"Lord Elio doesn't have to be like this, he's him, you're you, and this matter has nothing to do with you."

Gray shook his head slightly.

"Besides, Hicks is over, and I've punished him, and I apologize for taking the liberty of punishing him."

"It's the Kulin family's usual lack of discipline over that son of evil that has caused him to be the way he is today, and it is the honor of the Kulin family that Young Master Gray is willing to discipline the Kulin family."

Lord Elio waved his hand.

"Lord Elio, what do you think of Fergus City now?"

Gray didn't say much on the topic either, but asked.

"It's very prosperous, nearby Oliver City and Rock City, I've been to before, it's worse than Fergus City."

Lord Elio replied.

"If a city wants to prosper and develop, rules, order and stability are indispensable, if you rely on the identity of a noble child, you will break the rules, and the city will inevitably not be stable, and naturally it will not be able to prosper."

Gray spoke.

"Conversely, if the city or even the territory cannot prosper, the nobility that relies on taxes for income will slowly decay."

"That's what Master Gray said."

Lord Elio savored it, and the more he tasted it, the more he felt that although what Gray said was very simple and easy to understand, it contained a profound truth, and he couldn't help but say respectfully.

"Although the aristocracy has the right to transcend ordinary people, if we really treat ordinary people as fish and meat, it will only harm ourselves in the end."

Gray said lightly.

Although he was just an ordinary office worker in his previous life, after all, he came from the world of the "big explosion" of information, and his vision of things naturally has his foresight.

After some more chatter, Lord Elio stood up and took his leave, and Gray asked his servant to escort him out of Fergus Castle.

A few days later, a grand banquet was held at Fergus Castle.

In addition to the Fergus family and its subordinate nobles, many nobles who were friendly with the Fergus family, including the Earl of Ford, were also invited to the banquet, including the Evelyn family, who had just been promoted to the viscount family.

"Congratulations to the Fergus family."

"Congratulations to Earl Ford."

……

In the huge banquet hall, the sound of crystal cups colliding sounded from time to time, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

"The gap is getting bigger and bigger, I didn't expect you to be a berserker now!"

Raising the crystal cup and touching Gray, Donn. Ford smiled wryly.

Can be cultivated by the Ford family as the next generation of heirs, he is naturally not bad in terms of cultivation talent, and is often called a genius.

It's a pity that compared to Gray, the gap is too far.

"I'm also lucky, I just got some high-grade blood beast blood."

Gray shook his head slightly, then drank the red wine in his glass.

Gray had a good impression of the next successor to the Ford family.

When they first came into contact, the Fergus family was only a viscount family, and they did not show a mad blood beast, and even the other party at that time had never been arrogant and superior.

"What are you talking about? I didn't see that because the two of you got together, I thought that the two of you were discussing something important, so many noble ladies didn't dare to come forward to disturb. ”

Earl Ford's daughter Hazel came over in a delicate long dress, looked at the two, and joked slightly.

"Let's talk about the many aristocratic ladies present, who is the most beautiful?"

Dawn. Ford laughed.

"Who's the prettiest?"

It is indeed the nature of women to love beauty, and as soon as she heard this, Hazel's eyes lit up and she asked.

"Miss Hazel, of course!"

Dawn. The corners of Ford's mouth lifted slightly, and he smiled at Gray.

"You say yes, right? Gray! ”

"Yes, it's indeed Miss Hazel, since just now, many noble children have never taken their eyes off you."

Gray smiled and nodded in agreement.

Hazel is indeed very beautiful, with a standard melon seed face, unusually fair skin, a slender figure, and a banquet dress specially designed by the tailor, saying that she is one of the most beautiful people, and there is absolutely no exaggeration.

"Big brother, and Gray, you, you ......"

Hazel's face blushed slightly, and she scolded the two of them in dissatisfaction.

After talking to the Ford siblings for a while, Gray smiled and left, as the host, he naturally wanted to greet the guests in the banquet hall.

"Master Gray, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

However, he had no choice but to find that almost all the guests he greeted had become aristocratic ladies.

It's not that he deliberately chooses a noble lady to greet him, although he is not resistant to good things, but he is not "favored" to such an extent.

Instead, many aristocratic ladies who thought they were good-looking, either tactfully or generously took the initiative to come forward and talk to him.

Now that Gray's potential is needless to say, he is naturally being watched by many aristocratic ladies.

In fact, many of these noble ladies had already targeted Gray before they came.

Many of them were instructed by their families, and many of them were their own plans.

Whether it is for the sake of the family or for oneself, it is obviously a good choice to become the other half of such a future "strong man".

"Master Gray, what hobbies do you usually have?"

A noble lady with a slightly low neckline in a long skirt and could already faintly see a furrow asked with a "charming" smile.

"I don't have too many hobbies, if I have a hobby, hunting should be considered."

Gray thought for a moment.

"Brother."

At a table in the distance, Caroline and Sarah sat at a table, and Sarah waved to Gray from a distance.

"Sorry, I missed you."

Smiling at the other man, Gray bowed gracefully, walked to the table, and sat down at the table.

"Brother, you're very busy."

Seeing Gray sit down, Sarah suddenly joked.

"If you dare to make fun of me again, be careful of my ......"

Gray said, flicking his fingers, and immediately let the latter block his forehead and shrink his head.

"Don't flick my forehead, it'll be ugly."

Next to her, Caroline asked in a purple dress, full of elegance, with a smile.

"Gray, what do you think of them?"

"I don't want to think about it yet."

Gray shook his head slightly, in this world, nobles can have multiple lovers, but in terms of wives, they can only have one, and they have to think carefully.

"It's Sister Caroline, there are a lot of aristocratic young people who took the initiative to talk to you just now, are there any eye-catching ones?"

Caroline is about a year older than Gray, and now she is 20 years old, an age that can be considered a little bit in a world where aristocrats basically marry late and have children later.

Teasing Gray, but being teased by Gray, Caroline rolled her eyes, but she didn't hide it, and said directly.

"It's too pompous."

"Is it pompous?"

Gray mourned for these aristocratic youths, and since Caroline said such words, these aristocratic youths were basically hopeless.

The feast begins at noon and ends in the evening.

The nobles who are closer to the Fergus Territory will return to the territory directly by carriage, while the nobles who are farther away will stay for one night and set off again for the second time.

"Compared to the Earl family, the current castle is too small and needs to be expanded!"

The next day, in the study, the Earl of Fergus said solemnly.

"It's too small, indeed."

Bernal agreed.

The castle of the Earl of Ford's family, he had visited, was larger and grander than the current Fergus Castle.

In comparison, Fergus Castle is undoubtedly a notch off.

Since the Fergus family is now an earl family, the castle must not be too bad in grade, otherwise it will only be despised by other noble families, after all, the castle is the façade of a nobleman.

"The current Fergus Castle can no longer be expanded, so we can only find a new place to build the castle."

Gray thought for a moment.

For the expansion of the Fergus family castle, Gray was supportive.

The castle is a place for aristocratic pleasure, and naturally it needs to be built well, and for enjoyment, Gray will not resist.

After all, power, strength, this kind of thing, why do people want it so much?

Isn't it just to get a better life and better enjoyment!

"That's right."

Viscount Fergus nodded.

"Where do you think the new castle would be appropriate?"

"There is a treeless rocky slope to the south of Fergus City, which is a good place to build a castle."

Bernal thought for a moment and said.

"It's a good place."

Near Fergus City, the three of them were naturally quite familiar, and as soon as Bernal mentioned it, Gray and Earl Fergus already knew what the other person was referring to.

"But it's winter now, and transportation is inconvenient, so we have to wait until next spring to start construction."

"It's not just Fergus Castle that needs to be rebuilt, but Fergus City needs to be expanded."

Gray mentioned.

Ford City, the largest city in the Earl of Ford, has a permanent population of about 300,000, while Fergus City is only about 30,000, which is too shabby in comparison.

"Hmm."

Bernal nodded.

"Fergus City is easy to manage, there are still a lot of open space around, just expand on the original foundation, but it will take longer than Fergus Castle."

The construction of the castle was obviously a much larger undertaking than the construction of the castle, even if it was an extension of the original one.

"A group of managerial talents need to be specially promoted in the territory to take over the cities and towns in the fiefdom, do you have any recommendations?"

Viscount Fergus spoke.

"Barnett, the eldest son of the mayor of McFung, is not bad......"

Gray said casually.

The last time I went to Maifeng Town, the other party left a good impression on Gray, and since he had the opportunity, Gray did not recommend helping the other party.

It's not that he wants to build his own power or anything, for him, the power of the Fergus family is his power, and there is no division between them.

After he inherits the title, if there is any disobedience, the repression will be.

In the face of absolute strength, all resistance is futile, so he has no interest in intrigue.