Chapter 48 Is there an answer there?
With the sound of creaking wooden boards, Raven followed Lux all the way to the outside of the study.
Pushing open the door, Lux patted the wall lightly.
Suddenly, lines lit up from the four walls, and then went out one after another. With a low buzz, the crystal lamps suspended from the ceiling, shaped like flowers, suddenly lit up.
The blazing white light hung down, illuminating the entire room as if it were daytime.
Although he had long known that Lux had an extraordinary background and a wealthy fortune, Raven was still a little stunned by this scene.
Magic lamp!
This kind of thing, let alone commoners, even most noble families cannot afford it.
The price of a magic lamp itself is at least a thousand gold coins. If you include the labor and the process of burying the array in the building, it is reasonable to cost one thousand six hundred or seven hundred gold coins.
More than many baronial families pay in taxes in a year!
At this moment, Raven just wanted to say one thing.
Rich woman, please support me!
Lacus was cleaning up her desk. She looked up at Raven and asked with some confusion: "Come in, what are you thinking about standing there?"
Raven here Then she came back to her senses, walked into the room, helped her clear the desk, and said: "I I was just thinking, if you don’t want to come to Eagle Castle to teach me Elf language, do you think the candlelight in Eagle Castle is too dark?”
“Yes, it’s very annoying.” Lux nodded. , looked at the cover of the book in his hand carefully, turned around and stuffed it into the empty space on the bookshelf.
Unexpectedly, Lacus would be so straightforward. Raven was stunned for a moment: "Then why don't you tell me directly?"
"Even if you tell me, you can't afford it." Lax Answered as a matter of course.
Leaven could tell that Lux's words were indeed matter-of-fact and had no other meaning.
But because of this, Raven was even more depressed.
Lies will never hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife.
Is this the difference between the frontier aristocrats and the real upper class?
"Actually, you don't have to care." Seeing Raven's depression, Lux comforted her softly: "Most nobles can't afford it anyway."
Raven I almost suffered internal injuries.
This is not comfort, it is clearly a last-ditch attack!
Who knows what Lux will say next. For the sake of his own mental health, Raven coughed and decided to change the topic:
"I recently invented a new product, would you like to take a look at it for me?"
Sure enough, Lux's attention was immediately diverted, with a trace of expectation in her eyes: "It's with Tears of Angels Same, new wine?”
“Not wine. , this is it." With a hand on his waist, Raven held a glass bottle in his hand: "My new invention, Angel's Kiss?" "Angel's Kiss?" He held the bottle in his hand. Inside, Lux looked left and right at the light, with a trace of novelty in her eyes.
Under the illumination of the magic lamp, the liquid in the bottle shows a noble golden luster, as charming as a flowing gem.
"Open the bottle and apply a little on your wrist." Raven followed suit.
Even under the bright light of the magic lamp, Lark is still dazzlingly white.
Her long golden hair is spread casually behind her head, and under her slender eyebrows like willow leaves, her blue eyes are as calm and charming as the surface of the lake.
The bridge of the nose is straight, the tip of the nose is small, and the lips are pink and thin, slightly pursed, revealing a bit of youthful and cuteness unique to girls.
Slender fingers spread the perfume evenly on the delicate and smooth wrist, and immediately a fresh and elegant jasmine fragrance filled the air. She brought her nose close and raised her brows slightly.
"It smells so good, it's jasmine." There was a smile in her eyes, and then she seemed to suddenly think of something. With a solemn expression, she capped the bottle and put it aside.
For this sudden change, Raven was a little confused: "What, you don't like the smell?"
"No, I like it very much." Lux's eyes widened He shook his head slightly.
Raven wanted to ask again, but Lux said: "Enough time has been wasted. Don't you want to learn Elvish? Let's start quickly."
As she spoke, she opened the Book of Holy Words and said in the tone of a teacher testing students: "In the second section of Chapter 1, which Elvish word is most easily confused?"
At first, Lux would work hard on details. After discovering that Raven had a good memory for words, she began to focus on sentence structure and grammar.
The two said one sentence after another, and the atmosphere became more and more harmonious.
But human attention is always limited.
Gradually, Raven began to become a little distracted. Even if he reminded himself to concentrate several times, his mind was still getting more and more mushy.
Lux's voice began to distort and disappear in his ears, and his thoughts began to diverge in uncontrollable directions.
Just like every social beast who fishes at work, and every student who gets distracted in class.
The content is imaginative and far-fetched.
In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the classroom in his previous life.
A fashionably dressed English teacher stood on the podium, with a pair of snowy feet wearing high heels. The smooth instep lines were smooth. Through the fair to almost transparent skin, traces of cyan blood vessels could be seen, revealing a trace of blood vessels. A vivid and sexy flavor.
"Raven!" Lux's voice suddenly became louder: "What are you doing?"
"Ah?" Raven trembled for a moment and replied like a conditioned reflex: "I'm...thinking about the answer."
Lux's voice had a hint of anger: "Then look at my feet What are you doing? Is there an answer above?"
Raven finally came back to his senses.
I can see where the English teacher’s feet are, they are clearly Lux’s!
"It's not that I can't try, but I can't see clearly from this distance." Raven scratched his head and asked half-jokingly: "Otherwise... you put your feet there and I get a closer look?"
This sentence was indeed a bit too much. Lux's pretty face turned red with anger. She closed the book with a snap and pouted: "It's getting late anyway. You should go back to the castle quickly. I also need to rest."< br>
“Oh, it’s really late.” Looking at Eagle Town, which had completely darkened, Raven stood up and stretched: “Well, can I ask you a favor?”
Lux blinked and brought He asked vigilantly: "What's the matter?"
"Um... I'm a little afraid of the dark." Raven rubbed his hands and asked tentatively: "Otherwise, let me stay for one night today, and tomorrow morning , I will leave before dawn."
"Oh...it turns out that you are afraid of the dark." Lux nodded and walked to the corner, suddenly picked up the broom and walked towards Raven step by step. Come to:
"You won't be afraid when you faint."
Today, many years later, Raven once again thought of the afternoon when he was kicked out of the orphanage, and suddenly shuddered.
This posture has a bit of the charm of the old dean.
“Just kidding.”
“Hey, are you really hitting me?”
"Stop, stop, stop, I'm leaving now, Priest, please spare my life!"
Under Lux's "coercion", Raven trotted out of the church.
Looking at his retreating back, Lux's expression changed from serious to soft, and finally burst into laughter, closed the corner door, turned and walked towards the study.
Recalling Raven's pretending to be funny when she left, the smile on her face grew stronger and stronger, and it was not until she returned to the study that it gradually subsided.
Her eyes fell on Angel's Kiss, and Lux walked to the desk and grabbed it in her hand.
The air was still filled with the faint fragrance of jasmine. Lux's eyes lit up slightly, but the corners of her mouth pursed.
“Hmph, it’s obvious that Denise has used it for so long before she even thought of giving it to me.”
During this period, she occasionally went in and out of Eagle Castle, and she could always get the feeling from Denise. She smelled the fragrant fragrance of flowers. She didn't know why at first, but today's bottle of Angel's Kiss gave her the answer.
But Denise smelled of roses, and what Raven gave her smelled of jasmine.
This made Lux feel better again.
"Looking at your sincerity, I'll let you go this time."
As she said that, a smile appeared on her lips, she held Angel's Kiss in her chest, and walked briskly towards Go to the bedroom.
Of course Raven doesn’t know about Lux’s psychological activities.
Even if you know, I can only sigh:
A woman’s thoughts are so difficult to guess!
As soon as he returned to the study room of Eagle Castle, Raven heard a sound.
Then, a firelight rose up from the corner, illuminating an old and wrinkled face.
“I’ll go!” Raven almost threw out the Book of Holy Words. He breathed a long sigh of relief after seeing the man’s face clearly: “I said Mr. Gordon, what are you kidding about? As soon as it comes out?”
“If it weren’t for my good mental quality, at least one of us would have gone to see the Lord of Light today!”
A copy of "The Book of Holy Words" weighs six or seven pounds. If this is broken, it will take at least 10 months for Old Gordon to speak.
Or if Raven didn't take a breath, he would take another breath 10 months later.
Old Gordon's face was full of heaviness. He placed the candlestick on the window sill and said in a deep voice: "Lord Baron, there is one thing that I won't be happy to say!"
" Although you are a little dim-sighted, Lord Baron, judging from my 40 years of experience in serving the Griffith family, it is indeed an outright failure for you to hand over the financial power to Denise!”
Leaven raised his eyebrows slightly.
It is indeed for this matter.
He thought Old Gordon could keep his composure, but he didn't expect that less than half a month had passed and he couldn't bear it anymore.
Throwing the Book of Holy Words on the table, Raven took a bottle of Angel Tears and poured himself a glass. He turned his chair and looked at Old Gordon: "Tell me more carefully?"
"Lord Baron, Denise is not a suitable candidate." Old Gordon said through gritted teeth: "Although Gerry is nominally the She is a member of the Griffith family, but she has no family blood and has not given birth to an heir for the Griffith family. She is not trustworthy!"
"Furthermore, she is also a lowly and treacherous person! , A profiteer who is desperate for profit!"
"Yes." Raven nodded slightly in approval. This somewhat careless attitude made Old Gordon even more distressed:
"She has long exposed her cunning nature!"
"Oh?" Raven crossed her legs, seeming to be interested.
Old Gordon seemed to be inspired and said loudly: "In order to please you, she specially purchased the temperature control array in your name, completely ignoring the financial constraints. That's 647 gold coins! This year's flash event gold town tax It’s only 617.65 coins!”
“And just last month, she paid 200 gold coins out of her account without telling her whereabouts, so she might have enriched herself!”
"So, I hope you will take back her financial power immediately, otherwise, the Griffith family, which has finally grown up, will fall in her hands!"
"Well said. !" Raven poured another glass of Angel's Tears and put it in front of him: "Have you been holding back these words for a long time? Come on, have a drink to moisten your throat."
"Thank you for your thoughtfulness. , Lord Baron." Old Gordon took the wine glass but did not drink it: "So, you agreed to my request?"
Leaven didn't answer immediately. He walked to a standing table in the corner of the study. In front of the wooden board: "This is the map of our Eagle Territory."
He raised the candlestick to illuminate the map: "Did you find anything, Mr. Gordon?"
Old Gordon stepped forward and pushed up his monocle: "Eagle Town is too small, no bigger than a fingernail."
Leaven nodded and asked further: " Why? Why did Eagle Town, which is located in the hinterland of Eagle Territory with fertile land and abundant water, end up in this situation?"
Old Gordon sighed heavily: "Please allow me to say something disrespectful? , it's all because of donald The Baron's wrong decision. "
"He was too obsessed with 'magic experiments'. During the middle and late periods of his rule, Eagle Town would lose many of its citizens every year, and even people would die in one year at most. The town has lost a total of 332 people!”
“No, it’s not just because of this.” Lei Wen said decisively: “In the final analysis, the positioning of Eagle Town is too unclear.”< br>
"Positioning?" Old Gordon asked in confusion.
"Yes, positioning!" Raven's finger fell on the map: "From a topographic point of view, Eagle Town is located in the center of the Eagle Territory, with Eagle Castle to the north, Jinsha River to the south, and east and west. With a natural mountain barrier on the side, it is a wealthy place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.”
“But the heads of the Griffith family throughout the generations only regarded it as a place of wealth. The grain-producing area never really wanted to operate it, but instead regarded Goldsmith Town as its economic center."
"If Eagle Town was once prosperous, how could it be abandoned so easily by Uncle Donald? Fall?”
Old Gordon’s eyes glowed, and he asked with a little anticipation:
"Lord Baron, do you mean to build Eagle Town?"
"That's right!" Raven said loudly: "Gold Flash Town and Eagle Town are only 6.4 kilometers apart. Gold Flash Town The advantages can be transferred to Eagle Town!”
“Those who can travel across thousands of mountains and rivers to Gold Flash Town will not mind walking another hour to come to Eagle Town! Eagle Town."
"I understand!" Old Gordon swallowed and said excitedly: "The reason why you want to rebuild the road is to prepare for this!"
"Oh, oh, Mr. Gordon, you finally understand." Raven clapped his hands happily: "Transportation is only the first step, what is really important is industry!"
"Restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, equipment stores, casinos, dueling grounds...and so on!"
"Only when these are built can Eagle Town be as brightly lit as the current Gold Town. , and even replaced Goldsmith Town and became the veritable center of the Eagle Territory."
Old Gordon has served the Griffith family for 40 years, and he dreams of seeing Eagle Town prosper, and now! Moved by the vision Raven painted, he swallowed Spit, excited: "My lord, you are really... amazing!"
"As early as when your great-uncle, Baron Donald's father, Baron Eivor, was still alive, he had thought It is necessary to build a dueling ground in Eagle Town, which is an important place to enhance the family's reputation and cultivate the martial ethics of the people."
"Unfortunately, he was unable to fulfill this wish when he was in power, and he still did so until his death. Holding regrets.”
"If Eagle Town can be built as you said, it will definitely bring the entire Eagle Territory to a higher level!"
At this point, he took a deep breath and said from the bottom of his heart:
“So you have to take back the power in Denise’s hands.”
“She is a businessman and will never realize the importance of Eagle Town.”
Old Gordon's outlook was detailed and reliable, but in the end, his vision was too limited.
Moreover, Raven did not agree with his evaluation of Denise.
"I know." Raven showed a meaningful smile: "Isn't this also you?"
Old Gordon was stunned for a moment, and then heard what Raven meant. : "Sir, what do you mean...?"
Raven said slowly: "As you said, Denise is an outsider. She does not realize the important role of Eagle Town, so I never thought of handing over Eagle Town to her."
"But you are different, Mr. Gordon."
"You have sent away three family heads in a row!"
"We are a family to the fullest."
Having said this, Raven patted Lao Ge hard. Gordon's shoulders:
"I am going to leave you fully responsible for the construction of Eagle Town!"
Old Gordon's breathing became heavier than ever before.
Being fully responsible for the construction of Eagle Town will be an extremely important task, but now it falls on his shoulders!
This means Raven's unreserved trust in him.
It is both an affirmation of his ability and a reward for his loyalty.
"Lord Baron, don't worry, I will definitely build Eagle Town into the most prosperous town in the entire Nord Province!"
"Step by step." Raven raised his hand with a smile Holding the wine glass: "It's better to set a small goal first."
"Within three years, surpass Goldshire!"
Old Gordon also raised his wine glass: "I will definitely not disappoint the Baron's expectations!"
The wine glasses collided together.
It made a crisp, sweet and beautiful sound, just like Gordon's mood at this moment.
After finishing the glass of wine, Old Gordon saluted with a gleam in his eyes: "My lord, then I will not disturb your rest."
"Go." Raven nodded.
Old Gordon retired respectfully. As soon as he walked to the door of the study, he heard Raven's voice from behind:
"Mr. Gordon."
" Don’t let others know your true thoughts, ever.”
A look of surprise slipped through Gordon’s eyes, and he paused for a moment:
"I will follow your teachings, Lord Baron!"
After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.
At this time, Old Gordon's steps were more brisk than ever before. He had his hands behind his back, his originally stooped spine straightened up, and he was humming a cheerful tune.
The Baron really has a long-term vision!
Looking back now, building the workshop near Eagle Town instead of the more prosperous Goldsmith Town may have paved the way for the development of Eagle Town.
In Old Gordon's view, territorial development is the foundation, and foreign trade can only bring quick money.
Now that the goal of developing Eagle Town has been set, no matter how much power Denise holds, she cannot control the future of the Griffith family!
"My lord's arrangement is indeed exquisite. Denise was clearly used, but she thought she had taken advantage."
The more he thought about Raven's recent arrangements, the more he thought about it, the more he thought about it. The more I admire Raven, the more gratified I feel.
After several generations of decline, the Griffith family finally welcomed a wise lord.
A smile appeared at the corner of his dry mouth: "It seems it's time to call Fiona back..."
In the blink of an eye, another nine days passed, and it was October 12th.
This morning, Raven had just finished his meditation when he heard a rush of footsteps: "Lord Baron, there is a greeting card here. You need to read it in person."
Leaven Calmly said: "Bring it over and let me take a look."
Petty opened the door and handed over the post.
Reaching out to take it and open it, Raven scanned the contents at a glance, his brows furrowed at first, and then he laughed angrily.
This is a greeting from the Fox family.
It said that Nancy was coming to Eagle Castle to stay for a while to "escape the summer heat."
Autumn is almost over, how can we avoid the heat?
This Nancy definitely doesn’t have any good ideas.
She didn't really think she would let her live in, did she?
Thinking of this, Raven snorted and said: "Tell old Gordon to draft a reply for me. Just say that I am not in good health recently and it is not convenient to receive you. You can be polite in your words, but your attitude must be tough. "
Putting the invitation back into Patty's hands and watching her motionless, Raven asked. He said: "Is there anything else?"
"No, sir." Petty said carefully: "It's just that it's too late to reply now..."
"Too late? Isn't this the greeting card that just arrived this morning?" Raven was a little confused and looked at the time on it again.
That’s right, it’s October 12th.
According to the etiquette among nobles, greeting cards must be delivered to your door at least 5 days in advance.
"You will know after you see it for yourself..." Patty pointed to the window.
Leaven stood up and rushed to the window in a few steps. As soon as he opened the curtains, he was stunned.
On the street from Eagle Town to Eagle Fort, there is a long motorcade.
Each carriage was extremely luxurious and bore the coat of arms of the Fox family.
Nancy, the "Fire Rose" of Earl Fox's family, came directly!
……
(End of this chapter)