The clock was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and Hobert and Furth were back in the real world together.

Neither of them got up, but turned their heads towards each other and looked at each other, and both saw a smile on each other's faces.

It seems to be the joy of having a common, unspeakable secret.

"Hobert, I didn't expect you to have so many wonderful experiences and know so much information!" ”

Hobart sighed that this moment had come.

Fortunately, he had already figured out how to deal with it: "Some are my experiences, some are not, and I was given the task of exchanging some information at the Tarot meeting, so sometimes I am the 'Emperor', not Hobert." ”

He sighed in his heart: Sure enough, after telling a lie, you have to cover it up with more lies.

Especially in the face of Furth, every lie makes Hobert feel guilty, but paradoxically, some things can only rot in the stomach and then cover up with lies.

He sighed in his heart: Fortunately, this is the last lie in this matter.

Foirth felt that Hobert's statement was very reasonable, after all, the "Emperor" had always given people the impression that he was the representative of the "founder" sent to the Tarot Society.

The next thing is to sacrifice the reward for this tarot transaction, and Hobert said simply: "We are now left hand in and right hand out, and there is no need to pay me your intelligence fee." ”

He smiled, "But if you encounter intelligence transactions in the future, try not to rush to be the main paying member." ”

Furth nodded, feeling like she was a childcare at this point.

After completing the process of giving, because there was no sacrifice from "Miss Magician", Hobert received a total of 4,700 pounds in cash and 2 extraordinary materials this time.

After seeing those two extraordinary materials, Furth seemed to understand something: "I was still wondering before, where did you get so many extraordinary materials?" ”

Every month, Hobart is able to provide the auction house with about 10 extraordinary materials of the 8th level of the sequence, and it has never stopped since the opening of the auction house.

At this time, Foirth remembered that the "Emperor" and the "Sun" had traded three extraordinary weapons, and Hobert had obtained dozens of extraordinary materials from the transaction.

And every time the tarot meets, the "little sun" can provide some new and extraordinary materials.

At the last tarot meeting, "Sun" also mentioned that because of his large number of exchanges, the extraordinary materials that had been stored for a long time in Silver City began to "rise", and it can be said that one person has pulled the value of some extraordinary materials in the entire Silver City.

Leaving two extraordinary materials and 700 pounds to Forthth, Hobert put away 4,000 pounds in cash: "Beckland spends a lot of money over there, and I will bring most of the money with me." ”

Furth pushed another 700 pounds to Hobert: "I don't have anything to spend gold pounds on now, you can take them all, and I'll go to the safe when I use the money." ”

The potion recipe and main materials for Promotion Sequence 6 are already available, and now there are three magical items in hand, so there is really nothing to spend money on.

Hobert didn't shirk and stuffed the 700 pounds into a cloth bag.

"What have you been experiencing lately that you need good luck?" ”

"It's a scientific study that I've invested in." Hobert smiled: "Because I have to keep trying, I want to give those researchers some luck, maybe I can speed up the pace of research." ”

Furth opened her mouth, a usefulness she hadn't expected.

She paused for a few seconds before saying, "If I'm lucky enough to write a book, can I always have a good burst of inspiration, so that I can write books faster?" ”

Hobert was slightly stunned: "Uh, I think your problem with writing a book is not unlucky!" ”

Didn't he remember that there was a book about lawyers? Why hasn't it been written yet? Will it be the end of the world that you will still not see that book?

Originally, Hobert had planned that if the book had been published earlier, it might have served as an anchor, but now it seems that it is better to face the reality that the book may not be published for a while.

After chatting with Foirth for a while, Hobert returned to the Earl's Court in Beckland with a "trip", put down the cash first, and then returned to his room, taking out a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the "Wind Favorer" and a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the "Gravedigger" from the "State of Disorder".

He then immediately went to visit Captain Thomas and donated his share of the extraordinary traits of the "gravedigger" to the Church of the Night Goddess.

And in the conversation that followed, he told Thomas about the fact that he was going to take over Longtail Island.

Thomas immediately said that the local Goddess of the Night Church would definitely support Hobert's rule.

Hobert added: "On Longtail Island, I need the help of the Mother Earth Church of God, so I hope to build or renovate a church of Mother Earth God Church there. ”

Thomas knew that Hobert's sudden delivery of extraordinary traits must not be as simple as saying hello.

He got up and said, "You wait here." ”

Ten minutes later, Thomas returned: "Archbishop Anthony said: Longtail Island is your fiefdom, and it is your freedom to spread whatever religion you want. ”

Hobert knew that there was no big problem on the side of the Church of the Night Goddess, and he smiled, "Thank you Archbishop Anthony for me." ”

Then he got up and said, "I'll have a treat another day, and today I'm going to a ball, so I'll go back first." ”

Hobert only remembered this morning, forgetting to go to the Church of the Night Goddess and the Church of the Storm to say hello.

Leaving Blackthorn Security, Hobert first returned to MI9 to clock out and clocked out, and then took an MI9 carriage to the Cathedral of the Holy Winds.

After showing the extraordinary characteristics of the "Wind Favorer" to the servant, he successfully met Bishop Graham: "Earl Hobert! ”

Grim, who was in his thirties, had light blue hair, and wore a Storm Church bishop's robe, immediately recognized Hobert.

Hobert smiled and shook hands with each other, and the two exchanged a few polite words, and Gram led Hobart to the back yard of the cathedral.

In a small reception room, Hobert pushes the extraordinary trait in the box to Gram, saying that he is willing to donate this extraordinary trait of the "Wind Favorer" to Gramm.

Grim opened the box and looked at it, making sure that it was indeed an extraordinary trait of the "Wind Favorer": "Mr. Earl, you must explain where this seal came from. ”

Hobert was prepared: "When I was in Fenerport, three mercenary squads tried to assassinate me, and one of them was the Wind Favorer. ”

Grim nodded, as long as he wasn't the bishop of the Storm Church.

Hobert's statement is no problem, because the military does have some extraordinary people in the "sailor" pathway, not only in the navy, but also in the colonial army of the southern continent.

There are quite a few such retired officers who have joined mercenary clubs after returning to the Northern Continent.

Then Grim looked at Hobert, who he didn't remember being a follower of the Lord of the Storm, and even that the Earl had little to do with the Church of the Storm.

So why did he suddenly donate a copy of Sequence 6's extraordinary properties? You know, the extraordinary trait of the Wind Bearer is very sought-after in the Furious Sea!

"I'm here to get acquainted with Mr. Bishop," said Hobert, "and of course I want your help with one thing. ”

Dealing with this group of grumpy old men, Hobert chose to get straight to the point, telling about his next step in taking over Longtail Island and building the Mother Earth God Church on the island.

Grim bowed slightly, Hobert was able to say in advance, and he also sent an extraordinary trait, which represented respect for the Storm Church.

He didn't care if there was a third religion on that raging sea, an island with a majority of the population indigenous.

In general, the adherents of this kind of island development are not religious, and it is even difficult to develop believers, because it is difficult to explain the teachings of the Storm Church to the natives.

But he also knows very well that this is not something he can call the shots.

Similar to what happened to Black Thorn Security, Gram asked Hobert to wait here for a while, and waited until more than half an hour later, when it was almost dark, before Grim returned.

He stood opposite Hobart and said solemnly: "Count Hobert, the archbishop asked me to convey to you that the Storm Church has felt your kindness to us, so we have also shown reciprocal kindness.

"First: There is only one church of Mother Earth God on Long Tail Island, which cannot exceed the size and size of the Storm Church; The clergy sent by the Mother Earth God Church cannot be more than the clergy of the Storm Church on Longtail Island.

"Second: The Mother Earth God Church is not allowed to preach to the believers of the Storm Church, nor is it allowed to obstruct the Storm Church's preaching, otherwise we will directly intervene in the affairs of Long Tail Island."

Hobart agreed: "No problem." ”

After all, they weren't familiar with the Storm Church before, so they could relax at this time and not hinder the people of the Mother Earth God Church from going to Longtail Island.

As for these two provisions, in Hobert's opinion, they are full of loopholes and will not affect his career at all.

Leaving the Cathedral of the Holy Winds, Hobert found it too late to go back and change into his formal clothes, so he simply rode in an MI9 carriage to attend an earl's ball.

When the MI9 carriage stopped at the door of a certain earl's palace, it attracted the attention of many people.

This department was so special to the aristocracy that even when Georgina attended the ball, she rode in a Count's carriage.

Then Hobert, who was not very formally dressed, got out of the car, and said to the earl, who was waiting at the door, and he forgot what his name was: "I'm sorry, when I was about to get off work, there was a sudden urgent case, and I didn't have time to go back to change my formal clothes, I hope I'm not late." ”

The earl, who greeted the guests at the door, was obviously stunned for a moment before saying, "Of course I'm not late, please come inside." ”

When Audrey saw Hobert's casual dress, she shook her head helplessly: "Hobert, you are very ungentlemanly dressed like this. ”

Hobert also noticed the gazes of the people around him, but he only smiled slightly: "I hope that many gentlemen don't invite me to their gentlemen's balls because of my dress." ”

Viscount Gleilynt on the side shook his head: "It's a bit whimsical for you to think so. ”

Herbert was an earl, his father was a duke, and now one of the father and son is a member of the House of Lords, and Hobart also began to work in MI9.

For the nobles, even if they don't like them, there is no need to offend.

……

Tuesday morning, Long Tail Island.

Yannis, the governor of Long Tail Island, came to the governor's palace as usual, and as soon as he got out of the carriage, his secretary met him and said, "Governor, Earl Hobert's envoy has arrived. ”

Yannis was slightly stunned, and asked as he quickened his pace, "When did the envoy come?" ”

Why didn't you give yourself a notice?

The secretary had a strange look in his eyes: "Just, just arrived." ”

It was true that he had just arrived, but no one saw how he had entered the Governor's Palace, and he seemed to have suddenly appeared in the hall of the Governor's Palace.

However, Yannis did not have time to inquire at this time, as the governor, he had already received a telegram from Longtail Island to Earl Hobert, and the royal family had given him a new appointment, but he had been delaying and did not leave.

Because Yannis's property is on Long Tail Island, there is a private iron mine, a rubber grove, and two estates.

At the same time, he often colluded with the garrison to capture the natives in the mountains and secretly trade slaves.

If he could, he would like to continue to help Count Hobert take care of Longtail Island.

However, Earl Hobert never sent anyone to Longtail Island, so Yannis took the initiative to send someone to Beckland, but the man he sent was still on the way.

Coming to the lobby of the Doge's Palace, Angus, who was in his twenties and looked very easy-going, was holding his arms and admiring the frescoes in the style of the Rorsted Islands.

"Mr. Envoy!" Yannis said respectfully.

On Longtail Island, Yannis looks more majestic than the Emperor, but on Beckland, he is a completely marginal figure of the royal family, and he would not have been the governor of a large island if he had not been promoted to Sequence 5 by chance.

In Beckland, not to mention the Earl's envoy, even when he met the Lord's cronies, he had to be polite.

Angus smiled, "Hello, Mr. Governor. ”

Seeing that the other party looked kind, Yannis first breathed a sigh of relief: "Please come to the office to talk in detail." ”

Angus nodded, and followed him to the governor's office.

Looking at the lavish decoration of the office, Angus sighed: "It is more magnificent than the earl's office." ”

Yannis was taken aback: "This, this is for you." ”

With that, he hurriedly handed over his cigar.

Until this time, he thought that the envoy had simply come to understand the situation.

Eggers waved his hand: "You go and ask someone to prepare the information on Longtail Island, and the Earl and a group of officials will come over in a while." ”

Yannis was stunned: "They are also ...... by boat"

"Not by boat," Angus did not continue to explain, but said, "Get ready for the handover, and strive to complete the handover this morning, and the earl will inspect the territory in the afternoon." ”

Yannis was a little surprised, so fast!

Out of the office, Yannis didn't react for a few minutes.

Finally he made up his mind and returned to his office: "Mr. Special Envoy! ”

He saw that the envoy had erected a door in the middle of his office, and that the envoy was drawing occult symbols on the carpet next to the door.

"What's the matter?" Angus asked without looking back.

"I'm willing to donate a rubber grove to the Earl, can you help me say a few kind words so that I can continue to be the governor of Longtail Island?" Yannis smiled, "No one knows this island better than me, and with my care, this island will always be able to operate safely." ”

Then he stepped forward and whispered, "If you are willing to help, I will give you a manor." ”

Angus glanced at Yannis, and then continued to write the circle: "The Earl will come in a moment, you can talk to him." ”

"Good, good." Yannis nodded repeatedly: "I'll go and prepare the documents for Mr. Earl to see." ”

After the governor left, Angus shook his head, if it was another earl, maybe this governor could continue to stay on Longtail Island, but with Angus's understanding of Hobart, he would be very unhappy if he told him that the same general territory would operate.

Soon, the staff of the Governor's Palace heard that the Count had sent an envoy, and for a moment the people were panicked.

However, some staff members thought that it was just an envoy, and that if the Earl wanted the territory to continue to operate, someone would need to take care of it, so they would not lose their jobs.

But it wasn't long before a group of soldiers came out of the governor's office, led by an officer with a frosty face and an order: "The Count orders: all the staff assemble in the hall and give you two months' salary and a ticket back to Beckland!" You will be able to leave your post this afternoon.

"If you want to stay on the job, you have to go through the assessment of the human resources department and a series of studies before you can return to work."

This made everyone stunned, listening to this meaning, the earl seems to have no intention of staying as an old clerk!

Then some people wondered, where did these soldiers come from? Their uniforms don't look like they're Rune, right?

Everyone looked at Governor Yannis, and Yannis was also confused: when were these people hiding in the office?

After pondering for a while, it dawned on me that these people might have come using the "Traveler's Gate".

Just when everyone was feeling strange, several more heavily armed soldiers came out of the office of the Governor's Palace, shouting trumpets.

They are well-trained and well armed, and even have heavy machine guns!

After assembling in the courtyard, there were about 300 people.

Seeing the guns in the hands of these soldiers, everyone's grumbling only reached their throats and swallowed them back.

After a while, a group of people dressed as clerks came out of the governor's office, and the official at the head of it introduced himself: "My name is Conrad, and I am the newly appointed mayor of Longtail Island.

"Who are the staff of the Land Resources Department?"

Two people stepped forward.

Conrad waved his hand, and three of his subordinates stepped forward to hand them over.

"Who are the people in the finance department?"

In just a few moments, the mayor of Conrad sorted out the handover of the Governor's Palace.

The staff who went to hand over shook their heads after seeing the files and materials left behind by the Governor's Palace, and two weeks ago, Hobart sent a "Brief Introduction to Long Tail Island" to everyone who came to work on Long Tail Island.

The brief information given by the lord is more detailed than the information of the specific functional departments of the Governor's Palace!

At the office of the Governor's Palace, Angus, the earl's envoy, came out with ten members with grim expressions.

Angus said to Yannis, who was already stunned, "I'll take over the secret files and secret affairs. ”

It's the island's extraordinary archives and extraordinary cases.

Yannis was stunned for a moment before reacting: "Huh? Good, good. ”

He didn't expect that the earl would have so many extraordinary subordinates.

You know, many counts will only ask a few extraordinary people to protect themselves, and Count Hobert sends ten extraordinary people to Longtail Island, how much does it cost?

Several extraordinary people in the Governor's Mansion finally had a sense of crisis when they handed over extraordinary work.

They used to be pirates or adventurers, and they already had their own property on Longtail Island, and they didn't want to leave here.

At this time, several soldiers moved out the leather chairs of the Doge's Palace, and next to this luxurious chair, a chair was also placed.

A few minutes later, a man and a woman came out of the governor's office again, the man was handsome and bright, the woman was mature and lazy, and the soldiers in the hall immediately saluted the two men.

These two men are naturally Hobert and Forthth.

Hobert and Foirth sat down unhurriedly on their chairs in the hall before the soldiers finished saluting.

At this time, Schill, who was already prepared in the courtyard, took three hundred well-equipped soldiers and went to change guards with the local Rune garrison with the local garrison in advance.

Conrad also replied: "Lord, the work of the Governor's Palace has basically been handed over. ”

Angus also brought people out: "Sir, the secret file and the case have also been handed over." ”

Hobert nodded: "Go as planned!" ”

"Yes!"

Angus went back to dismantle the "Traveler's Gate" and was going to reinstall it in the courtyard, and then there would be another group of soldiers and logisticians.

This group will be stationed near the Governor's Palace to protect the civilian staff to complete the registration and confirmation of the city's assets.

Because there have already been two new territories, the government departments have a mature work process, and after occupying a new territory, the first thing to do is to reorganize the situation of property, population, and land.

The colony did a rather rough job for this.

Of course, the colony can't be blamed entirely, the total population of Beckland is estimated, and the colony certainly won't be much better.

Yannis stepped forward and said, "Mr. Earl! ”

By this time he had no hope of continuing to serve as governor, and the count's succession of the entire realm was clearly premeditated.

Since the other party has not sent someone to contact him, he is definitely no longer in the other party's "premeditated".

Hobert smiled, "Governor Yannis, thank you for your hard work. ”

"It's not hard." Yannis also laughed and said, "The iron ore on Longtail Island ......"

"I know." Hobert said: "On Longtail Island, only one-third of the iron and copper mines belong to the governor's palace, and the rest are naval personnel, or some nobles' investment. ”

Yannis was a little surprised at first, and then felt that this was reasonable, since they were all ready to take over the officials of Changwei Island, how could they not know about the mineral situation on Changwei Island?

Hobart explained: "This is the fief that the king has given me, and I will pay taxes to me on all the property here, no matter what has happened before."

"The specific tax standards are in accordance with the Tax Code of the Kingdom of Rune."

Yannis was slightly stunned, he just wanted to remind the earl that such a method of taxation would definitely not work, after all, this is the Rorsted Islands, not Beckland, and there is no mention of the "Tax Law".

There are only port fees, land use fees, and so on, because no one will follow the law here.

But he thought again, he didn't hire himself as governor anyway, so he could do whatever he liked.

"Is there anything else going on with Mr. Governor?" ”

"Nope." Yannis smiled bitterly: "I just want to leave here suddenly, and I feel a little reluctant. ”

He was actually thinking about whether to wait a little longer on Longtail Island? When the Earl had offended all the magnates of the Rorsted Islands, he would come out and clean up the mess and continue to be the Governor.

Thank you for the reward of [Bamboo Autumn].

(End of chapter)