Traveling to another world, inheriting a mess at the beginning

Aarons couldn't figure out why the foreign chamber of commerce was willing to spend so much money to buy those useless things from him.

After thinking about the whole thing carefully, he confirmed an embarrassing fact-he knew too little about the basic common sense of the Marquisate, the Empire and the neighboring countries.

Although the unlucky young master who was excluded and didn't like to study should bear the main responsibility for this situation, Aarons couldn't let him come back to apologize now.

"Xia Ye, go to the street and find some books for me now. It's best to buy books for foreigners to read, promoting the Empire or the Marquisate. If there are any, try to buy as many as possible."

After all, this is a border area bordering neighboring countries, so in the past, a lot of promotional materials were indeed issued specifically for foreigners. However, because the content is relatively rough and general, the Marquis himself did not collect such books.

But now I have to make up for it from scratch, so these things are very necessary.

"Are you planning to show it to the children?"

"I guess so. The children need to know about this country as early as possible. By the way, buy a few introductory books about Warcraft and the like."

It would be embarrassing to say that he needed to make up for his lessons, so Aarons used his children as a shield.

"My daughter will do it right away."

"Karin, you can go with her. I can go back by myself."

However, after parting with the two girls, Aarons did not return to the Marquis's mansion directly.

In the few days since he came here, although he has been to many places in the city, there is actually an important place he has not visited.

——City Office.

Even if the Marquis is not here, the civil servants here can stably operate this city with a population of more than 100,000. Including municipal facilities and public security systems, almost the entire city's functions are maintained by this organization.

After Marquis Moti gave up his military power a few years ago, the various city offices in the territory have almost autonomous power.

"Those people may not like a poor sponsor like me."

However, since the border defense corps stationed in the Marquis' territory is directly under the imperial family, these autonomous towns have no possibility of breaking away from the empire and becoming independent.

The Marquis, who only has the role of sponsor, should have his power slowly hollowed out by these two parties. But because he is a rare level 5 strong man, he has been able to firmly grasp the decision-making power of the territory over the years.

The military power, governance power and decision-making power in the border area are separated from each other, maintaining a delicate balance - until the death of the Marquis.

"Thinking about it this way, the Marquis has a hard life."

The Imperial Border Defense Corps will not intervene in disputes within the territory, and if Aarons wants to inherit this territory, he must first regain these power institutions that truly control the city and surrounding towns.

Looking at the magnificent building of the city hall that is obviously several stories higher than the surrounding area, Aarons sneered and walked in directly.

"Hello, what do you want to do... Master Aarons? Why are you here?"

The first floor of the city office looked similar to the service halls Aarons had visited in his previous life. Some residents were queuing up to handle some business, while others were asking the staff about the procedures.

The female office employee who was responsible for welcoming and guiding the residents in the hall recognized Aarons' identity at first sight.

"I'm here to get an ID for the newly hired servant at home, and I want to ask the person in charge about the situation."

"Identity certificate... You are the son of the Marquis. If you have any questions, just go to the third floor to find the director."

Such an attitude was a little unexpected to Aarons. After all, he had prepared himself to be ignored by the other party before he came.

"Is this young master going up like this? No problem?"

"The director has already told us before. If you come, please go up to him directly."

Although this obviously means a bit of privileged treatment, Aarons is still a noble after all. So even if the eyes of the people around him were not so respectful, he still went straight up the stairs that were not open to the public.

"What is that useless young master doing here? The Marquis family should not even be able to afford the annual operation of the city office now?"

"Who knows, maybe he wants to scare people with the nobles' airs."

"Anyway, no matter how he messes up, this place will have to be replaced in a few days."

Aarons heard the residents' discussions clearly, or rather, these people deliberately said so loudly for him to hear.

But Aarons was in no mood to care about these trivial matters. He was busy analyzing the situation with his previous life's experience, and at the same time thinking about different countermeasures.

The city office of this city might have other plans.

"Is the director here? I'm Aarons.Moti, someone below called me up."

"It's Master Aarons, please come in."

Because the door of the director's office was open, the serious-looking middle-aged man who was sitting inside took the initiative to greet him as soon as Aarons walked to the door.

The man had a square and resolute face, and his clothes were meticulously groomed. Although Aarons had no combat experience, he could still feel a faint momentum from the other party.

——This director is probably also a powerful man.

"Master, please take a seat first, I'll ask someone to make tea."

"No need... May I ask your name, Director?"

"My surname is Chen, if you have anything to do, just tell me directly. "

The other party's attitude really made Aarons a little confused.

Now that the Marquis is dead, all places are busy cutting off ties with the Marquis's family and secretly expanding their own power, preparing to deal with the next noble who will enter this place.

But why should this place be so respectful to an incompetent and downtrodden young master?

"This young master is here to apply for two identity certificates for the new servants in the family, but they are not here at the moment."

"Okay, I will send someone to your house to register and handle it tomorrow."

"There is another thing... Forget it, I won't keep you in suspense. Director Chen, what do you think of the recent rumors and the current Marquis's family?"

When Aarons realized that general probing might not be of much significance, he simply revealed his intentions.

Anyway, no matter what the result is, it will not exceed the bottom line he imagined.

"Haha, I guessed that you would come to us to ask this question these days. You are indeed not a dull person who is ignorant of the world as the rumors outside say. "

"How do you know? Maybe I just came here to hang out on a whim."

"Ten years ago, when I was still under the command of the Marquis, I told you that the young master is not incompetent."

After hearing this, Aarons was even more surprised.

- Could it be that the director of this city office is one of his own?