Chapter 40: The Viscountess
Meng Fan was ushered into the banquet hall by Baron Brunke, the host of the dinner, and the guests in the hall all turned their eyes to the lord who walked into the banquet hall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Lord Claude. More than sixty guests applauded and shouted their names with kind eyes and bright smiles, and Meng Fan smiled and waved to the guests in the hall.
Baron Brunk nodded to several musicians sitting in the corner of the banquet hall, and soon, cheerful music sounded, and after Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, arrived in the banquet hall, the dinner officially began.
Standing directly above the banquet hall, accompanied by Baron Brunke, Meng Fan accepted the greetings of the guests one by one.
"Lord Claude, this is Baron Walter, who is the same as I am on the land. Brunke, who was behind Meng Fan, introduced himself to a manor master who had come to greet him.
"Hello, Lord Walter. Meng Fan nodded slightly to the man in front of him, "Lord Claude, for the land you gave me not long ago, I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to Lord Claude, Lord Claude, if you have anything to do with me, I will definitely do my best..." Baron Wought expressed his gratitude in front of Meng Fan.
After Fils, Hebra, and Tomman were executed by Meng Fan, Meng Fan distributed the land and shops owned by these three to the lords and merchants of the city, and Baron Brunk and Baron Walter were the beneficiaries of this separation.
"I have received the kindness of Baron Walter. Meng Fan smiled and nodded, and when Walter left, several more guests rushed up to pay their respects to the lord.
After serving as the Lord of Black Rock City, Meng Fan had now become the hottest figure in this banquet hall, and every guest came to Meng Fan with a humble smile and respectfully saluted the lord.
Looking at the nobles in front of him who nodded to him, Meng Fan felt an indescribable happiness in his heart.
Even the most sane people will grovel before those in power, and the greatest pleasure of power is to be able to enjoy the obedience and deference of others.
"Lord Claude. A woman with brown and red hair came to Meng Fan, with a convex and provocative figure under the black long swing dress, a charming and moving smile on her beautiful face, holding a pink buddled fan in the woman's hand.
"Brunke, she is..." Meng Fan asked, staring at the beautiful woman in front of him, "Lord Claude, she is Viscountess Philina. Brunke, who was behind Meng Fan, was busy introducing the brown-red-haired woman to the lord.
"Viscountess?" Meng Fan turned his head and glanced at Brunke, "Lord Claude, Lady Philina's husband is the tax collector of Lord Balin, the last lord of Black Rock City, Viscount Carter, four months ago, the Brettan army invaded Black Rock City, and the Brettan soldiers slaughtered Lord Balin's family, Viscount Carter happened to be at the home of Lord Balin at the time, and Viscount Carter was unfortunately killed by the Bretan people. Brunk whispered.
"Oh, that's right. Meng Fan turned his head to look at the Viscountess Firina in front of him. "Lady Filina, I deeply regret the misfortune of your husband. Meng Fan said softly, "Thank you Lord for your concern for the deceased husband..." Filina saluted Meng Fan.
"Lord Claude, it's a pleasure to see you here tonight, my lord, you can become the lord of Black Rock City at such a young age, I have a lot of respect for you, Lord Claude..." After chatting with the lord for a while, Filina held the small pink bud fan in front of her chest, and looked at Meng Fan with a pair of beautiful eyes.
"Hehe, Viscountess Filina, I'm glad to meet you too. Meng Fan smiled and stretched out his hand, Filina quickly put her little hand in Meng Fan's palm, Meng Fan bowed down slightly and kissed the beautiful viscountess on the back of her hand.
Baron Brunke, who was standing behind Meng Fan, blinked, there were also many female guests in the banquet hall tonight, these noble ladies and ladies had come to express their greetings to the lord, but Lord Claude only kissed Mrs. Filina alone, in the Gilgia Kingdom, only when he met a woman with a higher status than himself, or who admired him very much, a man would take the initiative to kiss his hand.
"Lord Claude, my estate can take in another two hundred refugees. A noble manor lord stood in front of Meng Fan and said, "Oh, very good, Bentler, I will send someone to send two hundred refugees to work in your manor, you must pay the refugees as much as other farmers, you can't be harsh on them, you know?" With a glass of wine, Meng Fan stood in the banquet hall and talked with a manor owner about the resettlement of refugees in the city.
There were nearly 5,000 refugees in Blackstone City, and Meng Fan sent the young and strong refugees outside the city to reclaim the barren mountains, while the old and infirm and the women, Meng Fan arranged for them to work on the manor owner's farm.
"Yes, Lord Claude, I promise that I will treat these refugees fairly and will not be harsh on them. Benteler bowed.
The dinner had been going on for two hours, and Meng Fan had talked to many of the guests tonight, and Meng Fan, the aristocratic and wealthy businessmen in Black Rock City, had basically met tonight.
"Claude, you're tired. Bogula came to Meng Fan's side and asked with a smile, "Well, I'm a little tired, I've been talking to these people, big brother, it seems that it's not a good thing to be too popular." Meng Fan raised his wine glass, took a sip of red wine, and said with a smile.
"Claude, there will be many banquets like this in the future, the most common entertainment for nobles is to hold banquets, as the lord of Black Rock City, I'm afraid you will be invited to banquets every few days in the future..."
"Big brother, you go and tell Golding to get the carriage ready, and we will go back to the lord's mansion later. Meng Fan drank all the wine in the cup and said, "Okay." Bogura left the banquet hall to inform Golding, the attendant in the car.
Standing in the banquet hall, Meng Fan's eyes fell on the red-brown-red woman again, Filina, the viscountess was sitting on a soft chair on the side of the hall and chatting happily with several ladies and ladies.
"Lord Claude, have you become interested in her?" Tiberius quietly appeared beside Meng Fan, "Tiberius, what are you talking about?" Meng Fan pretended not to understand what Tiberius said, waved his hand, and Meng Fan called the servant to replace it with a full glass of red wine.
"Lord Claude, your eyes have been wandering off the beautiful Viscountess tonight. Tiberius squinted his eyes and laughed, but was poked by Tiberius, and Meng Fan no longer concealed it, holding a wine glass, while drinking fragrant red wine, Meng Fan looked at the brown-haired woman on the side of the hall with tasteful eyes.
Filina, who was sitting with a group of noble ladies, seemed to feel the hot gaze of the lord, and unfolded the small pink fan in her hand to half-cover her face, Filina turned around shyly and pretended to avoid Meng Fan's gaze, but this turning action inadvertently better showed her beautiful figure in front of Meng Fan.