"Lord Claude, welcome back to Blackstone City, I'm Viscount Fils Cuya..." Standing among the men was a tall, thin man with a white fox fur hat. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Meng Fan retains the memory of the original owner of the body to which he is attached, Claude, and the person of Fils Cuya has an image of Meng Fan, who is the richest manor owner in Blackstone City.

"Lord Claude, I'm Baron Hebera, the owner of the Duke Firm..." A man with a wide waist and a round body rubbed his hands and saluted Meng Fan.

"Lord Claude, I'm Baron Tomman..." Another nobleman stepped forward to salute Meng Fan, and Meng Fan met with these nobles of Black Rock City one by one.

"Lord Claude, if you need our help, please feel free to speak, we will definitely do our best for you..." At the end, Viscount Fils said sincerely as he shook hands with Meng Fan and said goodbye.

After meeting the nobles of Black Rock City at the gate of the city, Meng Fan, Bogula and the others came to the lord's mansion located in the city.

"Wow, this place has been ransacked. As soon as he entered the Lord's Mansion, Parker couldn't help but speak loudly. In the Lord's Mansion, there were scattered pieces of broken cloth, chairs that had been cut by swords, and things of little value in the Lord's Mansion were taken away.

"Big brother, are these all done by the Bretans?" Meng Fan said, "After the Bretans invaded Black Rock City and killed the lord Balin's family, the Bretan soldiers will definitely steal some things, but some people in the city have also come to the lord's mansion to loot..."

"People?" Meng Fan looked at Bogula suspiciously, "Claude, after the Bretan army attacked Black Rock City, they wanted to kill all the territory soldiers who resisted, and I fled to Ziyang City with the rest of the soldiers, there is no one in Black Rock City to maintain order, and some people will take advantage of the fire to loot." Bogura turned his head and replied.

After listening to the eldest brother's words, Meng Fan couldn't help but recall a sentence he had read in a book, "The most terrible thing is not the evil wolf, but the sheep that go crazy, the bad wolf will only cause harm to one or two sheep at most, and the sheep that go crazy is likely to bring disaster to the entire flock." ”

"Big brother, what kind of person was the last Lord of Black Rock City, Bahrain?" Meng Fan asked, Bogula had served as the commander of the Black Rock City Territory Army, and he must have some understanding of Lord Bahrain.

"Lord Balin, he must be a typical nobleman. Bogura looked at the ransacked lord's mansion in front of him and said, "Typical nobleman?" "Yes, selfish, greedy, lustful... Bogura said, since Bahrain is no longer the lord of Blackstone City, Bogura will also call the previous lord by name.

"That said, Bahrain is not popular with the people of Black Rock. Meng Fan smiled and said, "Haha, Lord Claude, there are few lords who will be loved by the people, these lords never consider the people's well-being and clothing, they only care about their own status and power, of course, they have to try their best to squeeze money from the people." Gruya said with a smile.

After listening to Gruya's words, Meng Fan thought for a moment, "Since I am now the lord of Black Rock City, I have to clean up this city now." Meng Fan turned around.

"Parker, you go and recruit servants and clean up the Lord's Mansion..." Parker grinned.

"Golding, you are responsible for going to the city to purchase the things that are urgently needed in the lord's mansion, tables, chairs, beds, cabinets..." Meng Fan asked the attendant Golding to purchase items.

"Big brother, you once served as the commander of the territory army of Black Rock City, and now the security in the city will be handed over to you first, and the five hundred soldiers who came back with us this time let them maintain order in the city, and no longer let the people in the city take advantage of the fire to rob. "Meng Fan handed over the security in Black Rock City to his eldest brother, Bogula.

"Gruja, you are temporarily my bodyguard, Black Rock City was invaded by the Bretan army two months ago, and I plan to personally visit the city to see how the people in the city are doing. Meng Fan finally looked at Gruya.

After Meng Fan arranged everything, he and Gruya rode on horses and began to inspect Black Rock City.

"The walls are broken. Meng Fan and Gruya rode to the east city wall, Meng Fan saw that the east wall was damaged by Bretan's army, "It may cost thousands of gold coins to repair this section of the city wall." Gruja on the side spoke.

"But fortunately, the Brettan army was in a hurry to rush to the west of Ziyang City after capturing Black Rock City, so they did not plunder and destroy the city, otherwise the situation might have been worse. Gruya turned his head to look at Meng Fan.

"Hmm. Meng Fan nodded, "Let's go to other places to have a look." Meng Fan turned over his horse and walked towards the streets of the city, riding on his horse, Meng Fan saw that there were many ragged refugees in Black Rock City.

"There are so many refugees in the city. Meng Fan looked at the refugees begging along the streets, "There will definitely be, the refugees live in tents outside the city, and they will come to the city during the day to look for work or beg for food." Gruja said.

Meng Fan knew that these refugees in Black Rock City had fled from the Giant Wood City in the east, and after the invasion of the Bretan army from the northeast of the Gilgian Kingdom, the first city to capture was the Giant Wood City, many houses in the Giant Wood City were burned down, and some people fled to the Black Rock City and became refugees.

"The number of refugees may be in the thousands, Gruya, what do you think of driving these refugees back to the territory of Jumu City?" Meng Fan turned his head and asked.

"Lord Claude, I don't think it's a good idea to forcibly evict the refugees back, because driving out these homeless refugees will give you a bad reputation, and the people may think that you are a selfish and heartless person. Gruja said.

Meng Fan nodded, what Gruya said made sense, he had just become the lord of Black Rock City, and he needed to do something to enhance his reputation and prestige.

Moreover, nothing is more important to a lord than land and population, and these thousands of refugees may seem like a headache, but if you settle these refugees and find them jobs, then your territory will add thousands of people.

"Gruya, how do you think of distributing food to these refugees first, and then finding a way to find work for them?" Meng Fan asked again, "Lord Claude, I agree with your approach, but to distribute food to thousands of refugees, it will cost a lot of food every day, my lord, this needs to be taken out of your hands." Gruja said.

"Aren't there some nobles and wealthy merchants in this Black Rock City, let them also do something to help me help these refugees." Meng Fan said with a smile.