On the way home, Rogers sat in a comfortable carriage and looked out through the square window lattice.

At this time, before entering the populated area, I saw snowflakes falling from the sky one after another, making the visibility outside the window very low, and it was almost impossible to see the surrounding scenery.

The boundary between heaven and earth is blurred, as if the sky and the earth are one, leaving only a white expanse.

Only the procession of knights guarding him galloping past will bring a superfluous color.

It was not until late afternoon that the convoy entered the core of the Breed Territory, when the heavy snow gradually stopped.

Rogers did not go straight back to the Earl's Court, but stepped out of the carriage as he entered the town square.

"Every time I come back, I see a lot of changes." Rogers ran his hands over the collar of his trench coat, then put his cane on the ground, and said to Alina and Alice, who had gotten out of the car one after another.

Rufia returned to her home as was customary, and then came with her parents a few days later.

At present, the municipal square at the foot of Rutgers is extremely wide, paved with smooth marble, and the snow on the field has been cleaned up.

The imposing town hall, supported by several massive marble columns, stood in front of him, and many citizens were wrapped in cotton cloaks or overcoats.

Rutgers' impression of the town hall has not changed much, but the scene around it has been completely renewed, especially the newly paved square at the foot of the hall.

"What is that marble pedestal for?" Rogers pointed to the smooth and delicate pedestal in the center of the square, made of stone masonry and several meters high, and asked Hans, the personal attendant standing beside him.

"Back to the young master, the earl once said that after you are called a sage, your statue will be erected here." Hans replied with a smile.

"That should be huge." Alice measured it with her gaze and sighed with emotion.

Rogers ignored Alice's lamentation of his size, and instead looked at the sparse crowd in the distance.

One of them, wrapped in a black cloak and with an extremely tightly wrapped face, was staring at him.

At present, although Rogers was not escorted by as many knights on the way home, he still left a few armored knights to escort him.

When the passers-by saw him, they all bowed from a distance, and hurried to do their own thing, instead of standing to look at him.

"I'll go to do some business alone, you go back to the Earl's Court first, and tell my father that I will be back soon." Rogers tilted his head to Hans.

Hans opened his mouth to say something, but eventually he replied and reminded Rogers of a possible hidden danger in the crowd, apparently noticing that something was wrong with the man in the distance.

Rogers waved his hand casually, waved goodbye to Hans and the knights, and then walked with Alina and Alice towards the black-cloaked figure.

When he got closer, he motioned Alice to activate the [Concealment Bonus], hiding the three of them and the person opposite them from their bodies and aura.

"Good afternoon, Holy Son, I have followed your will and brought the succubus to your territory smoothly."

The man on the other side took off his hood and showed his face, it was the middle-aged cultist Luca who Rogers had instructed to transport the succubus while he was in Gerson's territory.

As soon as Rogers arrived at the square, he sensed the existence of the other party with the help of [royal power], and he didn't say much at the moment, and directly asked the other party to lead the way.

"Lord Holy Son, many devout cultists are building a secret palace for you in the Green Valley, and a dozen creatures that you will be interested in have gathered......" Luka whispered as she rubbed her hands together and leaned into Rogers' ear as she walked.

Rogers looked at Luca's frowning appearance, and soon understood that these creatures could only be succubi, and then saw the two girls on the other side whose expressions had changed significantly, and couldn't help but sigh and open his mouth to ask: "When I left that day, did I specifically tell you not to spread gossip?" ”

"I'm not gossiping about you." Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, Luka quickly straightened his waist and replied solemnly.

"And what's going on with what you're talking about?" Rogers' eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the other party faintly.

"In order to better fulfill your instructions, I have given you the same account as you have told the devout believers at that time, without the slightest change." Luca continued to reply quickly, small beads of sweat gradually appearing on his forehead as he spoke.

"Let's get down to business first, and then talk about these trivialities." Rogers glanced up and down at each other, not dwelling on the matter any longer.

When the position is high enough, the person below will always want to guess the mind of the person above it, which is not a bad thing, but sometimes it is not a good thing either.

Rogers doesn't hate people who are over-minded, but he also has to prevent them from being too over-the-top and causing unnecessary trouble.

After this, Luca noticeably became more cautious on the road, only talking about the transportation and placement of the succubus.

"Why do you always like to hide in places where civilians gather?" When Alice was walking with Luca, she noticed that something was not quite right in the direction, and when she heard that the other party had set up a stronghold in the Scarlo Gathering, she couldn't help but ask in a cold voice.

"This is the best solution we have come up with after a long period of practice." Luca responded sincerely.

Alice pursed her lips slightly, looked at Rogers beside her, and finally did not open her mouth to denounce the other party's shamelessness.

Instead of entering through the main entrance of the Scarlo set, they were led by Luca and walked into the set from a back path that Alice and Rogers didn't know about.

"Do you know what's going on over there? Why is there so much noise? Rogers heard the commotion and shouting coming from the main entrance of the large set, and asked Luca.

"There was a squire named Cordell who wanted to rebuild the place, but the merchants who made a living in the large concentration were not satisfied with the compensation and feared that the other party wanted to build the land into a residential area to be sold to the nouveau riche, so similar conflicts broke out with the servants of the Cordell family every day."

Luca explained the reason for Rogers in detail, and there was a resonant sigh in his tone.

They are driven around the Pantheon every day, and to some extent, they can truly understand the mentality of these vendors.

"I'll take care of this when I get home, don't worry." Rogers glanced at Alice's slightly gloomy face and soothed.

He had heard his father mention the name Cordell, and with the support of the lords of the East, he had united many squires to form a construction guild that spanned industry, agriculture, and transportation, which was barely a tool to use.

And the development of this construction guild is not bad, it already has the prototype of a company group, and it can help the lords share a lot of things.

"Thank you." Alice's cheeks were filled with joy when she heard this, and a sweet smile on her lips thanked her.

"The newspapers are very cheap now, and the "New People's Protection Act" that the first prince helped you promote has been gradually implemented, and it has been published in these newspapers.

"People who feel that they have a backing will only continue to accumulate more and more courage and anger when facing the wolves that are gradually oppressing them."

Alina watched the expressions of the vendors around her look at the front entrance, tugged at Rogers' sleeve, and solemnly reminded him.

Rogers bowed his head slowly when he heard this, and did not continue to talk about this matter in depth, but just urged Luca to lead the way.

A few people walked back and forth through the alleys deep in the main market until they entered the basement of an old shop.

There wasn't much space in the basement, and after Rogus had swept away the few cultists stationed there, Lyka began to cast a spell as instructed, opening the coffin in the middle of the clearing.

Rogers looked at Liravina, who hadn't changed much, and after waking the other party, he opened his mouth to say a series of his own requests.

The content is mainly to ask the other party to go to the border of the green valley, and prepare for a ritual to summon the catastrophe in the area close to the Santan camp, and as for the most important flesh sacrifice, Rogus only said that the other party does not need to worry about it.

Four of the catastrophes are the most special, and they do not have a fixed disaster invoking medium, which are ground movement, hurricanes, floods, and fires.

Liravina is in possession of the ritual that summons an earthquake, but the source of this earthquake is an elemental creature, and its manifestation is different from that of ordinary earthquakes.

Rutgers is not only trying to solve many problems at once, but also wants to use it to strengthen his position and lay the foundation for his rise to gold.

In return, Rogers promised to return the favor as long as Liravina was willing to agree to his request and didn't make any messy gestures when completing the mission.

After struggling for a long time, Liravina finally chose the only option she could choose and signed a series of complicated contracts with Rutgers.

As she leaves, Rogus asks Aliana's Shadow Demon to stay next to Liravina, and teaches her how to use sacrifice to open a teleportation channel, so that he can be summoned by teleportation at any time necessary.

After dealing with all this, Rogers returned to the Earl's Court with peace of mind.

Upon his return, he had afternoon tea with Alina and Alice, with the Earls of Breed and Earl Derwin, and it was during this time that he told the Scarlo Gathering about it, proposing that it be turned into a tourist and commercial attraction rather than simply tear it down and rebuild it.

Earl Brad had no objection to this, and without even weighing the stakes, he simply agreed to Rogers' request.

"Father, you and your mother are not too young, when will you be able to give birth to new blood for our family to enrich the glory of the family?"

Under the gazebo, at the stone round table, Rogers finished his business and noticed that Earl Brad's eyes often hovered over him, Alina, and Alice, and he was the first to speak.

The originally harmonious scene also quieted down, and Earl Devon picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, and commented inexplicably: "It's worthy of you kid." ”

Earl Brad was silent for a moment, and the expression on his face did not change when he heard this rude words come out of his son's mouth.

Everyone present was extremely close, so he didn't need to think about how to defuse this "table incident" to maintain the dignity of the Braid's family, but slowly rolled up his sleeves gracefully and silently.

"I'm full! First faux pas, retreat! Seeing this, Rogers let out a full hiccup, got up and stroked his chest and saluted, and quickly ran towards his bedroom without looking back, even using the power stored in the [Devouring Bonus].

Alina and Alice also stood up and saluted together, and then chased after Rogth's rapidly disappearing figure.

"The children have grown up a lot and become a lot stronger." Earl Braider looked at the backs of several people who were far away, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to Earl Derwin on the same side.

"It's not been two years, and they've grown so much taller." Earl Devon also seemed to be infected, pinched his delicate beard, and sighed: "In addition to them, whether it is the territory or the empire, it has also changed a lot......"

……

In the circular hall in front of Rogers' bedroom, the three of them sat on the sofa, eating a variety of delicacies brought by Hans.

A few small pastries for afternoon tea couldn't satisfy Rogers' appetite at all, and now he just wanted to satisfy his taste buds and stomach unscrupulously.

Until the sun sank outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and when dusk fell, he rubbed his lower abdomen a few times and lay down on the back of the sofa.

After a while, Hans hurried to the couch and looked at Rogers with a strange expression, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Rogers was also strange when he saw this, and said directly: "Say it, don't worry about it." ”

"Young Master, Cordell replied that the reconstruction of the Scallo Daji is a project that has been planned by the Construction Guild for a long time, and not only the Braider family, but also many lords in the East have participated in the investment, and he has no way to stop the project without authorization, this is the private complaint letter he submitted to you."

When Hans finished his report, he handed Rogers a beautifully wrapped piece of letterhead.

Rogers frowned and took the letterhead, Alice worried, and Alina's face showed a little surprise.

Does he know who he's talking to? A squire who didn't have a knighthood dared to say such a thing to a high-ranking nobleman's heir, a baron? Alina asked.

She had seen many strange things with Rutgers, but Cordell's response made her so alien to the Eastside that she couldn't help but wonder if she had missed out on some disruptive changes during her time at school.

"I heard that Cordell has been trying to beg Lord Breed and Lord Earl Devon to confer on him the title of viscount, and he often entertains the lords of the East on a daily basis, and has spent a lot of money to hire a gold-rank ranger as a guard, and in recent times, he is considered the most concrete citizen of the East."

Hans replied with a smile at Alina, his words mixed with subtle tones.

Rogers looked down at the large passage on the letter that carried the banner of the Lords of the East, and the hard work of the Construction Guild to the industry, agriculture, finance, and transportation of the East.

"It was as if he was beating me, and what I saw in the letter was not a decent citizen, but the economic king of the East."

He handed the letter to Alina, and continued to refresh the other party's worldview.

I thought that after returning home, I would have to face the attack of the Santa clan, the calculation of the magic school, and the pressure of the emperor, but Rogus never expected that the first trouble to jump out would be this kind of trouble.

He took a sip of black tea, and said Congressman Frank's lines with a smile on the corner of his mouth:

"Approaching power can make some people think that they also have power, and I want to nip that illusion in the bud."

(End of chapter)