ARCHDEUS

NEW COUNTY(4)

Days passed, and the moon changed. It doesn't feel like it's been six months for Alex to serve as a god in this new territory.

Even the night had not been expected to come. It's time for Alex to rest and give quality time to his family.

For the past few days, it seemed like Merry was sulking. He would puff his cheeks every time he saw Alex.

That was because lately his father was unable to give them enough time to play together.

Alven who was next to him could only laugh awkwardly. It seemed that his existence was still not enough to appease Merry.

In Alex's room, the two boys were still playing.

Although Alven is the type of child who already has adult thoughts but when with Merry, he inevitably had to lower his iq.

At first the two were playing blocks but lately Merry was interested in his new toy.

It is a doll of a kind with matryoshka[1]. This doll was given by Regis to Alex. He said that this doll came from countries from the region of North Laurentia.

To Merry this toy looks strange as well as funny. He could compose various dolls of the same size.

When Alex walked into the room and these two people saw him, Merry had a sudden change of heart. His mood fell and he stopped playing. Alex who saw Merry who went to sleep on the bed and covered himself with a blanket Alex could only smile.

He never imagined his spoiled son had lately started to rebel.

Maybe because she was pubescent, Alex thought.

Alex did not bother Merry who was immersing himself in bed without the slightest sound. He went to Alven's place where he was cleaning up a messy toy.

"Leave it, now you're asleep, too" Alex said.

"Well, Dad, ah!" alven.

Alven was shocked because he did not expect Alex without cue holding Alven like a baby. Although the boy had grown well, but when compared to Alex's body which reached 1.96 m, he did look too petite.

It was rare for Alven to get a warm moment like this. He usually spends his time studying. In addition, if she met Alex, the man would only slightly stroke her hair and then tell her to go back to studying.

This is why Alven became awkward. His face was red and he could only hide it by holding it against Alex's chest.

In the end the three slept on the same bed with Alex hugging the two children from the side.

Although Merry is still sulking but he does not reject Alex's approach.

Alex isn't very good at persuading an upset child. That was why he had only been silent when he saw this girl who was waging a one-sided cold war against him.

They wake up early and have breakfast together. Merry, who initially tries not to care about Alex, eventually has to melt because he is a spoiled child who needs attention.

So arguably, he had raised the white flag and again tried to be a spoiled child in front of Alex.

Alex could only chuckle silently when he saw that. It seems like Alex is gifted at making others give up without doing anything.

After they had breakfast, Alex returned to his usual job. He must return to take care of his territory.

In his study, Alex was again confronted with a sheet of documents ready to be read and signed.

Alex is shocked when he learns that Justin is already in his study first.

But he was even more shocked when he saw that person's face.

"Justin, what's wrong with your face!?"

Justin's eye bags look black as if they were panda eyes.

He also looks limp in front of Alex.

"You haven't slept all day?"

Justin simply nodded in response to Alex's reply. He no longer had the strength to answer.

"Huh .. shit, I asked you to work hard but that doesn't mean you have to torture yourself like this" Alex said.

After hearing Alex's words, Justin saluted and walked out of the study staggering.

Alex becomes worried if the guy falls in the middle of the road. So he went around to find a waiter who would accompany Justin.

After all that was done, Alex went back to his study to read the new documents.

Some documents contain the most recent report on Alexandreia. Covering population numbers, slaves, and infrastructure readiness.

In addition, there are also documents that contain permission to make a policy. For example Alexandreia Investment which gives a license to sell some assets in their portfolio. This happens because it looks like Alexandreia Investment is experiencing liquidity problems so they need current assets to make acquisitions immediately.

As Alex ordered earlier, after he got the list of offshore merchant companies that owned the ship, he immediately ordered Alexandreia Investment to find the company with the best potential and immediately made an acquisition.

Under the order, they got a company called Rich-Whales, an offshore company focused on sea transportation services for passengers and goods. The company is known to have three vessels with caravel[2] and one cog[3].

Looks like Alexandreia Investment is trying to stay away from companies that use paddle boats. Although sailing ships have a relatively more expensive price but generally this type of ship tends to have more capacity because their container quota is not filled by too many crews. As for paddle boats, as the name suggests, it requires a lot of labor. Although generally this type of ship tends to have a more fixed schedule because they do not rely on wind power alone, but it has been proven that rowing vessels are becoming increasingly inefficient, especially in high-sea shipping.

Perhaps the Midgard shipping world is currently experiencing a period of enlightenment. Sailing ships have slowly become more dominant and ended the superiority of rowing ships since the Empiric era.

As for other reports, Alex read a report on the preparation of Alexandreia Bank to operate immediately. At first Alex planned to build a new building as the headquarters of Alexandreia Bank but he remembered, in Hadalon many magnificent buildings that had been abandoned and sold at low prices. So this is a golden opportunity. Alex quickly bought so many properties that it was probably 80% lower than the market price. Perhaps this is the indirect benefit of an outbreak. So he used one of the recently purchased buildings as the office of Alexandreia Bank. It used to be a building belonging to a venture trade union. Looks like they got out of this area two years ago.

If the bank is already operating, then Alex must immediately meet potential customers. Luckily Alex had already recorded their names.

Lastly Alex also read the county security report. This report was made by Rain. Previously, Alex had instructed him to recruit new soldiers. Thanks to this outbreak, many Canadian soldiers and military officials were killed or fled. The ones that still survive will generally go from this area to the Marquess Hornwall area. Looks like they trust the marquess more than Alex as their new ruler. So inevitably to fill the needs of the military and security, Alex must open a massive registration.

Note:

Matryoshka[1] is a typical Russian doll that can be filled with the same doll shape but with a smaller size.

caravel[2] was a sailing ship built by the Portuguese in the 13th century. Has a length of 12 m to 18 m with a capacity to withstand loads of up to 60 tons. This type of ship was used by Christopher Columbus in an expedition in 1492.

cog[3] was a type of sailing vessel used by Northern European countries in the 10th/12th century.  Has a length of 15 to 25 meters with a width of 5 s/d 8 meters.  Historically, cogs were used to replace a type of viking ship that had previously existed.