This is Sean's first trip to Water Pine Town.
However, Sean did not take the main road, because the main road from Hetan Town to Shuisong Town is in a "V" shape, with a total length of 42 kilometers.
In order to save time and prepare for future road construction, Sean and his group headed to Shuisong Town along a nearly straight path covered with weeds.
Although the path is rugged and wild beasts and low-level monsters appear from time to time, this road is much closer, only 30 kilometers away.
Seeing Shuisong Town looming on the horizon, Sean asked his subordinates to take a break and wait to enter the town.
Then, Sean said to Windsor:
"Wendsor, take some guards to Shuisong Town first, tell the local forces about my arrival, and ask them to come to the town entrance to greet me."
"Okay, my lord, alas!"
Windsor sighed after answering.
Just now, when Windsor heard Sean announcing a temporary break, he hurriedly took out something from his backpack.
He received Sean's order before he could use it, and he had no choice but to reluctantly throw this thing to Anduin, then mount his horse and rush towards Water Pine Town.
After Windsor left, Sean looked at the path he had just walked and said to Anduin:
"Anduin, this path is very good. In the future, we will build a new road based on this path. However, the beasts and monsters on both sides of the road need to be properly cleaned up... Wait, Anduin.
Because, did you listen to me?"
"I know, I know!" Anduin said perfunctorily to Sean: "Sir, come over here and play 'Doudizhu'! If two are short of one, you will be the one left!"
Sean: "..."
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The thing Windsor threw to Anduin just now was a deck of playing cards.
The story about poker begins the day before yesterday.
The day before yesterday, with the help of Musoni, mechanical papermaking was a great success!
Then, Sean made some cardboard and planned to make it into playing cards.
After all, there are too few entertainment methods in this world, and playing cards can provide you with one more way to have fun.
However, the cardboard was not durable and easily worn out, so Sean asked Vivian to help enchant it to make it stronger and more elastic.
Finally, Sean produced a decent deck of playing cards.
At first, Sean handed over the rules of "Landlord" to Anduin and Windsor, and the two expressed extreme disdain.
After all, they have a lot of work on their hands and don't bother to play with such gadgets.
But once you really get started, you're out of control.
Poker seems to have a special magic power. When I don't play, I think playing poker is a waste of time, but when I actually play with friends and family, it's extremely easy to get addicted.
Especially Anduin, who doesn't play with cats anymore, and besides working, he only thinks about playing poker.
Sean could hear the orange cat's plaintive cry every night.
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After stopping to rest for an hour, Sean lost all the gold coins he had.
So he put the playing cards directly into his backpack:
“That’s it for today!”
"Don't!" Anduin still wanted to say, "Don't you just lose everything? We can lend you the money! Right Thor?"
Anduin grabbed a handful of gold coins in front of him and threw them to Sean.
Thor, who was playing cards with him, said nothing, but followed Anduin's example and threw a handful of gold coins to Sean.
Sean: "...We'd better go to town first. It's already seven o'clock and it will get dark if we don't leave."
Sean pointed at the gradually darkening sky.
"Okay then!" Anduin stood up: "Thor and I will play cards with Windsor tonight. I have to say, Lord, your luck in playing cards is really bad. It's not challenging at all."
Sean: "..."
Regardless, the group continued on their way.
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Shuisong Town and Hetan Town are similar, both are beautiful towns.
The architectural layout is also similar, with the mill family's manor and castle on the west side;
The center of the town is a church and a commercial area. In the commercial area, there are hotels, taverns, blacksmith shops, grocery stores, etc.
Other places are where civilians live.
But the biggest difference between the two towns may be their "population composition."
Hetan Town is adjacent to the Morning Star River, close to Thorn Ridge and the Elf Forest. In addition to farmers, there are also many fishermen and hunters.
Shuisong Town is different. Except for a few hunters, almost all of them are farmers. It is a veritable grain-producing town.
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Looking at Shuisong Town, which gradually appeared in front of him, Sean patted Thor's shoulder:
"Thunder God, from now on Shuisong Town and the 12 surrounding villages will all be handed over to you! There is no need to take more care of it, just follow the rules and regulations I left behind."
Sean was very relieved to hand over Water Pine Town to Thor. After all, he had managed a huge Zandalari empire before (albeit under a high-pressure rule), and it was easy to manage a town and a dozen villages.
"No problem, but..." Thor glanced at Sean's backpack: "The playing cards must be kept."
Sean: "..."
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At this time in Suisong Town, Windsor and the residents of the town welcomed Sean's arrival at the entrance of the town.
After active publicity by more than 200 farmers led by Old Sam, the residents of the town knew what kind of lord Sean was.
Therefore, after learning that Sean was about to take over Shuisong Town, the townspeople did not have any fear. Instead, they welcomed Sean's arrival with lanterns and colorful decorations.
After learning the news, Old Sam hurriedly informed his comrades, and everyone brought their relatives and friends to the outside of the town to greet Sean.
The news of Sean's arrival spread quickly, and soon the entire Shuisong Town knew the news of Sean's arrival.
Everyone came out of the house to catch a glimpse of Sean, and the roads south of the town were packed.
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Unlike the cheerful townspeople, there was a group of people who were very anxious.
This group of people are the remaining nobles of Shuisong Town.
In addition to the Moulin family, Shuisong Town also has four baron families of similar size, who usually assist the Moulin family in managing their subordinate villages.
Brody Mills died of malaria on May 28, and the news quickly reached Water Pine.
After Brody's death, there was a power vacuum in Water Pine Town. The four baron families immediately took the opportunity to compete for power and expand their territory.
However, the strength of these four families was almost the same, so they could only organize an organization similar to the "Senator" to barely manage Shuisong Town.
Now that Sean is here, God knows what Sean will do to them, so the faces of the four members of the Baron family are full of uneasiness and fear.
But after spending a full hour suffering from anxiety and fear, they discovered that Sean had not appeared yet.
So a baron boldly asked Windsor:
"Lord Windsor, why hasn't His Highness Sean arrived yet? Could there be an accident on the road?"
"It's okay, just wait!"
Windsor answered impatiently, and aroused the fighting spirit of the Silver Rank. The frightened barons who wanted to continue asking questions quickly shut their mouths.
Windsor's face also looked a little ugly. He could think with his toes and knew that it must have been the lord's card game that delayed it for such a long time.
Chapter completed!