Hobert ignored Donna's joke: "The materials are ready, how is the progress on the construction site in the town?" ”

Roy replied: "The foundation was laid yesterday morning, but I gave everyone a half-day off in the afternoon, and I plan to start work this afternoon." ”

Hober nodded: "The construction thing can be put on the back for a while, and it must be renovated first, I bought so many houses before, and they were all converted into hotels, hostels and restaurants!"

"Be fast! Otherwise, you won't be able to catch up! ”

Roy was stunned: "What's the catch?" ”

"Rush to the wedding!" When Hobert had just agreed to the date of the wedding that his mother had said, he had planned to let the people who came to the wedding live in a tent, but in the past two days he had estimated that he could do more if he hurried.

"My wedding date with Miss Foerth is set, January 28th.

"With my father's influence, there must be a lot of people coming to the wedding, and I want to provide them with enough shelter!"

Roy was slightly stunned at first, and then said happily: "I will definitely do my best to renovate the town, but in that case, it will require a lot of decoration materials......"

"Make a list." Hobert said, "Wayne should be back soon, let him go shopping." ”

"Yes."

Hobert looked at Skoala: "The action to divide the land equally starts today, and I have already said hello to Conrad and asked him to divide the land on the mountain first."

"The problem of land acquisition has been solved, can the railway be built before the 28th?"

Hobart's approach was also very simple, it was enough to take back all the ownership of the land first, and give it to everyone outside the railroad and road lines.

This completely eliminates the need for land acquisition.

Skoala shook his head helplessly: "Sir, it is indeed unexpected that the land acquisition can be completed so quickly, but this is only the beginning of the construction of the railway.

"Next, it takes a lot of time to transport the materials along the railway line and then to lay the tracks.

"Although the total mileage of the Jeffrey Collar Railway is not very long, according to my experience, in the case of mountains, it may not be possible to send materials to the line in 28 days."

Hobert thought for a moment: "What if the materials could be used quickly, for example, one batch of them will be delivered along the railway line by tomorrow morning?" ”

Skoura smiled and shook his head, but replied, "In that case, I'm sure I'll have the railroad laid before the 28th." However, our manpower is insufficient, and we can't send all the materials along the line in a day and a night. ”

Hober nodded: "Take me around the railway." ”

The group followed the railway line and came to the mountain.

By the time he went up the mountain, as Hobert said, under the protection of Schill and other guards of the Lord's Palace, Conrad had already begun to redivide the land.

Naturally, the bullies in the village began to argue with Conrad, and the family members of the bullies began to cry for their fathers and mothers.

But under the guns of Schill and others, all the had no effect.

Only then did the villagers understand that the lord was playing for real this time, and for a while the whole village was in chaos, and everyone came to see how much land they could divide, and asked how much land they could divide?

Originally, those people with prestige in the village were not as prestigious as the guns of Hill and others, and the intimidation of the bullies in the village was not so terrible.

Everyone was excited and a little confused, and this feeling was very much like carrying a boulder on their backs since birth.

Now that I've suddenly put the stone down, I'm still a little top-heavy, and I don't even know how to step my legs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Hobert launched a "great change that has not been encountered in a thousand years", and the entire northern and southern continents have never had the concept of "equal land and free endowment", and they have always used force to compete for land and property, and whoever has the biggest fist will get more land.

Hobert used violent institutions such as the Lord's Mansion to force the fields of each village to be divided equally, and the ownership was taken back to the Lord's House.

He is well aware that only by more violent means can the interests of ordinary people and vulnerable groups be safeguarded.

Passing through the excited and confused villagers, the group came to the top of the mountain.

Hobert asked Valc, "It shouldn't take much time to get to the line with the materials used to build a hardened pavement, right?" ”

"Yes." "It's definitely faster to build a road than a railway," Valker said. ”

"And what about the time to build the villa?" Hobart asked, "Can we build an auction center and about five villas in a month?" ”

Valk smiled helplessly: "Sir, this is a goal that cannot be achieved.

"If it's just a wall, it doesn't take much time, but because it's built on a mountain, you have to dig out a large area of flat land, and it takes a lot of time to renovate it later."

Hobert said, "Tell me, where do you want to level out?" ”

After learning about the specific difficulties and the approximate progress of the construction, Hobert returned to the Lord's Palace, and Roy and the others began to work on their own business.

Back in the study, Hobert sent a letter to Jessica and Selena, who had sent a letter of greeting and a card.

In the letter, he also sent greetings to them, and at the same time asked Jessica, how is the new extraordinary weapon made?

In another letter, he told Selena that he would find time to talk to her in the near future.

When he summoned the messenger, he didn't avoid Freya on the side, but he didn't take the initiative to teach her.

After replying to the letter, Hobert dictated a few words to Freya, and seeing that she had a good grasp, he taught her another twenty words.

After Freya finished her studies, she suddenly asked, "Teacher, I have a question for you?" ”

Hobart sat down in his chair: "What's the problem?" ”

"Why is it so hard for me to fit in with my surroundings?" Freya clenched her fists, a little nervous, "I tried to befriend Mary and Marcy, but they kept their distance from me.

"I wanted to make friends with Miss Donna and Miss Folth, but I didn't think I was as good as them, and it was always hard to fit in."

Hobert smiled: "This is because you are not clear about your own positioning, in this complex society, you must first find a good positioning for yourself, otherwise you will make others feel abrupt when you do things and speak."

"Because of your previous experience in the East End, you feel close to Marcy and Mary, but they think that you are a student of the lord and a master, so they will be estranged from you.

"At the same time, because you are my student, and you are a junior in the eyes of Furth and Donna, they will not accommodate your feelings, and they will naturally not consider whether you can join the conversation when chatting."

Freya thought for a moment: "I understand, thank you, teacher." I, I think I should put myself in the same position as Mr. Hill and Mr. Conrad. No, I'm not as good as them, I am, I mean I'm one, one ...... with them."

"Levels."

"Yes, a level of people!"

Hober nodded: "Call you one more word today, the spelling of 'level' is ......"

This word is relatively long, and Freya memorizes it carefully and understands it carefully.

Overall, Freya is still relatively inward-looking, but she has to work non-stop and has no time to think.

Hobert asked again, "Did you go around the territory yesterday?" ”

"No, no!"

"Go out with Conrad this afternoon and tell me what you think tomorrow morning."

Freya hurriedly said, "Yes! ”

In the midst of the hustle and bustle, it soon came time for lunch.

Before eating, Hobert went back to his room and took a small wooden box to the dining room.

Before eating, Hobert pushed the wooden box to Forth: "This is a New Year's gift for you!" ”

Furth was slightly stunned, and opened the wooden box in Donna's coaxing, it was a few blood-red crystals, as beautiful as rubies, and she blurted out: "The blood crystals of the Rava octopus!" ”

This is one of the main materials for the "astrologer" she has been struggling to find lately.

Donna sat back in her chair, "Cut, I thought it was a diamond ring." ”

But Firth said, "Hobert, I can't ask for this, this, this is too precious." ”

The base price of the extraordinary material at the level of sequence 7 is 600 pounds, but the main material at this level has basically begun to pay a premium, and it is normal to sell it for seven or eight hundred pounds.

At this week's tarot meeting, Foirth sold the material to Miss Justice for £1,000.

"Sister-in-law, you're too easily satisfied." Donna smiled: "It's just such a little thing, you should say: three more!" ”

Everyone laughed at Donna's joke, and Hobert said to Furth again: "Take it, you have to work again recently, and you have to accompany your mother to see the scenery in the territory, and you are quite tired, so I will treat you." ”

The so-called work is that Hobert asked Forth's new book to be completed by the 15th, and on the wedding day, a batch of books should be printed and placed at the wedding site.

So in the past few nights, you can see the figure of Fursi fen writing books.

Lisa smiled and told Furth to put it away, and Furth put it away, and she suddenly felt that she could write one more chapter tonight.

At the end of lunch, Monlisa told everyone that she was going to leave tomorrow.

After Hobert failed to keep him, he asked Philip to prepare some local specialties, and asked Alan to take someone to clean up the rented boat.

In the afternoon, Hobart received a reward from Alger, and the Church of the Storm gave Hobart 1,500 pounds for the information provided, and after Alger withheld 150 pounds, Hobert received 1,350 pounds.

While Hobert lamented the stinginess of the Stormwind Church, he became more and more sure that the Stormwind Church knew more information about the battle in the Southern Continent, otherwise it would not have given only 1,500 pounds.

……

Opposite the Full Moon Lake, the residence of the Teutonic Viscount.

When Viscount Teutonic saw the town of Jeffrey, which had been busy since the afternoon of the 1st, he frowned and said, "Hobert is going to expand that town into a small city?" ”

He put down his binoculars: "Also, where did he get so much money?" ”

Of course, the Teutonic Viscount knew the cost of construction, and even with the accumulation of so many generations of viscounts, he did not dare to spread out such a large stall.

"We can report all this, including Hobart's ambitions, to the king!" Grove Road.

Viscount Teutonic pondered: "That's a good idea. ”

After the opening of the waterway, the power of the royal family will also radiate back to South Coulson, and of course, the strength of a certain nobleman will not be dominant.

The Teutonic Viscount, who has been secretly loyal to the royal family, must be the first choice of the royal family.

"Plus, we can get Hobart in trouble." Grove gave advice.

Viscount Teutonic shook his head: "As far as I know, Hobert is a Sequence 6, and it is difficult to shake his rule with my strength. ”

Grove smiled, "Aren't there some powerful people in your territory?" ”

A flash of fear flashed in Viscount Teuton's eyes: "You don't know the horror of these people! Don't provoke them, and don't try to betray them. ”

"Of course not to provoke them, nor to betray them." Grove smiled, "Since Hobert has chosen to cooperate with the Gnostic, we can let Hobart see their existence and let the Gnosis know their reality."

"These are all what Hobart saw and investigated by himself, what does it have to do with us?"

Viscount Teutonic looked across the Full Moon Lake and was a little moved.

Grove added: "The New Year is over, as the only viscount in the neighborhood, shouldn't you invite the baron opposite to the banquet?" A word of welcome to the new baron! ”

Viscount Teutonic pondered for a moment, then smiled: "Don't try to take revenge at the banquet, your strength is not enough!" ”

"Of course not!" A hint of resentment flashed across Grove's face: "I know, it's not the time yet. ”

Viscount Teutonic nodded: "Go and ask someone to write an invitation, and let the Knight of Ceton personally send it over." ”

"Yes!"

"Oh, yes." Viscount Teutonic smiled: "The old Knight Connor has just been dead for more than a year, and his family business has been almost squandered by his two straw bale sons.

"They no longer have the glory of knights, I will deprive them of the title of knights, and give you that territory!"

Grove excitedly said, "Thank you, sir, for the reward!" ”

……

Hobert received an invitation from the Teutonic Viscount in the evening, and he wondered why the Teutonic Viscount had suddenly entertained him.

He was slightly stunned, and said to Allen, "Treat this knight well." ”

Then Hobert called Philip, Conrad, Roy, Schill, Corwin, and others to discuss the matter.

Colwin said: "This matter is by no means so simple, ladies and gentlemen, the defected Grove is in the Teutonic Viscount's mansion at this time, this may be a trap. ”

Philip said: "The current situation is not chaotic, and it is impossible for a viscount to design a trap in his own mansion and hurt a baron.

"At most, Viscount Teutonic would send assassins to assassinate us under the spell of the Grove, or simply cross the river with his guards to conquer us, but he did not do so, which shows that he was not deceived by the Grove."

Hobart nodded: "It's not easy for me to refuse this invitation, tomorrow Schill and Corwin will accompany me, and the others should do whatever they want, don't be affected." ”

"Yes!"

They were all people who had seen the Lord defeat the Ancient Dragon Beast, and they had nothing to worry about the Lord Lord's safety.

In the evening, Hobert was about to "go out", but Helen suddenly came to him: "I heard that tomorrow you are going to the mansion of the Viscount of Teuton for a banquet?" ”

"That's right." Hobert was stunned.

"I haven't been to the other side of Full Moon Lake yet, so take me with you." Helen smiled.

In fact, there is no news of the informant who developed before, and she plans to go to the territory of the Teutonic Viscount to see if she can reconnect with the other party.

Hobert smiled, "Honestly. ”

"Okay, I'd like to see if there's a suitable force for the development of the Gnostic Society."

Hobart knew that she still hadn't told the truth, but he didn't ask again: "No problem, but you have to dress up as a maid." ”

Helen was slightly stunned: "Can't you pretend to be your assistant or something?" ”

"I didn't plan to bring my assistant to this kind of private banquet."

"Okay."

After sending Helen away, Hobert locked the door and used his "travel" to the warehouse where the building materials were kept.

The building materials had already been transported to the warehouse by Roy, or had simply begun to pile them up on the construction site.

Finding the warehouse where the railroad laying materials were kept, Hobert once again sacrificed the materials to the "Land of Disorder".

Then, in the way of giving, sprinkle as evenly as possible along the path where the railroad is to be laid.

First of all, there is the roadbed, which requires a lot of stones, and then there are sleepers and rails, which are relatively heavy materials, and in the modern era without large equipment, they can only be transported by hand little by little along the railway.

If someone else owned a "country of disorder", they would never do this kind of thing that only railway workers do.

But Hobert was different, he did not have the reserve of the aristocracy, and he also found the decency of the middle class ridiculous, for him, when it comes to this kind of thing, there is only one principle: it is good to be practical.

Since he has extraordinary strength, he should use extraordinary power to construct, and if he delays his career because of his self-sustaining identity and decency, Hobert thinks it is ridiculous.

After several sacrifices and several gives, the materials were finally scattered a few kilometers away, and the position where the ascent had just begun.

That's all for the first batch of materials, and a large part of the materials, which were not shipped from the city of Connat, and because the land acquisition was only completed today, the work of clearing the roadbed and building culverts and bridges along the way has not yet been completed.

The construction of culverts is to waterproof, and the construction of bridges is to facilitate the crossing of the railway by the surrounding residents, and these constructions are essential.

Then Hobert went halfway up the mountain, prayed to himself, and entered the "Land of Disorder", and with the surging force of "twisting", he distorted the terrain of a small area, making the slope there smooth and soothing.

The flowers and trees that were on the ground were still on the ground, as if someone had re-kneaded the surrounding terrain with a technique similar to pinching plasticine under the ground.

After doing all this, Hobert smiled, "Today's work is finally over." ”

So the next morning, Skoura and Valk ran to the lord's mansion in a panic: "Sir, sir! Hell, your territory was haunted last night! ”

Skoura said: "The materials that are in the warehouses are all spilled along the railway line. ”

Valker: "The hillside we said it would take a lot of effort to level yesterday has been leveled!" ”

"Haunted! Sir! ”

"Nonsense." Hobert didn't like to hear this: "This is obviously the result of my prayer for the help of the gods, when have you ever seen the evil spirit so kind to help us with the construction of the project?" ”

The two designers came back to their senses, and they really hadn't seen each other.

But the lord said that "the gods helped" made them even more surprised, it was inevitable that some bones and ancient tombs would be dug up during the construction, they knew that evil spirits were real, but they had never seen the gods respond.

In the end, they all had to think about the "divine favors".

Hobert smiled and asked, "Do you think you can complete the task I gave you within a month if the gods help?" ”

The two opened their mouths in surprise before saying, "Yes!" ”

Hober nodded, talked to them about some engineering problems, and then changed into formal clothes, and sent his mother away with Furth, Donna, and the others.

Back at the Lord's Palace, Hobert changed into a baronial dress again and asked Alan to lead the horse.

Helen, Schill, and Colwin rode to the docks on horseback, and even got on the locally made wooden boats.

The Knight of Knight Certon who delivered the invitation yesterday was already waiting at the dock in the Teutonic realm, and Knight couldn't help but look at Helen a few times, and then smiled and led everyone to the Teutonian Viscount's mansion, but he still peeked at Helen from time to time.

Hobert noticed that the Teutonic town was larger than the one in Jeffrey's, but it was lifeless, with so many inhabitants and many pedestrians on the streets, but they walked like walking corpses, numb and emaciated.

The only place where they feel like they're alive is when they're worshipping some hideous idols or kneeling down to abstract symbols.

In the streets and alleys, there are small statues everywhere, these statues have two thick goat horns on their heads, and their faces are either with a cold smile, or their faces are hideous, or their faces are solemn, and they are holding giant swords.

Many people prostrate themselves in the streets, as if possessed by evil spirits, shouting honorifics in the local dialect with all their strength.

There was also a bit of madness in the religious atmosphere, and it gave Hobart a feeling of numbness and ignorance, which reminded Hobart of the depiction of the White Lotus in a movie he had seen when he was very young.

In Hobert's mind, the information provided by Bishop Simpson immediately flashed, in the already isolated South Colson area, not only the power of the "Gnosis Society" was entrenched, but also signs of blood worship activities, as well as the existence of the power of the Aurora Society.

Now it seems, where are the signs? For the first time, Hobart also saw someone worship and worship demons in the street!

The demons' followers turned a blind eye to the horses of Hobart and his party, and whenever they encountered the believers worshipping the demons and were blocked from their way, the Knight of Knight Cutton asked everyone to wait patiently until the whole set of rituals of kneeling was over, and then led everyone on.

Apparently the knights of Cutton were accustomed to this sight, and as knights they had to make way for these believers, and they had to dismount and show reverence.

In addition to these idols, there are also abstract symbols painted on the walls, which Hobart had seen before in a notebook.

The notebook came from the room containing the corpse of the ancient Reaper, the unlucky man who had turned into a skeleton who had come across a sacrifice to a demon while searching for the Skeleton Lord.

In the course of his explorations, he saw and wrote down such symbols in his notebook.

According to the description in the note, there should not only be symbols, but also a large tree with corpses hanging from them.

After leaving the town, Hobert and his party came across such a big tree.

(End of chapter)