Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 377: Fund-raising

"Hey, hey!"

The door opened, and Alan looked back, and Adele strode in. Behind her, there were a few maids, each holding a silver plate with various dishes on it. They looked at Adele and Allen with deep smiles. Adele pointed at the table beside her, and the maids put the dishes on the table.

"This is?"

Adele walked to Ellen's side and crouched down, "No matter how busy you are at work, don't forget to eat, my Lord City Lord!"

The girl emitted an indescribable sense of oppression, and Alan withdrew with a dry smile. Adele was so close that she could vaguely see the silhouette of a pair of peaks beneath her collar.

After the maids left, Alan let the girl press down on the chair. He shrug his shoulders, picked up his knife and fork, and began to destroy that food on the table seriously. Adele, on the other hand, was much more elegant, and the knife in her hand could always nimbly cut off square pieces of meat from the steak, and put them into her mouth with a fork. After chewing for a while, he put it into his stomach.

As we ate, Adele said, "I have read the recent financial report of the city. Our expenditure gap is too big and our income is just a drop in the bucket. If this goes on, we won't be able to hold on any longer."

"I know. I just swept through Dick's nest a few days ago and got some spoils of war. Selling them would be a lot of money." Alan had already begun to destroy the second barbecue steak.

"And then?" '"Are you going to make money by sweeping the den of thieves? Lord Allen, there's only one Dick in the Bloodrock Wilderness." Adele said unhappily.

"Then what do you think?" Alan asked humbly.

Adele pursed her lips and raised her chin slightly. "You're finally asking the right person."

"Do you know that your subordinates aren't all honest officials? I've been wandering around the city recently. Other than being smaller, the residences of those adults aren't any weaker than yours." Adele came from a noble family, and her taste was beyond Allen's reach. She smiled and said, "I am sure that the private property in the hands of these officials will not be small. This is a ready-made wealth."

"Do you want me to confiscate their property?" Alan asked in surprise.

"Of course not. That way, they won't be able to go back on their word." The girl raised a finger and waved it. We simply treat urban construction as a business, raising money from officials and civilians, raising money in the form of stocks. Of course, they probably don't know what stocks are, so we might as well change the way we do things, such as bonds. In the future, they can pay dividends in proportion to the amount of capital they contribute to the city's profits. " josei

"You can also consider opening it up to businessmen, such as those in Violet Harbor. They should have more money under them. They won't refuse to invest and make money with money. In this way, our financial situation will improve, and with a lot of money, it will help speed up the development of the city."

Alan's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea. Adele, your little head is good."

"Hmph, don't put on a high hat for me. If you are sincere, why don't you think of something to reward me for?"

"What would you like?" Alan asked casually and took a sip of a glass of red wine.

"I want to marry you."

Alan almost spat out a mouthful of wine. He coughed a few times and looked at Adele, "Are you kidding me?"

Adele stood up, and in the light of the light, for some reason, an atmosphere of desolation pervaded the girl's body. It was only then that Alan realized that Adele was wearing a skirt today, instead of her usual neutral attire. The skirt was modified to make it look fluffy with lace. A pair of thin legs stretched out from the bottom of the skirt, and the lights drew a beautiful line of legs on it.

Alan couldn't help but feel a little nervous. The atmosphere in the room seemed to have become somewhat ambiguous. Just as he was about to find an excuse to run away, he saw Adele walking over. The young girl let her hair fall, and the strands of her hair softened Adele's sharp silhouette. She walked all the way to Ellen, stretched out her legs, and climbed into the chair in a kneeling posture.

The bulging chest almost hit Allen's face.

Adele lowered her head and her hair slid down, covering her and Alan's faces. Allen could only see the girl's two beautiful red lips in the faint light that shone through her hair.

'"Don't tell me I look like I'm joking?" Adele said softly, opening her lips.

"Isn't it appropriate to talk about this now?" Alan hurriedly tried to push her away, but the two of them were too close. He reached out his hand and pressed down on a ball of soft meat.

Adele moaned softly, and instead of retreating, she almost smashed into Allen's chest.

Just as the situation was about to get out of hand, the door was suddenly pushed open and Lucy's excited voice sounded from outside, "Alan, look, I've untied this box … Eh, what are you doing?"

Adele raised her head, reached for her hair, and raised her chest in a demonstrative manner, so that Allen's hand, which was out of place, was so eye-catching. Lucy's little mouth opened in the shape of an "O", and Adele snorted, "Alan says I feel better than you do, double ponytails."

"What!" Lucy patted her chest and said, "How dare you compare to this lady with that cherry-like thing of yours?"

Adele laughed coldly, "That's better than your two green plums!"

"…" Allen interrupted, "Why don't we discuss something else?"

"Shut up!" The two women said in unison.

Adele jumped down, stretched herself and said to Lucy, "I'm full. If you haven't eaten yet, you can stay. There's plenty left."

She blinked her eyes and laughed as she left. How could Lucy not hear her pun, stamped the door shut and said angrily, "What did you do just now?"

"Nothing. Don't listen to Adele's nonsense. It was just an accident." Alan said as he supported his forehead.

"Hmph, if I hadn't arrived in time, she would have eaten you."

'"Am I as easy to eat as that?" Ellen said as he reached out to grab her.

Lucy looked at him seriously and nodded.

Ellen snorted and slapped her pink butt, "Tell me, what were you so excited about just now?"

Lucy raised the box in her hand. It was a fraudulent box she had obtained from the ancestral graveyard of the Baymonds. "I've already unlocked the mechanism of the box. There's a ciphertext and a map inside. There's no sign on the map. I think the answer should be in the ciphertext. But I need some time to unlock the ciphertext," she said proudly.

"Ciphertext? Map?" Alan shook his head and said, "I increasingly feel that this planet is not simple. Not long ago, I learned that there are also Nagas in this world. Roger and the others call the Nagas mutants. Judging from their words, there should still be a lot of mutants like this."

Lucy patted the box and said, "When I unlock the ciphertext, I might be able to unlock some of the secrets."

"Yes."

"Well" Lucy hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does she feel good?"

"Don't worry about it," Ellen said, bewildered.

The next day, Ellen saw Kira. Alan did not forget what he had promised Belmond before. When he saw Kira, he smiled and said, "Belmond has helped me a lot, and it is foreseeable that he will be more and more useful in the future." So in return, I'd like to ask him a question. Miss Kira, I wonder if you'd like to stay and follow me with Belmond? "

Kira looked at Belmond and smiled calmly, "Of course I will, my lord."

"That's great." Ellen winked at Belmond and said, "Then Miss Kira, you are an adventurer. I would like to leave it to you to deal with future interactions with the Adventurer Society. I have a task for you now. I hope that the Adventurer Society will recruit adventurers who can work for me for a long time."

"What do you want?"

"Firstly, the deadline must be at least one year. Secondly, I don't need them to be strong, but they must have some kind of talent. For example, they should be familiar with the geography of the empire, or they should be good at inquiring about information."

"I roughly know what you mean."

Alan nodded and looked at Belmond. Kira knew that the two of them still had something to talk about, so she took her leave first. After she left, Alan said directly, "I need you to go to the Black Iron Castle."

"Oh, I hope it's an interesting mission."

"Probably not that interesting." Alan shook his head and smiled, "We have a troublesome neighbor, and I only recently found out about that." Sir Sharon of Black Iron Castle, who had a daughter married to Maud. We have cleaned up the Mord family, so it is hard to guarantee that Sir Sharon will not harbor any grudges against us. If that's the case, then sooner or later this war will be fought. "Before that, I would like to know more about this Sir, his men, his experts, and other information."

"It sounds boring, but I'll take it. As for Kira, thank you for the arrangement, boss."

"It's nothing," Allen said. "As long as you don't think about my wallet in the future. Even though I don't have much money on me."

The two looked at each other and smiled. There was a knock on the door, and the guard outside said, "Sir, Mr. Roger's representative is here."

In the next few days, Reese and the representatives of the Lily Chamber of Commerce also came to Storm City one after another. In the end, the spoils Alan had obtained from Dick were exchanged for 250 thousand gold coins. The money will be spent on matters such as the steel mill and the recruitment of craftsmen in the territory will begin. The city is like a machine that has an engine running and the parts are starting to work.

(On the last day of the holiday, I took advantage of the sunshine to bring my family out for a stroll and left ~ ~)