At dawn, the old butler Hill personally pushed the cart and came to the study. When he pushed the door and went in, he saw the eldest young master of the family standing on the stairs in front of the bookshelf, holding a thick astrology book in his hand and reading it in a fascinating way.

It seems that the young master hasn't slept all night. Although his face is a little tired, he seems to be in good spirits. But his body seems to be too dirty... Did he roll in those account books all night last night?

Also, a dagger on the wall was taken off by him and placed on the desk... Alas, that was an antique that our ancestors used.

The old butler sighed and immediately summoned someone to wash the young master.

After breakfast, Du Wei stretched: "Have you settled down last night with those people from the imperial capital?"

"Of course, they live behind the castle. Your escorts, knights, have been organized into the escorts of the castle according to family management... I promised to be absurd, respectful young master, you seem to have recruited a knight on the road, and a female knight. I originally wanted to arrange the knight to rest in the castle, but she refused... because you brought a prisoner from the road. The prisoner did not know where the offense was, and I had arranged to be locked in the dungeon of the castle. Last night, the female knight and her entourage lived in the room on the dungeon."

"Very good." Du Wei sighed: "So, what do I need to do during the day... Continue to read these accounts? I think it will take at least three or four days if I finish reading these... that's too boring. Hill, I have to find something to do."

Three or four days? It would be great if you can finish watching it within ten days.

The old butler said in his stomach, but his face was still respectful: "Yes. You are the master here. Everyone in the entire castle is your servant. Here, your will will be the greatest manifestation. As for these accounts, you don't have to rush to finish reading them immediately. Anyway, these are accounts from the past year. I think that if you have time in the future, you can squeeze out such a little precious time to choose one or two places in the family's industry to inspect it. Perhaps it is more useful than looking at these boring account books."

Du Wei smiled, and he raised his eyebrows: "Good suggestions, Hill, good suggestions! So what am I doing today? Is there any show here...?"

"Uh..." The old butler looked puzzled: "This, you know, the prosperity of this place is incomparable to the Emperor. The nearest town is far from the castle, even if it is horseback, it takes a day. As for the castle, there is no activity to pass the time here on weekdays, but the surrounding scenery is pretty good. If you are interested, you can ride your horse and take your knights to hunt in the forest. Although there is probably no prey this season, going out for a walk is also a good choice."

Du Wei nodded, he picked up the black tea in front of him and took a sip, and then suddenly felt moved: "The guy I caught... will not have any problems, right? I mean, I have the power here..."

"You mean the law enforcement power? My God... Master, this is the Luolin Plain! The entire plain belongs to the Luolin family! Here, as long as you do not rebel against the empire, then in addition, the Luolin family's will is the law! And you are now the highest identity of the Luolin family in this castle."

"Okay." Du Wei stood up, and a maid next to him immediately leaned over with a long leather jacket, wanting to put it on for Du Wei. Du Wei glanced at the clothes that didn't know what animal fur it was and shook his head: "The weather is still so warm, don't wear these... Oh, by the way, Hill, I need one or two followers around me. I like to use people I am familiar with, um... let Made come over, I still like him to follow me. As for the others, please take me out of the way.

Have the twenty knights brought by the imperial capital been incorporated into the escort of the castle? So very good. I will take some time to see them today and check out the warriors of the escort of the castle. Uh... The last thing is that my enlightenment teacher when I was a child was a famous astrologer, a famous old scholar Mr. Rosiat. Under his teachings, I was very interested in astrology. During my time in the castle, I would use the room on the top of the white tower."

"White Tower...top..." The old housekeeper opened his mouth, and his face showed a dismay: "This... Master, I'm afraid you don't know that there has always been a ban in the family. Except for the patriarch, no one is allowed to climb the White Tower."

"Oh?" Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Is that true?"

He had no intention of being depressed at all, but was somewhat expectant in his heart... Well, since it was a forbidden area, I guess there was some relics of Semer left in it? Maybe what else could be discovered.

As for...not allowing it to go in? Ming's fault, won't I go up secretly?

"Okay. Then, I have a few items, and you need to send someone to buy them for me." After Du Wei said that, he took a quill from the table and quickly wrote down a few items on a piece of paper.

These are some things he thought of last night that he needed to study astrology.

To study astrology, you need at least one telescope? And it is best to be an astronomical telescope. However, this thing is not available in this world. It seems that you still need to make it yourself.

There are things like glass in this world. The mirrors here are very craftsmanship. If you study them a little, you will surely be able to create a crude telescope.

Actually...ah, in this world, telescopes are actually very small in use, because this kind of thing is mainly used for military combat purposes. But in this world, there is magic! The magician's blessing of "hawkeye" is far more effective than telescopes.

Alas, magic, magic! It seems that you still have to think of a way to learn magic.

Thinking of this, Du Wei immediately stood up: "It seems that I need to take some time to go out to the dungeon to see my captive today."

Du Wei came out of the study, and soon the old butler invited Made as Du Wei ordered.

The former groom looked a little depressed. After all, he was a "master in charge" all the way, and commanding twenty cavalry on the way was still very pleasant. But as soon as he arrived in the castle, the escort cavalry were immediately incorporated into the castle guards and stationed in a small military camp on the left side outside the castle. And he, the "master in charge", immediately became a commander-in-law.

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

The old housekeeper here seems to be a veteran of the Luolin family. How dare I divide his power? After sleeping in the room for a night, Made was still a little worried about his future... The little master did not let him serve him last night, so he wouldn't forget me, right?

So, when he heard Du Wei's call early in the morning, Made immediately ran over. His hurried look made Hill, the old butler who was paying attention to the instrument, a little dissatisfied, but Made didn't care. He ran to the castle hall and saw Du Wei standing there. Made hurried up, hoping to go up and hug Du Wei.

"Oh, my master, I am your faithful servant, Mad. Do you have any instructions?"

Du Wei saw that Made was at a loss. After all, in this place, only Made can be regarded as his confidant, and others... Well, that Ruolin can barely be considered half.

Du Wei did not rush to see the magician locked in the dungeon immediately, but gave an order first: Starting today, no one is allowed to enter the study without his order!

The old housekeeper did nothing about this strange order.

Then Du Wei took his men to the military camp outside the castle, where 300 private troops of the Luolin family were stationed here, one hundred of whom were cavalry and twenty teams, and five cavalry teams were organized into take turns patrolling around the castle every day. The twenty guard knights brought by Du Wei from the imperial capital happened to be organized into the sixth team. These people changed their equipment in the military camp and immediately welcomed Du Wei.

Du Wei had already had a conversation with Made along the way, and then asked Made to come forward and selected six people as his own personal followers. These six people were all observed by Made along the way, thinking that they were quite loyal and dedicated to doing things. The six cavalrymen immediately took off their armor and put on light clothes without saying a word, and rode a horse to say goodbye to the military camp.

Their colleagues all watched these people leave with envious expressions... Alas, after all, they are by their master's side. Maybe one day they will be favored by their master and they will have the chance to be promoted.

I have to say that after leaving the depressed Earl's Mansion in the imperial capital and coming to this castle in the Luolin family territory, life is quite enjoyable.

At least here, Du Wei is the highest-ranking person, and this kind of noble life is very comfortable. When he went out, a servant immediately brought a docile horse, with the saddle and bridle, which are the most exquisite and high-quality goods. I heard that in order to please Du Wei, this horse was chosen by Made himself. The former groom had a pretty good view of the horse.

One morning, Du Wei took six followers to walk around the woods outside the castle for two rounds, and finally he chose a place.

On the edge of the woods, a little further away from the castle, there is a stream here, a tributary of the Emerald River (Rollin River). The water flows smoothly, and after checking the surroundings, there are no traces of large beasts appearing. Du Wei immediately decided that he would build a wooden house here.

This will be his first magic lab—although he is not a magician now and is considered to have no talent for learning magic, Du Wei is not worried about this.

There will always be a way.

After recording the location, Du Wei took people around and looked around.

The behavior of this young master is indeed very strange.

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

Then the young master gave another list, asking the gardener and the gardener to prepare some strange flowers, plants and plants according to the contents on the list. The list quickly fell into the hands of the old butler Hill. He didn't say anything and immediately did it.

At night, Du Wei finally got free and had time to go to the dungeon to meet the captive.

I guess after two days and two nights of torture, the magician should have suffered a lot. Let's see if he is willing to surrender?

Du Wei confidently brought people back to the castle, but the first person to come to find him was the old butler Hill.

"Young Master, I have sent someone to complete the list you issued today, everything you need to purchase."

"So fast?" Du Wei was satisfied and a little happy.

"Of course, this is the territory of the Luolin family. Your order is our duty. After you handed it to me, I immediately sent someone to buy it in the surrounding towns. Now the things are on their way back. But there is a small problem..."

"What?"

"Your money is probably not enough." The butler answered quietly.

"..." Du Wei was a little surprised: "Money?"

"That's right." The old housekeeper's face was calm, but this calm expression and calm tone made Du Wei feel a little annoyed. Because the old housekeeper's eyes clearly had a gloating hidden in his eyes: "Young Master, because you are not an adult, the rule made by the patriarch is that in addition to your daily food and clothing, you can withdraw 300 gold coins from the family every month as your expenses. There are only 300 gold coins per month, which is the amount of money you can use. If it exceeds it, it must be deducted from the money for the next month."

"..." Du Wei was speechless.

Qian? Du Wei didn't expect that the eldest son of a dignified count would have problems with such a little money?

The old butler quickly took out a one-eyed lens from his arms and put it on his left eye. Then he took out the list that Du Wei opened today and said: "Four top-quality crystals, twenty glass mirrors, one furnace, and half a truck of stone coal. For the gardener, you bought a generation of golden scale flowers, a generation of arrow orchid seeds, and a large bottle of pollen from Jialuo Hei Rose... In addition, there is a set of the best flower tools. For the gardener, you bought two tiger skin broad-leaved woods, one hundred tri-leaf clovers, and..."

The old butler quickly finished reading the list and then slowly said, "It cost you about 420 gold coins to buy these things. In other words, you not only spent the amount of this month, but even the money for the next month has been withdrawn in advance... Moreover, I also heard that you plan to build a wooden house next to the stream outside the forest. I have made a calculation. If you calculate based on building a two-story wooden building that is not too complicated, it may cost 300 gold coins, as well as the decorations and furniture in the wooden houses you requested... it will cost about 200 gold coins. In this way, you may have used up all the money for the next four months."

Du Wei was speechless.

He realized that he might have miscalculated!

money!

The eldest son of the dignified count would have no money!

But those flowers and plants are all necessary. Those are some of the most basic raw materials that Du Wei must study magic pharmacy.

Du Wei looked at the old housekeeper and he lowered his face: "Is that right? You mean, my father's eldest son, the person in charge of guarding the family's territory and industry, can only use only three hundred gold coins per month? I heard it right?"

The old housekeeper's attitude was still very respectful: "Yes, this is the rule, it was said in his letter written by the clan leader. Although the family's industries have income of tens of thousands of gold coins every month, you should know... those are public funds. You are not yet an adult, have not yet obtained your own title, and do not have your own territory, so..."

"So, I only have three hundred gold coins a month, right?" Du Wei's tone was cold, and then he waved: "Okay, I know, in the next few months, I'm afraid I can't buy anything casually, right?"

"Sorry, this is an order from Lord Earl. You can only withdraw money for up to three months in advance."

The old butler saw that the little master was unhappy and immediately said goodbye.

After the old butler left, Du Wei looked at Mad beside him. Mad immediately said carefully: "Young master... I have the thousand gold coins you asked me to keep here. These are all given to you by the Countess before leaving the imperial capital."

Du Wei sighed: "Oh, I was wondering at the beginning why my mother secretly gave me such money... Now I know... Hehe, it seems that my father is also worried that I, an idiot, would mess around in the family territory, and worried that I would ruin my ancestral property, so he just gave me a guardian, but did not let me use the money here."

"This... we can save some expenses. In fact, 300 gold coins a month are already a lot..." Made said this and closed his mouth consciously because the little master was thinking.

"...Okay, since that's the case, we'll find a way to get some money." After a brief unhappiness, Du Wei immediately thought about it... Anyway, in the secret passage left by Semer for himself, there is not a lot of treasure behind the door that was a scheming trick? If it really doesn't work, just use the money there.

But...it seems that the days of exile are not as comfortable and free as imagined.

"Let's go to the dungeon to take a look." Du Wei waved his hand and said lightly: "I hope that magician will stop rejecting me today. I am in a bad mood now!"

(There are tickets that cost you ~)-
Chapter completed!