A month later, Simon and Baruger returned to Hwaseong with the knights, and both of them performed very well and successfully completed the tasks assigned by Betty.

However, Barugel was more depressed, because despite his overnight journey, he still returned to Hwaseong two days later than Simon. However, he also admired Simon's awesomeness, and began to respect this excellent civil officer of Lisburg from the bottom of his heart. However, Betty praised Baruger well, because he not only exterminated the stubborn bandits in the territory, placed all the innocent thieves in the village, but also brought back the private belongings of countless bandit leaders to Hwaseong.

In the council hall of the Duke's Palace of Hwaseong, all the representatives of the nobles of the Duke's territory gathered here, and Betty replaced Mozart to announce the new system of the Duke's Palace, especially in the matter of taxes and land, to ensure the survival and rights of the people.

Soon a nobleman raised an objection, and a nobleman with the status of a viscount stepped forward, and he objected unceremoniously: "Lord Betty, how can we nobles survive by doing this?" In our Hwaseong territory, is it our nobles who are important, or are those untouchables important? Which is more important, and I ask Lord Betty to weigh it herself. ”

Under the influence of this viscount, the nobles discussed it privately, and the vast majority of the nobles were completely opposed, and frequently pointed at Betty.

There was even a baron who openly shouted: "It is simply ridiculous that my huge territory in Huacheng would let an eleven-year-old girl be in charge." If the Hwaseong Duke's Mansion has to be so nonsense, it will be tantamount to forcing us to leave Hwaseong. ”

The nobles said in unison: "Yes, Betty can't be allowed to come so nonsense, Lord Duke, you have to make decisions for us." ”

Mozart slowly stood up from his seat, stretched out his hand and pointed at the baron who had slandered Betty, and said, "Lord Baron, my Duke's palace has been kind to you all these years, and I am very disappointed that you have said this today. If you think that we can't keep you in Huacheng, you can go, whether you go to the sunny waters or go to Longcheng, it's up to you, I won't stop you. ”

The baron was stunned, and the other nobles immediately fell silent. The baron looked around and saw that everyone was bowing their heads and no one stood up to help him speak, the baron was a little nervous, and immediately said: "I'm sorry Lord Duke, I, I was just too excited just now, and I said something I shouldn't have said for a while." ”

Mozart said indignantly: "I don't care if you were excited just now, or if you confessed to my duke's palace. What I want to tell you today is that in my Hwaseong territory, Betty not only represents me, but also represents our Hwaseong Duke's Mansion, and she can do whatever she says. ”

After speaking, Mozart pointed to the guards on the side and said, "Go, bring that damn guy to me, it's really bold to dare to raise troops against my Duke's Palace." ”

The guards saluted and hurried out to give orders, and soon a noble prisoner was escorted and dragged into the hall by the guards.

This nobleman is known to everyone, and he is a famous tyrant in the north of the territory, and his rampage for a while finally ended up in the current end.

Mozart pointed to the noble prisoner and said, "This guy has been doing evil in the territory for many years, and I have put up with him for a long time. I've always been magnanimous to you, and I rarely care about the affairs of the territory with you, and I turn a blind eye to many things. But now the world is different, and if I continue to be so confused, my Huacheng will be completely finished like other territories. ”

The nobles bowed their heads and remained silent after hearing this, and then Betty continued to speak: "The barbarians are on the north side of our territory, and they may come to attack our Huacheng at any time. Without the Duke's Palace, where we Knight are in charge, do you think we will have a good life in the future? Don't you know what the Duke of Illit will do when he surrenders the city? ”

The nobles blushed when they heard this, and everyone bowed down to salute, showing great respect for Betty.

Betty pointed to the noble prisoner and said: "Nothing can be done without rules, our Hwaseong territory has our Hwaseong laws and regulations, and our Hwaseong Duke's Mansion will not tolerate anyone who wantonly tramples on the laws and regulations." Pull this worst guy out and hang him. ”

Betty's order shocked the nobles into a cold sweat, they could hardly believe their ears, the Duke's Palace actually wanted to execute the nobles, which is a rare occurrence in the kingdom.

With an angry face on his face, Baruger strode directly to the courtyard with one hand twisted the nobleman, and personally hanged the prisoner on the shelf in front of all the nobles.

Betty's trick set an example, and the effect was very obvious, and the nobles were terrified in their hearts, and they stood in the hall trembling and did not dare to squeak.

Betty continued: "In the future, if anyone does not follow the rules of the Duke's Court and oppresses the people wantonly, this is the fate of the most heinous people. ”

The nobles fell silent, but no one dared to say anything, and the hall fell into silence.

After a while, out of the nobility came an earl named Wentons, the only earl in Hwaseong territory. He is below Mozart, and is a typical representative of the entire territorial aristocracy, and if he accompanies him in everything, other nobles will basically follow.

Wintons saluted and said, "Lord Betty's strict law enforcement, I admire Windens very much. Since the Duke's Palace is going to vigorously strengthen the governance of the territory, we should fully cooperate and not let other territories see our jokes. Let's ask Lord Betty to give orders directly, what should we do, everything is at the mercy of Lord Betty's arrangement! ”

Wentons reacts quickly enough, and he is relatively tactful, which is the consistent style of his Earl's Court, and it is also an important reason why Earl's Court has been based in Hwaseong for hundreds of years.

Betty nodded slightly, satisfied with the earl's reaction, and she announced loudly to the nobles: "Please come back today, take care of your family and guards, conscientiously implement the new rules of the Duke's Palace, and treat the people of your territory well." ”

The nobles saluted together and replied, "Yes, Lord Betty." ”

Betty said again: "In addition, after you go back, inform all the vendors in your territory, so that they can all come to Dragon City to obey orders, and the Duke's Palace has important matters to explain." ”

The nobles were very confused when they heard this, and they looked at each other, not knowing what the Duke's Palace was going to do, so they had to salute one after another.

After all the nobles left, Mozart immediately said angrily: "A group of guys who don't know what to call dare to shout at my Duke's Palace, and they are all tired of it." ”

Betty coughed after hearing this, and when she saw her father looking at her, Betty glared at Mozart fiercely, which made Mozart very embarrassed.

Seeing this, Simon smiled and said, "Lord Duke, these nobles used to be arrogant and used to it, and it is normal that they can't get used to it. Today the Duke's Court has said this, and I believe they already know what they have to do. ”

Mozart smiled shyly, and after glancing at Betty, he saw that Betty did not express an opinion, so he said: "What Master Simon said makes sense, I hope they can all change their ways." Oh, Simeon-sama, you didn't encounter any barbarians when you went to the North this time, did you? ”

Simon replied, "The barbarians are all on the north side of the Dragon City River, and I have been to the river to check it, but they are only looking across the river, and they have not crossed the border. ”

Betty seemed to be a little dissatisfied with his father, and said a little unhappily: "Okay, let's talk about things, I'm a little tired, let's go first." ”

After saying that, Betty didn't bother to say hello to Mozart, and turned around and left the chamber directly, and Barugel hurriedly left behind him.

Simon was surprised, and after Betty left, he walked in with Mozart and asked in a low voice, "This Lord Betty seems to have some opinions about the Duke, what is the reason for this, can you tell me about it?" ”

Mozart replied awkwardly, "Well, it's not for the sake of the knights' horses. A month ago, I promised Betty to go to the vendors to deal with the horses, and I was working on it, and Betty thought that my father was too slow, so she was not happy. ”

"Oh!" Simon nodded in realization, and then he smiled and said goodbye to Mozart, turned around and chased after Betty.

After leaving the hall, Simon said to himself: "It's been a month, and things haven't progressed yet, so it's strange not to be angry." Mozart, Mozart, you duke is really not very reliable. ”

A few days later, vendors from all over Hwaseong gathered in the Duke's Palace, crowding the large courtyard of the Duke's Palace, and the efficiency of the nobles after returning was really a level.

This time, Betty directly presided over the proceedings, and she stretched out a finger and said: "My Duke's Mansion of Hwaseong has summoned everyone here for one thing, and that is to tell you that our Duke's Mansion offers 1 gold coin and a war horse, and you will collect as many war horses as you send to our Duke's Palace, and the more the better." ”

The vendors immediately exploded into discussions, and everyone had excited expressions on their faces, and it was obvious that this price aroused everyone's strong interest.

Betty then continued: "But I have one request, if anyone is unwilling to sell horses for our duke's palace, he will not want to do any more business in the territory in the future, and you should know what the consequences are. ”

The vendors were shocked, and the crowd began to show fear again, apparently that this was not so easy to do.

A vendor boldly walked out and asked, "Lord Betty, now that the world is in chaos and war, how precious this war horse is, where can we go to get a war horse, doesn't this embarrass us?" ”

Betty replied, "You have many ways to be a trader and many ideas, so you don't need me to teach you this, do you?" Horses come in and out of the docks in the sunny waters every day, and there are many horses in the markets of other territories. ”

The merchant shook his head again and again, and said very painfully: "But most of these are ordinary horses used for work, and there are very few war horses, and the price is ......."

The vendor didn't dare to say anything more than he said in the middle of speaking, but Betty naturally understood what he meant.

Betty smiled slightly and said directly: "The price is not attractive enough, is it?" Okay, then our Duke's Palace will offer a price of one and a half gold coins and a war horse, how about you? It's up to you whether you have the ability to make this money. ”

The crowd erupted in shouts: "Okay, no problem. ”

The traders are mercenary, and they can't wait for such a good horse price, and everyone is gearing up, and their excited expressions are eager to turn their heads and go to the war horse immediately.

Betty was able to do things, and she didn't say anything to them, and just let everyone leave.

Mozart was very anxious about Betty's approach, and he felt a great loss to buy War Horse at such a high price.

He pulled Betty into a room alone, scolded Betty and said, "Your father is very dissatisfied with what you did this time, are you trying to impoverish our Duke's Palace?" ”

Betty frowned and replied, "Isn't there nearly 20,000 gold coins in our treasury and your private treasury, and the money of those bandits brought back by Barugel, the total amount is more than 30,000 gold coins." In these chaotic days, materials are very scarce everywhere, and many things may not be bought with money. If you don't make a move at a critical time, what's the use of keeping these gold coins, can you eat them as food? ”

Mozart replied with a disgraced face: "You can't say that, it's like this now, it's not good to say it in the future, it's always good to have gold coins on hand." ”

Betty replied coldly: "No one can say how many days our Huacheng territory can be guaranteed, if we don't quickly form the Territory Knights at this time, when the barbarians come, we can only sit and wait for the fall." Haven't you always wanted to have your own Knights of your own realm, and when it comes to money, you become cringe again? ”

Mozart glanced at Betty, still unhappily, and said, "Who is cowering?" I didn't say I wouldn't form a Knights of the Territory. I mean, you can buy it for one gold coin, why give them half the price. ”

Betty sneered, "Father, you should know the situation outside. If you don't give them a little benefit, who will risk their lives to help our Duke's Mansion get war horses? There must be brave men under the heavy reward, this is the way out for our Hwaseong, we must do this. How many horses do you think they can get? A few thousand horses at most, we have enough money to spend. It's better to buy a horse than to give it to Carter for nothing, it's better to rely on others than on yourself, don't you often talk about this truth? ”

Mozart nodded awkwardly after hearing this, and now Betty always teaches herself frequently, which makes Mozart, who is a father, feel extremely aggrieved.

But he was also very helpless, he could understand what Betty said, and everything was worth following Betty's arrangement, after all, it was his dream for many years to form a territorial knighthood, and it was worth it for Mozart no matter how much money was spent.