Chapter 31 Making friends out of nothing
Brian might be really tired, or his body finally relaxed after returning to the familiar bed and fell into a deep sleep. The next day, he was woken up by the maid.
Only then did Brian remember that he should place some warning magic around before going to bed.
This meant that he wouldn't even know if someone wiped his neck in an unsafe place at his own home.
Moreover, the castle of the Horsmann family is not really safe, and there is a duchess who always wants to kill him.
Even though he had promised the Duke not to harm Brian, who knew if this stupid woman would suddenly go crazy and do something irrational.
At least at the dinner party yesterday, Brian's speech made everyone excited. Only this woman remained calm, but she couldn't hide her eyes that wanted to kill someone.
Brian can also understand this. His eldest brother, Ryan Horsman, is the eldest son of the Horsman family. As the heir, he should enjoy the best resources.
And the resources that Brian, the second son, currently receives are no worse than those of his elder brother. So what kind of help will the duchess's three sons get from the family when they grow up?
The Duchess would not think that Brian and Lane would support the family and support their half-brother.
After reflecting on his imprudence, Brian still asked angrily.
"Why did you wake me up? Is my father looking for something to do with me?"
The little maid said timidly.
"It's not that the Duke is looking for you, but there are two letters from the royal capital that just arrived this morning. They are for you, the second young master. The third housekeeper did not dare to delay and asked me to deliver them to you."
After saying that and handing over these two letters, Brian sat up from the bed and leaned on the head of the bed to take the letters, motioned for them to go down and prepare breakfast for him, and then opened the envelopes.
These two letters were said to be sent from the royal capital, but in fact they were transferred from Lansburgh. After all, they did not know that Brian had returned to Dapest City.
The first letter was a reply to him from his eldest brother, Ryan Horsman.
He wrote in the letter that Lane had received the wine and letters he sent. He and his colleagues in the Royal Knights had tasted the Maple Creek wine and thought it was very good, and many of them wanted to drink it again.
Ask Brian to send a few more barrels quickly. If this kind of wine can be mass-produced, he can open a shop in the royal capital and it will definitely sell well.
He also expressed support for Brian's ability to take charge of Landsburg, and as the eldest brother, he would fund 5,000 gold coins to help his younger brother's construction in Landsburg.
After all, it was the hard work of my uncle's family. I hope Brian can restore Lansburg's strength as soon as possible and not let Aunt Lina down.
There is also a message from Butler Carl at the back of this letter.
It turned out that the 5,000 gold coins had been left in Landsburg by Butler Karl, and he just forwarded the letter.
I opened the system's territory attributes and took a look, and sure enough, 5,000 gold coins were added.
My eldest brother is really reliable. If he said he would take 5,000 gold coins, he would take 5,000 gold coins.
But it seemed that the wine matter was going to be stepped up. I got out of bed and came to the desk to write a letter to Butler Carl.
On the one hand, let him quickly ask for a few more barrels of wine from Maple Creek Town to send to his elder brother, and the city of Pest is also indispensable.
Yesterday, many nobles asked, where is this wine that has never been drunk before produced?
On the other hand, he urged Mrs. Flitwick to quickly build the winery. One year was too long. At worst, he would increase investment and add 2,000 gold coins. Brian would see output within half a year.
After writing the letter, he called the servant and asked the butler to find someone to deliver the letter to Landsburg.
The servant took the letter and left in a hurry. Brian still trusted the efficiency of the Duke's palace, so he opened the second letter.
This letter was written by Aunt Lina. After reading the content of the letter, Brian was a little bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the system would arrange it this way.
It turns out that Aunt Lina knew that Brian wanted to rebuild the canal, and she was very concerned about this matter.
Although she doesn't care about the construction of the field, this is her husband's last wish after all.
Just yesterday afternoon, when Brian used 1,000 achievement points to exchange for the engineering team, his aunt who was far away in the royal capital was visited by a stranger.
The visitor said that he was a businessman hired by Viscount Horton to help Lanesburg build the canal.
The person who came here was just a commoner, but he was dressed gorgeously and did not look like an ordinary person. At the very least, he was a big businessman.
So the housekeeper reported it to Aunt Lina. When her aunt heard that she was here to build a canal, she immediately received her.
The man claimed to be Asaman and was a businessman from a foreign country. He once provided supplies to Viscount Horton's expeditionary force, so he got to know Viscount Horton well and became friends.
The expeditionary force had just entered the Principality of Alton with great momentum. They had indeed won several battles against the orcs and captured a lot of trophies. This made the Duke of Freiburg become arrogant and felt that the orc army was nothing more than this.
Most of the trophies obtained from the orc army were sold to Asaman. Viscount Horton moved forward bravely every time, so he had the most trophies. After several times, he obtained nearly ten thousand gold coins.
In a casual chat, Viscount Horton mentioned that he wanted to open a canal and build a water conservancy project in the territory.
Asaman said that he also had a large and professional engineering team in his hometown, which was specially used to build roads and dig canals. After listening to Viscount Horton's introduction, he promised to open the canal within a month.
Viscount Horton knew that Asaman was a very powerful businessman and would not deceive him, so he gave Asaman 10,000 gold coins in his hand and wanted to hire Asaman's people to help him open the canal.
Asaman took the money without delay and immediately returned to his hometown. However, when he returned to the Frankish Kingdom with his people, he heard the news that the expeditionary force had been wiped out, and his good friend Viscount Horton also died in the battle.
At this time, Asaman could have just pretended that there was no such deal and paid 10,000 gold coins, but Asaman still decided to fulfill his promise.
However, Lansburg had already changed hands at this time. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Asaman came to the royal capital first to find his good friend's widow and explain the situation to Lina.
The aunt was moved to tears after listening to the story told by Asaman. She never thought that her husband would have such an honest friend at the end of his life.
He hurriedly wrote a letter overnight to tell Brian the good news and let him prepare to welcome Asaman's engineering team.
It seems that the system really allows Viscount Horton to make friends out of nowhere.
Chapter completed!