Early the next morning, Lusha took several tribesmen back to the Mystery Forest.

Teresa also got up very early due to work. Before getting out of bed, she kissed Owen who was sleeping, then got dressed and quietly left the bedroom.

When she was about to leave the castle, she noticed Mapel wielding a sword in the courtyard.

"Mabel, you got up so early." Teresa came over and said hello.

"Um……"

Thinking of what happened last night, Mapel didn't know how to face Theresa, so she just responded casually and continued to wave the sword in her hand, sweat soaking the clothes inside.

Sensing that Mapel's attitude towards her was different from usual, Teresa probably had some guesses in her mind.

"I have to go to school later, so I can't chat with you here for too long. Can I go to your room to bother you tonight? There are some things I want to have a good chat with you about."

"..."

Mapel did not answer immediately and continued to wave his sword, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Not long after, she suddenly stopped, put the sword back to her waist, and turned her head to look over.

"Can."

Hearing this, Teresa smiled and said: "Then it's settled, I'll go find your room tonight. Also, don't just practice sword practice, you'll be sweating all over, and get some proper rest."

"

After saying that, Teresa said goodbye to Mapel and turned to go to school.

Later, when Irving was at work, he noticed that Mapel beside him was in extremely poor condition and looked drowsy, so he asked her to take the day off and have a good rest.

There was a big battle just yesterday, but Bianzhu Town basically returned to normal the next day, as if the Black Dragon King had not had any impact on the town.

That night, Teresa came to Marpel's room, and the two had an open-hearted conversation.

On the third day, Mapel seemed to have thought better of it and continued to perform his duty of protecting Owen in a high-spirited state.

As for what Theresa talked to her that night, no one knows.

In the morning, the agile lizard men who were sent to investigate the sea entrance channel blasted by the Black Dragon King returned.

He reported to Owen that the end of the passage was a town inhabited by humans, and the other lord sent guards to block the entrance of the passage.

That town should be Lai Feng Port, Owen was sure of it.

Thanks to the Black Dragon King, Bianzhu Town suddenly had a new road leading to the sea.

In this way, Bianzhu Town will have an additional foreign trade route.

The produced goods can be transported to Laifeng Port and sold to other places through the offshore trade fleet. Merchant ships do not need to make a large circle in the inland waterway, which greatly saves transportation costs.

After confirming that the opposite side was Laifeng Port, Owen immediately sent an advance team of ten people to inform the lords on the opposite side that he would visit them in the near future.

On the fourth day, Owen led two teams of musketeers, a total of one hundred people, and set foot on the passage in a mighty manner.

In addition, Owen also took Vilu and his apprentices with him, and ordered them to draw a simple map on the way to follow and mark the places with potential safety hazards on the way.

After returning, Owen will order Garcia to deploy several earth magicians and follow Viru's apprentices to carry out terrain modification in places with safety risks to ensure the safety of this passage.

There is no doubt that this passage will become a very busy commercial road in the future, and a cement road can be built to connect the two places.

The road construction project established not long ago has not started yet, and a new road construction plan has been put on the agenda.

It can be predicted that for a while in the future, Bianzhu Town will be full of construction scenes.

Arriving at the Port of Wind, Baron Matt personally brought several knights and officials to greet Owen.

He didn't dare to be careless at all. The opponent could easily defeat even Duke Eddie's army. Isn't it easy to take down Laifenggang?

Baron Matt stepped forward and saluted Owen on horseback, greeting: "Welcome Marquis Aisen to Port Laifeng. I am Baron Matt, the lord of this place."

"Hello, Baron Matt." Owen responded calmly.

"Well, I have prepared a banquet and would like to invite the Marquis of Essen to my castle for a meal and a rest." Baron Matt cautiously extended the invitation, "Of course, I will also ask the chef to provide food for the soldiers you bring."

"Then it will be hard work."

In this way, hundreds of people arrived near Baron Matt's small castle.

Accompanying Owen were Angelica, Mapel, Viru and two musketeer captains, as well as four soldiers performing escort duties, who rotated at regular intervals.

As it is a port town, most of the dishes at the banquet are locally caught seafood, which has a unique taste.

During the meal, Baron Matt carefully asked the reason for the emergence of this passage.

"Marquis Aisen, I heard from my subordinates that a black beam appeared in the sky a few days ago and split the Sky Mountain Mountains, and this passage appeared. I wonder what the origin of that black beam is?"

"Oh, it's nothing actually."

After taking a sip of wine, Owen said lightly: "A few days ago, our army was attacking the Black Dragon King. In its last desperate struggle, it released a super large magic beam, which blasted out this passage. Fortunately, it did not cause too much damage.

, the crusade was also successful.”

"So that's it..." Baron Matt agreed.

As soon as the words came out, he suddenly realized something was wrong, looked at Owen with wide eyes, and said incoherently: "You, you, are you talking about the Black Dragon King, the overlord of the Mysterious Forest?"

It is recorded in the history books that the Black Dragon King defeated the army that was said to be the strongest in the kingdom at that time and was preparing to develop the Mysterious Forest.

Since then, the Kingdom of Morning Light has never dared to explore the secret forest again.

Border Guard Town actually dared to attack the Black Dragon King and succeeded?! In other words, Marquis Aisen even captured the Mystery Forest.

This is so unbelievable that Baron Matt once wondered if he had heard it wrong.

"Yes, that's right." Owen affirmed, "Only the Black Dragon King has the ability to blast through the Sky Mountains, right?"

"Haha, that's true."

Baron Matt laughed stiffly, and a cold sweat broke out from behind.

The strength of Border Guard Town is too terrifying! You must not disobey Marquis Aisen. You will agree to whatever he says. There is no need to ask for trouble.

Originally, Baron Matt had no ambitions. Faced with such a powerful Marquis Essen, he had no idea of ​​resistance.

"Baron Matt."

After drinking all the wine in the glass, Owen was ready to get down to business and deliberately asked: "Do you know the purpose of my coming here this time?"

"No matter what conditions Marquis Aisen proposes, I agree to them all without any objection." Baron Matt said quickly.

"oh?"

You didn't even say anything and you just agreed?

Looking at Baron Matt with some surprise, Owen asked in a low tone: "Then if I plan to take away your territory, will you agree?"

My territory?

Hearing this, Baron Matt's face froze. I heard that Marquis Essen confiscated the territories of other nobles in Border Guard Town last year. Is he interested in his own territory this time?

So what if you refuse? If you can't beat the opponent again and again, you should just offer it with both hands honestly, at least you can save your own life.

Gritting his teeth, Baron Matt forced out an ugly smile and replied: "If this is the case, I am willing to give up my territory."

"It seems like you're not very willing," Owen said.

"Nothing!" Baron Matt forced himself to show a bright smile, "I'm really happy to do it."

"Okay, don't force yourself."

Owen waved his hand, and then said: "I will not take away your territory for no reason, and will provide corresponding compensation. Moreover, you can continue to govern Laifeng Port, but your identity is no longer a lord, but a place

Officials, if they do not manage well, I will remove them from their posts."

Baron Matt somewhat understood the latter words, which were similar to those of the administrator. I heard that this was how Marquis Aisen handed over Dongsheng Fortress to the Youmu family for management.

What is the compensation mentioned above? He cares about it very much.

"Excuse me, what is the compensation?"

"There are two options."

Owen raised two fingers and explained: "One is to take the money directly. I will send someone over to evaluate the value of your territory and give you a reasonable price."

"The other is to obtain shares. I will build factories, shipyards and other large-scale industrial buildings for production in Laifeng Port in the future, and you can get part of the shares."

Owen had already thought about it, and directly confiscating all the nobles' lands locally would undoubtedly arouse strong resistance.

Even if we can rely on the powerful People's Army to deal with them, it will still take a lot of time.

The best way is to let these nobles understand that they can reap greater benefits by giving up their territories.

Of course, it is unlikely that the big nobles who own large territories will give up their territories willingly, but the largest number of small nobles can win over to their side.

Because the territory of those small nobles is small, the value of their output is not much. If there is a chance to get more benefits, they may take the initiative to offer their territory.

"What are shares?" Baron Matt looked confused.

After thinking about it, Irving simply explained: "You can understand that the money earned by industrial buildings such as factories, docks, etc. will be your share every year. You can earn money every year while lying down, and it is no less than if you were a lord.

"

"No less than a lord?"

Baron Matt didn't seem to believe it, but he didn't dare to say it directly.

"That... what is a factory?"

"If you are interested in this, you might as well follow me to Border Guard Town to investigate." Owen smiled slightly, "I will send someone to take you to understand the factory's operation model and profitability. I guarantee you will be surprised."

Going to Bianzhu Town for inspection?

Baron Matt thought that the recent sudden rise of Border Guard Town might have something to do with that factory, and it wouldn't be a bad thing to go take a look.
Chapter completed!