After killing Eris once and for all, Hobert stopped in front of Selena's grave for a moment before entering the spirit realm again.

Instead of returning to Beckland, Hobert went to Longtail Island.

Furth and Eply were having afternoon tea, and Hobart smiled, "Looks like I've come at the right time." ”

Furth, who was wearing a light long dress, was slightly stunned when he saw Hobert with a smile on his face: "You ......"

Hobart sat across from them: "What's wrong with me?" ”

"Nothing." Foirth felt the warmth in Hobert again.

Epli said with a bit of criticism, "You should have come a long time ago!" ”

It's long overdue to appease Forth, after all, she has played a big role in the previous war.

"I've been a bit busy lately." Hobert lied casually, took a sip of the tea handed by the servant, and then asked Firth, "Have the servants been rehired by the Lord's Court and the Governor's Palace?" ”

Furth smiled, "It's all re-signed." ”

"In my opinion, there is no difference at all in what Longtail Island does, and even though they have signed an employment contract, some employers who have behaved badly still won't respect their servants.

"Do you expect a servant to accuse his employer?"

Hobert patiently explained: "Mother, some things are hard to change all at once.

"And the role of the law is inherently slow, and it can only play its role when punishment is imposed after someone has committed a crime.

"But this step must be taken, only with the corresponding law, when the servant sues the employer, there is a basis, as long as there is the first case, after which such cases will gradually increase, and the servant will gradually know how to protect himself."

At this, He leaned back in his chair and said, "What the government is to do is to give them basic justice, not to decide their lives." ”

Ai Puli thought for a moment before taking a sip of tea and said, "Fortunately, I didn't go into politics, otherwise it would probably be a disaster." ”

Instead of continuing the conversation, she said, "I'm preparing for promotion Sequence 2, and it may be a bit dangerous to get promoted, so you'll need to help 'tamper' with my status and 'give' some negative statuses. ”

"No problem." Hobert first agreed, and then asked, "You are going to be promoted without thoroughly digesting the potion?" ”

Epli replied, "No, the 'Summoning Master' potion is digested quickly. ”

To be exact, I barely took the initiative to play it, and it was digested.

Hobert was slightly stunned, and then asked, "Isn't your promotion ceremony very well prepared?" ”

"The ceremony is ready." "The danger is due to my own reasons and the fact that the extraordinary traits I use for promotion are somewhat special. ”

Hobart pondered for a moment before saying, "I can help you get a 'Creator' trait that doesn't have too much mental residue." ”

Smash the "0-70" Creation Bracelet is there.

Epli shook her head, "For now, the extraordinary trait I used for promotion is the best choice. ”

Hobert knew that his mother was special, so he nodded: "Okay, I'm on call." ”

Epli drank the tea in her cup and got up and said, "I've been here for days, it's time to go back." ”

She took Forth's hand and said, "Thank you for your hospitality these days." ”

The two of them exchanged a few polite words, and Epli opened two hazy doors and entered the spirit world to leave.

Hobert and Foerth chatted for half an afternoon over tea, smiles streaming over Foerth's face as Hobert explained to her in detail the curse on his body, the process of promotion, and the problems he was facing.

Foirth had been waiting for Hobart to take the initiative to talk about these things, and now he had finally heard Hobart's description.

In the evening, the two of them had a pleasant dinner and walked on the beach.

In the evening, after some intimacy, they habitually chatted about business.

Foirth told Hobart about the recent changes in Long Tail Island, the factories in the industrial area were fully operational, and the industrial products of South Coulson and Long Tail Island had begun to be sold in large quantities to the southern continent.

The Duchy of South Bailang is a huge market that can absorb excess capacity.

In addition, with the beginning of the war, the number of merchant and passenger ships decreased significantly, and the trade between Longtail Island and pirates was much less.

However, the income of the port of Tutuga did not decrease, because most of the pirates who had made money before lived in the port, waiting for the war to end, so that they could continue to "work".

There is another thing that Furth thinks is more special: "The manager of the 'Earl's Light', and Mr. Doffis, have come to me and say that a group of officers from the Rune Air Force want to visit Longtail Island. ”

"Let them come." Hobert stroked Forth's smooth back and said, "And be well entertained." ”

He took a deep breath, "It's time to show the world the fruits of Longtail Island and South Coulson's reforms. ”

This reminded Hobert: "Let the kitchen be prepared in advance the day after tomorrow, and I will entertain Gelman Sparrow again." ”

Furth agreed, "Okay." ”

Chatting and talking, Furth fell into a deep sleep.

Hobert looked at the ceiling silently, habitually thinking about his next plans, the most important thing for him at the moment was to digest the potion, prepare for the ritual of Sequence 1, and secretly build nine secret tombs.

In recent days, the potions have been digesting feedback, and Hobert intends to spend some time in the Duchy of South Bailang staring at the next step of land reform and institutional reform.

When the economic and political models of the Principality of South Bairan begin to function normally, it is estimated that most of the potions will be digested.

So there is no need to actively create opportunities to digest potions for the time being.

As for the ritual of Sequence 1, it wasn't that difficult for Hobert either.

The promotion to the "Prince of the Order" is a ritual of subverting the rule of a country, or establishing a state by mutiny. Create a system that goes against the common sense of the world in the established kingdom, and establish a culture and order that is difficult for everyone in the realm to accept.

"Subverting the rule of a country" can be used to attack the Highland Kingdom with all its might after completing the internal reforms of the Southern Principality of Bairan.

In its current form, Hobert was sure that the country would be destroyed before the end of the "world war".

This is to subvert the rule of a country in the form of force.

Even if the Highland Kingdom could not be destroyed, Hobert could immediately declare the independence of the Duchy of South Bailang and complete the "establishment of the state by mutiny".

As for the process of "creating" a system that goes against the common sense of the world, establishing an unacceptable culture and order, and digesting the potion of the "Duke of Entropy", it is tantamount to completing the ritual in this regard.

To be on the safe side, Hobert would also forcibly force the indigenous and indigenous people of the Duchy of South Bailang to abandon their primitive way of life, as well as to prohibit the belief in the "bound gods" or some wild gods, just as he did with the inhabitants of Longtail Island.

This will certainly cause great confusion again, and this is when Hobert needs to step in and perform some miracles to concentrate his belief in evil gods and wild gods on himself.

The benefits of this practice are many, as it can take advantage of the direct influence on their spirits and spirits, allowing them to master the Rune and Rune scripts as quickly as possible, as well as the values unique to the Principality of South Bailang.

In addition, this allows them to know who their king is, which is equivalent to preparing for the promotion ceremony of the "Black Emperor" in advance.

Eventually, Hobert began to think about building a mausoleum, which sounded difficult, but the ritual did not stipulate the size of the mausoleum, not necessarily the size of the pyramid, or the size of the emperor's tomb.

This reminded Hobart of what he had seen and heard in his previous work and the information he had seen, and he still had some experience in building a mausoleum, after all, he had often dug it before.

The difficulty of the nine mausoleums is actually the "secret construction".

First of all, there is a need for anti-divination arrangements, which can be done with Klein's help.

The second is to be intuitively unnoticed, after all, it is a large construction site and it is easy to spot.

Hobert has two ideas about this, one is to use some of the abilities of the "door" approach to hide the construction site in the "secret realm".

The second idea is to use the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" approach to forcibly "tamper with" and "distort" the space around the construction site to achieve a hidden effect.

At present, Hobert can do both of these things, and the first idea can be done using the power of the "0-71" old box.

But in the end, Hobert decided to use the second idea, which was a little safer.

Thinking about it, Hobert couldn't sleep until the second half of the night.

Listening to Folth's even breathing, Hobert kissed her forehead and "twisted" the air and blanket so that they continued to hug Forth as if they were himself.

Hobert took the opportunity to withdraw and "tampered" with the position and form of the clothes, so that their position changed from the form of stacking on the hanger and the stool to the state of wearing it on him in an instant.

Then Hobert "twisted" the space into the spirit world, came to the territory of the Duchy of South Bailang, and used the night to travel freely through his own realm, looking for a place to build a mausoleum.

Until dawn, Hobert came to the city of Angelou to rest.

As soon as he entered the command room, he found Archibald waiting for him with tea.

Hobert smiled unconsciously: "Dealing with the 'soothsayer' will save a lot of time, I was about to send the guards to find you, but I didn't expect you to have already divined my actions." ”

Archibald stood up and said, "My spirit just suddenly told me that when I came to the command room at this time, I would encounter good things. ”

"Your spiritual perception is accurate." Hobert sat down: "I'm going to talk to you about the promotion. ”

Archibald poured Hobert a cup of tea before returning to his original position.

Hobart asked, "Do you know the ritual of promotion to 'Ancient Scholar'?" ”

"I've heard of it."

"What do you think?" Hobert took a sip of tea: "After all, it is too troublesome to detach yourself from reality for at least 300 years and make yourself history." ”

Archibald: "I want you to help me ask the Maker for help." ”

Then he explained: "First of all, for a person like me, who has been doing half of the sequence for more than a hundred years3, the ritual of the 'ancient scholar' is not as important as that of the human extraordinary, and can be done in some clever way.

"My idea is to ask the 'Founder' to distort and tamper with my spiritual counterpart in order to defraud my own spirits and potions.

"When the promotion is completed, after the relevant information in the spirit world is restored, I will only be in a bad state for a few days at most, and I can spend those few days carefully."

Based on Archibald's perception and observation of the "Founder" in the previous decisive battle, he believes that with the current strength of the "Founder", he can do this.

Hobert bowed his head slowly, it was a very good experience to have a smart subordinate, there was no need to help him deal with problems, just help him with his own ideas, and help when necessary.

Then He pondered that the Creator could do this at the present time if he wore the uniqueness.

At the same time, he thought Archibald was a good idea, and in many cases, almost all of a person's occult information came from spiritual feedback.

This is the theoretical basis of divination, for example, divination of a person's location is to use the relevant extraordinary power to go to the spirit world to "inquire" about that person's information, so as to obtain that person's location.

But because there is no normal concept of time and space in the spirit world, it is sometimes possible to divinate the person's future position, or former position.

The higher the level of the "soothsayer", the stronger the ability to avoid this information interference, and the more accurate the divination results.

Using this theory, Archibald was only over a hundred years old when he was promoted, and he was not out of the real world, and after he took the potion, the information in the spirit world could not produce the correct feedback with the potion, so the promotion was likely to fail.

But if the information about him in the spirit world is tampered with, it will be able to form a correct feedback with the potion.

Such correct feedback would immediately crumble upon the promotion, but Archibald was born half an "Ancient Scholar", as if he had already digested half of the "Ancient Scholar's" potions.

This can be used to offset most of the damage caused by potions after promotion.

These thoughts instantly popped into Hobert's mind, and he only thought about it for a moment before saying, "I can help you to pray for the power of the 'Creator'."

"You can do some preparation for promotion."

The implication is that he was quite sure that he would be able to ask the "Creator" to help.

Archibald immediately got up to thank Hobert, who drank all the tea in his cup and got up to leave.

Back at the Governor's Mansion on Longtail Island, Furth hadn't gotten up yet.

Hobert lay back in his original position and rested for a while before waking Foirth up.

After making sure that the other party had to sleep a little longer, Hobert went to breakfast alone and returned to Beckland.

He did not return to the Earl's Court, but went directly to the Count's Light's treasurer's office.

Audrey, who was wearing a plain long dress, but still highlighted her good figure, had just come to the office and was about to hand a document to Susie when Hobart knocked on the door and came in.

Susie's paw that stretched out to pick up the document was immediately withdrawn, and Audrey also casually put the document back on the desk: "Hobert, why are you here?" ”

Hobert smiled, "Delay our beautiful financial director for a while, let's go out together." ”

Audrey looked Hobart up and down: "Okay." ”

She stepped forward and grabbed Hobert's arm, and the next second the two of them entered the spirit realm.

In the office, Susie looked at the place where someone had disappeared: "I'm out to play again, so I'll be left to work here." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, "picked up" the document with his paws, and went to the small desk that Audrey had prepared for it to work.

The relevant content of this document is the part of the work that it has been responsible for.

If an employee comes in at this time, they will only see the golden retriever sitting there in a daze, completely ignoring the documents in front of it, and what it is doing.

……

At this time, in the spirit world, Hobart said to Audrey: "Close your eyes, I'll surprise you!" ”

"What's the surprise?" Audrey asked as she obediently closed her eyes.

In the next second, the two of them left the spirit world, and Hobart smiled: "The surprise is just around the corner, open your eyes, the will will be!" ”

Audrey opened her eyes and found herself among the flowers, surrounded by birds and bees "buzzing" at work.

Because it was already winter in the North Continent at this time, Audrey didn't like to go to the greenhouse very much, so it had been a while since she had seen so many bright flowers.

She sighed: "It's so beautiful! ”

Hobert took her by the hand and came to the end of this flower-made corridor, where there was a pavilion that was not very high, and up a dozen steps, Audrey's entire view was completely occupied by the sea.

In the distance, the horizon blends with the sky, and you can see ships approaching the harbor and many seabirds hunting.

Outside the stone pavilion is the wide beach, and the waves slowly crash on the sand, which makes people's emotions slow down and feel the wonderful side of the sea.

"I love the design of this gazebo." Hobert smiled: "I can't see the sea in the garden, but when I come to this pavilion, my vision suddenly opens up. ”

Audrey sat on the stone bench, looked in the direction of the sea and said, "I feel like I could sit here all day." ”

Hobert sat down next to her: "Then sit here all day." ”

For the next two or three minutes, Audrey enjoyed the peace of mind, she took a deep breath and smiled and asked, "Is this a seaside villa for me?" ”

Because on the other side of the garden, there is also a three-storey villa, as well as a huge front yard and some supporting bungalow buildings.

"Yes." Hobert smiled, "It's the loot. ”

Located in Puerto Larnagua, the capital of Mirhebang, it took a warlord eight years to build the villa.

In the capital of another state, a large number of villas and mansions were also seized, and Hobert picked two seaside villas among the booty and gave them to Audrey and Furth respectively.

All the others were confiscated and became the offices of government functional departments.

Audrey did not refuse: "This is the most delightful gift I have ever received. ”

Hobert pointed to the front, gave a brief introduction to the villa, and watched Audrey for a while, and then took the initiative to talk about another topic: "You should form your own work team." ”

Foirth now has its own team, some recruited from the territory and some from the Traveler Institute.

Some of the team members helped her observe the implementation of some government policies, some were responsible for the finances of Longtail Island and South Coulson, some were responsible for the transportation of materials, some were responsible for agriculture and industry, and some helped her take care of the private property that Hobart had given her before, such as Green Hills.

They don't have any administrative powers, except that when Furth encounters some problems, she asks the people involved for the information she needs.

In the office, Foirth is already quite a queen.

It's just that the queen went to work a little late.

Hobert continued: "After the engagement, you will help me take care of some of the affairs of the Duchy as my fiancée, and at the same time, you will continue to be the financial director of the 'Earl's Light'. ”

Such a request made Audrey's heart very happy, and taking care of some principality affairs meant that Hobert took the initiative to bind her politics and interests.

She didn't care much about it herself, but it would make her parents and family members feel Hobert's sincerity.

Audrey asked curiously, "What part of the work are you going to put me in charge of?" When I was building a team, I had a direction. ”

Educated by an aristocratic family, she knew very well that it didn't matter if she lacked knowledge in a certain field, and that she could consult more relevant experts and hire professionals in that field to give her advice.

"Diplomacy!" Hobert had already planned this: "In the future, you will be the foreign minister of the principality, and I will give you a right-hand man, and you can recruit the other members yourself." ”

In His vision, the two queens were one inside the Lord and one outside the Lord.

Because Foirth doesn't have many relatives, if she is asked to help observe the governance situation in the country, there is no need to worry that the power of the "foreign relatives" will grow.

Audrey, on the other hand, has too many noble relatives, and in order to prevent these nobles from influencing the Duchy of South Bailang, and to avoid making Audrey too embarrassed, she was put in charge of external work.

Audrey didn't think as far as Hobart thought, and she smiled: "I can already imagine myself negotiating with representatives of other countries, and easily guessing their true intentions." ”

Hobert followed Audrey's words and said, "I think so too, this job can maximize your abilities. ”

Then He added, "After we get engaged, you will be ready to get to work, and in the near future the Duchy of Southern Bailang will negotiate with the Church of the Eternal Sun.

"Helen is in charge of this negotiation, and you can go with her and feel the working atmosphere when the time comes."

Audrey nodded: "Okay." ”

She planned to ask her father, Earl Hall, this afternoon what she should pay attention to when forming her own team.

Hobart then talks to Audrey about the Civil War and the emergence of the Extraordinary Beings of the Church of the Eternal Sun on the battlefield in Rockrell City.

Hobart speculated that this should be a test of the Eternal Sun Church's own bottom line, but in general, the two sides have the interests of the "Earl's Light" as a bond, and will cooperate around the principle of "fighting but not breaking".

After chatting for more than an hour, the two returned to Beckland, each going back to prepare for the engagement ceremony at noon.

Because this engagement ceremony was held during the war, in order to show that we shared the hardships with the kingdom, everything was kept simple, just according to the specifications of a normal duke-level drinking party.

Hobert couldn't wait to talk to the nobles about the civil war in the Duchy of South Bairan.

(End of chapter)