Urban Sims

The warm spring of May.

A sunny day.

A grand wedding was held in the castle of Glenland.

Under the auspices of Brother Robert of St. Marne Abbey, Baron Downey, who was wearing a court tuxedo, and Alice, who was wearing a wreath on her head and a low-cut dress with many bright flowers on it, walked through the flower arch together. At the door, amidst the blessings of all the guests, they became a couple.

Zhou Ming sincerely wishes his sister Alice a happy life, and hopes that her brother-in-law Downey will live up to his most beloved sister and not care about her civilian status.

Yes, Alice's civilian status is almost the biggest obstacle to her legal marriage to Downey.

Because it is almost impossible for a noble baron like Downey to marry a commoner. Even if he does marry, if the nobles in other territories do not recognize it, the inheritance rights of the territory and title of the children born to this commoner woman will also be affected. If questioned, it may even be forcibly taken away by the upper-level nobles.

In other words, even if Downey is married to Alice, if they are not recognized by the surrounding lords and Earl Lauzitz, Alice and Downey's descendants may not have the right to inherit the Glenland.

In this world, only nobles and their descendants can also be nobles.

Of course, Zhou Ming would not allow this situation to happen. He asked people to bring a lot of money to the Earl of Barme, which is some distance away from Glenland. Alice "purchases" a noble status. As long as the baron declares that Alice is his biological daughter, the reward of five thousand gold coins will belong to him.

Soon, there was such a money-obsessed baron who accepted the five thousand gold coins, made up an identity certificate for Alice, and sent a butler to attend the wedding.

Looking at the beautiful wife in front of him, Downey was also very satisfied, as if he had reached the pinnacle of his life. He had money, status, and beauty. What regrets did he have?

Now, what he wants to do most is to quickly enter the bridal chamber and give birth to several litters of babies.

Alice's marriage ended, and not long after, Zhou Ming also married a woman and started a family.

This woman's name is "Anna" and she is the eldest daughter of Defoe, the owner of the town's bakery. She is 18 years old and has been childhood sweethearts with Zhou Ming since childhood.

Anna has an average appearance, but is gentle and considerate, good at housekeeping, plump and easy to give birth to. Zhou Ming has identified this goal very early and decided that if he wants to marry a wife in the future, he will marry Anna!

So, Zhou Ming often took the opportunity to bake bread in the bakery, and Zhou Ming taught Anna how to make some exquisite pastries, and together they developed delicious cakes. In the process of this kind of friction, Anna gradually developed a crush on Zhou Ming. I have a good impression and have the idea of ​​staying together.

But this idea was immediately beaten down by Anna's father, Boss Defoe, who firmly opposed her and Zhou Ming being together! Claiming that he would never let his daughter marry an ordinary farmer!

As a bakery owner, his daughter would at least marry someone who was the head servant in the castle. Farmers like Zhou Ming would not be considered.

From the perspective of a father, Zhou Ming can easily understand Boss Defu's concept of marrying off his daughter. When he played the picture "Zhang Ergou", whenever his daughter wanted to get married, he would give it to her. Choose a husband whose family conditions are good. If the family conditions are not good, then it depends on the person. If the person is not good either, then no matter how much the daughter likes that man, he will beat them up and break them up.

Therefore, Zhou Ming must try his best to climb up. No matter how high he has to climb, he must at least reach the height that Boss Defoe values, so that he can marry Anna.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances. With so many things that happened some time ago, Zhou Ming had no intention of thinking about his life-long affairs. Until that day, Anna ran over to him with red eyes and told him that she was engaged and her fiancé was the housekeeper Bruno. One of his nephews, now working as a servant leader in the castle, asked him what he should do?

What else can Zhou Ming do? Is it possible to take her away and fly away?

Fortunately, Baron Connor was seriously injured and bedridden later. At this juncture, none of the servants in the castle dared to go back to arrange the wedding at this time. It was not until Zhou Ming led the group of thieves into the castle and controlled the situation in the castle that they saw It’s time for Anna’s so-called fiancé.

He is more than ten years older than Anna, with a shriveled and ugly appearance, a cunning and sleazy appearance, and he is also a die-hard best friend of the housekeeper Bruno.

Nothing to say, just a bag of poison, take it away.

The rest of the boss, Defoe, would be easier to deal with. Zhou Ming didn't need to come to the door to say anything, but the other party sent Anna over with a bow and a flattering smile, and asked him if he needed a personal maid.

…

July.

Good news came. More than two months after their marriage, Alice was pregnant and would soon add a new member to the Burns family.

Zhou Ming prepared a gift, congratulated her, and increased the frequency of working with Anna after returning home. In August, Anna's belly still didn't move.

"Could it be that the injury on my right lung affected part of my reproductive function?"

Zhou Ming felt a little uncomfortable. Every time he and Anna had activities, his lungs were always in severe pain, so he could only reduce the intensity, which affected the quality of the activities.

"No, I have to take good care of myself. Otherwise, when I get old, I won't have many descendants left and no one will inherit my property. It will be miserable!"

The "Sims" game is not very user-friendly in this regard. If all the wealth created by the game characters is not inherited stably and properly, the system will judge it as "unstable property". If the game characters have no descendants, , then I'm sorry, even if you are as rich as a country, your property points will only be worth a pitiful burial object.

In order to put an end to this, Zhou Ming began to eat some foods that nourished the blood, nourished the kidneys and strengthened the yang. After a period of supplementation, in September, Anna's belly finally started to move. Then she breathed a long sigh of relief. It was okay, okay, and her body was fine. As long as the function is still there, you don’t have to worry about no direct descendants inheriting your property.

In September, the autumn harvest of the year has also arrived. The golden wheat fields in Glenland are filled with bunches of plump golden fruits. The wheat ears bow their heads under the weight. The gentle breeze blows, heralding an unprecedented event. A great harvest year.

Inside the castle meeting hall.

"Lord Baron, Butler Lane, with the help of the horse-drawn harvester, all the wheat fields in Glenland have been harvested within a week. The grain harvest situation has also been calculated. The grain output in Rose Town has the largest increase, reaching 155%. , the growth rates of the other ten villages were 130%, 125%, 122%,..., 107%. Taken together, the total agricultural output of these 11 villages and towns increased by 127%, that is to say, This year’s total grain output in Glenland is double that of last year and 27% more!”

The tax officer held a report and reported excitedly.

"What about territorial taxation? How much has territorial taxation increased this year?" Downey, who couldn't sit still in the chair, asked excitedly and anxiously.

"It's an increase of 68%. This is easy to calculate. After deducting some additional expenses, 60% is definitely there." Zhou Ming, who was sitting next to him, was thirsty and said calmly.

"Yes, Steward Ryan, the territory's tax revenue this year has increased by 62% compared to last year! Because the increase was so much, the castle's granary can no longer hold this year's new grain." The tax officer promptly suggested that a new one should be built. granary.

Downey was still immersed in these amazing growth data and couldn't extricate himself. After a long time, he gave Zhou Ming a thumbs up and said: "Ryan, you are such a genius!"