Chapter 139

You can take a look.

You can take a look.

Even Fiona, who didn't know Brian's identity, was stunned by this fact.

Brian's unreliable appearance all day could be the former king? It's a miracle that the dwarf country hasn't collapsed yet!

Not to mention that he has sons!

This news can definitely make the headlines of Datang daily tomorrow!

"I was scared when I first knew..."

Donne spread his hands and said with a bitter smile: "to tell you the truth, when I first met Brian, I doubted his identity. I thought he might be a dwarf prince. As a result, when I arrived at forge hammer castle... He really gave me a big surprise..."

Fiona just got back to her senses and said, "it seems that we have invited a great man in Ellington..."

"No, no, no, not a big man."

Donne shook his head: "Brian is still Brian. They dwarfs don't care about this. Brian after leaving office is like the most ordinary dwarfs, which is very different from us humans."

"OK..."

Fiona tried to calm herself down from the shock of the news: "so, what's the good news you want to say?"

"Don't worry about recruiting dwarves. I'm sure I can recruit many dwarven craftsmen this time."

Donne said proudly, "the specific number is uncertain. However, dozens of dwarves on the road are sure to work in Ellington."

"Well, it's really good news!"

Fiona is very happy. The more dwarves Donne recruits, the faster Ellington will be built, the stronger it will be, and the stronger her sense of achievement will be. The glory of the golden rose family will shine here again!

"No, no, that's not the good news I want to say."

Donne shook his head, interrupted Fiona's beautiful fantasy and continued: "on the way, we passed a place in the dwarf country called the black swamp, and then I found that the black swamp was a huge natural asphalt lake!"

"Natural asphalt lake? What's that?"

"It's a complex material. You don't have to worry about what it is. You just need to know that this kind of thing can be used to pave roads and lay very flat high-quality roads. The efficiency will be greatly improved whether it's carriage transporting goods or soldiers!"

Donne said excitedly, "I have proposed to durandon that he wants to develop the asphalt lake. He originally wanted to give me the asphalt Lake -"

"Unacceptable!"

Fiona said decisively: "on the one hand, this kindness is too great, on the other hand, we don't have so many people to mine there!"

"That's right!"

Donne was very pleased to look at Fiona, worthy of being the heir of the golden rose family, and saw through the problem at a glance.

"I refused and put forward another plan, that is, to jointly develop the black swamp with the dwarf kingdom. I provide technology, they provide the property right of the black swamp, and the income is divided equally..."

"It's a good proposal," Fiona said. "Although it seems that we have lost a great benefit, after getting the benefits brought by the black swamp, the dwarf kingdom will certainly appreciate our proposal, which will make our relationship closer and stronger. In the long run, this is the best proposal."

Donne let go: "but they refused because they were too troublesome."

"Ah?"

Fiona was silly: "what should I do?"

"So, I think of another way. Since they are too troublesome, let's develop it..."

"But didn't you just say that? We don't have so many human resources... Wait! Are you --"

Fiona's eyes widened, not sure of her guess.

Donne said with a smile: "I suggest that although it is developed by us, it is not appropriate for humans to enter here, so we should hire dwarves to mine for us. We will directly pay them the salary, which is also the price of mining asphalt lake. Durandon and they are very satisfied with this proposal. If there is no accident, this should be the final way."

"Isn't it... They're so lazy?"

Fiona couldn't cry or laugh: "isn't this abandoning the basics?"

Don shrugged: "who knows?"

"Well, if the asphalt lake can be developed successfully and the paved roads are really good, we can even do business with the imperial family."

Fiona's eyes glittered: "if we can improve the efficiency of transporting soldiers, we can strengthen the power of the central government. It must be of great interest to the extremely weak Ilus royal family."

It has also been said before that in prandal, magical means will be used for communication unless it is very important news. The high cost of magical remote communication means and the backwardness of ordinary remote communication means have led to the unprecedented weakness of centralization. Almost all major territories are governed by their own governments, which makes the Ilus royal family very distressed.

If Donne could lay a convenient and flat road connecting all the major cities in irus, the royal family of the business empire would be happy to pay for it.

"Not only that, in fact, we can make money by laying roads."

Donne smiled and told Fiona about the toll highway hated by everyone on earth. Fiona was excited immediately after hearing it: "there's still this way!"

"Yes, it's called gathering the power of the people to build a flat road. Although the cost borne by individuals is very low, once more people use it, it's a treasure house that continuously produces gold coins."

Donne said with a smile: "what's more, our cost is very low. Only the dwarfs need to be paid at the asphalt lake, and they will help us mine it. The cost of raw materials is almost negligible. It's estimated that we can recover the cost in a short time."

"And it's a good thing for the country and the people. Lord, your idea is enough to go down in history and let all the people look forward to it."

Fiona grew up in a big family after all. Her vision and insight are far beyond ordinary people. She can see much more than Donne imagined.

Prandal people are not stupid. They are just limited by the world environment. As long as Donne puts forward a little new ideas, people here will draw inferences from one example and think of more.

It can improve the transportation efficiency, which means that the transportation cost per unit time between cities of various chambers of Commerce will be greatly reduced, which will greatly reduce the prices of cities with asphalt roads, but the profits will rise.

After seeing this advantage, the City owners and territorial lords of other cities will scramble to apply for asphalt roads. Even those big chambers of Commerce who have tasted the benefits may take the initiative to contact Ellington and propose to fund the construction of asphalt roads for their main commercial roads.

It means that Donne's idea can make money from the big chamber of Commerce, the imperial royal family, as well as the major city lords, Lords and countless civilians!

This is a genius idea!

However, all this is based on what Donne said, the asphalt road is really so excellent.

But has Donne ever let Fiona down?

No,

So Fiona is very confident and has even begun to conceive and plan in advance.

"There's another thing. Today, I talked to duranden about the trade request for copper ingots and copper ores. He said he would discuss it with the king's parliament. If it was passed, there would be no need to argue with those nobles about metal copper. After the wine festival, I would directly bring back a batch of metal copper, and then the tap water system could start."

"Another good news!"

Fiona smiled: "it seems that your trip is really worth it."

"That's necessary. If there's no harvest, I didn't come in vain."

Donne took it for granted: "but it's also because you're in Ellington, so I can rest assured to go out. Otherwise, I'm entangled in worldly affairs all day. How can I have time to do this."

Hearing what Donne said, Fiona immediately lowered her head shyly and felt herself.

Why did he say that?

Trust in me? Or an indirect confession?

Did he finally realize my importance? So to me

If he's going to say that next... What should I do?

Oh, what a worry... Is it better to get married in Ellington? Or is it better to be in arlinks?

How about having a baby in the future? Or two?

If you have a child with the Lord, the child must have a great chance to become an apocalypse

"Fiona? Fiona? What's the matter with you?"

Donne looked at Fiona suspiciously. Why did the girl suddenly blush and bow her head without talking.

Fiona with a red face secretly glanced at Donne, but found that his face was very calm... This bastard!

Fiona was immediately disappointed. She knew she was thinking too much again!

Wake up, Fiona! So many times, why don't you understand?

He is a stupid protein fool who doesn't understand the Customs at all!!!

Even if she has understood, Fiona still feels very disappointed. Can't he surprise herself occasionally? Even if it's a sudden sneak attack on yourself

Ah! chill! Be calm! Don't think!

"What's the matter with you?"

Donne looked at Fiona, who was suddenly silent. He felt a little strange. Seeing that her face was a little red, he involuntarily touched her forehead, and then was startled: "ah! It's so hot! You're sick? Did you blow too much air conditioning so you caught a cold?"

Fiona bit her lower lip and said, "you're sick!"

"Not sick? Then why -"

At this time, the bedroom door suddenly opened, and Tina in her slim pajamas came in with a smile: "Lord Fiona, I'll --"

The voice stopped suddenly, and the smile froze on Tina's face. Looking at the ambiguous posture between Donne and Fiona, Tina blushed at once.

"Yes, I'm sorry to disturb you!"

Tina bowed deeply and saluted. Donne's heart jumped. He saw something wonderful from her collar and hurried back to his eyes.

Tina got up and was about to run in a panic. As a result, her leg softened and she stumbled.

Nightgown flying, Donne subconsciously looked back, the result was a jump in his heart, as if he saw a full moon in front of him.

He saw a wonderful picture again, and his heart beat wildly.

"Tina! No! You misunderstood! Come back!"

Fiona was in a hurry and rushed to hold Tina before she ran out.