After taking care of the matter of welcoming Charlotte for the time being, Luo Ming rode back to his mansion, and behind him, Grant and the others also dismounted.

Now that he has become a viscount, his territory has expanded a lot, although he is not ready to build a garden villa or anything, but the original mansion has also been expanded, otherwise it will be too shabby.

Liu Bang once questioned why Xiao He spent money to build a luxurious Weiyang Palace when the world was first decided, and Xiao He's answer was "not magnificent, but not powerful".

Although Luo Ming is indeed strong, he will no longer face the problem of food shortage after the autumn harvest next year, and he still has a lot of money saved - whether it is directly taking out gold, silver and jewelry to show off his wealth, or directly letting soldiers come out to show off his might, it is not a good means, and it is not surprising that he is criticized as an upstart.

Luo Ming actually doesn't mind these outside comments. But evaluation affects people's hearts and minds, and thus their actions in reality, and most people consider them based on their reputation when choosing allies, collaborators, and enemies.

And now he doesn't have the capital to go his own way and let others talk about it casually, some people may think that he has become a viscount and he is more or less a big man, but in his goal, this is just the first few steps, and he is still far from the ultimate goal.

Therefore, although he does not plan to spend more money to build a bunch of face-saving engineering-style buildings, at least it should not make people feel that he is too shabby.

After turning over and dismounting, and handing the reins into the groom's hands, he basked in the warm afternoon sun, and although he stretched his waist without much movement, he also twisted his entire spine slightly, as if to squeeze the exhaustion out of his body.

"Hahu ......"

With a slight yawn, he led the group inside.

Back indoors, servants served iced herbal tea.

This ice is not stuffed into the cellar in the winter and kept warm until the summer, but the principle that nitrate dissolves in water will absorb the heat, and now he has no shortage of saltpeter, so he can be a small luxury - besides, the nitrate dissolved in water does not disappear directly, except for part of the loss, it can be extracted and reused.

After taking a sip of cool and sweet herbal tea, away from the hot sun, even the most modest people gradually regained their spirits.

After five minutes, Luo Ming led the group to the conference room, then drove away all the servants, and swept around with the sharpest sense, Yaliana searched again with magic to confirm that it was correct before begining.

The only ones who could stay in the conference room were his henchmen. Although the core secrets are still locked in Luo Ming's own heart (even Ariana, as a doppelganger rather than the ontology, the information she gets is not necessarily complete), but the second-level secrets are accessible to them - basically only they have access to.

"How's the work diary organized?"

Luo Ming first asked Da Kang a question - due to his average physical condition, the old man did not go to the banquet, but stayed indoors to deal with the task given to him by Luo Ming.

The old man put his pen aside, scanned the paper in his hand twice, and replied, "Your Excellency, the collation of the journal has been completed, and now I am writing the index and summary, and I will be able to complete it all by noon tomorrow at the most." ”

"I'm tired. It's okay if you don't have to be in such a hurry, and you should pay more attention to rest when you are old. Just give it to me tomorrow before sunset. ”

Then, he turned his head to Granty: "How's the intelligence going?"

Granty immediately got up: "Although the 'Four Winds' has not been created for a long time, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, with your help and the guidance of the king's outline, the plan has been completed, and it is only waiting for your review, and then it can be fully implemented." ”

At this moment, she is not Luo Ming's relative, friend and companion, but stands here as a loyal retainer who can find fault with no one.