"Sir, please forgive me for being rude. I don't want to slander a nobleman. Viscount Randall is really too arrogant!"

"The conditions proposed by Viscount Randall are simply ridiculous! Not only does he ask for 40,000 kidney beans from us, but he also wants us to bear all transportation costs, and his reward is that we should stabilize food prices!"

"Sir, this is not a deal. This is a ridiculous order. Viscount Randall is ordering us! If Viscount Randall is not a fool, then he is humiliating our Wellington family."

The aggrieved Sardinian finally said words that offended the nobles, and the quill pen in the Duke of Wellington's hand also stopped, and a little ink was smeared on the dark yellow sheepskin scroll.

The Duke of Wellington dropped his quill, leaned on the lizard leather chair, and rubbed his swollen forehead. Six consecutive hours of writing made this aristocratic scholar who was nearly seventy years old feel physically and mentally exhausted. He stood up and moved around.

He shook his sore arms and walked towards the window. The housekeeper gently put away the documents on the desk and stood respectfully behind him.

This is the highest room in Westock Castle, and it is also the Duke of Wellington’s favorite study room. When working here, when you are tired, you can overlook the scenery of Westock City through the window. However, Wellington felt that he

He was increasingly unable to do what he wanted, and now it was a painful thing to go to the study every day. Wellington had to admit that he actually envied the knight very much.

Outside the city of Vistock are endless farmlands. The harvest season is just around the corner. The golden wheat waves are surging endlessly. The wheat fields are like an endless golden ocean. Each farm is like an island in the sea. The sweet fragrance of wheat.

As if he had floated through the window into the study high above, the Duke of Wellington took a deep breath, but the dark green kidney bean fields were so dazzling in this sea of ​​gold. Therefore, the smile lines that had just been raised were immediately smoothed away.

.

The Duke was not prepared to pursue the trade steward's fault for talking about the nobles. Although he was arrogant and stupid, he was still safeguarding the interests and prestige of the Wellington family.

Your own dog is always cuter than other people's children.

The Duke of Wellington only hoped that his heir would not be burdened by the reputation of the millennium family and become a truly arrogant nobleman. The Duke turned back to the desk and took the silver cup from the butler's hand. The aroma of coffee refreshed him and he lightly

He took a sip of the expensive drink in the cup, closed his eyes, and let the bitter sweetness fill his tongue. After tasting it for a long time, the Duke asked his eldest son: "Dakru, what do you think of Randall?"

The conditions proposed by the Viscount?”

Dakru Wellington turned away from the map, turned to his father, shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "I cannot agree to Viscount Randall's conditions!"

Sardinia, the trade steward, was secretly excited. The Duke was resourceful, but he had aged, and no longer had the decisiveness to kill, and had become kind and generous. So much so that even a small viscount dared to boss around the Wellington family! Fortunately, he

Master Dacre is so heroic that he must teach the arrogant Viscount Randall a lesson and let everyone know that the majesty of the Wellington family cannot be violated!

"The number of thorn trees given to Viscount Randall must be increased at least three times! Only then can we agree to his conditions."

Sardin stared blankly at the heroic young master Dacre, wondering if he had heard wrongly. Sardin looked at his master eagerly again, and when he saw the Duke slowly shaking his head with a serious expression, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

.

Master Dacre must have fallen in love with the noble lady of the Randall family, so he thought of ways to please her. Fortunately, the Duke of Wellington is so resourceful, how could he do a losing business?

"You are too greedy! It would be great if the thorn trees given to Viscount Randall could be doubled."

Sardin quietly picked out his ears. He was sure that there must be something wrong with his hearing. Neither the Duke nor Dacre paid attention to this miser's little move, but the steward could not tolerate him being discourteous in front of the lord. Therefore, Sardin was

Kicked out.

"Father, there are 840,000 acres of thorny canes planted in the entire central and southern parts of the country. Viscount Randall only needs 100,000 acres, so we can only get 5,000 acres of farmland. If the Viscount receives 400,000 thorny canes, then the complex

The amount of cultivated farmland reaches 20,000 acres.”

"With these arable lands, the family can confer two knights. I have already thought about it. Advi and Cato have served the family for 11 years, so I can confer 10,000 acres of arable land to each of them."

Wellington looked at the high-spirited heir, frowned and asked: "Neither the church nor the royal family can tolerate the continued rise in food prices, which will only benefit Marquis Sophia's Chamber of Commerce. How are you going to let Viscount Randall receive 400,000 thorn trees?"

?”

Daklu nodded and said: "Currently, the Buryat family has hired a large number of refugees to expand the outer city of Yehliu City. As long as we do not let the kidney beans flow into the Buryat Territory, if Mrs. Judy does not want to use the family's food reserves,

She can only seek help from Viscount Randall. His Excellency Randall's proposal to receive 100,000 thorn trees has proved that he will not sit back and watch the Buryat family fall into trouble."

"I'm worried that Mrs. Rose will interfere with Mr. Randall's planting of thorn trees. We have no way to stop Mr. Randall from burning those thorn trees." Dakru sighed worriedly.

The spiny kidney bean is a thorn in the side of the Wellington family. If they could remove the spiny kidney bean, they would have done so long ago. It is easy to remove the spiny kidney bean, but the consequences are quite disastrous. Let’s not mention the pressure from the church. Without the spiny kidney bean, China

The population in the south will inevitably flow to the central part of the kingdom, which is the direct territory of the royal family! Therefore, the Wellington family has always hoped that someone would take over, but no one is willing to be taken advantage of.

The Duke of Wellington had a hard time getting Viscount Randall to be interested in thorny kidney beans, but he still took no action. Now, Viscount Randall finally spoke, and he directly transplanted 40,000 thorny kidney beans! Dacroud

They were really overjoyed. Although transplanting 40,000 thorn trees was expensive, they could immediately get 2,000 acres of cultivated land. Exchanging 40,000 thorn trees for 2,000 acres of cultivated land was a great deal! However, Dakru

I started to worry again that this was a scam.

Looking at the heir who was worrying about gains and losses, the Duke sighed and said: "Daklu, you have missed the point."

"Whether Viscount Randall can become the second Sword Master or not, his bloodline is not inferior to any of His Highnesses. The royal family and the church are showing goodwill to the Viscount, and you still think that he is obedient to Madam Rose.

My male favorite?"

"The York family gave Viscount Randall two female apprentice knights as his personal maids. Haha, which highness would arrange companions for his favorite servants? This is purely a family marriage! Therefore, Viscount Randall is a man.

Lord of the Hills, since he has decided to transplant kidney beans, we don’t have to worry about the York family’s attitude.”

"The point is, we don't have the initiative!"

The Duke of Wellington stood up, walked to the window, put his hands behind his hands and said: "There are fewer people in the Centaurs' Hills and we need more free laborers. It is the best choice for us to introduce the excess population into the Centaurs' Hills."

"According to the original strategy, we first lowered the price of food to help Renma Hills accommodate more people, and then raised the price of food to encourage them to plant kidney beans. However, the new farming and animal husbandry system designed by Master Edwin made our plan

Failed."

The Duke pointed to a farm below and said: "I followed Edwin's method and opened up 10,000 acres of farmland, raised wild boars, planted potatoes and wheat, and adopted deep plowing, careful cultivation, and frequent application of manure." He paused.

After a pause, he shook his head and praised: "The planting effect is very good! With 150 pounds of wheat seeds invested per acre, it is expected to harvest 600 pounds of wheat, which is far more than the 380 pounds per mu in previous years. The potato yield is 500 pounds per acre. After drying, there are

280 pounds, can be stored for 7 months!”

"I think that during next year's harvest season, the York family can start to store the first batch of grain. In three years, their grain reserves will return to the pre-war level. This means that the York family does not need our grain to be able to accommodate

Refugees, they don’t even know how to grow spiny kidney beans!”

Dakru said angrily: "So, Viscount Randall is lying to us!"

A small family would be angry if they were teased by the Golden Knight. What's more, Viscount Randall is not a real Golden Knight, and the Wellington family is powerful and not a small aristocrat who can be bullied. Dakru's lack of swearing can be regarded as self-restraint.

But Duke Wellington shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't understand Viscount Randall's character."

"Now, powerful lords are investigating Viscount Randall's background and character. I am no exception." Duke Wellington continued: "Victor Wimbledon is just the second son of a small family. He was suddenly affected by

With the favor of Lady Rose, he became a powerful lord. Like the nouveau riche, Victor was eager to prove himself and was inevitably a little eager for quick success and quick success. This was confirmed by his implementation of the work-point system and his refusal to become a vassal lord of the York family.

In this regard, the high-yielding kidney beans just suit Victor’s appetite.”

"The best thing is that an upstart with this kind of character will never admit it even if he knows that he has done something wrong! That's why I encouraged Viscount Randall to plant spiny kidney beans."

"Of course, we must admit that Victor has great potential and is very smart. If there is a choice, I don't want to offend him." The Duke of Wellington was silent for a moment and asked: "Dacroux, what do you mean, Viscount Randall?"
Chapter completed!