Two days later, as soon as Andreas arrived at Genaya, he was told that Bolt, the second son of Müller, and Rocodo were waiting for him, and upon hearing the news, Andreas immediately rode towards the Red Palace, which was Rocodor's palace, where several people had met several times, and Andreas was already familiar with the road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Coming to Rocodor's palace, the servant at the door immediately came up and grabbed Andreas's war horse under his crotch, Andreas handed the reins to the servant and walked directly towards the gate, before the people inside could report, Andreas had already walked into the hall and saw Bolt and Rokodor.

"Viscount Andreas, you're finally back. Seeing Andreas walk in, Bolt immediately stepped forward and complained, as the second son of Viscount Muller, he has no right to inherit the territory and property of the Muller family, and he is not like his brother, proficient in martial arts, and is about to become the fourth knight of the Medal, as a counselor who was trained to assist his younger brother, Bolt was very deservedly sent to Genaya, as a figure who Mueller swore to exist, and as Mueller got older, Bolt's independent voice in Genaya also expanded, and it can be said that now all the businesses of the Mueller family in Genoya are under the control of Bolt, in terms of the amount of property owned, he can definitely rank in the top five of Genaya.

However, in terms of actual power, Bolt naturally has to stand aside, the Ruger family to which Andreas belongs firmly holds all the personnel appointment and dismissal rights of Genaya, although Muller is the nominal owner of Genaya, but no one dares to obey his orders, to this point, who is the real master of Genoya, it is naturally clear at a glance, so Bolt will be so excited when he sees Andreas, and seeing Rocodor, he just expresses due courtesy.

"Mr. Bolt, I made a trip to my brother's house, and my territory of Bierro, and I'm sorry I'm late. Andreas said politely, when talking to Bolt, Andreas also took the time to look at Rocodor, and gave a polite look, for this Rocodor, Andreas still has some respect, after all, as an earl, as a viscount, he still has to be not wrong in etiquette, as for the fact, if Rocodor's business wants to continue well, then he had better be honest and obedient, otherwise Andreas has a hundred ways to bankrupt his business in Genaya.

"Oh, you're not late, Mr. Rocodo has just returned, and you've arrived just in time. Bolt said politely, and then immediately said: "Mr. Andreas, Duke Il has declared war, what should we do with Genaya?" After speaking, Bolt looked at Andreas's eyes very anxiously, waiting for his answer.

As the second son, only money can make him feel secure, and all his money now comes from Genaya, if Genoya no longer exists, Andreas can pat his ass and go to Billo or Ruger, and Roccodo can go to Venice or Florence's villa to avoid the risk temporarily, but he Bolt can't go, do you want to return to his father's territory, and from now on be a small adviser to deal with trivial things in the territory? Having handled Naya's business of tens of thousands of gold marks, and then asking him to quarrel with farmers over a gold mark, Bolt didn't want to live such a life.

"As Genoya is, and will be, rest assured, Monsieur Bolt, our main battlefield is in Alsace-Lorraine, not Gennaia. Andreas said with a smile, he has a natural sense of wariness of the people of the Mueller family, although Bolt acts like a greedy man for money, but often such people are more sensitive to things than ordinary people, he is not loyal to himself, telling him too much inside information, in case of rebellion, who can tell? For his own benefit, he can do anything, especially when he is about to have nothing.

Andreas knows that Bolt's father Muller has been urging Bolt to return to his Muller territory recently, which shows something, Andreas sees it very clearly, nothing more than wanting Bolt to return to the territory, hand over all the business in his hands, return it to his brother, and then let him stay in the territory as a clerk who eats rice, and Bolt naturally does not want to live such a boring life, so until now, he is still relying on Genaya, and has not gone back, I heard that Muller is very unhappy about this matter, and recently it has been rumored that he is ready to go to Gennaya to take Bolt in person。

In such a situation, it is difficult to guarantee that Bolt will not be ruthless, send Genaya's information to the French, let the French defeat Genaya's defenders, and occupy Genoya from now on, so that the property of his Müller family will belong to him alone, maybe he can also become the actual controller of Gennaya, people are like this in front of interests, these things have a chance to happen, Andreas does not want to die at the hands of traitors, so he speaks as restrained as possible, so as not to let Bolt detect something.

"Really? Genaya really has no problem? Mr. Andreas, don't lie to me. Bolt still doesn't believe Andreas's words, Genaya is too important to him, and Gennaya's convenience is also something that his hometown does not have, as long as he has been to Genaya, all other cities have become ordinary, which may be an exaggeration, but in Bolt's opinion, it is a fact, so he doesn't want to go, especially after leaving, the result is too bad, which makes him even more insecure.

"Don't worry, my sir, you must know that in addition to our interests here, the Duke of Il also has a great interest here, and if Genoya is captured by the French, then who will pay for him to build him a magnificent building? I've heard that Duke Il is going to build a huge church near Toriyama Castle some time ago, so that all the nobles can pray in it, which is a lot of money, and Genaya can afford it, do you think Duke Il will give up this place where money is made?"

Andreas patted Bolt's shoulder comfortingly, asked for a glass of wine from Rocodor, handed it to Bolt, and asked him to drink it, seeing that the wine was drunk by Bolt, as if drinking beer, Andreas smiled, it seemed that Bolt was really nervous, he said: "Do you want a glass?"

"No, sir. Bolt said with a red face, Andreas's words did calm Bolt's heart to a certain extent, he sat back on the seat with the empty red wine glass, Andreas saw that he was finally calm, so he also picked up a glass, walked to Rocodor's side and sat down, and said: "Your Excellency Count, when His Royal Highness the Duke announced the start of war, you were there, do you think that Genoya will do anything to prepare for this war?"

Rocodo glanced at Andreas with slanted eyes, and then said with a smile: "What can I say, I don't understand the things of war, I will leave these things to Mr. Andreas, you can do it, I am just an honorary earl, I only hope that His Excellency the Viscount can guarantee that my property is not violated, that's all." ”

Andreas laughed a few times, thinking in his heart that Rokoduo was really worthy of being an old fox, several levels higher than this Bolt in the city, obviously always paying attention to the movements of all the personnel of Genaia, but when asked by himself at this moment, he didn't know anything about it, and pretended not to care about Genaia's situation, if Andreas didn't know that Rokoduo had been bribing those councillors with money in the People's Assembly in recent years, he would have really believed him.

But that's okay, at least on the surface, Rocodo won't come to obstruct his own defense, as for secretly, Andreas has never been afraid of anyone, if he wants to come to the dark, Andreas believes that the unlucky person in the end must not be himself, but his opponent.

"Count, I'm a little tired, the city defense of Genoya still needs to be moved, there is a meeting to be held in the Executive Hall, and in the People's Assembly, I need to go to the meeting with those annoying councillors to discuss whether the living conditions of Genaya's citizens should be changed during wartime, so I will take my leave. Seeing that it was not too early, Andreas said to Rocodor, who smiled and watched Andreas leave, and waited until Andreas was far away before the smile on his face was retracted.

"What a little imp who likes to show off!" Rocodo gritted his teeth and said, Andreas's words just now seemed to him to be completely showing off, but despite this, in front of Andreas, he still had to pretend that he didn't care at all, I really don't know if this gritted teeth was caused by Andreas's "arrogance" or because of his cowardice?

But no matter what he thinks, what Bolt thinks, it obviously doesn't matter to Andreas, what he said to Rokodo just now is not false, but true, as the actual ruler of Genaia, he is not as relaxed as Rokoduo and Bolt, he can lie on the comfortable sofa as soon as he returns to Genoya, enjoy red wine, as the head of the military and government of Genaya, he must now rush to the administrative hall to listen to the voices of these powerful people.

The distance from the red palace to the administrative hall is not particularly close, which is of course also intentional by Jonas back then, he didn't want Rocodo to be too close to this administrative center, so after ruling Genoya, he used the reason that the original administrative hall was old and unbearable, and moved the administrative hall to the new district of Genoya, which had just been established, at this time the entire new district was still a combination of tidal flats and slums, and the people living at the bottom of the entire Genoya were the lowest level of people, lower than the dock workers, and most of them were unemployed and slaves.

Now, after ten years of growth, it is already thriving, and the commercial districts built around the new administrative hall, Residential areas and entertainment areas are lined up, all the way to the harbor, and the original tidal flats and slums, is long gone, even compared to the old city, because of careful planning, so the entire new city, there are sewers and public baths all over the city, all the water is piped to bring the river water several kilometers away into the city, the living conditions can be said to be very good, compared to the old city, except for the cultural accumulation is not deep enough, there is basically no big difference, it can be said that the entire middle class of Genaya now lives in this area。

However, Andreas did not give up the so-called cultural construction, in the entire new district, Andreas plans to build twelve new churches for people to worship, because of this, the Roman Catholic Church even sent people to Genoya to give Andreas the title of a Christian guardian, so that the whole Genoa really celebrated for a long time, of course, in addition to the traditional religious culture, for the development of the new culture, Andreas also attaches great importance to the whole new district, there are five art galleries in the whole new district, free of charge for artists to exhibit and auction, so that soMany of the new capitalists in Genaya also gradually began to move their other businesses to the new district, which also caused many nobles to begin to move to the new district, and there were fewer and fewer nobles like Rocoduo who still lived in the old district.

Of course, Rocodor's refusal to move was not because he had no money, nor was it because Andreas was in the way, but because he himself was unwilling to move. As far as the great nobleman is concerned, even if he lives in the Sahara Desert, someone will come to make his living conditions look like he is in Hawaii, so there is really nothing to think about where to live, and when one day human beings can go to heaven, maybe even if he wants to live on the moon, there will be someone who can help him fulfill this dream.

Andreas rode to the gate of the administrative hall, it was already afternoon, but the midsummer days were very long, the sun was still very hot at this time, and when he walked into the administrative hall, all the heads of the administrative hall and the commanders of the army had all gathered here, and as soon as Andreas entered the administrative hall, everyone who saw him saluted him, and called him 'chief' Instead of His Excellency the Viscount, this is a tradition left by Jonas, and unconsciously it has become the title of the subordinate to the superior, and Andreas is the superior of everyone, and naturally everyone shouts the chief when they see him.

All the way to the largest office in the administrative hall, which was already overcrowded at the moment, looking at the many people standing, Andreas couldn't help but think in his heart, it turned out that there were so many people under him, and he really hadn't thought about this problem before, but now, looking at so many people, Andreas couldn't help but feel sorry for himself, he was really working hard.

"Meeting. ”