"One hundred thousand gold coins?"

The guests around gasped, the guests who were drinking stopped their glasses in the air, and the hands of those who wanted to take the wine shook.

The wine waiters nearby, who were holding the wine trays, also trembled in their hands and almost dropped the trays.

The boss was still wiping the glass, but his hand was shaking and the glass almost fell out of his hand. You know, this is a very, very incredible thing.

Because the boss has been in this business for twenty or thirty years.

All in all, it was shocking.

Gold coins are like the sun, emitting a scorching and strong light, attracting the eyes of ordinary people.

This is a common people's tavern, and the customers who come here are all nearby residents. When they saw John take out a gold coin to buy a glass of wine, they were already very envious.

Not to mention 100,000 gold coins.

If nothing unexpected happened, then the people present, including the tavern owner, would never be able to earn 100,000 gold coins in their lifetime.

If John's receipt of a grant made the people in the tavern envious and jealous, then such a huge sum of money as 100,000 gold coins would have made people powerless, and they couldn't even be jealous.

"With huge military force and outstanding financial resources, Pompey, hey. Perhaps in the near future, a top knight family will really emerge in Orange."

After a long time, a drinker smiled, drank the wine in his glass, and said.

The tense atmosphere relaxed and the drinkers returned to normal. One hundred thousand gold coins was indeed a shocking number, but it was too far away from them, so there was nothing much to think about.

But the atmosphere became even more lively.

The people present learned that there was also a family of Pompeii Knights in Orange. The Pompeii Knights were strong and brave, with powerful military force and strong financial resources.

Taverns have always been a hub for information. A drinker may come to the Knight and Gun Tavern to drink today, and may go to a tavern in a nearby block tomorrow.

When they went to other taverns to drink, they suddenly thought of the Pompeii family and naturally boasted about it as it was news.

Hey.

It turns out that we have a Pompeii family in Orange, and they have just destroyed the Autumn Wind Thieves Gang.

"I remember now. The Pompeii family. No wonder it looks familiar to me. This family recruited a group of landless farmers in the countryside near Sparta a year ago. This year, they advertised the low housing prices in Pompeii."

"I was a little tempted at first, because the cost of living in Sparta is too high, so high that it makes me suffocate. Selling the house here and moving to a small city in the countryside seems to be a good choice."

A drunkard with a scar on his face suddenly remembered this incident and exclaimed.

"Then why didn't you go?"

"Yeah, if you have the idea, why not go? To be honest, the cost of living in Sparta City is really high, and the job competition is too fierce. I want to live in a small city in the countryside."

The drinkers asked one after another.

"Because it is a small territory under construction, and it is located on the edge of the endless forest. The Pompeii family had no reputation before. I am worried whether this family can guarantee the safety of the city. If the whole family moves to Pompeii and then dies in a monster riot, wouldn't that be too pitiful?"

The scar-faced drunk shrugged and said.

The drinkers around couldn't help but nodded. This was a hurdle that could not be overcome. No one wanted to live in fear every day.

Many drinkers nearby were tempted.

Low housing prices.

The newly built city will also mean more jobs.

The Pompeii family had just wiped out the Qiufeng bandit gang, so they had no problem with either military or financial resources.

At this time, John had already left quietly. He drank the glass of "dark blue wine" and disappeared into the crowd.

John is definitely not an isolated case.

The Pompeii family distributed thousands of gold coins, publicized the matter throughout Orange, and tried their best to build the Pompeii family's reputation.

These bards were like worker ants, active throughout Orange, promoting this matter in taverns, at gatherings of the middle class, and even the aristocracy.

Reputation is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist.

The first family of Orange, such as the House of Libya, naturally has the highest reputation in the entire Orange.

But for families like the Pompeii family, to put it bluntly, they are unknown.

Reputation is a good thing. In the current situation of the Pompeii family, it can attract residents to live in Pompeii.

And if Luther really moves forward with his plan to become a noble in the future, reputation will be transformed into a kind of power.

Look.

It turns out that there is another family in Orange called the Pompeii Knights.

If the reputation of the Pompey family spread throughout the Kingdom of Prussia, it would eventually reach the ears of the King of Prussia.

Although the actual nobles in Prussia and the King of Prussia are currently two huge forces that are secretly confronting each other, the actual nobles with titles are nominally vassals of the king after all.

In the entire Kingdom of Prussia, only the King of Prussia was qualified to confer new real titles on the nobility.

If a family is preparing to become a vassal of the king, then you should always let the king know the strength and reputation of your family.

Of course, the Pompey family's destruction of the Autumn Wind Bandits was a big deal in the whole of Orange, but it was just a trivial matter in the whole of Prussia.

This would never reach the ears of the King of Prussia, but the Pompey family could not take this step.

This is an ordinary family of knight lords, and countless generations have been unable to take a step forward. If they cannot take a step forward, they will just stay where they are. If they take a step forward, they may be on the path to becoming a real noble.

This is not easy for an ordinary knight lord family.

As for the current purpose of the Pompeii family to recruit residents, the effect is also very obvious.

Especially the Marquisate of Parker.

Although the Pompeii family used gold coins as energy, they gathered many bards from all over Orange and tried their best to build the reputation of the Pompeii family.

But the financial resources of the Pompey family obviously cannot cover the entire Orange, so the publicity has a focus, a whole focus.

Lelouch chose a territory like Marquis Parker's, where the lord was unpopular, for his main propaganda.

The poor Marquis of Parker was recruited by Luther as peasants last time, and this time he was recruited as residents again. He was the main source of population for the Lords of Pompeii.

However, the Marquisate of Parker is a large territory, and a population of 10,000 or 20,000 does not mean anything to Marquis Parker.

After the news spread, many residents took action.

Many people either asked others about it or planned to go to Pompeii to investigate in person.

It's a good thing that someone pays attention to you, but the worst thing is that no one pays attention to you.

Just like opening a shop to do business, there is a possibility of doing business only if there are customers coming.

(End of this chapter)