After Leo Castle was built, Gliss and Chorre invested the remaining hundred thousand crowns into the development of the land.
The early stages of development proved that the banks of the Victor River were indeed fertile fields. Even without irrigation, the harvest was excellent.
After tasting the benefits, Gliss and Joel mortgaged the two properties in Adunis for 400,000 kronor and continued to invest in the development of the new territory. That was how the territory became what it was today.
Although one of the properties was promised to Chapman by Feng Chou, the two didn't have the time to go back to Adonis to complete the paperwork, so the two properties were still under Gliss's management.
The interest rate of loans in this era was rather high. The annual interest rate was as high as ten percent. The annual interest rate of four hundred thousand crowns was forty thousand crowns, which was exactly the annual income of the two properties in Adonis.
As for Gliss and Chorre's decision, Feng Chou didn't dare to compliment them. Developing the land for four hundred thousand crowns would yield less than fifteen thousand crowns a year, yet it would cost them forty thousand crowns in interest. It was a losing business.
However, Gliss and Chorre couldn't be blamed. In a remote area like Antalya, the nobles were still obsessed with land. This was due to their own limitations.
When she heard that Feng Chou wanted to take her away from Antalya, Gliss didn't even ask Feng Chou where they were going, what they were going to do, or what kind of life they were going to lead. She just nodded and agreed. She was so happy that she almost glowed.
Even if Feng Chou wanted her to give up her title as Sir Clifford, she agreed without hesitation.
After 'convincing' Gliss, Feng Chou asked her to send someone to invite Chorre over. He didn't plan to show his face in Antalya.
Chorre didn't live in Leo Castle. He was in Victor Town.
After the expansion of the dominion, Gliss and Chorre expanded Victor Town into a small town with a population of nearly a thousand. The harvest of the entire dominion was transported to Victor Town via the Victor River and then transported to Antalya by carriage to be sold.
This way, Victor Town became another center of the territory.
Half an hour later, Chorre was invited into Gliss's office.
Two years had also changed Joel a lot. He had lost a lot of weight and was much more mature, but he also looked slightly older than two years ago.
When Feng Chou removed his invisibility and appeared in front of Chorre, the old man almost cried out in excitement.
Feng Chou gave Chorre a big hug.
It was much harder to convince Chorre than Gliss.
Chorre was the descendant of a very traditional knight. He was loyal, brave, straightforward, but also conservative and stubborn. In his eyes, protecting the land and being loyal to the lord was everything. Asking him to leave the land he protected was worse than killing him.
Fortunately, Chorre's weakness was obvious. A bigger piece of land was enough to tempt him.
After convincing Gliss and Chorre, Feng Chou and the two discussed how to deal with the dominion in Antalya.
Although it was called a discussion, it was actually Feng Chou who made the arrangements and the two took notes.
Feng Chou planned to entrust the dominion in Antalya to a merchant called 'Sol' in Antalya. This merchant specialized in the development and management of the dominion.
The members of the House of Amborite and the knights of the dominion would form a 'Dominion Supervisory Board' to supervise the development and management of the dominion.
In addition, Feng Chou planned to sell the two commercial properties in Adonis. On one hand, he planned to repay the loan. On the other hand, he would add a sum of money to the dominion's development and management company to further develop the dominion on both sides of the Vito River. According to the agreement between him and the Antalya family, he had the right to develop a Baron's dominion with a total area of no more than sixty thousand mu. He planned to fulfill this agreement.
The dominion on both sides of the Vito River could be said to be blessed by the heavens. Investing money here might not be a good business, but at least it wouldn't be a loss.
Although Feng Chou didn't dare to return to his hometown in glory, he felt that sooner or later he would return here and take back everything that belonged to Leo.
After arranging everything with Gliss and Chorre, Feng Chou left Leo Castle via teleportation and went directly to Adonis.
Feng Chou spent three days in Adonis and sold the two properties at a lower price. He collected 860,000 crowns and paid off the loan. After that, he returned to Leo Castle with a bill of 460,000 crowns.
Feng Chou used his own money to add a million crowns to the bill of 460,000 crowns.
He had Gliss sign a contract with the Sol Merchant Guild for the development of the dominion, requiring them to fully develop the land on both sides of the Vito River within five years and turn the dominion into a complete manor with sixty thousand mu of land.
In the contract, Feng Chou divided the development of the dominion into five stages. After that, he deposited a million crowns into the bank. Every time the Sol Merchant Guild completed a stage of development, the dominion's board of supervisors would review it and approve it with a majority vote before the payment could be transferred from the bank.
In order to prevent the board of supervisors from being bribed, Feng Chou had Gliss and Chorre sign a contract stating that within ten years of the development of the new land, 30% of the profits would go to the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors would decide how to use the money and the dominion wouldn't interfere.
It took about a month to settle the development and management of the Vito River.
During this time, Gliss passed the title of Sir Clifford to her younger brother.
After settling everything, Gliss and Chorre boarded a passenger ship leaving Antalya. Their excuse was that they were going to Alvindale to help Baron Leo.
After the ship arrived at Aldrik, Gliss and Chorre disappeared into the sea of people.
After Gliss and Chorre teleported to Stellin Manor, they were immediately stunned by the beautiful and rich manor. They couldn't believe that Feng Chou had managed to build such a family business in just three short years.
After Gliss and Chorre arrived, Feng Chou appointed Gliss as his housekeeper. Chapman was only appointed as the dominion's supervisor and no longer the castle's butler. Chorre was appointed by Feng Chou as the deputy commander of the dominion's guards, responsible for leading and training the rogue squad. Chorre's rich experience as a mercenary was extremely valuable to a rogue.
Following that, Feng Chou wantonly feuded with his subordinates. He took out four of the six villages in the dominion and gave them to Chapman, Gliss and Natasha. He also divided one of the villages into two knight dominions and gave it to Owen and Chorre.