Chapter 330: Nobility and Fiefdoms
At the bank, Hobart exchanged 100 gold pounds for 120 gold lisos, first 10 notes in denominations of 1, 2, and 5 gold lisos, and then some silver and copper riso notes and coins.
At Beckland, the area in Hobert's wallet where the coins were kept idle for a long time was now filled by him.
Today, the currency of the Northern Continent, the gold pound of Rune, is strong, which has a lot to do with the fact that the industrial output of Rune alone is almost equal to that of the other three countries combined.
Therefore, the handling fee for exchanging gold pounds for gold is only 2/10,000, and for exchanging gold for gold pounds, there is a handling fee of 5/1000.
Riding the taxi carriage again, he came to Earl Christine's Palace, and Hobert realized that Christine was not far from his mansion in a straight line.
Their mansion is located in the Juana district, the equivalent of Queens in Beckland, where most of the nobles of Fenerport City lived.
Dofez's operation is really different, there are more than a dozen male and female servants already cleaning inside and out of Christine's mansion.
Several cooks and helpers, as well as two gardeners and two coachmen, began to work, while Dophis changed into the costume of a butler and became the steward of the Earl's Court.
After a few small conversations with Dofis the overseer, he said that he had also hired a housekeeper, three male and three female servants, as well as a cook, a cook, a coachman, and a gardener.
Finally, Dofis said, "If you still need it, you can ask your butler to hire it again."
"The standard for servants in the Baron of Fenerport is no more than 20, and I suggest you hire a few more carpenters and masons, I hear that your mansion needs to be renovated."
Originally, Hobert wanted to borrow Christine's servant to clean up his mansion for a while, but after hearing Dophes say this, he seemed to realize that he was now a nobleman, and if the financial conditions still permitted, he could no longer use the servants at home to help clean the rental house as before.
Thinking of this, Hobert recalled that he still had more than half a year's rent on Blanca Street and had not withdrawn, which was more than a hundred silver cords.
Thinking about it, Hobart wanted to pump himself again, and he kept telling himself in his heart: "I'm a nobleman now, I'm a nobleman now." He wouldn't think about the hundred or so silver ropes anymore.
Originally, Hobert had to complain that once he joined the "Tarot Society", he would be a believer in the "Poor God", and the most direct manifestation was that he was more picky.
But after thinking about it, Hobert realized that this was not his own door, but the education he received since he was a child in the A.D. era, that is, to live frugally.
And the life of the aristocracy is mainly a luxury and waste, and Hobert finds that he is actually very unaccustomed to it, and in his heart he also looks down on these nobles who do not have the correct moral standards.
In the hall of the Earl's Court, Hobert meets Christine, who is sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
The main hall had been cleaned, and now there were no servants busy here.
Father and son sat across from each other, and Christine's new valet poured Hobart a cup of tea.
Hobart took the initiative to say: "The crystal of the bracelet was traded by me at a party, I felt that it was a little different, and it was not too expensive, so I bought it, but after studying it for a long time, I didn't find out what it was for, so I made it into a bracelet."
"At the same time, I also carved a fire paint badge out of scraps and made a pocket watch key."
Of course he is going to lie about this, the "State of Disorder" is his biggest secret at the moment, a secret that cannot be told to anyone.
Christine nodded slowly: "Maybe it just doesn't work in our hands." ”
He advised: "Keep the fire paint badge and the key of the pocket watch well, I have a hunch that they may be of great use in the future." ”
Even the demigod Christine didn't see anything special about the Fire Paint Medal, so Hobert thinks that so far, only angels or above can detect the special features of the "Order Crystal".
However, these "order crystals" still have a lot of effect on Hobert, and they can't be hidden in the "country of disorder", which is a huge waste of resources.
Christine asked, "What are your plans?" ”
"I'm going to go back to my territory tomorrow." Hobert now feels more and more that the territory should be the key to digesting potions, and if he wants to have a new promotion, he must go to the territory as soon as possible to try to digest the potions.
Christine said "um": "I'll help you invite the deputy director of the Land and Resources Bureau to dinner in the evening, and let's get to know your territory." ”
Hobert was slightly stunned: "I didn't expect this." ”
Although Christine is a "judge", the official position of deputy chief of staff given to him by the king is a real high-ranking official, and it is enough to invite Roderick, the deputy director of the Land and Resources Bureau, to dinner.
At the dinner, the guests of honor mingled with each other, and Roderick told Hobart a lot about his domain.
Of course, this is inseparable from the gift that Christine gave to Roderick, which made him quite satisfied.
Through the conversation at the dinner, Hobart learns that his territory is the fattest of the county in Coulson, and that it previously belonged to a viscount born and raised in County Coulson.
But six years ago, the Viscount's family died in their mansion for no apparent reason, and the officials who sent an investigation did not find anything wrong.
Later, the royal family learned from the Teutonic Viscount on the west side of the Full Moon Lake that the viscount had died at the hands of bandits in his own territory.
The king didn't seem to bother with this, and divided the viscount's territory in two, and had previously given half of the division to Baron Ronald, but Baron Ronald never dared to go to his own territory.
Roderick's eyes were full of incredulity when he heard that Hobert was going to his fiefdom, and he suggested that Hobert hire more bodyguards, or even a team of mercenaries.
After the dinner party, Rodrick was sent away, and Christine suggested that Hobert go to his own territory alone, and take public transport, and inquire about the territory along the way.
Roderick only talked about the general situation, as well as who the surrounding territory belonged to, whether there was any background and other information, and the details of the problem, it was up to Hobert himself to understand.
Hobert also had this idea, and the secret of his ability to "travel" could not be easily exposed.
Back at his baron's mansion, the butler and servants hired by Dophys were already waiting in the courtyard, and this afternoon, under the supervision of the butler, the servants had already cleaned the mansion, at least Hobert's master bedroom was no problem to live in.
Hobert called the butler into the house, informed him that he was going to his domain to-morrow, and gave the butler 50 gold to maintain the daily expenses of the Baron's house, but to pay the bills to Monsieur Doffis, the butler of the Earl of Christine, every week.
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