Although in Night Qi City, the snowflakes will turn into water vapor before they fall to the ground, but outside the Night Qi City, the heavy snow for several days has already made the world white.

At 1 p.m. on January 1, 998, the grassland in the afternoon was finally illuminated by Raya leaning on the horizon.

East 1 Station, the territory of Danico, the first knight of the Rand, the knight's family members and lords were finally able to come out of their houses and take out the plough to clean the thick snow on the street, and some people continued to sweep east and west along the main road, trying to ensure that the most important road outside the Night Qicheng City could be unblocked.

A relatively tall figure stepped out of the side fort of the lord's castle and walked through the busy crowd until he reached the courtyard of a small church on the edge of the territory.

In the corner of the courtyard, there is a stone tablet less than the height of a calf, and the tomb behind the stone tablet looks very new, and the stone tablet is engraved with a few lines of lingua franca.

"Father, I'm sorry I came to see you today!" Jim knelt down on one knee in front of the tombstone, "The auxiliary camp has been too busy lately, and there are thousands more people who need to be reassigned to the ranks according to His Majesty's request. ”

The man used his hands to remove the snow from the stele as he said to himself, "Knight Dannico is such a good man, not only did he help me arrange your funeral, but he also agreed to give me all the belongings you left behind. ”

Jim, the demonless officer of the auxiliary army, his father Jim Sr. was the steward of the East 1 Post Station before his death, and when Rand passed by at the beginning of the year, he was commended by the entire territory for his good management skills. However, Jim, who was almost 50 years old, did not survive the year 998 of the God Emperor, and died of lung disease after several heavy snowfalls at the end of the year.

At the time of Jim's death, Danico, the first knight of Rand and Jim's prefect in the auxiliary army, had become the owner of East 1 Station, or Jim Sr. and Jim became Danico's subjects, and he also had absolute control over their property.

Jim's luck was that Dannico knew his abilities and personality very well, and he reported Jim's situation to Rand, requesting that all auxiliary officers, including Jim, be Rand's direct vassals, rather than the original lord's vassals, and that all the Jim's family's finances in East 1 be returned to him.

Rand admired the approach of Knight Danico, and he knew that such a seemingly natural approach was inconceivable among human nobles and barbarians.

Jim stayed in front of the tombstone for a short time until he felt cold, and along the way he saw dozens of demonless people working hard to clear the snow, and feeling inspired by the enthusiasm of the crowd, he also picked up a shovel and joined them.

By the time Jim returned to Danico's castle, it had been an hour later, and as soon as he had returned to the castle, he saw Knight Dannico and all the others standing respectfully beside the hive plot, surrounded by a tall knight like stars holding the moon.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty? Jim whispered, drawing Rand's attention.

"Jim? Weren't you converted by Dannico to my direct domain? Rand saw Jim and smiled, "Come back and pack your things?" ”

"Yes...... "The Demonless One knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty, I came back to see my father again." ”

"Oh, I know he, old Jim, is a very good butler," Landt nodded, "and I am very sorry that he is gone. ”

Hearing Rand actually talk about his father, Jim hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, you still remember him......"

"Of course, if you don't join the auxiliaries, I'll let you succeed your father as the steward here," Rand said to Dannico and Jim as he walked around the plot,

"It's important for a territory to have a good steward, don't look at them not necessarily as demon supporters, but the development of your territory in the next few decades is in his hands."

"Your Majesty said yes!" Dannico nodded busily.

Although Dannico is not the most eye-catching among the knights, he is loyal and honest, and although he is good friends with his old family, the Frostwolf family, he has no more contacts, and belongs to the people who are wholeheartedly loyal to Rand.

Therefore, Rand has a special preference for Danico, not only appointing him as the commander of the auxiliary army, but also giving him more potions in peacetime.

"In the future, the size of the auxiliary army will expand, and a big city like Night Qicheng will not be able to maintain law and order by relying on the knights alone," Rand said to Danico, who had inspected the circle, "You take more potions, how can you break through the high-level knights!" ”

Dannico nodded busily: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

At the end of the inspection, Rand did not forget to instruct Jim:

"Don't forget that there is an annual banquet in the palace on the 3rd, and you can come with Knight Danico."

Both Dannico and Jim were surprised that Rand had appeared outside the city on the first afternoon of the new year, but this was actually Rand passing through on his return from White Wolf City.

After the sunrise sacrificed to the two suns, Rand began to patrol the east, first teleporting to the White Wolf City, sacrificing the Temple of Life with Tapara, and then riding the fire all the way back along the eastern post station, not only to check the development of each territory, but also to assess the impact of heavy snow on transportation.

When Rand rode the fire again, he heard his old partner complain, "You can really toss, you go out like this on the first day of the new year, are you going to Iowa tomorrow, from the west?" ”

"That's right, tomorrow I'm going to patrol from Iowa to West 7, and the day after tomorrow I'm going to patrol from West 7 back to Night Qicheng," Rand said very seriously, "I want to take advantage of the lack of things to do in the New Year, and go through the whole plain." ”

No matter what kind of imagination he had about the feudal emperor in his heart, but in the first New Year after he really became a big lord, Rand still honestly learned the posture of the leader of the unit in his previous life, honestly inspected the territory in person, and talked to important subordinates one by one.

"You really should walk around the plains," Agni said surprisingly supportively to Rand, "you can't understand the horses on the plains in the city." ”

"Of course," Rand smiled and patted Agni on the back, "It's been so long, we haven't had a good conversation, so we can take this opportunity to have a good chat." ”

"Actually...... You don't usually stick to those cats, so you have time to talk to me! Agni said jealously.

Since Rand installed portals in major cities, he has very little need for mounts, and he takes portals wherever he goes, and often goes to places where there are restrictions on high-level mounts, such as the Imperial Capital, the Royal Capital, and Roseburg, so he also wants to use the efforts of patrolling the territory these days to communicate more with Agni.

"I really haven't had time to pay attention to them these days, there are too many things in the Imperial Capital and Night Qi City, as well as the battles in Breyak and Falling Moon Lake in the north." Rand said with a smile, "The combat in the water is so different from the land that I can't take you there." ”

"Really, can't?" Agni was a little angry, "I can fly into the air and attack the little fish in the water!" ”

"It's not the hard part of attacking, it's the hard part of finding those fish," Rand shook his head, "If you can find them, there's a way to deal with them, whether it's from the air, from the water, or under the water." ”

"Is there any magic that will keep me in the sky?" Agni then said, "This way of flying is a bit mana draining right now, and I need to focus on controlling wind magic. ”

"By the way, if there's an airship, or an ornithopter, wouldn't it be able to monitor it for a long time?" Rand suddenly had an idea, but at the same time he also had doubts, "But didn't this thing ever be made in the goblin era?" ”