Charles was already going to have dinner, but he received the first "Dispute Complaint Application" in the "Blue Mountain Pass Experimental Development Zone", which was supposed to be handled by the housekeeper Roy, but after knowing the two sides of the dispute, he had to go out in person, after all, the people on both sides have a relatively close relationship with him, and it would be very troublesome to bias either side.

But when Charles came to the place where the two sides had a dispute, he couldn't help but be angry and helpless.

"Veronica, with such a wide river and such a large flow of water, do you also want to compete for the upper and lower reaches?"

The beautiful girl knight on the horse pouted her pointed chin and said arrogantly: "This is not just a matter of upstream and downstream, but it involves the face of the nobles." ”

It turned out that there was a river more than ten meters wide near Hongshan Village that slipped from the southeast and flowed through this land to the northwest, just separating the land chosen by Veronica for the "spoils of war" from the land of the merchants entrusted by Linal.

Although the surrounding land has been barren for a long time, the soil quality is excellent, the terrain is flat, the river flow is sufficient, as long as there is sufficient manpower to develop, after the erection of water conservancy facilities to irrigate the wasteland, it must be a large piece of fertile land.

But now the problem arose with the water conservancy facility, and the people of Veronica and Linar had chosen a section of the river to be dammed to store water, which would be good for irrigating their fields and driving the mill, etc.

This is where the conflict of disputes arises.

Veronica's lackey: "You are blind by damming my territory to store water, don't you know that this water belongs to my family?"

Linal's lackey: "MLGB, this river is clearly my family's, how can you drip if your eyeballs are not good?"

The temper of the lackeys of the wealthy family is not good, and after a dispute, they started shooting, and the marksmanship of both sides is very good, one dead and three seriously injured.

At this juncture when the Lanshan Pass Experimental Development Zone has just begun its pilot project, this is a typical big and important case, which should be seriously dealt with according to the law, and then criticized by circular.

But Charles really doesn't have that much energy to divide the merits of the two families, and the two groups of tigers are fluttering and fluttering here, and the lion doesn't want to come up and get his hair dirty, right?

"Veronica, I think that you, as neighbors, still value peace, since everyone has taken a fancy to this section of the river, let's build a dam together! ”

"Who wants to build a dam with a group of merchants to use water? Either let them go downstream to build a dam, or let them pay a price, and I will buy the whole river!" Veronica said in disgust as she looked at the group of merchant guards on the other side of the river.

The pride of the nobility is a deep-seated physical factor, and even if Veronica is now doing the same thing as a businessman, she still distinguishes herself from a pure businessman.

But what she didn't know was that the group of merchants across the river was just white gloves in front, and the big Buddha in the back was even prouder than her!

Charles found it a little difficult to do, and turned to look at his cousin's lackeys across the river, only to find a man who had just arrived on horseback.

Iloti Tovani, the seemingly harmless man and beast Charr has met several times, was at the behest of Linal's cousin to be in front of his house to observe, and later he was also by his side when Linar was quietly collecting the manuscripts of "that Excellency", and was obviously a close confidant of his cousin.

Charles looked at Iloti Tovani, who smiled at him as well.

Charles' keen eyesight scanned the land, and when he saw the newly completed mountain dwelling under the red cliffs, he raised his jaw several times in succession, and threw an inquiring look at Iloti Tovani.

Iloti Tovani smiled and nodded.

"it!"

"Okay, I will deal with this matter as the supreme administrator of Lanshan Pass, the ownership of this river belongs to the Lanshan Pass Administrative Region, and I will personally be responsible for building the dam and attached water conservancy facilities, and you two can get water and water for free. ”

"As for the wounded and the dead, the two sides compensate each other, fifty louis for the wounded and one hundred louis for the dead, this is the final judgment, if not, then ....... Change territories again, understand?"

Veronica was a little unconvinced, but suddenly thought of something, so she asked in a low voice, "Are you in trouble?"

"Well, a little!" Charles replied very honestly.

"You're going to build the dam yourself?"

Charles thought about it, his ability in civil engineering planning is really good, nodded and said, "It should be! I'm good at these, I'll take a look at it at the beginning." ”

"That'....... Okay!"

"Then I'll go and appease those merchants! Your marksmanship is so ruthless that you actually killed one. So he ran down the river, where there was a wooden bridge to cross.

"Hey ......"

Veronica shouted half a sentence, the volume of a mosquito humming.

"It's so late, and I don't know how to invite a lady to dinner!"

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.............

When Charles entered the mountain dwelling under the red cliff, he saw a slender figure on the log terrace, with steaming dinner and cutlery on the table.

"Hey, there's a hot pot today!" Charles's eyes lit up, and his appetite widened.

He walked over and sat down, picked up the tongs and added food to the hot pot, ignoring the large binoculars on the table.

Based on his spatial imagination ability of a mid-rank hunter, he could infer that if he looked down the mountain with a high-powered telescope from this position, he could clearly get a glimpse of the scene by the river just now.

"You know it's hot pot?"

"I know, I've heard my father talk about it before, and my aunt taught you this, right?"

Linar nodded, and said a little unnaturally: "Mom said that this is the invention of one of her most respected teachers, which can make a group of strangers close to the soul and become an artifact for best friends." ”

Is there a problem that can't be solved with a hot pot?

Charles's movements froze for a moment, and several scenes of dinner with his former friends flashed in his mind, and the noise was not lively, but the faces of those friends were already blurred.

"Are you familiar with Veronica?"

Perhaps seeing Charles' indifference, Linar asked a question that made Charr very refreshed.

"Well, classmate, I've seen it a few times, it seems to be the only daughter of the Duke of Boliang's family, a very proud girl, and a business partner and cousin with me. ”

The corners of Linal's eyes turned up, and her squints were full of smiles, "Then she knows you very well!

Xia Er glanced at Linar and didn't speak, picked up the long chopsticks, scooped up the whitened mutton slices and green vegetables in the hot pot, filled Linal's bowl with an expressionless face, and then scooped up a bowl for himself and lowered his head and began to eat.

Linar didn't eat, the corners of her eyes turned up even more, and the smile on her face became thicker and colder, "I have to lose money and compromise if I am beaten to death, I have never suffered such a big loss!"

"Smack!"

Charles slapped his chopsticks on the table and said angrily, "I haven't seen you for a few days, can you have a good meal?"

“...........”

Quiescence!

There was silence for three minutes, and even the cooks and maids who were ready to wait for the summons to serve the food held their breath for three minutes.

"Are you going to eat with me?"

Linar said with a grumbling word, lowered her head and began to eat the meat in her bowl, although it was a little cold, she ate it quickly.

After eating, he also scooped up a chopstick dish for Charles and threw it into his bowl viciously.

The atmosphere at the table was strangely back to normal, and the servants and cooks below were also relieved.

"Why are you here all of a sudden? Aren't you looking at the development of the steam engine?"

"The test run of the steam engine was successful the other day, and although there are still some problems to be solved, I have lost interest in it, so I came out to find something of interest. ”

Charles looked at Linar and blinked, "You're looking for something of interest....... What are you looking at me for?"

Linar smiled brightly, her red eyes flashed with brilliance, and Charles immediately lowered her head to eat, and her heartbeat rate was disturbed for more than ten seconds before returning to normal.

"Is her charm technique advanced?" muttered to Charles, who had no doubt that his immunity would wane.

"I received your letter to me, and you now need intelligence on the military forces in the Nilan region?"

"Well, I need to assess the possibility that Sbaya and Engru will intervene directly in this war, and if they do, how many troops will they send, and will this war spill into a big battle like the Battle of Sbaia?"

"They will definitely intervene, the Saxon Knights of Engru have reached the border between Nilan and Luxon, and as long as the Grand Duke of Luxon nods, they will enter the territory of the Duchy of Luxon as mercenaries to help him in battle. ”

"Saxon Knights? I'm looking forward to ........"

Charles smiled, lowered his head and continued to eat.

He was chased by the Saxon Knights at the beginning of the crossing, and in the end, the Berne team paid the price of dozens of lives to end the chase, and this grudge was long over.

Charles will not lose faith in this war, but if Englu and Speya send a large number of regular troops into the war, he will have to bring in other forces, and the initiative of this war will slowly pass from his own hands to the hands of more powerful forces.

"Actually, not only do I know this outcome, but I believe your King Rotherf also knows it, but I don't think anyone will go to war in the name of Englu and Flens, but will have limited support for you and the Duke of Lucerne to fight a special aristocratic war. ”

Linar tilted her head to look at Charles, and said teasingly: "Don't be nervous, as the holder of the 'War Stock', I am qualified to send mercenaries to cheer you on!

Charles raised his head and looked surprised: "The steam engine has not yet been finalized, what do you like again?"

Linar's face turned red, and after hesitating for a moment, she took out a scroll from under the table and slowly unfolded it to Charles.

"My mother sent someone to ask if you can work with us on the next stage of cooperation?"

Charles looked closely, and the thing on the screen was large, spindle-shaped, with a pair of winglets on either side, a rudder at the tail, a pod underneath, and a pair of propellers at the rear of the pod.

Charles took a deep breath, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded.

"It's just an airship, I've heard my father say that it can be studied, but there are a lot of difficulties, it's difficult!"

After meeting Sfantos, Charles began to consider whether he could follow a path that would not be contested.

The answer is no, since Charles Chevalier was born, his life trajectory has not been smooth.

Since he has been pushed onto a special destiny trajectory by the secret force, he may be able to test some secrets by revealing his limited strength to see if he can grasp a little initiative of fate.

The atmosphere at the table began to become abnormal again, Charles was bored and ate his food, Linar asked a few words before he answered, and watched it slowly cold down.

"I heard that the new bishop of Nancy City has been looking for you a lot lately?"

"No, she came to me twice, once when she handed over authority to Bishop Honeywin, and the other time when she passed through the Blue Mountains Pass and brought me letters from many people, Fani, Olive Live, my classmates, and business ........partners."

Linar: ".........."

In the past, as long as she asked about the woman close to Charles, Charles would inevitably explain nervously, and the scene would return to her control, but this time he explained in such detail, but why was he a little weak-hearted?

Is this blaming me for not writing to him?

"She's passing through here, where is she going, what is she going to do?"

"I don't know, it seems that in order to track down the last Night Invasion! It seems that a few Night Cultists have fled to the territory of the Duchy of Lucerne. ”

Charles made a nonsense reason, ate the last scoop of meat in the hot pot, and then got up to take his leave.

Looking at Charles's distant back, Linar sat silently for a long time.

"Bastard, how did I get this picture out? I should ......... Take these!"

Under the small table, rows of wine bottles lay at Linal's feet, and it was clear that the posture was to intoxicate a person.

Linar took out a few more pieces of letterhead, looked at the familiar handwriting of her mother on them, and finally sighed helplessly: "Mom, I really can't do what you said.......

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Luxon City, the only city in the Principality of Luxon with a population of more than 50,000, has barely supported the name of a "national capital" after hundreds of years of ups and downs.

In the middle of the night, a vague figure suddenly appeared in an alley in the east of Luxon City, walking lightly without a sound, revealing an eerie weirdness.

The figure reached the end of the alley and knocked softly towards the innermost door.

His fingers visibly touched the door, but he didn't make a sound.

The gate soon opened, figures floated in, and the alley was empty again.

"The envoy of the Norman Church of Light just arrived in Lucerne yesterday, how can there be an emergency meeting today?

"You have to ask the Divine Envoy about this, and I don't know. ”

"Didn't he return to darkness?"

The vague black shadow that entered the entrance spoke out in surprise, revealing a masked face.