Chapter 2: The Viscount of the North...

"Ahem, I'll take a shower first~" After speaking, Ted opened the system mall, clicked on the daily necessities column, and found the men's hygiene suit!

As a necessary consumable for daily use, the price is not expensive, you can buy 12 sets for one star coin, and each set can be used for a month!

The stench is unbearable, and if you don't take a bath immediately, I'm afraid I'll die early before I come back to life...

Pushing the door open, he spotted Mia, the maid, who was sitting on a stool outside the door eating.

"Mia~Help me boil a big bucket of hot water, I want to take a bath~"

"Take a bath!?" Hearing these big words, Mia hugged her head tightly, as if she heard something terrible, she exclaimed loudly: "My lord! Bathing will strip the protective layer from the body, and then it will not be able to protect against the virus brought by the demons! And it's not godly to God! ”

Hearing this, Ted looked depressed, but he could only complain in his heart: "Not taking a bath is the culprit of getting sick!" Viruses are magical attacks, what's the use of my thick armor? Daddy has a good saying! Gotta defeat magic with magic! ”

Rolling back his sleeves, the old man had turned into something resembling a tortoiseshell due to dehydration, sticking to his arm, making Ted uncomfortable.

Hell knows how long it will take to wash this thing off!

The maid in front of him was still in place and did not move, Ted reached out and gently tapped her head and smiled: "Don't make a noise, boil the hot water and tell me~"

"Uh-huh!" Mia nodded slightly, stuffed the last piece of beef into her mouth, and trotted downstairs~

Looking at her busy back, Ted's heart rippled, and a memory came to mind.

...

"Whew... It turns out that this little girl was brought back from the orphanage when I was 6 years old..."

This body has just turned fifteen years old this year, and it is normal for it to have a good impression of the opposite sex.

Mia is 13 years old, and as a maid in the lord's family, her body matures earlier with a sufficient amount of food.

However~ the fruit is delicious when it is ripe.

Ted was also young in his previous life, but he was too cowardly at the time, even if he made a mistake on his face, he didn't have the courage to make it.

"Forget it, what's the hurry?" Ted shook his head, calming himself down first.

The family territory is in the north, and the power is not too big, but it is also a hereditary nobleman, with its own town, two castles, and several villages~

With these conditions, as long as you want to make mistakes, mistakes will even open the door for you!

After 200 years of life, you don't have to rush to enjoy yourself, and it's not too late to think about it when you become an adult~

Half an hour later, Ted came to the bathroom and took out a set of hygiene products from the system inventory~ In order to make himself cleaner, he chose to cut his hair short to 6mm, and then shaved all the hair that was not necessary elsewhere!

After working for a while, he soaked himself in the bucket, and at this time, the water temperature was just right~

In order to thoroughly deal with the stains on his body, he took out a northern bathing artifact from the hygiene set - a bath towel!

It's not realistic to want to deal with the body in other ways, and at the moment, only this kind of artifact that relies on 'strong miracles' can completely whitewash itself! If this thing can't clean itself, it's going to have to use steel wool...

After an hour, the process went smoothly and I was like a snake that had shed its skin! After crawling out of the bathtub, he quickly changed into new clothes and gently sprayed his neckline with perfume!

Looking back at the used bath bucket, Ted couldn't help but shudder, shook his head lightly and sighed: "Such dirty water, it is estimated that it is enough as poison..."

My territory is relatively poor, and even those churches are too lazy to build churches here, so the people in the north are more simple and not poisoned by theology!

At the same time, regarding the personal hygiene of the people in the territory, a more detailed plan has been taken into account~

As long as there is no magic stick, then the promotion of bathing is not a problem!

...

In the afternoon, Ted sat in the lord's office, in high spirits, smiling as he handled the affairs of the territory.

His father and mother died of illness 3 years ago, and as the only seedling in the family, he deserved to inherit the title and territory.

It's just that... Looking at it, Ted couldn't stop laughing...

According to the report in front of me, the situation in the territory is not optimistic, all the problems left over from the previous history, in addition to the mess or the mess, it seems that the ancestors always want to leave the problem to the next generation to solve, to their own hands, the number of messes stacked up is almost catching up with the hill made of feces outside...

There are 600,000 people in the north, many of whom die of hunger and cold every year, and the per capita wealth is at the bottom of the empire, and the lords have to work long hours every day, and they have to go to bed hungry...

Although the territory is not small, and even catches up with the land of some marquises, most of them are snow-capped mountains and permafrost, and the usable area is not much, and the cultivated area is even more pitiful...

"Forget it, I'll go to sleep after I'm done..."Before I knew it, it was already dark, but Ted still planned to read the reports...

This night, after staying awake all night, only half of the report was read, Ted's heart was splashed with ice water, and the initial momentum was poured away! I just feel a headache and can't watch it anymore...

"Hey... I'm kind of cold..."

Even though this year's grain production has been halved, the people still pay their dues, and not only that, they are still grateful for what the world has given them...

There is a serious conflict between the ideas of the past and the current system, and the principle does not allow itself to lie flat! Ted closed his eyes and pressed his temples to know what to do.

Suddenly, Mia pushed open the wooden door, pushed a dining cart to the desk and whispered, "My lord, do you want to eat something?" ”

Just now, I used the calculator brought by the system to make a simple estimate, this year's grain production has been reduced by half because of the long winter last year, if left alone, at least 80,000 people will die of hunger this winter, this is still a conservative estimate, if you add those who have no money to buy charcoal, it will only be more...

In front of you, on the food truck, there is a fragrant roast chicken, a piece of blanched cheese, and a plate of delicious vegetable salad, which are ridiculously expensive in the north, and people can only eat vegetables for a month in the summer.

And now, the inhabitants of the north are starving outside, and they themselves are eating hot meals in their exquisite houses, and even the most delicious meals are hard to swallow when they think of this.

It's like when I had poor exam scores in my last life, I didn't have a little appetite... I don't blame myself, I can only blame this damn backward thinking.

"You eat... I can't eat it..."

"But... My lord, you haven't eaten in a day..."

"Don't persuade me, you go to the side and eat slowly, if you can't finish eating, find someone to eat with you!" After speaking, Ted yawned, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, so he immediately picked up the bell and shook it gently~

The next moment, the butler who was reviewing the documents outside the door came to the office.

"My lord, is there something wrong?"

Ted let out a long sigh, took half a glass of water and looked up and asked, "Chris, how much money do you have at home?" ”

Regarding wealth, the young butler Chris in front of him can be said to be handy~ He replied with a smile: "My lord, although we are not rich in the north, your wealth is not a lot, even more than most earls!" These are all the treasures left by your father~"