The sacred bone auction of "Music Mutual Association" lasted from 10 am to 5 pm. The competition was fierce and the scene was so hot that Todd had to gritted his teeth for two hours and had to find an assistant to continue to host instead of himself. auction.

　　 220 sacred bones were sold out. The lowest transaction price was 18 silver months, and the highest transaction price even reached 25 silver months. The total amount of auction funds raised was 4349 silver months.

　　 In terms of holding ratio, the residents who newly joined Muxi Town bought about 80% of the sacred bones, while local merchants only snapped up less than 20%.

　　 The deacon of the church reported to Todd based on the most recent demographics. The permanent population of Muxi Town (people who own real estate in the town) may exceed 1,000. Among the newly moved population, most of them are not poor peasants, artisans and craftsmen, but rather wealthy individuals. Squires and wealthy merchants.

Todd finds it unbelievable. At the beginning of the establishment of Muxi Town, the population experienced three major growths, but those were poor people who were attracted by land and low taxes. Why these squires and wealthy businessmen voluntarily came to dusk. How about settling in such a remote place as West Town?

　　 After the auction was over, under Alfonso's recommendation, Todd met Wilder in the Interpretation Hall, the knight with whom he had joined forces to fight the enemy in Watchtower.

　　 Todd was deeply impressed by the beard-faced middle-aged man, but he was deeply puzzled by the fact that he left the fortress where he was stationed and came to settle in Muxi Town.

　　 "Knight Wilder, after that battle, I always thought that by virtue of your merits, you would become the commander of the Watchtower."

　　 Hearing Todd's words, the bearded man shook his head in frustration: "They did promote me-let me manage the stables, an idle position without much power."

　　 Todd widened his eyes in surprise.

Wilder continued: "My former commander, Sir Adams, who died in action, was loyal to the Silver Ring royal family, and was incompatible with the nobles in the kingdom who used power for personal gain. This time the personnel transfer at the Watchtower just gave the moths the best. They have planted cronies in various key positions in the fort. But most of the old lines like us have been given insignificant positions."

　　 "So..." Wilder pointed at himself with his thumb: "I quit!"

　　 Todd glanced at Alfonso, who was frowning beside him, and asked, "These nobles wantonly exclude dissidents and install cronies. Wouldn't the king stop them?"

　　 "Stop it? The royal family itself is all overwhelmed. How can there be time to control them?"

"what?!"

Wilder touched his beard: "I heard that there was a civil unrest in Silver Ring City a few days ago. The cause was that the residents in the city couldn't bear the increasingly complicated taxes. People burned shops and smashed statues. There were thousands of people. He even ran to the gate of the palace and yelled at the queen."

　　 Queen Mary?

　　 In Todd's mind, a woman who resembled a flower of kaolin came to mind, and asked strangely: "What does opposing taxes have to do with the queen?"

Wilder also looked a little puzzled: "I heard that the queen loves jewelry and famous paintings, and is keen on dinners and dances. She also asked the king to build a costly antique garden for her. The reason why the kingdom wants to raise taxes is to satisfy her. Increasingly rude requests."

　　 "This is a totally fabricated rumor..." Todd shook his head.

　　 When Wilder heard this, he couldn't say anything, but he smiled and echoed a few words.

　　 Todd thought about it carefully, but was stunned.

　　 Although this is a rumor, the content is half-false and half-truth. Although it is false to ask for gardens and tax increases, it is true to love jewelry and famous paintings, and it is true to be keen on dinner parties and dances. This kind of mixed truth and extremely confusing rumors is absolutely impossible for the people to fabricate themselves, and it is very likely that someone deliberately spread it.

　　 But what is the purpose? Why are the rumors directed at the queen?

　　 shook his head, Todd laughed at himself, he had nothing to do with him anyway, so why bother to think so much.

　　 However, the reasons for the wealthy businessmen and squires in the towns of Yinhuan Kingdom to choose to settle in Muxi Town can be found. One is that the town’s taxes are extremely light, and the other is that the town’s people are stable and the public security is good.

　　 "My lord, all the coins have been loaded into the sacred library, here is the list..." Huggins knocked on the door and walked in. Seeing that there were guests in the room, he was stunned.

　　 Wilder knocked down the chair under him and pointed at Huggins with a trembling finger: "You...Aren't you dead?!"

　　 Todd rolled his eyes, left the seat, patted Huggins on the shoulder, motioned for him to entertain the guests, and left the room.

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　　 That night, Todd held a dinner. The target of the dinner was the Raglan couple who had not seen him for a long time, the middle-aged men and women who were members of the same heterogeneous family but had only met in an underground gathering.

　　 The venue for the banquet was arranged in the side hall of the church, and Karin, Edgar, and Jerry were also invited to attend.

　　 Todd sat on the main seat of the long table, with Mrs. Raglan and Karin on his left, and Mr. Raglan, Edgar and Jerry on his right.

　　 Karin, who was talking to Mrs. Raglan, inadvertently glanced at Todd, and the former quickly turned his head blushing. The latter was a little surprised. The girl who stayed with Rachel for a few months was somewhat different from the past, but he couldn't tell what it was.

　　 Seeing the crowd gathered together laughing and laughing, Todd's eyes looked into the void in the distance, recalling the underground gathering when he had just traveled to another world, and he seemed to have heard the old and warm voice again.

　　『I announce that as a alien, he is now officially a member of our family...』

　　 "Father? Your lord?"

　　 A female voice pulled Todd back from the memory.

　　 Looking at Mrs. Raglan with a formal face, Todd smiled and motioned that the other party didn't need to be nervous.

　　 "What should I call you? Father priest? Master head?"

　　 Listening to the other party's inquiry, Todd didn't even think about it. It must be Edgar's big mouth who told them about the Twilight Knights.

　　 "The title is not important, Mrs. Raglan."

　　 The Raglans were obviously relieved when they heard these words.

The chubby middle-aged woman sat on a chair, owed her body slightly, and whispered: "I'd better call you Lord Todd. I still remember the first time I saw you, I only had one thought in my heart, this This is the first time I have seen anyone who has come into contact with "Sutherland Relics" and can survive..."

　　 Todd laughed, and while thinking about the scene, he opened his lower lip with his right index finger: "Look, my teeth are still white, they haven't turned into gold."

　　 Everyone laughed when they thought of the scene at that time.

　　 Edgar stuffed a piece of dough into his mouth and said vaguely: "Mr. Raglan, Mrs. Raglan, tell me about your experience during this time."

Mrs. Raglan nodded and said: "At the beginning, my husband and I heard from others that there are many business opportunities in the South. Half of it was to make money and half to travel. We sold the bakery and drove the carriage to the south. Kingdom travel..."

　　 Karin asked the middle-aged woman next to her: "Southern Kingdom? Is it Guyan City?"

"No, even further south. The place we ended up in was a dry climate and an endless desert. There was a wide river in the desert, and there was a huge city on the plain formed by the river's alluvial accumulation. Hundreds of thousands of people The population lives in this city, and its marginal is not visible at a glance. In that place, the market sells everything you can think of, the port has boats higher than the ancient trees in the sky, and the houses are like big The flowers and plants on the ground are usually everywhere. Men wear long robes and white or colorful headscarves on their heads. The most talked about in the streets is business, learning, and philosophy."

　　 Mrs. Raglan suddenly remembered something, she clapped her hands and smiled: "By the way, I also brought you gifts from the far south."

　　 Karin was given a bright silk scarf, Edgar got a wide-brimmed felt hat, and little Jerry got a pile of candied fruits.

　　 As for Todd, Mrs. Raglan gave him a small tin box filled with powder.

　　 "Master Todd, my husband and I know that you like alchemy. This is a box of alchemy materials that we bought at a high price."

　　 While thanking Todd, he took the tin box~lightnovelpub.net~The surface of the tin box is in Arabic. After questioning, Todd said the sentence slowly.

　　『All praises belong to God. 』

　　 Use your fingers to squeeze the sealing wax off, open the sealed box lid, and Todd flips through the layers of linoleum paper inside. When he saw what was inside, his pupils shrank and his fingers trembled slightly.

　　 Dip a little powder with his finger and smell it. After a while, Todd sighed heavily.

　　 Black gunpowder.

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　　 The next morning.

　　 Aiden Kom, who walked out of the church, was a little excited and a little nervous. Excitedly, he didn't expect that for so long in the past, Shengzi would still think of himself; what was disturbing was that the other party wanted the equipment he made. Judging from the complexity of the drawings, I have never done it before, and there are many places where the parameters are not accurate, and even the words "maybe" and "maybe" are used...

Rachel sat on the side of the table and watched the person on the other side write and draw on the paper. After hesitating for a long time, he finally asked a sentence: "Todd, you look a little tired and a little...uneasy? "

　　 Todd raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he smiled bitterly: "Rachel, sometimes I keep thinking, if I know everything, it's fine..."

　　 The woman also laughed: "Even the Father in the Bible does not dare to say that she knows everything. In my opinion, the things you know are no longer judged by common sense."

　　 Todd picked up the paper and suddenly said to the nun: "Rachelle, I need your help."

　　 The woman saw the content on the paper. Aside from the numbers and calculations that looked like a heavenly book, she only vaguely understood the top line of Latin.

　　 It says "Letter type printing machine" on it.