In the middle of the ball, Count Vincent came over with a glass of wine to talk to Hobert.

With Vincent's generation, he usually got together with Christine and Earl Hall, and he came to talk to Hobart because his youngest son, Carl, was currently working in Hobart's domain.

Hobert's valet, or his pupil Dennis, now travels frequently between Beckland and Jeffrey, sometimes helping the nobles deliver letters home.

Hobert had read out the rules of secrecy at the beginning, so the noble children probably knew that they were currently in Fenerport, but their parents thought they were on Longtail Island.

Carl had already written two letters to his family, and from some details, Vincent knew some of Hobart's management of the territory, which made him look at Hobart with admiration.

On top of that, in Hobart's domain, there was a training mechanism for officials, and Carl had to go to the town government every three days to learn about the knowledge and do's and don'ts of solving practical problems.

To Vincent's surprise, his youngest son, Carl, who had not been optimistic about him, made rapid progress, especially in his problem-solving thinking.

This made Vincent want to take the initiative to get closer to Hobart, and he realized that Hobart would definitely achieve even higher in the future.

And with Carl following Hobert, the Vincent family can also get a lot of benefits.

At the end of today's ball, Hobert returned to the Earl's Court a little tired, first thinking about the Queen's commission, and then thinking back to Alice's unusual behavior today, thinking about it, and thinking about it, he fell asleep like this.

Early the next morning, Hobert arrived at MI9, and as soon as he changed into his uniform and sat down, Shalene handed over a bill and a folder: "Director, this is just sent by the secretary of the Chief Director." ”

Hobert glanced at it, and it was a receipt for a black women's evening gown, worth £180.

He smiled: "Stingy! ”

Hobert thought of the evening dress that Georgina wore yesterday: the style was so old-fashioned, and it cost 180 pounds! Last time I bought Audrey such a youthful and beautiful dress, it was only 160 pounds.

Then Hobert seemed to think of something, and pushed the bill to the secretary Shalene: "Go to the finance and help me reimburse this bill." ”

Sharin was slightly stunned: "For what reason?" ”

"Attrition in the course of the mission." Hobert said: "The reimbursed money is given to the secretary of the general director. ”

Shalene was a little unconfident: "The reason for this ......"

It's a bit incredible that a male commissioner would be reimbursed for a women's evening dress.

Hobert smiled: "When you have a treat at noon, please ask my colleagues from the finance department to go too." ”

It was decided last week, and today we will invite everyone from all over the place to a big meal.

After Charlene left, Hobert glanced at the folder that had been sent with him, and he knew that it was the information the queen had given him.

But he didn't look at it, and put it in a drawer.

I just want to touch the fish today, and I'll talk about this task in two days.

……

Tingen, North District, 66 Fania Straße.

Selena jumped out of the rental carriage and stretched hard.

After paying for the car with his duffel bag, he went up and knocked on the door.

"Who?" It was only after ten seconds that Mrs. Wood's voice could be heard inside.

"It's me, Mom."

Mrs. Wood slammed the door open, "Oh my God, I'm not dreaming!" Is it really you, Selena? ”

It's only been three or four months, and Selena has a completely different feeling, her burgundy hair is tied up in a very neat bun, and she looks a lot more mature all of a sudden.

With a confident smile on his face, he was wearing a suit instead of a girly skirt.

It's like when she ran away, she was just a teenage girl, but when she came back, she was already in her twenties.

"Of course it's me!" Selena gave her mother a warm hug and greeted the maid, "I have two days off, so I'll come back to see you." ”

Mrs. Wood was overjoyed: "I, I'll go tell your father." ”

"No, Mom." Selena smiled: "When he sees me when he gets off work, he will definitely give him a huge surprise!" Do you have anything to eat at home? I haven't eaten lunch yet. ”

While eating, Selena chatted with Mrs. Wood, and learned that her brother Chris was preparing to marry his fiancée Vina in the near future, but the date of the marriage had not yet been finalized.

This is because their savings are not enough, even with the savings of Mr. Wood's old couple, they will not be able to have a decent wedding.

I really can't do it, I can only get married first, and the wedding will be postponed later, because Vina is pregnant.

Selena ate her bread and was ready to leave the 30 pounds she had saved up in cash when she left.

During this time, she had saved more than 30 pounds, but she had always eaten and lived in the Earl's Court, and there was not much place to spend money.

For the middle class, £30 would be enough for a very decent wedding, and if she needed any money, she planned to borrow it from Dennis and Freya when she returned.

After dinner, Selena returned to her room, where she saw her unchanged bed and wardrobe, the spiritual materials she had bought with her pocket money, the occult books she could buy on the market, and her notes.

She suddenly felt a very strong sense of separation, as if she saw that she was still wandering in this room.

Selena sat alone in the chair for a long time before she finally came to her senses: the current Selena is no longer the Selena of the past.

Looking back on the changes in the past few months, Selena herself is a little incredulous: "It turned out that it was not as difficult as I imagined to go from relying on my parents to being independent, well, it was because I met a good mentor. ”

In the afternoon, Mr. Wood came home from work and saw his daughter setting the table with his wife, and his somewhat numb face was full of incredulity, and he finally had some smiles.

When Chris also returned from work, the restaurant was full of laughter.

During this time, in order to save money, the dinner was not very rich, there was no wine on the table, only a few pieces of meat in the mutton stewed potatoes, but it still couldn't stop their good mood.

Chris asked Selena, "Your letter said you were back in Beckland?" ”

"Yes." Selena would write home regularly, but only to tell them where she was and what she was doing.

Chris stuck out his tongue and sighed: "Your life is really magical, some time ago I was still working abroad as a grassroots official, and now I am working as a housekeeper's assistant in Beckland." ”

His tongue sticking out is a "sequelae" left at the beginning of the year at the Boklon Hill, and his fiancée Vina still has this habit.

Selena smiled, "Chris, this is the life I like!" ”

Mr. Wood didn't say anything happily, his previous plan was to find a stable technical or design job in the factory after Selena finished technical school, and after a certain amount of accumulation, he would get married and have children step by step.

Since his daughter left home suddenly, saying that she wanted to pursue her dreams, Old Wood's mentality has changed a lot, as long as her daughter is healthy and safe, she will send a letter to her family once a week, and she will be satisfied to come back often to see her.

After dinner, the family played cards for a while, and the old Woods went back to rest first.

Selena and Chris, as before, went to the small living room on the second floor, where only a small table and two chairs could be placed, and drank tea and chatted.

Selena took the opportunity to give Chris's £30 deposit.

This made Chris a little surprised: "Where did you get so much money?" ”

"I didn't write it clearly in the letter." Selena smiled, "I'm actually a butler's assistant in the Earl's Court now, and I have a high salary. ”

In fact, most of her savings come from Hobart's pocket money for students.

Chris shirked twice, and when Selena insisted on giving it, he accepted it, because he really needed the money now.

Then he sighed: "Beckland really has more opportunities. ”

"You don't see another side of Beckland." Selena's expression suddenly became serious: "I have a colleague from the slums of the East End, and everything that happens there makes people shudder just by hearing it. ”

……

The clock went back to three hours ago.

Beckland, Bridge South, inside Wasco Public Elementary School.

Daisy, who was cleaning the school kitchen, heard the school worker shouting, "Daisy, someone is looking for you!" ”

Daisy was slightly stunned, since her mother died and Freya left Bakeland, no one had ever come to see her.

Sometimes she would sadly think that she would have to face a lonely life alone.

Daisy wiped her hands and walked unhurriedly to the school gate, was it Freya who was waving to her?

She was a little incredulous at first, and then tears welled up in her eyes: "Freya! Is Freya really you? ”

Freya smiled tearfully, although it had been more than a month since she returned to Beckland, she had been very busy, and now that Hobert had given her time off, she finally had time to see Daisy.

She hugged Daisy tightly in her arms: "It's me Daisy, that's right, it's me!" ”

Daisy, who is usually very strong, cried very much at this time, as if venting the loneliness and fear suppressed in her heart.

After crying for three minutes, Daisy let go of Freya again: "Sorry Freya, it stained your dress, it, it looks expensive, right?" ”

She felt a little unrecognizable to Freya in front of her, her sister, who was originally introverted and shy, was now confident and sunny, and her hair looked very shiny and her complexion was also very good.

In particular, Freya's skirt looks new and beautiful.

It's completely different from the girl who makes a living by pulpping.

Freya took out a handkerchief and wiped her sister's tears: "It's okay Daisy, I also brought you two dresses, you see." ”

She pulled out two new dresses from her backpack.

Daisy was so happy that she couldn't put it down, flipping over and over again.

Several classmates in the class laughed at her clothes for being too small, and several classmates in the class were very envious of her new clothes.

It had been a long, long time since she had last gotten a new outfit and she had forgotten how she felt when she got it.

Freya took out another cloth bag: "There are also two new pairs of shoes, a few pairs of socks, and a few cotton underwear. ”

Daisy was suddenly stunned: "Freya, I, I just need a skirt, you, you don't have to work so hard." ”

She didn't know where the clothes came from, but she knew that Freya had to pay a lot to get them.

At this time, she was inexplicably a little distressed.

Freya, who didn't cry just now, couldn't stop crying out at this time: "Daisy, my sister has a formal job now, and we don't have to worry about clothes and shoes being too small." ”

In the sisters' impression, it seems that there is never a pair of shoes that fit.

Daisy was a little incredulous: "Really? ”

"Really." Freya smiled, "I'm a police officer in the Corbieri neighborhood now, and my salary is enough to support us. ”

And there was the 10 pounds of pocket money that Hobert gave to the students a week, which she did not spend a penny, and saved the whole 40 pounds.

Daisy was even more incredulous: "How can you be a police officer?" ”

"No, I'm not like Abel who brought the basics to that neighborhood, and everybody loved me." Freya smiled, "I also brought you this." ”

Able was a police officer in the neighborhood where they had lived, and everyone gritted their teeth when they mentioned him, but they couldn't do anything about him.

As she spoke, Freya pulled two apples out of her backpack.

Daisy smelled the fruit intoxicatedly: "I forgot the smell of apples, but Freya, these two apples are so strange, why haven't they been cut?" ”

The apples they had eaten before had to be cut off in part.

Freya said, "Because of these two apples, there is no place to rot. And this ......"

She took out another piece of stew wrapped in oily paper: "Every week from now on, you will have to eat a piece of stew or a fish, and two apples." ”

Daisy glanced at her sister and knew that it was indeed safe to eat, so she put her clothes and apples aside and devoured them.

The smell of meat made the school worker on the side swallow his saliva so much, Freya stepped forward and handed the school worker a pack of cigarettes wrapped in newspapers that had been prepared a long time ago, with a dozen of them, and thanked the school worker very politely.

In fact, in order to avoid Freya being a thief, the school worker has been standing aside and watching, and now he has received Freya's cigarettes, which makes him a little embarrassed.

When Daisy finished eating the meat, Freya asked, "Isn't it time for school?" Why are you still helping out in the kitchen. ”

Daisy briefly described her current situation, it turned out that the foundation established by Kapin's estate was only responsible for Daisy's tuition and meals.

The accommodation fee is not included, and in order to solve the problem of Daisy's accommodation, the school asked Daisy to go to the kitchen as a helper, which is equivalent to deducting her accommodation fee.

Freya nodded slowly: "You don't need to help in the future." ”

She said, "I'll come back tomorrow and help you pay for your accommodation." ”

Hobert talks to Freya about Daisy, and Hobert's suggestion is to maintain the status quo, because in the future he may send Freya to Longtail Island, or some other mission, and Freya will no longer be in Beckland.

Do you have to let Daisy live outside by herself then?

In addition, Daisy's current public school is actually very good, if she goes to a private aristocratic school with better conditions, the living and learning conditions are better, but in that environment, it is easy for Daisy to become inferior.

Freya thinks the teacher has a point, so she doesn't promise Daisy much.

Daisy added, "Freya, you don't have to work so hard. ”

……

Hobert gave the two students a holiday because they had basically digested the potion, let them relax, adjust their state and prepare them for promotion.

Only Dennis has been busy with immigration lately and doesn't have much time to go to the law firm, so he hasn't fully digested the potion yet.

On Wednesday morning, Hobart used the "State of Disorder" to close two deals, one for the arms deal previously negotiated with Ulysses, and the other for the steam engine of the Balk family in the Southern Continent.

On Ulysses' side, Hobert "traveled" directly to the munitions depot to sacrifice his weapons to the "Land of Disorder", and Archibald completed the ceremony of giving in the barracks.

All of a sudden, there were a mountain of weapons, and the key was more than a dozen cannons, and Schill and they didn't react for a long time.

The same is true of the steam engine trade, which is nothing more than a bestowal ritual completed by Elliott.

Not long after the ceremony, Hobert took a "trip" to the Southern Continent and talked to Lawrence, the patriarch of the Balk family, in the hope of recruiting a team of Balk family Extraordinary.

Of course, instead of letting the Balk family work in vain, Hobart will arm the team with 1 "Mentor of Chaos" and 2 "Barons of Corruption" with the extraordinary characteristics of "Mentor of Chaos" and 2 pieces of "Baron of Corruption", and will also provide them with 2 Tier 2 seals.

The condition is that the team must absolutely obey the orders of the "Divine Servant", and if the team members are sacrificed, they need to be replenished by the Balk family.

In the composition of Hobert's extraordinary power, he certainly would not let the power of the Tudor family dominate.

Lawrence immediately agreed, having heard Elliott talk about the Founder's power in the Northern Continent, and had thought that that was the main extraordinary force that was loyal to the Founder.

At the very least, they are directly under the command of the "Divine Servants" and will be helped by the "Founder", which may be a battle that takes place at the behest of the "Creator".

The Balk family, who are in the southern continent, seem to have not entered the core level of allegiance to the extraordinary power of the "founder" at all.

Now that the "Divine Favorite" has come to recruit in person, and has given such generous conditions, of course he will agree immediately.

I believe that the selected players will definitely feel very honored.

After an agreement was reached quickly, Hobert asked Lawrence to pick up the people first, and he would pick them up a week later, and suggested that Lawrence send several more batches of family members to the Northern Continent to learn advanced technology and management methods.

Hobart also plans to contribute a sum of money to fund the young people of the Balk family to travel to the countries of the Northern Continent to see what the world is like now.

In the afternoon, Hobert had already appeared in Jeffrey City, and then went to the villa arranged for Winston, and today the old man did not go out fishing: "You came at the right time! ”

A clean-shaven Winston said, "I was about to have someone come to you." ”

After completing the magical items that Hobert had commissioned him to make, Winston took out the rapier in it: "This is a weapon made from the materials you provided." ”

Hobert took the weapon and was slightly stunned, such a large piece of material, and made a thin sword?

Fortunately, he didn't let his doubts show up, as Winston explained: "Its first ability is to change its own form.

"Now it's a rapier, which can be turned into a normal-sized sword, or even a two-handed broadsword!

"This is the smallest state, as long as it is within the range of the volume of the material, you can change its shape at will, the length and thickness can be."

Hobart sighed: "This is a grandmaster-level work!" ”

He injected spirituality into the rapier, and sure enough, he felt that he could manipulate the size and thickness of the rapier, and it could be guaranteed to be very sharp after the change.

Hobert couldn't help but think of the "wishful golden hoop stick".

Winston accepted Hobert's compliment with a smile and went on to explain, "Its other abilities are related to the 'Reaper' pathway, which when used can unleash attacks similar to the 'Whisper of the Dead', which can involuntarily terrify enemies and cause them to retreat, and will make their targets cold and sluggish.

"These 'Words of the Dead' are very special, they have a miraculous effect on the extraordinary people of the 'Reaper' path, and the extraordinary people of the 'Reaper' path below the demigod level will completely lose their ability to resist, and the extraordinary people of the demigod level will also be affected very obviously.

"Another ability is that if you puncture any part of the target's body, the target's spirit will be permanently damaged.

"Even angelic-level spirits are no exception, but they have many ways to circumvent this, and it is difficult to really hurt them."

Hobert sighed: "This is completely different levels of weapons from my previous black knife!" ”

Winston smiled without saying a word, watching Hobart play with the sword lovingly for a while, and the old man said, "I have completed your commission, and I should go too." ”

Hobert laughed, "How can I thank you." ”

"Your hospitality is the best thank you." Hobert's hospitality here is really good, he can fish the entire Full Moon Lake as much as he wants, and when he comes back, he has a chef from Fenerport City to help cook.

If you are interested, you can also take a small train to take a tour of the mountains, or go to the entertainment center.

"Then you'll stay here for a while." "The second 'Traveler's Gate' I'm going to set it between Jeffrey's Collar and an island where you can try your hand at fishing," Hobert said. ”

Winston was slightly stunned, obviously a little moved.

"I've got a few more chefs from Beckland who are good at making fish, and I've heard that Byam also has a lot of chefs who are good at making sea fish, so you can eat all kinds of fish flavors."

Winston swallowed: "That's right, the fish made by Byam is spicy, but the flavor is unique, especially the local grilled fish, which is very distinctive." ”

Hober Charter: "In three days, I will bring you the best chef in Byam!" ”

This can be left to Raft.

Winston eventually stayed, and Hobert was relieved to leave with the rest of the magical items.

Before leaving, Winston instructed: "Although the 'Traveler's Gate' is a combination of magical items and magic circles, theoretically speaking, it will not have much negative effect, but you should also be careful not to enter the 'Traveler's Gate' too many people at one time.

"The 'Traveler's Gate' is used as little as possible by the 'low-order' extraordinaires, so as not to be contaminated by some kind of contamination from the spirit world. After all, this is not a 'trip' in the true sense of the word, and there is no protection for the corresponding extraordinary abilities.

"The 'middle sequence' extraordinary person should pay attention, don't look around in the spirit world, after using the 'Traveler's Gate', there is a small probability that there will be a negative impact of spiritual instability and suddenly becoming a road idiot, but these effects can recover on their own after a certain period of time."

Hobert glanced at the "Traveler's Gate" in his hand: "Good! ”

He didn't expect that the "Traveler's Gate" would have so many probabilistic negative effects, and that he would have to design a regulation to use the "Traveler's Gate" in time.

Back at the Lord's Palace, Hobart took out the rapier and looked at it again, and just now he felt that this weapon had some connection with the "wedding gift" that Azik had given him before.

He remembered that Mr. Azik had said that the "wedding gift" given to him was a sign that gave him the authority to mobilize a portion of the power of the underworld.

Even if there is no honor in the Southern Continent during the Quaternary Age, this gift is quite powerful! It's a pity that Hobert is not an extraordinary person in the "Grim Reaper" path, otherwise he would have been able to develop more uses for this gift.

Hobart strengthened the connection between the rapier and the mark, and with a wave of his hand, a huge gap appeared in front of him as if it had cut through a transparent piece of paper.

The surrounding temperature was immediately sucked away, and the entire room was filled with an unspeakable sense of fear, and one by one illusory figures lay around the cracks, peeking into the real world.

Hobert found that he had opened a gap between the underworld and the real world in this way.

It's just that without the barrier of the "Gate of the Underworld", the terrifying creatures inside can be drilled out effortlessly.

Now they didn't come out because they were afraid of Hobert's rapier and Azk's mark on Hobert.

Hobert swung his rapier again, and the gap in front of him disappeared: this ability should be more aggressive than the "Gate of the Underworld", because I can command the monsters lying around the gap to come out and attack the target.

At the same time, Hobert himself can also use this gap to enter the underworld, but in the case of "travel", it is not very useful to enter the underworld.

Since it is a rapier, you can turn the "Wood of Order" into a thinner, or more normal, cane.

After wrapping the Rapier in the "Wood of Order", Hobert sacrificed other extraordinary items to the "Land of Discord" and took a brief look at their abilities and negative effects.

Hobart discovers that at this time he already has three magical items with the ability of "Shepherd", and because of "1-109", these three extraordinary items are of little use to Hobert.

Hobart decided that these three seals could be used by his cronies in the form of rewards, and for extraordinary people below the demigod, seals with "herding" abilities are very practical.

And for them, this is definitely a first-class magical item, even if it can only be used temporarily, they will definitely be grateful to Hobert.

Hobert can also use their use to herd souls, otherwise they would be "empty" in the "Land of Disorder".

Coming out of the "Land of Disorder", Hobart was about to build the "Traveler's Gate" between Jeffrey City and Dock Island, but his spirituality was feeling, and he glanced in the direction of the courtyard, as if an acquaintance had arrived.

He put the "Traveler's Gate" aside first, opened the door and looked outside.

In the courtyard, there is a middle-aged man with soft facial features and brown skin, with his hands behind his back, admiring the surrounding Fenerport-style buildings.

The servants and guards in the courtyard turned a blind eye to him.

Hobart was a little surprised: "Mr. Azik! ”

The middle-aged man was none other than Azik, and he smiled slightly: "I heard that you have done a lot of great things recently?" ”

Hobert said to his heart: Do you mean Hobert, or "the founder"?

He smiled and said, "It's just some things that go with the flow." Come in and sit down. ”

"Take me to your territory." "I've heard in Fenerport that there's a new look in South Coulson. ”

"No problem." Hobert smiled, "Let's go to the dock to catch the train." ”

Azik followed behind and asked curiously, "I heard that there were some miracles when the railroad was being built?" ”

"What miracle?" Hobart smiled, "Just use ritual magic to move some building materials."

"But at that time my rule was not as strong as it is now, so I declared it a miracle."

Azik smiled: "In the previous meetings, I didn't think you could do so well when you ruled a territory. ”

Hobert lied: "There may be an element of talent, and I didn't think I could do it so well." ”

Azik's questions either involve the "founder" or the matter of time travel, and there is no way, Hobert has to fool around.

That is, Azik, if Klein asked himself this, Hobart wondered, is this kid testing himself?

At this time, they came to the street, and everyone greeted Hobert warmly as usual, and at the same time cast curious glances at Azik on the side, and they all wondered what was so special about this guest? The lord actually wants to entertain in person?

Visitors watched with curiosity, as they had heard in Fenerport that lords and nobles did not have to salute when they saw them in South Coulson, and that officials and police would laugh and talk to the commoners.

This is an incredible thing in both the North and South continents.

Fortunately, Azk didn't ask any more questions that made Hobert wait, but followed Hobert's gaze and glanced at the shops on the street: "There are many nobles and rich people among the tourists here. ”

Hobert smiled and explained, "I built an extraordinary auction house on the other side of the mountain, and many nobles and rich people came to visit me.

"My wife has been taking care of the auction house, and I've heard that wild extraordinaries have started to come to the auction and that there will be extraordinaires after that.

"I believe that the extraordinary deal in Jeffrey City will definitely become more and more prosperous in the future."

Then he lamented: "But there are still too few ordinary tourists, and now there are three shipping lanes, and each channel has three passenger ships docking every day, but sometimes there are only seven or eight passengers on a medium-sized passenger ship." ”

He smiled, "Half of them are still civil servants of the Lord's Palace. ”

As the two of them walked on the stone-paved road, Azik smiled and said, "Don't worry, the tourist city should attract popularity little by little." ”

Hobert nodded: "At present, I am planning to launch some special foods, special products, etc. to gather popularity as soon as possible, well, there will be a tourism festival in May, and a picking festival on the other side in June."

"I believe that next year, the situation will be much better than it is now."

Azik couldn't help but glance at Hobert: "These thoughts of yours are very ...... Very creative! ”

The words "tourism" and "festival" are commonplace, but this is the first time Azik has heard of them as phrases.

And he didn't quite understand what "tourism festival" meant? But I wasn't too embarrassed to ask, and in the end I could only sigh: "The ideas of young people now are really novel!" ”

Stop-and-go, the two of them came to the pier, just in time for the afternoon train.

When the passengers saw Hobart get on the bus, they all got up and talked.

Hobart naturally talked to them about the current prices and wages, as well as the progress of the construction of the territory, the topic of poultry breeding, and so on.

This surprised the out-of-town tourists and Azik, who had never seen a nobleman know so much about the prices of vegetables and daily necessities, or even how to feed his poultry.

It took more than half an hour for the two of them to come from the conversation to the first carriage, which rarely drove to the outside world.

At this time, the train was moving slowly, and before he could sit down, Azik couldn't help but ask: "You seem to be very close to the people, but why didn't you open such a luxurious carriage to the outside world?" ”

"Being close to the people is a means of making the social atmosphere easier, and the previous covert organizations put too much psychological pressure on the people." Hobert asks Azik to sit down, then pulls out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet:

"I was very impressed, when I first arrived, I was at the gate of the Lord's Palace, looking out at the town of Jeffrey at the foot of the mountain.

"As a result, the town with a population of more than 1,000 at that time didn't even have a sound to speak!"

He poured a glass of wine for Azik: "Now you can see that you can hear the noise of the town in the lord's mansion. ”

Hobert handed the wine to Azik: "As for this carriage, it is to show the authority of the lord.

"A lord must indeed have a pro-people side, and at the same time, a majestic side, so that he can have a strong control over the people in the territory."

Azik took the wine and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to rule a territory and have so much knowledge. ”

Hobert was stunned: Didn't you be a "Death Archon" before? Wrong...... At that time, the rule was not called domination at all, it was just the operation of a rough order established by extraordinary power. Seeing the order of Jeffrey City, Mr. Azik did not recall his memories as the "Archon of Death", which shows that the social state of the Southern Continent at that time was completely incomparable to that of the South Colson region.

He poured himself a glass of wine and began to talk about the new town of Jeffrey City: "That's the new town over there, and the hospitals, schools, and other supporting facilities have been built and are already in operation. ”

Most of the construction sites in the new city are almost complete, and the few that are still under construction are basically residential buildings.

"That piece of land is also zoned in the new city, and that piece of land, which is all set aside for the construction of residential areas.

"At present, there are only two or three thousand permanent residents living in Jeffrey City, and my initial plan was to live in a small city that can accommodate 30,000 people, and the supporting facilities are all built according to 30,000 people.

"The next step is to build more and more residential areas, so that more people can live in them, but it is estimated that it will be a few years before the population reaches the level of a small city."

It's still very deserted in the new town, and if it weren't for the hospital and the school, it wouldn't be popular at all.

Tourists also take a walk around the newly built plaza at most, and there are no shops in the newly built commercial street.

But so many brand-new buildings, standing so quietly on this land, still make Hobart very proud.

As the train began to climb and the whole picture of the new town gradually emerged, Azik took a sip of his wine and said, "There are very few urban plans like this. ”

"From some of my memories," he smiled, "I've seen the development of cities that started out in haphazard construction.

"It wasn't until it affected the operation of the city that some urban renovation had to be carried out, and the city was planned and then built."

Azik is right, most of the cities in the Northern Continent came this way, and there was a period of barbaric development at the beginning.

Hobert had heard that the same was true of Beckland, where some streets were so narrow that even horse-drawn carriages could not pass.

For a long time, Beckland was just a medium-sized city that now seems to be able to accommodate only a hundred thousand people.

However, Queens did not undergo major renovations, because the location of Sodrrack Palace was not surrounded by any buildings other than the royal palace hundreds of years ago.

It is said that at that time, the palace was only one-third the size of today, and it was surrounded by woods and farmland.

It is hard to imagine how much wealth people have created in these centuries without major wars.

At this time, the train has completed the process of climbing, and the scene has changed, and there is an idyllic scenery as far as the eye can see.

The fields are full of wheat, and the neat ears of wheat form waves of wheat under the blowing of the breeze.

On the train, everyone who saw this scene seemed to see infinite hope in the field.

Hobert sighed: "Time flies so fast, there is still a month or so before the wheat will be harvested." ”

Azik, however, suddenly remembered a long time ago, when he led his knights to hunt down the enemy in the wheat field and let the enemy's blood be sprinkled on the ears of wheat.

He couldn't help but pinch his forehead, as if he didn't have any memory of the harvest in his whole mind.

Seeing that Azik's face was not very good, Hobert did not introduce his agricultural policy, but after the train began to turn, he pointed to the hill on the opposite bank and said, "Look, this is the plantation in the South Coulson area."

"The first vegetables ripen at the beginning of May, and the varieties of vegetables have been improved by the bishops and missionaries of the Mother Earth Church to be larger and last longer than the rest of the world.

"The first ripe vegetables were mainly cabbage, and in addition to selling them in the South Coulson area, I would also have people ship them out of town to sell them in bulk.

"The agricultural and animal husbandry knights in the territory have calculated, even if the freight is included, it is far lower than the wholesale vegetable price in Fenerport City."

Speaking of this, Hobert suddenly smiled: Lao Tzu has grown vegetables to the extraordinary world!

At the same time, he also found that the vegetable production in the northern and southern continents was actually very low at this time, and most of the production was in the manors of the nobility.

Even fresh vegetables represent the special supply of the aristocracy, and the vegetables eaten by ordinary families are mainly peas, potatoes, onions and other vegetables that can be stored for a long time.

At this time, the "cabbage price" is not a low price.

Later, Hobert studied it and realized that without a unified organization and advocacy, ordinary farmers would not dare to grow vegetables at all.

If you can't sell the grain, you can eat it yourself, and if you can't sell the vegetables, you can only rot in the ground, and because you miss the planting of the grain, you can't get any harvest.

If you want the "cabbage price" to really become the cabbage price, you need a very stable food price and food supply, as well as providing enough vegetable sales, so that everyone realizes that growing vegetables is more profitable than growing food, and they will grow vegetables spontaneously.

However, the people of the West Bank do not have such awareness at present, and the land where vegetables are grown is basically the land of the former Teutonic Viscount and the land of the ownerless.

Hobert would like to thank the royal family for this, as the first investment in specialty agriculture in the West Bank came from the royal family, but that investment was quickly controlled and exploited by Hobert, and the fruits of the investment were eventually intercepted.

Thank you for the reward of [Chop me, see me, I'm not me].

Thank you for the tip.

(End of chapter)