When Hobert was at home, the family had their own barbecue, and they were still very clear about the process of barbecue.

Especially after becoming extraordinary, he found that he "twisted" the flame in the oven when lighting the fire, and temporarily "tampered with" the density and ignition point of the charcoal, almost at a point.

Audrey was serving meat and vegetables outside, and the fire had already been lit.

And there is no need to turn it over when baking, Hobert "twists" the temperature of the charcoal, so that the temperature can surround the skewers, which is much more uniform than simply turning back and forth.

As for the barbecue ingredients, Hobert was thinking about the preparation, cumin, sesame seeds, salt, and chili powder, and as for the other spices, he was not very clear, so he added two more casually.

Hobert tasted one first, and it tasted pretty good.

The smell of barbecue permeated the courtyard, and Audrey felt the urge to swallow when she saw it, but because it was very unladylike, she swallowed it secretly.

After the skewer finally got in her hand, Audrey blew it first, and then learned from Hobart to eat a piece of barbecue meat into her mouth, the juice bloomed on the tip of her tongue, and the fresh aroma of the meat accompanied by the taste of condiments filled Audrey's entire mouth.

"It smells so good!" Audrey found that in the end, this was the only thing left in her mind to compliment.

Hobert smiled and ate a bunch: "Oh yes, and beer." ”

He went into the house to bring out the beer, and one of them poured a glass: "Cheers!" ”

The beer washed away the taste of the meat skewers in the mouths of the two people, and when the next bite of the meat skewers, the mouth re-experienced the flavor of the barbecue.

Audrey ate seven or eight skewers in a row before asking, "Hobert, what is the style of this roast?" Why haven't I eaten it before. ”

This made Hobert sigh: The food culture of the North and South Continents is really indescribable, what kind of starving this noble lady is? This is something that can be eaten at the entrance of the community in the Common Era.

He thought so in his heart, but said in his mouth: "It is a very unpopular way of eating that I saw when I went to the Rorsted Islands, and it is said that I learned it from the elves.

"Although delicious, it should be difficult to become popular in aristocratic circles."

Audrey was concentrating on the kebabs, and didn't notice that the "provenance" that Hobert had just said was casual nonsense.

However, she understands why it is not popular in aristocratic circles, because this way of eating is not gentlemanly and elegant enough.

Audrey also tried to eat elegantly, but soon she realized that it didn't work at all!

If you are more elegant, the skewers will be cold in your mouth, and the taste will not be so delicious.

Anyway, there are only two of them here, and Audrey doesn't care if she is a lady or not, it is important to enjoy the food first.

After eating for a while, the two of them gradually slowed down and began to chat while drinking.

Listening to the cries of night insects around him, Hobert held his wine glass and sighed: "This reminds me of when I was in school, I was really hungry in the summer, and I went out to eat barbecue with a few classmates.

"I was elated along the way, and we all discussed how much barbecue and how much wine we wanted, but as soon as I entered the store, I saw the head teacher and several teachers who were also barbecuing, and what was even more desperate was that the head teacher also saw us."

When it came to the head teacher, he hesitated for a moment, but fortunately, he immediately "remembered" that the grammar school also had a head teacher, so he didn't say anything.

Audrey laughed, "What happened later? ”

Hobert took a sip of his drink: "Almost didn't come back." ”

"Is this what happened when you were in college?"

Hobert was slightly stunned before saying, "No, it's a grammar school." ”

College counselors still care about this? When the time comes, have a drink with them and secretly settle the bill for them, that is a good student.

Audrey sighed: "I didn't have the experience of going to school, and I feel a little regretful. ”

Hobart smiled: "Think about it this way, the school is quite boring, the students are kind and simple, but the teachers' minds are uneven, some teachers are serious and responsible, some teachers don't know what they are doing all day long, and most of the leaders are hiding dirt."

"The sorrow of the times!"

Audrey didn't have the corresponding experience, and she didn't have much sympathy for Hobert's feelings: "Was there anything funny at the time? ”

"That's too much." Hobert said: "I don't know why, there was a time when I hated studying, and I pretended to be sick in order to go out to play, and another classmate went to ask for leave."

"As a result, because he pretended to be too similar, he was sent to the hospital by the head teacher."

Looking back on it, I was a lot of trouble for the head teacher at that time!

However, Hobert still stopped the topic in time, because after all, it was a high school thing, not something that happened in grammar school, and it was easy to say: "At the dance a few days ago, you saw a light bulb, how do you feel?" ”

"Awesome, Hobert!" Audrey said: "I didn't expect it to be so bright at night!" ”

Hobert smiled, "Those were the first light bulbs, and I used them before I could see how long they would last."

"After the service life is counted, the manufacturing process will be recorded, and it should be ready for mass production by the end of May or June."

However, the exact timing of the release depends on the results of the generator.

Otherwise, if you start selling light bulbs and you can't supply electricity, it won't be interesting.

And Hobart recently realized that it would be difficult to turn on the light bulb for a while by pulling the wires, so he planned a transitional plan: for the time being, the light bulb was powered by a battery.

So in the manor's laboratory, a research group on battery technology was added.

Now the most important thing is the material of the battery housing, there are currently two schemes, waiting for the breakthrough of plastic; Modified rubber.

Hobert is also bold "I want it all", because plastic, as a new type of material, seems to be useless for a while, while natural rubber has many relatively mature processes that can be used for reference, and should soon meet Hobart's requirements.

Similarly, at this time, the cost of the estate had reached an average of 300 pounds a day, and this cost continued to grow.

Of course, this also includes the salaries of new large labs and researchers.

These things are not planned to be announced to the public for the time being.

Audrey saw the candle on the table next to her: "I can't imagine what it would be like if Beckland started using electric lights." ”

"There will be very few people who will be interested in the stars and the moon." Hobert seemed to think about it for a moment before smiling, "Or rather, the starry sky seems to disappear from people's view." ”

That's a good thing.

Hobert started roasting vegetables again, and he only had cabbage and peppers in the kitchen.

The chopped cabbage was brushed with sauce and roasted, which was very popular with Audrey.

And Hobart finally realized that he had forgotten something very important: he didn't make cookies.

Audrey suddenly talked about Princess Alice: "On the day you held the ball, you were able to invite Princess Alice?" ”

"Is it hard for her to please?"

"It is said that it is."

"Maybe it's because I saved her life." Hobart mentioned simply, "I've been on a mission to protect her before. ”

Although he does not have a sense of belonging to MI9, out of respect for Georgina, the specific mission content will not be detailed.

"No wonder!" Audrey bowed slightly, she had long noticed that the princess looked at Hobert very wrongly, it seemed that something had happened between the two of them.

Hobert suddenly smiled and said, "You better change back to your own appearance."

"It's not like that's face-to-face, and it's not used to looking at someone else's face."

He paused and said, "As you can see, there are no residents around this villa, and no one has come to disturb us.

"It doesn't matter if they see you, because no one knows you here."

Audrey looked around as she changed back to her appearance, and the villa seemed to be outside a village, and it was indeed quite far away from other farmers.

"Now can you tell me where we are?" she asked. ”

"In a small town on the outskirts of Beckland, not far from my estate." Hobart said: "I have rented this place for half a year, and occasionally I will send someone to take care of it, and if I want to make any special food, I will let the manor prepare the ingredients in advance." ”

Before this, he had already eaten a meal of boiled pork slices here, which was his secret base, and it was also the most extravagant and largest expense he spent on food.

Audrey asked curiously, "What else do you cook?" ”

Hobert cleared his throat: "Actually, I'm a cook who was delayed by the earl. ”

Audrey smiled and shook her head, obviously not believing his nonsense: "I am also a gourmand who has been delayed by aristocratic life, if you have a new try, you can invite me to taste it." ”

Hobert hesitated slightly: "It's okay." ”

It just occurred to him that it didn't seem good that he had brought Audrey with him before he had shared the food with Forth.

But then he thought about it, there was no need to care about such a trivial matter.

Audrey pouted unladylikely: "You don't want to call me to forget it." ”

Hobart hesitated! This made Audrey feel very uncomfortable.

Looking at the cute appearance of this beautiful girl, Hobert suddenly laughed and said: "You misunderstand what I mean, you need to use elf tableware to eat those delicacies, you shouldn't know how to use them." ”

Audrey was stunned, according to her observation that Hobert was not lying, forget it, forgive him: "I can learn." ”

Hobert smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll teach you next time." ”

In order to avoid the "intensification of contradictions" just now, he simply quietly "distorted" Audrey's judgment, so she didn't see that this was not the main reason for Hobert's hesitation just now.

Audrey then regained her good mood: "Hobert, I heard that several counts have expressed their desire to marry Duke Christine?" ”

Hobert: "I'll tell you another story from my school days!" ”

"Don't try to divert the subject!"

Hobert smiled helplessly: "I don't know what they think, but my father refuses them all." ”

Christine still recognizes the daughter-in-law of Foirth very much, he is now a "chaos hunter", and his lifespan has become much longer, so he can calm down and operate slowly, so as to gradually achieve a high enough political status.

So in this regard, the father and son thought of going together: there was no need for such a marriage.

"What do you think?"

"Of course it's a refusal." Hobert laughed: "I don't plan to stay in Beckland forever, there is no need to get married. ”

I don't know why, Audrey was suddenly a little disappointed: "Then what do you plan to do in the future?" ”

Hobert was slightly stunned, but still revealed some of his thoughts to Audrey: "My path to the 'high sequence' needs to have its own country, and the Northern Continent seems to be difficult to build a country. ”

Audrey understood: "In the future, you are going to the Southern Continent?" ”

This made her even more frustrated, because she could only stay in Beckland.

Hobert smiled, "Almost." ”

Then he asked, "You don't think you'll be able to stay in Beckland after you reach the 'high sequence', do you?"

"Your parents are ordinary people, and it's too dangerous to stay with them."

"I, I didn't think about it." Audrey told the truth.

"These questions are too serious." Hobert smiled: "Don't let down such a good food, let's talk about something else." ”

But Audrey was still a little absent-minded.

Hobert had no choice but to convince us: "The future is full of uncertainties for us, don't consume your energy for these uncertainties, you are fighting with yourself." ”

"No, Hobert, I should think about my future." Audrey said, "The next time you plan the battle of the Extraordinary, can I also participate?"

"Until now, I don't know what the Extraordinary Ones are like in battle, and what should I pay attention to in battle?"

Hobert pondered for a moment: "The 'psychiatrist' is still a bit biased towards support, and it would be too dangerous for you to participate directly in the battle." ”

He looked at Audrey's expectant eyes, and couldn't bear to refuse: "In this way, you can participate as a post-war psychiatrist, don't participate in the war for the time being, just wait and see from afar."

"After your Sequence 6, I'll see if there's a fight for you to participate in."

Audrey regained her charming smile again: "That's amazing! Thank you, Hobert! ”

"Your shortcoming is that you lack the ability to quickly deal with the enemy." Hobart continued, "I'll help you find a magical item for the 'Hunter' or 'Warrior' path, and see if I can help you make up for this shortcoming!" ”

The so-called "search" is actually to go to the "Land of Disorder" to look through and see if there are any suitable magical items.

"Hobert, you're a reliable friend most of the time!"

Hobert was stunned: "What about a small part of the time?" ”

Audrey laughed and said nothing: "There are also a few times when you are a nuisance!

It was only in the second half of the night that the two of them ended their barbecue night tonight.

Susie's eyes lit up when she saw the skewers in Hobart's hand, and at the same time, she also noticed: Why did Hobart bring the pulled pork last time?

But the smell of the barbecue made it think about this question to this end.

Hobert thoughtfully took off all the meat before leaving, which allowed Susie to quickly settle a whole plate of roast.

It stuck out its tongue and licked the juice off its lips: "Audrey, what are you thinking again?" ”

Like the last time she came back, Audrey sat by the window in a daze again.

"Susie, I, I just suddenly realized that I really was like a baby compared to Hobart."

Susie didn't quite understand what she meant: "You look about the same physique, and besides, you won't be as fragile as a baby." ”

"That's not what I meant." Audrey voiced her worries: "Compared to Hobert, I think too little about the future, and too little about life. ”

She didn't want to be a young girl who had not yet matured in Hobert's eyes.

……

May 1st was supposed to be a day off for Hobert, but in Rune, he still had to work on the entire North and South continents.

And as soon as he arrived at the office, he received an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in the subsequent meeting of the royal family in Marcy as a young talent among the nobles of Rune.

This is Hobert's apparent identity when he joins the "Rune Royal Delegation".

Along with the invitation, there is also a specific departure time, a general itinerary plan, and some preparations that need to be made.

Departing on May 3rd, it is planned to take a special train to Maxi in two days, which is the name of a country and its capital.

There is a railway that leads from Rune to Marceek, which is a major trade link between the two countries.

In the kingdom of Maxi, the princes and princesses will engage in a series of exchanges, including balls, banquets, informal talks, as well as hunting and masquerade.

It was declared that this was a meeting to promote exchanges between the two countries and cool down the increasingly tense situation between the two countries.

For what purpose, Hobert is not clear.

Because if it is only to ease the tension between the two countries, it is impossible to involve a sensitive person like Hobert, after all, he has yin against the Fenerport royal family before, and asking him to go is purely to block the other party.

Hobert didn't think about this question in detail, and continued to look at the next itinerary, the princes and princesses of the two countries exchanged ideas in Marcy for a week, and then returned to Beckland by train, and the whole meeting was scheduled to end in eleven days, and it would be postponed if there were special circumstances.

After receiving the invitation, Georgina's secretary came to invite Hobert.

After coming to Georgina's office, the chief director got straight to the point and said: "This is an exchange activity between the royal family, and it is also the top aristocratic exchange activity in the world today, which is very important!"

"As one of the accompanying protectors, you have to prevent other countries from disrupting this event.

"If this time is done, there will be more similar activities in the future."

Hobart seems to have somewhat understood: this is an operation by the Kingdom of Rune to paralyze the countries of the Northern Continent?

"As for the level of danger?" Georgina said, "According to some information we have received, it seems that a demigod has been dispatched by the Vorsack Empire to disrupt this exchange.

"The Republic of Antis also seems to be making moves, but the specifics are not clear.

"Plus, you should be able to get a seal and a charm, which may be dangerous, but not life-threatening."

Hobber nodded, "That's good." ”

Georgina said again: "Today and tomorrow will give you a holiday, you go back and prepare."

"During these eleven days, you must be vigilant at all times and not leave the royal delegation."

The implication is that you can't fish as you normally would.

All the way back to his office, Hobert was a little confused about the two days of paid leave he was suddenly given.

He first went to the suburban manor for a walk, and then returned to the study of the Earl's Court and sat for a long time, and there was a feeling of idleness!

Hobert sighed: "Suddenly I don't touch the fish, and life seems to be running out." ”

After pondering for a while, Hobert came to Longtail Island, and since he had nothing to do in Beckland, he would find something for himself.

Although the two-week deadline agreed with the owners of the manor had not yet arrived, the owners of the manor had already sent a batch of rubber to Hobert, and they had tried Bishop Jyoti's potion, and sure enough, the rubber trees had increased several times over.

It's just that the potion is a little more expensive, up to 10 pounds a bottle, but it still earns more than before.

With the settlement of the first batch of payments, the owners of the manor were completely relieved, and asked if Furth still wanted rubber? As they discovered, Piaget had built a large rubber processing plant.

Although it has not yet been built, that processing plant is enough to digest several times the amount of rubber that Nagami Island currently produces.

So Hobert took advantage of the vacation to hold another banquet, also before the banquet began, Hobert said: "The demand for rubber has exceeded expectations!"

"You can send me all the rubber for the next two weeks, and the price I give is 1.5 times the market price, but this time it's not a reservation, you have to pay on delivery."

The two sides have established a basic mutual trust, and there is no problem with booking and payment.

In addition, at this time, some people were already wondering whether to go to the surrounding islands to collect a batch of rubber and sell it to the earl.

However, they did a simple calculation, and soon found that unless it was a large-scale transaction, they would not make much money except for the acquisition cost and transportation cost.

Let's be honest and trade the rubber you grow.

Unlike last time, during this banquet, people began to talk to Bishop Jyoti about the new varieties of rubber trees she had said she had cultivated.

Many people were thrilled to learn that the rubber tree could produce gum in one month and grow into an adult rubber tree in two months when it was watered with another agent.

But the price of the new varieties is expensive, and the price of the medicine is also expensive.

Of course, Hobert could see their hesitation, and he smiled and said, "I'll help you make up your mind after a while!"

The next day, Hobert first went to the factory under construction on Long Tail Island, and for now, all the building materials are enough, and they can be built as quickly as they can.

So under the assignment of Roy, who already has rich construction experience, nearly 20,000 aborigines are participating in the construction of the site.

This is a bad coke for the traffickers in Long Tail Harbor, and there has never been such a big project since the beginning of immigration to Long Tail Island.

Although Roy paid these natives very little on the grounds that they had no experience as construction workers, they were numerous and provided them with a lot of income every day.

That is, the food and lodging of these workers were uniformly deployed by Roy, otherwise they would definitely have to deduct it severely, because the food prepared by the earl for the workers was so good, that they could eat as much bread as they wanted, and each person would have a piece of red bean toast and a small piece of butter every day.

As for the vegetables, this group of traffickers couldn't help but swallow when they saw it, it turned out to be cabbage!

Longtail Island is largely devoid of vegetables from the North Continent, and the traffickers have forgotten how long it has been since they left Byam without seeing cabbage.

The big and fresh cabbage on the construction site is as if it doesn't cost money, which makes the traffickers feel distressed, and it is really a waste to give such a good thing to the natives to eat!

Even the food here attracts some natives, who are willing to sell their labor for all-you-can-eat food when this is not the time to be busy with farming.

For Hobert, the situation on Longtail Island has been opened, and all that remains is to leave it to time, and when the time is right, he will come back to Boda and completely harvest the governance of Longtail Island.

In fact, Hobert is not completely opposed to the "market economy", but in terms of the current situation in Longwei Island, such an economic model is not very applicable.

The economic system must be sorted out first, and then the market economy must be considered, otherwise the economic pillars of Longwei Island will always be ore, crops and people.

After a round trip on Longtail Island, Hobert went to South Colson again.

By this time, the migration from Beckland to here had basically ended, and the first settlers had lived here for a month, and it was no longer clear that they had ever been wanderers.

Occasionally, they have the opportunity to help at the construction site, especially at the construction site of the bridge, the construction site of the industrial park and the construction site of the town hall, which requires a lot of labor.

After getting paid, some of them saved up and planned to borrow part of the money from the city government to build a house for themselves.

Some are all spent on eating, drinking, and having fun, and the life of the homeless makes them not have the habit of saving money.

The city government certainly doesn't care about these things, and as Hobart said before, opportunities here are only for those who love life.

And those who have experienced the life of a homeless man, are still willing to build their own homes, and have a beautiful vision for the future, are the people who Hobart is most willing to help.

In addition, the inspection period of the more than thirty children of the nobles of Beckland has arrived, and Hobert looked at the evaluation given by Colwin, except for a few who are not successful, most of them are still performing quite well.

So Hobert arranged for them to go to three places, the first was to work in the town government of the South Coulson area, because a large number of cadres had just been transferred to Longwei Island, which made many vacancies here.

The second is to go to Longwei Island, first to understand the situation, and at most a month later, the mayor of the town.

The third is to go back to Beckland and become Todd's assistant.

Although life on the other side of Longwei Island is a little difficult, but the potential is great, after this month's test, they have been very yearning for the position of mayor, so most of them are willing to go to Longtail Island.

Hobart gave them three days off, and in three days they were going to report to Longtail Island.

The backbone of the work left in the South Coulson area is Colwin, the current official in charge of personnel is the mayor, Donna is the deputy mayor, and Hobert is ready to train his sister so that she can hold important positions in the future.

With Hobert's help, Donna was already an extraordinary person at this time, and she chose the same path as her father and became an "arbiter".

In the Lord's Mansion, in front of her brother, she still likes to mess around, but in her work, she has shown a fairly mature side, especially with the help of potions, she already seems a little less angry and arrogant.

After taking a turn around the territory, Hobart took Donna to the sandy beaches of Longtail Island at Donna's request.

Donna, who changed into a casual long dress, found that her skirt was too long and a little hot after coming to Longtail Island.

Fortunately, Foirth still had some clothes here, so he found a knee-length dress for Donna to change into.

The three of them came out into the street, and they all greeted Hobart and Furth warmly.

But Donna could feel that the people here were not as enthusiastic as the residents of Jeffrey City, and they greeted them so warmly, as if they were just for more opportunities to make money, and not like the residents of Jeffrey City, who supported Hobart from the bottom of their hearts.

Hobart noticed that there seemed to be a few people in the group who looked at them with bad intentions.

But considering that most of them had been criminals, he didn't pay much attention to it.

There is a beach on Long Tail Island that looks pretty good, but unfortunately it is undeveloped and full of wild grass and coconut palms.

"Actually, you can build a coastal park here." Hobert said: "Otherwise, it's really a waste!" ”

Foirth also commented: "This beach is no worse than the beach in Connet City. ”

Donna smiled, "If there is a park here, there will be a place to walk after dinner." ”

Her playfulness is still not small, as long as she has time, she will follow the lumberjacks to the dock island to pick wild fruits and catch sea fish.

Especially after Hobart organized the Extraordinaries to start hunting the extraordinary creatures of Dock Island, she went with them almost every time.

Now Hobert has used the "Traveler's Gate" to connect his sphere of influence, with the Lord's House in South Coulson as the center, a "Traveling Gate" leads to Beckland, a door leads to Dock Island, which is rich in timber resources, and a door leads to Longtail Island, where he constantly sends logistical supplies such as food and vegetables.

Therefore, in the Lord's Palace, there is now an agency similar to the customs, and the exchange of goods and people must be registered and inspected.

If a park is built here, there will be a lot of people who have dinner in South Coulson and then take a walk on Long Tail Island.

The more the three of them talked, the more Hobart felt that a park should be built, and the key was to be able to barbecue here, he had always wanted to experience a beach barbecue, but he never had the opportunity.

However, the park had to be built only when there were enough building materials, and the main task was to improve the housing of the local indigenous people as soon as possible.

As he was about to leave the beach, Hobart noticed three ships in the distance at sea, seemingly preparing to dock at Longtail Island.

The three of them didn't pay much attention to it, after all, this is a seaport, and it is normal for ships to dock.

Over dinner, Donna was full of praise for the local coconut toast: "No wonder everyone wants to go to sea, there is endless fruit to eat at sea!" The toast is all made of grated coconut! By the way, there are endless fish! ”

Hobart smiled, "Do you want to arrange for you to experience the life of the natives?" ”

"If I were an indigenous, I would find an island where no one lived, so that I would not live like a slave." Donna said seriously.

Hobert picked up a piece of peeled mango: "This suddenly reminded me of a book I read about island civilization before, and there is one point that I am particularly impressed.

"Because it is easy to encounter natural disasters on the island, the people living on the island are often insecure, and they will also survive in groups, and it is easy to have a hierarchical society."

Forthth was intrigued by the idea: "What kind of book is that? ”

Hobert was slightly stunned before laughing, "I forgot." ”

In fact, it is a book from the era of the Common Era.

"Cut~" Donna said: "Hobert hasn't actually read this book, he is telling me in a sarcastic way that the natives of the island will not leave their own people. ”

But she also felt in her heart that Hobert's words made sense.

Hobert raised his glass: "In any case, the miserable life of the natives here is a consequence of colonization.

"Haha, at present, the three of us are actually the same as colonists.

"Let's ......"

As soon as he said this, Hobert felt something and looked in the direction of the port.

Boom~

Suddenly there was a dull sound of cannonballs on the sea, followed by the sound of cannonballs exploding.

This is like a slap in the face to the head of Namisaki Island, which suddenly quieted the city, which was still a little noisy just now.

I don't know who shouted: "The pirates are coming!" Run! ”

For a time, the entire port of Long Tail became very chaotic.

Hobart put down his glass and said unhurriedly: "I said how do I feel as if I have forgotten something important, we don't have a navy yet!" How can this work? ”

Donna reminded: "Brother, there are guns outside!" ”

She wasn't nervous, although she didn't know how powerful Hobart was, but she looked very powerful, and as long as Hobart was there, she wouldn't be in any danger.

"I'm not deaf." Hobert came to the window, glanced at the chaotic streets, and by the moonlight saw three ships on the sea firing in a line toward the shore.

It was only then that he finally thought that it was no wonder that there were a few ill-intentioned eyes walking down the street in the afternoon, and it should be a spy sent by the pirates in advance.

Because they don't pose danger at all, there is no early warning of spiritual response.

And the three ships they saw at sea when they came back were the three pirate ships now.

Hobert smiled: "What do you want, just now I was worried about where to order a warship, and someone sent it to the door!" ”

At this time, the shells of the second round of shelling fell sparsely in the city, and the resulting explosion immediately caused a burst of screams.

But the power of the shells does not seem to be great, at least very few buildings have been blown down.

Hobert seemed to turn a deaf ear to the scene outside, still staring at the pirate ship: "Let me take a look, the front one should be the flagship, there are more than twenty cannon holes on one side, it's still quite decent."

"Although the last two ships are a little dilapidated, they can still be used, but they have to be remodeled, and there is no problem in using them as training ships."

In the end, Hobert sighed: "The sea of the future belongs to the steel giants. ”

By this time, Ciel and Freya had already reacted, and they had begun to maintain order in the streets, and had already noticed that someone seemed to be stirring up everyone's fear.

Conrad has also begun to organize the people to withdraw from the city, and wait for the pirates to land before giving them a powerful blow.

There is a shore defense position in Nagawei Harbor, but the shore defense guns inside have been replaced by rusty old cannons, which no one dares to use, because there is a danger of exploding at any time.

So Hobert went to Mr. Ulysses and ordered fifty coastal defense guns in one go, but they had not yet been deployed because of the lack of artillery.

The artillery, currently under Hobert's command, was also trained by Archibald on Dock Island.

Hobert was quite satisfied with the reaction speed of Hill and the others, and he said to Furth: "Let Hill prepare to receive our warship, and let Angus prepare for interrogation." ”

With that, Hobert disappeared in place.

Firth and Donna went to convey Hobert's orders, respectively.

The shelling continued for two more rounds before it suddenly stopped, and then three pirate ships began to dock.

The inhabitants of Longtail Island still thought that this was a pirate landing, and there was no need for Conrad to organize it, and many residents who had been navy or pirates and adventurers spontaneously took up arms to meet the enemy.

For them, if they encounter pirates, they have to fight! This is the only way to protect your property.

The gentlemen from far away in Beckland thought it was a sign that they had a sense of rebellion, but in Hobert's view, it was a sign that they had never counted on the Doge's House.

When the three ships docked at the pier one after the other, and the residents were ready to fight the pirates, suddenly a black object flew down from the ship and landed on the pier.

Some residents saw through the light of the horse lantern that it was a corpse! There was a shocked expression on his face.

Call~

Before everyone could understand what was going on, another corpse flew down.

The pirate ship was quiet throughout, and the atmosphere on the dock gradually became eerie.

However, even more strange was still behind, after the ladder of the pirate ship was placed, the pirates disembarked one by one without saying a word.

This once again left the residents stunned in place.

"Get out of the way!" Schill led people forward to arrest them.

One of the pirates seemed to think this was an opportunity, and he put down his hand and was about to run, but was smashed back by a soldier with the butt of a gun.

"He's the devil!" The pirate cried out in a heart-rending voice, "He's definitely the devil!" ”

But he was still taken away by soldiers with his hands tied.

The residents also wondered, how frightened was it to be called like this.

"Ahem!"

A cough attracted everyone's idea, and the residents saw a familiar figure on the side of the ship, it turned out to be Earl Hobert!

I saw the earl wipe the blood stains on his hands with a handkerchief, and said: "After the interrogation of these pirates, take them to the construction site and deal with them according to the old practice!" ”

The so-called old practice is to work until death unless there is a significant contribution.

In South Coulson, there are also a large number of former bandits who work unpaid on the construction site.

The soldiers exclaimed, "Yes! ”

The inhabitants couldn't help but take a step back, and the weapons in their hands were also lowered, it was the first time they had seen such a military appearance.

Hobert said to the residents, "These dead people are the captains and first mates of the pirate ships, and I think they must have bounties on their backs!"

"After I receive the bounty, I will repair the houses that have been shelled, I will give some compensation to the families who have been injured or injured, and if there is any surplus, it will be used to renovate the battleship and maintain the coastal defense position."

Everyone began to talk about it, in this raging sea that believes in the law of the jungle, they didn't expect to receive compensation from the Governor's Palace!

After a few seconds, there were cheers and cheers, and the toughness and fairness that Hobert had shown tonight had made everyone very supportive of the new lord.

Even if the compensation given to them is just a word, they support it.

On the Governor's Palace, Angus's trial was soon brought to fruition, and the pirates had heard that a rich nobleman had come to Longtail Island, so they wanted to grab it.

Hobart seriously suspected that the intelligence dealer had a vendetta against the pirate captain, so he didn't make it clear that the nobleman was Earl Hobert?

However, thinking that the captain was a Sequence 6, Hobart thought that maybe they knew this, but the captain thought that Hobart would not be his opponent.

The next morning, after fighting the pirates, Hobert had returned to Beckland and embarked on a journey to Marcy.

As soon as he got on the train, Hobert found out that Princess Alice was also in the delegation of the royal family of Rune.

Thank you [High Lord of Tadarin] for your tip.

(End of chapter)