For Safiya, Owens is like a big brother, like a brother, he is gentle and reliable, and willing to protect everyone.
Awang also had blood-red eyes. In his heart, Owens was already his big brother.
Several people were devastated, but they did not slack off with the riding whip in their hands. They galloped on horseback and traveled through the starry night, finally returning to Uxhall.
At this time, the rookie Swadia recruit who was originally guarding the main entrance changed his usual sleepy and sleepy look.
Now he was full of energy, calm and breathless. He saw his master Dracelle from a distance, and immediately opened the city gate and said hello to his master.
"The noble Earl of de la Serre, welcome back. Everything is peaceful in the town!
Under the guidance of captain Owens, I stood guard conscientiously and did not slack off!"
Russell was expressionless and didn't speak. When he heard the three words Owens again, his heart twitched suddenly again.
This rookie seemed to have noticed something was wrong with his master's state. He took another look at the troops and saw that there were many fewer people and heavy casualties.
No...even Owens is no longer here...
Suddenly, the rookie fell silent and closed his mouth tightly, but his eyes lost the sparkle they had just now and continued to stand guard.
Soon, the group returned to the lord's hall, where businessman Manid was reading a book and studying the ways of doing business.
Seeing Russell return, he stood up and went out to greet him.
"Baron, you are back. I received news that our kingdom, Swadia, has gone to war with the Kugit Khanate. This is an order from the king."
After saying this, the merchant Manid held a scroll in his hands, presumably with the king's instructions written on it.
However, Russell ignored him and threw the bags of grape seeds in his waist into his arms.
"I brought you something. Within three days, I will see at least 10,000 dinars."
"Baron, maybe not so fast..."
"Just three days."
After finishing speaking, Russell went straight to his bedroom without looking back, and then closed the door hard.
Faced with the drastic change in temperament of Russell, the businessman Manid was also confused as to what was going on.
Next, Safiya hugged the baby dragon Ren, followed closely by Awang, who also slowly came back.
The businessman Manid wanted to clear up the doubts in his heart, so he asked: "What's wrong with him, Baron?"
"I don't want to talk, stay away from me."
Safiya also had a harsh and cold look on her face. After saying these words, she hugged the baby dragon Ren and returned to her room.
Awang's face also didn't look good, and he didn't say anything.
He turned around and left in a hurry, returning to the soldiers' resting place in the town.
Businessman Manid was in the same place again, waiting and wandering for a long time. When Owens was nowhere to be seen, he understood...
He looked at the bags of grape seeds. There were blood stains on the bags.
"Owens paid for this with his life. I must succeed!" Businessman Manid secretly made up his mind to put it into practice.
In the master bedroom of the lord's hall, Drasel's face was ashen, lying motionless on the bed, looking lifeless and without fighting spirit.
【new task】
[Defend your territory well and try to defeat or capture the lords of the Kugit Khanate.]
[Evaluation: This is the order book from the Kingdom of Swadia, the document in the hands of the businessman Manid. You don’t need to read it anymore.]
The system knew that he was feeling extremely uncomfortable at this time, and his heart was in a knot, so he stopped talking and took the initiative to log off.
This is his only path. On this continent, he needs to experience countless life and death separations and countless teammates dying in battle.
Even his own death may be inevitable, but the first time such a thing happens is always so hard to accept.
That night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night...
When he woke up the next day, he was in his room and muttered: "Owens, I will not let your sacrifice be in vain."
After having a casual breakfast, Russell regained his energy and eased his sad mood, then walked to the room of businessman Manid.
"Manid, I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood yesterday. Now I have adjusted. But my request will not change. We only have three days."
Businessman Manid stood up from his seat, nodded respectfully, and replied:
"Good morning, noble Earl de Russell. I understand your anxiety. The war has begun. We must gather wealth and combat power as soon as possible."
"So, how's it going now?"
"I came up with the best plan. We will take half of these grape seeds to our three villages for planting.
The other half of the remaining seeds are sold directly to other towns and fortresses in each kingdom, which is the fastest way to realize cash."
"Well, that's a good idea. Tell me how much you can earn by growing it yourself, how long you have to wait, and how much you can get by selling it directly."
"I think you can take the income from planting in the weekly collection, and at least there will be an extra 2,000 dinars per week.
But you may not be able to get the money in the first few weeks, and it will take time to cultivate the vineyard land. As for selling it..."
The businessman Manid made a careful estimate again, and then continued: "If we sell it, half of the seeds are worth 1,500 dinars."
For this result, Russell was quite satisfied, and he replied:
"From today on, you are the only commander of Uxhall's caravan besides me. Now go and sell this half."
"Yes, my master, I will make arrangements now. I estimate that you will receive the 1,500 dinars tomorrow night."
"Okay, I have other things to do, so I'll leave first. Finally, I want to remind you not to sell seeds to the Kingdom of Swadia.
Because in the future, it is safest and most reliable to sell the part we grow ourselves to our own country. If others have it, it will be worthless.”
The businessman Manid recognized this reminder very much, and he also advocated doing so, and quickly replied: "Master, you and I think exactly the same!"
[Evaluation: Damn it, I can’t tell, you are also a business talent.]
Things that you can’t see are gone, so what’s more? In the future, I plan to destroy the vineyards in Xiko Village!
In this case, I will become the source of this grape and own this place of origin! The first step to establish a solid monopoly!
Russell was thinking about this, and after giving instructions to the merchant Manid, he went to Safiya's room again.
At this time, Safiya was feeding milk to the baby dragon Ren, who looked obedient and well-behaved.
She seemed to be in good spirits and seemed to have recovered from yesterday's sadness.
"Safiya, thank you for taking care of the baby dragon Ren, thank you for your hard work."