When Arude walked out of the dungeon, the prison guards stood up seriously and stood at the door of the prison without squinting. The personal servant hurriedly wrapped an cloak for Arude, because Arude's clothes were torn and dirty, those who didn't know thought that the Count had been attacked.

"Ah, it's so comfortable."

Arod immersed his whole body in a steaming bucket. After passing the silly horse and ladder, it was an unparalleled enjoyment to be able to take a hot bath. Thinking of this, he felt that a public bathhouse should be built in the territory so that civilians could enjoy this kind of fun. It was only when he heard that the terrible plague in later generations spread from public bathhouses, which made later Europa people terrified of bathing. Therefore, when people talked about the Middle Ages, they felt that nobility and civilians were smelly. In fact, as long as epidemic prevention measures were taken, such disasters could be avoided.

Thinking of this, Aruod was actually lying on the edge of the wooden barrel in the hot steam, and he was drowsy until his close servant came in to change the water. Aruod hurriedly wiped his body and returned to his bedroom to rest while yawning. He slept until noon the next day. Even the commander only laid a blanket on the ground to rest. He could not compare to his warm and comfortable bed. No wonder the rich nobles hated fighting in person. When Duke Mason and Duke Saxony had a war, many vassals would rather pay a war tax than perform their feudal duties.

"Sir, this is the planned list of entourage personnel. Please check it out." When Arod sat on his comfortable bed, with his close servants on his knees, the courtiers were already surrounded by him. The first day Arod returned to his palace was working by the bed.

"Well, Melinda can follow me as a maid. Ron is my attendant and is responsible for the guards of the knights of the inner palace. Martin is responsible for the daily work of the servants. This time we may have to stay in Mason for a long time, and we must be prepared in all aspects." Arod said to the monk who recorded the record, while stuffing some meat into his mouth during the intervals and chewing it in big mouths.

"It's the Earl. We will do it." Monk Elvitt quickly agreed.

"By the way, how are you preparing the gift for Ifu?" Aruod nodded, suddenly remembered this important question, and asked Monk Elvit.

"Uh. This." Monk Elvit looked around and looked strangely unstable. Seeing his appearance, Aruod understood, waved to the others, and ordered them to retreat.

"Tell me. What happened again?"

"Sir Earl, there are some problems with our finances." Monk Elvit said to Arod in embarrassment.

"When I left, I remember that when I left, the money in the cashier was still sufficient." Aruod said in surprise.

"Yes, we did have a lot of money at that time, but Count, you also know that the war expenses are very large, and you have raised such a huge army, and now the toll tax has been cancelled, so we are not able to make ends meet." Monk Elvit complained to Arod with a bitter face. Just the expenses provided to the entourage and court ministers in Arod's court made Monk Elvit too short. In order to fill the gap, Monk Elvit had to borrow usury from the merchants, but even so was the limit. It seemed that it could no longer be concealed, so he told the truth to Arod.

"Where is our specialty, the amber mine that has just been developed, has already transported some raw stones. As long as it is sold, can't we make money?" Aruod did not expect that the finances of his territory had already experienced a deficit crisis. He also thought he was very wealthy, which made him lift the quilt and jump off the bed.

"The raw stone merchants are not expensive, and even if they sell it, they don't have much money. Now some merchants are asking whether they can use fur trade privileges to pay off their debts." Monk Elvit told Arouddao.

"Fur trade privilege, hiss, how can I feel like I'm being plotted against?" Aruod frowned, and the face of Jeff, the cunning businessman, appeared in his mind. Could it be that this businessman was making trouble behind the scenes? But even so, he had no evidence. The prices in the market were set by the merchants themselves. It seemed that he was just spending on expanding military strength, but he forgot the most basic path, and the economy was the foundation of solid strength.

"Sir Earl, only the Monastery of Saint Fontso can solve our problem for the sake of this plan." Monk Elvit looked at Arod's frown, and felt that the time was ripe, so he said to Arod a few steps closer.

"They probably don't have much money to lend to us." Arod thought that the Elvit Monastery had him borrowed money from the monastery, and you should know that the monastery at this time would also serve as a lending place. After all, under the power of faith, the church is often richer than the secular nobles.

"Sir Billy, you misunderstood. Do you know? There is a treasure map in the Monastery of Saint Fontso, which marks the treasures hidden by the monastery of all generations. As long as you get the treasure map and have the treasures from the Monastery of Saint Fontso, will the financial problem be solved?" Monk Elvit suggested.

"Treasure Map? Ha, do you think putting hope on something illusory can solve our problem?" Aruod smiled contemptuously. Even if there is a treasure map, can you definitely find the treasure? If there is one, why hasn't anyone taken it out for so many years? He shook his head when he thought of it.

"Is that so, it's a pity." Monk Elvit lowered his head in disappointment. He was afraid that he didn't know that the treasure map had been taken away by Monk Robert, and that thing could no longer be found in the Monastery of Saint Fontso.

"I won a battle in Rostock, seized some armor, weapons and supplies, and asked them to sell them to pay off their debts first, and I will think of other ways." Arod walked to the window, where was the location of the castle barracks. Some soldiers were undergoing training. When Mecklenburg expands its military, it would also cause a large number of soldiers who were not in production, which put pressure on the territory's economy.

"Yes, then I'll step down first." Monk Elvit bent down and stepped back and carefully left the bedroom.

"I didn't expect that the richest person in this era was the church, but in that era people all needed spiritual sustenance. Oh, with that, why didn't I think of this move?" Suddenly, Aruod slapped his thigh and came up with a wonderful idea. Although this idea was suspected of fraud, in this era and territory, his words were the law. Who could punish him?

Thinking of this, Aruod couldn't help but order his personal servant to call Harvey over. This matter could only be left to the closest person. The personal servant trotted to the door of Harvey's room and plucked up the courage to knock on Harvey's door. The lady's anger was notoriously terrifying when she woke up.

"Ms. Harvey is here." When the personal servant appeared covering his white green right eye, Aruod knew that Harvey must have gotten angry, but now he couldn't care much.

"Are you looking for me?" Harvey asked with an unhappy look, rubbing Mengsong's sleepy eyes.

"Yes, I'll ask you to help me find some miracle items merchants." Aroud said to Harvey.

"What? When did you believe in those liars?" Harvey was amused when he heard Arude's words. Arude, who was rarely seen even when praying, actually wanted to find miracle merchants. It was just a scam by some cunning Jews for their livelihood. Only those stupid villagers would believe it.

"No, you don't understand. I need you to find something special for me, and then this way, this way~~~~." Aruod leaned into Harvey's ear and ordered her to give her this mysterious task.

"You are really cunning, then okay, I happen to know the activity locations of some miracle merchants. I will have someone to do it. It will take only a few days to get it done. Wait for my good news." Harvey wrapped his graceful body in a thin wool blanket, and she was wearing nothing inside, which shows how hasty the servant called her at that time.

A few days later, Arod suddenly had a whim to invite the well-known people in the territory to hunt in the forest of Mecklenburg. As usual, Arod rode his horse and led his hounds, and chatted with the members of the nobles and merchant guilds. Soon Arod had good luck and caught a few rabbits and an elk. So they asked the servants to set up tents by the lake next to the forest to set up a bonfire and peel the prey.

On the barbecue, the prey's plump meat dripped with oil and dripped on the bonfire, making a sizzling sound, which made everyone drool. When Arude saw it, he laughed. He ordered his servants to share the prey generously with a knife. Everyone was eating the delicious meat and praising Arude's generosity loudly. However, at this time they found that Arude was just smiling and looking at them, and did not touch the meat. This made everyone feel very strange. Are these meats not delicious?

"Great Earl, you share your prey with us so generously, but why don't you taste it? This makes us feel ashamed." A Germanic nobleman who had just moved to Mecklenburg County asked Arod curiously.
Chapter completed!