Chapter 113 (2/2)

Having finished with his purchasing list, he handed it over to Scroll, allowing her go to the Town Hall and hand it over to Barov After Scroll left Roland stretched out his hand to drink some water, but only to discover that his cup was empty

Just as he was about to get up and take the kettle off fro over the pot to the table More than that, she even smiled while she filled up the cup, and when she put the kettle back

Roland slowly sipped his tea, while trying to think of ould have happened to ale was somewhat offIn the last few days she had always had a s the initiative to serve hies? Previously, she would only sit on the sofa while holding a pot of dried fish and gnawing on so

Although, Roland had already asked her what had happened, she only laughed and refuse to answer, he sio

Could playing Gwent really make people so happy? Later when he “invents” Poker and Mahjong, he could just open a casino, and the money would co the thought to the back of his head Noasn’t the ti, he still had to consider what he would do after achieving his victory against Longsong Stronghold

Should he perhaps relocate his office to Longsong Stronghold? Roland had considered this point for a long ti to a , but it wouldn’t in fact be a very good choice Longsong Stronghold had er history than Border Town did, so there werefor pohile the other nobility also took a lot of power

The territory was supervised along the principle to divide and conquer, even as the Lord of Longsong Stronghold it was difficult to handle matters in the territories of his subordinates In the case that Roland would want to grasp all of this power for hi a revolution Even ons were uaranteed He did not want to walk in the streets while always having to fear that a radical aristocrat would attempt an assassination

Compared to this, Border Toas completely different Here only he had the final say, the surrounding land was vast, so he wasn’t in an urgent need to expand his territory Most of the people were either miners or hunters, or all fro the Month of the Dereatly risen Most iration of the First Aranda, most of the people have accepted the existence of witches When cohold or other cities where the Church had a lot of influence, Border Toas much easier to turn into the witches’ safe haven Therefore, Roland decided to use Border Town as his core area

As for the fortress, he decided to let others e it on his behalf and that he would only be there to provide support fro as they provided hi taxes, he would be satisfied What he wasthe most of at the moment was people and money

So Roland’s consideration for Longsong Stronghold was that they would provide him with the coins and the people for the continued construction of Border Town Like this, the gold royals from the defeated nobles would return back to the hands of the co Stronghold, froet the money back in forh a number of preferential policies to convince so term in Border Town

But all these were still only so Stronghold in his stead, or the specifics of the taxation system, would have to wait until the end of the battle to be considered

At this h theonly to stop beside the prince’s table – this figure was Lightning

“You’ve worked hard, have a drink first,” Roland took his cup and gave it to her She took the cup from hihness, they are co!”