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Back in the study, Hobert asked Corwin, "Have all your family moved to Jeffrey Town?"
"Yes, Lord."
Hobert nodded, "Go and get Conrad."
Soon after, Conrad arrived at the study.
Hobert instructed, "Take so people to the forr territories of Knight Louis and Knight Duke to register the population, fields, and properties. Also, appoint village chiefs for them, or let them elect their own."
He paused and added, "The first cargo ship to be repaired at Jeffrey Port is about to arrive. Assign three people to set up a table and a few chairs in the room next to the hotel, and put up a sign that says 'Port Registration and Taxation Office'.
"This is a registration form, berthing fee standard, and tax standard that I got from another port. Use the form for reference, and collect taxes temporarily according to this standard.
"The staff in this office will be under your leadership for the ti being. Issue receipts for the money collected and hand it over to Phillip."
Conrad recorded these requirents, said "I'll do it imdiately," and hurried away.
Hobert then said to Corwin, "Take a few of your family's retainers to the port to maintain order, guide the 'Nohar' to dock, and let the crew know where to stay, eat, and pay taxes."
Corwin responded and trotted off with his n to the port.
As soon as he left, Phillip arrived at the study.
It turned out that after several days of surveying, they had co up with a preliminary plan, and the two of them had collaborated on a 'Jeffrey Territory Future Plan' to present to Hobert.
They were both masters of drawing, and their map was much more detailed than the simple map of the territory that Hobert had drawn.
This map basically t Hobert's requirents. Even the places that were not designed according to Hobert's requirents were due to Hobert's lack of geological knowledge when he made the requests.
The two of them had provided solutions for these places, allowing Hobert to choose.
On the map, the not-so-fertile hillsides were well utilized and would be filled with tall and spacious resort hotels in the future, and the railway also avoided the good fields as much as possible.
Valk suggested that Jeffrey Town should expand northward and towards the port, building squares, schools, hospitals, and other facilities in the north, and town governnts, post offices, hotels, comrcial streets, and so on in the direction of the port.
This plan was very scientific, and Hobert was very satisfied. He directly asked Phillip to give Scholar and Valk a total reward of 300 gold Lire.
At the sa ti, Hobert made a request, "Build a hotel on the hillside that ordinary people can afford, and also a hotel similar to a bachelor apartnt, to provide for young people and travelers who like to travel."
He had already thought of the na for this hotel, it would be called "Youth Hostel".
Valk added and modified these two buildings on the spot, and the plan was finalized.
Then Hobert called Roy, who had just repaired the dock, "I discussed with Conrad before, and the total manpower that can be mobilized in the entire territory is about 1,500 people.
"Among them are 1,200 young adults aged 17 to 47, and 300 won responsible for logistics such as cooking.
"In the next week, all of this manpower must be mobilized and divided into three large construction sites, naly the construction and renovation of the town, the construction of the railway, and the construction of the resort area and hotels.
"These three construction sites must be carried out simultaneously. Communicate more with the two designers and the engineers they brought, and use manpower more scientifically."
Roy quickly said, "I have communicated with several engineers several tis in the past few days, and I have gained a lot."
Hobert nodded in satisfaction, "I will purchase a large amount of dicine and hire several doctors. It is imperative to ensure that dical treatnt is available imdiately for illnesses and injuries. If there are too serious injuries, co to imdiately, I am also proficient in dicine."
Everyone in the room was a little strange, not knowing what the lord ant.
Hobert was stunned when he saw everyone's expressions, and then he realized that there were always deaths in construction in this era. In their view, since those workers had accepted the job and arrived at the construction site, they had to be ready to fight death at any ti.
Especially when building railways, because there was no flexible large-scale equipnt, all materials were transported manually, and the places where the railways passed were generally far from the city. Railway workers who were injured did not have ti to be sent for dical treatnt, and the mortality rate was particularly high.
Hobert simply made it clear, "Doctors will follow the construction site, and we will strive to not have a single death!
"In addition, workers must be given sufficient remuneration, just like the previous renovation of the lord's mansion and the repair of the dock. Although it is semi-mandatory to call them to work on the construction site, don't treat them unfairly!"
Phillip reminded, "If this is the case, our expenses will be very large."
After reserving the money for buying ships and hiring crew mbers, Jeffrey Territory had less than 3,000 gold Lire in its account.
The lord rewarded 326 gold Lire to those who had made ritorious service in killing the enemy yesterday, and another 300 gold Lire were rewarded today, so Phillip only had about 2,300 gold Lire left.
This amount of money, let alone starting three construction sites at the sa ti, cannot even support the workers' wages for long.
"I'll figure out a way to get the money," Hobert said, "Just start construction!"
He estimated that the money from selling the spiritual materials from the Ancient Azure Dragon Beast would be credited soon. Whether it was credited or not, he planned to exchange the gold in his hand for gold Lire.
In that case, even if the territory was fully operational, it could cope for a while.
If it really didn't work, he planned to go to sea again to hunt so pirates. Those guys were all walking gold pounds.
In addition, Hobert had so many Beyonder characteristics in his hand, and he could also sell a batch to deal with ergencies. He was far from being in dire straits.
Then Roy said, "Lord, with our current level of freight, the building materials on the construction site will definitely not be able to keep up."
Hobert pondered for a while, "Go and discuss with the engineers and make a list of the required building materials and the approximate amount, and I will find a way."
Roy: "Yes."
This simple construction eting lasted until more than ten o'clock in the morning. Hobert successively called Conrad and others to express his determination to mobilize the entire territory for large-scale construction, and roughly assigned tasks for the next period of ti.
When the eting ended, everyone heard the clamor from Full Moon Lake.
Several people ca out of the study together and looked into the courtyard. It turned out that the "Nohar" had docked, and almost half of the town's residents had co to the dock to watch the excitent.
Most of them were seeing such a large cargo ship for the first ti.
Hobert smiled and said, "See, the new era of Jeffrey Territory has begun. As the future builders and rulers of this territory, you must prepare in advance."
Phillip and Conrad, who already had so political literacy, imdiately understood that this was the lord's political promise.
Although the others did not fully understand, they also beca excited after seeing the scene in front of them.
After Phillip and others left, Hobert heard the prayers from the "Nation of Disorder".
He thought that the battle in the Southern Continent had begun. He entered the "Nation of Disorder" and saw that Lawrence was reporting to him that they were ready for battle and praying for further assistance from the "Creator".
Hobert thought: You only burn incense when you need it, that's you.
But he knew that this was a battle related to the survival of the Burke family, so he asked Lawrence to build an altar and rewarded him with two "Order Wood".
...
Southern Continent, Crowlier City.
Lawrence's mind heard the voice of the "Creator": "The activation spell is: Order!"
Lawrence lowered his head and saw the two pieces of wood that appeared on the altar: "Praise the Creator!"
Of course, he could feel the surging "Power of Order" contained in these two seemingly ordinary pieces of wood.
At the sa ti, Lawrence had a further understanding of the strength of the "Creator". Seemingly such a casual thing, it was a very high-level magical item.
This proved that the "Creator's" power had reached the point of being able to do whatever he wanted. At least he had the relevant authority to give such a high level of power to an ordinary branch.
Leaving the room of the altar, Lawrence handed one of the "Order Wood" to Chester, who was waiting outside: "I can feel that this is a magical item that is of great help to our Pathway. Use it at a critical mont."
Chester nodded, sowhat worried, "But even so, the enemy is still much stronger than us..."
Lawrence raised his hand: "When we decided to cooperate with the Feysac people, we were already preparing for this day. If the family wants to have new developnt, it must leave 'No Town' and co into contact with new things.
"If we win this battle today, the family will have unlimited prospects. If we lose, we can just return to 'Nonexistent Town' to recuperate for twenty or thirty years."
He smiled and said, "Besides, we didn't have faith before, but now we do.
"Go and believe in the 'Creator', He is the key to our victory."
After speaking, Lawrence left quickly. The battle was about to begin, and he was going to the outside of the city to prepare to ambush the opponent's demigod.
But as soon as he left the city, he saw a middle-aged man on the side of the road wearing a black clergy robe, with brownish skin and sunken eyes like a dried corpse.
Although there were constant carriages and pedestrians coming and going on the road, Lawrence still saw this person at a glance!
Lawrence stopped: "Zatwin!"
This was a Sequence 3 "Disciple of Science" of the "Rose School".
"Lawrence!" Zatwin's tone was a little awkward, as if his throat didn't know how to pronounce because he hadn't spoken for a long ti: "I bring endless despair and the most vicious curse to the Balk family!"
He said coldly: "We have long discovered through sealed items that you are constantly gathering manpower in Crowlier City. The reason why we didn't actively attack you is because we are waiting for you.
"This ti we will eliminate all of you! From the patriarch to every mber of the Balk family!"
As he spoke, two more people appeared behind Lawrence and on one side respectively.
They were Mahmosi, whose lips were sealed with tal nails with mysterious patterns, and Jacks, whose skin was dark brown, his face was full of wrinkles, and his white hair was sparse.
These two were also "Disciples of Silence", and Mahmosi was also a student of the "Son of God" Suah.
Lawrence felt that every pedestrian on the road, every carriage, every leaf on the side of the road, every blade of grass, and even every stone on the ground, every grain of sand, was full of malice towards him.
He smiled slightly, took out a red crown from the cloth bag on his waist, which seed to be stained with blood, and slowly put it on his head: "Fortunately, we have also made so preparations!"
Mahmosi' sealed lips suddenly opened. Almost at the sa ti, Jacks also opened his mouth, and the two of them issued a silent curse towards Lawrence.
But Lawrence's figure suddenly disappeared, replaced by a towering tree. He "distorted" the position and concept between himself and this big tree.
So the curse target of the two "Disciples of Silence" changed from Lawrence to this big tree.
The two "Disciples of Silence"' silent "curses" caused the big tree to split from the middle, and three branches grew out. One of the fleshy branches was covered with eyes without eyelids, and each eye was full of malice.
On a green branch, there grew garlic, peppers, half a hen, a human hand, and other ssy things.
As for a black branch, it was covered with black long hair, and the hair fluttered in the wind, as if it had life.
"Ah ~"
Screams continued on the road. All creatures within 20 ters of the big tree, such as pedestrians and horses, beca grotesque monsters or were covered with lumps because of these two powerful curses.
Further away, most of the ordinary people who saw this cursed big tree went crazy, and those who did not go crazy were also severely impacted ntally.
Lawrence imdiately said after dodging: "Cursing is prohibited here!"
The crown on his head was a sealed item from a "Balancer", a legacy of the Trunsoest family, which allowed Lawrence to briefly possess the position and ability of a "Balancer".
But it can only be used for five minutes. After five minutes, the holder will either gradually be "ordered", and the Beyonder characteristics in his body will still be there, but he will no longer be able to use Beyonder abilities. Or the holder will fall into fantasy, fantasizing that he is a certain king, and live in his fantasy world, and his ntal body will never be able to return to the real world.
Mahmosi and others were surprised to find that this "prohibition" was very high, and they had no way to violate this "law".
Zatwin, who had not issued a "curse" just now, imdiately beca illusory after discovering Lawrence's conceptual change with the big tree.
But when he approached Lawrence, he found that he could not enter Lawrence's body and could not complete the possession.
This was Lawrence's other sealed item in action, which could effectively prevent possession by evil spirits and resentful souls.
This was the heritage of the Trunsoest family. More than a thousand years after the fall of the Night Emperor, Lawrence, as the patriarch, could still arm himself with a Grade 0 and a Grade 1 sealed artifact.
Moreover, these two sealed items were equivalent to disintegrating the "Disciple of Silence's" best "curse" and "possession" from the beginning.
The other two Burke family's demigod elders also carried a Level 1 sealed item each. This was Lawrence's greatest confidence in daring to launch this battle.
Mahmosi opened his mouth again, emitting a shriek that seed to pierce the eardrums. This was not a curse, but a pure attack on the spirit body.
Zatwin, closest to Lawrence, held a spear made of ice and thrust it at Lawrence.
Jax rushed towards the rear of Lawrence at an extrely fast speed, preparing to completely surround Lawrence.
Lawrence ignored the attack on his spirit body and the ice spear close at hand, and once again issued a decree: "The battle here must be fair and just."
Reaching the level of the divine "Balancer" not only allows one to "prohibit," but also to issue "decrees" that are beneficial to oneself!
Zatwin's ice spear pierced Lawrence's chest, and the shriek attack followed, causing great damage to Lawrence's spirit body.
However, when the three people launched another attack, as long as Zatwin attacked, Mahmosi and Jax had no desire to attack. As long as Mahmosi attacked, the other two had no desire to attack.
Truly achieving fairness and justice!
What? Lawrence is still wearing a Level 0 Sealed Artifact on his head? He is now an "Enforcer"! He is the "judge" of whether this battle is fair and just, and is not restricted by the "decree."
At this ti, Lawrence dodged Zatwin's attack while saying, "Distort!"
He distorted the concept of himself and Zatwin, transferring most of the damage he received to Zatwin.
Zatwin felt the severe damage he had received. He held his chest with one hand and took out a small straw doll that he had prepared in advance, transferring most of the damage that Lawrence had transferred to him onto the straw doll.
Several hundred ters away, a fleeing pedestrian was suddenly frozen by a layer of ice. The plants and trees around him imdiately withered, and at the sa ti, his spirit body was also dissipated.
Although these damages had been transferred nearly twice, and both tis were "most" of the damage, it was still fatal for ordinary people, even "Low-Sequence" Beyonders and most "Mid-Sequence" Beyonders.
Seeing that he could not solve Lawrence for a while, Mahmosi winked at Zatwin and Jax, telling them to entangle Lawrence.
His expression beca solemn, and he took out a jar of scarlet blood, preparing to pray to the angels of the "Rose School."
"It's best not to do this." A leisurely voice ca from the city wall: "The Feysac Empire will definitely retaliate for the damage you caused to Crowlier City today."
The speaker was Jonas, the demigod "Iron-Blooded Knight" sent by the Feysac Empire.
The tal nails on Mahmosi's lips opened again, and he asked in sowhat broken Feysac language: "Is the Feysac Empire preparing to help the Balk family?"
Jonas spread his hands: "If you fight in the forest where there are no people over there, I have no objection."
Of course, the Feysac Empire would not participate in this conflict. Even if the Balk family was a partner, they were unwilling to provide too obvious assistance.
The battlefield suddenly beca heavy. Although Mahmosi and the others did not want to have high-level conflicts with the Feysac Empire, was Lawrence willing to leave here?
At this ti, riots broke out in Crowlier City. The battle that was supposed to happen in the afternoon started early, and the "Rose School" was ambushing mbers of the Balk family everywhere.
Although this was completely contrary to the Balk family's plan, they also had contingency plans, and imdiately concentrated their forces and fled outside the city.
The main force of the Balk family was ambushing there at this mont.
As more than a dozen mbers of the Balk family left the city, Lawrence put away the crown on his head and used the thod of "distorting" distance to leave here and go to the predetermined battlefield.
Mahmosi sealed his lips again, and followed closely with Jax and Zawent.
Arriving at the predetermined battlefield, Lawrence put his hands under his jaw and prayed with the most pious attitude in his life.
Jax and Zawent stared closely at Lawrence, without launching a new attack, while Mahmosi knelt on one knee and also began the summoning ritual.
The two sides did their own things, as if they had beco harmonious for a while.
Mahmosi sprinkled half a jar of scarlet blood on the ground: "I, in the na of my teacher Suah, summon:
""The King of Curses;
"The most evil monster in history;
"The spreader of resentnt and despair;
"The embodint of endless madness.""
The scarlet blood on the ground suddenly projected a clear light. The angel of the "Rose School" thousands of miles away felt Mahmosi's summoning in the na of the leader.
It imdiately entered the Spirit World and easily found the location of the scarlet blood.
The light beca brighter and brighter, outlining a shadow full of evil and madness.
This was a summoning by a "Disciple of Silence," so the ritual was very simple. If it was a "Low-Sequence" Beyonder performing the summoning, in addition to obtaining the consent of the summoned person in advance, a very complex ritual was also required.
Smiles appeared on the faces of Mahmosi and the other two, and they looked at Lawrence together, but to their surprise, a surging power also descended around Lawrence.
At the sa ti as the angel of the "Rose School" appeared, a huge eyeball appeared in front of Lawrence. There were small eyes on the white of this eyeball.
This eyeball clearly exuded an aura of mutation, but it was surrounded by a holy light intertwined with clarity and darkness.
Mutation and normality, evil and holiness!
Mahmosi and the others were a little surprised. The other party had also summoned an angel-level monster? A saint?
In short, as soon as the eyeball appeared, they felt an unprecedented surging distortion power. The eyeball seed to have the authority related to "distortion," and it itself was in an extrely "distorted" state.
This was the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" that Hobert "created" by injecting the power of the "Nation of Disorder" into the black eyeball with the aning of the avatar of the "Knowledge Moor" obtained from Old Neil's ritual.
It has the position of an angel and can last for seven minutes, but because it has a certain divinity, it is not controlled by Hobert.
As soon as the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" appeared, it imdiately "reproduced" two extrely distorted and powerful figures in mid-air. The two figures were tearing at each other and fighting each other.
Mahmosi and the other two imdiately felt a huge impact, and their spirit bodies and bodies had suffered irreversible damage and mutation.
Fortunately, Barranca, the angel of the "Rose School," stood in front of them in ti: "Leave here!"
Then Barranca opened his mouth slightly. Although he didn't say anything, it seed to emit the most vicious curse in the world. The "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" was hit by the curse and turned into an ordinary glass ball, and the phantom in mid-air gradually disappeared.
In the "Nation of Disorder," Hobert, sitting on the "Iron Throne," twitched the corner of his mouth. He didn't expect the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" to "reproduce" the battle between "God Almighty" and "Celestial Worthy" as soon as he ca up!
It is estimated that the angel of the "Rose School" has also suffered a lot of damage because of this.
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