Above the gray fog, the tarot will be held as usual.

Everyone found that the emperor's position was vacant, and "Justice" Audrey was a little worried, but after she saw the "magician" next to her, she thought: As long as Furth can attend the meeting normally, it means that Hobert is not in any danger, or may simply not have time to participate. You can try to get a cliché from Forth in a moment.

"Hermit" Gadelia said in her heart: "The emperor" can't be killed by a certain being because he knows too many secrets, right? Hehe, it shouldn't be, after all, his identity is not simple.

"The Hanged Man" Alger didn't think much about it, and with his knowledge of the "Emperor", he thought that the "Emperor" might have suddenly encountered something urgent. After all, he is the family of the "founder", and Mr. Fool also takes a fancy to him, and with such an identity, it is impossible to quit the Tarot Society for no reason.

"Magician" Furth just felt that it was a pity that this time the Tarot Society would not be able to trade that kind of high-level intelligence. But she didn't know why, her spirituality seemed to be suddenly extra active, which made her very worried.

"The Sun" Dyric was purely worried and didn't think anything else.

"Moon" Emlin glanced at the "Emperor's" seat: I asked the adults of the Blood Clan last week about some secret history of the Quaternary Age, and was about to discuss it with the "Emperor" to show the erudition of the Blood Clan, but he was not there!

"Fool" Klein just checked that Hobert had just encountered an emergency, not any danger, and he was the one who did not take the "Emperor" seriously not attending the meeting.

After a brief pause in the absence of the "Emperor", the gathering officially began.

Without the participation of the "emperor", the trading session of this tarot meeting ended quickly and came to the free exchange session.

Audrey first said: "I've had a boring week this past week, have you had any amazing experiences?" ”

Everyone's life went according to normal last week, except for the one who sat at the head of the bronze table and played the supreme commander of the Sunia Sea Navy.

But nothing major happened, it was nothing more than that the lover of the Supreme Commander was polluted by an external god, and his younger brother was suddenly deposed.

Yes, it's not a big deal.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Furth leaned forward slightly: "That, my experience, I don't know if it's a wonderful experience?" ”

Audrey looked very interested: "Even if it's not wonderful, it must be wonderful!" ”

"Yes, it's exciting." "Last week, I participated in a siege against demons, and we killed a total of six 'Apostles of Desire' and ......"

People who knew how difficult it was for the extraordinary beings of the "demon" path to kill were shocked.

Gardelia interrupted Furth's speech: "How many of you? Can you kill six 'Apostles of Desire'? ”

"We are about fifty people, and there should be more than ninety people on the other side, of course they are not involved in the battle at one time." Furth smiled:

"Our overall strength is not as good as the other side, but thanks to the commander-in-chief of this battle, he has a perfect plan to maximize our advantages."

Everyone was stunned again, is this like words? Fifty people fight ninety people, or is there no advantage in terms of strength?

Emlyn's "bragging" almost blurted out, but he remembered that Miss Magician rarely spoke, and did not look like a liar, so he decided to listen to it first.

"You may not understand what I mean," said Gardelia, "why don't the demons flee?" As far as I know, they have the ability to 'sense malice', and usually just if you have malice towards him, he will immediately hide.

"So, generally speaking, the hardest thing to kill the extraordinary person of this path is to find him!"

Alger also said: "I'm curious, under what circumstances would there be more than 90 people gathered together in this way? ”

Foirth gave a brief account of the western shore of Full Moon Lake, as well as a brief history of the battle.

It was then that Gardelia realized that the "demons" must have sensed malice, but they also knew that they were stronger than the enemy, so they did not flee: the commander of this battle played a huge role in achieving such a result. And this "magician" lady, she really can't look at her lazy, and she doesn't like to talk too much and ignore her, and she also has a powerful organization behind her.

Alger also summed it up in his heart: the commander of this battle is very strong and has a lot of brains.

Audrey lamented: Hobert did such a big thing last week! Could it be that because the matter has not been completely resolved, he did not attend the meeting?

Klein recalls his previous experience in Beckland: at that time, a "Desire Apostle" caused a lot of headaches for everyone, but that was also because of his relationship in Beckland. As the "Hermit" said, if you want to hunt the "demon", the most difficult step is actually to find him. In Beckland, the "Apostles of Desire" were given enough hiding places. But the situation encountered by the "Emperor" and the "Magician" is a special case, and the "Apostles of Desire" not only do not run, but are also preparing to kill their opponents.

Firth said again: "We, we, to be exact, our demigods, and we also killed one of the other party's demigods!" ”

Everyone was a little surprised, so to speak, this battle has achieved extremely amazing results!

Audrey asked, "Can you tell us more about the process of the demigod war?" ”

Furth was a little embarrassed: "My strength is too weak to see the demigod war." ”

If she saw it and described it, everyone would be even more surprised.

……

The kingdom of Fenerport, on the western shore of Lake Full Moon.

Not far from the entrance to the palace of the lord of Felix, there are five tall cedar trees.

It was five yellow cedar trees, tall and straight, with golden leaves in autumn, and during that harvest season, almost the entire territory could see these five golden fir trees.

These five yellow fir trees have become the symbol of the lord's house, of course, before this it did not represent authority, but just a large courtyard.

At this time, Hobert stood under the five Yellow Mountain trees with his hands behind his back and met with the ten deputies elected by the people.

As soon as the ten delegates took a look, they felt the unquestionable majesty emanating from Hobert.

They quickly knelt down and begged Hobert for forgiveness for the previous riot, saying that it was only a momentary failure to control their temper that such an undesirable thing had happened.

Hobart said, "Get up." ”

He said to Schill: "Let them all come, but only listen, and don't speak freely." ”

By whom Hobert speaks, he means the people who are standing not far away.

The guns in the hands of Schill and the others made them stand far away.

Although they were asked to come, Ciel did not let the warriors put their guns down, and they still had to rely on this to maintain order.

By the time the delegates had all risen, Hobert and the others were already surrounded by people, on one side were Conrad and other officials and young men from the east coast, and on the other side were the people of the riot, and they were separated by a few meters.

Hobart said to the delegates, "Tell me about your demands for an insurrection. ”

An old man who was pushed out of the public greeted his scalp and said, "Sir, you should have heard that we have our own gods of faith, please let us continue to believe."

"Everything else is negotiable, you can pay as much tax as you want, and if you need manpower there, we will do our best to help."

"Is that really a god?" Hobert asked with a smile.

The other party was about to talk, but Hobert suddenly asked, "You look like you're in your sixties, right?" ”

“52。”

"Is your family poor? Why are you dressed in such tatters? ”

The old man replied, "We are dressed almost like this on the west coast, well, as far as I know, the east coast is no better than we are.

"The lord has never worried about food and clothing, and he doesn't understand our hardships."

"You're wrong!" Hobert smiled: "A ruler who does not think about the food and clothing of the people is not a qualified ruler. ”

He asked in the direction of the Lord's Palace, "Is there a young man from the village in front of the mountain?" ”

Several people shouted, "Yes! "Sir, I am."

Hobart casually pointed to one: "You tell them about the changes in Jeffrey's collar in the past six months." ”

"Yes!" The young man excitedly squeezed away his companion, pulled up his clothes and said to the old man, "Old man, do you see?" It's a new dress, I just made it last month.

"Half a year ago, Shanqian Village was much poorer than you......"

The young man spoke with great interest of the changes that had taken place in the poorest village in front of the mountain in which Jeffrey had led him in the past six months, and the people who had participated in the riot listened attentively, but they were obviously a little disbelieving.

However, seeing the clothing and mental state of the people in the direction of the Lord's Mansion, they couldn't help but doubt their own cognition.

After the young man finished speaking, Hobert said to the old man: "Faith is a matter that should be considered only after food and clothing, or faith that conflicts with food and clothing, is basically problematic. ”

The old man was suddenly speechless by this conclusion and Qingqi's train of thought: "This ......"

A middle-aged representative on the side said: "Sir, we, we are used to that kind of faith, please don't disturb us, as for other aspects, we are willing to listen to you and your subordinates." ”

"Are you used to it?" Hobart asked sharply, "Do you think those demons will come back?"

"I can tell you in no uncertain terms that if I can defeat them once, I can defeat them twice.

"It's the Feneport government that has surrendered this place to the devil, and I, Baron Hobert, don't owe you anything, on the contrary, I really can't stand it and save you.

"I'll give you tents, I'll give you seeds, and I'll give you spring planting.

"You don't have any gratitude, why should this resentment be on me?"

The middle-aged representative was stunned: "I, I ......"

When did he have a grudge? How can you say that it is completely off-topic, and it seems that it is really like you are willful, so you can make such a request?

The people around him were reminded by Hobert like this, and suddenly turned that corner: yes, why would his anger be directed at the people who helped him?

Noting everyone's reactions, Hobert mentally concluded: Most people still have normal logical abilities.

"You can go out and have a look," said Hobert, "and there is only one place in the whole country that has been ruled by demons."

"Those demons are like rats in other places, and they don't dare to show their faces.

"To be honest, I'd like them to come back, so I can beat them again!"

This is the heart of the matter: I have the strength to protect you!

The ten delegates all looked at each other, not knowing how to continue talking.

Most of the people who participated in the riots were moved, but no one was ashamed, after so many years of demonic rule, they were accustomed to solving problems with violence.

So I was just told to be moved, but I didn't feel that there was a problem with my solution.

At this time, a stunned representative said: "I don't care, we just want to restore our faith, unless you kill us all, otherwise we will carve statues when we go back!" ”

The old man and the middle-aged man just now were stunned, and then the two representatives hurriedly begged for mercy from Hobert, telling him not to listen to what he had just said.

Hobert looked closely at the stunned man, he tilted his head slightly, trembled a little unconsciously, his eyes showed a fierce light, and the expression on his face was moody.

This belongs to the kind of person who has obvious mental problems!

Hobart smiled and nodded, "There is a backbone!" ”

He said to all the delegates: "It seems to me that most of you want your days to get better, and only some of you want to restore your faith.

"So go back and make your own distinctions, and if you are willing to continue living in your homeland, I promise you that if your harvest this year meets my requirements, I will leave your faith alone.

"Don't worry, this requirement will not be a goal that is difficult for you to achieve, well, I will send people to each village to do statistics, to redivide the fields, and set goals for you according to the number of acres of land and the number of people.

"Since this season is planted with wheat, each mu is set at 400 plus (about 400 catties) I think it is more appropriate, as long as you take care of it, even if the rain is not so timely, you can achieve this mu yield.

"If you have any objections to the request, you can go to the lord's palace and ask for a recalculation, but after the request is set, it will be implemented, and you cannot shirk it.

"Before the harvest, you are not allowed to carve stone statues without permission, how about it?"

The old man couldn't believe it: "Is there only such a request?" ”

Hobbert nodded: "Yes, there is only such a request, but if you carve any statues or symbols of demons without permission before harvesting, the entire village will completely lose the right to freedom of belief. ”

The old man was still a little incredulous: "You have to do what you say." ”

Hobert smiled, "When did I lie?" ”

The old man exchanged glances with the other delegates, and then said, "We agree to such a request." ”

"I don't say yes!" It was the stunned representative who said, "We must restore our faith immediately!" ”

Hobert smiled, "That's exactly what I'm going to say next, to distinguish those who would rather die than restore their faith, and you will be immediately gathered together and guarded by a special person." ”

The stunned representative asked, "What are you going to do with us?" ”

"Aren't you even afraid of death?"

"I'm just, I'm just letting everyone know your brutal side."

Hobert bowed slightly, people with serious mental problems are not completely out of logic.

But he wanted to argue with Hobert, but he found the wrong opponent.

Hobert sneered: "If you had said such things to the demon before, you would already be dead!" ”

Not only was the stunned representative stunned, but the people around him were stunned, wasn't it.

Hobert said with a righteous face: "Why didn't I see you so brave at that time?" Instead, it uses this sarcastic tone to those who have helped you and are willing to listen to your appeals.

"You are so arrogant, you are so hateful, pathetic and pitiful!"

Conrad took the lead in applauding, and everyone reacted and applauded along.

Hobert's words poured out the grievances in the hearts of the people from the East Coast.

The stunned representative was reprimanded and stunned on the spot, not knowing how to react for a while.

When the applause stopped, Hobert said, "But I can tell you what happened to you!"

"You can restore your faith immediately, but you will be assigned to work like a coolie until you die of exhaustion on the construction site!"

Several of the other delegates bowed their heads in awe.

Hobart spread his hands: "Whether you are willing to work hard to achieve your goals in the future, or give up your life completely, it is up to you to choose!"

In addition, even if they choose to stay in their homes, two youths from each village and five youths from each town will go to Jeffrey for three months of voluntary labor.

"This is a punishment for your rioting, because you could have appealed to the town government and negotiated, but you used the most violent and bad means.

"If you choose the wrong method and do the wrong thing, you will be punished!"

Several other deputies said: "We admit punishment, we accept punishment." ”

In their view, the execution of two people in each village was the punishment of a riot, and it was a very light disposition.

Yes, they take it for granted that how can the captured youth still have a chance of surviving?

Next, Hobart asked Conrad to assign men, on the one hand, to go to the villages to count the land and population, and determine the goals set for them.

On the one hand, the people who want to be restored immediately are concentrated in Eugene, which has been largely deserted.

The most important thing is to count the young people to be punished in each village and town, and the trip must be made within three days.

Hobert assigned the task in public, and the people who participated in the riot were completely relieved, and some villages even chose people to be punished on the spot, and they couldn't help but cry for a while.

As for those who are willing to stay in their homeland and those who are willing to go to the wilderness, it is easy to distinguish, and some people have already consciously gone to the wilderness.

When Hobart saw that there were three eight or nine-year-old children who were also going to the wilderness together, he couldn't help but stop them: "You are also going to Eugene Collar?" ”

The three children looked at each other with a fierce look in their eyes, and almost said in unison: "Yes." ”

"We need three helpers in the kitchen here." Hobert said, "You start doing the coolie work now!" Go to Eugene again tomorrow! ”

The three children were about to say something more, but they were kicked by Schill to the door of the lord's mansion one by one: "Bastard! ”

I don't know if I'm scolding the demons or the three little kids.

In the evening, under the escort of the Dennis brothers, a new batch of supplies arrived.

When Conrad and the others retreated before, their supplies didn't have time to take them away, and without this batch of supplies, it would be difficult to solve the problem of dinner for hundreds of people.

Coupled with the group of people brought by Dennis, nearly a thousand people from the east coast have been gathered here, and at night, they are encamped inside and outside the lord's palace, and the lights are bright, and they look very lively.

As for the group of people who had already gone to the wilderness in advance, Hobert was going to let them starve and freeze for the night.

At dinner, Selena, who was at the same table, asked, "Teacher, if they have accomplished the goal they have been given, do they really want to restore their faith?" ”

Hobert laughed, "I got the exact news from Bishop Simpson that most people have hope of healing as long as they don't come into contact with demonic elements in the next few months."

"And imagine that a few months later, they have reaped the unimaginable harvest and the demons have shown no sign of returning, and the people who have been punished on the other side tell them about the great changes in Jeffrey's Territory.

"If that's not enough to get them to change their minds, then it's time to give them some treatment."

Freya was more concerned: "What are you going to do with those who are demanding an immediate restoration of faith?" Do you really want them to die a painful death? ”

Hobert lamented, "Gather them together, of course, so that they don't affect the others."

"Before finding a cure for them, drain their energy so that they don't hurt others."

Freya nodded earnestly and continued to eat her bread, knowing that the teacher would not let her down.

While everyone was eating, a servant on the east bank, under the protection of two guards of the lord's mansion, found Hobert and the others who were sitting on the ground eating.

After seeing Hobert, the servant said, "Sir, Madame has asked me to report to you that there has also been a riot in the territory of the Viscount of Teutoni this afternoon.

"The Teutonic Viscount has already started a killing spree, and it is said that the effect is not bad."

Hobert was slightly stunned, and immediately understood that this was Archibald's report to himself.

It can be regarded as a kind of exhortation to Hobert, or a suggestion.

After all, it saves time and effort to solve problems with killing, and it doesn't cost much resources.

Hobert said to the servant, "Go back and tell Archibald that I am not all the way with the Teutons.

"Tell Archibald that as long as I'm not there, Furth is the master of the territory."

The servant took note of Hobert's words carefully, and without even resting, he immediately set out on the return journey.

Hobart looked around at the people around him, and finally asked Conrad, "What do you think is a good ruler?" ”

Conrad quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, and thought for a moment before saying, "Just as the lord said in the afternoon, the ruler must first solve the problem of food and clothing for the people. ”

"That's just the bare essentials Hobert said: "Domination is more of a responsibility!" Whether it is now or in the future, everyone's standard of governance is to be 'people-oriented' and to have enough respect for life.

It is difficult not to thrive with such a governing philosophy.

"Only by building a society that is safe enough and respectful of each other can it be an open society and prosper thoroughly.

"It's a very simple cause and effect, but often the simple things are the hardest to do, so there's always someone looking for the so-called shortcuts.

"We can't be so impetuous, we have to be patient to operate, I believe that through our joint efforts, we will be able to create an unprecedented prosperous society!"

In the circle of people present, everyone's eyes became shining.

(End of chapter)