The Rise of the Black Plain

Chapter 169: Making a Deal

Meanwhile, Mirya had many thoughts on her mind. That was a number of crystals that she couldn't dream of putting her hands on before.

After all, as a subordinate of the Stokes family in the 6th stage of cultivation, Mirya received only ten medium-grade crystals per month.

That was more than 1,500 times less than what Minos offered to her!

'With this agreement, as no one else will know about it, I can set aside a portion to cover the taxes of those people who leave the city for the next few years that I still have to stay here... As for the rest, I can stay with them for myself!' she thought to herself.

If 20,000 people left the City of Waters, that would be just 80,000 low-grade crystals a year in taxes. Let's suppose they still yield about 20,000 more crystals a year, so in 10 years, it would be about a million crystals.

'Hmm, if I keep the difference, I'll still get a number of crystals equivalent to decades of hard work!'

She was not concerned with deceiving the Stokes family. After all, the population could get sick, die, move, etc. There were many possibilities, and Mirya had only been sent here to take care of the territory.

If the population declined slightly during her shift, no one could blame Mirya directly. Not to mention, there really would be no evidence that she did anything. After all, this was just a verbal agreement that could be made between her and Minos.

After much contemplation, Mirya finally said to Minos. "Ehh, I am interested in following through with this agreement. But how do you want to do this?"

Upon hearing this from Mirya, Minos smiled. He was already waiting for this. Not many people could ignore such a large amount of crystals. Hell, maybe this woman in front of him has never seen as many crystals as he was offering!

"Well, first, it will be better if you can address me to these unemployed people in the city. I will use my soldiers to attract some of them to my region. After that, it should not be long before some of them take the initiative to move to my city."

"In the meantime, I will stay here in the City of Waters until the first families start to move." Minos said calmly.

He wouldn't stop here until all the unemployed in the City of Waters moved out. This could take several weeks, and he really didn't have much to do around here.

Anyway, after hearing what Minos said, Mirya then questioned in doubt. "What about payment?"

"I will pay a portion in advance as soon as the first families move." He closed his eyes for a second and then made a gesture with his hands as he said. "How about that, I will pay an advance fee for every thousand people who agree to come to my territory."

"This means that each time we reach the number of one thousand people, I will pay the amount in advance for the next thousand. I will send someone from my city with the low-grade crystals every time this payment has to be made."

"Hmm, well, this can work..." She agreed.

That was the best way that Minos had thought. After all, it would be a lot of work to have to pay from person to person. Nor would it be good to make the payment all in advance...

Anyway, even if it were to be done gradually, it would not be long before the agreement was finalized since the current Dry City would undoubtedly be very attractive to these people.

And while Minos and Mirya argued, Lee and Alison were sitting there, watching everything the two were talking about.

After learning that they could become future leaders, the two were very committed to improving their management skills. So, looking closely at how Minos acted, it seemed like an excellent plan for the two youths.

After a while of talking, Mirya remembered something and said. "But we have to be careful with the flow of inhabitants. If too many people leave the kingdom in a short time, it can alert the royal guards who are stationed in this city."

Hearing this, the young Stuart nodded in agreement as he said. "Yes, I know that. I will guide the individuals who come to my city so that they do not return immediately and leave in groups that we will share."

He wanted to do what he was already doing in the Dry City for people from outside. The soldiers of the Black Plain Army would do the orientation operation on the city wall, telling these people interested in moving there, not to attract attention when they made their move.

In addition, he had already prepared for the soldiers to plan the migration of the people of the City of Waters as a group.

The plan was as follows: each person who came from the City of Waters, when they met the Dry City and decided to return to fetch their families from this city where Minos was, the soldiers would divide them into groups.

Each group would have a specific week to travel to the Black Plain, and each family would have a different time to make their trip.

This was an easy thing to do since the army of Minos already had complete control over who entered whoever left the Dry City. And with that, they could give a 'ticket' to each of these people who decided to bring their families, doing so at a time previously chosen.

And in doing so, the young Stuart would be preventing many families from leaving the City of Waters at the same time, drawing the attention of the royal guards stationed in this region.

As for those who disobeyed that order, they would only be prevented from entering the Dry City and would lose the right to live there!

"Oh! So, have you thought about how to solve this..." She expressed in surprise.

Mirya was pleasantly surprised at how detailed Minos's plan was. It is not that this was incredible for her, a person over 100-years-old, but it is that the young man in front of her was surely very young!

So, she was surprised by Minos's careful personality.

In youth, it was very common for talented young people like him to make many mistakes due to arrogance, carelessness, ingenuity, and many other problems common to inexperienced young people...

But Minos did not behave in such a manner. It seemed that he was fully aware that carelessness could quickly kill him.

'Ahh, such a talented and attractive young man...' She sighed internally. Doing a deal as good as this was making her excited. And she couldn't help but see Minos in awe...

After saying a few more words, Minos finally got up from where he was sitting and said with a smile on his face. "Well, if that's all, let's end here!"

"I hope young Minos will come to see me before leaves the City of Waters. After all, we have to conclude this agreement somehow..." She said that while running her tongue over her cherry lips.

Seeing this, the two youths who accompanied Minos had different thoughts in their minds as they blushed.

Lee just thought that this woman was beautiful, but Alison already had some understanding of what Mirya was implying.

The two were already over 12-years-old, and the 'signs' of maturity were already beginning to show in both. Furthermore, Alison was a girl, and as such, she had a far more advanced emotional intelligence than Lee.

So, she knew that this woman was somehow courting the young Stuart...

At the same time, Minos smiled when he heard Mirya's words, feeling a certain deja vu... 'They are really similar! As in the case of Viola, I thought that a daughter would want to be different from her mother, but who would say they are exactly the same!'

In the middle of the conversation they had had, Mirya had confirmed to Minos that Viola was her biological daughter. So, young Stuart was sure of their relationship.

He then said. "Hehe, of course! We will meet later..."

"I will wait for this..."

After that, Minos and his group left the City of Waters government mansion, returning to the Hotel Dixon, where they were staying.

Minos had already asked for two of his soldiers to stay behind and collect information with Mirya's team so that they could start their hiring work as soon as possible.

As for the rest of them, they would train at the hotel while waiting for all of this to be done.

'I wonder if there is a chance that I can sleep with mother and daughter at the same time...' Minos thought about it as he returned to the hotel.

That simple thought had provoked a profane smile on the young man's face, who was thinking about what it would be like to do such a heavenly act.

'Hahaha, never mind! Let's see what happens...'