Seeing the three of them were lost in thought, Ashe said, "If we also make alcoholic beverages, then we need a factory and a large amount of food. This is not something that a few people can do well. It requires a lot of people. Let's forget it. Otherwise, I will go back and find someone to cut off some of the Langte family's food supply."

"You're competing illegally." Gretel rolled her eyes at Ash.

As the owner of the city, the Rhine family is in charge of people's livelihood, so food is naturally the top priority. Ashe has the confidence to say this, but the Langt family is also a large family and has some food channels. Doing this will obviously lead to hostility between the two families, which is not cost-effective.

Ashe didn't care. He now hated the Langte family very much.

"So we're just going to give up this business for nothing?" Ashe was a little unwilling.

The group was at a loss as to what to do.

…

McLaren raised his head and asked in surprise, "Dole is awake?"

The disciple said respectfully, "Yes, teacher, he has just announced to the public that he will soon refine a sixth-level potion and open the Dolai Wizard Tower. In addition, he changed the name of the wizard tower to Chris Wizard Tower."

McLaren nodded, and when he looked at his disciple, something suddenly occurred to him. He said, "Pack up and follow me to meet him and give him the dividends from the past few years."

The disciple was stunned, not knowing what the teacher's arrangement was, so he nodded.

…

"I just woke up and you came. You are very well-informed!" Dolai said with a smile in the room.

He naturally knew McLaren's purpose. He came to give him money, and the amount was definitely not low. Although he did not participate in the Southwest War, he still received all the money he deserved.

McLaren sat opposite Dole, with his disciple standing behind him. He smiled and said, "No one can curry favor with you better than you. That's why I came here as soon as I got the news. Since you came back, you haven't shown up for dozens of days. There are rumors outside."

Dolai smiled faintly and said, "The wind and rain outside can't blow into my wizard tower."

McLaren smiled faintly and said, "Then let's talk business first."

He turned around and glanced at his disciple, saying, "Bring me the account book."

An hour later, McLaren closed the account book. "That's it, you see?"

Dorae nodded, "Yeah."

McLaren breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he had taken some advantage of Dole, he knew that as long as it wasn't too excessive, Dole wouldn't care.

He thought for a moment, then said, "I heard from the people in the Apothecary Guild that some people have started to target you, and the Langte family has also started to target you. You are always staying in the Wizard Tower now. Don't you have any ideas?"

Dolai showed a helpless smile, "It's useless for me to have ideas. They are all big shots. I'm just a small wizard. What can I do?"

McLaren coughed and said, "How about I give you a suggestion?"

"Please go ahead." Dole said seriously.

McLaren smiled and said, "In the Glory Empire, a person's identity changes with strength and status. You only have strength now, but no status. Although your reputation is indeed not low, it is just reputation after all, and your status will not change much. My advice to you is to go to the City Lord's Mansion now and change your status. You have meritorious service, so become a noble first. In this way, many harsh laws that apply to civilians will not apply to you."

Dole blinked his eyes, and suddenly everything in front of him became clear.

Yes, how could he forget this? Merit is merit, although he is a noble in name, but as long as he does not have the status of a noble, he will always be a commoner.

The nobility has many privileges. If they are really questioned, they can use their nobility status to deal with it. This is a good idea.

Duolai stood up, his expression suddenly brightened, "Thank you for the reminder, brother. I will go to the City Lord's Mansion to get it authenticated."

McLaren smiled and said, "Being conferred a title is a big deal. The Empire gives every title after very careful consideration. You have enough merits now, and your record is not bad. The City Lord's Mansion will not take too long to review it. I personally suggest that you apply as soon as possible."

Dolai nodded, walked out of his seat, and said, "Then let's go out together. This idea is very important to me."

…

Dole sent a message to Ashley, and then to Gretel and Eugene. After he and McLaren walked out of the wizard towers, they headed towards the city lord's mansion.

When he came outside, many people pointed fingers at him, both openly and secretly. Dolai saw it all. There have been a lot of rumors about him recently, but he just didn't respond.

There are many schools in the wizard tower group, including various alchemy schools, pharmacist schools, puppet schools, magic pattern schools and so on. Dolai's pharmacist school has now surpassed them. It is normal for some people to watch the fun. The entrance of Chris Wizard Tower is already more lively than that of any other wizard tower.

These people came to watch the fun, but in the end they still wanted to buy Dolai's medicine, so Dolai didn't mind.

After going out, he just glanced around casually, and after not noticing any excessive hostility, he walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

He has to go to two places today, the first is the City Lord's Mansion, and the second is the military headquarters.

Although the military headquarters is separate from the corps, the corps' merits and achievements are kept in the military headquarters. He can go wherever he wants to apply for the merits.

The reason why Ashe and Gretel were invited to come was because of Ashe, and Gretel was a witness at the Wizard Tower at that time.

Soon, he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion. Next to the City Lord's Mansion was the military office building, not far away.

He waited for a moment, Gretel arrived first, then Ashley.

Both of them already knew the whole story, so they didn't say anything when they met. Gretel was a little excited, even more excited than when he became a baron.

Ashe's performance was similar, and she was deeply happy for Dole. At the same time, she thought that if Dole had become a noble earlier, there would be less resistance between her and him.

At the entrance of the military building.

Gretel said jokingly, "If you want to become a noble, there will probably be a lot of resistance. The military has no objection, and the Glory Wizard Alliance has no resistance either. It's just that the nobles themselves have a lot of resistance."

Dolai was puzzled. "I don't know much about this procedure. Isn't it enough to have enough merits?"

Gretel shook his head. Before he spoke, Ashe stood next to Dole, leaned against him, and whispered, "In the empire, there are currently only two ways to become a noble. One is inheritance, which I won't talk about. The other is through merit. There are two ways to award merit. The first is war merit, and the other is other merit points. Generally speaking, one war merit is equal to three other merit points. You didn't directly participate in the war, so you got other merit points. But it's still 9,000 merit points, which is enough."

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