Zong Shen didn't explain much to Les Kazan.

But this old boy will soon understand that the life he once had is destined to never go back.

Compared to those territorial citizens who package up and "sell themselves" to the territory.

Count Les was very lucky to be able to keep one million dinars.

As for the remaining wealth, all of it was naturally confiscated!

This money will eventually be spent on the construction of the territory.

Zong Shen already has higher pursuits and is not yet very interested in living the hedonistic life of a rich man.

If you want to become the strongest lord, you still have to put in a lot of hard work.

Now that we are already on this path, there is absolutely no reason to give up halfway.

Moreover, troubled times are coming, and even if you become a free citizen, you may not be able to live a peaceful life for a few days.

Shaking his head, he put away all the storage jewelry on the table.

Les Kazan himself still keeps a storage ring, which was also specially permitted by Zong Shen.

Obviously today is another happy day for everyone.

Zong Shen gained a large amount of wealth, and Count Rice also saved his life.

The Earl of Rice is not at a loss, but Mr. Zong is even more profitable.

Sitting at the desk, Zong Shen looked thoughtfully at the map of the jurisdiction of the giant city of Lentax on the table.

All the state cities, commercial roads and straight roads within the jurisdiction of the giant city are marked on it.

The drawing is relatively detailed, but there is no content about village-level units.

Compared with state and giant cities, villages are too easily destroyed.

Sometimes it's a natural disaster, sometimes it's a large-scale banditry.

There are also various fancy heretical churches that often plunder village populations and use them as ritual sacrifices.

It is not easy for a village to naturally evolve and develop into a state city.

The development of hundreds or thousands of villages may not result in the emergence of a new state city in the end.

Unless important resources appear near the village and receive the attention and development of the giant city forces.

Otherwise, this development process often takes hundreds of years.

And during this period, the village cannot be destroyed by various disasters.

Villages are destroyed almost every day, and then new settlements appear and gradually become new villages.

Then this process repeats endlessly.

Therefore, the official Jucheng jurisdiction map basically does not record the location of villages.

On the contrary, the completed map in the hands of traveling merchants will include major trade routes and large villages with specialty products.

This resulted in a phenomenon.

That is, villages with hundreds or thousands of people are popping up one after another.

There are also many large-scale village settlements with tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

"Everyone becomes better with age".

Many villages with decades of history have accumulated populations in the tens of thousands.

The scale is also much larger than the average village.

Many large villages like this are experiencing urbanization trends and are equivalent to small cities.

This is the charm of the Endless Continent. The vast land and magical productivity have given birth to countless possibilities.

The above situations would be difficult to understand if we use Earth's understanding and standards.

Shaking his head, he looked away from the map on the table.

He had already sent Little Heizi to the second circle to pick up the two Karan sisters, Kitty Girl, Tasia, and England.

Les Kazan's network of connections has also been thoroughly explored by him.

This guy has an invitation quota for the dinner and can bring no more than two accompanying envoys or companions to the banquet.

Even if Zong Shen doesn't participate in the competition, he can easily sneak in with Count Rice.

However, considering comprehensive factors, he decided to participate in the competitive competition.

Because that is the best opportunity to control Prince Carter besides the dinner party.

Even the forces of the Calamity Raven Church and the Three Princesses may take action at that time.

Under such circumstances, Zong must not be absent.

He must carefully adjust his strength in the competitive competition. He must neither be too strong nor too weak. It is best to be a more eye-catching seed player and get the attention of Marquis Henry.

Zong Shen estimated that suppressing his own strength to a level between legend and epic should be enough.

He has already thought about his next plan.

Zong Shen's biggest advantage is not his powerful single-target combat power, but that his existence is not known to others.

Neither Marquis Henry, Prince Carter, nor the Church of Calamity Raven, nor the Third Princess Anna knew that there was a figure like Zong Shen dormant in this giant city struggle.

Under such a premise, coupled with his strong strength, Zong Shen becomes an invisible ace in the field.

Not only can he act freely, but he can also choose whether to take action based on the actual situation without any baggage or burden.

This is Zong Shen's real advantage in participating in the dispute over the giant city of Lentax.

As for Earl Rice's original connections, they were not of much help to Zong Shen.

This guy is a hedonistic, non-powerful aristocrat with no territory.

Les Kazan himself paid little attention to the changes in the situation in the city.

He doesn't even care about the ongoing dispute for the king within the Kingdom of Avalon.

There are many hedonistic nobles like him in the entire Kingdom of Avalon.

Their sense of existence is very low and they basically do not participate in local governance activities. They just run their own small businesses.

Live a ridiculous and wealthy life.

The current major human kingdoms in the Endless Continent have accumulated for five to six thousand years.

The upper class possesses a huge amount of wealth, not only dinars, but also rich reserves of various materials.

The forces that can participate in the dispute for the king of Avalon and support the princess and the prince also look down upon the dinars in the hands of those hedonistic nobles.

What they value more is how to win over those powerful nobles.

And they are mainly the powerful nobles who control huge cities. For example, Marquis Henry is a typical target of wooing.

Each giant city can be seen as a chess piece in different areas of the kingdom.

Whoever can win over the most powerful nobles will gain more advantages.

As long as these powerful nobles take sides, it is equivalent to boarding a pirate ship and completely joining the corresponding interest groups.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is a deep binding. The final result is that there will be more and more powerful nobles in the several interest groups that seize the king, and the scale of their influence will also increase.

getting bigger and bigger.

Similar to a snowball effect.

Therefore, the situations and pressures faced by the powerful aristocrats and the hedonistic aristocrats in the storm brewing in the kingdom are completely different.

Therefore, Earl Rice is just a cash machine to Zong and does not have much strategic significance.

Even his title is as rootless as duckweed, because he has no territory for future generations to inherit. Only the wealth and land deeds in his hands can be passed down.

This is also the reason why Count Rice is so drunk every day.

Because of the solidification of the class system, apart from risking his life to achieve military exploits, he could hardly reverse his embarrassing identity.

Under such circumstances, being a rich man who is content to enjoy himself has become his best choice.

Looking at Les Kazan standing next to him with a smile on his face, Zong Shen couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

Then he waved his hand.

"Let the servants tidy up some clean bedrooms."

"Also tomorrow morning I will see detailed information about the five slave-catching teams."

"From now on, all prisoners of war are prohibited from being resold and brought back."

"You can ask me for the corresponding slave hunting expenses first, and I will send someone to hand over to you in the future."

Zong Shen said with a smile, Les Kazan quickly bowed and saluted, and then left the study that originally belonged to him.

When the rune-reinforced door was closed, Zong Shen felt calm.
To be continued...