THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

chapter 44's

Everyone here knew about Grandma Melanie being a court official in her day so they were not surprised by this revelation. Yet they all have a new perspective on the royal family and understand one of the reasons why Grandma Melanie lives here away from the politics of the Imperial Palace and spends her days resting, experimenting, experimenting, and relax in this northern border town. While guiding Eva in making potions but when she finds her interest as a fire witch, she, he began to find capable disciples who could inherit his inheritance in the making of potions and now he could see that to be exact in John or perhaps he would go higher than him and make a name more great from him in the future.

Meanwhile, during a dinner at the Palace of Baron Mendez, Joseph was the one who kept the mood of everyone in the dining room.

Baron Mendez was quite surprised by the food he tasted this time, he had heard many rumors about the food served by the servants John and Joseph, but he thought they were nothing special, but he thought they were nothing special, only now did he feel that food today was quite good compared to the one made by the chef in his home. He thought of shooting them if the food was not enough, but it seemed that the rumors among the aristocrats were true and had previously thought that Marquis Ray had only given them face because of their agreement. So after tasting the dishes, he decided not to laugh at them but to sincerely praise their dishes.

“It seems that the rumors are true about the dish and the chef in aristocratic circles,” said Baron after eating the dish.

Meanwhile it seems that Antonio also slightly reduced his cold gaze after eating some delicious food. It was because he was quite surprised after biting the food the first time. As a noble, though, he had eaten such a wide variety of delicacies in the kingdom of Aelius that he thought it would be like an ordinary dish he often ate but this time he was quite surprised and hence the surprised reaction.

Watching the atmosphere of Antonio and Baron Mendez soften a little, he decided to start the main topic this time after a little light talk.

“haha, no no no, we were just lucky to find this new dish and we decided to share it with others. Actually, John made these dishes and told their recipes to his servant who also transferred to my chef.” Joseph answered with a laugh.

The baron was somewhat skeptical and smiled, but he disagreed or disagreed with Joseph.

Antonio and James watched the show from the sidelines.

“Last time I heard, you guys pretty much injured Antonio in a duel for 2 months. If it wasn't for the doctor or using valuable herbs, Antonio would still be in his bed. How do you plan to explain to me about the previous incident? “

As expected, the Baron intended to use the previous incident to raise the price and suppress it.

“Well, I think it was just a duel and as you know, in most duels there will be injured and some will not. How about this, we will pay the road maintenance fee that will be charged to us as compensation for the previous incident. “John and Joseph were ready to raise prices and so they decided to use road maintenance as one of the chips. The problem was that they would, however, unilaterally defend the streets and so John proposed this idea to Joseph beforehand who in turn proposed to be a baron here.

The Baron thought this would be better for his dominance as this would reduce the cost. he also made sure that John paid for the maintenance of the Road later even if John did not own the land later on,

Joseph thought briefly and disagreed but then made a counter proposal, the new proposal included, “As long as John has a northern border city, the, he would maintain maintenance for free but if he lost the land then he would only pay for 10 years worth of road maintenance in the future and if he failed to do so then his soap factory could be used as guarantee against. ”

” Ok, these terms are also fine. ”

After some thought the Baron agreed to these terms because it remained a bonus for him as he got a buffer that would save his cost even if they managed to survive the Beast attack, Then, later on, Joseph handled negotiations to buy the Northern border and the honorary title of Baron.

Negotiations were very difficult and it seemed like Baron knew that John was willing to pay a big price for the city and so he bet to play hard during the negotiations. It was also because he knew that John wanted to complete the deal as quickly as possible so that he could increase the defense of the Northern border town for preparation later and save as many people as possible. The baron did not try to push his luck later, but he knew the magical beast invasion this year would be fiercer than the previous years. Only when the Baron reached his bottom line did he agree to sell the northern border town for 25,000 gold coins with the honorable title of nobleman.

Both Baron and Antonio were quite happy with today's result as they got a buffer zone and this reduced their defense costs for the year without blaming the northern border town. And if something happens later, it will be their responsibility. While they manage to hide the fact that this year will be tougher than any other years for the northern border town, the, they thanked him for their luck but they still did not know that John was ready and knew about the attack, that was why he made a big risky bet this time to gain power.

Meanwhile, Eric, on the other hand, reached the Eastern port in the north and arranged all the lodging and needed supplies for all the slaves and proceeded to transport the newly ordered soap from the Rose Factory.

He had already received orders from Joseph and Frank about their treatment of slaves, fleet mobilization and the importance of this trade route as many people would try to target them later.

That was also why he got a larger fleet and crew this time as they travelled north this time around.

After completing all the tasks, Eric would wait for Joseph and John for further instructions.

During their journey this time, he finds Jake to be the most attractive person in the entire group of slaves. When he sees Jake, his eyes reflect the deep sadness and pain of his past.

One of Sean's friends saw this and understood what he saw in Jake. She doesn't bother Eric and leaves him alone.he's one of those people who traveled with Eric a long time ago and she understands him the most.