And it's only natural that as a strong one, you should protect us, we are of the same race! He didn't want Morton to go down the same path, so he gave him a constant spell hoping he could survive in the human world, but he didn't expect Morton to end up on this road again.

  If it weren't for meeting Li You Ran, even if Mo Dun became powerful in the future, he would still be unable to escape the fate of being dragged down by these lazy bones and end up on the same path as his father.

  "Well, in that case, you can all take a rest first. Those who want to join the recruitment can sign up with that person over there, tell him what you want to do, and he'll arrange for you to do something based on your performance. This empty land will be your gathering place from now on. The tents are considered a welcoming gift, but when it comes time to build houses, you'll have to pay for them yourselves. So, everyone, take care of yourselves."

  Li You Ran walked over to Morton's side, who had been watching from afar as Li You Ran and the half-elf conversed, and only truly put his mind at ease when Li You Ran approached him.

  "Look! It's just that simple, and it's solved."

  "Thank you! I think I was wrong before, I've never seen them so energetic. Before, I took great care of them, but there were rarely smiles on their faces, they all looked gloomy. Even if I took good care of them, some would still leave. I didn't understand it before, but now I do. Living and dying without a goal is actually not much different. I think I know why they left."

  "It's best if you can take it lightly, how is that, my guardian?" Li You Ran joked.

  "You've said it yourself, what can I say? Don't forget we fought side by side, Lord, Captain Morton reporting for duty."

  "This is my greatest gain today, welcome, my guardian. Li You Ran was very happy, finally paid off and had a harvest, and the harvest was not small, not only a half-elf tribe, but also a super archer, this is a master who can snipe thousands of meters away, don't be too awesome!"

  "My lord, another group of soldiers has arrived outside, what should we do?" a man who ran from the refugee area said.

  "Have you seen how many people there are?" Li You Ran asked.

  "No, but there is a large flag with a bear on it." The newcomer described.

  Li You Ran nodded and said: "I know, you can go down first, don't worry this time it's not the enemy."

  Li You Ran took Mo Deng and Qi Ge, Ai Lington out to meet the Viscount's team. From a distance, they saw a group of people approaching Li You Ran's castle at a rapid pace, kicking up clouds of dust in the distance, it seemed that there were many people coming.

  After waiting for a while, the arriving troops finally came into view. A knight riding an aurochs was at the front, followed by several cavalrymen, and then a convoy of carriages. There were also several hundred longbowmen. It seemed that Viscount-sama had taken great care with the grain transportation, even dispatching knights and cavalrymen, who were all precious troops.

  "Welcome, welcome! Sir Knight has come from afar, let's enter the castle and have a drink together." Zig said as he walked up to greet him.

  "Who is this?" The knight stopped and looked at Zig and the person behind him.

  "I forgot the introduction. This is the Baron of our house, and I am the steward of the Baron. I heard the report and came to welcome you specially." Zig said with a smile, then introduced everyone to each other.

  "So you are the Baron, I met a group of refugees on the road and they said your castle was under attack. I rushed here as soon as I heard, but it seems completely unnecessary now that you're already resolved."

  It's said that after Zige became the housekeeper, the knight didn't pay attention to him either, just greeted him and then went to fawn over Li You Ran. Li You Ran naturally wouldn't give him a good face, only saying indifferently: "A small matter, a group of bandits is not worth worrying about, are you here to transport grain?"

  "Yes, Baron, Viscount hopes to transport it as soon as possible. I don't know if you are prepared for the otherworldly?" The knight asked cautiously, this person was not only a merchant but also a wizard, and it's better to be careful with what he says.

  "Ah! Let's load it up here, pull the vehicle over to the side, I'll take out the grain." Li You Ran's orders were immediately carried out, and then he opened up the temple's storage space. The grain appeared before their eyes in an instant, thirty tons of grain, piled up like a small mountain. The knights' eyes nearly popped out as they looked at it.

  Zig and Morton were no longer surprised, Morton had followed Li You Ran to the异位face before, so he wouldn't be surprised by a little spatial magic, while Zig had seen it several times already, his surprise was all used up. It was those soldiers and knights who looked excited, this kind of scene wasn't something you could see every day, they would have something to brag about when they went back.

  "Alright, you load the carriage first, and call me when you're done. I'll go with you on this trip, there are some things that need to be taken care of." Li You Ran said to the knight, who was overjoyed, as escorting such a large amount of grain was a huge responsibility, having a mage accompany him would make it much safer.

  A dozen or so horse-drawn carts were packed to the brim, and finally all the grain was loaded. The towering piles of grain also caught the attention of the refugees, giving them a new perspective on the strength of the territory. If the mage was a guarantee of safety, then these grains were a reassurance, instantly calming their restless breaths, as they waited peacefully in the territory to be summoned by the lord as serfs.

  On the way back to the town, nothing happened, which made the nervous knight breathe a sigh of relief. As night was about to fall, he finally saw the city gate.

  The grain was finally delivered into the viscount's hands. The viscount was so delighted that he wanted to invite Li You Ran for a drink, but was refused by him.

  "Your Excellency, Viscount," Li You Ran's expression turned serious as he asked, "Hasn't there been some sort of mistake with our agreement?"

  The viscount was stunned and thought for a long time before saying: "How is that possible? There's no discrepancy, the numbers and conditions all match."

  "I didn't say that! Viscount, in fact my domain was just attacked. If I hadn't happened to rush over from the family's domain, my castle would probably have become a pile of rubble by now."

  Li You Ran's words made the viscount change color and say: "What do you mean?"

  "What I mean is, there's a traitor beside you!" Li You Ran said straightforwardly.

  Li You Ran did not know what would happen afterwards, but according to the news brought back by Airington who stayed there, a battle broke out in the viscount's mansion, and a rebellion was inevitable. Although the viscount successfully found out the traitor, he failed to capture him, and a fire broke out in the viscount's mansion. Then several people took advantage of the chaos to escape.

  The viscount was furious and accelerated the deployment of aggression against his neighbors. Li You Ran knew all this and just smiled, it had nothing to do with him anymore. Of course, he would go to find which country's partner to settle accounts, but not now. Now the most important thing is to make money, there is not much funds left in reality.

  This time, the grain earned a lot again. Adding some daily necessities, especially soap and perfume, these two things were sold like crazy. The merchants saw the powerful effect of the soap and immediately started buying it up. They looked at their own muddy hands becoming clean and white under the action of the soap, and even emitted a faint fragrance. This made them think of the smell on their own bodies, although they couldn't smell themselves, but others could.

  Businessmen with a keen sense of smell, swarmed in instantly. In the end, Li opened up ten gold coins per piece at an astronomical price, and the result was still sold out. If domestic businessmen knew about the profit from these dozens of pieces of soap, they would probably kidnap Li immediately and ask him to open up a business route for them.

  The perfume, however, was a money-making magic trick for Li You Ran. He wouldn't be foolish enough to give up an opportunity to make a lot of money. Each merchant received a small bottle of the perfume and was asked to try it out. Only when they were enchanted by the fragrance did he mention that the perfume would be auctioned off, with the auction taking place in Li You Ran's territory. If the merchant wanted it, they could participate in the bidding at the time.

  This news made the businessmen scream "rip-off", lifted their appetite, and now telling them that there is no stock, watching the money they were about to get slip away, it's really too heartbreaking.

  Li You Ran floated away with a large amount of gold, earning a fortune, Li You Ran really loved this world to death. Most importantly, he belonged to the privileged interest group, the nobility, a group that didn't need to pay taxes.

  After returning to the territory, he began to instruct his subordinates to build a large auction house, and also to build a market, as well as houses and inns. All of these were needed for Li You Ran to turn this place into a commercial city, and of course, it required a specialty that would attract merchants, and Li You Ran's choice was perfume.

  Fortunately, there were several thousand refugees and over a hundred prisoners in the territory, all of whom were good laborers. Li You Ran only needed to offer them some food and promise to make them serfs later on.

  Some people wanted to go to work, but the refugees obviously couldn't accept a different tribe among them. Although they didn't dare say anything due to the lord's orders, the half-elf clearly felt such hostility, so soon there were no more half-elves going to work. Based on this, Li You Ran changed to recruiting half-elves into the army, anyway he also hoped that the half-elves would become his own archer troops to cultivate.

  This approach also made Morton's gratitude reach its peak, in his view, Li You Ran obviously saw that the half-elf's life was not going well, because of his relationship, he specially opened up a team that accommodated half-elves, and the training and command of archers were Morton, how could he not be grateful.