Warm Dragon

"Warmly welcome your triumphant return!"

On the small bridge over the Youguang River in front of the manor, Charles, with several officials, welcomed Russell and his party who had returned from the battlefield.

Not driving the serfs to join in the fun was a rule set by Russell before he set out.

I didn't want this ceremony to disrupt the normal work and life of the serfs. After all, there would be many tasks to clean up the trade routes in the warm season in the next six months. If a grand welcoming ceremony was held every time, it would be a waste of manpower and material resources.

"Greetings to you, sir." Charles took off his hat, which was different from the chest-beating salute of the knight. This was a gentleman's etiquette.

"Is everything well in the manor?"

"Everything is fine." Charles smiled.

Old Hans came over: "Old Hans greets the master. The dragon is watching and the light is blessing you. The master has returned with glory."

"It's not a full load. I just went there for a while." Russell smiled, not wanting to flatter himself.

After all, he was well protected throughout the whole process, and only faced a few lone snow ghosts each time. It was only under Eric's protection that he dared to fight the snow ghost head-on, never taking risks.

However, the profit was not bad.

He got nearly fifty ice hail beads and two large green-skinned high-quality ice hail beads, which were worth seventy or eighty gold coins in total.

Counting the losses in weapons, food, and magic potions, he also got fifty gold coins.

He will have to share some ice hail beads with Eric and the four knights.

However, the bigger profit was that he rode the little dream dragon to attack everywhere at night and ate a lot of snow ghosts, which was a large amount of extra money. Although he couldn't bring back the ice hail beads he ate, Russell originally planned to feed the little dream dragon with ice hail beads.

Now.

The ice hail beads in his hand can be saved and exchanged for gold coins to build the manor.

"It feels so good to be back in the manor villa." Russell sighed in his heart as he led the officials into his manor villa.

Although the fluorescent castle is luxurious and comfortable, and the food is rich, it is not his home after all.

He has been divided out, and the Black-waisted Snake Manor is his home.

After lunch, the crowd dispersed, and Russell could easily nestle in the manor courtyard and enjoy a rare and comfortable time.

The sunlight poured in from the window, making him feel warm all over.

Compared with the cold and cruel environment on the snowfield, it was a world of difference, which made him sigh inwardly: "Without comparison, there would be no such deep feelings. After experiencing the coldness of the snowfield, I know why the Valley of the Light is a warm place."

As he said, he clasped his hands together, facing the north and praised: "Thank you Shadow Flame Dragon, thank you for the warmth you bring."

The volcano where the Shadow Flame Dragon is located is located in the north of the Valley of the Light.

Russell stayed at home all afternoon and did not go out.

He did not patrol the territory or practice knight classes - he gave Eric and four knight squires a holiday.

Dinner was an unexpected surprise.

"The steamed buns are loose and soft. Mrs. Brown has made great progress! And the dried fish is also pickled very well. Not bad, not bad. Mrs. Moore deserves encouragement!" Russell ate the big white steamed buns in his hand and ate the dried fish in the jar, praising it.

Mrs. Brown's improved white flour steamed buns are close to the big white steamed buns Russell likes to eat on Earth.

In the future, you can try steamed buns, dumplings, noodles and other pasta.

Mrs. Moore also pickled a jar of dried fish according to Russell's instructions. The dried fish with hot sauce is so delicious.

"Butler Morris, let Mrs. Moore continue to pickle dried fish... I think Mrs. Moore can open a store in town, specializing in selling dried fish sauce, which will definitely be welcomed by consumers."

"But Mrs. Moore will definitely be reluctant to give up her work in the kitchen. Being able to serve you, sir, is not comparable to opening a store."

"Is that so?"

"Of course, it is an honor for everyone in the Valley of the Glowing Light to serve the descendants of the Fluorescent Mushroom Family." Butler Morris's face was full of sincerity. For a servant like him who has served the nobles all his life, the glory of the nobles has long been deeply rooted in his bones.

He even protects the dignity of the nobles more than the noble masters.

"Well, anyway, we have to reward the kitchen... Let's do this, Mrs. Brown will be rewarded with two copper coins, Mrs. Moore will be rewarded with four copper coins, and all the remaining servants, including Butler Morris yourself, will be rewarded with one copper coin."

Russell said generously.

A reward of one or two copper coins may not seem much, but Russell often finds opportunities to reward the servants.

Over time, it will be a considerable income.

Anyway, this little money is a drop in the bucket for Russell. He can use this little money to mobilize the enthusiasm of the servants and let himself enjoy better. In Russell's opinion, it is definitely a blood profit. Why not do it?

"Even I have it, sir?" Butler Morris said in surprise.

"How can it be not." Russell smiled, "After all, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Brown are working under your leadership."

Butler Morris bowed and said, "It is the greatest compliment to me to satisfy you, sir."

"Verbal satisfaction and copper coin rewards are not contradictory." Russell smiled and continued to deal with the food in front of him.

A meal made his stomach round.

Fortunately, after running Dou Qi and meditating for a while, the food was digested, and the nutrients flowed into the limbs and bones, and then a wisp of Dou Qi was generated, which flowed into the meridians to strengthen his own Dou Qi - this is the practice of knights.

After sitting and taking a shower, Russell went to sleep.

A moment later.

The dark dream came, and the little dream dragon flew out with a quack. Russell jumped onto the dragon's back and waved his hand forward: "Let's go!"

He rode the little dream dragon and flew to a big tree at the border of the dark dream. The big tree was the mark of the border. With his bed as the center, the original border of the dark dream included more than half of the big tree.

However, at this moment, Russell clearly found that the big tree was not only included in the whole, but also continued to expand outward by about one meter.

"Tsk tsk, this trip to the snowfield has gained a lot!" Russell said happily, "The scope of the dark dream has expanded outward by two or three meters!"

Of course, compared with the dark dream covering about fifty acres of land, this expansion area is somewhat insignificant.

But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Give the little dream dragon enough time and enough ice hail beads, and sooner or later the dark dream will be expanded to infinity.

"Ga!" Xiao Menglong tilted his head, and then took the initiative to fly to Russell's bedroom.

He stopped beside the bedside table, and tilted his head to look at Russell.

The smile on Russell's face froze. The drawer of the bedside table was filled with the ice hail beads he had harvested on this trip. After distributing a batch to Eric and other subordinates, he only kept two high-quality ice hail beads and ten ordinary ice hail beads.

"Let's not eat ice cream, haven't we eaten enough on the snowfield?"

"Ga!"

"Then, how about just one?" Russell was a little reluctant. The territory manor had to develop in a thousand ways, and it couldn't be done without money.

Xiao Menglong heard this and immediately flattened his mouth: "Ga ga!"

"Two, two, no more!" Russell bargained, and after a stalemate between one man and one dragon, he finally spent three ordinary ice hail beads to block Xiao Menglong's greed.

"Huh!"

"I can't stay in the manor villa anymore, otherwise sooner or later my money will be taken away..." Russell sighed and ordered Jiandie, "Lead the way, let's go outside the dark dream and see if there are any new discoveries."

Jiandie danced silently.

One man, one dragon and one butterfly quietly left the border of the dark dream, and groped their way forward in the dark world, sticking to the ground.