Charles walked into the castle thinking about what kind of man his uncle was.

Although Gilbert has not yet sat in the crown prince's seat, no one – including his two younger brothers – has ever doubted that the title will fall to him sooner or later.

Charles felt that although his uncle was lustful, he was certainly not a fool and was very capable, otherwise the three brothers would have already begun to fight among themselves.

Just like the kingdom of Bischberg next door, there is no heir who can control the brothers, and in the end it is an all-round game of bets on the throne.

It was only when Gilbert had a crushing advantage over his two younger brothers that the political opportunists lived quietly.

Just like in the elven royal court, no elf would instigate Charles to rebel. If Charles rebelled, Victoria and Elizabeth would just have to go out and find a scenic place for a long vacation, and when they returned, they could help him pull weeds from his grave.

Those politicians sometimes look stupid because their brains are limited by their "butts" and can only move within their own interests.

Now that Gilbert came up and said that he would give those maids to Charles, this made someone's brain start to run at high speed, was this hand testing himself, or simply letting himself get angry?

Charles and his uncle met for the first time, and the next work still had to be asked of him, so the uncle's first "gift" was still acceptable, he said: "It just so happens that my sister has been very busy recently, so I can let them take care of my sister." ”

Gilbert didn't care how Charles was playing with those people, he pulled his nephew out of the living room, and said, "Mira came here the other day, and when I saw her, it was like seeing your mother. ”

"When Winnie secretly left with that kid without her father's knowledge, it was our brothers and sisters who said that they would go hunting and take the opportunity to leave Thundering City. ”

"The first time Winnie met that kid, I knew that he was uneasy. ”

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Charles listened to his uncle reminisce along the way, and then was taken to the top of the castle's tower.

What was originally a watchtower has been transformed into a place for tea and rest, and on a small bookshelf by Alice Margot Royd are "The Social Contract" and "On the Spirit of the Law", which are filled with bookmarks of various colors.

In the past, it would have been a good place to blow the wind, drink tea and read a book on a summer afternoon.

But at the moment, when you look around, you can see smoke rising from the burning of the village in several places.

Gilbert beckoned Charles to sit down, and a maid, dressed in a summer cold, poured tea for the two of them and brought a tray with a pipe in it.

Charles's eyes couldn't help but glance at the maid's body a few times, in addition to the fact that the maid was petite and protruding forward and backward, the most important thing was her temperament, which made people feel that she was a hungry wolf lurking in the grass.

The feeling of sex and danger at the same time was terrifying, but it made Charles feel familiar, as Tarantula had done the other day when some guy had eaten up the jam bread that Vichy had made for herself.

Gilbert smiled when he saw Charles's reaction, and then asked, "I think you don't have a guard yet, right?"

Charles shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I don't have a guard." ”

Indeed, with his current strength and his style of life without messing around, it is very difficult for others to assassinate him.

"That's not going to work. Gilbert shook his head, "You're also a big man, and you're so rich, I'm afraid there won't be fewer people who plan to kidnap you for money." ”

Charles didn't want to dwell on this, so he said, "Then I'll start looking at the right person." ”

Gilbert said, "The tall maid sent by Mira last time seems to be very good, should you send it for training?" ”

Charles shook his head and said, "She was one of the maids my mother chose for me when she was alive. ”

"That's right. Gilbert was a little disappointed in his heart, since it was something that his sister had prepared for her nephew before her death, she didn't want it herself.

He said, "I'll talk to my father another day, there are trained ones in the family, and I'll send you a few." ”

Charles was noncommittal, acquiescing, he did need some well-trained guards.

Many of the garrisons in the Knowledge City are very restless now, and recently the Instrument Spirit Girls and Artoria have arrested several groups of people who went to the South China Sea Farm to steal vegetables.

With Queen Victoria's backing, these guys either drenched vegetables on the farm for ten days, or caught three of the same thieves by themselves, or they didn't want to get out.

After trying to get Chassi hopeless, Gilbert asked about his younger son, "How is Calvin doing at the academy now?" ”

Charles could only reply patiently: "Calvin is doing well, and he has been under the heavy care of Professor Babbage recently, and Babbage is one of the geniuses among the dragons." ”

Hearing that his son was being cared for by the dragon, Gilbert's face was relieved.

He took two puffs of his pipe and said, "Calvin is a bit silly and soft-natured, and I plan to let him pursue the princess of Fillingen, so that he will not be bullied by other siblings in the future." ”

"I can still hold it down in my generation, and when I leave, it's no wonder that people of your generation don't fight. ”

"In your life, you have the right to inherit the throne, and I don't think it is strange that you beat them all up and become kings when the time comes. ”

"In the past, when I heard my father's decision to let you have the right to inherit, I thought it was to stimulate those boys, but now I know that they are not enough for you to fight. ”

"I've thought about it, when you marry Linda in the west, we will fully support her to become the queen of Bischberg, and then you will be enthroned as king here, and finally the descendants of the two of you will be the common king of this land on the north bank of the river!"

Charles was dumbfounded, this plan looked crazy, but it was highly feasible, and it could indeed make himself and Linda's descendants puppet kings for a while, and then be overthrown.

He took a sip of tea, shook his head, and said a little unhappily: "Let's talk about the future in the future, let's pass the current hurdle first, otherwise everyone will die." ”

Gilbert took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Don't worry, I'll fully cooperate with Mira." ”

"We are the most affected by this plague, and I have already made arrangements. ”

"I asked the downstream areas that have not yet developed the disease to move the population, and the people in the areas where the disease has not been sick have also been moved, and it just so happens that many garment factories are short of people, and they can be arranged to go there. ”

"If this disease is not eradicated, it is a big deal to abandon this place and build a railway through it when the time comes. ”

Charles looked at his uncle with a face full of shock, this solution of a strong man's broken wrist seemed to be the most effective at the moment.

In some cases, population is a more valuable asset than land.

Leeks are everywhere, and transplanting leeks from a vegetable plot called a field to a vegetable plot called a factory does not hinder the owner of the vegetable field from harvesting.

First of all, the plain area in the east of the country is a grain-producing area, and grain can be taken out to settle the migrants.

The most important thing is that the garment factories in the country have made great progress in the past two years, but there is a serious shortage of labor, unlike the wool mills in the kingdom of Bischberg in the west and the cotton mills in the kingdom of Ryrick in the north, which have completed the accumulation of manpower by the drought of that year.

After discussing with Meazza a while ago, Charles decided to open a few garment factories in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Black Eagle Chamber of Commerce, but Meazza, who was in charge of this matter, suddenly found that the factory could not recruit people, so that Charles had to order his family to "buy" a large number of low-end prostitutes in the five northland countries in the name of Meacha.

Now that an epidemic using drinking water as the source of infection is in front of us, it is no wonder that those factory owners are not happy.