Boom boom boom

The sound of rapid running and intermittent roars could be heard in the jungle.

Rhett's expression changed and he stopped what he was doing. After careful observation, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It turned out that Bai Ge was carrying Ruilai and was heading towards him.

At this time, a dry branch above his head, perhaps having endured the harsh winter, did not make it to spring. A crack appeared in the middle of the branch, which was as thick as an index finger.

The little Huo Ge was standing on it, shaking his little head and looking around, completely unaware of the abnormality of the branch he was standing on.

A few seconds later, accompanied by a roar, Bai Ge broke a small bush of thorns blocking him with one claw, jumped high, and rushed in front of Rhett.

The powerful inertia caused it to brake, and its limbs left long marks on the ground.

The fierce momentum startled Huo Ge, and he trembled on the branch in panic.

Suddenly.

With a click.

The dry branch could not bear the weight and broke in the middle.

Having lost its support, Huo Ge screamed in panic and began to fall vertically. Halfway through, he flapped his wings instinctively, but he was only three days old and his feathers had not even grown fully, so he had not yet mastered the ability to fly.

Flapping its wings desperately, it only managed to slow down its descent a little.

Just as it was about to fall to the ground, it was suddenly lifted up by a gust of wind element and slowly floated into Rhett's palm.

Chirp?

grumble

Huo Ge was confused at first, but his voice gradually calmed down. He put his foot on Lei Te's palm, blinked his eyes, and looked at Lei Te.

Rhett smiled and reached out to touch him. Huo Ge did not reject him, but squinted his eyes comfortably.

After Rhett took his hand away, Huo Ge leaned down and rested his head on Rhett's wrist, nudging it affectionately.

In three days, the fire grid grew rapidly, from the size of a palm to the size of a whole palm. It was covered with sparse red feathers, but they could not completely cover it, and the exposed flesh could still be seen.

"Huh? Father, your fire-feathered eagle actually hatched during the days I was away! I thought it would hatch next spring, and I even thought of a name for it." Ruilai jumped off Bai Ge, with a bright look in his eyes, and walked to Rhett's side.

Lei Te gently touched Huo Ge's little head with one hand, smiled, and asked: "What name did you think of for the eaglet?"

"Oinseg." Riley looked up and said, "In a folk story, the god of spring likes to send an eagle to soar in the sky and make a strange cry when spring comes, to announce the arrival of spring.

The cry of this eagle is somewhat similar to 'Oin', and in the story it was born on a mountain called Saig.

This story just occurred to me while I was out and about, and I thought it was very appropriate.”

"Well, it has a very good meaning." Lei Te touched his chin, then shook his head regretfully: "If you had come a few days earlier, it would have been better. I would have left the name to you. Now... the name has been decided, it's Huo Ge."

"Um... Huo Ge? What a simple and nice name." Rui Lai shrugged and said helplessly.

roar

roar

Bai Ge followed Ruilai's footsteps and walked around to the front of Lei Te. Suddenly, he propped up his body with his two hind legs and stood up. He looked at the fire grid in Lei Te's hand with a fierce look, and even took a half step forward with his two hind legs, looking at the "little thing" in Lei Te's hand with curiosity with his big eyes.

Chirp The Fire Feather Eagle was startled and suddenly stood up, flapping its wings.

But after fluttering for a long time, it stopped where it was and did not move.

"Bai Ge, you have scared your brother!" Rui Lai slapped Bai Ge on the forehead and scolded with a frown.

Roar, roar

Bai Ge understood what he meant, jumped to the side, put his limbs on the ground, and circled around Rhett.

Lei Te held Hong Ge and placed it on his shoulder. He looked at Rui Lai and said with a smile, "Tell me about the business trip this time."

"Yes!" Rui Lai nodded and said, "According to father's plan, this time we will still focus on purchasing ore.

Last time, I went to the Toronto family.

This time I went to Red Valley Town, the territory of the Fabray family.

In the end, I bought all the inventory that they had accumulated in the family at the price of 2,136 gold coins—nearly half a ton.”

"Oh? Have you already acquired all the ore from the Fabre family?" Leiter frowned suddenly, thought for a moment and asked again: "What about the Toronto family's?"

“The Toronto family doesn’t have any, they only bought a hundred kilograms last time.

According to Bonev, there are more than 600 kilograms of light crystal ore in their warehouse. "Rui Lai replied fluently: "But the price of light crystal ore is one-half higher than that of blue stone ore. With the current financial resources of our territory, we can't afford it at all."

Hearing this, Lei Te was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "This time when I went to Twilight City, I won another big prize in the Adventurer Cave, which included a seventh-level wind magic crystal.

After selling the spoils from the Dark Eagle hunt and deducting the Aurora Potion and the Sand Wolf's Howl spellbook that I purchased, there is still a surplus of more than 1,700 gold coins!

Take these gold coins and buy the Toronto family's light crystal mine!"

"What? Father, you drew another seventh-level magic crystal?" Ruilai's eyes widened and his voice suddenly rose. But after taking a deep breath, he smiled bitterly and said, "Well, although this has added a lot of gold coins to the finances of our territory, it is still unrealistic to buy out all the accumulated inventory of the Toronto family.

If we still pay the same price as last time, we can only buy about 160 kilograms of light crystal ore at most."

"Only 160 kilograms?" Lei Te muttered to himself, shook his head, and said, "It's not enough. We must buy all the light crystal mines of the Toronto family!"

"Not enough gold coins." Riley pursed his lips.

"Then go and borrow it, or postpone the payment. Let's sign a contract first, with an interest rate of 10% and a payment extension of half a year!" Rhett narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice.

Looking back, there were only three months left before news came from the front that the war was intensifying and there was a huge shortage of ore.

In order to eventually make a huge profit, he must purchase as much ore as possible in Brian during this period.

Ruilai was silent for a moment. Although he had full confidence in his father's decision, he couldn't help but suppress his voice and asked, "Are you sure...Father?"

"Well, just do as I say, and I will bear all the consequences!" Lei Te said decisively and confidently! He is the head of the family, and he must have full confidence in any decision he makes!

Otherwise, if even the decision makers are skeptical, how can the people below let go and do their work?

"Okay!" Ruilai took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a hint of determination: "I understand, father, I will set off as soon as possible to Cedar Town!"

"Well, I will persuade McCovey to go with you, and send Shireen to escort you." Rhett thought about it and decided to send more people to protect Riley just in case.

"Mycroft?" Riley was a little confused. After a moment, without waiting for Rhett to explain, he suddenly said, "Oh, I remember now. When we were little, you told us that Mycroft was your best friend in your life! Did he join our territory?"

"No, but it will live with us in the days ahead."

Lei Te's heart was moved, and he said calmly: "Tell me about it."

"The Earl's third daughter, Qiao Liya, actually discovered a spy planted by the Jin En family among her own men." Rui Lai couldn't help but smack his lips and said, "It's even said that Earl Nero heard about this and has gone to the Jin En family to ask for an explanation!

So it seems that the traitor has obtained some secret information from Count Nero's family?"

"Well, that's possible." Leiter pretended to be surprised and continued the topic: "This incident, combined with Zoran's appearance, should serve as a warning to us - we must ensure the loyalty of our internal staff and never allow anyone to plant spies."

Rilai smiled and said, "Don't worry, father. Our castle is not bloated. We only have so many servants. They were carefully selected from the small town by Butler Sveta and I. We know all their information well. These people have never left Young Eagle Town in their lives."

"Yes." Lei Te nodded and added, "Born in adversity, die in comfort.

Don’t expect the status quo to last forever in the future just because of the stability of the past.”

Ruilai savored this sentence for a long time, then his expression became serious and he replied, "I understand."

Two days later.

Today, Rhett did not go to the Thorn Forest to practice Sand Wolf Howl, but instead consolidated his two magics, Earth Cone and Quicksand, in the training ground.

In the last few days of winter, the winter no longer roars, only the bitter cold wind blows, as if it is unwilling to say goodbye to this world.

Sveta walked in from outside the training ground, covering her hat with one hand and a look of joy on her face.

Behind him, there were two restrained young men.

One has short brown hair, the other has curly brown hair, and they look similar in height and age.

Lei Te noticed the person coming, but pretended not to notice and specially released a cone of earth. With a wave of his hand, it was like a yellow meteor shuttle, whooshing, and hit a huge rock a hundred meters ahead, and a huge noise broke out instantly.

The two new young men had a flash of shock in their eyes. They were intimidated by such powerful destructive power and looked at Rhett with respect.

"The master's magic is amazing!" When Sveta was ten meters away from Rhett, she slowed down her pace, praised him, and waited quietly for the master's reply.

Leiter turned around slowly and said casually, "Sveta, who are the two people following you?"

“They claim to have been adventurers who were forced to wander because their village was persecuted by an evil alchemist.

After hearing about your heroic deeds, I feel grateful and yearn for you, and plan to join you!" Sveta was delighted, and felt proud of the master's reputation.

Lei Te raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are your names?"

"My lord, my name is Shakas Mead." said the young man with short brown hair.

"My name is Jonathan Mace." The young man with the curling hairpin also introduced himself.

"You want to join my territory?"

"That's right, I am willing to follow you and resist all those who want to be contaminated by your filth!" Shakas put one hand on his chest with a respectful expression.

"I am willing to turn into your sharp sword and clear away all obstacles for you!" Jonathan looked determined!

"Okay!" Leiter smiled, which made Shakas and Jonathan feel relieved and calmed down.

Then, Lei Te said with a plan in mind: “I believe in your determination and I believe in your strength.

When you came, you must have seen that my town currently has a serious shortage of patrol personnel, so I need you to fill in and become a solid defense force for the town."

"Leave it to us!" Jonathan and Shakas said in unison.

"Contribute to the Eaglet, and the Eaglet will be with you!" Lei Te said seriously, and then looked at Sveta and said softly: "Please lead the two to the deputy castle and arrange a room!"

"Understood!" Sveta bowed in response, then turned sideways to look at the two men, "Two knights, please follow me."

Shakas and Jonathan looked delighted and hurriedly followed.

Looking at the backs of the three people gradually leaving the training ground, Rhett's eyes showed satisfaction.

Currently, his territory has entered a period of rapid development, and the territory's guard force has begun to be filled! The trainees in the training ground have not yet grown up, but the addition of two ready-made first-level knights can just fill the gap in the patrol team.

In the past, when the population was small, patrols were unnecessary. But as the town continues to expand and the population continues to increase, public security issues must be placed in an important position to prevent problems before they occur.

Those who do not plan for the overall situation are not qualified to plan for a specific area.

Territory development is a comprehensive and systematic issue, and every link has direct or indirect connections.

Lei Te's ultimate goal is to ensure the stable development of the territory, realize the continuous increase in the population base, and ultimately bring about a demographic dividend! With an increased population base, there will naturally be more and more talented people.

This is a long-term plan. No matter how much is invested in the short term, no obvious benefits will be seen.

But if you want a force to become strong, population is always the most basic and most important part!

A smile gradually appeared on Rhett's lips.

My thoughts wandered, and I thought about the group of bandits that would attack in five days.

The smile gradually faded, a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes, and he thought to himself, "Dare to catch my attention? Humph, you come just in time.

It’s just to give me some more destiny points…”

Time passed, and five days went by in a blink of an eye.

In a small woods one kilometer southeast of Young Eagle Town.

A short figure, with a stream of green light under his feet, rushed into the dense forest from the direction of Young Eagle Town.

"Wind Rat, what's the situation? How is the defense strength of Eagle Town?" A tall man jumped down from a tree, startling a few night birds, and patted the short man on the shoulder with one hand.

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