However, Stella now gave him a gift in return, a servant who was literate and knew how to manage. Not only did she solve the problem of the lack of civil affairs officials, but she also had the power of life and death in her own hands. There was simply no better situation than this.
Already.
"The gift this time is really not in vain, that Tulip Flower is simply a treasure girl!" Finally, Nalant expressed his sincere gratitude to the Tulip Flower who had never been masked before.
At the same time, I was thinking about whether to give more gifts to this tulip flower in the future.
It doesn't matter whether you reciprocate the gift or not, the main thing is that every drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring of water.
"Thomas, I'll leave this to you first. I'll take Mario to rest later! Lilia, you and I come to the lobby!"
"Yes, sir!"
Afterwards, Nalant took Lilia to the inner castle hall.
"Lilia, sit down!" Narant also loved Vivian's sister.
And this girl was extremely well-behaved after she came to the castle.
"Sir, Lilia doesn't need to sit down, just stand and talk to you!"
"Well, okay!" Nalant didn't force it.
Next, Nalant began to ask about the caravan's trip.
This caravan trip went smoothly because it was the territory of the Tulip family, and the other nobles were very considerate, and all the goods they brought were sold out.
"Sir, Lord Andrew said that he will organize a caravan to come to Stormland to purchase in a few days, and he will also invite caravans from several territories to come together."
"Oh? Did my father say when he will come?" Nalant was overjoyed when he heard this.
No real noble caravans have come to his territory yet. If his father can really bring in a few noble caravans, he will really have to be well prepared.
"Sir, Lord Andrew said that the caravan will set off within a week of our departure at the latest!"
Lilia answered truthfully.
"Very good!" Nalant nodded with satisfaction.
Next, he asked about the gift-giving process. After confirming that there was nothing else, he asked Lilia to find Thomas to hand over the payment.
This caravan trip did not bring back many gold coins for him, only two or three.
Of course, this is the remaining gold coins after purchasing iron ore and other items.
Among the goods brought back this time, there were fifty bottles of jasmine perfume, ten bottles each of rose perfume and lavender perfume.
The main reason for purchasing such a small amount of perfume was that Nalant did not want to attract attention. After all, if the ambergris was exposed, it would definitely attract the covetousness of all the nobles. The attraction of this thing is definitely no less than a gold mine.
In addition, he actually had an idea. Maybe he should send a caravan directly to the perfume production areas in other counties to buy perfume. In this way, due to the poor information, others would not know that he, Nalant, was just a second-tier dealer doing secondary processing.
Of course, if you want to do this, you must have a strong caravan and stable sales channels.
For example, buy a small shop in Tulip City to sell expensive products such as perfume.
It's just said that the shops in Tulip City are not cheap, especially the East District Plaza, where a small shop can sell for seven or eight hundred gold coins, which is not something Nalant can afford in a short period of time.
…
In the next few days, Nalant appointed Mario as the new civil administrator of the Storm Territory and handed over the affairs of Maiye Village to him first.
For example, the renovation project on the square.
Another example is that in order to welcome the upcoming arrival of several noble caravans, some thatched houses on both sides of Maiye Village Avenue were briefly repaired and cleaned.
…
It was night, at the edge of the stormy forest, a slender figure suddenly emerged from the woods onto the dirt road.
Under the bright moonlight, this figure finally revealed its true appearance.
This is a woman with fair skin and a slender figure. But what is surprising is that she is wearing a beast leather coat like a savage.
The woman's body was strong and flexible, and she continued to explore and move forward under the moonlight, heading towards the direction of Doom Village.
When she arrived at the place where the corpses of Quint's guards and barbarians were buried, she paused for a while.
After a while, she continued walking, and in just over ten minutes, she arrived at the Village of Doom.
It was already midnight, and the village of Doom was silent except for the occasional chirping of insects and the faint sound of waves coming from the beach in the distance.
After this figure came to the village, she looked around and then quietly came to a thatched house. She quietly took away a few pieces of crude linen clothes hanging to dry under the eaves in the courtyard.
"Such a strong smell of blood!" The woman who had put on a linen skirt appeared on the coast where the barbarians were fighting that day. Looking at the faint dark red beach, the woman's eyebrows wrinkled.
After staying on the beach for a while, she left the beach and walked on the dirt road again, and this time the direction she headed towards became Maiye Village.
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The next morning, Narante opened his eyes happily from the goose down mattress.
"Well! It's another nice sunny day!" Nalant sat up and stretched.
With his efforts, this lord becomes more and more enjoyable.
There were enough servants, there was gradually more food, and more importantly, the gold coins began to increase slowly.
If the expansion of military strength is also put on the agenda in the future, life will be really wonderful.
With this in mind, Nalant reached out and pulled on a pull bolt beside the bed.
Jingle Bell!
As the bolt was pulled, a clear ringing sound came from the bedroom door.
Snap!
"Good morning, sir! Lilia will help you get up and wash up!" The next moment, Lilia in maid uniform opened the door and walked in.
"Well!" Nalant then got out of bed, and then began to dress and wash under Lilia's service.
At first, he was resistant to the bad habits of this old society, especially when he knew that he had to be served by a grown man.
But facing the resentful look in Thomas's butler's eyes, Nalant reluctantly accepted the service in order to prevent Thomas butler from thinking about food and tea. Of course, it was necessary to replace the male servant with a maid.
After these few days of corrosion, Nalant just wanted to say something about the bad habits of the old society: Oh my god, it smells so good!
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"Sir, the furnace and waterwheel in the blacksmith shop have been completed. Do you need to go and check it out?"
Nalant was eating breakfast, while Mario, the newly appointed civil administrator of the territory, stood aside and reported to him the status of the territory.
It is the duty of the civil officers under the nobles to report every day. Like Thomas, the two of them are Nalant's right-hand men in government affairs.
"Well, let's go and have a look!"
Narant also wanted to test the practicality of the waterwheel. After breakfast, he immediately led his troops towards Maiye Village.