1230. Jezipias
Penny Chew absconded with her cronies, taking with her a large amount of jewelry, gold coins, and magic stones, but leaving behind several estates and large territories.
This lady was born in a very prestigious and wealthy aristocracy in Collins City, inherited the instant position from her father, although she was a woman, but she also led the family's private army to participate in the plane war, and with the courage of the family army, she has not yet fought for her own identity
When Count Penny was young, there were many people, and her husband was a declining little nobleman, so he couldn't restrain Penny Burn at all, which was the main reason why their husband and wife finally broke up.
When she reached middle age, she suddenly changed her personality, she gave up her extravagant and lascivious life, and then ran to the manor to live a secluded life, some people say that the life of Earl Penny has precipitated
No one expected that in one of her most remote estates, she would actually support this group of dark magicians to engage in academic research
If, in normal times, Pennypeh would at most be judged to support the Dark Arts Order, and would be blacklisted by the Magical Society, the House of Representatives of Bednard Province would not be bored enough to punish a countess for this.
But this Earl Penny didn't catch up very well, the aftermath of Lord McDonnell's collusion with the Dark Arts Hermitage to separate the Dry Cloth Plane has not subsided, and the research institute on her side has been exposed, not to mention that she is just an earl, even if her surname is changed to Newman, she may not be able to get out of this kind of thing.
Surdak didn't expect this Count Penny to be so decisive, to give up such a large estate, and then embarked on the road of escape.
Surdak personally rushed to the Yezipias Manor and took over all the property of Pennypeh in the estate, which was not only a large land, mountains, two rivers, and a small lake, because there were more than six hundred farmers living in the Yezipias Manor, and they all rented the land of the Evenny, and the crops on these lands were still there
There is maturity, but the land has changed hands, so this time Hathaway, Beatrice, and Surdak also come to the Jezipias Manor.
They were in charge of taking over the industry, and Surdak was in need to patrol the new territory.
It was only at the moment that Hathaway and Beatrice arrived at the Idippias Manor and stepped out of the magic caravan that Aphrodite stepped through the Void Gate, ending the long summoning journey that had lasted for more than a week.
The carriage stopped in the courtyard of the manor, which originally belonged to Penny, which occupied almost a quarter of the entire manor, and was located in the corner of the manor near the cliff face, and the houses were surrounded by four domed watchtowers, but unfortunately due to the long period of inhabitation, some grass grew between the walls and the rubble of the roof.
Xiao Suo is the biggest feature of the whole yard.
Although Hathaway and Beatrice were mentally prepared, when they stepped into the courtyard, they couldn't help but cover their mouths with their hands.
The grass in the front garden had grown to the height of a man, and even many trees and bushes had been swallowed by the grass.
"This place is even more deserted than we imagined, I'd rather stay in the account for one night!" Beatrice whispered to Hacovy.
The group walked to a statue in the courtyard, and Surdak cut some of the weeds in the stone crevices with his broadsword, and the coachman had pushed open the door of the house, and the dust on the gate fell and immediately sprinkled on the top of the coachman's head.
The house is located in the northwest corner of the manor, the front yard has been completely deserted, the back wall is actually built directly from the edge of the cliff, and many windows are built with semi-circular terraces, from which you can see the hunting grounds below the stone cliffs.
Today, Edgar's heavy infantry regiment is stationed below the mountain bank.
The furniture in the drawing-room was covered with linen and dust, and Hathaway and Beatrice had to let the maids follow behind and lift up the loose skirts with lace.
The inside of the house was so dirty that it was almost impossible to get foot
"Duck, how many days are we going to stay here?" Beatrice asked, a little worried.
However, Hacovi took Beatrice's hand and instructed the maid behind her, "Go outside and have all the farmers in the manor gathered...
A maid hurriedly saluted and walked out of the courtyard.
Hathaway pulled up the dusty curtains, opened the window to see the rolling mountains in the distance, and said, "When I have this place cleared, it will be a nice mountain village, come on, let's go and see where the sleeping place is."
Aside from the fact that they are dusty, there are no other drawbacks, and the terraces with a view of the mountains are the most beautiful part of the place.
A short time the maid came in and said that all the peasants were waiting outside the courtyard.........
The farmers also heard that the manor had a new owner, and when they saw a magic caravan arriving here, they ran back from their fields one after another, waiting for the call of the new owner of the manor.
After inspecting the house, Surdak left the manor with Gulit and a few cavalrymen, and he needed to look around along the boundary pillars of the realm.
Hathaway had the door of the house opened, and she and Beatrice stood at the gate of the house, looking at the farmers who were hurrying over, and she waited for a while before she stepped to the front and said to the hundreds of farmers gathered at the door of the house:
"The land, the forests, the mountains, the rivers, the lakes, now belong to Count Surdak."
"You will also have to lease this land from us in the future, and I hope that your harvest on this land will be enough for you to live, but you don't have to worry, the land lease fee here will remain the same.
"I must also make it clear that in my manor I do not want to see theft, brawls, frauds, or seizures of other people's property, and if anyone punishes them, as soon as they reach my ears, I will unceremoniously call him up
Out of the estate. ”
"There are four maids and a gardener, and a craftsman here."
"The maid only works here as long as we're here."
"Florists and craftsmen only come here once a week to trim the grass in the garden, repair the grassy stone steps, the broken walls and roofs, and so on."
"Who among you would like to come?"
Hathaway looked at the farmers and peasant women in front of her, everyone was still relatively new to Hathaway, and they didn't know what to do for a while, they were all hesitating.
"I need someone to clean up the place for me, and if anyone is willing to come to work, the rent for the land will be waived......
Hathaway said this casually, and there was immediately some strong movement in the crowd
A group of women then scrambled to squeeze their way out of the crowd, and their daughters were also pulled, and they looked at Hathaway from the bottom of the stairs, and they all offered to work for Mrs. Hathaway.
Hacowei selected four young girls, followed by ten more peasant women and ten peasant men who looked very strong, and let them into the house.
The farmers were responsible for cleaning up the weeds in the yard, and the peasant women were responsible for cleaning the house.
The twenty farmers and peasant women were hired to clean the garden, and Hathaway was going to pick a suitable gardener among them.
As for the four young ladies who were the maids here, they usually lived in the house, and only when Hathaway and Beatrice came here for a vacation, they would come to the house to do their work.
It took ten peasant women and seven maids to clean the living room and kitchen on the first floor and the four bedrooms on the second floor, and in the evening, Hathaway used the kitchen in the courtyard to prepare a good dinner.
Surdak arrived late and came back......
The two-headed ogre Gullitam returns to the house to find a large iron pot filled with boiled beef and potatoes, and his exhaustion is instantly gone, and he praises the cook's skill while thanking Hathaway for the sumptuous dinner she has prepared.
Surdak tethered his horse to the stable on the west side of the yard, and the coachman hurriedly continued to give the horse water and feed the fodder.
At night, the night sky of the Yezipias Manor was shining with stars, and Lin Wen heard a noisy chirping of insects.
Surdak looked at the front yard garden, which had been cleared out of shape, and the smell of dirt was everywhere, and some wild grass had accumulated in the yard, and he had not had time to clear it out.