Episode 8: Walking a Thousand Miles Chapter 21 – Gifts

Chill County City, that is the jurisdiction of more than a dozen ordinary cities and numerous countryside towns, and its territory has millions of residents. It could be said that a Chilshire City was enough to catch up with a principality.

And the status of a Chil County City’s city lord was also equivalent to that of a grand duke of a principality!

“At the age of fourteen, you’re about to become the city lord of a county city, it’s really enviable.”

In the middle of the tavern in Chil County City, many people were talking about it.

The sudden death of Mrs. Weed and their three siblings in a fire had also made the originally somewhat complicated power struggle in Chil County City clear all of a sudden.

Without a doubt.

Keane, who possessed the bloodline of the Jax family, would definitely inherit the position of the County City Lord.

“That countess went to raid the house in the middle of the night, but she didn’t expect that she herself would lose her little life. What an irony.”

A red-bearded old man grasped a large cup of ale and chuckled.

“I heard it was fire that killed her.”

Someone next to him said.

“How could it be death by fire, with so many city guards around, if it was really fire, how could the Countess and the others not escape?”

A thin man suddenly lowered his voice and said, “I’ll tell you a secret, that the Countess and their three siblings ah, they were killed by someone, and then a fire burned them.”

The surrounding people suddenly looked at him.

“This is true.”

The thin man said confidently.

“One by one, they are all talking nonsense.”

A big man sneered and said, “Old me, I’m the city guard. I was there that night. Do you know more, or do I know more?”

The thin man immediately laughed dryly, “This big brother, I just said it for fun.”

“The three siblings of the Countess’s mom weren’t killed by fire, but should have been killed by an explosion.”

The big man thought he was right, “Killed by fire? Wouldn’t they have called for help? But none of our brothers in that squadron heard a cry for help from start to finish. It must have been the sudden explosion that killed the three of them. So that the three of them didn’t have the slightest chance to call for help.”

The others nodded, and that thin man nodded as well.

Obviously this explanation, was very logical. “Forget about Mrs. Weed, right now, the two siblings are the ones who are in charge of our Chill County City.”

That big man took a sip of wine and said loudly. The most dazzling ones in Chil County City could be the originally not so favored siblings Jenny and Keane.

In the castle of the city lord.

“Why are there so many.”

Keane looked over the gift list in his hands, and then took a look at the gifts that filled almost the entire room in front of him, and couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

As soon as Mrs. Weed died. Numerous nobles immediately came to get close to Keane, sending gifts, sending beautiful women, and sending powerful guards …… These nobles knew. With Keane’s age. I’m afraid that in the next hundred years, their families will be subject to Keane as the future city lord. It was natural to make good relations with each other.

“Not much.”

Next to him, Lambert was shaking his head.

Jenny and Keane all looked at Lambert in surprise, while Linley sat on the side sipping his tea.

“Grandpa Lambert, that’s not much?”

Jenny exclaimed.

Lambert shook his head and said, “Miss, young master, these gifts together are estimated to be around hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Hundreds of thousands of gold coins …… Hum, miss, young master, do you know how much that grand madam’s property is? I estimate that it should be over ten million gold coins!”

“Over ten million gold coins?”

Jenny and Keane were stunned.

They lived in the countryside. When had they ever seen such huge wealth. Lambert, on the other hand, was the mother who had always followed them. Back then, he also lived in the castle of the city lord and was familiar with many things.

“It’s normal, managing these millions of people for so many years. With the Great Lady’s greed, it would be strange not to have ten million gold coins. It’s just a pity that we have not been able to find the Great Lady’s ground magic crystal card. Even if we find …… it, I’m afraid that magic crystal card also has the fingerprints of the grand madam. We can’t fetch the gold coins either.”

Lambert helplessly shook his head.

The rules of the Four Kingdoms Gold Bank were completely favorable to the Four Kingdoms Gold Bank itself.

After the fingerprints were recorded on a certain magic crystal card, then that magic crystal card could only be used by that one person. If an outsider seized it, it would be of no use at all.

Of course ……

The person who owned the Magic Crystal Card could go to the Four Kingdoms Gold Bank and transfer his property to someone else.

However, if the person with the Magic Crystal Card dies violently and does not carry out the transfer of property. Then this property will be swallowed up by the Four Country Gold Bank. In fact, there was no way for the Four Country Gold Bank to do this.

The amount of gold coins in the Magic Crystal Cards issued outside actually exceeded the Four Country Gold Bank’s own gold coin reserves by ten times.

However, there are many super rich people who have the so-called 100 million gold coins.

Who would go to the bank to withdraw 100 million gold coins? I’m afraid it would be difficult to transport them. This is also one of the reasons why the Four Countries Gold Bank dares to issue so many magic crystal cards. The four countries’ gold banks also didn’t dare to issue magic crystal cards indiscriminately, because this was the unified management of the four countries, and there was still the Martial God O’Brien and the longest-lived human powerhouse High Priest behind it. No one would dare to mess around.

“Ten million gold coins, just like that it’s gone.”

Keane said painfully. He was really heartbroken over this huge sum.

“Young master, being a city lord isn’t just about collecting wealth, but also about paying some city guard salaries, some remodeling the city and so on, all of which cost money.”

Lambert added.

Keane was stunned.

“Ah, being a city lord also costs money?”

Keane didn’t know that much.

“That’s why I said that these hundreds of thousands of gold coins are nothing, fortunately, the county has a fixed treasury, and there should be quite a lot of money in the treasury.”

Lambert said.

Keane covered his head, “Ah, being a city lord, it seems to be very painful and complicated.”

“Sister.”

Keane looked at Jenny expectantly, “You must help me.”

Jenny nodded her head very honestly, “Keane, I will definitely help you.”

This one nod. But it was the one that made Jenny’s future days begin to be painful. At this moment, Keane, Jenny, and Lambert did not know.

While they were worrying about money, Linley, who was sitting next to them drinking tea, had the accumulated wealth of a kingdom’s royal family for thousands of years. This wealth was so astonishing that I’m afraid their earthly clan, the Jax family, which had managed the Northwest Province for over a thousand years, would be hard pressed to match it.

After all, even if they raked in money, they couldn’t catch up with the kingdom’s royal family raking in money.

“Jenny, Keane.”

Linley suddenly spoke, “You guys continue here. I’m going to go cultivate first.”

Jenny and Keane all looked at Linley, and Keane said smilingly, “Big brother Lei, don’t overdo it with your cultivation tonight, and be sure to remember to come and eat dinner, today …… my sister will be cooking herself.”

Jenny immediately blushed.

Ever since that banquet, Keane had openly said that Linley was Jenny’s fiancé. The many nobles in Chiltern County City really did think so. Even quite a few servants thought so, which naturally made Jenny, a girl, shy.

“Right.”

Linley smiled and waved his hand.

Only to see four large wooden crates appear quite suddenly on the floor of this hall, which were precisely open, and within them were stored all sorts of artifacts, precious magic crystal cores, and some rare and precious items.

“This is?”

Jenny and Keane were bewildered “This is the property of the Holmer family. I’m not sure of the value in these four major wooden boxes, I guess it’s over a million. There’s also this.”

Linley took out eight magic crystal cards, “This is the Holmer family’s bearer magic crystal card, eight in total. Each one should be a fixed amount of one million gold coins.”

These words. Linley had heard it from the three siblings of Mrs. Weed at first. Only then did he realize the amount of this magic crystal card. “This.”

Jenny, Keane, and even Lambert looked at Linley in surprise.

“This adds up to an estimated nearly ten million gold coins. With these …… you won’t have to be too tight to manage this Chill County City. Alright, I’m going to go cultivate.”

Linley casually threw the eight magic crystal cards inside the wooden box, turned his head, and left.

Jenny, Keane, and Lambert looked at the four wooden crates and the eight intricately patterned magic crystal cards, and for a moment, they didn’t know what to say.

“Sister.”

Keane looked at Jenny.

Jenny said in a daze, “At first, I asked Big Brother Lei to protect us and said that I would give him ten thousand gold coins. This ……”

The siblings really didn’t know what to say. Spending ten thousand gold coins to hire someone. But the other party only took one gold coin deposit. But now he is actually giving himself nearly ten million gold coins of wealth at his fingertips. Ten million gold coins!

What a terrifying fortune.

When the Debus family of Finlay Kingdom was at its most honorable, its property was only nearly one hundred million gold coins. After the smuggling incident, the family fortune declined to only ten million gold coins. But even so. It was still a large family in the Finlay Kingdom.

“Miss, young master, this Mr. Lei is truly extraordinary.”

Lambert’s expression was serious.

Jenny and Keane nodded.

Nonsense, giving someone ten million gold coins with his hand, could it be ordinary?

“Just now, Mr. Lei, with a wave of his hand, four wooden boxes appeared out of thin air. If I anticipate well …… Mr. Lei possesses a legendary space ring!”

Lambert had a serious expression.

“Space ring?”

Jenny and Keane had never even heard of it.

Lambert nodded, “Yes, a space ring is priceless. It is a symbol of status and strength on the Yulan Continent. A space ring, although legend has it that some people have offered hundreds of millions of gold coins. But I haven’t heard of anyone selling a space ring yet.”

“Hundreds of millions of gold coins?”

Jenny and Keane were completely dumbfounded.

What would hundreds of millions of gold coins look like if they were piled up in front of them? This terrifying wealth, they couldn’t even dare to think about it.

“In the entire Northwest Province, only that legendary patriarch of the Jax family, who is in charge of the Northwest Province, possesses a spatial ring.”

Lambert had spent many years in Chill County City back then, and knew about some things about the Jax family.

“Are you talking about …… Grandpa McKenzie?”

Keane immediately said.

What the Jax family was most proud of was the first generation patriarch, Jax, with the legendary patriarch, McKensie Jax.

Jax was just an ordinary civilian back then, and then after he joined the army, he rose all the way up the ranks and had performed great feats for the O’Brien Empire, eventually establishing a new legion of the O’Brien Empire, the Jax Legion.

Named after Jax, and later there was even the Jax family.

The contemporary emperor even let Jax to manage the northwest province, its favor can be seen.

Of course,……, the first generation of patriarch is famous for leading soldiers, as for his personal strength, even to death, but only the eighth level warriors.

But McKensie Jax, is the pride of the family, in more than fifty years ago, McKensie finally in two hundred years old before stepping into the holy domain.

Saint domain powerhouse!

For a family to appear a Saint Domain powerhouse, as long as this Saint Domain powerhouse didn’t die, as long as this family didn’t rebel, then the glory of this family would not decline.

“Grandpa MacKenzie has a space ring?”

Keane was surprised. “Yes, it was still gifted by His Majesty the Emperor himself back then.”

Lambert lamented, “The Jax family has always been proud of it, you have to know that it’s the kings of some kingdoms in the Yulan continent, there aren’t many of them that have a space ring.”

Keane and Jenny completely felt the preciousness of the space ring.

“But I didn’t expect …… that Mr. Lei, actually also owns a space ring. No wonder, no wonder he doesn’t put ten million gold coins in his eyes.”

Keane and Jenny all had a feeling of holding their breath.

“To inherit the city lord, I thought I had a high status. One can also give Big Brother Lei a very, very high and big position to do. But it seems like, Big Brother Lei he ……”

Keane seemed to feel it now.

A county city lord was already heavenly high for ordinary people.

But for a strong person like Linley, it was nothing, and he could kill him at will if he wanted to.