In this way, Sean calmed down and read a book in the library of the Magic Guild. Soon, two hours passed.

...

When the time came to 11:30 in the morning, Sean put down the map in his hand and gently rubbed his dry eyes.

If you want to quickly understand a country, the best way is of course to look at the map of the country, which makes it more convenient, concrete and intuitive to understand.

So during these two hours, Sean rummaged through many books with maps of the Principality of Lane.

Through the analysis and comparison of different versions of maps (these maps are not exactly the same, but they are all similar), we can also have a preliminary understanding of the Principality of Lane and the surrounding countries.

The area of ​​the Principality of Lane is approximately 170,000 square kilometers (the local people's unit of measurement is not meters, Sean calculated this data by visually observing the width of Yohn Street), which is approximately equal to 1.6 Jiangsu.

The climate of the Principality of Lane is similar to that of Jiangsu, and farmers mainly make a living by growing wheat.

However, in terms of geographical location, the Principality of Lane is more like the Dali Kingdom during the Song Dynasty in its previous life.

Like the Great Li Kingdom, the Principality of Lane is bounded by a large plateau to the northwest, a dense forest to the southwest, the sea to the southeast, and a powerful human country to the northeast.

The plateau to the northwest of the principality is called the Dwarf Plateau, and there is a powerful dwarf kingdom on the plateau.

The geology of the dwarf kingdom is very barren, but they have good relations with the human world and often exchange food, clothing and other daily necessities with humans through forged weapons and armor;

To the southwest of the principality is the Elf Forest, and there is an Elf Kingdom in the forest. A long time ago, the Elf Kingdom often used magic equipment to exchange supplies with humans. However, after a major event two hundred years ago, the transactions between the two countries were interrupted;

To the northeast of the principality is the only human kingdom bordering it and the suzerain kingdom of the Principality of Lane - the Kingdom of Anjou.

Since he couldn't find a map of the Anjou Kingdom, Sean didn't know how big the Anjou Kingdom was, but according to the description in the book, the Anjou Kingdom was about three or four times the size of the Principality of Lane.

This is the external environment of the Principality of Lane.

As for the interior of the Principality of Lane, it is composed of large and small territories, the most important of which are the five major cities of the Principality of Lane.

Ranking first among them is Palomia, the royal capital located in the middle of the principality, which is the political and economic center of the Principality of Lane;

Ranked second is Vernis, a large city in the northwest, which is also the only way to trade with the dwarf kingdom and is controlled by the Hill Family;

Ranked third is Port Kapur on the southeast coast. Through overseas trade, it has become the richest city in the country;

Ranked fourth is the Delphi Fortress on the northeastern border of the principality. 80% of the principality's army is stationed here, always on guard against possible invasion by the Kingdom of Anjou in the east;

Ranked fifth is the city of Yoen, which is located in the southwest of the principality where Sean is located. Because it is cut off from the trade routes of the Elf Kingdom, it mainly focuses on agriculture.

Through reading books, Sean's experience value also began to increase slowly. Now, Sean's experience value has reached level 10, 37/100. In these two hours, he has gained a total of 20 experience points.

Although the speed of gaining experience points is much slower than that of communicating with Bishop Benjamin, the speed of experience increase is similar to that of the dwarf uncle, and Sean is still very satisfied.

If he continues at this rate, he might be able to reach level 11 today.

...

After studying the map of the Principality of Lane, Sean continued to look for other books on the bookshelf

Just when Sean found a copy of "The General History of Lane" and was about to read it, a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old wearing a magic robe came to him.

"Hello, Your Highness Sean!"

This girl's voice was very clear. After walking up to Sean, she gave him a magic salute.

"Hello! What's the matter?" Sean looked at the girl.

"That's right, I'm the librarian here. A butler named Henry came to the gate of the guild and said he wanted to see you." The girl replied.

"It turns out that Henry is here, so let him in." Sean said casually and wanted to continue reading.

"Your Highness, this is not possible. According to regulations, only magicians and nobles can enter the library."

"So that's it...Okay then, I'll meet him at the door."

Sean stood up and was about to leave, but when he just stood up, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said to the girl in front of him: "Can I borrow this book?"

As Sean spoke, he raised the copy of "Lane's General History" in his hand.

The girl looked at the book in Sean's hand carefully and said: "This is not a precious book. It can be borrowed according to the regulations, but if you borrow it, you need to pay a deposit of two gold coins."

"That's no problem. I'll ask my butler to pay for it later." After Sean finished speaking, he left the Magic Guild with the book in his hand.

...

A few minutes later, Sean sat on the carriage heading to his residence.

"Henry, how did you do what I asked you to do?"

As soon as Sean sat down in the carriage, he looked at Henry, the butler in front of him.

"Your Highness Sean, except for the list, everything else has been completed." Henry said seriously.

"It's all done? Tell me how it went?" Sean was refreshed, but he didn't expect that the butler in front of him was quite efficient at work.

The butler Henry took out a small note-taking notebook and said to Sean while reading:

"The first thing you asked me to do is to go to the Earl of River's castle in the afternoon to receive the gold coins. It's not time yet;

The second thing is to contact ‘Lucky Matthew’, I contacted this adventurer and he agreed to have lunch with you.

Now he has arrived at the residence, and the servants at the residence have prepared meals and are waiting for you to return."

"Well, it was done well." Sean nodded with satisfaction.

It’s really nice to have a butler by my side, and it helps me do a lot of things.

"The third thing you told me is to contact the mercenary groups stationed in the territory, so I just summoned the leaders of the four major mercenary groups... (200 words are omitted in the middle)... except for the leaders of the Silver Hourglass Mercenary Group

The captain did not agree, but the other three mercenary captains were happy to accept our commission.

These are their respective quotations and statistics on the number of mercenaries they can send."

Henry took out a piece of parchment from the book and handed it to Sean.

Sean picked up the parchment and looked at it briefly, then folded it a few times and put it in his pocket: "The mercenary group is very important. We will study it slowly later. You can continue to talk about it.

"

"The last task is to visit the refugees in Hetan Town in the afternoon. The supplies have been purchased and we can set off after you have lunch."

"Good job!" Sean patted Henry on the shoulder with satisfaction: "We will visit the refugees after dinner, and then we will go to the Earl's Castle to receive the gold coins. You have to hurry up to make the supply list. I will make it again after you finish it.

I’ll give you a gold coin reward!”

"Thank you, Your Highness." Henry said happily, "But regarding the list, there are still many items that need to be confirmed by Your Highness before I can continue writing."

"What matter?" Sean asked curiously.

“For example, in the territory, do you want to implement the ‘Lord’s Rights’ law?
Chapter completed!