Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Hobert thought about it for a moment and immediately agreed: "Okay!

"But our wedding is planned to be held in my territory."

He suddenly thought that the wedding of Earl Christian's son would definitely attract many dignitaries to attend, which would be a wave of publicity for his territory.

Seeing that Hobert agreed so happily and in such an occasion, Forsi couldn't say anything else.

Menlisa nodded: "You decide this."

She added: "I will ask Dophis to come to Jeffrey a few days in advance to help you decorate the wedding scene and prepare for the reception in advance."

After the marriage was agreed upon, Monlisa was able to enjoy the delicious food.

The wedding date of Hobert's previous marriage had not been set, which had always made her very worried.

Hobert then introduced Freya, because this was a family dinner, Hobert did not let Helen attend.

But Helen didn't have time to attend at noon today. She went to report to Ms. Monica.

Monlisa introduced a young man in his twenties she brought: "This is Angus Jeffrey, your cousin."

Angus stood up politely and bowed slightly towards Hobert.

Hobert also stood up and shook hands with him politely. He was a little surprised: Why did a cousin suddenly appear? Doesn’t Christine have any siblings? Could it be... could it be Christine's illegitimate child?

Whatever the cousin's background, the protagonists of this lunch were Hobert, Monissa, and Donna. With Donna enlivening the atmosphere, the atmosphere in the restaurant is fun.

Donna suddenly said to Hobert: "I don't plan to go back, Hobert, you can give me a high-ranking position."

Hobert smiled: "Even I am just a baron, how can you be a high official for you?"

"Then you can just make me a knight!"

"Stop messing around and go back to school."

"I know the secret between you, father, and Dophis!" Donna laughed and said, "Father let me choose my own life."

Hobert was stunned: "What secret?"

"This is the secret of your magical abilities!"

Hobert glanced at Monlisa, who smiled and said: "If you need help here, keep her. I can rest assured that she is here with you."

Only then did Hobert nodded: "I happen to be short of a trustworthy person to collect taxes for me, so why not give this job to you. But I have to agree in advance that if you are short of money, you can ask me for it. If you want to hide the taxes, If you pay, I will send you home immediately."

Just as Monlisa was about to say something, Hobert added: "It is impossible for you to be the person in charge of taxation at the beginning. Let's do this. There is a meeting this afternoon. You can attend it together and follow them outside first. Go for a run and learn about the specific work conditions.”

Donna agreed immediately: "No problem!"

This arrangement also made Monlisa feel relieved: "I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I will go and listen to your meeting."

Hobert nodded: "Okay."

"In addition," Monlisa said, "Your father asked you to arrange an errand for Angus."

Hobert didn't know the truth about this guy, so he didn't agree immediately: "I'll think about it and find him a good job."

The official business was discussed here, and the whole family did not talk about these matters again after that.

Hobert didn't feel that talking about business at the family dinner ruined the atmosphere. In his opinion, it was a matter of people talking to their own people behind closed doors.

After having a hearty lunch, Hobert took them to the yard that had been prepared in advance to rest.

Both Donna and Angus went to rest. Monlisa said that she was not tired yet and asked Hobert to talk to her for a while.

As Hobert expected, his mother actually talked about Angus's origins as soon as she came up: "Your father's surname is actually Tudor. You should already know that."

"knew."

"Well, there are basically three descendants of the Tuduo family, one of which is the family where your father was born." Monlisa explained: "When your father was young, he was not convinced by the patriarch's allocation of family resources. Break away from the family and develop on your own."

Only then did Hobert realize that his mother, Lisa, knew a lot of secrets. She had just not been involved in some of Kristen's affairs before, or she had been involved, but Hobert didn't know about it.

Monlisa continued: "No matter how difficult your father was in the Southern Continent, the Tuduo family never offered a helping hand.

"Now your father is very much appreciated by Fernando II, and they came to ask your father to join the family council of elders.

"Your father told them he didn't have time, so they sent Angus, saying he would be your father's helper.

“It’s not good for your father to stay or drive him away, so he sent Angus to you.

"Just find him any job. If it doesn't work, drive him away. The Tuduo family hasn't given you any favors anyway, so there's no need to be polite to them."

Hobert asked: "What is the sequence of Angus?"

"It should be Sequence 6."

Hobert smiled: "It's a pity to drive him away. I'm just preparing to clear out the surrounding Extraordinary forces. After all, it's Sequence 6, so I won't use it in vain."

Meng Lisa also smiled: "You make the decision yourself."

Then Monlisa talked about Forsi again, how much she liked him. Hobert also followed this topic and talked about the process of getting acquainted with Forsi.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, according to Hobert's notice yesterday, Conrad, Philip, Roy and others came to the main hall to participate in the meeting held by the lord.

When they saw Meng Lisa sitting on the Lord's seat, they were all slightly startled, but they still called out together: "Old Madam."

Hobert, who was sitting in front of Monlisa, said: "My mother wanted to hear about the management of the territory, so she came to this meeting with me."

Hobert knew that this was because Monlisa was worried about whether he could be a good lord? After all, from lawyer to lord, the professional span is quite wide.

"Let's discuss the redistribution of land first." Hobert asked Conrad: "How are the preparations going?"

"The manpower is already in place." Conrad said: "I am training them and it will officially start in a few days."

Hobert said: "I plan to ask you to form a publicity group and go to each village to publicize the land redistribution policy, so that we can give them better training during work."

“But,” Conrad said, “This time we are redistributing the land by confiscating the village tyrant’s land and giving it to other villagers.

"If it is publicized in advance, it will give the village tyrants some time to prepare."

The previous land registration has made the land situation in Jeffrey's territory very clear.

These village tyrants were all people who had been favored by Viscount Wright before, or who supported the gangsters in power. A few of them actually controlled nearly one-third of the land.

There was also land that belonged to the group of bandits on the mountain. Some of that land belonged to Viscount Wright's family before, and some of it was taken by the bandits from the villagers by force.

The bandits have long been defeated by Hobert, but the ownership of these lands is a problem.

The remaining one-third of the land belongs to the vast majority of the population, the owner-cultivators.

Hobert smiled: "What are they preparing for? Rebellion?

“Not only do we want to promote the policy of equal land distribution, we mainly tell them that from now on, the ownership of all land in the territory belongs to the lord.

“After the land is given to them, they only have the right to cultivate and lease it, but not to buy or sell it.

"Even if it is a lease contract, it must be reported to the Lord's Mansion, otherwise the contract will be invalid!"

If those village bullies dare to resist, it would be a better solution. They can be tied directly to the construction site and undergo labor reform for a year or two first.

Conrad said: "Yes, I will do a good job in publicity accordingly!"

Hobert said to Schier again: "You lead people to protect the safety of the propaganda team."

After all, this is tampering with the interests of some people, so it’s better to be careful.

Sil said: "Yes!"

Then Hobert added: "My mother also brought 300 new rifles, dozens of pistols, and two instructors.

"After you complete the task of protecting the propaganda team, organize fifty young adults to formally form the army led by Jeffrey.

"Do you still remember my previous request?"

Schier said happily: "Remember! You can't just recruit young people from the towns. Try to evenly distribute the quotas to the entire Jeffrey Territory. I happened to go to each village with the publicity team to confirm the quotas."

Hobert nodded with satisfaction and said to Kerwin on the side: "You will also join this publicity group to promote my simplified 12 regulations.

"Originally, this was your father's job. Now I'll leave this job to you first."

Finally, Hobert said to Donna: "And you, Donna, you are following the promotion of the new tax law. Do you know personal income tax and commercial tax?"

Of course everyone knows that Donna is the lord's sister, but since the lord directly calls her Donna, it means that there are work requirements for her.

Although Donna's college major was not law, she also knew some basic knowledge of personal income tax and business tax.

After listening to her description, Hobert added some details. In the future, Jeffrey's personal income tax will start from 2 gold liso per month, and will be divided into several levels. From 2 gold riso to 5 gold riso, One level, 5 to 10 gold lisso is another level.

The higher the level, the greater the tax rate.

Commercial tax is collected starting from 1 gold liso and above for a single transaction, and is divided into two tax collection standards, one is the transaction amount, and the other is the tax category.

These tax laws are of little use now, because the monthly income of the residents of Jeffrey's Land, except for some people who work in the Lord's Mansion, is almost all below 2 gold liso.

The transaction is only for vegetables and other crops. It is currently impossible for the shops in Jeffrey Town to have a one-time transaction volume of more than 1 gold riso.

When the territory developed, it was time to collect taxes.

Finally, I discussed with Roy the progress of the project. Now more than 600 people have been mobilized and preparations have begun to lay the railway and build a concrete road leading to the mountain.

Renovation work in the town has also begun, but the problem is that the building materials have run out, and Roy can only instruct them to dig the foundation according to the drawings.

Hobert asked Roy to clear a patch of ground, and the first batch of building materials was about to arrive.

Monlisa, who had been watching, nodded with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, Hobert was only in his twenties and had never been a noble before, but he could manage the territory in an orderly manner, at least it looked orderly.

She didn't quite understand the role of Hobert's new policies, but she still had the ability to see people. The people who worked for Hobert were all smart, capable and loyal enough to Hobert.

Whether a person is capable or not can be seen from the way he speaks, and their dissatisfaction with Monlisa sitting on the main seat is enough to express the lord's status in their hearts.

At the end of the meeting, Hobert asked Donna and Kerwin to attend the publicity team meeting as Conrad's subordinates and prepare to start "going to the countryside" this afternoon.

The term "going to the countryside" was "invented" by Hobert just now. Hobert literally translated it as "going to the countryside" and its extended meaning was "going to the countryside to carry out relevant work."

There is no concept of "going to the countryside" in the current Northern Continent, but now Hobert has made it clear that understanding of rural conditions is an important criterion for the promotion of government officials in the Jeffrey Territory.

After Conrad and others left to implement the work at the meeting, Monlisa encouraged Hobert a few words, praising him for knowing so much about the territory in such a short period of time.

After just saying a few words, Allen came to report: "Sir, Miss Helen has brought Ms. Monica."

Hobert nodded and said to Monlisa: "Mother, you go to the backyard to rest first. I want to talk to them about something alone."

Monlisa agreed, and Forsi accompanied her to leave through the side door.

Hobert came out of the main hall and welcomed Monica into the side hall.

Although the side hall is also very spacious, it is much smaller than the main hall. It also has sofas and coffee tables, making it a very suitable place for confidential conversations.

Monica's temperament is still so charming, she doesn't need to use "charm", she can show her feminine charm with every move she makes.

However, Hobbit has reached Sequence 5 at this time and can already face the charm displayed by Monica.

After a few simple polite words, Hobert said: "Ms. Monica, you should have heard that the channel of the Taidig River has been reopened.

"Although we have only cooperated politically, there is no cooperation in terms of interests..."

Hobert's so-called "political cooperation" means that he acquiesces to the religious legitimacy of the "Gnosis Society", and the "Gnostic Society" recognizes the legitimacy of Hobert's rule over Jeffrey.

"As a political ally, I have to remind you that this will be a sea change for South Colson, so please prepare accordingly," Hobert tried.

Ms. Monica smiled and said: "Lord Hobert, your ability far exceeds our imagination, and we are already preparing for it.

"But according to our predictions, the Earth Mother Church should not be able to send demigods to South Colson, so we only need to do some training for the believers to hide their beliefs."

They are very good at this. After all, believers in the "Gnosis Society" in other places preach in secret and hold rituals in secret.

Hobert said seriously: "If you think so, then please forgive me, I will terminate the political alliance with you."

Monica was stunned for a moment before smiling and said: "We can't possibly compete with the Earth Mother Church for believers!"

Although the Earth Mother Goddess Church will not send demigods here, if they discover that there are so many "Gnostic Society" believers here, they will definitely organize enough power to eliminate them.

"With all due respect, the decision-makers of the Gnosis Society are simply a bunch of idiots!" Hobert said: "It is precisely because the Mother Earth Church is weak in South Colson County that you have the opportunity to legalize it!

"There is not only the power of the Gnostic Society here, but also the power of the Blood Worship Cult and the power of the Aurora Society. You can completely cooperate with the Earth Mother Goddess Church to eliminate these forces, and then use the base of believers to gain legalization. Chance."

Ms. Monica was stunned for a moment before smiling and said: "You are a born politician, but you don't understand religion, and the Earth Mother Church will not allow us to exist.

"Even if we help them get rid of the other extraordinary forces entrenched here, they will still turn around and eliminate us."

"This is why I invited you here." Hobert said: "I am preparing to form my own official extraordinary force. As a political ally, I invite some extraordinary forces from the Gnosis Society to join in to help solve extraordinary events involving religion. .

"If you are willing to join, I will help you talk to the Earth Mother Goddess Church about your legality.

"At the same time, this is also a political commitment to you as your political ally. Even if the Mother Earth Church does not keep its credibility afterwards, I can still keep the official status given to you. The Gnosis Society has always had a legal branch in South Colson. The power exists.”

This was something Monica didn't expect. She fell into deep thought for a brief moment. After half a minute, she asked: "Aren't you afraid that getting involved with Gnosis will affect your political career and personal reputation?"

Hobert smiled: "Strength is the only criterion for measuring a person in this world."

"I mean can you withstand the pressure?" Monica asked: "I can see that you have been promoted to Sequence 5, and I also know that your father is Christine.

"But this kind of power doesn't seem to be enough to make the Earth Mother Goddess Church give in to you father and son."

Hobert simply made it clear: "I understand what you mean, you are afraid that I am also using you, and you are afraid that I will betray you.

“Let’s put it this way, I can always ask a saint to help me fight against demons and demigods from the Aurora Society.

"The reason why I cooperate with you does have my purpose, but my purpose is to hope that you can have a certain degree of legitimacy in my territory, so as to prevent the Church of the Mother Earth from becoming a dominant force in my territory.

"I think this is a cooperation where we each get what we need. Do you want to live in the shadow of the Zhengshen Church forever? Do you want to continue preaching in such a secretive way?"

Hobert's last words touched Monica. As long as they have been in the sun, who is willing to live secretly?

She was silent for a long time before saying: "This is not something I can take charge of."

Most of the main leaders of the Gnosis Society are Extraordinaries of the "Gate" path. Monica and some witches are only responsible for "diplomatic work."

Hobert finally gave out the most valuable information: "You'd better come to a conclusion quickly. I just got the news yesterday that the people from the Earth Mother Church will arrive in Jeffrey Town in two or three days. "

In fact, Bishop Simpson mentioned this matter in a letter when he received the payment for the ancient Canglong Beast spiritual materials. The reason why he told Monica now was just to put enough pressure on them.

After sending Monica away, Hobert asked Alan to call his cousin Angus. The two of them exchanged a few simple words before Hobert asked: "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and there is a job that is very suitable for you. , I am forming the official extraordinary force in the territory, and I need a trustworthy captain, and I think you are a perfect fit!"

Angus's eyes lit up. Although the Tudor family had a long and glorious history, no matter how strong this family was, they were still wild Extraordinaries.

Precisely because they had once been the masters of the Tudor Empire, they were particularly interested in the status of official Beyonders.

The Tudor family sent Angus here in the hope of using Christine's identity to gain a certain semi-official status in Feneport and at least establish a reliable stronghold.

But Angus didn't expect that he would be sent directly to this remote country. It was neither for him to leave nor for him to stay.

He had already given up any hope in the errand assigned to him by Hobert. Unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse and he actually had the opportunity to become an official Beyonder.

As for Hobert, he certainly would not completely hand over the power of the official Beyonders to the "Gnosis Society".

Before learning the details of Angus, Hobert had always planned to cultivate official Beyonders on his own. He was a little slow, but the power he cultivated was relatively reassuring.

At that time, Hobert had no plans to introduce the power of the "Gnosis Society" to official Beyonders.

After learning that Angus came from the Tudor family, he immediately had the idea of ​​introducing external forces to fight against the demons and the Aurora Society. Even if there were battle losses, he would not be heartbroken.

On the other hand, Hobert plans to cultivate his own extraordinary strength among Schier's 50-man army.

Angus nodded almost immediately: "I am willing to stay in Jeffrey Territory and become a member of the official Beyonders here."

Hobert nodded and asked, "What is your sequence?"

"Sequence 6."

"'Judge' or 'Corrupted Baron'?"

"Judge!"

Christine, a member of the Tudor family, basically switched to the "arbitrator" path very early on.

"You should have heard about the reward placed on me by the Kingdom of Loen. They sent many mercenaries to kill me, including a 'Punishing Knight'." Hobert smiled and said, "It's a pity that they all died in here!"

Angus's eyes lit up!

"I don't know if it's easy for you in the family to be assigned the opportunity to be promoted to 'Punishing Knight'." Hobert saw Angus's eyes and already knew: "But here, as long as you are qualified, As long as you make enough contributions in this job, the extraordinary characteristics will be yours!"

Angus quickly said: "I will definitely be qualified for this job!"

Hobert nodded: "Then the first task I give you is to go back to the family and find some people of the same clan who want to become official Extraordinaries, but you have to make it clear to them that being an official Extraordinary is majestic, but There is also a lot of danger, so they need to be mentally prepared.”

Angus smiled and said: "As long as you are in the extraordinary world, there may be danger anywhere."

He asked again: "How many people do I need to find?"

Hobert said: "You have to figure it out. The other captain is also a Sequence 6 and has about seven or eight subordinates."

But whether that captain exists or not is still unknown.