Chapter 247
In a hotel room in Pease Harbor, a middle-aged housekeeper came in with several rolls of maps.
"Master Beverly, I bought you a map of the Black Sun Empire."
"Open it quickly and take a look."
The fat Beverly couldn't wait to see if there was really no Bailu Island on the map.
The middle-aged housekeeper spread out several different versions of the Black Sun Empire map on the floor. Because of the different publication times, these maps had some slight differences.
Beverly lay on several maps and carefully examined the area near Pease Harbor on the east side of the map.
The eastern areas of several maps were exactly the same. There were main cities such as Pease Harbor, Dark Night City, and Cuisi City on the coast, and large and small islands overseas, but there was no Bailu Island.
"Damn it, there really is no Bailu Island."
Beverly cursed viciously.
Why was there no mark on the map of the Black Sun Empire for such a large island?
Beverly was a little puzzled.
Since Bailu Island is not on the territory of the Black Sun Empire, there is no way to punish that bastard with the laws of the Black Sun Empire.
Thinking that he was about to become a commander without troops, Beverly had a headache, and his forehead banged against the floor. Without people in the territory, there would be no tax revenue, and he would be so poor that he would have to eat dirt in the future.
"Hahaha~"
Just when Beverly had a headache, the guard in the room wearing silver armor and a sword on his waist laughed.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?"
Beverly looked at the guard coldly.
The master was about to become a commander without troops, and this guy was still laughing.
"I'm laughing at Master Beverly's fortune." The guard explained.
"A big flood, I'm going to be poor, and you tell me you want to get rich?"
"Lord Beverly, this Bailu Island is not on the map of the Black Sun Empire, which means it is not part of the Black Sun Empire. Although the Black Sun Empire law cannot be used to punish the lord named Cheng Yu, this also means that Bailu Island is an unowned land."
After the guard's reminder, Beverly's eyes lit up and he suddenly realized that unowned land belongs to whoever has the bigger fist.
If troops are sent to occupy Bailu Island, not only can the old people be recovered, but also a beautiful and vast island can be obtained.
The more Beverly thought about it, the more excited he became. He jumped up from the floor and danced on the map excitedly.
However, not long after he jumped, he thought of another problem, "No, that guy named Cheng Yu should have an army under him."
No matter whether it is a big lord or a small lord in the Black Sun Empire, there are more or less some troops to maintain law and order or suppress bandits.
"On the way back, I passed by Jinsha Town and asked the residents of the town. Cheng Yu had no soldiers under his command."
The guard said, "The resident also said that Cheng Yu was a lord with noble character. Once a great lord sent 3,000 navy officers to attack Bailu Island. Cheng Yu finally won people over with his virtue. With his noble personal character, the 3,000 navy officers were willing to help build Jinsha Town."
The residents of Jinsha Town were very grateful to Cheng Yu for making them rich. It was impossible for them to tell outsiders that Cheng Yu used force to force 3,000 navy officers to do hard labor and finally used 3,000 navy officers as hostages to extort money.
So, they distorted the facts a little and portrayed Cheng Yu as a lord with noble character.
"Win people over with virtue?"
Beverly was not stupid and felt that this reason was not very reliable.
"It's to win people over with virtue."
The guard said firmly, "Do you know why your old people don't want to go back to Shien City with you?"
"Why?"
"Cheng Yu's agricultural tax rate is only 1%, and he gave them free land, free seeds, free farm tools, and free rations."
"What?"
Beverly was shocked that Cheng Yu actually gave those lowly people so many benefits.
No lord has ever given welfare to his people like this, no wonder those old people don't want to go back to Shien City with him.
Now Beverly believes that Cheng Yu is really a person who wins people over with virtue.
"Hahaha, this is an era of force and power, and noble character is useless. His character can conquer three thousand navy, but it can't conquer this young master."
Beverly has already imagined the scene of him planting the flag of the Weyland family on the beach of Bailu Island.
"But, Master Beverly, there are only more than 800 troops left in your territory, and warships are needed to attack Bailu Island."
The housekeeper's words pulled Beverly back to reality from his dream.
"Let me think about it."
Beverly stood on the map of the Black Sun Empire, holding his chin, looking at the map on the floor and thinking for a moment, "The lord of the Cold Iron Territory is my cousin, not too far from Pease Port. I will write a letter to him to borrow some troops. Keen, you go and help me deliver the letter."
The middle-aged housekeeper bowed slightly, "Yes, Master Beverly."
...
Cheng Yu and Ivennie stood in the invisible barrier, feeding magic crystals to the golden tree.
The golden tree absorbed dozens of magic crystalsAfter that, the trunk became twice as thick and the height also increased a bit, from more than two meters to more than three meters.
Near the root of the golden tree, a large group of golden energy gathered, which was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.
"Master Cheng Yu, the golden tree is about to give birth to a tree spirit."
Ivennie hugged Cheng Yu's arm and shook it in surprise.
"It's blinding, I can't see anything."
Cheng Yu now feels like being thrown a flash bomb by the enemy when playing the chicken game.
"Wait, it will be ready soon."
In the golden light ball, the plant roots turned into meridians, bones, flesh, blood, and various organs...
When the golden light dissipated, Cheng Yu saw a girl less than 1.6 meters tall standing naked under the golden tree.
About twelve or thirteen years old, she was born very cute, with delicate facial features, two willow-leaf eyebrows, a pair of golden pupils as clear as autumn eyes, a nose that was neither high nor low, as if it was made of jade, a cherry-like mouth, and long elf ears like an elf.
The skin on her face is white and rosy, extremely smooth and tender, with sparse golden bangs on her forehead and a few leaves on her golden hair as decoration. She looks 80% similar to Ivennie.
I can only help you here, and you can imagine the rest by yourself
"Master~ Master."
The tree spirit looked at Ivennie timidly, with a childish voice.
She was raised by Ivennie, and she identified Ivennie as her master, and even looked like Ivennie.
"Fuck~ Why are you not wearing clothes?"
Cheng Yu almost had a nosebleed, and hurriedly took out a piece of clothes from the system warehouse and threw it to Ivennie, "Hurry up and put the clothes on her."
Ivennie walked over with the clothes, squatted down, and put them on the little tree spirit. These were clothes worn by adults, which were too big for the little tree spirit and dragged on the ground.
"Master~"
The tree spirit hugged Ivennie's neck affectionately with her white and tender arms, treating Ivennie as her relative.
"You are so cute."
Iweni stroked the tree spirit's soft golden hair and held her in her arms.
"This is Master Cheng Yu. He is my master and will be your master in the future." Iweni introduced Cheng Yu to the tree spirit.
"Master Cheng Yu."
The tree spirit looked at Cheng Yu with a pair of big golden eyes and memorized Cheng Yu's appearance in his mind.