Hobert hurriedly smiled and reassured: "Okay, okay, don't be so angry with the guests, the main material of the potion is there for me, and I can be promoted whenever I want." ”

Foirth felt a little more comfortable in his heart: No matter how powerful you are, you are also a guest, and I am the hostess of Full Moon Lake! Uh, the hostess of the eastern shore of Full Moon Lake.

Seeing that the ice was large enough, Hobert infused his spirit into the "Ocean Pendant", controlling the flow of water and causing the ice to float towards the center of the Full Moon Lake.

Hobert dived in and followed.

The fish-headed crocodile beast under the water was killed by Hobart and did not dare to show up again, and the giant beast was only so one, and there was no longer a threat in the water.

Successfully reaching the center of Full Moon Lake, Hobert used the ability of "flying low" to lean over the ice and begin to write the sealing circle.

This is the benefit of "knowledge itself", all the occult symbols of the circle are in Hobert's memory, and he can reach out and write when he uses them.

The blood sent by Bishop Simpson was only half used, and the circle was already written.

In order to prevent the ice from melting, Hobert hurriedly inserted the "Wood of Order" that he had folded earlier into the center of the circle.

The magic symbols on the circle suddenly glowed, as if they were alive, piercing through the ice and turning into a black glass cover with inscriptions.

This "glass cover" is surrounded by a thin black mist, which isolates the surrounding lake, and the symbols entering the water do not touch the lake, let alone be diluted by the lake.

Hobart dives into the water again, guiding the "glass cover" to gradually fall onto the "bubble" structure seen earlier.

The "jewels" inside the bubbles still glow brilliantly under the light on Hobert's cane.

Until the "glass cover" like a magic circle is completely set on the "bubble", Hobert injects spirit into the "Wood of Order" in the center of the circle, and the circle seems to become elastic, slowly stretching itself, completely covering the entire "bubble".

Then the underwater "Wood of Order" suddenly grew three small shoots, and the branches and buds grew rapidly, and the leaves quickly stretched out.

As a faint circle of black light swept away, the light of the gems in the "bubble" was completely obscured by a thin layer of black mist.

The "trees" of the underwater forest not far away immediately shook, and the creatures inside seemed to feel the change in the environment and there was a commotion.

Hobert tried to get close to the sealing circle, and when he was still five or six meters away from the circle, it seemed that he had encountered an invisible barrier and could no longer get close.

This is the protective function of the circle itself, and only by using the "Order Crystal" as a medium and the power of the "Country of Disorder" can the operation of the sealing circle be terminated.

Otherwise, it will be forcibly destroyed, but these creatures under the water do not have such abilities at present.

Hobart waited for a while, and saw that although there was a commotion in the creatures of the underwater forest, they did not take the initiative to destroy the circle, and then he surfaced.

In the process of ascending, Hobart could feel that the impact of the underwater pollution source was now only at the bottom of the lake, and if it was not for the dive, it would not be affected by the pollution source.

Back on the shore, Furth, who was waiting here, smiled: "It worked! ”

As an extraordinary, she spiritually felt as if something had changed in the Full Moon Lake.

Hobert smiled, "It was successful, and from now on, the waterway will be open again." ”

Helen on the side asked, "The source of pollution in the lake has been sealed like this?" ”

That's too easy, right? She remembered that the top management of the "Gnosis Society" had come to study the source of the pollution in Full Moon Lake, and the final result was that it could not be sealed.

"As long as you find the right way, it's easy." Hobart smiled and said to Helen, "Thank you for your help today, don't disturb your walk." ”

He stretched out his arm, and Furth stepped forward to grab him, and the two of them walked away with a smile and a smile.

Helen rolled her eyes and watched the two people who showed their affection walk away, and she gradually realized that this was a big deal! The problem of Full Moon Lake is solved, and perhaps the extraordinary power of the Mother Earth Church and the royal family will return to this area.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized that this matter was more important than connecting with the informant on the West Bank, so she simply gave up this connection and hurried to report it to Ms. Monica.

More than twenty minutes later, a small boat came ashore, and a young man crept down to the riverbank, shivering from the cold winter wind, and his lips were purple, but at the thought of Miss Helen's eyes and smile, he suddenly felt that it was worth it.

But he searched the reeds around him, and wondered, where had Miss Helen gone?

After waiting for more than an hour, Helen still didn't show up.

Just as the young man was about to look elsewhere in the reeds, an exaggerated greatsword made of crimson magma and blue flames pierced the young man's back.

The young man looked incredulously at the tip of the sword poking out of his chest, and he wanted to scream, but his throat had been burned to ashes and he could only fall to the ground in pain.

The giant sword that pierced the young man's body turned into a blue fireball, setting the young man's body on fire, burning even his bones.

In the darkness of the reeds, a voice seemed to ask itself, "Strange, how did the joint find me?" ”

……

Thursday morning, Fenerport City, Cathedral of Life.

Simpson came to his office as usual, and as soon as he entered, he found the letter on the desk.

Bishop Simpson guessed that it was a letter from Hobart, who had recently only communicated with Hobart by spiritual messenger.

To be honest, Simpson didn't have much hope for Hobert's plan to seal Full Moon Lake, he checked the relevant files, and the church did send an angel to solve the problem of Full Moon Lake, and that angel made many attempts, all of which ended in failure.

As mentioned in Hobert's letter, Bishop Simpson thought it was difficult to seal with the magic circle, the power of the magic circle was too weak, and if there was no high-level seal to provide continuous power for the magic circle, the power of the magic circle would not be able to seal the source of pollution at all.

And if there's a high-grade seal, who's going to waste it on sealing a polluting source?

Bishop Simpson pondered as he opened the letter.

Inside the envelope are two pages of stationery and a drawing with simple lines.

After reading a few lines, Simpson unconsciously stood up: "He succeeded!" ”

Continuing to look down, the more Simpson looked, the more surprised he became, and he hurried to the archbishop with the letter.

When he reached the door, he tried to let himself take a deep breath, fold the letter carefully, and calm down his emotions.

As soon as he opened the door, he became the smiling, knowledgeable, patient, and calm bishop again.

Arriving at the archbishop's office, Simpson duly expressed his surprise: "Your Excellency, Hobart has succeeded!" He said in the letter that he could send someone to Full Moon Lake to check the seal.

At the same time, he said that as soon as he arrived, he was renovating the church that we abandoned before the land, and now the church can be reused.

"He was willing to provide some food, poultry, and necessary daily necessities for the bishop we sent."

Archbishop Gabriel was also a little unconvinced, he took the letter in Simpson's hand and looked at it: "Send someone to contact Hobart immediately!" And investigate the specific sealing process! ”

It would be a great credit if South Coulson could be brought under the control of the church.

At the level of archbishop, there is not much credit that can interest them, and spreading the glory of the Mother Goddess to a strange land is in the scope of their interest.

Simpson showed the picture in the envelope to the archbishop: "This is a giant beast that Hobert hunted in the lake, and it looks like an ancient dragon beast?" ”

Gabriel glanced at it and nodded: "It's the Ancient Dragon Beast, and the church thinks it's extinct!" ”

He looked at Simpson, "Be sure to let Hobart sell us the liver crystals of the ancient dragon beast, and don't be stingy with Jinriso." ”

The liver crystallization of the Ancient Canglongmon can replace one of the main materials of Sequence 4 "Ancient Alchemist".

To be precise, in ancient times, the liver crystallization of the ancient Canglongmon was one of the main materials of the "ancient alchemist", and later because the ancient Canglongmeng was almost extinct, it was replaced by other materials.

Simpson said, "In the letter, Hobart said that he was only willing to sell the crystals to the bishop of Jeffrey's lordship. ”

Gabriel smiled, "This is a very good opportunity, you can go to South Coulson to experience it, as long as you re-establish the parish there, you can apply for another 'Ancient Alchemist' master material." ”

Bishop Simpson is moved, how can he not be moved? If you want to be promoted to a demigod in the church, you also need a lot of credit.

The vast majority of people can't wait for such an opportunity for a lifetime.

But Simpson's sanity finally triumphed over the desire for credit: "Your Excellency, according to the information we have received, there is more than one cultist demigod in South Coulson, it is better to send a demigod, right?" ”

"Are there any more demigods left in the church?"

Simpson smiled wryly: "No." ”

At the level of demigods, that is, the quasi-high level of the church, they generally wear many hats and cannot get out of their bodies at all.

"You can continue to build a good relationship with Hobart." Gabriel smiled: "In terms of Hobert's performance, the Jeffrey family from Rune definitely has a family as a support.

"We can use their strength, and they must need our strength, and we can make some compromises and concessions if necessary."

The archbishop said: "Of course, this is a matter for the future, you put down your work and immediately organize a priest and bishop who have not taken potions to form an investigation team."

"When the investigation team confirms that there is no pollution, you will go again."

……

Jeffrey Collar.

Wayne, who returned from Bugas City in a small steamboat, almost didn't know Full Moon Lake.

In particular, the corpse of the ancient dragon beast almost frightened Wayne to turn around and run.

Fortunately, he finally chose to believe in the new lord and his nephew Shel, so he continued to sail to the docks.

Under Roy's organization, dozens of people were cutting reeds, and there was a lot of noise on the big dock.

When they saw Wayne return, they beckoned him to come to shore, and now the cement and steel bars on his ship were needed at the Grand Pier!

Wayne chatted with a few workers who were cutting reeds for a while and learned that the monsters in the lake had been killed by the lord and were too afraid to go ashore, and it turned out that the corpses of the giant beasts on the river beach were hunted by the lord!

Finally, there is the big news: the lord has exempted all subjects from agricultural taxes.

Whether it is Wayne who runs a boat, or a businessman who opens a shop in a small town, they all have land at home, and their main business has always been farming, and running boats and opening shops can only be regarded as a side business.

Wayne beckoned the workers to help unload the goods, but he was already very surprised in his heart, and he had only left for a few days, is this still the same Jeffrey Town as before?

He asked the assistants assigned by the Lord's Mansion to keep an eye on the workers unloading the goods, while he went to the Lord's Mansion with the clerks sent by the Lord's Mansion to report his life.

At this time, Hobart had just received a letter from Bishop Simpson, and he immediately called Allen: "You go find a few helpers to collect the eyes, blood, brain, tongue, teeth, skin, and more than a dozen scales and bones on the abdomen of the corpse of the giant beast by the lake, and the flesh on the two hind limbs. If there's something unclear, ask Roy. ”

Hobart had only collected the internal organs and a part of the blood of the ancient dragon beast before, but he didn't expect it to have so many rare spiritual materials on it.

Bishop Simpson said in the letter that the blood of the Ancient Drake would not clot, and that it could squeeze its muscles to continue collecting.

As soon as Alan left, Hill reported that Wayne had returned.

In the main hall, Hobart met with Wayne and Clifford, the clerk sent by the Lord's Mansion, and Clifford first reported the financial receipts and expenditures.

They first sold the dried fruits provided by the lord's mansion, and the income was added to 22 gold lisos to buy a large amount of building materials.

Hobert inquired about the unit price of several dried fruits, and then asked about the unit price of building materials, and found that the price of building materials was much higher than he expected.

But he soon realized that he came from a country known as the "infrastructure madness", and not all countries can do this, and there are still the limitations of the times.

Wayne then gave a brief account of the departure process: the city of Bugas and the small ports along the way were still the same.

"Jeffrey is about to change dramatically!" Hobert smiled: "In this regard, we, as the initiators of great change, must seize the opportunity. ”

He paused and said, "Now that the waterway has been reopened, your small boat is no longer enough to support the consumption of Jeffrey Town, and when there are more projects in the territory in the future, more building materials will be needed."

"I talked to Schill that you don't just know how to drive a small steamship, but you also know how to drive a large steamship.

"I'll give you the official position of 'ship knight', and you go and buy a large cargo steamship, three small and medium-sized passenger ships.

"As soon as the ship is purchased, Jeffrey will receive cargo and passenger flights to the city of Bugas!"

Wayne didn't expect that he could be a knight in his life: stained with his nephew's light! No, giving my nephew to the lord as a servant is the wisest choice in my life. Look, this kid is holding the sword on his waist.

Hobert said to Clifford: "As Wayne's deputy, you are still in charge of the ship's finances, and you will pay to Philip on time." ”

He added: "Don't stop the shipping of the small steamer, and set off immediately to buy more building materials." ”

Wayne took the order and prepared to go home and set sail again.

At the moment he did not feel the hardship at all, the position of "ship knight" gave him great motivation, and now he only thought about where to buy a ship and run an errand for the lord.

As soon as I thought that after these boats were bought, they all obeyed their own commands, and the fatigue of more than a week suddenly disappeared without a trace.

After meeting with Wayne and the others, Hobert returned to the study and gave Philip all the more than 4,600 gold he had on him, which was certainly not enough to buy a boat.

He came to Fenerport again, and first inquired about the approximate prices of the cargo ships and passenger ships used for river transport, and at this time the ordinary freighter or cruise ship sailing on the ocean was worth about 24,000 gold lisos.

The world's largest cruise ship, the Umbria, is currently in service with Rune, and it is said that the ship cost 78,000 pounds, or 93,600 gold.

The reason why so much money was spent is that many of the structures of this cruise ship are experimental in nature, and at this time most of the structure of the cruise ship is still wood, and the main body of the "Umbria" is steel.

The Etruscan after the "Umbria" had similar performance and construction to the former, but the cost dropped to 56,000 pounds, which is equivalent to nearly a third cheaper.

Boats on inland rivers are much cheaper because they don't have to worry about the winds and waves at sea, and you can buy Hobart's favorite cargo steamship for about 4,000 gold liso.

With a displacement of up to 800 tons ('Gundam' for this era), it is a behemoth on the surface of the river.

The passenger steamships that Hobart needed cost about 1,500 gold miles each.

The reason why it is so expensive is mainly spent on decoration and supporting facilities.

In other words, it costs at least 8,500 gold to buy a ship, and you have to hire sailors and captains, and you have to prepare at least 10,000 gold lisos.

The investment may not be recouped for years to come, but Hobert still feels that he should spend it, and a place like Jeffrey Ling, which relies on shipping for food, must have a few ships in his hands.

Hobert exchanged all the 7,140 pounds in his hand for gold riso, deducting the handling fee, and got a total of 8,559.2 gold riso.

The construction of the next railway and other projects will cost more money, and Hobert is ready to wait for his own gold when he is short of money, and the gold in his hand is worth about 7,200 gold lisos, even if the purity does not meet the bank's requirements, it is still no problem to sell it for 6,500 gold lisos.

Only then did Hobert realize that he was so rich, and he could basically complete the upfront investment in a territory.

After exchanging the currency, Hobert returned to Earl Christine's mansion.

He was going to leave Dophes 1,000 gold and ask him to hire some reporters.

But Dophis didn't ask: "The 1,000 pounds you left before haven't been spent, I exchanged it for 1,200 gold lisos, and it only cost 800 gold to hire a design team."

"400 gold is enough to hire some reporters from big newspapers."

Hobert smiled helplessly: "Actually, that's what I paid you." ”

After all, he is Christine's butler, not his own.

Dophis said seriously: "I get paid every week from the Earl's Court. ”

"Okay." Hobert took back the 1,000 gold, and he planned to help Dophes inquire about the "Skeleton Lord" when he had time.

According to the information he had received earlier, there was a "Skeleton Lord" that was supposed to be somewhere in South Coulson.

"Madame de Monlisa just arrived in Fenerport the other day, and yesterday she hired a ship and took Donna to Geoffrey to get it. ”

Hobert was stunned: "Then I'll send someone to pick it up after I go back, South Coulson is very messy now." ”

"You don't have to worry about their safety." Dophes said, "Your father sent someone to protect them. ”

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. ”

Still, he was going to send Ciel to meet him.

After saying goodbye to Dopheus, Hobert returned to his study with a "trip", first called Schill and asked him to take a few people to the city of Bugas to rent a small steamboat, and then wait for the ship at the Earl's Court in Bugas.

Hobert said bluntly: "Madame Monlisa is my mother, and Miss Donna is my sister, so be respectful and polite!" Also, go to the city of Bugas and buy some new clothes, and dress neatly. ”

Schill was slightly stunned, he didn't expect the lord's father to be an earl!

After seeing Schill leave, Hobart asked the manservant outside to call Knight Albert Lewis.

And the person who was sent to ask for Grove yesterday also returned, naturally in vain.

Albert already knew about Grove's defection, which was completely beyond his expectations, so he had been terrified on the way to the main hall today.

Hobert smiled and asked, "Grove defected, you have a choice, do you want to be a 'Justice Knight' or a 'Tax Knight'?" ”

Albert didn't seem to be unhappy when he heard the lord's tone, and he hurriedly said, "Knight of Justice! ”

Agricultural taxes are all exempted, and the "tax knight" is obviously a pit!

Hobert took out a piece of parchment and a copy of the Feneport Constitution: "I have summarized twelve simple and easy-to-understand statutes from this constitution, and the specific content is on paper, and after a while you will take people from village to village to explain these twelve laws to the villagers."

"At the same time, you have to find the corresponding rules from the Constitution, so that you can have a basis when you decide the case."

At this time, Albert, who was in his forties, sighed that he was at this age, and he still had to study.

"But I'm going to give you another errand now," said Hobert, "that in the afternoon you will go with Wayne's ship, and take a few retinues to the city of Fenerport, and report to His Majesty the King that the shipping has been re-opened."

"Take it, it's official."

Such a big thing happened to South Coulson, as a baron canonized by Fernando II, of course, to report to the king.

The point is that after Fernando II receives the report, there will definitely be some policy to restore navigation on the Tidige River, and the Jeffrey Territory will also benefit from it.

Of course, you can't put all your hopes on Fernando II, after all, the interests of another shipping lane are involved.

Albert took the paperwork with both hands, and was suddenly a little dazed: Why did the lord send me for such a face-revealing thing?

Hobert added, "Remember, after arriving in Fenerport City, let the butler of Baron Jeffrey's Mansion take you to Count Christine."

"That's my father, just explain your intentions to him, and follow his orders."

Albert's hand holding the clerk trembled slightly: You didn't say it earlier! If I had known that you were the Earl's son, I would have met you and pledged my allegiance to you as soon as you came to the land!

On the surface, he said calmly and respectfully, "Yes." ”

After seeing Albert leave, Hobart gave the manservant the pattern he had drawn a long time ago and asked him to find someone to make a flag.

Hobart is ready to take matters into his own hands to solicit business for the Tidige River, which has just been dredged.

Thank you for the tip of [Iced Tea 28].

(End of chapter)