Chapter 62: The Visitor

Looking at the back of her leaving, Ernst was a little puzzled, could he be so terrible? With doubts in his heart, Ernst went to the hall to prepare to find Bert, and the territory did not have a clue now, and Ernst needed to know more about this place.

It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, this is an oriental proverb, and Ernst likes this sentence very much, no matter how much Bert says about the territory, it is better to see it with his own eyes, after all, only what he sees with his own eyes can he believe it, even if Bert's loyalty is not a problem.

Ernst, Bert, Cosi, and Motalo Balbo walked among the fields and grasses, all uncultivated, though not endless, but also quite vast.

"Bert, I'm going to create an agricultural machinery company, what do you think?"

Agricultural machinery companies? It is true that it takes a lot of agricultural equipment to reclaim this wasteland, but is it a bit overkill to start a agricultural equipment company for this reason?

Bert did not know that the First World War would break out fourteen years later, and he did not know that Ernst had founded the Agricultural Equipment Company with the main purpose of laying the foundation for the future munitions factory. Of course, all this is just a concept now, and the whole of Moravia is like a newborn, and there are so many things that Ernst needs to worry about.

Walking through the streets of the town, looking at the awe-inspiring gazes of the citizens here, Ernst was curious about the reason for this result, and before Ernst could ask Bert, he had already told Ernst everything he knew.

"Emperor Franz is very negligent in the management of this place, everything in the territory is managed by the steward, and in the process of management, his actions are a little excessive, so the citizens here are very in awe of the master of the castle, and now you are ...... coming."

Before Bert's words were finished, Ernst couldn't help but smile and said: "I am also affected by that half of the master, but this is also a good thing, at least it makes it much less difficult for me to win people's hearts." ”

As soon as he said that this was also a good thing, Bert couldn't help but be stunned, and the subsequent words made him understand the meaning of Ernst's words, and it was true that Ernst only needed a little milder to win people's hearts in comparison.

"I remember someone once saying that no successor wants his predecessor to be a very capable person, because he would appear very incompetent by comparison!"

Bert smiled very gentlemanly and said with humor: "If I am not mistaken, the person in the earl's mouth should be some oriental sage. ”

"Someone? I don't know who it is, but it's true that this sentence comes from the East. ”

While speaking, Ernst was already standing on the high platform, and the middle-aged mayor was about to walk out, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but turn back, but he didn't know why he suddenly froze in place, ready to see what Ernst wanted to do.

Because of the flood, most of the citizens of the town gathered in the town, and not many actually went out, and Ernst, as the owner of this place, naturally watched his every move by these people. At this moment, Ernst suddenly stood on the high platform, and without asking, he understood what the little doll-like lord was about to say.

No one would think that Ernst would say anything useful, after all, he looked so small, like his own son or grandson! What can you understand at this age?

"Sons of Moravia, I am your lord, Archduke Ferdinand, second son of Crown Prince Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Count Franz of Moravia!"

Crown Prince? Count of Moravia? Ernst Franz? These titles made the citizens stunned for a moment, they knew that their new owner was a little doll under the age of ten, but they never thought that this lord would be a member of the royal family, and he was also the second son of the crown prince.

Just when they were stunned, Ernst went straight to the point and gave him his first great gift here!

"As your lord, I am very distressed by the calamity that befell you a few days ago, so I have decided to ...... From now on, Ernst Franz tenant farmers will receive a three-month stipend, with an average of three pounds of grain and five ounces of meat per person per day. ”

Ernst's benefits would have almost met a person's needs for a day, and they would not have enjoyed such a life even before the flood, and now ...... Everything came out of the mouth of the nobleman in front of him, who didn't seem to be very big.

Of course, there are still many doubts in the hearts of the citizens of the town, so whether Ernst's words can count, after all, he looks so small, and the butler will give power to this little earl? Or is it not impossible that everything he is doing now is just a child's playful words?

There was a lot of talk but no cheers made Ernst realize anything, and he glanced at Bert gesturedly, and at this point he needed to let him play to make up for the distrust that Ernst had caused.

Bert came to power, and the citizens below really quieted down, most of them knew who Bert was, after all, as soon as he came here, Bert drove the former butler away with a near-crushing approach. Many people in the town know that this gentleman-looking and kind guy is actually very decisive and ruthless in doing things!

"I believe you have heard what Lord Earl said just now, I will arrange the subsidized food as soon as possible, and it will be distributed by Mr. Massena at that time."

Bert himself stood up and didn't say anything, but also brought out another recent figure in the town, and the citizens of the town were completely relieved, they knew that the subsidy was eighty percent true.

The cheers of anticipation finally arrived, and the corners of Ernst's mouth twitched, what could be more joyful than the happiness of the citizens of his own realm?

At this time, Ernst's concern for Vienna was finally put down, and the future Ernst belonged to Moravia, and Moravia would also belong to Ernst, and God destined that Ernst's surname and first name would be carved on this land.

As if echoing each other with Ernst, the town was officially renamed Ernst the next day, and the departure of the middle-aged mayor made Massena the real mayor of the town.

The food subsidy was delivered to every citizen of the town as scheduled, and what Ernst did not expect was that because of his approach, the population problem of Massena would be solved.

The citizens of Moravia were miserable due to the floods and the abundance of high-priced food, and a lot of wealth was amassed by the nobles, who cared if they lost a lot of fame?

Although Ernst's low-cost grain has arrived, because of time, the citizens no longer have much money in their hands, and the real beneficiaries are very few, but this also makes the relationship between Ernst and those nobles not to the extent of life and death.

The end result was that the nobles got the money, and Ernst paid a small part of his fortune to gain the affection of the whole of Moravia, which seemed to have the best of both worlds but was actually ......

The breakfast in Moravia is much worse than that of Vienna and Rome, not because of the regression of the chef's skills but because of the ingredients, after all, it is located in a remote area, and it is not easy to want some fresh meat.

Some nearby tenant farmers were heading towards Ernst's domain, but the town's population had more than doubled in a day, but this also caused some trouble for Ernst.

Early in the morning of his third day in the territory, Ernst was about to go out with a small Rottweiler sent by one of the town's citizens, but just then Bert hurried forward......

"Viscount Leosh Yanáček?"

It was strange that Viscount Ernst had suddenly appeared to visit him, but then Bert's explanation to him made Ernst suddenly understand.

"The lord next door, a member of the Moravian local council, the old viscount is the deputy speaker of the local council, one of the real powerful figures in Moravia, interesting!"

There was no need to ask Ernst to know that the other party must have come for the sudden increase in the population of the town, after all, a large part of it came from the domain of the Viscount Leoš Yanáček.

"So, shall we meet with him?"

Bert, who understands that the other party has bad intentions, does not want Ernst to face the visitor, but Ernst does not think so.