"But...... Master, how many Constructed Knights do you want to recruit? I think there will be a lot of people who sign up. The old butler tactfully did not mention the number of Constructed Knights, nor wisely did not ask why the Constructed Knight was loyal to Richard personally, not to Akmund.

Richard pondered for a moment and said, "Let's recruit thirty first!"

"Thirty ...... Good. ”

Richard said, "All right, that's all. You go and do it first, and inform Nereus and Agamemnon that I am going to return to the Green Forest Plane at noon tomorrow, and ask them to get ready too, and then be in the temple**." ”

The old butler hurried away, and Richard left the study and walked to the treasury on the ground floor of the castle. The eight million worth of magical equipment he had ordered was already in place, and he needed to put it on a final check.

This time the order is not individual equipment, but can be used as a stronghold to defend the city defense giant crossbow, a total of fifteen, and for each giant crossbow equipped with thirty crossbow arrows, including through the arrow, burst, tracking and other special effects of magic crossbow arrows, considering the special environment of the green forest plane, the crossbow arrows are also specially prepared a batch of magic crossbow arrows that can stimulate acid mist.

But in the hallway, Richard encounters Coco again. The girl looked preoccupied, and instinctively shrank back when she saw Richard, but for some reason she had the courage to take a few steps forward and come to Richard. But when she opened her mouth, her face immediately flushed, but she didn't know how to speak.

Richard frowned, he had almost forgotten about the girl. In the last rebellion, he didn't give Coco a real punishment, but it doesn't mean that he really forgave her. After that, Richard had already opened up the situation in the two planes of Faro and Greenwood, and every time he returned to Norland, the time was very tight, and every trip was counted in minutes, so how could there be time allocated to Coco?

"Richard, I'...... I ...... "The more anxious and panicked Coco became, the more speechless she became."

Richard tried to soften his expression and said, "Don't be in a hurry, let's talk about something slowly." Do you have something to look for me, and the housekeeper can't help you?"

Coco finally mustered up the courage and said, "The housekeeper has done his best, so I ...... I can only come to you. It's about my father and brother, it's like this......"

Richard stood in the hallway, listening patiently. Coco sobbed softly, and the words were intermittent, although they were long, but the order was a little confusing, and it was mostly descriptive, so even Richard had a hard time listening. But Richard didn't interrupt her, and a full quarter of an hour passed before she understood a rough idea.

In fact, it was still those two things, her father's debts and her brother's crimes. And now the two things are linked again, because most of the money Coco sent back was used to open various joints and try to relieve her brother of the crime.

However, this is not an easy task, and the noble lords everywhere, including the judges in the courts, will try their best to uphold fairness and justice in such cases that have had a great impact.

It's not that their position can't be deflected, but it's just a deflection, and at most it's a lighter sentence. And the cost of deflection is also very high, at least not that Coco's little income can achieve. Although Coco's income is already a lot of money, at least several times that of the free Akmund warriors who were hired by the family to fight to the death on the battlefield.

The warriors did not dispute this, because in the tradition of Akmund, passing on future generations was just as important as expanding territory on the front lines, otherwise the Akmund principle of inheritance would not have appeared. But if they knew that Coco hadn't been to Richard's bed yet, or what role Coco had played in the rebellion, it would have turned out to be a completely different version of the story.

Looking at Coco, Richard really couldn't give her an answer right now, so he could only ask her to prepare a copy of her father's and brother's materials, and he had to read them before making a decision.

In the evening, when Richard returned to his study, a thick stack of materials had been placed on his desk. Since this is the material that Richard has named, it is prominently placed in the center of the desk.

Richard spent half an hour carefully flipping through every page of the case, the indictment, the various testimony evidence, and so on. After reading all the materials, Richard thought for another ten minutes, only to find it difficult for him to make a decision.

Coco's father's debts are just that, but the brother's case is of a bad nature, with great local impact, the evidence is conclusive and sufficient, and the judge's judgment has nothing to blame. In the end, her brother was sentenced to twenty years of hard labor, which is already a clear light sentence.

In this hierarchical society, in this era of supremacy of power, with Richard's current status, he can indeed forcibly suppress this matter and declare Brother Coco innocent or misdemeanor. That's why Coco begged him. However, in the face of the final verdict of the aristocratic court, Richard picked up the pen, but felt that he could not fall behind.

He finally sighed, closed the file, and placed it in the basket in the upper left corner, which was the area to be discussed later.

In front of Richard, there is a tall stack of texts waiting to be processed in the upper right area, and many of them have a corner of a note in them, which the old butler has seen in advance and put forward a disposal opinion, he just needs to see the result and sign. But there are at least twenty or thirty major events that must be decided by him personally.

Richard felt a little irritated at this point, and he pulled the collar of his linen shirt and unbuttoned it, feeling that he should meditate or draw a composition.

At this moment, Richard realized that he urgently needed a helper who could help him govern his territory. At least be able to take care of these day-to-day affairs in the territory on his behalf.

But Richard was leaving tomorrow, and he wasn't sure when he would return next. He forced himself to calm down and continued to bury his head in the pile of texts. An idea suddenly came to him, maybe Ellie Jie was the most suitable person.

Richard had seen Ellie's territory, which was indeed well governed, and everything was thriving. What she lacked, in fact, was the common problem of almost all Akmunds, that is, the accumulation of money and time. If you want the territory to develop rapidly, a large amount of money investment in the early stage is essential, and many infrastructure projects can not see the immediate benefits for a period of time, but these investments are necessary, otherwise it will affect the long-term development.

Like Gordon, Ellie inherited only a small piece of the knight's domain, as they were not the family's original heirs to the title. But now, she already rules an earldom, and every qiē is well developed. In fact, in terms of territorial governance and development, Gordon is slightly inferior to her. Gordon's strength comes from his miraculous rate of expansion.

As for Richard, the only thing he could actually control was the floating islands, and Gordon's territories in the Norland continent were in fact semi-independent, governed by local vassals. The local lords didn't pay any attention to Richard's orders, and were secretly in contact with various forces. Even the spiritual symbol of the Akmund tradition, the Black Rose Castle, fell into the hands of the so-called Council of Family Elders.

And Richard just saw nothing now, as long as the local lords didn't openly oppose him. Even if it was a blatant opposition, such as the Council of Elders of the Family that occupied the castle of the Black Rose, Richard was indifferent. It's not time to settle accounts with them yet, but the time is almost ripe.

As for the Black Rose Castle, it is true that it is only a nominal symbol now, because the true spiritual pillar of Akmund, the family's volcanic necropolis, has been moved to the floating island by Gordon.

Eventually, each powerful Akmund longs to be recognized in the Volcanic Necropolis so that they can take a place there. So Richard is not in a hurry at all, as long as the cemetery is still in his hands, then the first to endure it must be his opponents. As long as the opponents could not hold back, Richard was free to choose the battlefield and the timing of the decisive battle, so as to defeat them in one fell swoop.

Time passed little by little, and when Richard finished reading all the essays, the sky was actually white. Looking at the thick pile of essays on the table, Richard sighed. In his opinion, these texts are all trivial things. But in the eyes of the people involved, this is a big deal.

The old butler can arrange people's lives and logistics, but he can't decide on military strategy and armament and personnel related to it, let alone diplomacy.

This is the real life of a lord.

At six o'clock in the morning, the old butler had knocked on the door of the study and brought breakfast to Richard.

Richard picked up the materials sent by Coco, groaned for a while, handed them to the old butler, and said, "You can see how to deal with this matter, I really can't decide." If you really can't, you can release Coco from her partner obligations and let her leave the floating island. ”

The old butler was stunned, but didn't say anything. When he took the copy, he only felt a little heavy.

Coco, if she leaves the floating island, how will she survive, and what will she use to support her family?

When noon came, Richard was already waiting in the Hall of the Eternal Dragon, meeting with Nereth and Agamemnon who had arrived, and returning to the Green Forest Plane again.

Richard hadn't been in Norland for long, and the Greenwood Plane had been nearly three months behind. In fact, when the situation in the plane is calm, the powerhouses are not willing to stay in the secondary plane, but prefer to return to Norland.

The strength of the main plane increases faster, the more opportunities for training can be obtained, and for the strong, the speed of life passing is constant. Regardless of the speed of time in the plane, eight years of stay in the interdimensional plane is eight years of lost life.

The first thing Richard did when he returned to the Green Forest was to enter the Magic Room and see how Luo Qi was doing. Luo Qi can now draw many of the most basic and common magic arrays, and in terms of learning speed alone, the progress is not even much slower than that of Richard back then.

When Richard walked into the magic room, Luo Qi was lying on the real stage, engrossed in drawing the costume, completely oblivious to Richard's arrival. The outfit on her body is extremely simple, that is, a tunic robe, in order to avoid affecting her activities, her hair is tied into a ponytail and then simply coiled up at the back of her head, and her face is not a little makeup at all, which is the most natural simplicity and beauty.

Looking at Luoqi, Richard suddenly remembered a proverb that a man who works hard is attractive. And now, he finds women who work hard just as attractive.

ps: There is a temporary social, it's late, let's add more on the weekend. ~