Maple Leaf City is a small town in the south of the Kingdom of Thorns, with a population of less than 50,000, and its geographical location is also very remote.

George had never heard of the existence of Maple Leaf City before, and it was Alvin who chose to come to Maple Leaf City.

There are several reasons for choosing Maple Leaf City.

First, Maple Leaf City is far enough away from Baron Sandy's location that it will not cause trouble in the future.

Second, Maple Leaf City is located in a remote location with a small population. It is a small place. However, because it is a small place, there are no strong people here. As Aiwen's identity as a trainee summoner, it is easier for him to get away with it.

The third point, which can also be said to be the most important point, is that it is relatively close to the Confused Grassland.

The Confused Grassland is one of the four most dangerous places in the mainland, and is one of the locations with the highest density of monsters.

The Confused Grassland is very dangerous, but there are also countless opportunities hidden in the Confused Grassland. If Aiwen wants to become strong, he needs to fight and hone himself in an environment like the Confused Grassland.

The first time he arrived in Maple Leaf City, Alvin bought a house with a yard, and this became their home from now on.

After buying the house, Ivan convinced Uncle George and Aunt Mena not to let them go out to do work. Their family's current gold coins were enough for their daily needs, and they did not need to go out to do work.

Ivan's reason for persuading the two of them was to consider for the family what to do if they went out to do things and ran into trouble again.

When George heard what Ivan said, he was a little scared. In addition, their family was really not short of money, so he followed Ivan's instructions and would not go out to do anything in the future.

Besides, just because you don’t go out to do things doesn’t mean you can’t make money at home.

According to Aiwen's idea, he wanted to open a small processing workshop so that he could make money at home.

Leave the sales to others, and he is only responsible for production.

Because of this idea, when buying a house, Aiwen directly bought the house next to it. He only needed to renovate the house next to it to turn it into a small workshop.

As for the processing industry that Ivan chose, it was food processing, to be precise, bacon processing.

Ai Wen has traveled a few times, and his biggest feeling is that it is not convenient to eat on the road. Generally speaking, it is best to prepare bacon when going out. If you can bring some bacon with you, there will be no shortage of food on the road.

Therefore, the demand for bacon is very huge, but the quality of bacon varies. Some bacon is delicious, and some bacon is terrible.

In Alvin's opinion, as long as you make delicious bacon, there will be no shortage of sales.

After three days of work, the bacon workshop was finally established.

The scale of this bacon workshop is not large, with less than twenty workers. Ivan has never thought about how much money he can make from this bacon workshop. He mainly wants to find something to do for the Georges. The second point is,

It's also to hide people's eyes. Otherwise, if the family does nothing and never uses up the money, it will definitely attract others' attention.

But with this bacon workshop and this legitimate business, a lot of trouble will be saved.

Moreover, the bacon workshop is only responsible for the production and sales, leaving it to others.

There is also a secret recipe for making bacon. This secret recipe was developed by Alvin. Alvin has given the secret method to George. Every time he makes bacon, the key parts need to be done by George himself. He does not have much time left.

, but it is very important, and George also enjoys it.

Ivan's bacon takes time to make, and it takes a month to make a batch. After the first batch of bacon was made, Ivan took a piece of bacon and went to the Adventurer's Guild to recommend the bacon to adventurers.

guild.

The Adventurer's Guild has a huge demand for bacon. Bringing bacon to the Adventurer's Guild can sell it at a good price.

If an ordinary person came to the door with bacon looking for sales, he would have been driven away long ago. But Ivan is not an ordinary person. He is a trainee summoner. Although he is only a trainee, he has entered that sequence, which means he is a member of the system.

, that would be completely different.

So when Alvin came to sell bacon, he got permission, but Alvin only got permission. Whether he accepts it or not depends on the quality of the bacon. If the quality is not good, then no matter how cheap the price is, it will not be enough.

Will buy it.

Alvin didn't say anything, he just cut off a piece of bacon with a knife and handed it directly to the other person to eat.

Alvin is very confident in his bacon.

Bacon can be eaten directly, but the meat is relatively hard if eaten directly. If it can be heated and eaten, it would be perfect.

The other party took the bacon, threw it in his mouth and chewed it for a while. After chewing, his eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded and said: Not bad, the taste is quite good, and the texture is even better.

Ordinary bacon is relatively hard, but Alvin's bacon is very soft and delicious.

Jeff Roy, who was in charge of purchasing, nodded and said with a smile: "Excellent bacon, I'll take all the bacon you have."

Alvin smiled and said: "What about the price? You know the quality of our bacon. What price are you going to give me?"

Jeffroy secretly calculated it and said: Ordinary bacon on the market sells for one gold coin or two kilograms. I will pay double the price, one gold coin per kilogram.

Alvin is also very satisfied with the double price. You must know that the cost of one kilogram of bacon is only thirty silver coins. Now one kilogram of bacon is sold for one gold coin, and the price has tripled.

And Jeffroy is also very satisfied with the price of bacon. The quality of these bacon is very good. After being shipped outside, the price can be doubled immediately, so for Jeffroy, this is also a good deal.

Buy and sell.

After the two parties agreed on the price, the rest was easy to discuss. They agreed to deliver the goods once a month and the first transaction could be carried out tomorrow.

In the first month, Alvin made two thousand kilograms of bacon, which was worth two thousand gold coins.

After completing the transaction, George smiled from ear to ear.

This time the business is more stable than the barbecue business. With the bacon workshop, their family can live a peaceful and prosperous life.

What George couldn't understand was that Ivan had no plans to live a stable life.

Ivan has told George that his ideal is to become a great nobleman and establish great achievements, so it is impossible for him to live a stable life here.

Ivan also told George that their life is not absolutely stable now because their family is too weak. What if a noble takes a fancy to their bacon business again?

When the time comes, hand over the bacon business. If the other party is still not satisfied with the transaction, after the transaction is completed, they want to kill people and silence them. What should I do at that time?

Therefore, if you want to survive in this world, it is impossible without strong strength.

Ivan also understands his own situation very well. Although he has an extremely powerful force in his body, this force is not under his control and cannot be directed and used. The current situation is that his physical qualifications

It's very bad. I can't practice magic at all, and I can't improve my cultivation through practice.

So Aiwen's only way to improve his cultivation is to make himself stronger by taking various fruits.

However, these fruits are not so easy to obtain. There are two ways to obtain these fruits. One is to search for them in areas where dangerous monsters live, and the other is to purchase them at a high price.

No matter which path you take, it is not easy. Purchasing magic fruits requires huge financial resources and strong strength. Otherwise, as soon as you reveal your wealth, someone will come to your door immediately.

Although Ivan is determined to improve his strength, Ivan also knows that it is not easy to improve his strength. There is no rush. He can only take it step by step.

Now, the first step is to hire a guard.

Ivan can't stay at home every day, and the family is now relatively wealthy. If there are no guards, Ivan is really worried. Even if a little thief comes, he can kill the Georges.

So hiring a guard is a must.

Ivan is directly employed by the Adventurer's Guild, which provides various businesses. Providing guards is also one of the Adventurer's Guild's businesses, and it is also one of its main businesses.

However, these hired guards are not provided by the Adventurer's Guild. The Adventurer's Guild is just a platform, so they can only contact the guards, but have no way to provide them.

Aiwen can post a request to recruit guards in the Adventurer Guild, and then hire them through the Adventurer Guild.

Ivan asked to hire a black iron warrior. The condition is that he has a family. It would be better if he could have children, and the family must come with him. The reward provided by Ivan is to pay the living expenses of the other party's family and provide five dollars per month.

Commission of ten gold coins.

The reward is not low, but Alvin’s request is rather strange.

Usually, when employers hire escorts, they prefer single escorts, which can reduce costs, make it more convenient, and have less worries.

However, the Adventurer's Guild had no objections to Ivan's request. In fact, they even guessed the reason for Ivan's request. Obviously, having a guard with a family burden would make people feel more at ease.

The news of hiring a guard will spread among the adventurer guilds within a radius of 500 kilometers. This is the lowest price. If they pay more commissions, they can spread the news of hiring further.

But obviously, there is no need for that. After all, Alvin's requirements are not too high.

The Adventurer's Guild was very efficient, and the news was sent back the next day.

A total of twenty-three black iron warriors are interested in the employment request issued by Ivan, and twenty-three identity documents have also appeared in front of Ivan.

Ai Wen checked the other party's information one by one, and if he thought it was acceptable, he put the information aside. In this way, after reading all the information, there were only five suitable ones left, and then among the five pieces of information, he carried out

Choose, after comparing, choose one of them.

This man is called Tommy. He is forty-five years old this year. He is no longer young, but being older also has advantages. The first point is that he has rich combat experience. He has been a mercenary since he was fifteen years old and has been working for a whole time.

Twenty-five years later, he retired at the age of forty. After turning forty, Tommy started working as a security guard. He has been working as a security guard for five years now. His record has always been good, and his employer has never had any major accidents.

Tommy got married when he was thirty and has a fourteen-year-old daughter, a twelve-year-old son, and a seven-year-old daughter.

Tommy's family situation is obviously very good.

Tommy has to support his family, so he takes his guard job very seriously, and because his whole family is here, Tommy can feel more at ease.

Ivan finally chose Tommy's family.

The news of hiring Tommy's family has been passed through the Adventurer's Guild. Tommy's family is not too far from Maple Leaf City. I believe they can arrive in three to five days.

Before Tommy's family comes over, Alvin also has something to do.

For Alvin, the house he lives in now is too unsafe and has no defense measures. Although Tommy, a guard, will move in later, it is obvious that there is no way to completely protect this place just by relying on one guard.

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Ivan took advantage of these few days to start arranging defensive measures for his home.
To be continued...