Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord - Chapter 176: Research Department’s 20 Secrets

Solo was certainly confident in Liu Feng. After seeing the concept of West Sun City, he greatly admired Liu Feng and even wanted to marry his daughter to him. Of course, that was just a thought.

“Lord City Lord, I will write a letter to my team now and ask them to come here immediately, but the time…” Solo hesitated a little. He didn’t know whether or not Liu Feng was in a hurry.

“No rush, we can afford to delay a bit. It’ll give us time to stock up on more linen,” Liu Feng waved casually. For him, long-term development mattered more than immediate gains.

“Okay!” Solo breathed a sigh of relief. His team was currently in the capital, and the letter would take over a month to arrive. His team would take some time to get to West Sun City and then return to the capital, so it would take them about 3 months in total.

“…” Solo suddenly blinked in confusion, feeling as if he had forgotten something important.

Then it hit him- he had left his son at the Drunken Night Restaurant. He asked a waiter to arrange a private room for Gale as his son couldn’t enter the banquet, but he had forgotten to bring Gale along when accompanying Liu Feng to the workshop.

“Lord City Lord, my son is still at the Drunken Night Restaurant. Please allow me to take my leave,” Solo hastily bowed.

“Go ahead!” Liu Feng waved his hand and ordered a rider to accompany Solo back to the Drunken Night Restaurant. Watching Solo’s retreating figure, Liu Feng said lightly, “Have someone to watch him. If news of the linen leaks, make him disappear.”

“Understood!” The War Wolf members immediately made arrangements.

“Let’s go and take a look outside the city. The wheat has been harvested, and we should prepare some other things, or we won’t have green vegetables to eat in the winter,” Liu Feng turned and boarded the carriage.

Caution was necessary. After all, West Sun City had just begun to develop, and Liu Feng didn’t want the greedy aristocrats in this world to set their sights on the city due to his carelessness.

Anri and Nicole glanced at each other and saw the solemnity in each other’s eyes. They could tell that Liu Feng was under considerable pressure.

“Oh right!” Liu Feng lifted the curtain of the carriage window and said to the War Wolves, “Arrange for someone to go to the Research Department and have Niu Si deliver Secret No. 20 to me outside the city.”

“Yes!”

A member of the War Wolves took the iron box command token and left at full speed.

The Research Department was studying many things, categorized by weight and power, and Liu Feng had set many restrictions, so Niu Si referred to them as the Research Department’s 20 secrets. The latter ones were for civilian use, while the former ones were in discussion and theories.

One of these secrets was moveable-type printing.

Inside the carriage, Liu Feng closed his eyes and rested. Solo’s team would take half a month to get from the capital to West Sun City, giving him time to gradually bring out some luxury goods and have them sell them at the capital.

Balance was key. In order for him to not draw too much attention, he had to keep good control over the quantity of the goods. Well, it didn’t actually really matter. Even if someone targeted him, by the time they arrived from the capital, it would be next spring, and things would be different.

It was just that Liu Feng hated trouble and preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble. Once his blueprint developed, then perhaps everyone would be caught up in “the chariot of the new era”.

“Young master, are we going outside the city to set up the greenhouse vegetables you mentioned before?” Nicole sat on her knees behind Liu Feng, massaging his shoulders.

“Yes, now that the wheat is harvested, we shouldn’t leave those fields empty. Also, there are other things to try,” Liu Feng relaxed his furrowed brow. He felt like he was anxious and impatient today. Is it because Mina isn’t here?

Mina was the first beastkin Liu Feng had met, and she had always been by his side. Her sudden departure made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

“Young Master, take a rest,” Nicole whispered softly in Liu Feng’s ear.

“Mm!” Liu Feng nodded lightly, leaning back, his head resting between two soft mounds, leaning into Nicole’s embrace.

This scene made Anri’s brown eyes widen, and it was as if a devil Anri had risen within her. “Damn it, why didn’t I think of this move? Even though… even though my breasts… damn it…”

Anri turned to look at Tess, who was looking at Liu Feng. She stared at Tess’s 2 mounds, pouted, and silently moved closer to Tess.

“Tess, I- I have something to ask you,” Anri whispered in Tess’s ear.

“What is it?” Tess asked in confusion.

“Not so loud.” Anri pointed towards Liu Feng, who was resting with his eyes closed. She lowered her voice, “Your- your chest, how did it get so big?”

“Huh?” Tess blinked innocently, her purple eyes glancing down at her ample assets, and sighed. “Who knows? You don’t know, having them this big is not good at all, they’re just a burden… I have to bind them with cloth strips every day now, or they would jiggle too much when I walk…”

Tess completely missed Anri’s continuously twitching mouth. Instead, she continued to complain bitterly about her woes, even saying, “Actually, Anri, I envy you. Yours aren’t big at all. If we could switch, it would be great!”

“Damn it… Big fierce girl! Big cow!” Anri gritted her teeth, squeezing out the words. She had taken a critical hit. From her perspective, Tess was flaunting and even looking down on her modest chest.

“Huh?” Tess tilted her head, looking at Anri as she moved away. What’s going on? “I haven’t finished speaking yet!”

Pouting, Tess shifted closer to Anri, then babbled on, “Anri, listen to me, having a big chest isn’t really great. You’re fine as you are, never think about getting bigger…”

“Shut up, you big fierce girl, stinky big cow!” Anri exploded in frustration, lunging towards Tess.

“Ah! You pervert!” Tess shouted, her cheeks red. “Young master, Anri’s being a pervert!”

“Hmph! Calling Young Master won’t do anything. Watch my Eighteen Subduing Cow Tickles…” Anri’s voice resounded.

“No… you pervert!”

“Hehehe… This is just the beginning…”

“…”

Liu Feng, resting with his eyes closed, smirked slightly, and his head unconsciously rubbed the thing behind him.

“Ying… Young Master, don’t move,” Nicole’s scolding voice rang out.

“Uh… It’s instinct…” Liu Feng awkwardly replied.

“Huh? Instinct?” Nicole’s gray eyes widened.

“…”