The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"Since there are rules, then forget it. But Manager Feng, I still have to ask one more question."

"You tell me, I will answer any questions you have."

Aarons rubbed his brows in distress, as if he was not satisfied with the outcome of the negotiation. The plump man sitting opposite him kept a fake smile, which made people feel disgusted.

"If this money can only be withdrawn by the Marquis himself, then next time the Marquis comes to withdraw it in person, you will not find other excuses to refuse, right?"

"How could that be? As long as the Marquis comes to our house in person, we will definitely hand over the deposit to him without a cent less."

Aarons couldn't help laughing when he heard the word "Marquis" deliberately emphasized in the other party's tone.

He had completely understood the other party's hint, so there was no point in staying here.

"That's fine, Manager Feng. I'll take my leave today."

"Oh, you are so polite, young master. If you want to save money, you can come to me anytime in the future."

After watching Aarons walk out of the bank alone with nothing, the manager, who had been smiling just now, suddenly turned gloomy.

"Tsk, how can such a useless young master inherit the position of Marquis? I guess someone else will be in charge of this territory after a while."

Aarons certainly didn't hear Manager Feng's mumbling. After he left the bank, he started wandering around the street.

In fact, he was just testing the manager's reaction.

The news of the annihilation of the Marquis' family has spread throughout the city. Judging from the servants who stole the Marquis's property and ran away, most people here have probably already acquiesced to the demise of the Marquis' family.

Although he, as the eldest son, has the right to inherit the title, the empire will not allow a weak person without any reputation or strength to rule this territory.

When the empire publicly announces the death of the marquis, this territory will be transferred to other nobles.

"It seems that they have already started to plan for a new lord. These guys are just changing their minds according to the situation."

But there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he was just a second-level mortal who wasn't even a warrior, and he didn't have a good reputation in the territory.

And most importantly, he now has no money to maintain normal expenses.

“This is such a bad start.”

Although Aarons didn't know much, he still remembered that the city management fees and border defense expenses in the territory were actually borne by the Marquis's family.

Every year, the Marquisate has to pay at least one hundred gold coins in management fees to repair the infrastructure within the territory and pay the salaries of civil servants.

In order to show their loyalty to the royal family, the Marquisate gave up its own private army a long time ago and instead paid regular military expenses to the border garrison directly under the empire.

This royal army would not interfere in any affairs of the Marquis' territory, nor would it be under the Marquis's command. The Marquis only needed to pay a hundred gold coins in military expenses each year, which was enough to dispel the emperor's concerns.

"Even a military god who has fought against foreign enemies many times would be afraid of being overwhelmed by his achievements."

Although he didn't understand what his cheap father was thinking at the time, Aarons had already cursed him in his heart.

This is equivalent to him owing two million in foreign debt before he even started doing anything, and every day when he opens his eyes he has to think about where to earn the few thousand dollars he will earn today.

This is much more stimulating than a mortgage.

By the way, the year in this world is a standard 360 days, but there are only 20 hours in a day, and each hour is only 50 minutes.

"Although it's only the beginning of the new year, the pressure is too great!"

Fortunately, the Marquis had just paid off this year's money not long ago, so Aarons had a chance to catch his breath.

Just as Aarons was thinking about what to do next, a deserted little shop on the side of the road caught his attention.

"A shop that sells magic source stones? Is the boss here?"

Aarons didn't know much about this important resource, the Magic Source Stone, before, but now he feels that he really should make up for it.

"Oh, young master. How come you have time to come to my shop today? Would you like a glass of water?"

"No, thanks. I'm just curious."

The owner of the shop was a strong-looking man, about thirty years old, and he was very enthusiastic towards people like Aarons.

Although he didn't plan to buy anything, Aarons still planned to take the opportunity to learn about this magical thing called the Magic Source Stone.

"You're selling magic source stones? Can I take a look?"

"I'm so sorry, the big ones are all sold out today. I only have small pieces like this left. Would you like to try them?"

The owner turned around and took out a black stone from the cabinet and handed it to Aarons casually.

This stone doesn't look anything special, and there's nothing special feeling in holding it in the hand.

"Uh, I don't understand whether this thing is good or bad, can you explain it briefly?"

"Oh, I forgot. Young Master, you don't usually come into contact with this kind of thing. Then let me tell you about the characteristics of this thing."

While holding the stone that looked like a lump of coal in his hands, Aarons listened carefully to the explanation.

"This thing was suddenly discovered many years ago, and no one knew what it was at first."

Later, people discovered that after activating the magic source stone in a special way, it would steadily and slowly release an energy called spiritual power.

"Spiritual power conflicts with the fighting spirit and magic we practice. Not only can it not be absorbed directly by humans, but long-term contact can also cause harm to humans."

At first everyone thought that this stone was useless garbage, but soon magicians invented a technology to convert spiritual power into magic power.

Therefore, the abundant reserves of magic source stones became a stable energy source, directly promoting the rapid development of industry.

"However, the characteristics of this thing are also quite strange. First of all, it cannot be restored to its original state after being activated. It will continue to release spiritual power until it is completely evaporated."

"So it's the battery... It's okay, just keep talking."

"Then, the speed at which it releases spiritual power is actually very, very slow. Even the small piece in your hand will take a month to use up."

Although the reserves of this stone are almost inexhaustible, its efficiency in releasing spiritual power is far lower than people expected.

"But later, everyone discovered that as long as a large number of activated magic source stones are placed together, they will resonate and increase the speed of releasing spiritual power."

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

"Hahaha... Master, do you know why the front of my store is so small?"

It stands to reason that this convenient energy source should be available to every household, but looking at the size of this store, that doesn't seem to be the case.

"Don't be surprised to hear this. Although activating a large number of magic source stones together can increase the output of spiritual power, once it exceeds a certain limit..."

"Over the limit?"

When Aarons heard this, he already felt something was not right.

And when the shop owner gave the final answer, he simply threw the stone in his hand away.

"If they exceed the limit, they will suddenly go out of control, forcibly activate all the magic source stones around them, and then cause a huge explosion that can completely annihilate a city!"

How can this be a safe and stable alternative to alien electricity?

The energy released is harmful to humans and evaporates very slowly. Controlling the quality can improve the efficiency of energy output?

Finally, once a certain critical value is exceeded, it will trigger a horrific explosion that will blow up the city?

"What the hell is this!"

——This is simply the nuclear fuel of the magical world!