Lant really stayed in the imperial capital for a whole day. When he returned to Padmilla Castle, he had already missed dinner time. In the lord's room, he sat leisurely on the sofa and ate the snacks just delivered from the kitchen.
After these days of busy work, Lant found that whether he was ready or not, the imperial capital, royal capital, and even his subordinates had already acquiesced that his territory had entered a period of peace.
The allies who originally fully supported him against the orcs and the Red Dragon Rock and Dragon Tooth City who had unlimited trust in him may change their attitudes because of his commitment to a certain department or a certain legend.
"The only bad thing about the world is that you have me among you, and you have me among you." Lant shook his head helplessly, "Be wary of each other, rely on each other, and deceive each other. I am afraid that the relationship between me and them will be the same in the future. .”
"Sir? Are you looking for me?" Peter Maned Wolf's voice sounded outside the door.
Not only the allies, but also the subordinates who were always ready to sacrifice for the territory began to become lazy and slack. For them, the war between the Dragon Clan and the Sea Clan was just the background of the times.
However, for Lant, not to mention the war between gods, he is even changing the magic network itself, so he has to stay vigilant at all times. He must keep abreast of external allies and enemies, as well as the dynamics of his subordinates.
"Sure, come on in, Pete!"
Lant said something and called in this subordinate who had been following him since the salt mine.
Today's Pete Maned Wolf has changed a lot from when he first arrived in White Tree City a few months ago. Not only has he gained weight from head to toe, but more importantly, after this period of time in Maned Wolf City, and Baishu City, he has become the actual controller of the underground markets in the two cities.
Seeing Peter walking up to him cautiously, Lant pointed to the snacks on the coffee table in front of him: "Come and have some, Peter. I heard that you married the fifth devil-wielding wife yesterday, and she was also a lizard-blooded one. Intermediate magic archer?"
"Sir..." Sweat visibly broke out on Peter's forehead.
"Isn't it difficult to raise a girl with lizard blood? Not to mention that your fourth wife is a mage from the White Tree family,"
Seeing that Peter didn't move, Lant picked up another small piece of cake and put it into his mouth: "I'm afraid the salary from the Knights is not enough to support such a big family, right?
However, the monthly share that the underground markets of Maned Wolf City and White Tree City give you may be enough for you to marry two more people. "
"Sir!" Peter knelt down directly and knocked his head heavily on the ground, "The markets in these two places have been completely handed over to cousin Elenda. I only took care of them temporarily for a few days before she took over. "
"Really?" Lant took out a list from the space ring, and as soon as he let go, the breeze blew it to Peter's eyes.
"Then you are really a genius in business. With the price difference between several cities, you can actually carry out triangular trade of slaves, food and magic industrial products. Let's see if there is any problem with the little red bird calculating your property. "
Slaves, livestock, weapons, potions, and with the knights as his military backing, Peter's business "talent" was so high that he didn't know where the nobles before White Tree City were. He earned 20,000 gold coins in just a few months.
"Sir! I did earn this money, but I don't have so many gold coins in my hand. Please look here!" Peter tremblingly took out a list.
"What are these? People's names?" Lant glanced at them and said not caring much.
"Yes, this first page is full of exiles from big families who were recently intercepted in White Tree City. They are mainly from the Imperial Capital, Kirislav and other places. I heard that they were implicated by the Department of Finance. Although these people did not go to White Tree City, I It has been booked in advance. Once they are exiled, they will go directly from their location to Yeqi City via White Tree City. This is a total of 30 demon-supporting families."
"Ah this..." After hearing what the front foot had done on his own, and the back foot buying the people involved as slaves, Lant couldn't bear it anymore.
"Sir, these people are rare bureaucrats even in Maned Wolf City. I was able to grab them all because of their connections through selling potions!" Pete said loudly.
"Well," considering the appalling literacy rate in Maned Wolf City, Lant had to admit that Peter had used his expertise as usual, "keep going."
"Yes! The list on the second page is a list of all those who have purchased weapons from Ye Qicheng. Although these lists have very mixed names, they almost all go to 3 or 4 directions, mainly Lan Yuan, Bai Xiao, Blue Lion, and Fei Long. I have marked the approximate number of weapons received by these families."
"The third list is a list of magic materials purchased by White Tree City from the Feilong and Blue Lion families. These materials are all specialties of these workshops. The stocks on the black market are very small. Magisters such as Gu Leiya and Wendy The demand is very large, and the relationship between these two companies and our territory is not good. If we didn’t have the previous weapons channels, we wouldn’t be able to get them at all.”
Peter looked at Lant's face, showing a trace of relief, and said quickly, "The cost of these materials alone reached 6,000 gold coins, and more than 5,000 gold coins to buy slaves. I married those women mainly to stabilize the supply. Channel, definitely not having other ideas.”
"Well, not bad, but you still have some problems with your account." Lant took out a note again and flew it to Peter, "The cost of all this is about 9,000 gold coins, and the wife you married in the past two months , and only half of it has to do with supply channels.”
"It's...it's me."
"Get up, Laniya, Little Cardinal and Wendy have told me about you a long time ago," Lant looked at Peter, who was almost exhausted, and his tone gradually became gentler, "I came to you today, I just want to tell you. , these matters should be reported to me regularly even if they ask for it first."
"Yes! Sir, I, Peter the Maned Wolf, am willing to work for you to the death!" Peter knew that Lant planned to let him go this time.
In fact, when he first became the leader of the Knights of White Tree City, Peter only knew how to make money and marry demons, completely forgetting that he was almost exiled to White Tree City by Rant.
It wasn't until he had a private contact with Laniya that he discovered that every move he made in White Tree City and every gold coin he earned would be known to Lant. Only then did he begin to use his expertise to recruit various talents for Lant. Spend money to buy materials for the girls.
"In the future, I think it would be better for you to stay in White Tree City, run the market there, and leave some channels for those who are unwilling to communicate with me." Lant's meaning is also very simple. His duties in Wolf City returned to White Tree City.
"Thank you, sir, for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely manage the market in White Tree City for you!"
(End of chapter)
