The morning light filtered through the stained-glass windows, casting colorful shadows on the floor tiles of the bedroom. Five maids swiftly helped Martin wash and dress, and the aroma of a breakfast of fried eggs and rye bread served on silverware filled the air.
After finishing his meal, Martin rubbed his temples. Thinking about the fact that 90% of the city's population were slaves and the empty streets where it was hard to find places to spend money, he couldn't just give them money away. Being able to fill their stomachs was already a great favor.
He summoned his guards, Betan and Hefner, and headed straight for the steward's office. Pushing open the carved wooden door, five managers immediately stood and saluted. "Prepare two notices by this morning."
Martin knocked on the table.
"One document informed the slaves that they would no longer be fed and would have to work to earn points. The points could be used to buy food, clothes, and even to free them from slavery.
Another copy was posted outside the city gate, played on a loop through a magic loudspeaker: "Yulong City welcomes civilians to settle down, with five years of tax exemption and land distribution."
"Small merchants and caravans coming here will be exempt from taxes for the first year. Please polish it up a bit."
The five of them nodded repeatedly and hurriedly spread out the parchment to write.
After leaving the steward's office, members of the Knights Templar wearing knight armor were patrolling the streets.
Martin frowned and asked, and Betan explained, "At first, there was no one patrolling and the city was in chaos. After the three captains discussed it, they decided to let the knights on leave take charge of patrols."
Martin pondered for a moment, then pulled out his communication crystal. He praised the group leaders for their impulsiveness and decisiveness, then sternly emphasized that all matters must be reported first. Soon, three apologies flashed, promising not to repeat the mistake.
After putting away the communication crystal, Martin walked on the street and looked at the empty street, hoping that there would be more people here in the future, making this place prosperous and earning more gold coins for him.
In the afternoon, Eric came back. Martin took several high-level space rings and said to Eric, "Thank you for your hard work."
So he let him and Shuang Ning go down to rest.
After quickly arriving at the study, Martin asked Hefna to guard the door, closed the door, and began to charge. As the things in the space rings disappeared one by one.
The energy on Martin's energy panel continued to grow. After the last high-level space ring was fully charged, Martin's energy reached 2.3 million. Looking at the energy on the panel, he thought, "I can have four more Sky Knights."
Then the panel was summoned, host: Martin, level: zero, sworn guard: 2219, energy: 2,354,000.
The energy has arrived, so what are you waiting for if you don’t upgrade?
Immediately, he took out the communication crystal and called over the Knight Captains Deluna, Lucas, Alton, and Lika who were on rest.
After everyone arrived, they followed Martin and walked towards the open space of the castle.
Since there were four people who broke through this time, Martin called Eric, Shuang Ning, Hefna, and Betan over, fearing that the breakthrough would make too much noise and affect others.
The four people stood on each side. After they were standing in place, Martin began to let the system consume energy. As the energy was consumed, the four people's bodies began to change, and their momentum became stronger and stronger.
Finally, they broke through directly to the Sky Knight. After the breakthrough, the four began to consolidate the power they had just broken through. Just when the four people had stabilized the breakthrough, Eric and the two dragons also began to suppress the momentum of the breakthrough. Only then did Martin not feel obvious oppression.
Martin felt that this promotion would probably take place at about the same time as Betan's. He then asked Betan to stay in the open space of the castle and guard them until the breakthrough was completed. When he was ready to leave, he took out four sets of S-class knight armor from the space ring and told Betan to give them to them after their promotion was completed.
After giving the instructions, he took Eric and the two dragons away, preparing to head to the nearest viscounty.
Martin thought it would be better to try the soft stuff first, and then the hard stuff if the soft stuff didn't work.
Afterwards, he rode the dragon with Eric to Viscount Haikang's territory, ready to talk to Viscount Haikang.
Since they were adjacent fiefdoms, Martin quickly arrived at Viscount Haikang's territory on his dragon.
The architectural style here is different from that of Yulong City, and it still preserves the style of other ethnic groups.
Arrived above the city which was still under construction.
The knight squad on duty spotted the giant dragon in the sky and sent out signals. Soon, half of the knights gathered.
Martin waited in the sky for a while, and when he found that no knight appeared again, he let Hefna land, and Eric followed closely behind.
After the two landed, the surrounding knights gathered around them. A middle-aged man, clearly dressed as a noble, stepped forward and said, "I'm wondering if the two dragon knights have any requests for my assistance?"
Martin directly stated his identity. After hearing this, Viscount Haikang looked at Martin again.
Then they led him into the city.
The scene in the city was completely different from Martin's. Many civilians had already settled there, business was slowly developing, and the sounds of hawking could be heard everywhere.
After seeing this, Martin was very envious and followed Viscount Haikang all the way to the castle. The decoration inside also had a little foreign style.
There were quite a few maids and servants passing by, and they were all very young. Martin guessed that he had the support of his family, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to tame the fiefdom so quickly. If the North Territory was not too far away from the West Territory, Martin would have needed the support of his family at least.
Entering the reception room, the group took their seats one after another. Viscount Haikang organized his words and said, "I wonder what brings you here, Viscount Martin?"
Martin didn't hold back and directly stated his purpose: "I hope that Viscount Haikang will develop commerce with Yulong City as the center and prioritize Yulong City in all matters. When the time is right, the Knights of Yulong City can be stationed in your city."
"Of course, if Viscount Haikang encounters any trouble, Yulong City is willing to help." After a pause, he continued, "The price is cheaper than outside, and you can get a discount."
After hearing this, Viscount Haikang smiled bitterly. "Viscount Martin, you have come to our Haikang Territory in such a manner. Do I have any right to refute you? I agree to your request, but I have conditions."
After hearing this, Martin said directly: "Just tell me what conditions you have. If I can agree to them, I will agree to them. If I can't agree to them, then if you propose other conditions, I can agree to them."
Viscount Haikang was completely speechless. This guy is a complete gangster. If you have the ability, don't ride a dragon or bring a dragon knight. I'll show you how to deal with him.
Viscount Haikang's strong aristocratic qualities allowed him to suppress his emotions. He then said, "It's no big deal for Viscount Martin. I can use your Yulong City as the center. However, if I encounter any trouble that I cannot handle, you must let the Dragon Knights support me free of charge."
Martin thought about it and didn't agree, but he chose a compromise and said, "If Viscount Haikang encounters trouble that he can't solve, the Dragon Knight will only take action once. Moreover, if he encounters danger, the Dragon Knight can evacuate first."
Viscount Haikang hesitated for a moment and wanted to try again. However, Martin ignored him and chatted with Hefna next to him.
Finally, after thinking it over again and again, he agreed. Viscount Haikang also saw that this kid came prepared, and if he didn't agree, he would probably use force. The family's financial support was not easy, and he couldn't let this kid go to waste.
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