to have tea.
Then he began to arrange for Butler Morris and informed Knight Commander Eric to prepare for the upcoming snowfield mission.
"I can go to the snowfield again and make some money!" Russell sighed in his heart.
Recently, he has spent a lot of money. Although Rosie the mushroom bird will soon make all the small money back, it will take some time after all.
A trip to the snowfield is just in time to recover a wave of blood.
However.
He soon thought of it again. He promised Ice Cream that all the income from this trip to the snowfield will be fed to it as compensation.
"People can't break their promises... Alas, just think of it as working for the cultivation of Ice Cream." Russell smiled bitterly and shook his head. This is a happy trouble. "I really have no money to spend. At worst, I will ask my mother to borrow some."
After a pause, he shook his head again: "No, not borrowing, financing!"
Mrs. Meryl's dowry is rich and has not been used much in these years. It can be invested here by Russell.
Guaranteed profit!
After Raphael finished his milk tea, Russell also told him about the matter, so he took the Red-Eyed Rat King and set off for Fluorescent Castle.
When they arrived at Fluorescent Castle, several lords came to greet them enthusiastically, even Lord Marcus no longer greeted them coldly.
Since Russell got the mushroom bird Rosie, his status has changed dramatically.
Originally, in the eyes of the lords, his life trajectory was at most the next Rosen Fluorescent Mushroom. Everyone was a vassal of Baron Roman, and there was no one more noble than anyone else, even if he was Baron Roman's second son.
After all, the baronship will one day be passed on to his eldest brother Roland.
But now it's different. Russell has a broader future. He doesn't have to be limited to the Valley of the Glowing River, and he can even follow the Grand Duke.
Choose to become a direct vassal of the Grand Duke.
The territories of earls and barons are limited, and they encourage their vassals to follow the Grand Duke to relieve the pressure on the territory. Especially the second son of the family will be encouraged to actively move closer to the Grand Duke, which can not only relieve the pressure on the family, but also expand the family.
"Russell, your red-eyed rat king is very cool. Do you have any idea to sell it for a good price?" Old Lord Sally stared at the red-eyed rat king with jealousy.
His son has become a great knight, but he has no chance to contract a fantasy beast.
Therefore, the old Lord Sally hoped that his son could contract a fantasy beast. If the fantasy beast could only contract with one master in its life, he would even be willing to sacrifice himself and leave the fantasy beast black-feathered crow to his son to contract.
"Sorry, Mr. Sally." Russell shook his head and refused.
Phantom beasts are priceless treasures, not to mention the red-eyed rat king's magic is bloodthirsty flickering, which even he is jealous of.
If he has no better choice when he becomes a great knight in the future, he will choose to contract with the Red-Eyed Rat King.
Deeply develop the bloodthirsty blinking magic, preferably to blink several kilometers away in one step.
When the time comes, even if he encounters a snow giant on the snowfield, he will be able to escape confidently, which is equivalent to having an extra life.
"What a pity." Old Lord Sally said regretfully and did not force it. "If you change your mind, you can come to me at any time. I am willing to give everything for it."
Russell smiled and did not respond.
Since the Red-Eyed Rat King is not for sale, he naturally doesn't want others to think about him anymore.
Soon everyone entered the conference hall of the castle. This time, Mr. Ross did not come to join in the fun, and Russell no longer suffered its contempt.
A huge map hangs on the wall of the conference room.
The map outlines the geography of the entire Shadow Flame Grand Duchy in detail, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and large areas of surrounding snowfields.
The baron held a baton and pointed at the bottom of the map, on a long and narrow river valley terrain: "This year's warm season is heating up very quickly, and there are no large-scale groups of snow ghosts on several commercial roads. It is estimated that there will be small groups later. The snow ghost will also retreat."
Moving the baton upward, several dotted lines stretched out above the valley terrain to represent trade routes. Baron Roman continued: "This time, we will focus on cleaning up the mountain and river trade routes, opening up the road to the oasis, and restoring the Thunder Beast pulling carts as soon as possible."