The group prepared their carriages and hurried to Lear Manor outside Port Lear, surrounded by a squadron's private soldiers, a squadron's garrison, and a squadron's garrison.

The last rays of sunset on the horizon dissipate, and Lear arrives at Lear Manor.

Manor generally refers to a building complex as the center, all the surrounding fields are collectively called, the main role of the manor is to produce agricultural and sideline products, to supply the lord, and the secondary role is to allow the lord to recreation, or banquet guests.

The common nobles had only one more luxurious house in the center of the manor for the lord's use, and the rest were low wooden houses for tenants or domestic servants to live in.

Lear Manor, on the other hand, is much larger, with a rock-made enclosure and a lavish castle within the walls. The manor house is surrounded by hundreds of households, and it is a small town, and many of the barons' mansions are of this size.

Originally, such a formal dinner could not have been held at the manor, but the hall of the Earl's Court collapsed, and it was only here that the most luxurious place in Port Lear was the Earl Lear's mansion, and the second most luxurious place was the customs office, and then this Lear manor.

Lear walks into the castle and bursts into applause, welcoming the new owner of Port Lear.

This time, Ness followed Lady Elena, and Lear herself walked in the front, smiling at all the guests.

On the way, the butler Kane had already detailed some of the details that needed to be paid attention to at the banquet, and even gave him a copy of the standard speech for such an occasion. He looked at the side carefully, easily remembering the contents.

He walked to the innermost part of the castle hall and turned around, and the hall was silent, save for the slight beeping sound of the candles.

He usually hates the long speeches of those on the podium, but now he has to start speaking according to that pattern. It begins with the legendary story of the old Earl's life, then recounts the painstaking process of establishing Port Lear, then praises the previous Earl of Lear, and finally pays a moment of silence for the deceased loved ones.

After a moment of silence, he picked up a glass of wine, saluted them, and then drank it, and the feast officially began.

He returned to the count's bedroom in the castle, took off his ornate and uncomfortable earl's suit with the help of a maid, changed into civilian clothes, and walked to the hall again. The general rested in a private room and enjoyed a fresh and hearty dinner alone.

By this time the hall was already very lively, and his reappearance attracted a lot of attention, especially the noble ladies and noblewomen, whose eyes burned with lust and fire, and they wanted to strip him naked—he was the most powerful and wealthy single man in all of Lear.

The chief of the garrison approached and chatted with him for a few moments before explaining his intentions: "Lord Earl, are you sure you want to appoint Moore as the captain of the garrison?"

Lear laughed and said, "As the mayor of Port Lear, I think I have the right to appoint a security captain. ”

Seeing that he was so decisive, the chief of the garrison smiled and said, "You are right, Moore is a talent, and I will recommend him to the city hall tomorrow." ”

"No, I'll just issue the mayor's appointment order. Lear said.

"Your orders are everything. The chief of the guard hesitated for a moment, as if he had something to say, but turned to leave.

It wasn't long before a tall old man with a white beard walked over. Lear has a deep impression of this man, his name is Winston, he has a loud voice, he is known for his rigor and pragmatism, he is the financial secretary of this term, and his life is very bumpy.

Winston's father was originally a viscount, but he was a gambler and a drunkard, and in the end he owed a large amount of gold and was forced to sell his land. Losing the fief, his family changed from a hereditary viscount to a non-fiefdom viscount, and the next heir could only inherit the title of baron, and the next heir could only inherit the lord, and the future descendants could only be commoners.

As a baron without a fief, Winston had a very difficult life, but he chose Port Lear with great discernment, and found a position in Port Lear, and then slowly climbed through the ranks, eventually becoming the Financial Secretary, who he spent fifteen years at the helm.

He was very prestigious in Port Lear, firmly in charge of the Financial Secretary, and had an excellent relationship with the previous Earl of Lear, and was a leading figure in the local power of Port Lear.

The reason why Lear was impressed by him was that he was the only one of all the officials before him who had a very cold attitude and did not have the slightest servile appearance.

Lear thought he had a backbone at first, but the sword told him that when he wasn't looking, Winston looked at him with contempt.

Winston said straight to the point: "Lord Lear, I heard that you directly promoted that incompetent deputy squadron leader to guard captain?"

His loud voice immediately drew everyone's attention to the place.

Lear squinted, tilted his head slightly, looked at the tall old man, and said, "What, do you have an opinion?"

Winston didn't seem to notice Lear's displeasure, and continued to say loudly: "Earl Lear, you have just arrived in Port Lear, and you have not even received the knighthood order from Emperor Grant, so you are not suitable to manage Port Lear. In my opinion, you should go to the academy of the empire for ten years and then come back to govern Port Lear. ”

Lear put on a smiling face and said, "Baron Winston, you're right, I'm inexperienced. But a celebrity once said that if you don't do it, you will never do it well. If Moore makes a mistake as captain of the garrison, then I will punish him severely. ”

Winston said, "Earl, forgive me for the offense. I think you should withdraw the warrant and follow the normal procedure of having the Chief of Security propose it to be reviewed by the City Hall. ”

Still smiling, Lear looked around the hall and saw that everyone had different expressions, while the high-ranking officials in Port Lear avoided his gaze.

Moore, who was not far away, immediately walked over, resisted the anger in his heart, and said, "Dear Lord Winston, your lord has been approved by the king's envoy, then he is the master of Port Lear, and his words are the law of Port Lear!"

Winston was furious, waved his hand and slapped Moore in the face loudly, and scolded: "Despicable civilian, you don't even salute when you see me!"

Moore stood still, gritted his teeth and bowed, and said, "Captain Moore has seen Baron Winston. ”

With a "snap", Winston slapped him again and scolded, "Before the appointment order was issued, you were just a deputy squadron leader, and it was a big crime to pretend to be an official position! If today was not the day when Count Lear was knighted, you would have been in prison for the rest of your life!"

Moore stood straight in place, glaring fiercely at Winston, not saying a word. He was just a commoner, and even if Winston killed him, he would only be fined a hundred gold carats - imperial law stated that unless authorized by both the House of Lords and the Emperor, no matter how big the fiefdom nobles were wrong, they could only be fined a maximum of one hundred gold carats.