This time, Feng Chou's destination was Antalya. To be precise, it was Sir Clifford's territory in Antalya County.
Clifford's territory was inherited by Gloria from her ex-husband.
Feng Chou was worried that the vampires would find Antalya by following his real name.
In addition, he planned to stay in the Sutton Empire for a long time to digest the rich harvest during this time, so he planned to bring Gloria and Chorre to Nickles.
To Feng Chou's surprise, Gloria was not in Clifford's territory.
Feng Chou released dozens of simulated birds to search for her in Antalya City and Vitor Territory.
Compared to a big city with hundreds of thousands of people, Antalya City with only thirty thousand people wasn't that big. Vitor Territory was only a dozen or so kilometers away from Antalya. Such a distance was nothing to a simulated bird that could fly faster than a real bird.
Ten minutes later, the scout bird found Gloria.
The news brought back by the scout bird surprised Feng Chou.
At this time, Gloria was neither in Amborite City nor in Sir Vitor's castle. She was in a brand new castle.
The castle was located on a low hill on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Vitor River.
This hill was the one Feng Chou wanted to build a castle in the center of his territory when he exchanged for the land development rights on both sides of the Vitor River.
Now, this short mountain was no longer as barren as it used to be. A rather large, brand-new castle was standing at the top of the short mountain.
It was a medium-sized castle with a circumference of more than 200 meters and a height of more than 40 meters. It was divided into two levels. The lower level was the defense level, and the upper level was the lord's residence level.
Outside the castle, there was a wall about one kilometer in circumference. It circled an area of about 100 square meters, and there were nearly two white households living in a village.
The entire village encompassed the upper half of the hill.
Such a standard small castle was the goal of many of the new Baron's family for generations. To build such a castle, it would cost about 200,000 crowns.
Starting from the foot of the hill, the originally dense forest and thatched land were replaced by large tracts of fertile farmland. The farmland extended from the hill all the way to the north bank of the Vito River. There was even a new village by the Vito River.
The village wasn't small, and there were about a hundred families living in it. There was a five-meter-high stone wall around the village, and there were four simple stone watchtowers at the four corners of the stone wall. Each watchtower had a three-pound cannon installed at the top. On the side of the village along the river, there was an open gate, and a wooden bridge extended from the shore to the middle of the river.
In this territory that Feng Chou had the right to develop, in addition to a new castle and a village, the original domain of Sir Victor and the four gentry domains had also been renovated, and the area of farmland had also expanded a lot.
Compared to when Feng Chou left, the area of farmland had increased by almost three times.
Feng Chou was shocked by the scene reported by the scouting sparrow. The amount of money needed to accomplish the task before him was not a small sum. It was probably close to a million crowns, and this was after taking into account that Antalya's prices were cheap, the cost of manpower was low, the territory to be developed was not far from the city, the cost of transporting materials was not high, and there was no need for expensive irrigation facilities in the territory. If such a territory was developed in a remote area, adding on the cost of irrigation facilities, the development price would probably double.
With such doubts in mind, Feng Chou used the coordinates provided by the scout bird to teleport directly to Gloria's office in the new castle.
Behind a brand new desk, Gloria was reading some documents with her head lowered. She was frowning, looking very serious. She did not seem to notice that there was an extra person in the room.
Feng Chou looked at Gloria's delicate face. In just two years, she had become more capable and experienced. He couldn't help but feel a little heartache.
He slowly walked to the desk. It was only when he reached the desk that Gloria abruptly raised her head.
When she saw that the person standing across the desk was Feng Chou, her confused and surprised eyes suddenly widened. Her bright eyes were almost instantly filled with a layer of moisture. She covered her face with her hands in disbelief and stared blankly at Feng Chou for a while. Suddenly, she came to her senses and jumped up from her chair. She went around the desk and threw herself at Feng Chou.
When she went around the desk, because she was too impatient, her hip bone fiercely hit the corner of the desk, causing the heavy desk to move a few inches. However, she seemed to feel no pain. Without stopping, she threw herself into Feng Chou's arms like a swallow returning to its nest.
Feeling Gloria hugging him tightly with all her strength and trembling all over, Feng Chou could not help but feel a little ashamed. In the past two years, he had rarely thought of this woman. Apart from using and lust for this woman, he did not have much love for her. He could even feel that Leo, whose soul he had devoured, did not have much love for Gloria either. This woman's weight in Leo's heart might not even be comparable to Chorre's.
Feng Chou came back this time mostly because of the responsibility in his heart. There was even some male chauvinism at work. Even if he didn't love this woman very much, he couldn't sit back and watch her suffer misfortune because of him.
At this moment, he felt this woman's trembling warm hug and her uncontrollable strong feelings for him. Apart from being touched, he also felt a deep sense of guilt.
Gloria hugged Feng Chou tightly until she was exhausted. Feng Chou gently cupped her face and kissed her lips. Gloria responded very passionately.
After a long while, their lips parted. Looking at Glise, who was limp in his arms, her face flushed like a young girl's. Looking at her infatuated gaze, Feng Chou felt that the softest part of his heart had been deeply touched...
Feng Chou carried Gloria's soft body around the desk and sat down in his office chair. Holding her in his arms, he asked her what happened after they parted.
Gloria murmured everything that happened after they parted.
Feng Chou soon found out the source of the funds Gloria and the others used to develop the territory.
As it turned out, Feng Chou had entrusted all of Adonis' assets to Gloria through the law firm. After receiving the letter from the law firm, Gloria was very surprised and personally went to Adonis.
After inspecting a few of Adonis' properties and contacting Chorre with a short message spell, they quickly came to a consensus after a simple discussion. They decided to sell Adonis' villa and the low-quality manor with only a yearly income of five thousand crowns in exchange for the funds to develop Antalya's territory.
From Gloria and Chorre 'point of view, Antalya's territory was the true foundation of Leo and the House of Amborite. If Adonis' villa was left empty, not only would it not produce any profits, it would also be a waste of money. Although Adonis' manor had over six thousand mu of farmland, the pressure on its defence was too great. As a result, the manor only had a yearly income of five thousand crowns. It was also a low-quality asset. If they could free up the funds to develop the fertile land on both sides of the Vito River, they would be exchanging low-quality assets for high-quality ones.
Gloria and Chorre's decision was undoubtedly wise. Adonis' villa and manor were indeed of little value.
After selling these two properties, they received close to four hundred thousand crowns. Gloria and Chorre used this money to build Leo Castle.
Leo's Castle was the name Glynis and Joel had given to the castle.