Chapter 17

At daybreak, the old housekeeper Hill personally wheeled the breakfast cart and came to the study. When he pushed the door in, he saw the young master of the family standing on the stairs in front of the bookshelf, with a thick astrology book in his hand.

It seems that the young master didn't sleep all night. Although his face is a little tired, he seems to be in good spirits. It's just that his body seems to be a little too dirty... Did he wallow in those books last night?

Also, he took off a short sword on the wall and put it on the desk... Alas, it was an antique used by our ancestors.

The old housekeeper sighed and immediately summoned someone to clean the young master.

After breakfast, Duwei stretched out: "and those people I came from DIDU, were settled last night?"

"Of course, they live just behind the castle. Your guard knights, according to the family management, are all incorporated into the castle's guard team... Excuse me, dear young master, it seems that you recruited a knight on the road, and also a female knight. I originally wanted to arrange the knight to rest in the castle, but she refused... Because you also brought a prisoner on the road. I don't know where the prisoner offended you. I've arranged to keep him in the dungeon of the castle. Last night, the female knight and her retinue lived in the dungeon room

"Good." Dewey sighed: "so, what do I need to do during the day... Keep looking at these accounts? I think it'll take at least three or four days to finish this... It's boring, hill. I have to find something to do. "

Three or four days? It would be nice if you could finish it in ten days.

The old housekeeper whispered in his stomach, but his face was still respectful: "yes. You are the master here. All the people in the whole castle are your servants. Here, your will will be reflected to the greatest extent. As for these accounts, you don't have to worry to finish them at once. Anyway, these are the accounts of the past year. I think that if you are free in the future, you can squeeze out a little precious time to select one or two places in the family industry for inspection. Maybe it's more useful than reading these boring books. "

Dewey smiles. He picks his eyebrows. "Good advice, hill. Good advice! So what do I do today? Is there any program here? "

"Er..." the old housekeeper was embarrassed: "well, you know, the prosperity of this place can't be compared with that of the emperor. The nearest town is far from the castle. Even riding back and forth, it takes a day. As for the castle, there are no activities to pass the time, but the surrounding scenery is pretty good. If you are interested, you can ride a horse and take your knights to hunt in the forest. Although I'm afraid there's no prey in this season, it's also a good choice to go out for a walk. "

Dewey nodded. He took a sip of the black tea in front of him. Then he suddenly said, "the guy I caught back... Won't there be any problem? I mean, I have the power here to... "

"You mean law enforcement? My God... Young master, this is Lorraine plain! The whole plain belongs to the Rowling family! Here, as long as you do not rebel against the Empire, then in addition, the will of the Rawlings is the law! And you are now the highest rank of the Rowling family in this castle. "

"All right." Duwei stood up. A maid next to him leaned over with a long fur coat and wanted to put it on. Duwei took a look at the fur coat and shook his head: "it's still so warm that I don't need to wear it... Oh, by the way, hill, I need one or two attendants. I like to use people I know, Well... Let mad come. I prefer him to follow me. As for the others, have you incorporated the twenty Knights I brought from the imperial capital into the castle's guard? Well, that's good. I'll take some time today to visit them and check on the warriors of the castle guard. Er... Last thing, my first teacher when I was a child was a famous astrologer, Mr. rossiat, a famous old scholar. Under his guidance, I was very interested in astrology. During my stay in the castle, I'll use the room on the top of the white tower. "

"White tower... Top floor..." the old housekeeper opened his mouth, and his face showed a look of embarrassment: "this... Young master, I'm afraid you don't know that there has been a ban in the family, except the clan leader, no one is allowed to climb the white tower."

"Oh?" Dewey's eyes lit up: "is that so?"

He didn't mean to be depressed at all, on the contrary, he had some expectation in his heart... Well, since it's a forbidden area, must there be something of Semel left in it? Maybe we can find something else.

As for... Not allowed in? Obviously, I can't. I won't sneak up yet?

"All right. Well, I have a few things that you need to send someone to buy for me. I'll come Du Wei said, took a quill pen from the table, and quickly wrote down a few things on a piece of paper.

These are some of the things he came up with last night to study astrology.

Do you need at least a telescope to study astrology? And it's better to have an astronomical telescope. However, there is no such thing in the world. It seems that I still need to make it myself.

Glass is a kind of thing in the world. The mirrors here have a high level of craftsmanship. If you study it a little, you will be able to make a crude telescope.

In fact... Alas, in this world, the use of telescopes is actually very small, because this kind of thing is mainly used for military operations. But in this world, there is magic! A magician's "Hawkeye" is far better than a telescope.

Oh, magic, magic! It seems that we have to find a way to learn magic.

Thinking of this, Dewey immediately stood up: "it seems that today I need some time to go out to the dungeon to see my prisoner."

Dewey came out of the study, and soon the old housekeeper, according to Dewey's orders, invited mad.

The former groom looked a little depressed. Because after all, he became the "master in charge" all the way, commanding 20 cavalry on the road, and that feeling was very cool. But as soon as they arrived at the castle, the cavalry guards were immediately incorporated into the castle guard and stationed in a small military camp on the left outside the castle. And he, the "master in charge", immediately became a bare commander.

He was named a manager, but he didn't even have a subordinate.

The old housekeeper here seems to be a senior member of the Rowling family. How dare you share his power? After sleeping in the room all night, madder was worried about his future... The little master didn't let him serve him last night. Won't he forget me?

So, early in the morning, when he heard Dewey's call, madder rushed over. His hurry made the old housekeeper Hill dissatisfied, but madder didn't care. Ran to the castle hall, saw Du Wei standing there, mad rushed up, hoping to go up and hold Du Wei.

"Oh, my master, I am your faithful servant, madder. What can I do for you? "

Dewey saw that madder was a little confused. After all, now in this place, only madder can be regarded as his confidant, others... Well, that Ruolin can barely be regarded as half.

Dewey didn't rush to see the magician in the dungeon, but first gave an order: from today on, no one can enter the study without his order!

For this strange order, the old housekeeper did not say anything.

Then Du Wei first took people to the military camp outside the castle, where 300 private troops of the Rowling family were stationed, including 100 cavalry and 20 cavalry teams. They formed five cavalry teams and patrolled around the castle in turn every day. Duwei from the emperor to bring 20 cavalry escort was just formed into the sixth team, these people in the camp to change equipment, immediately welcomed Duwei.

Duwei had a conversation with madder all the way. Then he asked madder to come forward and select six people as his followers. These six people were the kind that madder observed all the way and felt that they were loyal and dutiful. The six cavalry immediately said nothing, took off their armor, put on light clothes, and rode away from the camp.

Their colleagues watched these people leave with an envious expression... Alas, after all, they were by the master's side. Maybe one day they would be promoted if they were looked up to by the master.

It has to be said that after leaving the oppressive Earl's residence of the imperial capital and coming to the castle of the Rowling family, life is quite pleasant.

Here, at least, Dewey is the highest status person, and this kind of noble life is also very comfortable. When going out, a servant immediately brought a tame horse, the saddle and bridle are the most exquisite goods. It's said that in order to please Dewey, the horse was selected by mad himself. The former groom has a good eye for horses.

One morning, Dewey took six entourage to walk around the woods outside the castle for two times. Finally, he chose a place.

At the edge of the woods, a little farther from the castle, there is a small stream, a tributary of the feicui River (Luolin River). The water was smooth, and there were no signs of large animals around. Du Wei immediately made a decision that he would build a wooden house here.

This will be his first magic laboratory - although he is not a magician yet, and he has no talent to learn magic, Dewey is not worried about that.

There's always a way.

After recording the location, Dewey showed people around again.

The young master's behavior really seems strange.

In this morning, he not only inspected the surrounding woods, but also chatted with the servants in the castle. And the first person he met was the gardener and gardener in the castle!

Then the young master made a list for gardeners and gardeners to prepare some strange flowers and plants according to the list. The list soon fell into the hands of the old housekeeper hill, who said nothing and did it immediately.

By the end of the night, Dewey had time to meet the prisoner in the dungeon.

After two days and two nights of torture, the magician should have suffered enough. See if he's willing to give in?

Dewey is confident to take people back to the castle, but the first to find him is the old housekeeper hill.

"Young master, I've sent someone to complete the lists you issued today and all the things you need to purchase."

"So fast?" Dewey was pleased and pleased.

"Of course, this is the territory of the Rowling family. Your orders are our bounden duty. After you gave me the lists, I immediately sent someone to buy them in the surrounding towns. Now the things are on the way back. But there is a small problem... "

"What?"

"I'm afraid you don't have enough money." The housekeeper replied quietly.

"..." Dewey was surprised: "money?"

"It's like this." The old housekeeper's face was calm, but it was this calm expression and calm tone that made Du Wei angry. Because the old housekeeper's eyes clearly had some hidden schadenfreude: "young master, because you are not yet an adult, so the patriarch's regulations, in addition to your daily food and clothing expenses, you can draw 300 gold coins from your family every month as your expenses. There are only 300 gold coins a month. This is the amount of money you can use. And if it exceeds, it will have to be deducted from next month's money. "

"..." Dewey was a little speechless.

Money? Du Wei did not expect that his eldest son, a grand count, would have problems for such a little money?

The old housekeeper quickly took out a one eyed lens from his arms and put it on his left eye. Then he took out the list Du Wei had opened today and said, "four high-quality crystals, twenty glass mirrors, one furnace and half a car of stone and coal. From the gardener, you bought the seeds of a generation of golden scales, a generation of Cymbidium, and a big bottle of rose pollen... In addition, there is a set of the best floral tools. From the gardener, you bought two tiger skin broadleaf trees, one hundred clovers, and... "

After reading the list quickly, the old housekeeper said slowly, "it cost you about 420 gold coins to buy these things. In other words, you have not only spent the amount of this month, but also withdrawn the money of next month in advance... Moreover, I heard that you are going to build a wooden house by the stream outside the forest. I have made a calculation. If you build a two-story wooden building which is not too complicated, I am afraid it will cost 300 gold coins, And the furnishings and furniture you asked for in the wooden house will cost about 200 gold coins. I'm afraid you've used up all your money for the next four months. "

Dewey's a little speechless.

He realized that he might have miscalculated!

Money!

The eldest son of a great count, he has no money!

But those flowers and plants are necessary. Those are some of the most basic raw materials that Dewey needs to study magic pharmaceutics.

Dewey looked at the old housekeeper. He lowered his face and said, "is that right? Do you mean that I, the eldest son of my father, who is in charge of guarding the family territory, can only use 300 gold coins a month? Did I hear you right? "

The old housekeeper's attitude was still very respectful: "yes, it's a rule. It's written by the patriarch himself. Although the family industry has tens of thousands of gold coins every month, you should know that... Those are public funds. You are not an adult, you have not got your own title, you have not got your own territory, so... "

"So I only have three hundred gold coins a month, right?" Dewey's voice was cold, and then he waved: "well, I know, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy anything in the next few months, will I?"

"I'm sorry, it's an order from the count. You can only withdraw up to three months in advance. "

The old housekeeper saw the little master's displeasure, and he left immediately.

After the old housekeeper stepped down, Dewey looked at the man beside him. He immediately said cautiously, "young master, I still have the thousand gold coins you asked me to keep. These are all given to you by the countess before leaving the imperial capital."

Du Wei sighed: "well, I was surprised why my mother would secretly give me such a sum of money... Now I know... Hehe, it seems that my father was worried that I would mess around in the family territory and ruin my ancestral estate, so he just gave me the name of a guard, but didn't let me use the money here."

"Well... We can save some money. In fact, there are a lot of 300 gold coins in a month... "Ma De said that, and consciously closed his mouth, because the little master was thinking.

"... well, in that case, we'll find a way to get some money for ourselves." After a short period of unhappiness, Dewey immediately wanted to open it... Anyway, there are still many treasures in the secret road that Semel left for himself, behind the door as a cover up? If it really can't, just use the money.

Just... It seems that the days of distribution are not as comfortable and free as you think.

"Let's go to the dungeon." Du Wei waved his hand and said faintly: "I hope that magician won't refuse me today. Now I'm in a bad mood! "

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