"Knight Marlowe, Lord City Lord...has he not come out yet?"

In the Red Leaf City Castle, Caroline sat in the main seat and asked with a tired look on her face.

"Yes, my wife, the city lord has not gone out for the past three days."

The Knight Marlow stood respectfully below.

"Hey...Branchi, how is the new policy implemented? Have the public reacted fiercely?"

Blanche was the only city council officer left in the former city hall.

She carefully said:

"It's okay for the people to say that although the order to only eat one meal a day has aroused some people's dissatisfaction, most people can still understand it. After all, the situation in Hongye City cannot be hidden, and many people are mentally prepared, but..."

"Just what?"

Caroline had a bad premonition, but she still had to bite the bullet and ask.

"But, 30% of the merchants in Hongye City have left. You know, the source of Hongye City's economic source, in addition to the grain grown, is also an important part of trade with other cities or villages. Perhaps because of the new policy, these merchants with keen sense of smell are not optimistic about the future of Hongye City, so they have evacuated in advance."

Blanche said helplessly, paused for a moment, and she said again:

"However, it's not too bad, because the evacuated merchants are all small merchants, and their risk resistance is poor, so they are naturally more cautious. The big merchants are still staying in Hongye City."

That being said, but Caroline knew that it would be temporary for these big merchants to stay. If Hongye City could not recover and get on track, they would have to leave sooner or later.

If it really comes to that time, Hongye City will completely become an isolated city, losing the access to the outside world, and there is no sufficient food reserve, so you will definitely die.

"Are those merchants willing to lend us some gold coins or food?"

Although it is embarrassing for the nobles to borrow from merchants, in this case, there is no way.

"Ha, those businessmen are more cunning than the other! They are respectful on the surface, but when they ask about lending, they always have excuses to shirk. I think they just don't like us. Even if we are willing to pay interest above 30% of the market price, they still don't want to!"

Blanche's tone was a little sarcastic. He didn't like those cunning businessmen who were like blood sucking worms, and now he hated them even more.

"Since that's the case, why don't those merchants leave?"

Caroline didn't understand much about doing business, and she asked in confusion.

"Madam, they are just waiting for opportunities. After all, we have a new city lord. Maybe the city lord can help us overcome difficulties - this is their idea. Although the opportunity is small, it is worth a bet. What they often say is, 'There must be opportunities in crisis'."

"New City Lord..."

Caroline bit her lip and blamed herself.

She always believed that the reason why Zhang Feng left the castle was because of his hesitation at the time, which angered the city lord, causing the city lord to "ignor political affairs."

Without the city lord, she could only carry the burden alone, but it was obvious that the burden was a bit too heavy.

"About the identity of the city lord..."

"Report to my wife, I only found out in the past three days that the city lord, that is, Baron Zhang Feng, came from the east, and seemed to be a nobleman. As for the others, I can't find them. Oh, by the way, I heard that the city lord seems to be very rich."

The Knight Marlowe replied.

The scope of the East is too large and there is no way to check it out. However, the royal city of their Buck Kingdom is also in the East. Could it be that it came out of the royal city?

But this doesn't matter, what matters is the last sentence.

"rich?"

"Yes, he bought the best residential and best commercial areas of Red Leaf City from the former city councillor, and at the same time bought Charles' title and territory with 100 gold coins."

The Knight Marlowe said in amazement.

"Those people are really hateful!"

When talking about these 100 gold coins, even Blanche gritted her teeth.

Logically speaking, even if the title was sold, these 100 gold coins belonged to the City Lord's Mansion, but the greedy city officials stole the relics of Charles during his lifetime and made a deal on behalf of the City Lord's Mansion.

If the former municipal officials had not swept away the food from Hongye City, and with so many gold coins, Hongye City would have a chance to get through the difficulties.

"I'll go again today!"

Caroline's eyes flashed with firmness, and she wanted to come to the door to apologize in person.

In fact, after Zhang Feng left the castle, Caroline went to find him, but no one paid attention to him when knocking on the door. Caroline didn't dare to go too far, so she could only give up for the time being.

But now that Hongye City is getting worse and worse, she doesn't care about so much, so she can only risk angering Zhang Feng and invite him out.

As for why he had to find Zhang Feng, the reason is very simple. In addition to his identity as the city lord, the most important thing is that he is rich!

...

When Zhang Feng opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the second floor bedroom of the real estate in another world.

"Huh~ I feel a little tired. I guess it's almost done with such things."

Zhang Feng looked at the hiking bag bulging high behind him and took a deep breath, knowing that it was the culprit for his fatigue.

It seems that bringing a mountaineering bag is enough. Although according to the current status, it is okay to bring a little more, but it is not necessary. Safety is important and cannot be overloaded.

After putting the mountaineering bag in his hand, Zhang Feng sat by the bed and rested for a while, and then prepared to go out for a walk. He brought so many supplies, but it was not enough to hold it in his hands. See if there are any merchants or nobles who can cooperate.

In fact, compared to trading with nobles, Zhang Feng prefers businessmen.

Zhang Feng knew that most of the nobles of this era were greedy for money, arrogant and ignorant.

On the contrary, businessmen don’t have so many things, and all interests are paramount.

However, before going out, you still have to fill your stomach first. Zhang Feng came in a hurry and didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

He prepared ingredients and seasonings such as rice, steamed buns, eggs, pork, salt, onion and ginger.

First wash the rice, pour water into the pot, and boil it directly. After the rice is cooked, add the chopped minced meat, shredded green onion, and shredded ginger. After cooking for another ten minutes, add some salt and pepper. A delicious lean meat porridge is ready.

In fact, Zhang Feng originally wanted to make skin egg lean meat porridge, but he forgot to buy the skin egg. There was no way, so he could only make a youth version of skin egg lean meat porridge.

The aroma of porridge is already very strong. Zhang Feng smelled it and it was that smell.

When the porridge is almost cooked, put the steamed buns in the pot and steam them briefly.

Then I started boiling the eggs. I only cooked them for about five minutes and quickly picked them up. Zhang Feng liked to eat soft-boiled eggs.

These eggs are all the ones that Zhang Feng bought in the supermarket, which can be eaten raw, so he is not afraid of bacteria not killing anything.

Lean meat porridge, steamed buns, eggs, a very simple breakfast.

Although Zhang Feng knows how to cook, he is the lazy one. Anyway, he doesn’t have to worry about breakfast, just eat a little bit.

"Dong, dong, dong--"

However, before I could eat, there was a dull knock outside the door.

"Well? Who will come to me? Could it be Curton?"

Zhang Feng took a look through the crack in the door with some confusion.

"Is it her?"

When she opened the door, Caroline's hand was still knocking. She didn't expect that the door would open from inside just as soon as she knocked on the door.

Seeing Caroline, Zhang Feng subconsciously admired her beauty, and then asked with some habituality:

"Is there anything wrong? Have you eaten breakfast? Do you want to eat something together?"

“Gulong~”
Chapter completed!