Claude found that he was suddenly very busy. He had to send his sister to school every day and pick her up in the afternoon. When he returned to the forest farm, he had to take care of his mother and watch over his younger brother to prevent anything from happening to this naughty child. He also had to patrol the forest farm every day.
Three meals a day must be cooked on time, and I can no longer mess around as casually as I did before. I just have to cook three meals a day for my family, feed the little snow dog, and there are more housework.
In addition, Claude also had to personally decorate a new room for his mother. The wall coverings and curtains were replaced with new ones. The furniture, bed, and single sofa were all designed by Claude himself and brought to a furniture store in the town for customization.
Then I sent it to the forest farm to decorate it myself, trying to give my mother a new home environment so that her body could recover better.
Because I was afraid that my mother would miss her after seeing things, I didn’t bring all the furniture in my parents’ bedroom in the big red brick house to the forest farm. But the money was spent very quickly. I bought it with the money I robbed from the Black Snake Society last time.
After collecting the alchemy magic test materials, the rest was basically spent. But my mother's body was getting better day by day. Sure enough, the environment of the forest farm was very good for her physical recuperation. After more than ten days, my mother could get out of bed.
Go slowly, I just don’t have the strength yet...
Seeing that April was coming, my mother called Claude to her room that day and gave him an account book from the National Bank, which contained forty-four gold crowns and three silver thalers. The mother said that this
It was left by his father. He originally planned to use the money to start a business again, but he didn't expect that he would not have this opportunity...
The mother grieved for a while, then took out a sheepskin document bag from under the pillow, which contained about a dozen contract agreements. Claude took a look and saw that most of them were rental agreements.
My mother said that after my father converted the big red brick house into an apartment for rent, it had a total of six large suites and two small attics. There were two large shops and two small storefronts underneath, and the monthly rent could be eleven silver pagodas.
With Le and two riaso, the total rental income is about 25 gold crowns a year. After deducting the expenditure on house repairs and maintenance, almost fifteen or six gold crowns are deposited in the bank by my father every year.
's account.
Rent is basically collected every quarter, and now that April is coming, those renting tenants have to prepare the rent again. In the past, my mother took care of this matter, but now that she is not in good health, she has entrusted it all to Claude.
So Claude was busy going to the big red brick house to collect rent. He also worked for three days, cleaned up his own home, and then rented it out. In this way, the monthly rent of this big red brick house was
The rental income has reached about three gold crowns, which is almost the total income of a commoner per year. Claude estimated that as long as this big red brick house is there, his mother, sister and brother will not have to worry about the cost of living and studying.
, they can live well.
It was just during this time that Caifeni often drove the delivery carriage of the Mermaid Tavern to the forest farm to find Claude. For no other reason than to stay quietly by Claude's side and watch him do his work, and sometimes help him do it.
Housework. Even if Claude is not around, she doesn't care. Instead, she has a good chat with her mother, helping her out to bask in the sun, or take a walk in the forest farm. Even her younger brother, Little Booker, is fond of this big sister who often brings him delicious food.
Very good impression.
This led to a result. Every time after Kaifuni left, her mother always mentioned Kaifuni's goodness in front of Claude, which meant that she hoped that Claude would immediately go find the girl to propose and bring her in the next day. Anyway,
The kingdom's stipulated age for young men and women to get married is eighteen years old, and both Claude and Caifeni have reached this age.
Just when Claude was annoyed by his mother always nagging him about the benefits of getting married early, Butler Lutheran rushed to the forest farm in a hurry, and he brought Claude a letter written by Mrs. Maria to him.
of a letter.
Mrs. Maria said in the letter that she had learned of the tragedy of Mr. Morsant's suicide, and was deeply moved by his courage and sacrifice for his family. She also felt sad for the Claude family. However, during this period of time, she was in the royal capital.
I am not able to come to express my condolences in person, so I can only write letters to express my condolences.
The main reason why Butler Lutheran came to Bailu Town was to do two things. The first thing was that Mrs. Maria gave the forest farm cabin and the surrounding three hundred acres of forest land to Claude as a gift for his coming of age.
.In other words, if Claude agrees, the cabin and the large piece of woodland next to it will become Claude's private property and will no longer belong to the Norman Forest Farm.
This was an unexpected gift for Claude. Madam Maria actually divided the cabin from the villa in the forest farm and gave it to Claude along with a piece of hilly woodland next to it. Suddenly Claude unexpectedly
Stunned there.
"Master Claude, Madam has arranged everything, and has brought the required certificates and documents. As long as you sign, I will go to the town office to help you complete the rest of the procedures." Lutheran
The housekeeper didn't understand why Madam Maria valued this young man so much. Although he had studied pharmacy with Madam and knew that he could do magic, he was nothing more than a wild mage. But this did not prevent him from being a full-fledged mage.
to complete the task assigned to him by his wife.
"Well," Claude nodded, putting this matter aside for now, and then continued reading the letter.
The second thing that Madam Maria said was that she appointed Butler Lutheran to come here not just to give Claude a gift, but that Madam Maria raised more than three hundred gold crowns and asked Claude to assist Luther.
Butler An wanted to buy a house and land in Bailu Town. The more the better. She did not hide anything from Claude and told him directly that Sterling X had made a decision to transfer Bailu Town from the three southwest counties to the king.
It was directly under the jurisdiction of the capital and upgraded Bailu Town to a city as the main base for the navy's newly formed Storm Fleet.
This almost told Claude that Sterling X had fully adopted the plan proposed by Prime Minister Duke Clement Duncan and was preparing to carry out large-scale development of White Deer Town, making it a city similar to the military city of Port Nieru.
The parallel naval fleet base is responsible for the navigation and safety of the new route to the mainland of Nubisia.
It is conceivable that as soon as this plan is announced, Bailu Town will get a big development opportunity. If nothing else, the land price alone will rise several times. So Mrs. Maria said straightforwardly in the letter that she did not
She was interested in participating in those dirty intrigues to get a share of the pie, which politicians and nobles cared about. She wanted to earn some clean money to buy some precious experimental materials, so she took advantage of her opportunity to get the news first to let Lutheran An
The housekeeper went to Bailu Town to buy real estate, and then sold it after the Kingdom announced its development plan for Bailu Town. This way, she could earn enough money to spend.
Although the development plan for Bailu Town will be announced after the Kingdom's political training meeting in mid-May, some important departments in the royal capital have secretly prepared to send people to Bailu Town to conduct a thorough investigation and explore public opinion. As far as Mrs. Maria knows
, that kingdom’s special department, that is, the Ovelas Kingdom’s Special Public Security and Security Inspection Office, will soon send personnel to Bailu Town to set up a branch. The special departments of each military city and military base will dispatch personnel to prevent
Detected and destroyed by the evil magician.
So Lady Maria warned Claude in the letter not to accidentally reveal his identity as a magician. After all, he is a wild mage, not a registered mage registered with the special department. Once he is targeted by that special department,
It means endless trouble. Many branch leaders of special departments like to hunt down those wild magicians because that is the best way for them to obtain meritorious service.
Mrs. Maria gave Claude the cabin and a small piece of mountain land behind it because she wanted him to live in peace. A mysterious magician came out of Bailu Town and killed many people in the underground underworld. Perhaps the one in the royal capital is special.
The department didn't care about trivial things like the death of a few gangsters in a remote town, but after the underground magic market received the report from Julian, the person in charge of the White Deer Town acquisition point, it spent a lot of effort to find the person Claude had fabricated.
teacher.
As a frequent visitor to the underground magic market, Madam Maria naturally got the news. She knew who did it as soon as she heard it. She warned in a letter to Claude that she had been involved in fights and killings with those underground societies in the past.
Forget it, but after the kingdom's special department enters Bailu Town, you should be more honest and don't show off your power with some magic power. If something happens, even if she can save Claude's life, Claude will not be able to survive.
I definitely don’t want to be imprisoned by the special department until the end of my life...
Claude felt a little disappointed when he put down the letter. Although he was very grateful to Madam Maria for the reminder, he was a little disappointed that he would not be able to rob the Black Snake Guild in the future, especially since he had been preparing to settle the score with Bill the Butcher, the boss of the Black Snake Guild.
"Master Claude, Madam has reminded you that you'd better burn the letter after reading it," Butler Lutheran said respectfully from the side.
That's right. If this letter were left there, it would be something that Madam Maria could use if it fell into the hands of others. Claude lit a fire and put the letter up.
It wasn't until the letter paper turned into ashes that Butler Lutheran opened the document package he had brought and took out the documents one by one.
"This is the property rights document for the cabin, the hillside behind it, and the pine forest in the col next to it. Please sign...
This is the common use right of the forest farm mountain road. You sign here...
This is the gift instruction from Madam, and it also requires your signature...
This is the power of attorney. If you sign here, I can go to the town office to handle the relevant procedures.
By the way, there is another place here. Madam has transferred another twenty gold crowns to your account in the National Bank. From now on, you will also be responsible for paying the monthly salary of Mr. and Mrs. Xioli, the caretaker. You need to sign this salary book.
Enter your name..."
Claude signed his name on more than a dozen documents. Butler Lutheran neatly packed all the documents on the table into his file bag: "Master Claude, I will go to the town office immediately to handle the matter."
The procedures can be completed in about two or three days. I will send the completed property rights documents to you then."
Now Claude can be regarded as a person with private property. Although he is only eighteen years old and has just come of age, he already owns nearly three hundred acres of forest in the Norman Forest Farm and a small wooden house, which is worth no less than seven to eight hundred gold crowns.
, can be considered a middle class in Bailu Town.
As for why Madam Maria divided a small piece of the Norman Forest Farm and gave it to him, Claude knew it very well. First, she appreciated talents. Madam Maria thought he had a bright future, so she spent a lot of money to win him over. Of course, this was just
An obvious excuse. The purpose is to let the people of White Deer Town know that Claude has embraced the Norman family.
After the death of their husband, the Field family, which was reduced to the civilian class, was bullied by others.
The real reason is actually very simple. This is the reward given to him by Madam Maria. When Madam Maria returned to the capital last year, Claude put the Magic Hand and four other rune magic arrays in an envelope and handed it to
She, Mrs. Maria, said that the five rune spells Claude learned are now considered forbidden spells, each costing at least one or two hundred gold crowns, and you have to be lucky to buy them from the underground magic market. She simply
I don't have the financial resources to learn these four rune spells from Claude.
Claude gave these four spells to Madam Maria, mainly because he was grateful for her openness and careful teachings to him. Frankly speaking, Claude is really grateful to Madam Maria, this is his first
Although the female mage he came into contact with was only a registered mage, she opened the real door to the mysteries of magic for him. From her, he learned a lot of common sense about magic and the current situation of magic in the kingdom, which was better than doing it behind closed doors.
How many times.
He knew Madam Maria's temperament, so when he handed it to her, he specifically stated in the letter that it was an advance payment for asking Madam Maria to find suitable combat spells for him in the underground magic testing ground in the royal capital. Only then did Madam Maria accept the letter.
Down.
But now it seems that Madam Maria must have not found any combat spells, and she is not willing to default on Claude's favor, but she cannot afford to pay. Think about it, she can only raise about three hundred gold crowns to Bailu
Knowing how difficult her finances were when she bought real estate in the town, she simply divided a small piece of her forest farm and gave it to Claude. The current market price of an acre of mountain forest is about two to three gold crowns, and three
A hundred acres is already more than the price of those four rune spells.