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Time returned to around four o'clock in the afternoon, Hobert and Fors returned to the real world together.
Neither of them got up, but turned to look at each other, and both saw smiles on each other's faces.
It was as if they had a common, unspeakable secret, a kind of joy.
Fors said, "Hobert, I didn't expect you to have so many wonderful experiences and know so much information!"
Hobert sighed, this moment had finally arrived.
Fortunately, he had already thought about how to deal with it: "Some are my experiences, some are not. I was given the task of exchanging information at the Tarot Gathering, so sometimes I am 'The Emperor', not Hobert."
He sighed in his heart: Sure enough, after telling one lie, you have to use more lies to cover it up.
Especially in front of Fors, every lie made Hobert feel guilty, but the contradiction was that some things could only be buried in his heart and then covered up with lies.
He sighed in his heart: Fortunately, this is the last lie in this matter.
Fors, who was beside him, felt that Hobert's statement made sense. After all, "The Emperor" had always given the impression of being the representative sent by "The Creator" to the Tarot Gathering.
Next was the offering of rewards for this Tarot Gathering transaction, Hobert simply said: "We are now basically moving things from the left hand to the right, so there's no need to pay me your intelligence fee."
He smiled and said: "But in the future, when you encounter intelligence transactions, try not to be the main paying member."
Fors nodded, at this time she felt like she was a shill.
After completing the granting process, because there was no sacrifice from "Miss Magician", Hobert received a total of 4,700 pounds in cash and 2 Beyonder ingredients this time.
Seeing those two Beyonder ingredients, Fors seemed to understand something: "I was wondering before, where did you get so many Beyonder ingredients?"
Every month, Hobert could provide about 10 Sequence 8-level Beyonder ingredients to the auction house, and it had never been interrupted since the auction house opened.
At this time, Fors recalled that "The Emperor" and "The Sun" had successively traded 3 Beyonder weapons, and Hobert had obtained dozens of Beyonder ingredients from the transactions.
Moreover, every time at the Tarot Gathering, "Little Sun" could provide some new Beyonder ingredients.
At the last Tarot Gathering, "The Sun" also mentioned that because of his large amount of exchange, the Beyonder ingredients that had been in storage for a long time in City of Silver began to "increase in price", it could be said that he alone drove up the value of some Beyonder ingredients in the entire City of Silver.
Leaving the two Beyonder ingredients and 700 pounds to Fors, Hobert put away the 4,000 pounds in cash: "It costs a lot of money in Backlund, I have to take most of the money there."
Fors pushed the 700 pounds back to Hobert: "I don't have any places to spend gold pounds now, take them all, I'll take them from the safe when I need money."
The Sequence 6 potion formula and main ingredients had already been obtained, and now she had three mystical items in hand, so there was really no place to spend money.
Hobert didn't refuse, and stuffed the 700 pounds into the cloth bag together.
Fors asked: "What have you encountered recently that requires good luck?"
"It's a scientific research project that I invested in." Hobert smiled and said: "Because there will be constant attempts, I want to give those researchers some luck, maybe it will speed up the pace of research."
Fors opened her mouth, she hadn't thought of such a use.
She paused for a few seconds before saying: "If I'm lucky enough when I'm writing a book, can I keep bursting out with good inspiration, so will my writing speed become faster?"
Hobert was slightly stunned: "Uh, I think the problem with your writing is not a lack of luck!"
He remembered that there was a book with lawyers as the theme, why hasn't it been finished yet? Will he still not see that book by the end of the world?
Originally, Hobert had planned that if that book was published early, it might also play a certain anchoring role. Now it seems, let's face reality, that book may not be published for a while.
After chatting with Fors for a while, Hobert used "Travel" to return to the Earl's residence in Backlund, put down the cash first, and then returned to his room, and took out a copy of the "Wind Blessed" Beyonder characteristic and a copy of the "Gravedigger" Beyonder characteristic from "Nation of Disorder".
Then he immediately visited Captain Thomas and donated the "Gravedigger" Beyonder characteristic to the Evernight Goddess Church.
And in the subsequent conversation, he told Thomas that he was going to take over Longtail Island.
Thomas immediately stated that the local Evernight Goddess Church would definitely support Hobert's rule.
Hobert also said: "On Longtail Island, I need the help of the Earth Mother Church, so I hope to build or renovate a church of the Earth Mother Church there."
Thomas knew that Hobert's sudden gift of Beyonder characteristics was definitely not as simple as saying hello.
He got up and said: "Wait here for a moment."
More than ten minutes later, Thomas came back: "Archbishop Anthony said: Longtail Island is your fief, and it is your freedom to spread any religion you want."
Hobert knew that there was no big problem with the Evernight Goddess Church, he smiled and said: "Thank you Archbishop Anthony for me."
Then he got up and said: "I'll treat you to a meal another day, I have to attend a ball today, so I'll go back first."
Hobert also remembered this morning that he forgot to say hello to the Evernight Goddess Church and the Storm Church.
Leaving the Blackthorn Security Company, Hobert first returned to MI9 to clock out from work, and then took MI9's carriage to Holy Wind Cathedral.
After showing the "Wind Blessed" Beyonder characteristic to the servant, he successfully met Bishop Graham: "Earl Hobert!"
Graham, who was in his thirties, had light blue hair, and was wearing the Storm Church's bishop robe, immediately recognized Hobert.
Hobert smiled and shook hands with him, the two exchanged a few polite words, and Graham took Hobert to the backyard of the cathedral.
In a small reception room, Hobert pushed the Beyonder characteristic in the box to Graham, expressing his willingness to donate this "Wind Blessed" Beyonder characteristic to Graham.
Graham opened the box and looked at it, confirming that it was indeed a "Wind Blessed" Beyonder characteristic: "Earl, you must explain where this Sealed Artifact came from."
Hobert was prepared: "When I was in Feynapotter, three mercenary squads successively tried to assassinate me, one of whom was a 'Wind Blessed'."
Graham nodded, as long as it wasn't the Storm Church's bishops.
Hobert's statement was no problem, because the military did have some Beyonders of the "Sailor" pathway, not only in the navy, but also in the colonial army in the Southern Continent.
Many of these retired officers returned to the Northern Continent and joined the mercenary club.
Then Graham looked at Hobert, he didn't remember Hobert being a believer of the Lord of Storms, and even this Earl had always had little contact with the Storm Church.
So why did he suddenly donate a Sequence 6 Beyonder characteristic? You must know that the "Wind Blessed" Beyonder characteristic is very popular in the Berserk Sea!
"I came here this time to get to know the Bishop," Hobert said: "Of course, there is also something I want to ask for your help."
When dealing with this group of grumpy old men, Hobert chose to be straightforward, telling them that he was going to take over Longtail Island next, and that he was going to build an Earth Mother Church on the island.
Graham nodded slightly, Hobert was able to say hello in advance and send an Beyonder characteristic, which represented respect for the Storm Church.
He didn't care whether there was a third religion on that island in the Berserk Sea, where most of the population was indigenous.
Generally, the believers developed on this kind of island are not devout, or even simply difficult to develop believers, because it is simply difficult to explain the Storm Church's doctrine clearly to the natives.
But he was also very clear that this was not something he could decide.
The encounter was similar to that of the Blackthorn Security Company, Graham asked Hobert to wait here, and it wasn't until more than half an hour later, when it was almost dark, that Graham came back.
He stood opposite Hobert and said seriously: "Earl Hobert, the Archbishop asked me to tell you that the Storm Church has felt your kindness to us, so we also show equal kindness.
"First: There is only one Earth Mother Church allowed on Longtail Island, and the size and specifications cannot exceed the Storm Church's church; the number of clergy sent by the Earth Mother Church cannot be more than the number of clergy in the Storm Church's church on Longtail Island.
"Second: The Earth Mother Church is not allowed to preach to the Storm Church's believers, nor is it allowed to obstruct the Storm Church's preaching, otherwise we will directly intervene in the affairs of Longtail Island."
Hobert agreed immediately: "No problem."
After all, he was not familiar with the Storm Church before, and at this time they were able to let go and not obstruct the people of the Earth Mother Church from going to Longtail Island.
As for these two regulations, in Hobert's view, they were full of loopholes and would not affect his career at all.
Leaving the Holy Wind Cathedral, Hobert found that it was too late to go back and change into formal attire, so he simply took the MI9's carriage to attend a ball at an Earl's residence.
When the MI9's carriage stopped in front of an Earl's mansion, it attracted the attention of many people.
This department was too special for the nobles, even Georgina took an Earl-level carriage when she attended the ball.
Then Hobert, who was wearing less formal attire, got out of the car, and said to the Earl waiting at the door, whose name he also forgot: "Sorry, when I was about to get off work, there was suddenly an urgent case, and I didn't have time to go back and change into formal attire, I hope I'm not late."
The Earl who was greeting the guests at the door was obviously stunned for a moment before saying: "Of course you're not late, please come in."
When Audrey saw Hobert's casual wear, she shook her head helplessly: "Hobert, your attire is very ungentlemanly."
Hobert also noticed the gazes of the people around him, but he just smiled slightly: "I hope that because of my dress, many gentlemen will not invite me to participate in their gentlemanly balls."
Viscount Glaint shook his head: "You're a bit whimsical to think that way."
Hobert is an Earl, his father is a Duke, and now the father and son are members of the House of Lords, and Hobert has also started working in MI9.
For the nobles, even if they don't like them, there's no need to offend them.
...
Tuesday morning, Longtail Island.
The governor of Longtail Island, Yannis, came to the Governor's Mansion as usual. As soon as he got out of the carriage, his secretary greeted him and said: "Governor, Earl Hobert's special envoy has arrived."
Yannis was slightly stunned, and asked as he quickened his pace: "When did the special envoy arrive?"
Why didn't he notify himself?
The secretary's eyes were a little strange: "Just, just arrived."
It was indeed just arrived, but no one saw how he entered the Governor's Mansion, he seemed to suddenly appear in the hall of the Governor's Mansion.
But Yannis didn't have time to ask in detail at this time. As the governor, he had already received the telegram that Longtail Island had been sealed to Earl Hobert. The royal family had given him a new appointment, but he had been delaying leaving.
Because Yannis's industries were all on Longtail Island, there was a private iron mine, a rubber forest, and two manors.
At the same time, he often colluded with the garrison to capture the natives in the mountains and secretly engage in slave trading.
If possible, he hoped to continue to help Earl Hobert manage Longtail Island.
But Earl Hobert had not sent anyone to Longtail Island, so Yannis took the initiative to send someone to Backlund, but the person he sent was still on the road.
Arriving at the hall of the Governor's Mansion, Angus, who was in his twenties and looked very easy-going, was holding his arms and admiring the murals with the style of the Rothde Archipelago.
"Special Envoy!" Yannis said respectfully.
On Longtail Island, Yannis looked more majestic than the emperor, but in Backlund, he was completely a marginal figure of the royal family. If he hadn't been promoted to Sequence 5 by chance, he would not have been able to become the governor of a large island.
In Backlund, let alone the Earl's special envoy, he had to be polite even when he met the confidant of a lord.
Angus smiled and said: "Hello, Governor."
Seeing that the other party's expression was amiable, Yannis breathed a sigh of relief first: "Please come to the office for detailed talks."
Angus nodded and followed him to the Governor's office.
Looking at the luxurious decoration of the office, Angus sighed: "It's more impressive than the Earl's office."
Yannis was startled: "This, this is prepared for you."
Saying this, he quickly handed over a cigar.
Until this time, he still thought that this special envoy was simply here to understand the situation.
Angus waved his hand: "Go and prepare the information of Longtail Island, the Earl and a group of officials will come over in a while."
Yannis was stunned: "They also came by boat..."
"They didn't come by boat," Angus didn't continue to explain, but said: "Prepare for the handover, try to complete the handover this morning, and the Earl will inspect the territory in the afternoon."
Yannis was a little surprised, so fast!
Leaving the office, Yannis didn't react for several minutes.
Finally, he made up his mind and returned to the office: "Special Envoy!"
He saw that the special envoy was setting up a door in the center of the office at this time, and the special envoy was drawing some mysterious symbols on the carpet next to the door.
"What's the matter?" Angus asked without looking back.
"I am willing to donate a rubber forest to the Earl, can you help me say a few good words and let me continue to be the governor of Longtail Island?" Yannis smiled and said: "No one knows this island better than me, under my management, this island will definitely be able to operate stably."
Then he stepped forward and whispered, "If you are willing to help, I will give you an estate."
Angus glanced at Yannis, then continued writing the array, "The Earl will be here soon, talk to him."
"Okay, okay, okay." Yannis nodded repeatedly, "I'll go prepare the documents for the Earl to review."
After the governor left, Angus shook his head. If it were another Earl, perhaps this governor could have stayed on Longtail Island, but knowing Hobert, if he were told to run the territory unchanged, he would definitely be unhappy.
Soon, the staff of the Governor's Office heard that the Earl had sent a special envoy, and everyone was in a panic.
However, some staff members thought that it was just a special envoy, and if the Earl wanted the territory to continue operating, he would need someone to manage it, so they would not lose their jobs.
But before long, a team of soldiers came out of the Governor's Office, and the leading officer coldly ordered with a frosty face: "The Earl orders: All staff members are to gather in the hall to receive two months' salary and return tickets to Backlund! Everyone can leave their posts this afternoon."
"Those who want to continue working must pass the assessment of the human resources department and a series of studies before they can return to work."
This stunned everyone. Judging by this, the Earl didn't seem to plan to keep a single old employee!
Then someone wondered, where did these soldiers come from? Their uniforms don't seem to be from the Loen military, do they?
Everyone looked at Governor Yannis, who was also dumbfounded: When did these people hide in the office?
After thinking for a moment, he realized that these people might have come through the 'Traveler's Gate'.
Just as everyone was feeling strange, several more teams of fully armed soldiers came out of the Governor's Office, shouting slogans.
They were well-trained, well-equipped, and even had heavy machine guns!
After gathering in the courtyard, there were about three hundred of them.
Seeing the guns in the hands of these soldiers, everyone swallowed their full of complaints back down their throats.
Before long, a group of clerk-looking people came out of the Governor's Office, and the leading official introduced himself, "My name is Conrad, and I am the newly appointed Mayor of Longtail Island."
"May I ask who are the staff members of the land resources department?"
Two people stood up.
Conrad waved his hand, and three of his subordinates stepped forward to take over from them.
"May I ask who are the staff members of the finance department?"
In just a short while, Mayor Conrad sorted out the handover work of the Governor's Office.
Those staff members who went to take over shook their heads repeatedly after seeing the files and materials left by the Governor's Office. Two weeks ago, Hobert gave everyone who came to work on Longtail Island a copy of 'Introduction to Longtail Island'.
The Earl's introduction was more detailed than the information of the specific functional departments of the Governor's Office!
On the Governor's Office side, Earl's special envoy Angus came out with ten grim-looking members.
Angus said to Yannis, who was already stunned, "I am here to take over the secret files and secret affairs."
That is, the Beyonder files and cases of the island.
Yannis was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "Ah? Okay, okay."
He didn't expect the Earl to have so many Beyonder subordinates.
You know, many Earls would only hire a few Beyonders to protect themselves, but Earl Hobert sent ten Beyonders to Longtail Island. How much would that cost?
Several Beyonders from the Governor's Office finally felt a sense of crisis when handing over the Beyonder work.
They were once pirates or adventurers, and they already had their own industries on Longtail Island, and they didn't want to leave here.
At this time, several soldiers carried out the leather chairs of the Governor's Office, and next to this luxurious chair, there was also a chair.
A few minutes later, a man and a woman came out of the Governor's Office again. The man was handsome and cheerful, and the woman was mature and lazy. The soldiers in the hall immediately saluted the two.
These two were naturally Hobert and Fors.
Hobert and Fors sat down unhurriedly on the chairs in the hall, and the soldiers ended their salute.
At this time, Seel, who had been prepared in the courtyard, led three hundred well-equipped soldiers to change defenses with the local Loen garrison after notifying the local garrison in advance.
Conrad also replied, "Lord, the handover of the Governor's Office has been basically completed."
Angus also came out with people, "Lord, the secret files and cases have also been handed over."
Hobert nodded, "Proceed according to the original plan!"
"Yes!"
Angus went back to dismantle the 'Traveler's Gate', preparing to reinstall this gate in the courtyard, and then another batch of soldiers and logistics personnel would come.
This group of people will be stationed near the Governor's Office to protect the clerical staff to complete the asset registration and confirmation work of this city.
Because there have been two experiences of occupying new territories, the government department has a mature workflow. After occupying a new territory, the first thing is to re-sort out the situation of property, population, and land.
Colonies are quite rough in this regard.
Of course, you can't completely blame the colonies. The total population of Backlund is estimated, and the colonies will certainly not be much better.
Yannis stepped forward and said, "Earl!"
At this time, he had given up any hope of continuing to serve as governor. The Earl's takeover of the entire territory was so clean and neat, it was obviously premeditated.
Since the other party has never contacted him, then he must no longer be in the other party's "premeditation."
Hobert smiled, "Governor Yannis, thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work." Yannis also smiled, "The iron ore on Longtail Island..."
"I know." Hobert said, "On Longtail Island, only one-third of the iron ore and copper ore belong to the Governor's Office, and the rest is invested by the Navy or some nobles."
Yannis was first a little surprised, and then he thought that this was reasonable. Since he was ready to take over the officials of Longtail Island, how could he not understand the mineral resources on Longtail Island?
Hobert explained, "This is the fief given to me by the King. I don't care what it was like before. From now on, all industries here must uniformly pay taxes to me.
"The specific tax standards are in accordance with the Loen Kingdom's 'Tax Law'."
Yannis was slightly stunned. He just wanted to remind the Earl that this method of taxation would definitely not work. After all, this is the Rorsted Archipelago, not Backlund. There is no such thing as a 'Tax Law'.
There are only port usage fees, land usage fees, and other fees, because no one here will abide by the law.
But then he thought, anyway, he was not hired as the governor, so he can do whatever he wants.
Hobert asked, "Does the Governor have anything else?"
"No." Yannis smiled bitterly, "I just suddenly have to leave here and feel a little reluctant."
He was actually considering whether to wait on Longtail Island for a while? Wait until the Earl offends all the dignitaries of the Rorsted Archipelago, and he can come out to clean up the mess and continue to be the governor.
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