"How is this possible? I can't do anything without the steward, so how can he supervise your construction of the city?" Before the steward could refuse, Grand Duke Stan began to object.

I can't do anything without my butler, and I can't possibly lend him to you.

The butler felt very comfortable when he heard this. Grand Duke Stan really required the butler to make decisions on everything.

"Then what should we do? Why don't we send a trustworthy person to the construction site to supervise it?" Su Mo continued to grab the housekeeper's lines and let him do all the talking.

"Looking at what you said, don't I believe you?" Justice Stan said sternly.

In fact, to be honest, Grand Duke Stan is really a good leader. He values ​​talents, pays attention to rewards and punishments, and is informal about trivial matters. It is a pity that Su Mo does not have the same views as this kind of person.

And once the three views conflicted, Su Mo couldn't help but want to trick people.

The housekeeper is a very good helper. After the grand duke finished singing, he began to sing beside him with a white face: "Having said that, for such a big project, we can't justify not sending a helper. We also need our people to mobilize manpower.

Go ahead and cooperate."

The NPC is not a charlatan, and this is not a romantic drama, throwing 200 million gold coins at you and letting you spend it as you like.

It is necessary to send someone to supervise. The only problem lies in the degree of supervision. For those who are generally trusted, the money may be in the hands of their own people, but for those who are more trustworthy, like Iron Horse Glacier, as long as there is someone by their side,

Just don't let him feel that he can do whatever he wants without any restraints.

Everyone has a crime bottom line. Anyone who exceeds this line will commit a crime.

The old butler gave perfect reasons, and Grand Duke Stan nodded: "Or I will send a horse..."

"How about sending Simmons there." The butler interrupted what Grand Duke Stan wanted to say. It was obvious that Grand Duke Stan's favorite candidate was Marathon, and Marathon was his confidant.

But the housekeeper opposed Marathon's participation in this project. The reason was very simple. Marathon is a very greedy person and very greedy for money.

If you ask him to supervise it, wouldn't it be equivalent to sending a cat to guard the little fish?

What's more, he went to Hujins and praised Su Mo as a Hua'er when he came back. The relationship between the two was too good and it was too easy for them to work together.

The Splinter Man Simmons is different. Although he is not the most trusted person of the Grand Duke, he has an advantage that no one else has. That is that there is a bad relationship between him and Su Mo.

I think back then, Simmons threw dirty water on the adventurer's head in order to shirk responsibility, and even Su Mo became a suspect. Later, he also let Su Mo know about it through a marathon.

Although Su Mo didn't have any resentment towards Simmons verbally, it was hard to say what he thought in his heart. The housekeeper didn't believe that Su Mo was really that great.

And Simmons just made a big mistake and will only work harder.

When two conflicting people cooperate with each other, the efficiency may not be optimal, but the role of supervision can be maximized.

Grand Duke Stan also quickly understood the profound meaning of the butler's words. Of course he would not object to this arrangement. In fact, Su Mo would not object either. He said frankly that he would happily cooperate with Lord Simmons.

"Hehe," Archduke Stan said with a smile, "Simmons also has another advantage. He can serve as eighteen people by himself. His sister-in-law must know better."

Su Mo didn't know how to answer this, so he said seriously: "In that case, when I leave later, I will pay a visit to Mr. Simmons on the way."

"It's okay to go and talk to him," Grand Duke Stan nodded, but then frowned and said: "Simmons is Simmons, no matter what you call me, sir. Although he has some strength, he is only a commoner after all. As a lord, you

You can respect him, but you must not put the cart before the horse. This is the most basic pride of a lord."

The Free Federation claims to be free, but it is actually very hierarchical. In the eyes of the nobles, civilians are civilians. They can treat virtuous corporals, but they will never elevate civilians to the point of being equal to them.

Grand Duke Stan's words were very serious. Su Mo was impressed and nodded repeatedly.

The two sides discussed for a while before Grand Duke Stan finally let Su Mo leave.

Before leaving, Grand Duke Stan asked jokingly: "I heard that you are carving my statue. How is the carving going?"

Su Mo replied awkwardly but politely: "Because I'm busy with the drawings, I haven't finished the carving yet."

Grand Duke Stan nodded with satisfaction and asked: "If this is finished, why not give it to me? Marathon has said it several times that your carving skills are amazing. I am curious to see how good it is."

As for face, do you want face? You want things so confidently.

Su Mo shook his head and said: "Your Majesty the Grand Duke, I plan to keep this sculpture for myself and put it in the most conspicuous position of Huggins for people to admire. I'm really sorry."

Grand Duke Stan and the old butler were both surprised that they were rejected. However, this rejection made Grand Duke Stan very happy. He laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a stingy person, not even willing to part with a sculpture."

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"Your Majesty Duke, after Stan City is built, I will prepare a bigger one for you and place it in Stan City. What do you think?"

"Okay," Grand Duke Stan was very happy and clapped his hands and said, "I will leave Stan City to you. Do it boldly and don't be afraid of spending money. If the money is not enough, you can ask me for it again."

What else could Su Mo say? This target was so coordinated that it made him feel a little soft-hearted.

Su Mo left Grand Duke Stan's place, planning to take out Grand Duke Stan's official documents to take out the gold coins, and then go to Simons. On the way, he began to calculate how much 200 million gold coins would be.

This count really made him a little dizzy.

If Stan City was built according to Grand Duke Stan's ideas, it would only cost five or six thousand gold coins at most. After all, Grand Duke Stan had no intention of paying those who worked.

In reality, when building a house, the cost of raw materials is often not as large as the labor cost.

If you don't give people wages, no one will help you build a house, and building a toilet is just about the same.

But in the game, because of the power of Grand Duke Stan and the fact that a large number of poor people in the Free Federation do not have enough to eat, Su Mo really does not have to pay a single copper in wages.

As long as he takes care of three meals a day, a lot of people are willing to work for him.

Of course, Su Mo can't do this kind of thing. He has his own plan in this regard, and the plan also costs money, but it won't cost too much.

In other words, Mr. Su will be able to earn at least half of the engineering fees in the end.
Chapter completed!