It had been several months since I last left Oro City.
Sean was very happy to see them in this country now, and he invited Barnier and the other three to the palace early.
"Lord Sean's current residence is much better than before!" Latina looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but say.
"You still call me sir?"
"Oh, it's His Royal Highness Prince Sean." He immediately changed his words after being reminded by Banir.
"It doesn't matter, you can call me whatever you want."
He asked Illya to pour tea for the four of them, as he had a lot of things he wanted to ask them.
About Oro City and what it has become since I was gone...
After all, this is the city that Sean developed himself, and he is very concerned about any changes in it.
"How has Oro City been doing during the time I've been away?" He poured a cup of tea for the four of them. He would have time today to listen to their chatter.
At first, no one thought that they were just asked to go to the imperial capital to plead for mercy, but they would never go back.
"My lord... no, a lot of things did happen during the time that His Royal Highness was away. It started with you leaving. Those scheming people wanted to embezzle the money for the goods and threatened to tell everyone about you."
The black hands that Banier was referring to were those underground gangs.
At that time, they were asked to watch over the people who were reselling seafood, and since they could not participate in it, they were responsible for everything.
"So those people guessed that I was the one behind this?"
"Someone must have let it slip that someone had seen Latina during the border war."
Several people looked at the blonde girl beside them at the same time.
"Why are you looking at me? It's normal for me to be remembered for my natural beauty."
"And because you never disguise yourself every time you meet them, the person behind the scenes is revealed?" Vanir added.
"Well... well, you can't blame me entirely."
He glared back, looking quite unhappy.
The quarrels among these people were almost a daily occurrence. Seeing them reminded Sean of his days in Oro City.
How boring it would be without them!
"And then?"
"Later, they demanded a change in the profit sharing, threatening to report Your Highness to the officials in the imperial capital if they didn't. Since you weren't in the city at the time, we had no choice but to hold onto the money for now and wait until you returned."
After hearing this, Sean probably understood why the court wizard knew about this matter when he was in the Basaran Palace. He was probably betrayed by the other party a long time ago.
These underground gangs have little credibility.
Profit-seeking...
If they have the opportunity to exclude themselves from the circle of power, they will definitely do so. When the country supports another earl, they will have the final say.
It turned out that they were the ones who informed on the matter.
The thing that had puzzled Sean for a long time finally had an explanation.
"But after word of His Royal Highness's identity reached Oro City, and especially after the Oro region was divided, those underground gangs were completely wiped out by Captain Aslant, who later returned. Now, Oro City can resell any goods as it pleases."
Vanir was also very happy when he said this.
There was no need to hide anymore, and there was no need to estimate the requirements of the Basaran Empire to resell goods to various regions. For a period of time afterwards, it did bring a lot of income to the city.
And because they did not have to pay taxes to the country, they instantly became a rising power in the southern part of the empire.
Originally, because they had been separated from the country, the people were planning to move out of the cities... But as the problems left over from the war spread little by little, many cities have experienced food shortages.
On the contrary, Oro City is very conservative.
At the beginning, Sean used the excuse of war on the border to refuse a lot of material support, and also expanded the cultivated area during the spring planting season. Now Oro City is doing well.
"Your Highness was foresighted enough not to hand over so much food to the Empire and even expanded farming... Now many cities have to buy food from Oro City. Although they also go to Mersin in the south to buy seafood, it's too far away after all. Ours is the closest."
Vanir told Sean about the recent events in the city...
It seems that the city has developed quite well during the time I was away.
Besides, with Luke's intelligence and talent, as long as he continues at the previous pace, Oro City will become the most attractive city in the area within a few years.
Sandwiched between several countries and protected by the protection policies of larger countries, it is not bound by any local country.
It’s very free to do anything!
"No one expected this outcome at the time. I just wanted to leave some more chips for Oro City. So how is the city doing lately?"
"That's good. City Lord Luke has been following the route originally planned by His Highness, and I feel that Oro City will become even more prosperous in the future."
These are things that everyone can see.
The reason why he asked the Sun King to confer the title of Earl on him was so that Oro City would have a say in any country in the future.
Backed by the Adak region, no city dares to underestimate Jagun's prestige...
As for the Basaran Empire and Mersin, there is no need to mention that one is still suffering from the aftermath of the war, and the other is a small country that even small countries dare not provoke Jagun.
Therefore, in the future, Riolu City will develop well as long as it does not cause chaos.
"That puts my mind at ease."
"Back to the topic, do you know why I asked you to come here this time?"
Barnil Mercenary Squad.
They are not like the Oro City garrison, whose homes are there and therefore they cannot leave. He had invited Aslant to come along, but he probably didn't think it through.
It takes a lot of courage to leave the country where you have lived for so long and come to a completely unfamiliar place.
So far, only four people including Vanir have come!
"Your Highness, are you planning to let us form an army? But the people in the Adak region are naturally strong, and it might be difficult for us outsiders to form an army here," said Banir.
This was probably what the four of them discussed on the way here.
Several of them are Orderers above level 6. Now it seems that I am almost the same as them, but in the Adak area.
He is quite strong among ordinary soldiers, but it would be out of place if he were given the status of an officer.
After all, he is already a prince.
On daily trips, he was always accompanied by terrifying figures like Melsusa, who were at level 16. Level 6 figures seemed a bit weak now.
"That's one reason, and you don't like managing the army, do you?"
We are all acquaintances, so there is no need to be so polite. The four of them are so lazy, yet they manage the army... and they will fight every day.
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