City Lord Chapter 71

Early in the morning, the castle was as lively as always. As for the deaths of Carter and the others, no one cared about them. The bodies were pulled and disposed of, and the five glasses were also brought back.

Lucas put the five glasses into an auction in the Shopping Mall, which he planned to open next spring. Big nobles and merchants would be there to throw all their money in there.

Lucas’s current problem was that the population of the city was too small. Just building houses in the city required two thirds of the population. They have finished nearly building 90% of the houses. Not to mention that it will be the time for the wheat harvest in a few days.

Besides, winter would come soon after the wheat harvest that would happen a few days later. Did people really want to be idle in the winter? No, no one does; they just have no choice.

Just like that, Lucas woke up in the morning with a ton of things to think about.

He didn’t know why he woke up early today, around seven o’clock. 'Maybe it’s because of Mina’s question last night', he thought.

The door of the room was pushed open, Nicole walked in gently, but just in time to meet Lucas’s black eyes, making her freeze for a second.

“Young master, you’re awake, I thought you were going to sleep until 9 o'clock.”

Nicole lightly breathed a sigh of relief, she had come in to take some clothes and bask them in the sun. After all, sunbathing would be a luxury in the winter.

The people in the castle used the watches Lucas brought over to keep the track of time.

Lucas brought a lot of mechanical watches over, but only some people had them. They all hid them carefully, afraid that other people would see it.

For them, watches were divine objects. In this world, most people look at the sky to tell the time, while the nobles use candles to tell the time.

“Are Mina and Annie awake?” Lucas asked.

“No. I don’t know what happened today, but both Mina and Annie haven’t woken up yet.” Nicole said.

Mina and Annie usually got up very early in the morning. Mina got up early to exercise, while Annie got up early to help with official duties.

Not to mention after Annie joined them. Lucas left all the tedious and important stuff to Annie, and she handled them very well.

“Really?” Lucas asked, raising his eyebrows. 'Did I give her a bad answer last night?'

He was a newbie who has never been in love, whether on Earth or here, but he still had some IQ. He thought that there was nothing wrong with the answer last night, besides, he truly thought about what he had said.

Not only did he not reject the idea of marrying a beastkin, he was actually a little excited about it.

When Lucas came to the dining room, he saw Mina and Annie there. Both of them had dark circles under their eyes.

“Good morning.” Lucas greeted.

“Good- good morning.” Mina said, blushing slightly.

“Good morning~~” Annie responded, yawning.

Annie glared at Mina. 'You mutated catgirl, what the hell was wrong with you last night? You kept trying to talk to me last night and won’t even let me go to sleep until five.'

Mina had been excited by Lucas’s answer and couldn’t sleep last night.

When Mina saw Lucas, she thought about the stuff that she had imagined. She had imagined herself wearing a wedding dress and sitting on a horse, waiting for Lucas to marry her.

The atmosphere during breakfast was a bit strange. Mina’s face was red, she almost put her spoon in her nose, and she giggled from time to time.

Annie’s eyes widened. 'Mina, what happened to you? You were just like how Andrew had been.'

“Young master, the kitchen is going to run out of salt." After eating breakfast, Nicole said suddenly. She was talking about the salt that Lucas had brought from Earth.

The salt in this world was gray, not white. The taste of salt is not only salty, but also bitter.

“Then get some from the inner vault room.” Lucas nodded. After he tasted the salt of this era, he stopped eating it.

He suddenly remembered that the salt in this world was very expensive. He didn’t know about other places, but in Sedona City, half a kilogram of salt cost several dozen copper coins. Commoners take months to just use half a kilogram of salt.

“Is there a salt store over at the Shopping Mall?” Lucas raised his head and asked Annie.

“No, those salt merchants are not willing to pay tax.” Annie said.

She remembered the servants’ reports that the salt merchants were quite arrogant, thinking that Sedona City couldn’t last without them.

The salt in Sedona City and other nearby cities were all imported from far away.

To enter Shopping Mall, you have to pay tax, and the tax is calculated according to the income. The higher the income, the more taxes will be paid. Selling salt was a very profitable business and was basically robbing people of their money. As such, they have to pay a lot in tax, and so they didn’t want to go to the Shopping Mall.

“Nicole, are there any salt mines nearby?” Lucas asked.

“Salt mine? Is there a mine for salt too?” Nicole asked, confused. She blinked her eyes and stared at Lucas.

“Young master, did you make a mistake? All the salt comes from the sea.” Annie said, grabbing a pastry from Mina’s plate.

“You don’t know about salt mines?” Lucas suddenly remembered that this world practically had no industry. Most of them were all struggling to fill their stomachs, so it was understandable for them to be unaware of salt mines.

“Immediately tell someone to ask around and find a nearby place where the rocks and clob are salty.” Lucas said. Currently, he could only search for salt mines using the most primitive method.

“Understood.” Nicole immediately sent someone to ask. She felt that something big was going to happen soon.