Hobert pondered for a moment, and immediately agreed: "Okay!

"But our wedding is going to take place on my territory."

He suddenly thought that the wedding of Count Christine's son would definitely attract many dignitaries to attend, and it would be tantamount to a wave of publicity for his own territory at that time.

Seeing that Hobert agreed so happily, and being on such an occasion, it was difficult to say anything more.

Meng Lisa nodded: "You are in charge of this." ”

She added, "I'll have Dophes come to Jeffrey a few days in advance to help you set up the wedding scene and prepare for the reception in advance." ”

After negotiating the marriage, Monlisa had the heart to enjoy the food.

The previous wedding date of Hobart's marriage had not been set, which had always worried her.

Hobart introduced Freya because it was a family feast, and Hobert didn't let Helen attend.

However, Helen didn't have time to attend at noon today, and she went to report to Lady Monica.

Lisa Mon introduced a young man in his twenties she had brought with her: "This is Angus Jeffrey, your cousin. ”

Angus politely stood up and bowed slightly towards Hobert.

Hobert also got up and shook his hand politely, he was a little strange: why did a cousin suddenly appear? Isn't Christine without siblings? Don't...... Could it be Christine's illegitimate child?

Whatever the cousin's origins, the protagonists of this lunch are Hobert, Monlisa, and Donna. There is a lively atmosphere of Donna, and the atmosphere in the restaurant is cheerful.

Donna suddenly said to Hobert, "I don't plan to go back, Hobert, you can give me a big official." ”

Hobart smiled: "Even I'm just a baron, where is the official for you?" ”

"Then you can make me a knight!"

"Don't fool around, go back to school."

"I know the secret of you and your father and Dophes!" Donna smiled, "Father let me choose my own life. ”

Hobert was stunned: "What secret?" ”

"It's the secret of your magical abilities!"

Hobert glanced at Mon Lisa, and Mon Lisa smiled: "If you need someone here, leave her behind, and I can rest assured that she is here with you." ”

Hobert nodded: "It just so happens that I lack a trustworthy person to collect taxes for me, so I might as well give you this errand." But I'll tell you in advance, if you don't have money to spend, I'll send you home at once. ”

Meng Lisa was about to say something, but Hobert said: "It's impossible for you to be the head of taxation at the beginning, so let's do it, there is a meeting this afternoon, you can attend it together, and follow them outside to learn about the specific work situation." ”

Donna immediately agreed: "No problem! ”

This arrangement also put Meng Lisa at ease: "I have nothing to do in the afternoon, let's go listen to your meeting." ”

Hober nodded, "Okay." ”

"Also." "Your father asked you to arrange an errand for Angus. ”

Hobert didn't know the truth of this buddy, so he didn't immediately agree: "I'll think about it and find him a good errand." ”

The family didn't talk about it again.

Hobert didn't think that talking about business at the family dinner was ruining the atmosphere, and in his opinion, it was a thing of talking to his own people behind closed doors.

After a rather hearty lunch, Hobert took them to the yard that had been cleaned up in advance to rest.

Donna and Angus both went to rest, and Monlisa said that she was not tired and asked Hobert to talk to her for a while.

As Hobert expected, as soon as his mother came up, he told him about Angus's origin: "Your father's surname is actually Tudor, you should already know it." ”

"Got it."

"Well, there are basically three descendants of the Tudor family now, and one of them is the family where your father was born." Meng Lisa then explained: "When your father was young, he was not convinced by the patriarch's allocation of family resources, so he broke away from the family and developed on his own. ”

Only then did Hobart realize that his mother Mon Lisa knew a lot of secrets, but she had not been involved in some of Christine's things before, or had been involved, and Hobert did not know.

Meng Lisa continued: "In the past, no matter how difficult your father was in the Southern Continent, the Tuduo family did not lend a helping hand.

"Now your father is very much appreciated by Fernando II, and they have come to you again, saying that they are inviting your father to join the senate of the family.

"Your father told them that he didn't have time, so they sent Angus to be your father's helper.

"It's not good for your father to stay and get rid of him, so he sent Angus to you.

"Just find him an errand, if it doesn't work, just drive him away, anyway, the Tuduo family didn't give you any favors, so there's no need to be polite to them."

Hobert asked, "How many sequences is Angus?" ”

"It should be Sequence 6."

Hobert smiled: "It's a pity to drive him away, I'm just about to purge the extraordinary forces around me, it's sequence 6 anyway, don't use it in vain." ”

Meng Lisa also smiled: "You make your own decisions." ”

Then Monlisa talked about Furth, how he liked it, and Hobert also talked about the process of his acquaintance with Furth along with this topic.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, according to Hobert's notice yesterday, Conrad, Philip, Roy and others came to the main hall one after another to participate in the meeting convened by the lord.

When they saw Monlisa sitting on the Lord, they were all slightly stunned, but they still called out together: "Old lady." ”

Hobert, who was sitting in front of Monlisa's side, spoke, "My mother wants to hear about the administration of the territory, so she comes with me to this meeting. ”

Hobert knew that it was Monlisa who was worried about whether he could be a good lord? After all, from lawyer to lord, this professional span is quite large.

"Let's start with the issue of redistributing land." Hobert asked Conrad, "How's the preparations?" ”

"The manpower is already in place." "I'm training them and it will start in a few days," Conrad said. ”

"I'm going to have you form a propaganda group to go from village to village to publicize the redistribution policy, so that you can give them better training in the course of your work," Hobert said. ”

"But," Conrad said, "this time we redistribute the land, which is to confiscate the land of the village tyrant and distribute it to the other villagers.

"If it is publicized in advance, will it give the village tyrants some time to prepare?"

The previous land registration had made the situation of the land in Jeffrey's territory very clear.

These village tyrants were all people who had been favored by Viscount Wright before, or who supported the group of bandits in power, and a few of them actually controlled nearly a third of the land.

In addition, there is also land belonging to the group of bandits on the mountain before, some of which belonged to Viscount Wright's family before, and some of which were seized by the bandits from the villagers by forcible grabbing.

The bandits had already been defeated by Hobart, but the ownership of these lands was a problem.

The remaining one-third of the land belongs to the vast majority of the population, homesteaders.

Hobert smiled: "What are they preparing?" Rebellion?

"Not only to publicize the policy of equal distribution of land, but mainly to tell them that from now on all the land in the territory belongs to the lord.

"After they were given land, they only had the right to cultivate and lease, but not to buy and sell.

"Even if it's a lease contract, it must be reported to the lord's mansion, otherwise the contract is invalid!"

If those village tyrants dare to resist, it will be better solved, they can be directly tied to the construction site, and they will be reformed through labor for a year or two.

Conrad said: "Yes, I will do a good job of promoting it!" ”

Hobert said to Schill, "You bring people to protect the security of the propaganda group. ”

After all, this is moving the interests of some people, so it's better to be careful.

Schill said: "Yes! ”

Then Hobert added: "My mother also brought 300 new rifles, and dozens of pistols, and two instructors.

"After you have completed the task of protecting the propaganda group, you have organized fifty young men and officially formed the army led by Jeffrey.

"Remember what I asked you to ask for?"

Schill rejoiced: "Remember! You can't just recruit young people from the towns, and try to spread the quota evenly across the entire Jeffrey Collar. It just so happened that I went to the villages with the propaganda team to determine the quota by the way. ”

Hobert nodded in satisfaction, and said to Colwin on the side, "You also join this propaganda group to publicize the 12 regulations that I have simplified."

"Originally, this was your father's job, but now I'll leave this job to you first."

Finally, Hobart said to Donna, "And you, Donna, you follow the promotion of the new tax law." You know personal income tax and business tax, right? ”

Of course, everyone knows that Donna is the lord's sister, but since the lord is directly called Donna, it means that this is a work requirement for her.

Donna's college major, although not law, also knows some basic knowledge of personal income tax and business tax.

After listening to her description, Hobart added some details, in the future, Jeffrey's personal income tax will start from a monthly income of 2 gold liso, which is divided into several levels, 2 gold liso to 5 gold liso is a grade, and 5 to 10 gold is another level.

The higher the rank, the greater the proportion of taxation.

The commercial tax is collected from a single transaction of 1 gold and above, and is divided into two tax standards, one is the transaction amount, and the other is the type of tax.

These tax laws are of little use now, because the monthly income of the residents of Jeffrey's Domain, with the exception of some who work in the Lord's House, is almost always less than 2 gold liso.

The transaction is only to trade some vegetables and other crops, and it is impossible for the shops in Jeffrey Town to have a one-time transaction volume of more than 1 gold liso.

When the territory is developed, it is time to collect taxes.

Finally, he discussed the progress of the work with Roy, who had now mobilized more than 600 people and began to prepare for the laying of the railroad and the construction of a concrete road to the mountain.

The renovation work on the town has also begun, but the problem is that the building materials have run out, and Roy can only follow the drawings and direct them to dig the foundation.

Hobart asks Roy to clear a patch of ground, and the first building materials are about to arrive.

Mon Lisa, who had been watching from the sidelines, nodded with satisfaction, but she didn't expect that Hobart was only in his twenties, and he had never been a nobleman before, but he could keep his territory in order, at least it looked orderly.

She didn't quite understand the role of Hobart's new deals, but she still had the ability to see people, and the people who did things for Hobart were all shrewd and capable and loyal enough to Hobart.

It can be seen from the words of a person whether they are able or not, and their dissatisfaction with Monlisa's seat on the throne is enough to show the status of the lord in their minds.

At the end of the meeting, Hobert asked Donna and Colwin, as Conrad's subordinates, to attend the meeting of the propaganda group together, and prepare to start "going to the countryside" this afternoon.

The word "going to the countryside" was "invented" by Hobert just now, and Hobert literally translated it as "to go to the countryside", and by extension, "to go to the countryside to carry out relevant work".

In the current Northern Continent, there is no concept of "going to the countryside" at all, but now Hobert has made it clear that understanding of the rural situation is an important criterion for the promotion of Jeffrey's government officials.

After Conrad and the others left to implement the work of the meeting, Monlisa encouraged Hobert, praising him for knowing so much about the territory in such a short period of time.

As soon as he had said a few words, Alan came to report, "Sir, Miss Helen has brought Ms. Monica here. ”

Hobart nodded and said to Monlisa, "Mother, you go to the backyard to rest first, and I want to talk to them about something alone." ”

Monlisa agreed, and Furth accompanied her out through the side door.

Hobert came out of the main hall and welcomed Monica into the side hall.

Although the side hall is also very spacious, it is much smaller than the main hall, and there are sofas and coffee tables, which is a very suitable place for secret conversations.

Monica's temperament is still so charming, she doesn't need to use "charm", she shows her feminine charm in her gestures.

However, Hobbit is already in Sequence 5 at this time, and he can already face the charm shown by Monica.

After a few polite words, Hobert said, "Lady Monica, you should have heard that the channel of the Dedige River has been reopened.

"Although we have only cooperated politically, we have not cooperated in interests......

By "political cooperation," Hobart acquiesced in the religious legitimacy of the Gnostics, while the Gnostic Society recognized the legitimacy of Hobert's rule over Jeffrey's Dominion.

"As a political ally, I must remind you that this is going to be a sea change for South Coulson, so please prepare accordingly." Hobart probed.

Lady Monica smiled, "Lord Hobert, your abilities are far beyond our imagination, and we are already preparing for this.

"But according to our estimates, the Church of Mother Earth God should not be able to send demigods to South Coulson, so we just need to do some training for the followers to hide their beliefs."

They are very good at this, after all, in other places, the followers of the "Gnosis Society" are secretly preaching, and secretly holding ceremonies.

Hobart said solemnly: "If you think so, then I beg your pardon, I will end the political alliance with you." ”

Monica was stunned for a moment before smiling, "It's impossible for us to compete with the Earth Mother God Church for disciples!" ”

Although the Earth Mother God Church will not send demigods, if they find out that there are so many followers of the "Gnosis Society" here, they will definitely organize enough forces to clean it up.

"IMHO, the decision-making level of the Gnosis Society is a bunch of idiots!" Hobert said, "It is precisely because of the weak power of the Mother Earth Church in South Colson County that you have a chance to legalize!"

"There is not only the power of the Gnosis Society here, but also the power of the Blood Cult and the power of the Aurora Society, you can cooperate with the Mother Earth God Church to eliminate these forces, and then use the base of believers to fight for legalization."

Ms. Monica was slightly stunned before smiling: "You are a natural politician, but you don't understand religion, and the Mother Earth Church will not allow us to exist."

"Even if we help them get rid of the other extraordinary forces that are entrenched here, they will still turn around and wipe us out."

"That's why I asked you to come." "I'm preparing to form my own official Extraordinary Force, and as a political ally, I'm inviting a part of the Gnostic Society to join in and help resolve extraordinary incidents involving religion," Hobart said.

"If you are willing to join, I will help you talk to the Mother Earth God Church about your legitimacy.

"At the same time, this is also a political commitment to you as your political ally, even if the Earth Mother God Church is not trustworthy afterwards, I can keep your official status, and the Gnosis will always have a legitimate force in South Coulson."

This was something Monica didn't expect, and she fell into a brief moment of contemplation, and only after half a minute did she ask, "Aren't you afraid that being associated with the Gnosis will affect your political career and personal reputation?" ”

Hobert smiled: "Strength is the only measure of a person in this world. ”

"I mean, can you withstand the pressure?" Monica asked, "I can tell that you've been promoted to Sequence 5, and I know that your father is Christine."

"But this kind of power does not seem to be enough to make the Mother Earth God Church give in to your father and son."

Hobert simply made his words clear: "I understand what you mean, you are afraid that I am also using you, you are afraid that I will also betray you."

"Well, I can always ask a Sage to help me fight demons and the demigods of the Aurora Society.

"The reason why I cooperate with you is indeed my purpose, but my purpose is to hope that you can have a certain legitimacy in my territory, so that the Mother Earth Church will not dominate my territory.

"I think this is a collaboration between each of us, do you want to live in the shadow of the Orthodox Church all the time, do you want to keep preaching so secretly?"

Hobert's last sentence touched Monica, as long as they have been in the sun, who wants to live secretly again?

She was silent for a long time before she said, "It's not something I can do with the Lord. ”

Most of the main leadership of the Gnosis Society is the Extraordinaries of the "Gate" pathway, and Monica and some witches are only responsible for "diplomatic work".

Hobert finally threw out the most valuable information: "You'd better hurry up and come to a conclusion, I just got the news yesterday that the people from the Mother Earth God Church will arrive in Jeffrey Town in two or three days." ”

In fact, when he got the payment for the spiritual materials of the ancient dragon beast, Bishop Simpson mentioned this matter in the letter, and the reason why he only told Monica now was just to put enough pressure on them.

After sending Monica away, Hobert asked Alan to call his cousin Angus again, and the two of them first exchanged a few simple polite words before Hobart asked: "I have been thinking about it for a long time, there is a job that suits you very well, I am forming an official extraordinary force in the territory, and I need a trustworthy captain, I think you are very suitable!" ”

Angus's eyes lit up, although the Tudor family has a long and illustrious history, but now even if this family is strong, it is also a wild extraordinary.

It is precisely because they have been the masters of the Tudor Empire that they are particularly interested in the status of the official extraordinary.

The Tudor family sent Angus in the hope of using Christine's identity to obtain a certain semi-official status in Fenerport, at least to establish a reliable base.

But Angus didn't expect that he was sent directly to this poor country, and it was not for him to leave, nor to stay.

He had already lost any hope for the errand arranged for him by Hobert, but he did not expect that the situation would turn around, and he would have the opportunity to become an official extraordinary.

And for Hobert, of course, he will not give the power of the official extraordinary person completely to the "Gnostic".

Before learning the details of Angus, Hobert had always planned to cultivate an official extraordinary person by himself, which was a little slower, but the power he cultivated was more assured.

At that time, Hobert had no intention of introducing the power of the "Gnosis Society" into the official extraordinary.

After learning that Angus was from the Tudor family, he suddenly had the idea of bringing in external forces to fight the demons and the Aurora Society, and even if there was a battle damage, he would not be heartbroken.

On the other hand, Hobert intends to develop his extraordinary strength in Schill's 50-man army.

Angus nodded almost immediately: "I'm willing to stay in the Jeffrey Territory and be one of the official extraordinaires here." ”

Hober nodded and asked, "What sequence are you?" ”

"Sequence 6."

"'Judge' or 'Corrupt Baron'?"

"Judge!"

Christine, a member of the Tudor family, has basically switched to the "arbiter" path from a very early stage.

"You've probably heard of the bounty offered to me by the Kingdom of Rune, and they have sent a number of mercenaries to kill me, including a 'Knight of Punishment'." Hobert smiled, "It's a pity that they all died here!" ”

Angus's eyes lit up!

"I don't know if you are in the family, if it is easy to assign the opportunity to be promoted to the 'Punishment Knight'." When Hobert saw Angus's eyes, he already knew in his heart: "But here in my case, as long as you can do this job, as long as you can make enough contributions, that extraordinary characteristic is yours!" ”

Angus hurriedly said: "I will definitely be up to the job!" ”

Huo Bo nodded: "Then the first task I gave you is to return to the family to find some people from the clan who want to become official extraordinary, but you have to make it clear to them that being an official extraordinary is majestic, but there are also many dangers, so let them be mentally prepared." ”

Angus smiled, "As long as it's in the extraordinary world, anywhere can be dangerous. ”

He asked, "How many people do I need to find?" ”

Hobert said: "You can do it, the other captain is also a Sequence 6, and there are about seven or eight subordinates. ”

It's just that the existence of that captain is still unknown.

(End of chapter)