Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Finally, Hobert thought about the deal with Fabuti. He still felt that the deal was full of doubts.

His suspicions started from the previous channeling. It seemed that the information was deliberately not processed by Fabuti or the high-level demons to mislead him.

Moreover, during the conversation, Fabuti mentioned the concept of "deal" many times, which also aroused Hobert's alert. Whether it was in the story of the AD era or in the story of this extraordinary world, anyone who had made a deal with the devil No one ends well.

There is another thing that Hobert thought of in his dream but did not say it out loud: Could the sacrifices of the demons be affected by the "Mother Tree of Desire"? This may be how the "Mother Tree of Desire" searches for Farbuti.

Regarding this point, Hobert felt that Farbuti should not have thought of it. In this case, Farbuti still wanted to kill those demons. Obviously Farbuti was hiding something on this issue.

In addition, Fabuti was able to take back the extraordinary characteristics of two angels "Blood Archduke" before, but now he can't even take back the extraordinary characteristics of a demigod and several sequence 5?

Hobert guessed that there were only three reasons why Fabuti entrusted this matter to him. The first reason was that he had split himself once, and his condition should not be much better.

The second reason is that if He takes action again, he may be noticed by the "Mother Tree of Desire".

The third reason may be that he discovered the aura of the "country of disorder" in Hobert and used this transaction to set a trap for Hobert.

Hobert believes that Fabuti’s behavior should be related to all three reasons.

In the end, Hobert decided to do whatever he wanted without being influenced by Fabuti.

However, Hobert did not intend to have a complete stalemate with Fabuti. He planned to face Fabuti in a "fight without breaking up" method.

After all, this is the mortal enemy of the "Mother Tree of Desire", and Hobert believes that if the Balk family wants to become bigger and stronger, it will definitely have a lot of conflict with the "Rose School". The "Mother Tree of Desire" is also a potential enemy of Hobert. .

The enemy of your enemy is a force that can be harnessed and united.

After thinking about this, Hobert left the "Land of Disorder" and returned to the bedroom to sleep.

He deliberately did not bring the ring into the real world, which was a deterrent to Fabuti if the painting was part of his perception.

…

In the early morning, there was a layer of mist floating on the Taidig River, making the entire Fenerport Port a little hazy.

This morning, many people came to the port and looked at the lower reaches of the Taidig River.

Most of them are people from shipping companies or freight companies. They came here just because they heard the news: the shipping on the Taidig River seems to have been reopened.

"I'm coming!"

A huge "figure" broke through the fog and appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Its appearance gradually became clearer, and finally it slowly docked.

This was the "Nohal" that arrived at Fenneport ahead of schedule despite everyone expecting it to be seriously overdue.

The dock was already noisy with people and discussions.

When Captain Dean and others disembarked, reporters and colleagues immediately gathered around and asked questions.

But most reporters are asking: "Did you encounter any accidents along the way?"

"How do you feel now?"

This type of problem.

Among the crowd, there was a young man in his twenties, dressed as a reporter, who shook his head: Sure enough, he was hired with money, and he didn't get to the point of the question at all.

It’s not as good as the question asked by colleagues in some freight companies: “How many days were saved in total on this voyage?”

Dean smiled and replied: "As you know, even though we sailed carefully all the way, it only took half the time."

"Are there any supply ports along the way?"

"Did you encounter any danger?"

"..."

The young reporter finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Captain Dean, how did you defeat those gangsters?"

"It's not that we defeated them." Dean smiled: "It was Baron Hobert and his entourage who easily defeated those gangsters!"

The young reporter then asked: "Why does Baron Hobert help you?"

Dean pointed to the flag planted on the bow of the ship: "This is the protection promised by Lord Hobert. As long as the flag of Jeffrey Territory is planted on the bow of the ship, any danger encountered in the South Colson area will be protected." Send a flare for help! Lord Hobart's help will arrive in time."

Flag, help, protection! The reporters who were invited discovered that all this was full of legend and was indeed news worth reporting!

At this time, the reporters opened their shorthand notebooks and began to record everything.

Once they entered a professional state, the reporters asked the main point: "Is this Baron Hobert the gentleman who was offered a reward of 10,000 pounds by King Loen?"

"After he went to Jeffrey's Territory, were there any new changes in that territory?"

"What? The channel was opened by Baron Hobert?"

"The place is so chaotic that gangsters have become the rulers?"

"..."

There was no longer any need for the young reporter to guide them. The reporters asked about the current situation of Nan Colson and Jeffrey Territory bit by bit. The people around them showed enough surprise, which made the reporters even more convinced that this must be A report that is sufficiently engaging for readers.

The young reporter withdrew from the crowd and came to the corner. His appearance quickly changed, and finally he became Baron Hobert himself, who was having a heated discussion on the dock.

Then a phantom seemed to appear around Hobert, making everyone unconsciously ignore him.

Soon, Hobert disappeared into the air, but no one around him seemed to notice this.

At this time, a small warship docked. Dressed in a military uniform and looking heroic, Ethel got off the warship and saw the lively scene at the cargo terminal.

Ethel was a little curious and called her adjutant: "Go and ask what's going on?"

Just when Ethel got on the carriage, the adjutant had already inquired clearly: "General, the channel of the Taidig River has been reopened."

"Oh?" Ethel smiled: "That way, future freight transportation will be much more convenient."

She didn't take it seriously and thought it was the royal family that had reopened the channel.

Ethel came to the palace unimpeded and met Fernando II in the spacious and luxurious Cassia Hall.

The Cassia Hall is part of Fernando II's palace, with an area similar to that of a great hall. It is the place where Fernando II summons his cronies to discuss internal issues within the royal family.

If it is a routine matter, it will be handled in his office.

The father and daughter first said some words of condolences, and then Ethel reported on the process of commending the senior spy.

But she did not mention the prince's harm to her. She only said that the spies of the Republic of Intis obtained relevant information and exposed her whereabouts and the identity of the senior spy.

She has completely destroyed the Intis Republic's intelligence network in the northern theater.

After talking about official business, the father and daughter started chatting. Ethel discovered just now that there was a map of Colson County hanging on the wall: "Father, I heard on the dock. The channel of the Taidig River has been reopened?"

"Yes." Fernando II said: "Hobert just submitted the relevant report two days ago. I asked someone to investigate it. There is indeed news that a cargo ship docked this morning."

"Hobert? Hobert Geoffrey? That traitor?" Ethel had no good impression of these traitors.

Fernando II suddenly laughed and said: "That idiot George III, it doesn't matter that Christine, who he has been suppressing, is a talent. Christine's son is also very capable. He actually sealed the pollution of Full Moon Lake and dredged the Taidig River. channel."

This surprised Ethel: "I remember that the pollution in Full Moon Lake seems to be able to corrode even demigods, right?"

Fernando II nodded: "Hobert said in the report that he found inspiration from a sealing circle in the family classics and tried to complete the seal."

The king paused and then said: "I am about to send someone to find out the specific situation."

He looked at the map of Colson County, took a deep breath and said, "The next step is to find a way to take back the governance power of these local nobles."

The Kingdom of Feneport had many successful cases of this kind before, and it was not difficult for Fernando II.

"I wonder where Hobert got so much money?" Fernando II was very eager to talk about this matter: "I just received a report from the Teutonic Viscount this morning. It seems that Hobert is going to expand Jeffrey Town into Small city size.”

Ethel smiled: "Then let him build it. When the fruit is ripe, it will be time to pick it.

"We can also invest in the Teutonic Viscount's territory and cultivate the Teutonic Viscount, and use this excuse to send our people to prepare for taking back the governance there."

Fernando II nodded: "Your two brothers are not as good as you!"

…

Jeffrey collar.

Hobert, who went for a "walk" around Feneport Port early in the morning, drank a large bowl of hot porridge in the restaurant.

There is no eating habit of drinking porridge in the morning in the Kingdom of Feneport, but now Hobert no longer cares about being gregarious, he does whatever makes him feel comfortable.

After breakfast, Hobert came to the study and continued to teach Freya words.

After the learning process was over, Hobert asked: "You went out for a long time yesterday. How did you feel?"

Freya's eyes suddenly turned red: "Teacher, why doesn't Backlund have an institution to protect the poor?

“I just remember that the patrolman was very scary, he would beat people at every turn, and he would make judgments in favor of whoever paid more money.

"No one cares about our life and death. No one gives us a little bit of the rich's money. Even if it's just a little bit, people won't die every day."

Hobert smiled and said: "The situations of Backlund and Jeffrey are different. If there is a chance in the future, I will tell you about Backlund's problem again.

"Today we are only talking about the issue of Jeffrey Territory. Do you think that after I divide the land equally, the lives of the villagers will be better? Will the bullies in the village disappear?"

Freya thought for a moment: "It should be possible. I asked Miss Donna to translate for me and asked the villagers some questions.

“Everyone had to depend on the bully because the bully was cruel and the villagers owed the bully some food.

"The land is divided equally, and the bullies no longer have so many sources of food. Gradually, everyone no longer owes the bullies anything, and the bullies will no longer be vicious."

Hobert nodded with satisfaction: "You can take the initiative to investigate, which is beyond my expectation.

"What you did is right, and you will do the same in the future. Without investigation, you have no right to speak!

“The reason why many policies of countries in the Northern Continent today arouse huge conflicts is precisely because the government’s investigation is not strong enough, and the responses it makes are full of self-righteousness by some officials.

"But the analysis after the investigation is equally important. We must be good at finding the essence of the problem and the source of the contradiction!"

Hobert cannot remember many of the original words in "On Contradiction", but many of the theories in it are still fresh in his mind.

He continued: "On the surface, the relationship between the bully and the villagers is one of interest, but in fact it also involves the issue of the right to handle civil disputes!

“A large part of the reason why villagers rely on village tyrants is that village tyrants can relatively fairly resolve civil disputes in the village, and their solutions are timely and binding.

“Because it is only ‘relatively fair’, the village bully will naturally favor the party close to them, so everyone has no choice but to rely on him and try to become the party close to the village bully.

“The so-called timeliness means that they can solve problems flexibly according to the situation on site.

"The so-called binding force means that after solving the problem, they can give both parties enough binding force to enable both parties to implement their solutions."

Freya thought for a long time before saying: "In other words, the problem of village bullies still cannot be completely solved, and the villagers will still be oppressed by them?"

"This is exactly what I want to say next, the third step after investigating clearly and sorting out the main contradictions." Hobert smiled: "Solve the problem properly!

“Now that the main contradiction has been clarified, wouldn’t it be good to take back the right to resolve civil disputes?

“It’s just that solving problems requires methods, and it’s unrealistic for villagers to go to the lord’s mansion to resolve disputes.

"Then the staff of the Lord's Mansion can go to the countryside. Going with Corwin to promote simplified regulations is a start.

“In the future, there will be a civil court in the town, and there will also be three inspection teams. Their task is to go around the villages every day and resolve various disputes among the villagers.

"In three months at most, the last breeding ground for bullies will be completely gone!"

The more Freya listened, the brighter her eyes became: "I knew the teacher would have a solution!"

Hobert smiled and said: "Others can just learn the problem-solving model, but you have to learn the problem-solving process!"

Freya seemed to tremble all over and thought about a lot of things at once. Then she immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Hobert without saying anything.

For the first time, Hobert felt signs that the potion was being digested. Although not much was digested, probably only one-tenth or even one-tenth, it was a good sign that it had started to be digested.

Hobert asked Freya to continue practicing the words, while he considered the problem calmly:

"This should come from the digestion of the 'mentor' aspect. Teaching a few words cannot be called a mentor. Teaching the operating rules of society or how to behave in the world is called a mentor.

"And the 'Chaos Tutor' is not just that! I tried to teach Freya to determine her position before, but that time there was no sign of the potion being digested, but this time it is.

"The only difference is that this time I gave a brand new... well, a method copied from the AD era and used for the first time in this era on a grassroots issue that has troubled the Northern Continent government since ancient times.

“For this point, what Russell built was a Western colonial system, regardless of its advantages and disadvantages, which he brought to this era.

“The biggest logical problem with this system is that it promotes human rights without respecting human dignity. The biggest problem with government operations is that the central power cannot reach the lowest level.

“Although some villages in the northern mainland now have management institutions similar to village governments and village councils, there are no positions such as ‘village party secretary’, and the central government has little control over these institutions.

"Such a ruling thinking may be the reason why they lack the idea of ​​grand unity. This is another question. The question I want to consider now is: I teach students new ruling thinking and concepts, so the magic potion is digested.

“This is not just what the term ‘mentor’ can encompass, but also the interaction and explanation of signs of chaos in the territory to a certain extent, and the proposing of ‘distinctive’ solutions.

"In other words, the 'Chaos Tutor' cannot be split like the 'Corrupted Baron'. In terms of digesting potions, the 'Chaos Tutor' is a whole most of the time!

“Telling students why this society is chaotic, or the root causes of chaos, is the ‘mentor’ of chaos!”

Hobert's thinking became more and more cheerful, and he continued to think: "It's not that the path of 'creating chaos' is unworkable, but it means that we must create chaos with a purpose, and we must have a certain ability to control the chaos created. .

"The 'Chaos Mentor' is not just a rule breaker. Chaos can actually promote the formation of new rules. Only one who understands the meaning and role of chaos can be called a 'Mentor'.

"Simply understanding is not enough. Only by teaching this knowledge to students, forming an interaction between the tutor and the student, or a collision in the spiritual world, can the digestion process be truly completed.

"The most direct evidence of these ideas is that the entire territory has mobilized more than 800 people to invest in the construction of the territory, and old people like Dophis have said that there has never been a one-time event in his memory. Mobilize so many people to take action.

"This caused a lot of chaos in the territory, but this chaos did not show signs of loosening the potion, because this kind of chaos is basically an emotional chaos, not an orderly chaos.

"The land redistribution, although everyone was happy, caused chaos in order. After my interaction with Freya, these chaos interacted with me, so the potion was digested.

"It is estimated that after the power to handle civil disputes at the grassroots level is completely taken back, the potion will be digested accordingly."

Thinking of this, a smile gradually crept onto his face, because he suddenly thought that killing the devil on the other side, even if he did nothing after that, was equivalent to re-establishing a new governance system, and the potion should also have corresponding effects. Digestion.

Just as Hobert finished thinking about this problem and let out a long sigh of relief, Hobert heard a noise coming from the yard.

Freya looked outside, then at Hobert, then put down her pen and opened the door to the study.

It turned out that Allen had a dispute with Dennis, who was on his first day at work, and the two got into a fight.

When Allen saw the door open, he immediately let go of Dennis and stepped aside respectfully, while Dennis was still a little reluctant and wanted to grab Allen's collar.

Hobert stood at the door and asked, "What's going on?"

Allen reported: "When it was time for Sir Alex to drink tea, I asked Dennis to go to the kitchen to serve tea, but he refused to go. He also said that I insulted him and beat me. I had no choice but to fight with him."

Dennis asked unconvinced, "Why don't you go?"

Alan wisely said nothing.

Hobert asked Dennis: "Didn't I tell you clearly before I came here? Allen is the senior valet, and you three brothers must obey his command."

Dennis was unconvinced: "Why?"

"I know you're not convinced." Hobert smiled instead of getting angry: "Well, I'll give you a chance to attack me in the most powerful way you've learned. As long as you can touch my clothes, even if If I lose, you three brothers will no longer have to be servants.

"And I can only use the index finger of my right hand to resist your attack. If I use even one more finger, I lose!"

Dennis smiled and said, “That’s what you said!”

Allen had already shaken his head and stepped aside.

"Of course I said it." Hobert smiled: "Everyone in the yard is a witness."

"Okay! You're welcome then!" Dennis was quite smart and didn't expect to defeat Hobert from the front. Instead, he attacked with dexterity, just to touch Hobert's clothes.

But when he rushed towards Hobert, Hobert's hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

The index finger of this hand curled slightly, and then flicked, hitting Dennis on the forehead, sending Dennis flying away.

The servants in the yard and Freya in the study were all stunned. Of course they knew that Dennis was no match for Hobert, but they didn't expect that the lordship could defeat Dennis so easily.

Hobert stood at the door of the study and waited for Dennis, whose forehead was red, to stand up before asking: "Are you convinced?"

He just pushed Dennis out, and did not concentrate all the force on one point on his forehead, otherwise Dennis's forehead would have been broken.

Dennis suddenly fell to his knees with a "thud": "Sir, please teach me how to fight."

As the son of a knight, he had learned fighting from his father since he was a child. But just now, he knew that even if he studied with his father and elder brother for a lifetime, he would still not be able to defeat Hobert.

Hobert smiled and said: "Learn fighting from me, and then defeat me, right?"

Dennis' face turned red: "No, no."

Hobert smiled: "Little brat, your thoughts are written on your face!

"I can teach you, but you have to keep the study spotless every day. As long as Alan is the head butler, you have to obey his orders."

Dennis nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"

Hobert finally said: "Also, wash my feet every night!"