Richard recovered from the shock caused by Golden Finger.
Viscount Sauter was relieved to see that Richard did not appear to be physically injured.
"Please ask my father to keep my promotion to the knight a secret."
In this troubled world, you always have to hide some trump cards, and if you can, try not to expose the matter of becoming a knight.
Viscount Sauter nodded and agreed to conceal Richard's promotion to the knight for now, although he really wanted to show it off.
He clearly understands his own strengths and weaknesses. If you let him ride a horse and kill people, he will be a good hand. If you let him sit down to manage the territory and engage in conspiracy and calculation, his scalp will be blown off.
Therefore, when Richard showed his management talents at the age of twelve, Viscount Sauter happily handed over the daily management of the territory to Richard.
He was not afraid of any big problems arising from Richard's management at that time. Anyway, in the land of Hunter Territory, no matter how big the problem was, it could not be bigger than the knight's sword in his hand.
Facts also proved that Richard's management ability far exceeded his expectations. The territory prospered at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the past, the castle could not eat enough meat, but now it can eat and drink at will and still have plenty.
So Viscount Sauter boldly handed over power to Richard and spent more time every day drinking, practicing martial arts and watching circuses. Anyway, he didn't like to seize power, and he didn't doubt his son's thoughts.
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Richard returned to his room with some thoughts on his mind. The room was spacious and bright, and the maid had already packed up the bedding and warmed the bed for him.
Of course, if Richard needs it, these relatively pretty maids can do things other than warm the bed, but after all, Richard has been tempered for two lives, and he is not a hungry ghost who is not selective about food. Instead, these maids have been greedy for him for a long time.
The maid was rather disappointed.
What an evil feudal society.
After the strength is improved, some plans can also be implemented.
Li Cha lay on the bed and thought briefly, then gradually fell asleep.
The cold night in the North is especially quiet, even the few chirping of insects seem harsh.
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A ray of sunlight poured into the room through the window, and Richard, who had slept soundly all night, had already gotten up early.
In the eyes of the soldiers in Ironwood Fort, Young Master Richard did not train on the training ground for the first time today, but rode a horse outside the city alone.
However, Richard's prestige in Ironwood City was extremely high. He wanted to leave the city and there were no patrolling soldiers to ask questions.
After leaving Ironwood City, Richard rode his horse straight to the logging camp outside the city.
The soldiers guarding the lumberyard and the workers were surprised by Richard's arrival, but they quickly saluted him.
Richard nodded, handed the horse to the soldier on the side and walked towards the wood storage warehouse.
Income from the timber trade has always been one of the important economic sources of the Hunter Territory, with its backers relying on mountains and rivers.
The Hunter family's territory in this bitter cold land in the north relies on the inexhaustible ironwood forest, and they can earn more than 100 gold nuggets every year by selling rough-processed ironwood.
You must know that after Richard reorganized the entire territory, the annual tax revenue was only 500 kinnars, and the important land tax revenue was only 300 jinnars. The more than 300 full-time soldiers who Richard had spent all his efforts to organize were only a year old.
The cost was only over 100 gold, which shows the importance of these lumber mills to the Hunter family.
"Master Richard, what can I do for you?" The manager of the lumber factory had already received the news and rushed over.
"It's okay. I'll go into the warehouse and take a look. You can wait outside."
"Okay, I'll be waiting outside the warehouse. If you need anything, please feel free to ask me."
Richard's prestige in the entire territory is almost at the same level as his father, Viscount Sauter, and even slightly higher than Viscount Sauter. The stewards from all over the family are respectful to Richard and never dare to do what Richard has prescribed.
There is half a discount.
Those who dare to discount are now either hard laborers or have become the victims of Richard's two uncles.
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In the simple timber warehouse, there are neatly stacked iron logs that have been preliminarily processed.
Richard walked up and put his hand on a pile of wood.
"If you find wood, do you want to collect it?"
The interface of the system reappears in consciousness.
Richard silently said "Yes" in his heart
The entire pile of wood disappeared into thin air.
"Congratulations on harvesting a unit of wood."
Richard made a rough estimate and found that the wood that just disappeared was worth nearly one kinaar.
In my impression, the resource consumption of the game Invincible Heroes is usually in single digits, so this consumption is not unacceptable.
Then Richard put all the other wood in the warehouse into the system, and got exactly ten units of wood.
Then Richard called the manager of the lumber factory in.
When the manager entered the warehouse and saw the empty warehouse, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
He kept saying: "I didn't do it, it wasn't me."
No wonder the manager was nervous, Richard was very strict. If he was thought to have corrupted the wood in the warehouse, he would probably lose his life according to the rules.
"I know, it has nothing to do with you."
"Today's things are rotten in my stomach. The wood will be reported as a loss. I will say hello to the chief steward."
After saying that, Richard turned around and walked out of the warehouse.
After Richard left, the lumber factory manager finally regained his composure. He couldn't figure out how Richard made a warehouse full of lumber disappear, and his awe for Richard deepened in his heart.
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There are several lumber factories like this in the Hunter family, but Richard did not continue to search for wood. It was okay to search for one. If they were all taken away, it would affect the Hunter family's timber trade.
Although no one would question his behavior, it was not conducive to the development of the Hunter family territory. Richard knew these things very clearly.
After following the same pattern and harvesting ten units of stone in the quarry, Richard probably had a good idea.
The two most important resources for the development of the human castle have been secured. Gold can be directly converted into gold. As for the rare resources that may be used in the later stage, we can only talk about it at that time.
Richard rode his horse to the wilderness further away, and then said silently in his heart:
"Receive the initial strength of the castle."
A few seconds later, a group of powerful-looking soldiers walked out of the ironwood forest not far away and approached Richard.
"Lord God's Chosen One." The soldiers came to Richard and saluted him respectfully.
However, Richard did not respond for the time being.
Because after receiving the initial troops, the system pops up an option, allowing him to choose between reward resources and troops.
After thinking for a while, Richard chose the military strength reward. His next plan required stronger military strength to execute.
After Richard made his choice, another small group of soldiers came out of the iron wood forest and saluted in front of Richard.
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Richard: Human Race
Strength:5.9
Physique:6.1
Agility:6.5
Spirit:2.8
Skills: Beast Breathing Technique (Master), General Air Entrainment Technique (Basic).
The heir to the Hunter family, a young talented knight.
Open your character panel and add an army column.
Richard took the trouble to communicate with every soldier who appeared, and found that each of these soldiers had his own name and independent thinking.
In addition to being ingrained with the ideas of loyalty and God's choice, they are just living people.
However, no matter how Richard asked them, he couldn't tell how he came to this place. He just kept saying that it was a call from God.
After the conversation, Richard began to evaluate the strength of this group of system warriors. This group of strong men with an average height of over 1.85 meters did not disappoint Richard.
The most basic strength of the spearmen is probably equivalent to that of Richard's professional soldiers who have been trained for a long time, while the level of archers' archery skills is slightly higher than that of the professional archers of Orion origin in Richard's army.
Unfortunately, the gryphons and other aerial units were not included in the gifts, but several swordsmen, especially the Crusader, gave Richard a huge surprise.
The three system swordsmen all have the strength of peak quasi-knights, and their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of Richard's two cheap uncles.
The crusader was even more outrageous. During the discussion with Richard, he also ignited the same blue-gray fighting spirit as Richard, and almost blinded Richard's eyes.
This crusader was probably at the level of a knight for the first time. Judging from his fighting energy, he was probably at the level of general qi entrainment. His basic physical fitness was even slightly inferior to Richard's. In the end, he relied on his superb swordsmanship to fight Richard.
It was evenly matched.
Richard put away his sword and told the soldiers to call him Master Richard and not to tell anyone about his origins.
Then Richard led the group of soldiers on the road back to Ironwood City. Richard, who was in a good mood, even hummed a ditty on the horse.