"It's finally back!"

Looking at the mountain collar in front of him, Hudson couldn't help but sigh.

After the ship docked, Hudson, like all the nobles, refused to be retained by Earl Pierce and went straight to the territory without stopping.

Looking at the welcoming team led by Baron Redman in front of him, Hudson's eyes couldn't help but moisten. Fortunately, this kind of emotional outpouring was quickly restrained by him.

As a prince, it is not allowed to have extra feelings. Even if it is just a thought of "home", it must be restrained, otherwise it will become a "short board" exposed in front of people.

"Coming back?"

"It's back!"

The dialogue between father and son is so unpretentious. All the emotional exchanges are contained in these simple three words.

It can be seen that Baron Redman is much older. There are a lot of gray hairs on the top of his head, but he is in a very good mental state.

Not only has to worry about his son who is fighting far away, but also has to worry about the development of the mountain leader, it can be said that in the past two years or so, he has not lived a few days of comfortable life.

The happiest time is undoubtedly when the good news from the front line comes. For a father, watching his son continue to succeed is the greatest spiritual comfort.

"It's good to come back, you better take over the affairs of the mountain territory yourself, I'm about to die of worry!"

Baron Redman said with a look of embarrassment.

Originally, he always thought that he had not been able to ride the wind, mainly because of bad luck and low background, but when he took over the affairs of the Mountain Territory, he quickly shattered Redman's illusions.

Becoming a prince and governing a small town are two different concepts entirely.

Even if Hudson had established the system beforehand, he simply played by the established rules, which still made Baron Redman overwhelmed.

As for Hudson's assistants, it is a pity that Redman can't trust them at all. In fact, those guys of unknown origin, Hudson defined them as transition from the beginning.

If it weren't for this sudden war, these guys would have been replaced one after another in the last two or three years.

It's too late to replace, so you can only make do with it. As the acting lord, Redman had to keep an eye on it in normal times.

Limited by his own ability, Baron Redman has had a hard time in the past two years.

"Haha......"

There was a burst of laughter, which masked Hudson's inner embarrassment. Throwing the territory to Baron Redman did get some ducks on the shelves.

But there is no way, who can let the person who can be fully trusted by him is Baron Redman?

If it had been someone else, who had been in charge of the mountain lords for more than two years, God knows what would have happened. Hudson didn't want to come back and clean up the mess.

As it turned out, he made the right choice. Baron Redman was a little tired, but the Mountain Collar had been functioning normally until now.

After a long absence, Hudson saw everything pleasing to the eye, including a few cheap brothers. Of course, the unsightly Lysur did not appear.

The better Hudson mixed in, the harder the hapless boy's life became. Now that he has developed to the stage where he does not dare to return to his family, the baroness is afraid that Hudson will attack him, so he will send Sur out of the southeastern province as soon as possible.

It seems to be very hidden, but in fact it has not escaped Hudson's eyes from beginning to end. It wasn't that he deliberately paid attention, but the person in charge of the escort mission took the initiative to report the relevant information to him.

This is the advantage of power, there is no need to do anything, someone takes the initiative to send information.

If Hudson wanted to attack him, all it took was a hint and someone would immediately let Sur have an accident.

In fact, at first, he wanted to use Sur to decorate the façade and prove his tolerance. Just for the sake of Baron Redman's face, he finally chose to let him go.

After all, the façade is not something to hold up. This kind of tainted chess piece, once pushed out, is doomed to a miserable end after the value of the possession is lost.

After a symbolic greeting to the crowd, Hudson led the group and continued on the road home.

Looking at the greatly changed mountain collar, Hudson was happy at the same time, but also a little worried.

In the past few years, the mountain leaders have worked hard to make steel, and the price they have paid is the destruction of the environment.

The billowing smoke and bare mountains are the price of the rapid development of the mountain territory.

It is easy to destroy the environment, but it is difficult to clean up the environment. Even in the transcendent world, to restore the original ecology, there is a lot of price to pay.

But it's all worth it compared to the gain. Looking at the changes in the mountain realm, you can see that the road is wide enough for four carriages to gallop, and the road extends all the way to the lord's palace at the top of the mountain.

What was originally a rudimentary castle has now been transformed into a castle. Although there are still some buildings, they are still under construction; The streets of the buildable area are already showing signs of prosperity.

The newly added fertile land is millions of acres. Even with the most traditional rotation system, the food self-sufficiency of the territory has soared.

All of this is a change that took place in times of war. With the end of the war, after the economy is normalized, the development of the mountain territory will be even faster.

……

Say let go, let go, as if throwing a hot potato. Hudson had barely settled down when Baron Redman couldn't wait to throw a bunch of business to him.

Originally, Hudson wanted to discuss with him and ask him about his thoughts on the next development of the territory, but he never expected Baron Redman to directly say that he had no idea.

It can be seen from the look in his eyes that Baron Redman is really out of ideas, not a so-called routine.

It is clear that the incomplete aristocratic education of the Coslow family directly shackles the thinking of the previous generation.

Governing a small town, they have a lot of experience. But it would be too difficult to plan for the future development of a county.

Before Hudson's rise, the Coslow family's greatest dream was to return to the ranks of the middle aristocracy. Becoming a great nobleman of the kingdom is unimaginable.

Watching Hudson come to this point, Baron Redman's only thought now is to lie down!

All the goals of life have been completed by his son for him, and there is really no need to continue to struggle. Instead of being busy all day long, it is better to enjoy life.

Now the only thing he can still remember is the ancestral land. However, given that Hudson was too capable, this thorny issue was handed over to Hudson, the new patriarch, early on.

Frankly, Hudson's position as patriarch did not conform to traditional inheritance etiquette. Whether it is from the distance of bloodline or from the perspective of clan seniority, it is not Hudson's turn to take the throne.

The agreement of the various branches: the one who recovers the ancestral land is the patriarch, and Hudson has not been able to complete it.

The main reason for being able to be pushed to the throne by everyone is due to the interests of the clan, and only the Coslow family, which is twisted into a rope, can go further in this world.

Before that, the various branches were ready to compromise, but they couldn't save face. dragged on until Hudson stepped into the ranks of the great nobles, and everyone couldn't help it.

Originally, the Coslow family has a shallow background, if the various branches don't hurry up and hold together, how can they support the lintel of the great noble family?

You must know that the beneficiary of this class leap is not Hudson alone, but all members of the entire Coslow family.

After taking this step, everyone became the children of the great nobility. No matter how far this relationship is, with such a background, the ceiling of everyone's development potential has been greatly raised.

Theoretically, any member of the Coslow family who stepped into the officialdom could become a minister in the court; If you enter the army, you also have the opportunity to become a commander-in-chief.

This is a privilege exclusive to the great nobles, and the high-ranking members of the kingdom are either children of the royal family or from the families of the great nobles.

The middle and lower class nobles, no matter how well they mix above the court, they can't serve as chief officials. Even the king can't break this unspoken rule of officialdom and forcibly promote.

Similar hierarchical divisions are also reflected in various aspects. In the continent of Aslanth, the more noble you are, the better you tend to mix. In the face of origin, ability has become a secondary factor.

The common good breaks all the limitations. The original rules of succession were also changed by the emergence of Hudson.

Looking at the piles of paperwork in front of him, Hudson felt his scalp tingle. Obviously, these are specific matters that have been accumulated over a long period of time in the territory and need to be handled or understood by him personally.

"Tom, tell the territory administrators to come over for a meeting."

Hudson said helplessly.

As soon as something was thrown in front of him, he flashed under the pretext that he was uncomfortable. In the face of his father's willful performance, Hudson could not do anything.

The person in charge is gone, and if you want to know the details of what happened in the past in the territory, you can only look for the management of the territory to understand the situation.

Vaguely, Hudson noticed that Baron Redman seemed to be hinting at him that it was time for the management to be dismissed if it was time to determine the level of loyalty.

But this kind of thing has to be done beautifully. In any case, these people have made outstanding contributions to the development of the mountain territory.

In the absence of any evidence of their betrayal, it is easy to cause panic in the hearts of the people by taking them down.

……

In Beda City, Count Pierce, who stepped into the city lord's mansion, decisively called off the celebratory banquet. There are no guests with weight, and continuing to hold a banquet will only be a waste of time.

Earl Pierce, who had just come down from the battlefield and fought wits and courage with a group of provincial nobles along the way, just wanted to get a good night's sleep.

Looking back on his performance in this war, he couldn't help but want to give himself two slaps.

first released Hudson's dragon and cultivated an opponent for his family; Then he single-handedly defeated the foundation that the family had painstakingly accumulated, and offended the nobles in the province by the way.

didn't wait to recover, and then stepped on the pit of reselling military supplies, and almost lost his own life.

Connecting these scenes together, Earl Pierce helplessly found that the situation had deteriorated all the way, and it was purely self-inflicted.

Hudson soared into the sky, and even with the nouveau riche Coslow family, they couldn't suppress it.

Even if he wanted to take restrictive measures, he didn't know where to start. After all, the Coslow family's most important strategy at the moment is to open up the wasteland.

People are nested in the territory and buried in farming, and they want to make a layout, but they don't know where to start.

Unlike the nobles of the Northland, who are outsiders, the nobles below spontaneously blocked them after just one round of pushing.

As a family rooted in the southeastern province for many years, the Coslow family is still a proper person in the eyes of many provincial nobles.

Because there are too many Dingkou, he has in-law relations with many nobles in the province. With these relationships as a bond, no one will be stupid to tear them easily.

Especially when he was in trouble before, Hudson really helped out.

Whether it is taking care of errands or helping to purchase materials to fill the pit in the later stage, it really makes everyone feel the importance of having a good relative.

If nothing else, the frequency of marriages between nobles within the province of the Coslow family will continue to increase.

These are things that the Dalton family can't do. After all, monogamy is prevalent in the Alpha Kingdom, and if you want to marry on a large scale, you must have more children first.

In fact, even if he had many children, it was impossible for Earl Pierce to marry the nobles within the province on a large scale.

The Coslow family did this because they had not yet truly integrated into the circle of the great nobility. Except for Hudson himself, the other children of the Coslow family can't get into everyone's eyes.

The existing network of contacts determines that the Coslow family is now the most suitable for marrying these small and medium-sized nobles in the province.

The Dalton family is an old nobleman, and the level of the relationship network is obviously much higher than that of the Coslow family.

The political marriage of the children of later generations is naturally also carried out in the circle of the great aristocracy. It is impossible to surrender your identity and run to compete with the Coslow family for the small and medium-sized nobles in the province.

Looking at his son and nephew in front of him, Earl Pierce could only comfort himself: the competition between nobles depends not only on quantity, but also on quality.

It can be said unceremoniously that these two people in front of them can beat the children of the Coslow family except for Hudson.

"The situation is changing a little fast, and the rapid rise of the Coslow family has affected the family's position in the province.

However, this shock is long-term and will not have much impact on us in the short term.

The main reason is that I made a mistake in judgment on the battlefield before, which brought a lot of senseless casualties to my family, and also offended a number of provincial nobles, you must learn a lesson from this.

In the future competition, if the Coslow family is on top, they should try to avoid using military means. Since his debut, Hudson has gone through countless battles, and no matter what kind of enemy he encounters, he has never been defeated.

I am afraid that there are few people in the whole continent who can match this kind of ability to use troops to fight wars. Now that he has become the fourth dragon knight in the continent, it will be even more difficult to deal with.

Against such an enemy, unless you can kill him with a stick, it is better to pull him into the circle of rules.

The rivalry between the great nobles has always been long-term, and there is no need to care about temporary gains and losses. You have to get your mindset right.

The Coslow family, which was strong because of Hudson, also declined because of him. The individual is too strong, and everyone lives in his shadow, which will inevitably affect the growth of other members.

You can't go head-to-head with Hudson, just wait for him to make a mistake. Generally speaking, this nouveau riche will not last long.

If you can't wait, then stay up with him, and as long as you live longer than Hudson, you can see the Coslow family go into decline.

If you can't get through him, let your son go on. It's a patience contest and whoever lasts longer will win the game. ”

Earl Pierce was powerless to say such cowardly words.

Young people are inevitably vigorous, and if they don't carry out psychological counseling in advance, in case their own juniors are provoked by others to run to confront Hudson, it is easy to suffer a big loss.

The so-called forbearance is pure nonsense. If there is a core conflict of interest, every minute is the rhythm of turning the face.

If there is no core conflict of interest, and everyone is not crazy, how can the two major forces clash for no reason?

Neighbors are never a reason to become enemies. The only thing that can really turn the two families into enemies is hatred and interests.

Between the Coslow family and the Dalton family, it is clear that there is no such thing. First of all, there is no deep hatred between the two companies, and secondly, the conflict of interests between the two sides has not intensified.

This means that you can wait until the other party makes a mistake and then wait for the opportunity to make amends.

"Uncle, don't worry! We won't do what we don't know if we're not sure. ”

Viscount Cailliaud replied cautiously.

It's all true, he has been beaten by society, and now he really can't raise the courage to confront Hudson.

Earl Pierce nodded slightly. As long as the nephew doesn't do anything, basically everything will be fine.

As for his own son, he is still a little kid, and he can't even get out of Beida City, so he won't have anything to do with the Coslow family at all, and it's difficult to do things.

"You two prepare well, my Flame Lion is about to give birth. While not as good as Hudson's Dragons and Earth Bears, it's a rare quality mount.

If you can complete the contract with the young beast, it will definitely be of great help to your future development! ”

As he spoke, Earl Pierce couldn't help but show envy and jealousy. He really didn't know how to complain about Hudson's Warcraft fate.