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"Many lords in various regions have expressed their dissatisfaction with this before, and even many ordinary people in their territories have expressed the same sentiment."
“Indeed, the intelligence that Mr. Rokusuke gathered for me also shows that many minor lords on the Haixi Continent are very dissatisfied with the Kingdom of Altaïr.”
Xin Hai chimed in from the side, as she was always well-informed thanks to the help of Liu Zhu.
“That’s natural. That’s exactly how Amelie’s Dore territory was back then.”
"Therefore, Master, our next step in negotiating with the Kumani family should prioritize economics over politics. If we tie our economic interests to those of the Kumani family, they will naturally align themselves with us diplomatically."
Ningguang, true to her business acumen, found a very shrewd and effective entry point. Tatsuya Ushiko also felt that this was the only way to ensure that he could persuade Julianus to cooperate with him. If he rashly made political demands, it would only be a sign of weakness to the other party, and he would be waiting for the other party to make exorbitant demands.
"But on what projects should we collaborate?"
Kuyer
Chapter 477
Although the fort is close to the sea, its port is inconvenient for transshipment. We can reduce tariffs on more of the grain exported from the area to protect their interests. At the same time, we can import industrial goods, such as coal and oil, to stabilize prices within the Kuyel territory. It is said that due to the war in Altaïr, the price of cooking oil in the Kuyel territory has increased significantly, more than tripling.
"But do we have that much oil?"
"Haege Island has a large whaling fleet, which can meet the demand for the time being, but in the long run, relying on whaling is not enough. After all, a fishing moratorium is needed to keep the whale population stable. Once the population of whales, such large marine mammals, is excessively damaged, it is very difficult to recover."
"We can use the land in Dorei Territory and Heatherlink to grow soybeans for oil extraction. Moreover, we can use the imaginary energy extracted from planktonic eukaryotes to power machine oil extraction, which is much more efficient than manual oil extraction and has a higher oil yield. This will also reduce costs. The planktonic eukaryote factory and mine in Heatherlink are doing well. I think they will be in production soon. They can not only provide momentum for making weapons, but also be very useful for oil extraction factories."
Niu Zida had initially worried about the economic benefits of refining imaginary energy. After all, although Huanlong had given him the task of collecting imaginary energy to revive her, Niu Zida knew that Huanlong was definitely not acting out of good intentions and wouldn't just do things for him casually. But if he didn't give it to Huanlong, what use would all that imaginary energy be? After all, the world's industry was still underdeveloped. Giving it to oil pressing companies was an option, and according to Ningguang, using energy to power oil pressing machines was still feasible given the technological level of this world.
"Very well, then I'll leave this matter to you to handle."
"Yes, Master..."
"After it's all over, I'll reward you with three hundred uterine thrusts in bed, I guarantee you'll feel so good you'll roll your eyes and stick out your tongue..."
"Then this servant begs for your kindness in bed, Master."
Hearing Niu Zida's words, Ningguang smiled and kissed his head, then replied...
Chapter 346 The Manor Maids' Leisure Time
Chapter 346.
Ningguang and Xinhai strolled around the manor with Niu Zida in their arms for a while. They had to admit that the environment here was really nice. No wonder Julianus liked to build grasslands and live here. With the level of technology in this world, a manor in the wild was definitely much better than a messy and dirty castle.
As Ningguang strolled around with Niu Zida in her arms, the sound of horses' hooves approached from afar. A group of people on horseback were galloping towards them. As they drew nearer, a tall, beautiful woman in silver armor, riding a white horse, removed her helmet, revealing long, flowing golden hair. This beautiful woman was none other than the lovely knight Su Liya.
"Good morning, Mr. Baron."
Good morning, Miss Sulia.
Unexpectedly, Niu Zida met Su Liya so early in the morning. He was so excited that he lay in Ningguang's arms and tried to straighten his body to look serious, but this only made him look more ridiculous. Su Liya just smiled and the well-mannered knight did not make any sarcastic remarks about Niu Zida.
"You're out so early?"
"The air is very fresh in the manor, so I wanted to come out for a walk."
“Indeed, the scenery at my brother’s manor is beautiful. A lot of thought was put into its construction. It’s definitely worth a visit and a great place to relax.”
It seems that Su Liya also likes this manor very much. The pride and satisfaction on her delicate, fair face when she talks about it are not something that can be easily faked.
"By the way, Miss Su Liya, are you practicing horseback riding so early in the morning? You're really diligent."
“Well, although I do often enjoy riding horses or practicing lance training in the morning, not today. According to my attendant, some orcs have appeared in the mountains north of the manor, so I need to go and check it out. It would be bad if some demi-humans appeared and disturbed the guests in the manor. Also, there are many herders nearby, so we need to be careful that their villages or livestock are not destroyed or plundered.”
"Huh? Are there any demi-humans near Kuyerburg?"
"Of course, when my ancestors were granted this land, it was inhabited by demi-humans. It was they who drove out the demi-humans and established this territory..."
Su Liya suddenly stopped speaking, probably because she realized that Niu Zida was also a demi-human. Continuing to talk about the achievements of his ancestors might cause Niu Zida to misunderstand. In fact, she could rest assured that Niu Zida did not care about such racial certification as much as they did, after all, he himself was a transmigrator from another world.
"Oh, I see. It seems that building this foundation back then was no easy feat."
Seeing that Niu Zida didn't seem to care about what she had just said about expelling the demi-humans, Su Liya was relieved. It seemed that she hadn't offended her guest by saying the wrong thing.
"Then, Your Excellency, I have other matters to attend to."
"Miss Su Liya, please make yourself at home."
After nodding to Ningguang, Su Liya rode away. Just as Ningguang had said, Su Liya seemed completely unsurprised by Ningguang's relationship with Niu Zida. It seemed that the Kumani family had indeed learned a lot about her.
Watching Su Liya and her entourage disappear into the distance on horseback, Niu Zida had Ningguang carry him back. After wandering around for a while, he was getting a little hungry.
Niu Zida smiled when he saw Shi Yu while eating breakfast.
Chapter 478
Mimi went over to greet him, but after the previous incident, Shiyu was indifferent to Niu Zida. Fortunately, thanks to Misaki Shokuhou's control technique, Shiyu still had to admit that her black stockings belonged to Niu Zida. So when Niu Zida asked Shiyu to sit next to him so he could touch her stockings, Shiyu just snorted coldly and sat down without arguing.
"Shiyu, have you been resting well lately?"
"If I can't see you, Mr. Niu Zida, I've certainly had a good rest."
As expected, the beautiful girl was rude to Niu Zida from the very first sentence. After all, after the incident of playing with black stockings, Shi Yu's impression of Niu Zida immediately turned negative.
"Cough cough cough, in that case it's alright."
"I would be better if I didn't see Mr. Niu Zida in the morning, or if Mr. Niu Zida was sitting further away from me."
These sharp remarks are no less scathing than those of Shizuku Misato, and may even surpass them, since Shizuku Misato wouldn't mind if Ushijita sat next to her.
Ningguang, holding Niu Zida, could only sit next to Shiyu. Hearing Shiyu tease Niu Zida like that, she suppressed her laughter, took a spoon to scoop up the porridge, blew on it to cool it down before feeding it to Niu Zida, so that Niu Zida's hands could be freed to stroke her breasts.
Just as Ningguang was feeding Niu Zida porridge, Niu Zida's harem members gradually came out for breakfast. Joel, Asuna, and Misaki Shokuhou all came out. Misaki Shokuhou was still a little weak, but after recovering for the day, she was at least able to walk on her own. With Xin Hai and Shi Yu by her side, it was rare for everyone to be together for breakfast. The only one absent was the heavily pregnant Yang Yang, who was due to give birth tonight and was too weak to come down for breakfast. Rosalia never ate breakfast; she rarely got up before noon.
"There are so many people this morning, it's like when we had a proper meal back in our territory."
Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've reunited with my harem. I seem to have been busy in Heatherlink and Cloudport for the past year, and I haven't been back to the new city of Dorei Territory for a long time. If I have the chance, Niu Zida is thinking that after dealing with the Kumani family this time, I'll go to Dorei Territory for the New Year this year.
"Master, you got up so early this morning!"
When Joel saw that Niu Zida was actually able to come out for breakfast today, carried by Ningguang, it was a relief that his daily routine was finally starting to become more regular. She was delighted and came to inquire. She had always been worried about Niu Zida's health, and her attempts to persuade him had been to no avail. Now, with Ningguang by his side, he was even being persuaded to change some of his bad habits. Joel was very pleased; this was a source of confidence for the Empress. If other concubines saw Ningguang's influence, they would probably be jealous of their future chances of winning the Emperor's favor.
"Well, mainly because Yangyang was taken away by Xinhai this morning, and I really had nothing to do."
"Yangyang is going to give birth tonight. If I don't send her away, I'm afraid her owner will get impulsive again in the morning."
Hearing Niu Zida's conversation with the harem, Shi Yu frowned. The clever young woman immediately understood the unspoken meaning. It seemed that Yang Yang was pregnant last night and had been taken advantage of by Niu Zida, which had further damaged his image in her eyes.
Ningguang noticed the change in Shiyu's expression, so she signaled to Joel with her eyes to stop talking. She was afraid that if they continued talking, Niu Zida's reputation with Shiyu would be ruined forever.
Niu Zida, oblivious to his surroundings, leered at Shi Yu's black stockings, wanting to touch them. Ning Guang could only feed him a little something before carrying him away. On the way back to the bedroom, Niu Zida was still pinching Ning Guang's large breasts, complaining:
"Why won't you let me be intimate with my girlfriend?"
"You've already made Utaha dislike you last time, so Master should probably tone it down a bit. At least wait until Misaki Shokuhou has recovered and can easily use her abilities to control Utaha before saying anything more."
Recalling Shi Yu's previous outburst, Niu Zida could only helplessly admit that Ning Guang was right, but he was still not entirely reconciled. He grabbed Ning Guang's large breasts and said:
"Then all day long, my huge thing will be soaking in your little mouth, and you'd better suck it out properly."
"I understand, Master. My little mouth is your private property, and you can use it whenever you want."
Ningguang smiled and carried Niu Zida back to the bedroom. As soon as they entered, Niu Zida eagerly pounced on Ningguang, straddling her large breasts and thrusting his massive member between her high, firm breasts. He then inserted his head directly into Ningguang's tender, red mouth. Ningguang naturally used her tight, red lips to envelop Niu Zida's head, diligently sucking and swallowing. Finally, she let Niu Zida, completely satisfied, ejaculate his hot, cloudy white semen onto her large breasts, her sexy collarbone, her pretty chin, her snow-white cheeks tinged with cherry red, her high nose, and her beautiful eyes—everywhere was covered…
Because they had already agreed to go hunting with Julianus the next day, Ningguang suggested that for Niu Zida's safety, they shouldn't have any of the maids doing the work all day. After all, they were still in Julianus's manor and needed to deal with unexpected situations. If they did it, someone would get pregnant, leading to a shortage of maids to handle. Niu Zida could only reluctantly agree. He spent the whole day idly taking turns venting his desires on Ningguang, Xinhai, Joel, and Asuna's mouths. Finally, in the afternoon, when Rosalia woke up, he also pulled Rosalia over.
Chapter 479
I gave her a good sip in her little mouth.
Another day passed, and Niu Zida woke up to the news that Yangyang had given birth smoothly. She had given birth to five goblins this time, and her attendants had taken good care of them. Yangyang was recovering in her sleep, and everything was fine.
Because today was an invitation to go hunting, all the maids except Asuna and Utaha, who stayed behind as usual to take care of Yangyang, were woken up early in the morning to go with Niu Zida. After a simple breakfast, they were to set off, but they waited and waited and waited and no one from Julianus came to find them. What did this mean? Could it be that Julianus had forgotten their promise? Impossible, would a nobleman not keep his word in such a matter?
Just as Niu Zida was still wondering, a knight in armor suddenly appeared, dismounted, and quickly said to Niu Zida in an apologetic tone:
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, today's hunt has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances."
Chapter 347 Maid Crisis
Chapter 347.
Upon hearing from the knight who came to deliver the message that the hunt was canceled, Niu Zida asked with a mixture of surprise and curiosity:
"Oh, why is that?"
"Um...this..."
"Sir Knight, if you have anything difficult to say, you don't have to..."
"The head of the family did not ask us to hide it. In fact, he said we could explain it to the guests properly. It is actually Miss Su Liya who has gone missing."
"Huh? Missing?"
"Yes, he went out to the northern region to deal with the demi-humans the day before yesterday morning and disappeared. He hasn't returned for two days."
The day before yesterday morning, wasn't that when Ningguang was carrying herself and strolling around the grassland in the wild when she saw Sulia? In other words, Sulia never came back after that.
"Yes……"
Seeing the ashamed look on the knight's face as he came to the information gate, he probably felt that telling the guest about his young lady's disappearance was a rather embarrassing thing.
"Take me to Lord Julianus, I also want to go and find Miss Suria."
Hearing Niu Zida's words, the messenger knight did not refuse, but led Niu Zida to the main building of the manor, where Julianus was already preparing to set off with his men to find his sister. Seeing Niu Zida arrive, he said apologetically:
"I'm so sorry, it seems the hunt today will have to be postponed for now."
"I'm also here to help search for Miss Su Liya. But things might not be that simple, right?"
Niu Zida asked the question directly. After all, for someone like Julianus who considered himself a knight, it was better to ask directly than to beat around the bush. Perhaps the other party would feel that he was being honest and not hiding anything.
“Indeed, this is a tricky situation. With Su Liya’s martial arts skills, I originally thought that she would have no trouble dealing with the sporadic incidents of demi-human harassment. She used to do this kind of work. But the beastmen we encountered this time are not ordinary. It seems that Su Liya has been controlled by them.”
"Is it under control?"
"Yes, she was directly controlled. The other party seems to have some kind of strange magic. As soon as she spoke, Su Liya was controlled by the other party... she was directly obeyed by the other party..."
Isn't this practically the same ability as Misaki Shokuhou? Niu Zida found it strange; could it be that other transmigrators had also appeared?
"Do you know who is controlling Miss Su Liya?"
"All I know is that she's a beautiful girl who calls herself an elf..."
Wait a minute, she claims to be an elf, and a beautiful girl at that, who can talk and control others. Niu Zida suddenly thought of something and asked, "Is she wearing white stockings and a lace princess dress, and has long silver-purple hair?"
"Your Excellency, how did you know?"
Damn, how did I know? I've watched Date A Live! This is obviously Miku Izayoi in her spirit dress. Honestly, I'm so glad I knew about her beforehand, or I would have been in big trouble.
"Ahem, this one has some history with me. You probably can't handle her, so I'll take care of her."
"Sigh, but if that's the case..."
"After all, I am here as a guest and am grateful for your hospitality. Since the Marquis is in trouble, I will do my best to help as a way of expressing my gratitude."
"In that case, thank you very much."
Julianus did not refuse but readily accepted Niu Zida's help. He felt that the other party's attitude was a bit strange, but now was not the time to think about it. He had to save the person. So Niu Zida asked Julianus for a few attendants to guide him and set off with his maid. He also asked for 20 longbowmen as support.
The northern region is nestled against the mountains and is not far from the manor. Niu Zida, led by his attendants, walked for about two hours before entering the mountains. There is a large woodland there, and the view of the lake from the woodland is quite nice.
On the way, Niu Zida and his maids briefly discussed how to deal with Miku Izayoi. Since the others weren't very familiar with Miku's skills, Niu Zida provided a detailed explanation. Xin Hai, the mastermind, quickly devised a strategy. Upon reaching the mountains, Niu Zida confidently inquired about Miku's location from his attendants. The attendants roughly pointed out Miku's location and reported:
"Previously, the other party used some method to control a group of orcs, luring you to suppress them. Then, while you were dealing with the orcs, they suddenly used some kind of magic to control you. Fortunately, you've always been cautious and left a contact person behind. They saw you being controlled..."
Chapter 480
Mu sensed something was wrong and returned to report, otherwise even the head of the family wouldn't know about the young lady's situation.
Su Liya, who knew nothing about Miku's abilities, had already done a remarkable job. If she hadn't had foresight, she probably wouldn't even know where Miku had disappeared to this day.
Niu Zida led his maid ahead, then ordered the longbowmen to remain hidden in the woods behind them, using the forest as cover. Sure enough, a group of orcs rushed down the hillside shortly afterward. They probably saw that Niu Zida's group consisted mostly of women and assumed that it was just a nobleman and his family enjoying themselves.
Upon seeing the enemy, Niu Zida ordered Yole and Asuna to attack. They quickly dealt with the charging orcs. After eliminating the enemy, Niu Zida ordered his maid to slowly advance up the hillside, which was still a forest. Niu Zida was carried by Yole, while Xin Hai and Misaki Shokuhou followed behind him. Ning Guang was in front of Niu Zida, and Rosalia was at the very front on guard.
Upon entering the woods, the longbowmen, following Niu Zida's orders, slowly advanced. After all, the goal was to search for the orcs. Although Niu Zida knew that any of his maids could easily take on dozens of orcs, he still adopted a slow and cautious approach to avoid underestimating the enemy and making a rash move. The longbowmen brought up the rear, and they easily quelled several orc ambushes they encountered along the way. The guides also provided information on the key points of the terrain in the vicinity. As a result, Niu Zida's side suffered no casualties, while fifty or sixty orcs were killed.
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