Even if Luo Ming's personal moral level is not mentioned, even if he talks about interests completely without fruit, Luo Ming will not have the idea of encroaching on Miana.

It is not his own conquest or exploitation, nor is it the land sold or given away by others, nor the people on the land, how convincing can he be?

Now, in Luo Ming's eyes, Miana can't be said to be a small profit, but it is only the extent of one acre and three points of land - his personal territory area is more than ten times that of Miana, although many places are mountainous areas that cannot be used temporarily, but just looking at the cultivated land that has been reclaimed, it is almost five times that of Miana, and it will probably reach eight times next year.

Luo Ming hasn't returned or abandoned the original knighthood yet, and he is not so stupid to bear the infamy of betraying the lord in order to gain this territory?

It's hard to have a second chance to lose this thing, and if he does, Luo Ming would rather choose to seek some greater good than stare at Charlotte's poor property.

Besides, Luo Ming sincerely took care of Charlotte as a sister, and it was impossible to do such a thing.

In fact, he had long been prepared to end his regent at any time, to hand over to Charlotte, and to return all the power and property of the Barony of Miana, which had been entrusted for almost a year, and all the income and expenses were also very tabulated.

But since Charlotte is working as a female official for Princess Victoria, and she is good friends with the princess, this makes Luo Ming have to pay more attention.

Personally, Lormine is still willing to treat Charlotte as if she were his sister. But as a noble lord, he is a careerist who is ready to build his own "independent kingdom", and Charlotte is a "chaplain sent by the center", and the relationship becomes complicated.

However, thinking about it on the other hand, Luo Ming and the center, and Charlotte, are actually far from the extent that the conflict has intensified to the point of irreconcilability.

Even if that day exists, it will not be within three or five years.

"Regardless of what you do. In any case, since she hasn't done anything yet, I have to do my duty as a big brother and welcome her home. ”

Luo Ming showed a smile without the slightest haze: "And there is no conflict between this and the appropriate precautions.

Just like a child who comes to a relative's house at home, although she should prepare cakes and drinks and be hospitable, she should also bring a computer and a handicraft...... No, you should keep your books and precious stones in order to prevent them from being ravaged by the bears. ”

Grant didn't pay much attention to the strange words that popped up by chance.

Even in the lingua franca, a thing often has several different names, but now in the era of many countries, there are many dialects and different styles in the lingua franca, not to mention that some countries and regions speak different languages altogether, and it is not strange for a few unfamiliar words to pop up - she knows that Luo Ming is a foreign visitor.

"If you don't put it away, let the bear child tear up the account book and break the gems, what should I do? Be angry with the child? Seek compensation from the parents? These are certainly 'legitimate' practices, but they will not appear correct in terms of wind criticism, and will only be called narrow-minded and naïve—after all, it is not a stranger but a child of relatives and friends.

It would be better to consider this possibility from the beginning and cut it off at the source. That's what makes you a responsible adult. ”

Although Lormine's words were a metaphor for Charlotte's return, Granty intuitively sensed that he seemed to mean something, and was still satirizing the topic of some distant foreign land.

"I'm sorry. Seeing Granty's slightly confused expression, Luo Ming apologized, "It's just an inconsequential little emotion." Let's get down to business......"

By Luo Ming, who knows nothing about it, plus Granty, who knows less than him, and a little bit of advice given by Aya that is not necessarily reliable, the "Four Winds" organization finally created, even now, is not a powerful force.

A little bit of an eye on corruption and crime, and occasionally catch a thief, that's all.

Although Luo Ming has long had a plan to slowly split its functions and prevent it from becoming a monster department like the KGB, it seems that this goal is still far away.

However, it was enough to deal with Charlotte alone—there was no mention in the letter that she would bring back other guests, and if she had, she should have informed Lormin anyway, so that he might have arranged the feast and lodging in advance.

Thinking of this possibility, Luo Ming really felt a little tricky - if Charlotte came back with a group of "friends", so many people couldn't keep an eye on it. And since they are friends, most of them are aristocratic teenagers, and each of them may show a strong sense of gossip and curiosity, wandering around, it is impossible to prevent it at all, and it is difficult to distinguish if one or two professional agents are mixed in.

Fortunately, this trick did not come true - it was not cheap to send such a bunch of people over, but the princess was not short of this money, maybe she didn't think of this method, maybe she didn't really investigate Luo Ming's original trouble, she just asked Charlotte to help take a look.

There are so many possibilities that it's impossible to determine which one it is. However, it would be nice to rule this possibility out.

Charlotte, who came back alone, was on the mission of a secret agent...... Unless she was going to do some explicit investigation, risking that it would be easy for Luo Ming to see through and tear her face, Luo Ming was confident that she wouldn't find much out of her private investigation.

Sensitive things are hidden in the depths of the cabinet, so naturally they are not afraid of the prying eyes of bear children.

Although that being said, Charlotte is not really a bear child, although she is younger than Luo Ming, but she is also eighteen years old this year, and there is no doubt that she meets the standards of adults.

In the past year, Luo Ming has changed a lot from twenty to twenty-one years old, and Charlotte's growth may not be small, maybe she will no longer be the slightly thin look.

In the galloping carriage, Charlotte looked out the window, at the flashing trees and farmland, those familiar scenery, with a nostalgic expression on her face.

However, while the scenery is familiar, there are also some differences, and even anomalies.

Some are remnants of the battlefield, some of the huts that stood on the side of the road last year are now only ruins, and there is also a wasteland that has been turned into mass graves, scattered with wooden sticks, even tombstones.