The old city lord was not at home, and Ricardo was not only splitting the association, but also launching an attack on the king's throne. Most of his troops were used for internal friction, which caused temporary emptiness in the Kingdom of Kate. Tachibana has been operating frequently on the border recently. The city lord led his troops to be garrisoned at the gate, and has not returned to the city for nearly a month.

As the captain of the scout cavalry team, Folde naturally followed the old city lord to guard the border. Zelonger stayed in the city and managed the affairs of all kinds of the city for his father. The only best friend who could speak was out. Zelonger had been quite lonely in the past month. Although a maid gave him a "relieving him" he would be tired if he did too much. What he needed was a friend who could talk to him equally, not some vocal insects.

So when Chen Xiansong visited, he was still a little happy, otherwise he would not have said "sarcastic" Chen Xiansong. For some familiar people, such unceremonious conversations were actually a sign of a good relationship.

Several people entered the living room in the house. Zelonger asked his servant to bring the best fruit wine. After drinking a few sips of the three of them, he asked, "Look at the invitation, you will be the branch president of our Heiyan City from today on. Although you will still attend your banquet in the evening, I still have to congratulate you in advance." After that, he raised his cup and signaled.

"Thank you." Chen Xiansong's expression was not as energetic as the new official was about to take office. Instead, he said sadly: "I hope I will never take over this position."

Zelonger knew what Chen Xiansong meant, so he patted Chen Xiansong on the shoulder and didn't say much, because he could understand such feelings, but could not truly understand. Most of the men born in nobles wanted to overthrow their fathers. Zelonger also had this idea, but he did not intend to inherit the family position by killing people, but with his ability, he always felt that his father was old, some prefects were not radical enough.

But Zelonger just thought about these things, of course he would not say them to outsiders. He felt that the topic was a bit heavy and easy to be discontinuous, so he said, "By the way. The two water trucks in your house are really useful. I went to see them specially. Hundreds of acres of land do not require manpower at all, and they can be irrigated continuously. Now many nobles in the city are quite interested in this. Why do you build more and sell them?"

"This matter must be issued by the association headquarters." Chen Xiansong smiled and said, "After all, I will always give me a lot of bonuses. The contracts that should be abide by must be abide by. Otherwise, who will believe my credit in the future?"

"It makes sense." As a nobleman, Zelonger knew how much the impact of the contract on a family's reputation was on, but he had other opinions on it: "I heard that the association is fighting to the death now, and the royal family has been impacted. Although whoever is king has little impact on our family, it is hard to accept no matter how much it says. The association is in civil strife, and I heard that many places cannot even allocate funds from the previous ones. In this case, it seems that the branch will find a way out, which is not so difficult to accept. People cannot be starved to death."

Chen Xiansong felt that his words were quite reasonable, but the association is not short of money for the time being. Besides, he has some money-making things to make, so why bother selling water trucks: "I will consider your opinion."

"If you really sell water trucks, you must keep three for me." Zelonger said seriously. After a pause, he asked again: "I am very happy that you can come to my place as a guest, but now you can tell me the purpose. According to my understanding of you, you are the kind of person who will not climb the Temple of the Sun without any trouble."

During this period, the City Lord's Mansion collected a lot of information about Chen Xiansong, and even recorded some boring conversations with the villagers one by one. Then they agreed that Chen Xiansong was a rare good person, and was still a person who didn't like to communicate. He usually liked to stay at home to do his own things, but this was very consistent with the style of a soul-thoughtful person, and it was not surprising.

"Near the swamp in the west of the city, there is a mountain with springs. You should know that it is the land belonging to your lord's mansion."

Zelonger nodded: "I know, that place is a small territory distributed to me by my father, and it is connected to other lands. Although there is nothing good on it, it is a barren mountain, but how can I cut down some wood every time? What do you ask?"

Chen Xiansong looked at Zelonger: "I want this mountain."

The nobles are all biological groups that are very sensitive to interests. When he heard this, a thought flashed through his head, "Make money". Those who think deeply about things always make plans and then move, without seeing rabbits or eagles. Especially those who think deeply about souls like Chen Xiansong, everything can create great profits.

"Why?" Zelonger asked.

"I want to use it to experiment." Chen Xiansong took another sip of fruit wine.

"It's not impossible to transfer it to you." Zelonger played with the wine glass in his hand, looking like a snobbish businessman: "We are familiar with each other, but it is impossible for our family to give in casually, so... what do you plan to exchange for? That mountain is a very important land for us."

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong suddenly felt helpless: "You said just now that it was just a barren mountain."

"This time, that time." Zelonger smiled and said, "Commodities may increase or fall at any time. As a soul-thinking person, you should understand this principle. And recently, our city lord's mansion has set aside a lot of land. First, I gave you a piece of land, and later, the Chen family from Zhendan Kingdom bought a piece of land at a low price. If you were asked to take away another mountain, how much land can our city lord's mansion be left? If a noble family does not have enough territory, it will not be far from decline."

What he said is indeed true. The nobles have extremely pathological pursuits for land, and money is certainly an important criterion to measure whether a family is strong, but people value more how much land this aristocratic family has in their hands.

Zelonger does make sense, but Chen Xiansong knew that he was just trying to raise the price. The city lord's mansion had a lot of land, with a mountain missing, but less than 200% of the land, which was affordable.

"Just tell me what price or stuff you want." Chen Xiansong didn't want to beat around the bush.

Zelonger thought for a while, then said, "You already have a Ms. Bai Min. How about you send Ms. Bai Qianxin to our City Lord's Mansion? I'll give you two more mountains for free, and my sister Lux can do it..."

Oh, kid! Chen Xiansong knocked on the table twice, stopped Zelonger, and then said: "Don't talk about these messy things, tell me what you really want, or the price."

"I'm just kidding." Zelonger shrugged.

Chen Xiansong said, "Some jokes are not good." When he said this, the little guy who was drinking raised his head, looked at his teacher, then smiled sweetly, and continued to bury his head and eat and drink. Perhaps because of his growing body, the little guy could eat a lot of things at any time.

"Okay, I'm wrong with this." Zelonger coughed twice, and then said: "Recently, Lihua Tsai has been on the border frequently, and it seems to be aware that our country is in turmoil. As a border city, our Black Rock City is very likely to be attacked, but due to the civil war, we may not get reinforcements, so in this case, improving the military is very important. After all, more combat power will be more guaranteed, which is also related to the safety of your Graystone Village."

"Improving the military?" Chen Xiansong was a little confused.

"To be precise, we want to practice steel." Zelonger looked around and withdrew his servants, then continued: "We have also inquired about your affairs in Qingxi City. I heard that you sent out the steelmaking method to inquire about some information... Our City Lord's Mansion also wants it. If you can give it to us, I will not only give you that mountain, but also the land within 300 meters of the mountain also belongs to you. What do you think."

Chen Xiansong thought about it for a while and thought it was feasible. After all, when he gave the steelmaking method to others, he did not sign a contract for the other party to possess the technology. It is logical that he could be transferred to others.

Seeing that Chen Xiansong was intent, Zelonger continued to persuade: "And we can guarantee that we will never leak this method."

After thinking for a while, Chen Xiansong nodded and said, "Okay. Now we are going to sign a land transfer contract?"

Seeing that Chen Xiansong agreed, Zelonger only chuckled slightly on his face, but put it under the table, his hands on his legs were excitedly clasped tightly. The soldiers' families knew best how much steel weapons could play in war. Once this contract was signed, it would be a huge opportunity for their family, and his personal status in his father's heart would definitely be greatly improved, and there would be more hope in inheriting the position of the city lord in the future.

With a slight sigh, Zelonger calmed down his mood, and he said slowly: "No rush now, it will take a certain amount of time to write the contract. But I think it will definitely be completed before night. When the banquet is over, I will bring the contract document to you. How about it?"

"Okay." Chen Xiansong stood up: "In addition, I have some things to do, so I won't stay here for too long. See you in the evening."

"See you tonight." Zelonger also stood up, and then he suddenly remembered something. He had just negotiated a big business and was so happy that he almost forgot: "You still remember the Dolan family... Last year, Ms. Bai Min made them suffer a big loss. After nearly a year of silence, their recent actions were very strange. According to the intelligence investigation of the Folder scout team, their target is most likely to be Graystone Village."
Chapter completed!