"This ......"

Old Joseph heard this, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Young Master, if you want the family to come forward to deal with this kind of thing, I'm afraid you have to come up with some stronger evidence."

"The evidence left behind by Baron Sechter does mean something, but it's far from time for your family to let them deal with it."

Listening to Joseph Sr.'s words, Gooden scratched his head and said helplessly.

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being, four years have passed, and it's not too late for this meeting."

"After Qingyuan Town develops after a while, I should be able to have enough say to contact the imperial officials with real power."

Old Joseph nodded in agreement, "For now, it can only be arranged like this." ”

This kind of evidence is placed on this kind of land snake that has been in business for a hundred years, and I am afraid that it may not have a good effect.

Only when the position of young master lord can reach a certain level can he have enough status to face it.

"Go ahead and get busy, and let me be alone.

"If you want to be a good lord quietly, why do you have so many troubles, why don't you go to Jinyuan City to relax and relax......?"

Old Joseph, who retreated to the door, heard the young master's words to himself, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help jumping.

This won't scare the young master and make him back down, right?

However, thinking of the various encounters in the past month, it is a miracle that the young master has been able to hold on until now before 'retreating'.

……

In the study, Goodern looked at the letter on the table, and his eyes were slightly distracted.

When I came to this world, my only thought was to be a lord who ate and waited for death.

Of course, before that, he worked a little harder, and transformed Qingyuan Town into a more in line with his living habits.

But now one after another, it seems that he is involved in a huge conspiracy.

This makes him extremely painful now, and he hasn't had a good time in this world, so he has so many to come to the door by himself.

After a while, Goodern sighed helplessly and muttered to himself.

"Hey, forget it, I'm going to help you get revenge anyway, so I'll be troublesome for a while."

He then used his magic hand to put all the evidence back into the dark compartment in the study.

Looking at the history of the continent that he picked up, Goodern shook his head, and lost the desire to read.

Once you've placed it in the corner of your desk, pick it up again and start planning your next steps.

It wasn't until late at night that I was sleepy that I went back to my bedroom to rest.

The appearance of Secht's last letter did not affect the daily life of Gu Zhidern, and what he should do when he got up the next day did not affect it at all.

After getting up early in the morning, after a brief exercise, he took people to continue to inspect the factory.

A month of development has allowed many more buildings outside the town, and there are two production plants outside the sugar factory and cement factory that were inspected yesterday.

The salt mill and the vodka distillery, like the sugar mill, were all built by Goodern alone.

After unlocking the entry for the Craftsman, this design forging puzzle was not a problem for him at all.

In just a few days, he single-handedly made a complete set of processes, including testing and running-in.

The refining work in the salt plant is similar to that of the sugar production process, but there are slight differences in the details and the operation of the equipment.

At the same time, the refining time is not as fast as the speed of the sugar factory, after all, this time the luck is not so good, so the salt making equipment upgrade adds entries.

It was only after one day of operation that the first batch of fine salt was refined.

Table salt, which is as thin as sugar, at first glance does not seem to make any difference.

But on top of the details, the graininess of table salt is more pronounced than that of white sugar.

The sugar is more like a pile of fine sand, which is endless, while the salt is a pile of small stones that have been broken and look angular.

I tasted it from the pile of fine rocks, and the fine grains of salt burst into the mouth with a salty taste.

Although the salt tastes mostly the same, Goodern feels much better in his heart than the salt bricks in his kitchen.

The salt I used to eat had to be crushed from the salt bricks in advance and then ground before it could be added to the dish.

And the color of the salt bricks is not as good as the white fine salt, and the salt bricks don't know where to refine and send them, and the color of the whole piece is dark white with a hint of gray yellow.

Although the taste of the taste is not affected, it is still a little diaphragmatic in my heart.

Gooden was still very satisfied with his 'manufacturing' results, and then asked people to extract some of them, ready to send them to his subordinates as a reward when the time came.

Although ordinary people can afford to eat salt, they only add a little bit of flavor each time.

A pound of salt bricks can be eaten by a family for two or three months, and the price is twenty or thirty silver coins, which is not cheap.

The price of fine salt is set at the same level as sugar, ten silver coins per pound, and the purchase limit is also set.

At the end of the inspection, the next stop is the vodka distillery.

For the sake of vodka, Gooden also poached the people in the tavern, which made the tavern owner and many drunkards who love to drink complain.

After all, one is to affect the business, and the other is that the wine that can be drunk is more 'inferior', and both parties feel unhappy.

For Goodern, none of this is a problem, and when the vodka comes on the shelves, the tone will inevitably be reversed.

Compared with the previous factories, the future development of the vodka distillery is more important, so the entire plant is tightly sealed.

Only the three chimneys on the roof slowly emitted a trace of green smoke.

High-concentration liquor can not only be edible, but also has a very important impact on medical treatment and chemical industry.

In a world where chemical technology has not yet been named, this technology has to be kept secret, even if they don't understand the principles of these machines.

The vodka refining process is not so fast, it is only a day, it is estimated that the raw materials have just been refined, and the subsequent filter distillation will take a lot of time.

So Goodern just looked at it briefly and left for other work.

At noon, Goodern received a letter from the city of Kinwon.

The source of the letter was sent by the auction house, and counting the days, it seems that tomorrow will be the first transaction time for both parties.

Gooden opened the letter and looked at it, and after a while he had a rough idea of what was going on.

Since the return of Kanehara Castle, Goodwin has added a number of transactions to acquire the past.

As a result, the number of items traded this time was extremely large, ranging from various raw materials to horses and populations.

Just to help recruit the population, Jin Yuancheng recruited more than 300 people for him.

According to the previous recruitment order, Gudern had to pay at least fifteen gold coins.

For such a large number of people, he is not surprised, the lack of people in Qingyuan Town is a serious problem.

Originally, he thought that this recruitment would be able to bring in a maximum of a hundred people, but he didn't expect it to be three times more than he expected.

Such a change should also make Gooden prepare for an arrangement in advance.

There were a lot of vacant houses on the west side of the town, but now it seems that some more people have to be cleared.

Although there are five or six hundred people living in Qingyuan Town, there are more than just a few houses in the town.

When the previous lord had not been brutalized by the poisoner, Qingyuan Town was not as poor and weak as it is now.

At that time, the population was like two or three thousand, and with the accidental death of the previous lord's family, the residents of Qingyuan Town were also poached by the surrounding lords.

By the time he took over, Goodern had only about 800 remaining, and in the years that followed, he returned and added a small number of people.

Most of the houses left behind at that time were vacant and abandoned, which also saved Goodern the process of building new homes for them to live in.

Although these stone, brick and mud houses will definitely be demolished and rebuilt in the future, the most important thing is to avoid wasting labor when there is a shortage of manpower.

After receiving the letter reminder, Goodern also put down his work for the time being and began to arrange for tomorrow's reception caravan.

At the same time, the residents of the town were also mobilized to help together, vacate the field of the field, and clean up the room.

For a while, Qingyuan Town seemed to be having some kind of festival, so it was not lively.

At noon the next day, the 27th day of the seventh month of the ephemeris.

A large caravan also appeared outside the town as promised.

Goodern, who had already received the news in advance, had already arrived to greet him with Joseph Sr., and of course Kroger, who had joined in the fun.

The people in charge of this caravan were all old acquaintances of Goodern, Ferroz and Dedarlo.

The volume of goods transported in this transaction is as high as 40 vehicles and horses.

Bringing out the recruited population, as well as the escort and escort teams, the total number of caravans was approaching five hundred.

"Mr. Ferroz, Captain Dedallo, long time no see...... Who is this? ”

Goodern stepped forward to greet the two, but there was a companion between them, and it seemed that his spirit was a little different, so he changed his tone and asked the two of them.

"Your Excellency, I would like to introduce you, this is Lord Reynas of the Northern Governor's Palace."

Dedallo, who was on the side, hurriedly dismounted and introduced to Goodern, and then personally helped Renas dismount.

The Governor of the Governor's Mansion in the North? Goodern didn't react for a moment, what is this kind of big man doing in his territory?

Glancing sideways at Old Joseph, there was some surprise in his eyes, and after taking Rainus, Dedalo continued to explain.

"Lord Goodern, remember what we said the last time we met? Your title has been approved by the Empire, and Lord Reynas has come to bestow your title on you. ”

Hearing this, Goodern suddenly realized that Dedallow had indeed said this last time he helped at night.

Killing nearly a hundred orcs by himself was enough to earn him a knighthood.

Gudern, who reacted, hurriedly greeted Renas.

"Welcome Lord Renus to my side of the town."

"Lord Goodern...... Oh no, it's time to change it to Lord Baron, don't be so polite, you deserve this title. ”

Reynas said with a smile and waved his hands, then looked at Kroger beside Goode, a little surprised.

"Kroger? Why are you here? ”

Hearing Renus call out Kroger's name, Goodern also turned his head to look at Kroger beside him in some surprise, these two know each other?

Recognized by his old classmates, Kroger stopped hiding behind and stepped forward to joke.

"I thought you wouldn't recognize me as an old friend when you were promoted to the Governor's Palace."

"As for why I'm here, of course I was sent out on a mission."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Gooden was a little surprised in his heart, the relationship between these two people seemed to be very unusual?

"I remember that you were still working as a military inspector at the border fortress, what? Check the military resources to find out here? ”

"Ahem, no, I changed my position, and now I am the Imperial Tax Collector, responsible for the tax collection in Qingyuan Town."

Kroger had no reservations about his 'demotion', and said it directly and generously.

Seeing that the two were about to talk here, Gooden interjected and invited.

"Since the two of you know each other, why don't you go to the castle and talk? Just leave the handover to the people below. ”

"Well, that's fine." Renus nodded in agreement, it's a bit bad to chat here.

Immediately, the group returned to the castle, and the task of connecting the caravan was directly handed over to the person in charge below.

Castle Drawing Room.

Goodern, who had already arranged for the hospitality, brought everyone here.

As the four of them sat down, Gooden also opened his mouth to open the conversation.

"Speaking of which, the two of you have worked together before?"

"We haven't worked together until now, but when we were studying at Imperial College, the two of us were classmates, and we happened to come to the north to work when we were assigned jobs after graduation."

Reynas didn't hide the relationship between the two, but explained it briefly, and then looked at Kroger.

"Speaking of which, my old classmate's grades in the academy are among the best, and his ability is not worse than mine."

"But now that you have lost even the position of real power as a military inspector, you have offended your boss again and have been squeezed out?"

Kroger nodded, not caring about the road.

"Almost, anyway, this position is aggrieved, it's better to change the position and change the mood."

Hearing such a result, Renas said with some regret.

"If your character is a little more restrained, your current status will definitely throw me off the two classes."

"When this tax collection is over, I will apply for you to be transferred to the Governor's Mansion to be my deputy, and with your ability, it will be no problem to become the Governor in less than a year."

"Forget it, I'm not so miserable now, and when I really can't go on, I'm coming to you."

……

Listening to the conversation between the two, the surprise in Gooden's heart was almost uncontrollable.

The official positions under the Northern Governor's Office are roughly divided into three categories: the Governor, the Governor, and the Governor.

Among them, the post of governor is equivalent to the ambassador of the frontier, which can be said to be a position above one person and under ten thousand people, and the only person who needs to obey orders above his head is His Majesty the Emperor.

The Governor is similar to the number one leader at the provincial level, and there are many subdivisions in a large region such as the North Peak Frost Realm, and the Governor is the person in charge of this category.

Further down, the head of the department is the head of the local department, like Renas, who needs to run errands, but is also a person with real power.

Looking at the conversation between the two, Kroger's ability jumped from the lowest tax collector to the position of governor in one year.

This kind of leap is like a small clerk who has just eaten an iron rice bowl, and he has run to the position of the provincial leader within a year, and this kind of magical promotion speed, Gooden can't believe it.

"I'm sorry, Baron Goodern, it's been a long time since I've met an old friend, so let's talk a little more, let's get down to business."

"It's okay, it's normal for old friends to talk a little more when they meet."

Reeling from his surprise, Goodern responded with a smile on his face.

Renus nodded and continued, "Well, you know the purpose of my visit this time. ”

With that, Reynas took some items from his waist and continued.

"Let's get straight to the point, the knighthood ceremony is authorized by His Majesty and me, and I will be in charge of your investiture next."