The New Era was December 28, 1005.

After the canonization ceremony was completed, Su Lei entertained in the imperial capital for a few more days and completed all the formalities.

Later, the royal family sent a special plane to send him to the province of Yuzhou to receive the fiefdom.

The distance between the main North Island and the South Island is 2,250 kilometers from the mainland of Zhanzhou! It is even more distant from the mainland of the empire, with a straight-line distance of more than 10,000 kilometers from the imperial capital of Xiajing to Huining, the capital of the province.

It is really a lonely overseas province worthy of the name.

The special plane sent this time is the latest type of passenger-18 six-engine large passenger aircraft, which can carry out transoceanic intercontinental transportation, that is, only this level of aircraft can go directly from the imperial capital to Huining. Otherwise, you will have to refuel several times on the way to Parrot Island on those common large passenger planes.

Parrot Island is an island province, all the jurisdictions are islands, and the main body of the province is the North Island and the South Island.

After arriving in Huining, the central officials on the same plane came forward to go through the handover procedures with the local provincial government and the county government, and also drew the border.

Sulei's fiefdom belongs to the jurisdiction of Wangxiang County, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the provincial capital Huining, and is separated from the county seat of Wangxiang by a Wangxiang River, and the two face each other across the river.

Cangding Mountain, located in the southern part of the North Island, is a dormant volcano, but in fact, this mountain is still some distance from the territory of Sulei, not next to each other. But this large area of land from the mountains to the sea is called this name, and the only town is also called Cangding Town, so there is no way.

Baron Cangding Mountain is better than Baron Cangding Town.

Of course, according to the law, Su Lei can change the name of the place in the future, but he is such a lazy guy will not spend such energy.

Because the military merits of the Great Xia Empire are all real seals, they are naturally named after the feudal places. On the contrary, the court lords of Mude Fengyi can have majestic or elegant titles, such as Zhongyong Gong, An Guohou, Xiaoyao Bo and so on...... Something.

This is probably a balance.

Of course, it is not without nice place names, but this land is really wooden.

Cangding Mountain is Cangding Mountain, it's better than Bear's Ears Mountain, Turtle Mountain, Pheasant Ridge and the like.

"How do I think, my title of Baron Cangding Mountain is a bit like Lord Wei's title. Luding Mountain, Cangding Mountain, the difference between one word. Su Lei thought with some self-deprecation.

Before she arrived in the town, Sister Chen was inexplicably excited by the scenery outside the window: "Wow, it's so beautiful! Brother Liang, the royal family is really interesting, the fiefdom for you is so beautiful!"

My aunt is also lamenting: "There are rushing rivers, forested mountains, deep canyons and naturally wide beaches. Not only is there a quiet rural life, but you can also enjoy the excitement and excitement of wild adventures!

"Why do I think it looks similar to the sea of ulders, oh, there is a volcano next door, and there is a volcano in the wood of the sea ......" The corners of Su Lei's mouth twitched.

The topic of his aunt and cousin touched on his aesthetic blind spot. He really couldn't see the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of scenery, anyway, aren't they all those terrains? Mountains, seas, and rivers, here is nothing more than more grasslands, more forests, fewer people, and more cattle and sheep......

Chen Mingzhu's mother and daughter knew that he was a guy with no bones, so they ignored him, and the mother and daughter talked about the scenery here.

In fact, to speak in good conscience, the six plots of land prepared for him by the royal family are all carefully selected, all of them are scenic spots, but the scenery characteristics are different, so that no matter what kind of scenery he likes, he can find a corresponding.

Where do you know that Su Lei can't feel the advantages and disadvantages of the scenery in various places, let alone which one he likes. The royal family's thoughts were in vain, and they played the piano to the cow and showed the blind man.

After arriving at the fiefdom, the accompanying officials took Su Lei to inspect and accept the fiefdom.

The county government officials who had already been notified had already arrived at the town office and waited, and they were across the river, very close.

A thin and tall local official stepped forward to salute: "Your Excellency, Baron, I am the local county magistrate Luo Anping......"

"Hello, County Magistrate Luo!"

A female official saluted: "Hello, Your Excellency, I am Meng Shu, the mayor of this town......"

"Mayor Meng, hello!"

Su Lei greeted the main local officials one by one, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and began to hand over the work.

Of course, he does not have to take care of the specific handover matters, such things as checking accounts and proofreading geographical boundaries are all in charge of professional officials from the central and provincial governments, and he is just a formality.

In that case, he and his aunt and cousin went to inspect the territory, and it would be good to come back later to see the results.

He asked the town office for an off-road vehicle and took Chen Mingzhu's mother and daughter out for a ride.

Cangding Town is not large, with an estimated permanent population of only three or four thousand, but there are more tourists. If it is placed locally, it may not be as populated as some villages. But the territory here is really large, and there are pastures just outside the town walls.

They had already learned carefully before they came, agriculture and animal husbandry are the pillar industries here, mainly rich in cattle, sheep, deer and other products. In conjunction with tourism, the business of ranch accommodation has been launched, which allows tourists to experience real farm life and enjoy authentic farm specialties.

The tax revenue here is certainly not as good as the two "home mines" areas in Zhanxi and Xihai, but the concentration of spiritual energy here is the highest among the six fields.

They drove the car all the way to the foot of Cangding Mountain.

Cangding Mountain is actually an extension of the Jinding Mountain Range, which belongs to the Jinding volcanic group. A few dozen kilometers further north is the active volcano Jinding Volcano. The Jinding volcano erupted once decades ago, and its smoke can be seen here.

It is estimated that it is precisely because of the active volcano that the concentration of aura here is particularly high, almost more than some blessed land. Therefore, there are also many monks here who live in the mountains and retreat and do penance.

And these monks can't eat and drink dew, and they don't eat the fireworks of the world at all. They will definitely go down the mountain to consume and buy daily necessities, so the nearest Cangding Town has become a small monk exchange center, and a small-scale Xiuzhenfang City has also been formed.

Chen Mei said excitedly: "Brother Liang, this town is really good, it will be yours in the future, do you want to do some reforms......

Su Lei smiled: "Well, although I do have this power, as long as there are no drawbacks, there will be no reform, and it will be better in the future." ”

Reform is a matter of caution, and the situation has been pretty good all the way here. Don't move anything until you understand it, and besides, if he doesn't stay here all the time, why waste energy.

The modern aristocracy is different from the ancient aristocracy, of course, the ancient aristocracy had to stay on their own territory, but the modern nobility is different. The fief of the modern aristocracy is actually more of an honorary nature, and all the daily affairs and operations of the domain can be handed over to professional officials, and the lord can completely rule by hanging the arch.

Even if the lord can't find a suitable person to manage the business, he can entrust the day-to-day affairs to a special "Imperial Fiefdom Management and Management Committee", and the committee will naturally recruit professionals to manage the affairs.

In addition, of course, the ancient aristocracy could be powerful in their own territory, and they could play as much as they wanted, but it is impossible for modern nobles to do so. So there is no need to keep guarding the territory, even if it is to play, isn't it fragrant in the local area that is a hundred times more prosperous?

Therefore, many modern fiefdom nobles, that is, those who are addicted to officials and have a strong desire for power, have to manage themselves. Most of them leave the daily affairs of their own territory to a special person to manage, and do what they are interested in. Anyway, it's good that the annual tax is correct, why spend so much effort?

Su Lei was originally a salted fish, of course, he didn't want to do much, since the territory didn't seem to have any problems, why bother to draw snakes and add to the snake himself? Besides, he was not good at these specific administrative tasks in the first place.

As long as you have money to take, how cool it is to be an otaku!

After a rough turn, the handover official from the central government called and said that it had been verified and that he was waiting for him to come back and sign.

So they hurried back to town.

The official read it according to a document, and then handed it to him: "Your Excellency, Cangding Town has a total permanent population of 14,712 people, a total area of 3,869 square kilometers, and a pasture area of ...... Verified correct. ”

"Okay, thank you very much......" Su Lei read it, it was all all kinds of statistics of the town, land, population, income in previous years, etc.

These things were similar to what he had inquired about, so he signed them happily.

The officer smiled and asked, "Well, there's another question." It's about the officials in the town, and if you have a candidate, then you can go through the handover procedures with them......"

"Is there anything wrong with the current group of officials?"

"No, they are all qualified grassroots civil servants...... the official laughed. What he knew was that the officials of several candidate territories had been sent by the above before, and those who were unqualified and guilty of crimes were all dismissed.

Su Lei smiled: "Then this issue will not be considered for the time being, where can I find someone to be an official? Let them continue to work, if there is a problem in the future." ”

Then he thought of something, and asked, "What about their establishment, do they belong to the fiefdom or the central government?"

This question is more critical.

In fact, many talented or self-proclaimed talented officials are not willing to go to the noble territory to become an official, especially the domain of the low-ranking nobles below the viscount. The reason is very simple, because there is no future.

It's like here in Su Lei, who has been a mayor who manages 10,000 people all his life, and no matter how good he is, he can't be promoted. Even if he becomes the chief administrative officer of the territory, that is, a town mayor, he can't even be a county magistrate.

Let's ask, as long as you are a little confident in your talent, who wants to not be promoted in your life? This is also an important reason why it is not easy for small territories to recruit talents.

The official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said with a smile: "They are civil servants appointed by the empire, and the establishment is of course central. Only those appointed by you are considered fiefdoms. Of course, in the future, if you do not want to appoint yourself, you can also appoint it to the central government. Or, with the consent of the other party, apply for a secondment so that their central establishment can also be retained. ”

"Okay, that's good......" Su Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it feels very cool to appoint officials by yourself, and there is a sense of power. But you also have to consider whether people want to come or not. It's not a game, you click the mouse, and someone will come to you.

This is also one of the ways in which the empire manages the territories of the nobility, which may be a terrible thing for ambitious people. But Su Lei is different, he has never thought of rebelling and standing on his own, he would rather be the shopkeeper.

If the empire doesn't send officials, he's going to be on wax.

After the handover was completed, Su Lei called the town mayor Meng Shu and said straight to the point: "Mayor Meng, I am a monk and a researcher in the army. So I don't have time to take care of the daily specific affairs of the fiefdom, and I'm afraid it's rare to stay in the territory in normal times, so I'll leave the daily affairs to you. I've also learned that in the two years you've been mayor of the town, you've been evaluated on the highest level. So I'm also relieved that what you did before will be what you will do in the future. Of course, I won't stop you if you want to be promoted in the future......"

"Thank you very much Your Excellency Baron for your trust, I will manage your territory well. Hearing Su Lei's statement, Meng Shu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it is said that it is the normal right of the lord to change officials, it is normal to dismiss her at this time. But in this case, there may not be a suitable position for her outside, so she can only go back to the provincial capital to hang up a "positive eight products" idle post allocation.

Seeing that Su Lei had solved the problem of officials, the official of the Department of Internal Affairs continued: "Your Excellency, according to custom. Next, you'll need to hold a succession ceremony and decide on the lord's residence. ”

"Okay, let's go as you want. Mansion, I'll take a look at it, I'll stay in the town hotel for a few days......"

The tourism industry here is developed, and there are a lot of hotels in the town, three or four stars, so you can find one to stay for a few days. Anyway, he will return to his homeland after completing the ceremony.

As for the Lord's Mansion, Su Lei was a little reluctant to spend the money. He thinks that he will come here at most a year after the plane to play, so why waste money to repair the house?

No way, he's poorer now......

The Lord's Mansion must at least be a single-family villa, although theoretically you have to build a prefabricated house with color steel plates, or even a grass canopy, but are you embarrassed? Even if it is a two-story villa, it will cost a lot of money.

He had checked on the Internet before, and it was much more expensive to build a villa here than in the country. There is no way, Parrot Chau Province is not an industrial zone, the pillar industries here are animal husbandry, fishing and mining, and food processing, but the industry is extremely weak, and most of the building materials need to be imported from Zhanzhou or even the mainland, so the cost is naturally high.

He found someone to calculate that it would cost at least two or three hundred thousand summer yuan to build a 500-square-meter villa here, plus decent decoration...... He has enough money now, but where is he willing to give up?

The succession ceremony is not complicated, that is, on a platform made of loess, the "red bow and arrow" given by the emperor is used to shoot the four directions of heaven and earth, and then sacrifice the ancestors and Sheji, and forget it.

The lord's mansion doesn't need to be considered for the time being, but the family temple is indispensable, so Su Lei invited a local engineering company to find a vacant land outside the town to build the family temple. Of course, he didn't wait for it to be repaired, and played with his aunt and cousin for a few days before returning to his hometown.

Because the institute is about to open, and the company's preparations are also good, he has to go back to deal with these things. How can you have time to watch people repair houses......