Lord: The inheritance right is taken away at the beginning

Chapter 40: Expensive

The magician with high light attributes has a natural advantage in winning people's hearts because a healing spell can immediately affect the injured.

When pain is relieved and cured, who wouldn't feel good about the healer?

Of course, the person who was just treated by Elrond was arranged by Ronin in advance. He was disguised as a guard who was injured in yesterday's battle and had not yet recovered.

This meeting went very successfully according to the script arranged by Roning, and his positive image as the lord was initially established.

Next, Roning will let Elron serve as a "rural doctor" for a period of time, visiting every household in Shanlin Town and providing rescue services to those who have been injured.

Although Elrond will certainly be welcomed by his subjects for this matter, the magician will publicize Rhonin's kindness during the treatment process and turn this grace campaign into the lord's policy.

Amid the cheers of the people, Roning left the grassland.

Next, this place will be handed over to Elrond and Chahar. The new steward initially plans to recruit 20 servants.

These 20 servants included one personal male servant, one personal female servant, four people in the kitchen, five people who did odd jobs, and nine people who were responsible for livestock.

Roning was shocked when he heard Chahar give this list in the morning. Why did a castle need so many people?

But after the butler's analysis, he realized this was how the castle was, and so many servants were not enough.

Finally, he approved of the plan.

After this round of recruitment, Roning did a simple calculation and found that he would need to pay 21 gold coins a year for servants alone.

In addition, his guards and the extraordinary people around him also need to be paid.

Even though Macken and Elrond were summoned by him, they also had their own lives. They couldn't borrow money from him as a lord just to buy a loaf of bread, right?

Moreover, as Ronin's right-hand men, Macken and Elrond were given reasonable salaries to help them build their own prestige.

Based on the salary standards provided by Hallward, Roning set the standards for junior, intermediate and senior knights at 30, 60 and 100 copper coins per day.

(Tom was still in the probation period, and Ronin only offered 20 copper coins per day and promised that as long as he passed the probation, he would immediately return to the same level as David)

The salary standard for magicians, a rare and extraordinary profession, is much higher than that of knights of the same level. The junior, intermediate, and senior levels are set at 50, 100, and 500 copper coins per day, respectively.

After all the calculations, the guards and the extraordinary people under their command will need to spend 103 gold coins a year.

Ronin now has a total of 626 gold coins, including the property confiscated from the three knights of Sean. Once he thinks about completing the first recharge, he will only have more than 100 gold coins left in his savings.

Only enough to cover one year's labour expenses.

As for how to squeeze...

In fact, it is not difficult to see that the bulk of this expenditure is on the extraordinary people and guards. The latter are two copper coins daily, and there is not much room for squeezing, while the former is not easy to squeeze.

Imagine if there is a senior knight outside who wants to join Ronin, but when he asks McKen, he finds out that the salary is only ten copper coins a day. Do you think that Senior Knight will still join him?

So, what Roning should consider is how to make money.

He tapped his forehead, feeling worried.

"First, we should have a comprehensive understanding of the territory's resources. We need to inspect the territory."

"But before that, we need to recruit political officers."

When Ronin thought of the political officer, he thought of Princet.

If he hadn't killed this guy yesterday, perhaps he could have extracted some useful information from him.

"Damn Princet, damn Thane!"

Dadada~

A fast horse galloped over from a distance, attracting Roning's attention.

When he saw the other person's face clearly, he was surprised, "Bob? Didn't I ask him and Ma Sai to deliver the letter? Why are they back?"

His heart skipped a beat. Did something happen on the way?

McCann shouted, "Bob, why are you back?"

Bob came up to Ronin and quickly dismounted.

"Sir, is the Filiton knight led by Sean coming here with his entourage?"

Luo Ning was shocked, and his face changed slightly. "Tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Bob then told how he met Feridon on the road and how the other party persuaded him and Marseille to return.

"Sir, Marseille is now outside the castle with Feridon."

Roning glanced behind him. David and Tom were maintaining order over there, and only McKen was with him.

However, Feridon only brought one squire knight with him, so he probably wasn't here to cause trouble.

If Luo Ning had asked more people to accompany him, it would have seemed that he was afraid.

"Let's go and see what this Feridon is going to do."

Roning asked Macken to go with him and told Bob, "When you go back, don't send the letter with Marseille yet. Wait for my notification. Also, don't mention this matter to other guards. Keep it confidential."

"Yes, sir!" Bob responded seriously.

He and Marseille were selected by McKen to deliver the letter this time. Although they were over 18 years old and unlikely to awaken their extraordinary abilities, they could still be reused because of their quick minds and strong physiques.

Given the opportunity to perform in front of the lord, they naturally had to seize it.

Soon, Ronin returned outside of the castle.

From a distance, Feridon and his entourage were seen standing outside, and next to him stood two guards from Marseille and the castle gate.

"Haha, Sir Feridon, I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon!"

Luo Ning walked over with a smile, speaking very naturally.

Feridon saluted Ronin with a serious expression, "Good morning, Baron. I am sorry to bother you again."

He didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose: "Today I bring a letter from Lord Lei Sen and want to discuss a deal with you, the lord of Shanlin Town."

Trade?

Is there any deal between Shanlin Town and Sen Territory?

Ronin's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "Then please come with me into the castle and discuss it."

"With pleasure."

Feridon spoke calmly, "But before that, please forgive me for stopping your messenger because I think this may affect our cooperation."

Oh?

Luo Ning's expression changed. Could this transaction be related to the fact that Sean County embezzled Shanlin Town's tax revenue?

"These are all trivial matters."

Roning acted as if he didn't mind at all, but he knew in his heart that there was a risk that the road out of Shanlin Town would be cut off by Lord Sean.

"Come on, sir. Welcome to my castle."

Feridon followed, smiling but not agreeing in his heart.

What is "my castle"? Many buildings in this castle were built and renovated by Princet. Before yesterday, Feridon did not need to wait or notify anyone to enter the castle.

In less than a day, the owner of this place changed.

However, Feridon believed in Leisen. When the Baron returned from Black Python City, he would probably start planning how to deal with Roning.

I believe that sooner or later, Hillwood Town will fall into the hands of Sen Territory.

And by then, he, Feridon, would most likely have a large manor of his own here.