Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

In the middle of the dance, Count Vincent came over to talk to Hobert with a wine glass.

Given Vincent's seniority, he usually gathers with Christian and Earl Hall to communicate. The reason why he came to talk to Hobert is because his youngest son Carl is currently working in Hobert's territory.

Hobert's personal servant, or his student Dennis, now often travels between Backlund and Jeffrey City, sometimes helping the nobles deliver letters home.

Hobert read out the relevant confidentiality regulations at the beginning, so the noble children probably knew that they should be in Feneport, but their parents thought they were in Longtail Island.

Karl had already written two letters to his family. From some details, Vincent knew some of Hobert's management model of the territory, which made him look at Hobert with admiration.

The most important thing is that in Hobert's territory, there is a training mechanism for officials. Carl has to go to the town government every three days to study. The content he learns is knowledge and precautions for solving practical problems.

To Vincent's surprise, his youngest son Carl, whom he had always been less optimistic about, has made rapid progress, especially his thinking about solving problems has changed dramatically.

This made Vincent want to take the initiative to close the relationship with Hobert. He realized that Hobert would definitely have higher achievements in the future.

And with Karl following Hobert, the Vincent family can also benefit a lot.

After today's ball, Hobert returned to the Earl's Mansion a little tiredly. He first thought about the Queen's commission, and then recalled Alice's abnormal behavior today. After thinking about it, he rarely fell asleep like this.

Early the next morning, Hobert came to MI9. As soon as he changed into his uniform and sat down, Charlene handed over a bill and a folder: "Director, this has just been sent by the secretary of the general director."

Hobert glanced at it and saw a receipt for a black women's evening dress, worth 180 pounds.

He smiled: "Cheapskate!"

Hobert thought again of the evening dress Georgina wore yesterday: the style was obviously so old-fashioned, and it cost 180 pounds! Last time I bought Audrey such a youthful and beautiful skirt, it only cost 160 pounds.

Then Hobert seemed to have thought of something, and pushed the bill to his secretary Charlene: "Go to the finance department to reimburse this bill for me."

Charlene was slightly startled: "Reimbursement for what reason?"

"Loss and losses during the mission." Hobert said: "The reimbursed money should be given to the secretary of the general director."

Charlene was a little unsure: "This reason..."

It is indeed a bit incredible for a male section chief to charge for a women's evening dress.

Hobert smiled and said: "When we treat guests at noon, please invite colleagues from the Finance Department to come too."

It was decided last week to treat everyone here to a big dinner today.

After Charlene left, Hobert took a look at the folder that was sent with him, and he knew that it was the information given to him by the queen.

But he put it in the drawer without even looking at it.

Today I just want to fish, and I’ll finish this task in two days.

…

Tingen, North District, Fania Street 66.

Selina jumped out of the taxi and stretched vigorously.

After carrying his luggage and paying for the bus, he walked up to the door and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" More than ten seconds later, Mrs. Wood's voice came from inside.

"It's me, Mom."

Mrs. Wood opened the door suddenly: "Oh my God, I'm not dreaming! Is it really you Selena?"

It had only been three or four months since they last saw Selena, but Selena already gave people a completely different feeling. Her burgundy hair was tied up in a very smart bun, and she suddenly looked much more mature.

There was a confident smile on her face, and she was wearing a suit instead of a girly skirt.

It's like she was just a teenage girl when she ran away, but when she came back, she was already in her twenties.

"Of course it's me!" Selena gave her mother a warm hug and said hello to the maid: "I have two days off, so I'll come back to see you."

Mrs. Wood was so happy: "I, I will tell your father right now."

"No, Mom." Selena smiled: "When he sees me when he gets off work, I will definitely give him a huge surprise! Is there anything to eat at home? I haven't had lunch yet."

While eating, Selena chatted with Mrs. Wood. She learned that her brother Chris was planning to marry his fiancée Vina in the near future, but the wedding date had not been finalized yet.

This is because their savings are not enough. Even with the savings of Mr. Wood and his wife, they cannot hold a decent wedding.

If there is no choice, we can only get married first and postpone the wedding until later, because Wei Na is pregnant.

Selena ate the bread and was ready to leave the 30 pounds in cash she had accumulated during this period when she left.

She has saved more than 30 pounds during this period, but her food and accommodation have always been in the Earl's Mansion, and there is not much place to spend money.

For the middle class, 30 pounds can be used to hold a very decent wedding. If she needs money, she plans to borrow it from Dennis and Freya after she returns.

After dinner, Selina returned to her room and saw her unchanged bed and wardrobe, the spiritual materials she had bought with her pocket money, and the occult books and books available on the market. own notes.

She suddenly felt a very strong sense of separation, as if she saw her young self still lingering in this room.

Selena sat alone on the chair for a long time before she finally came to her senses: Selena now is no longer the Selena she used to be.

Looking back on the changes in the past few months, Selena herself felt a little unbelievable: "It turns out that going from relying on my parents to being independent is not as difficult as I thought. Well, this is because I met a good mentor."

In the afternoon, Mr. Wood came back from get off work and saw his daughter setting the table with his wife. His somewhat numb face was full of disbelief, and he finally smiled.

When Chris also came back from get off work, the restaurant was filled with laughter.

In order to save money during this period, the dinner was not very sumptuous. There was no wine on the table, only mutton stewed with potatoes and a few pieces of meat, but it still couldn't stop their good mood.

Chris asked Selina: "Your letter said before that you returned to Backlund?"

"Yes." Selena would write letters to her family regularly, but she would only tell them information about where she was now and what she was doing.

Chris stuck out his tongue and said with emotion: "Your life is really magical. Not long ago, you were working as a grassroots official abroad, and now you are working as a housekeeper's assistant in Backlund."

His tongue sticking out was a "sequelae" left behind at the Bocklon Villa at the beginning of the year, and his fiancée Vina also had this habit.

Selena smiled and said: "Chris, this is the life I like!"

Mr. Wood said nothing cheerfully. His previous plan was to find Selina a stable technical or design job in the factory after she finished technical school. After she had accumulated a certain amount of experience, he would Just get married and have children step by step.

Since his daughter left home suddenly and said she wanted to pursue her dream, Old Wood's mentality has changed a lot. As long as her daughter is healthy and safe, she sends a letter home once a week and comes back to see her often. He is satisfied.

After dinner, the family played cards for a while, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood went back to rest first.

Selena and Chris, like before, came to the small living room on the second floor, which could only accommodate a small table and two chairs, and drank tea and chatted.

Selena took this opportunity to give her 30 pounds of savings to Chris.

This surprised Chris: "Where did you get so much money?"

"I didn't write it clearly in the letter." Selina smiled and said: "I am actually a housekeeper's assistant in the Earl's Mansion now, with a very high salary."

In fact, most of her savings came from the pocket money given to students by Hobert.

Chris resisted twice, but when Selena insisted on giving it, he accepted it because he really needed the money now.

Then he sighed: "Backlund really has more opportunities."

"You haven't seen the other side of Backlund." Selina's expression suddenly became serious: "I have a colleague who comes from the slums in the East District. Everything that happens there makes people shudder just by hearing about it."

…

Time goes back to three hours ago.

Backlund, Bridge South District, Vasco Public Primary School.

Daisy, who was cleaning the school kitchen, heard the school janitor shout: "Daisy, someone is looking for you!"

Daisy was slightly stunned. Ever since her mother passed away and Freya left Backlund, no one had ever visited her.

Sometimes she would sadly think that from now on she would have to face a lonely life alone.

Daisy wiped her hands and walked slowly towards the school gate. Was that Freya waving to her?

She was a little unbelievable at first, and then tears burst out of her eyes: "Freya! Is Freya really you?"

Freya smiled with tears in her eyes. Although it had been more than a month since she returned to Backlund, she had been very busy. Now that Hobert had given her a vacation, she finally had time to see Daisy.

She hugged Daisy tightly in her arms: "It's me Daisy, yes, it's me!"

Daisy, who was usually very strong, was crying very hard at this time, as if she was venting the loneliness and fear she had suppressed in her heart.

After crying for a full three minutes, Daisy let go of Freya again: "I'm sorry, Freya, your dress is stained. It, it looks expensive, doesn't it?"

She felt that she no longer recognized the Freya in front of her. The formerly introverted and shy sister was now confident and sunny, with shiny hair and a good complexion.

Especially Freya's dress looks new and beautiful.

Completely different from the girl who made a living by starching.

Freya took out a handkerchief and wiped her sister's tears: "It's okay Daisy, I also brought you two skirts, look."

She took out two new skirts from her backpack.

Daisy was so happy that she couldn't put it down and kept looking at it over and over again.

Several classmates in the class laughed at her because her clothes were too small, and she was very envious of the new clothes of several classmates in the class.

The last time she got new clothes was a long, long time ago, and she had forgotten what it felt like to get new clothes.

Freya took out another cloth bag: "There are two pairs of new shoes, a few pairs of socks, and some cotton underwear in it."

Daisy suddenly froze: "Freya, I, I just want a skirt, you, you don't have to work so hard."

She didn't know where these clothes came from, but she knew that Freya should have paid a lot to get these clothes.

At this time, she felt inexplicably distressed.

Freya, who had not cried loudly just now, could not help but shed tears now: "Daisy, sister has a formal job now, and we don't have to worry about clothes and shoes that are too small."

In the impression of the two sisters, it seems that there has never been a pair of shoes that fit their feet.

Daisy was a little surprised: "Really?"

"Really." Freya smiled: "I am now a policeman in the Kobili neighborhood, and my salary is enough to support us."

And there is also the 10 pounds pocket money that Hobert gives to students every week. She has not spent a penny of this money, and has saved the entire 40 pounds.

Daisy was even more incredible: "How can you be a policeman?"

"No, I'm not like Abel. I brought basic notarization to that neighborhood, and everyone loves me." Freya smiled and said, "I also brought you this."

Abel was the policeman in the neighborhood where they lived. Everyone mentioned him with gritted teeth, but there was nothing they could do about him.

Freya spoke and took out two apples from her backpack.

Daisy smelled the fruit intoxicatedly: "I have forgotten the smell of apples, but Freya, these two apples are so strange, why haven't they been cut?"

The apples they ate before had to be cut off.

Freya said: "Because these two apples have no rotten parts. And this..."

She took out another piece of stew wrapped in oil paper and said, "Every week from now on, you have to eat a piece of stew or a fish and two apples."

Daisy glanced at her sister and knew that it was indeed safe to eat, so she put the clothes and apple aside and wolfed down the food.

The smell of meat made the school guard beside her salivate so much. Freya stepped forward and handed a dozen cigarettes wrapped in a pack of newspapers that she had prepared to the school guard politely. Thank you to the school staff.

In fact, in order to prevent Freya from being a thief, the school janitor had been standing aside to monitor her. Now that he had collected Freya's cigarettes, he felt a little embarrassed.

After Daisy finished eating the meat, Freya asked: "Isn't school over? Why are you still helping in the kitchen?"

Daisy briefly described her current situation. It turned out that the foundation established by Capping's legacy was only responsible for Daisy's tuition and meal expenses.

Accommodation fees are not included. In order to solve Daisy's accommodation problem, the school asked Daisy to work as a helper in the kitchen, which was equivalent to deducting her accommodation fees.

Freya nodded slowly: "There is no need to help in the future."

She said: "I will come back tomorrow to help you pay the accommodation fee."

Hobert talked to Freya about Daisy's problem. Hobert's suggestion was to maintain the status quo, because in the future he might send Freya to Longtail Island or have other errands, and Freya would not be there by then. Backlund.

Will Daisy still be allowed to live outside by herself?

In addition, the public school Daisy is currently in is actually very good. If she were allowed to go to a private aristocratic school with better conditions, the living and learning conditions would be better, but in such an environment, Daisy would easily become Have to feel inferior.

Freya felt that what the teacher said made sense, so she didn't make too many promises to Daisy.

Daisy said again: "Freya, you don't have to work so hard."

…

Hobert gave the two students a holiday because they had basically digested the potion, allowing them to relax and adjust before they could be promoted.

Only Dennis has been busy with immigration matters recently and doesn't have much time to go to the law firm, so he hasn't fully digested the potion yet.

On Wednesday morning, Hobert used the "State of Disorder" to complete two transactions, one was an arms deal previously negotiated with Ulysses, and the other was a steam engine deal for the Balk family in the southern continent.

On the Ulysses side, Hobert "traveled" directly to the arms warehouse to sacrifice the weapons to the "Land of Disorder", and Archibald completed the gifting ceremony in the military camp.

Suddenly there was a mountain of weapons, and the key was more than a dozen cannons. Schier and the others didn't react for a long time.

The same goes for the steam engine deal, which is nothing more than a gifting ceremony completed by Elliot.

Not long after the ceremony, Hobert used "travel" to go to the Southern Continent and had a private conversation with Lawrence, the patriarch of the Balk family, hoping to recruit a team of Beyonders from the Balk family.

Of course, the work of the Balk family will not be in vain. Hobert will arm this team with the extraordinary characteristics of 1 piece of "Chaos Tutor" and 2 pieces of "Corrupted Baron", and will also provide them with 2 level 2 sealed objects.

The condition is that this team must absolutely obey the orders of the "God's Favorite". If a team member is sacrificed, the Balk family will need to supplement it.

In the composition of Hobert's extraordinary power, he certainly would not let the power of the Tudor family dominate.

Lawrence immediately agreed. When he heard Elliot talk about the power of the "Creator" in the Northern Continent, he once thought that that was the main extraordinary force loyal to the "Creator".

At least their battles are directly under the command of the "God's Favored One" and will be helped by the "Creator". That may be a battle that occurs under the instruction of the "Creator".

The Balke family in the southern continent seems to have not entered the core level of loyalty to the extraordinary power of the "founder" at all.

Now that the "God's Favored One" has come to recruit in person and given such generous terms, of course he will agree immediately.

I believe that the selected team members will definitely feel very honored.

After quickly reaching an agreement, Hobert asked Lawrence to select people first, and he would pick them up a week later. He also suggested that Lawrence send several batches of family members to the Northern Continent to learn advanced technology and management methods.

Hobert also plans to provide a sum of money to support the young people of the Balk family to travel to various countries in the Northern Continent to see what the world is like now.

In the afternoon, Hobert had already appeared in Jeffrey City and went to the villa arranged for Winston. The old man did not go fishing today: "You came just in time!"

Winston, a clean-shaven man, said, "I'm just about to ask someone to find you."

After all the magical items that Hobert had commissioned him to make, Winston took out the rapier among them: "This is a weapon made with the materials you provided."

Hobert was slightly stunned when he took the weapon. Such a large piece of material could be used to make a thin sword?

Fortunately, he did not let his doubts show up, because Winston explained: "Its first ability is that it can change its own form.

“Now it’s a rapier that can transform into a normal-sized sword, or even into a two-handed sword!

"This is the tiniest and smallest state. As long as it is within the scope of the material volume, you can change its shape arbitrarily, whether it is long or short or thick."

Hobert sighed: "This is a master-level work!"

He injected his spirituality into the rapier, and sure enough he felt that he could control the size and thickness of the rapier, and it would still be very sharp after the change.

Hobert couldn't help but think of the "Ruyi Golden Cudgel".

Winston accepted Hobert's compliment with a smile and continued to explain: "Its other abilities are related to the 'Death' path. When used, it can issue attacks similar to the 'Whisper of the Dead' to make the enemy Involuntary fear will cause the thought of retreat; it will also make the target become cold and move slowly.

"These 'Languages ​​of the Dead' are very special and have miraculous effects on the Beyonders of the 'God of Death' pathway. Extraordinaries of the 'God of Death' pathway below the level of demigods will completely lose their ability to resist. Extraordinaries at the level of demigods will also be very obviously affected. .

“Another ability is that as long as it pierces any part of the target’s body, the target’s spirit body will be permanently damaged.

"Even angel-level spirits are no exception. It's just that they have many ways to avoid this and it's difficult to really hurt them."

Hobert sighed: "This is a completely different level of weapon than the black knife I had before!"

Winston smiled and said nothing, watching Hobert play with the rapier fondly for a while, and then the old man said: "I have completed your commission, and it's time for me to leave."

Hobert smiled and said, "How can I thank you?"

"Your hospitality is the best thank you." The hospitality here in Hobert is indeed quite good. He can fish wherever he wants in the entire Full Moon Lake, and there will be chefs invited from Fenebort City to help him cook when he comes back.

If you feel like it, you can take a train to the mountains or go to the entertainment center.

"Then you stay here for a while." Hobert said: "I am going to place the second 'Traveler's Gate' between Jeffrey's Territory and an island. You can go to that island and try it. Fishing in the sea.”

Winston was stunned for a moment, obviously a little moved.

"I will invite some chefs from Backlund who are good at cooking fish. I also heard that Bayam also has many chefs who are good at cooking sea fish, so that you can eat fish of various flavors."

Winston swallowed and said, "Yes, Bayam's fish is spicy, but it has a unique flavor, especially the local grilled fish, which is very distinctive."

Hobert promised: "Within three days, I will invite you the best chef in Bayam!"

This matter can be left to Rafter.

Winston finally stayed, and Hobert felt relieved and left with the remaining magical items.

Before leaving, Winston told him: "Although the 'Traveler's Gate' is an application that combines magical items and magic circles, in theory it will not have much negative effects, but you must also be careful not to enter the 'Traveler's Gate' all at once. There are too many people at the door.

"'Low-sequence' Beyonders use the 'Traveler's Gate' as little as possible to avoid being contaminated by certain contamination from the spirit world. After all, this is not 'travel' in the true sense and does not have the protection of corresponding extraordinary abilities.

"'Mid-sequence' Extraordinaries should be careful not to look around in the spiritual world. After using the 'Traveler's Gate', there is a small chance that spiritual instability will occur and the negative effects of suddenly becoming a wanderer will occur. However, these effects will last for a certain period of time. It will recover on its own.”

Hobert glanced at the "Traveler's Gate" in his hand: "Okay!"

He didn't expect that the "Traveler's Gate" would have so many probabilistic negative effects. It would take time to design a regulation for the use of the "Traveler's Gate".

Back at the Lord's Mansion, Hobert took out the rapier and looked at it again. Just now, he felt that this weapon had some connection with the "wedding gift" Azik had given him before.

He remembered that Mr. Azik said at the time that the "wedding gift" given to him was a mark, which was equivalent to giving him the authority to mobilize part of the power of the underworld.

Even without the honor in the Southern Continent during the Fourth Age, this gift is still quite powerful! It's a pity that Hobert is not an Extraordinary of the "God of Death" path, otherwise he would surely be able to develop more uses for this gift.

Hobert strengthened the connection between the rapier and the mark, and with a wave of his hand, a huge gap appeared in front of him, as if he had cut through a piece of transparent paper.

The surrounding temperature was immediately sucked away, and the entire room was filled with an unspeakable sense of fear. Illusive figures lay around the gaps, peeping into the real world.

Hobert discovered that he had opened a gap between the underworld and the real world in this way.

But without the "Gate to the Underworld" blocking it, the terrifying creatures inside can easily get out.

The reason why they didn't come out now was just because they were afraid of the rapier in Hobert's hand and Azik's mark on Hobert.

Hobert waved his rapier again, and the gap in front of him disappeared: This ability should be more offensive than the "Gate to the Underworld", because I can command the monsters lying around the gap to come out and attack the target.

At the same time, Hobert himself can also use this gap to enter the underworld, but if there is "travel", entering the underworld is of little use.

Now that it is a thin sword, the "Wood of Order" can be turned into a thinner, or more normal cane.

After wrapping the rapier with the "Wood of Order", Hobert sacrificed other extraordinary items to the "State of Disorder" and briefly looked at their abilities and negative effects.

Hobert discovered that at this time he already had three magical items with "shepherd" abilities. Because of "1-109", these three extraordinary items were of little use to Hobert.

Hobert decided that these three sealed objects could be given to his cronies as rewards. For extraordinary people below demigods, sealed objects with the ability to "herd" were very practical.

And to them, this is definitely a first-class magical item. Even if it can only be used temporarily, they will definitely be grateful to Hobert.

Hobert can also use them to graze some souls, otherwise they would be "empty" in the "State of Disorder".

After coming out of the "State of Disorder", Hobert was about to build the "Traveller's Gate" between Jeffrey City and Dockyard Island, but his spirituality seemed to have something to do with it, and he glanced in the direction of the yard, and it seemed that he was coming. An acquaintance.

He first put the "Traveler's Door" aside, opened the door and took a look outside.

In the yard, there was a middle-aged man with soft features and brown skin, admiring the surrounding Fenebaud-style buildings with his hands behind his back.

The servants and guards in the courtyard turned a blind eye to him.

Hobert was a little surprised: "Mr. Azik!"

The middle-aged man was Azik. He smiled slightly and said, "I heard that you have done a lot of big things recently?"

Hobert thought to himself: Do you mean Hobert, or "The Creator"?

He smiled and said: "It's just some things that go with the flow. Please come in and sit down."

"Take me to your territory for a walk." Azik said: "I heard in Feneport City that there is a new atmosphere in the South Colson area."

"No problem." Hobert smiled and said, "Let's go to the pier and take the train."

Azik followed and asked curiously: "I heard that there were some miracles when that railway was being built?"

"What kind of miracle?" Hobert smiled: "It's just using ritual magic to move some building materials.

"But at that time, my rule was not as strong as it is now, so I claimed it was a miracle."

Azik smiled: "In the past few meetings, I never thought you could do such a good job in ruling a territory."

Hobert lied: "Maybe there is some talent involved. I never thought I could do so well."

These questions of Azik either involve the "creator" or time travel. There is no way, Hobert has to fool them.

That was Azik. If it was Klein who asked him this, Hobert would wonder if this kid was testing him?

Coming to the street at this time, everyone greeted Hobert enthusiastically as usual, and at the same time cast curious glances at Azik beside them. They all wondered what was so special about this guest? Sir Alex actually wants to entertain in person?

The tourists also watched this scene with great curiosity. They had heard in Feneport City that there was no need to salute the lords and nobles in South Colson, and the officials and police would talk and laugh with the civilians.

This is an unthinkable thing in both the northern and southern continents.

Fortunately, Azik did not ask any more questions that made Hobert prepare. Instead, he followed Hobert's gaze and glanced at the shops on the street: "There are many nobles and rich people among the tourists here."

Hobert smiled and explained: “I built an extraordinary auction house on the other side of the mountain, and many nobles and wealthy people came here to visit it.

“My wife has been taking care of the affairs of the auction house, and I heard that wild Beyonders have begun to come to the auction, and there will be gatherings of Beyonders after that.

“I believe that Jeffrey City’s extraordinary transaction will surely make it more and more prosperous in the future.”

Then he lamented: "However, there are still too few ordinary tourists. Now three channels have been opened. Each channel has three passenger ships docking every day, but sometimes there are only seven or eight passengers on a medium-sized passenger ship."

He smiled: "Half of them are still civil servants of the lord's mansion."

As the two people walked on the road paved with stone slabs, Azik smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, the tourist city must attract people little by little."

Hobert nodded: "Currently, I am planning to launch some special delicacies, special products, etc. to gain popularity as soon as possible. Well, I will hold a tourism festival in May and a picking festival on the other side in June.

"I believe next year, the situation will be much better than now."

Azik couldn't help but glance at Hobert: "These ideas of yours are very... very creative!"

The words "travel" and "festival" are commonplace, but linking them into phrases is the first time Azik has heard of them.

And he didn’t quite understand what the “tourist festival” meant? But I was too embarrassed to ask, so in the end I could only sigh: "The ideas of young people nowadays are so novel!"

After walking and walking, the two people arrived at the pier, just in time to catch the afternoon train.

When the passengers saw Hobert getting on the bus, they all stood up and chatted.

Hobert naturally chatted with them about the current prices and wages, as well as the project progress in the territory, poultry breeding, etc.

This surprised foreign tourists and Azik, because they had never seen any nobleman know so much about the prices of vegetables and daily necessities, or even how to feed poultry.

It took more than half an hour for the two of them to go from chatting to the first carriage that was rarely open to the outside world.

At this time, the train was slowly moving. Before he could sit down, Azik couldn't help but ask: "You look very friendly to the people, but why don't you open such a luxurious carriage to the public?"

"Being close to the people is a way to make society more relaxed. Those secret organizations in the past put too much psychological pressure on the people." Hobert asked Azik to sit down, and then took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet:

“I was very impressed. When I first came here, I was at the gate of the Lord’s Mansion and looked at the town of Jeffrey at the foot of the mountain.

"As a result, in a small town with a population of more than 1,000 people, there was no voice at all!"

He poured a glass of wine for Azik: "Look now, you can hear the noise of the town from the lord's mansion."

Hobert handed the wine to Azik: "As for this carriage, it is to show the authority of the lord.

"A lord must have a people-friendly side and a majestic side at the same time, so that he can have strong control over the people in his territory."

Azik took the wine and smiled: "I didn't expect to rule a territory and have so much knowledge."

Hobert was stunned: Haven't you been a "Death Archon" before? No... the rule at that time was not called rule at all, it was just a rough order established by extraordinary power. Seeing the order in Jeffrey City, Mr. Azik did not recall his memory as the "Death Archon". It can be seen that the social state of the Southern Continent at that time was completely incomparable with the South Colson region.

He also poured himself a glass of wine, and then began to talk about the new urban area of ​​Jeffrey City: "That's the new urban area over there. Supporting facilities such as hospitals and schools have been built and put into operation."

Most of the construction sites in the new urban area have been basically completed, and the few construction sites still under construction are basically residential buildings.

“That piece of land is also designated in the new urban area, and that piece of land is reserved for the construction of residential areas.

“Currently, there are only two to three thousand permanent residents living in Jeffrey City. My original plan was for a small city that could accommodate 30,000 people, and the supporting facilities were built for 30,000 people.

"In the next step, more and more residential areas will be built to accommodate more people. However, it is estimated that it will take a few years before the population reaches the level of a small city."

The Xincheng area is still very deserted now. If it weren't for the hospitals and schools there, there would be no popularity at all.

Most tourists only visit the newly built square, and there are no shops in the newly built commercial street yet.

But there are so many brand-new buildings standing so quietly on this land, which still makes Hobert very proud.

As the train began to climb the hill, the entire new city gradually emerged. Azik took a sip of wine and said, "There are very few urban plans like this."

He smiled and said: "According to some of my memories, I have witnessed the development of some cities, and those cities were built in disorder at the beginning.

“It wasn’t until it affected the operation of the city that we had to carry out some urban transformation, but this city was planned and built before it was built.”

Azik is right. Most of the cities in the Northern Continent came from this way. There was a period of barbaric development at the beginning.

Hobert heard that the same was true for Backlund. Some streets were once so narrow that even carriages could not pass.

For a long time, Backlund was just a medium-sized city that could only accommodate a few hundred thousand people.

However, no major renovations were done in the Queens District, because the location of Thordrak Palace hundreds of years ago had no buildings around it except the royal palace.

It is said that at that time, the palace was only one-third of its current size and was surrounded by woods and farmland.

It is unimaginable how much wealth people have created in the past few hundred years without major wars.

At this time, the train has completed the climb, and the scene has changed, and everything as far as the eye can see is pastoral scenery.

The fields are all planted with wheat, and the neat ears of wheat form waves blown by the breeze.

On the train, everyone who saw this scene seemed to see infinite hope in the fields.

Hobert lamented: "Time flies so fast. In about a month, the wheat will be harvested."

Azik suddenly remembered the scene a long time ago when he led the knights to chase down the enemy in the wheat field and let the enemy's blood spill on the wheat ears.

He couldn't help but pinch his forehead. There seemed to be no memory of the harvest in his mind.

Seeing that Azik's face was not very good, Hobert did not introduce his agricultural policy. Instead, after the train started to turn, he pointed to the mountains on the other side and said: "Look, there is the plantation in the South Colson area.

“The first batch of vegetables will mature in early May. The varieties of vegetables have been improved by the bishops and missionaries of the Mother Earth Church. They are larger than vegetables in other places and can be stored for a longer period of time.

“The first batch of mature vegetables is mainly cabbage. In addition to selling in the South Colson area, I will also have people transport it to other places to sell in bulk.

"The agricultural and animal husbandry knights in the territory have calculated that even if shipping costs are included, it is far lower than the wholesale vegetable price in Feneport City."

At this point, Hobert suddenly smiled: I have planted vegetables in the extraordinary world!

At the same time, he also discovered that the vegetable production in the northern and southern continents was actually very low at this time, and most of the production was in the manors of the nobles.

Even fresh vegetables represent special supplies for nobles. Most of the vegetables eaten by ordinary families are peas, potatoes, onions and other vegetables that can be stored for a long time.

The "cabbage price" at this time is quite high.

Later, Hobert did some research and realized that without unified organization and advocacy, ordinary farmers would not dare to grow vegetables at all.

If you can’t grow food and sell it, you can still eat it yourself. If you can’t sell vegetables, they can only rot in the ground. And because you missed the planting of food, you will have no harvest.

If you want the "cabbage price" to really turn into a cabbage price, you need very stable food prices and food supply, as well as providing enough vegetable sales, so that everyone realizes that growing vegetables is more profitable than growing food, and they will spontaneously Grow vegetables on the ground.

However, the people on the West Bank do not yet have such awareness. The land currently used to grow vegetables is basically the land formerly owned by the Teutonic Viscounts and unowned land.

In this regard, Hobert would like to thank the Feneport royal family, because the first investment in specialty agriculture on the West Coast came from the royal family, but that investment was quickly controlled and utilized by Hobert, and eventually intercepted the investment results.

Thanks to [Kill me, see me, I am not myself] for the reward.

Thanks to [Proficiency MAX] for the reward.