Urban Sims

"Master...Master, your oatmeal."

Behind him, came a somewhat timid voice, the sound was like a mosquito, but it carried a long-lost familiarity.

"Alice, put the porridge on the table."

Zhou Ming smiled slightly, stretched out against the back of the chair, tilted his head, and watched the man put the tray on the table in a hurry. His hands shook and he almost spilled the oatmeal in the porcelain bowl. It was easy to put the tray away, but she found that the eldest young master's eyes seemed to be staring at her. Alice, who was standing aside, didn't know where to put her hands. Her face was red and she was about to cry.

Looking at this woman with a maid's headscarf on her head and a white apron tied around her waist, the black dress is decorated with a circle of white ruffles, and the tie that binds the apron is tied into a bow behind her back - this This kind of maid costume was designed by Zhou Ming for the castle maids after the establishment of Glenling Linen Clothing Factory two years ago, using a linen fabric with fine fiber and dyeing. Beautiful, noble temperament, easy to work, very popular among maids.

Even, after being seen by many lords who came to visit the castle, they were quickly introduced to the castles in various territories.

Even her mother, Lady Madeleine, who was accustomed to wearing bulky long dresses held up by huge skirts, couldn't put it down. For a period of time, she wore that maid outfit every day to work in the kitchen, and there was no baroness at all. She should have the dignity she deserves. After being scolded by Baron Connor several times, Zhou Ming had to design a few more dress-style ladies' outfits. After she felt good wearing them, her mother, Lady Madeleine, said goodbye to her attachment to maid outfits. (But still wear it sometimes).

And Alice, who was only 12 years old in front of her, put on this small maid uniform, which not only showed off her exquisite figure, but also made her fair and delicate face look even more charming.

No wonder some time ago when he transferred Alice to be his maid, his wife Fanny said jealously that he brought a little vixen over...

But Zhou Ming can let God testify. He brought Alice to his side just to take care of this biological sister from his previous life. He had no other ideas at all. Besides, a 12-year-old girl is not as good as she should be. It's grown well, and there's nothing that should be developed... Hey, why is Alice's place so much plumper? Wasn't it still an airport when I first entered the castle? It's only been two months...

"Woo~"

Alice, who was already very nervous after being stared at by the young master, now had a mournful face, her body trembling slightly, and she really wanted to cry out loud.

"Oh, Alice, don't be nervous... I've been in the castle for so long, do you think you're still used to it here?"

Zhou Ming, who realized that he was impolite, quickly looked away, and chatted with his sister from the previous life in a gentle and kind voice.

"Well, okay...Okay, it's good here."

Alice felt less nervous after hearing the eldest young master's gentle and easy-going questions. She nodded awkwardly and boldly told the eldest young master about her recent situation in the castle. The living conditions in the castle were of course much better than at home. Every day You can eat soft white bread, drink delicious broth, and occasionally cakes and milk. There will be gifts on holidays, and you will be paid every month. You will live in a private room of a high-end maid, and there will be no one to serve the young master. Too tired.

But... the main problem is that there are too many rules in the castle. Karina's mother, who is responsible for training her, is too strict with her. If she doesn't follow one of the maid's rules, she will be severely punished... and she has to watch her support. After hesitating, Zhou Ming asked for a long time before he found out that his wife Fanny's personal maid, Annie, had been bullying her recently. She would be called over almost every day, and then she would be hit dozens of times on the palm of her hand with a board...

Zhou Ming grabbed Alice's dodgy hand, put it in front of his eyes, and suddenly became furious! Those women who are full and have nothing to do, and spend all day thinking about how to torture people in their rooms, really can't stop for a while! Can a 12-year-old girl be able to do this?

"I have to take care of this!"

The delusion in the minds of those women who want to hurt Alice must be completely extinguished!

The next day, Zhou Ming called together a dozen of the main stewards and housekeepers in the castle, including the two maids who had come with his wife Fanny. He took Alice and solemnly said to them: Alice is his. No matter what she did, even if she wanted to punish her, she had to ask for his opinion! Also, if anyone dares to punish Alice privately, if he finds out, he will definitely let that person know the consequences of doing so!

After finishing speaking, Zhou Ming gave Annie a hard look, and the woman shrank back in fright, and said together with the other stewards, "Yes, young master!"

After spending half a day to deal with this matter, it turned out that no other servant dared to bully Alice anymore. The price was that his wife Fanny seemed to have eaten gunpowder and had not talked to him seriously for several days... Zhou Ming shook his head, this is what women are like There is no solution at all, and it is too narrow-minded in some aspects.

However, in just a few days, Zhou Ming led a group of servants and leaders, took the key to the castle treasury from the housekeeper Bruno, opened the treasury, moved out all the gold and silver treasures inside, and placed them on the In the front square, I personally checked the specific amount of property and counted it carefully.

Three days later, Zhou Ming changed three groups of people and counted the more than 100 boxes of gold coins, more than 400 boxes of silver coins, and more than 50 boxes of treasures placed in the front square three times. Then, after converting all the silver coins and treasures into gold coins, he finally The figure of 1.0863 million was calculated.

Zhou Ming frowned: "That's not right. After deducting various expenses, Glenling's annual net profit in the past few years has been more than 300,000 gold coins. Last year, it conservatively exceeded 500,000 gold coins. Logically speaking, the profit in the treasury The property should not be less than 1.5 million..."

Then, a smile of realization flashed across Zhou Ming's lips. It turned out that the sheep I raised had become fat. Now, it's almost time to slaughter it...

That afternoon, Zhou Ming said hello to his father, Baron Connor, and after obtaining his consent, Zhou Ming took two knights and thirty collars, and asked dozens of servants to pull a dozen heavy-loaded carriages. Arriving at the house of Brunoder, the housekeeper in Rose Town, he led people directly into Brunoder's bedroom. In the name of finding something, he opened the bed board in Brunod's bedroom...

The amount is staggering!

Fifteen heavy-duty carriages pulled back and forth three times before pulling hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures hidden under the bed in Brunod's bedroom to the castle square. All the gold and silver treasures in the boxes were dumped out and counted. After counting, my dear, the total value of these hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures has reached an astonishing 880,000 gold coins, which is almost as much as the property in the castle vault.

"Steward Bruno, I originally planned that if the amount of private treasure in your home is less than 200,000, I would take half of it and leave the rest to you for your retirement; if the amount exceeds 300,000, I would consider confiscating all of it. , thank you again; if the amount exceeds 400,000, I will demote your whole family as mining slaves... But I didn’t expect that the amount of corruption you embezzled was as high as 880,000, which I can’t believe, Buno Butler De, do you think you should be hanged in public, or should I give you a bowl of poison and give you a decent way to die?"

Zhou Ming clasped his hands, looked expressionlessly at the butler Bu Nuod who was kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly.

The butler Bruno slapped him hard and hugged his thigh: "Master Edward, I deserve to die, I deserve to die! But for the sake of serving the territory for so many years, please spare my life. ? Please forgive me, I will never dare again!"

"How dare you say there will be a future?!"

Zhou Ming kicked the dead pig away and said to his father, Baron Connor, whose face was full of disappointment: "Dad, what do you think should be done with this big rat of the Burns family?"

"Hey, give him some travel expenses, let his family go, and don't go back to Glenland..." Baron Connor sighed, shook his head, as if he had grown much older, and left the square with a bleak figure... Nord was his loyal servant who had been with him since childhood. He was so loyal that after he made him the steward of the territory, even though he knew that Nord had dirty hands and feet, Baron Connor, who was nostalgic for his old friendship, still turned a blind eye. Forget it, but I didn't expect that his greed has swelled to such a state...

"dad……"

Zhou Ming wanted to call out Baron Connor. If he let Bunold go like this, he would definitely become a huge hidden danger because he knew many of Glenland's business secrets and workshop secrets... At this time, Bunold But he let out a burst of shouts like killing a pig, constantly shouting "Master, Master", interfering with his words.

Zhou Ming wanted to draw his sword and kill this guy, so he had to whisper a few words in Knight Willard's ear, and then asked him to take a few leaders, and drove the Bunold family out of Rose Town after simply packing their luggage. .

Soon after, more than a dozen shrill screams were heard in the dense forest south of Nathan's territory. A group of "thieves" of unknown origin killed all the stewards of Brunoder and his family who were about to rush to Fort Ross. After the news, Baron Connor sighed and said nothing...

At this time, Zhou Ming has also sent a large number of open or secret messengers to Voris, Qiulin, Arino, Iron Castle and other kingdoms, among thieves operating in the wild, and in places where various gossips spread. , released a shocking news:

The Voorhees Kingdom Free Trade Union is about to form a mercenary union. Any knight, adventurer, thief or any professional who is interested in joining the mercenary union can obtain mercenary medals of different levels as long as they pass the assessment of the mercenary union. The Free Merchant Alliance mercenary group (referred to as the 'merchant group'), which is about to be established in the Glenland of the Kingdom of Voris, will recruit a large number of mercenaries who have passed the mercenary union assessment, bronze-level mercenaries, with a monthly salary starting from 10 gold coins, with additional Mission commission; black iron-level mercenary, monthly salary starting at 20 gold coins, with higher commission commission for additional missions...