Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 92 Three Letters From Miss Ruth

Pompeii.

It has been more than 80 days since Luther went deep into the forest. Now that Pompeii has passed the season of spring plowing and planting, the burden on the farmers has been greatly reduced.

Pompeii at the moment is very, very beautiful.

From Pompeii to the south, there are endless farmlands, straight and wide roads, various villages, wine estates, pastures and so on.

The sound of cattle and sheep is endless, the sound of chickens and dogs echoes from a distance, children are playing everywhere, and farmers are doing their side jobs because it is not a busy time for farming.

Some make small handicrafts at home, and some are simply carpenters, stonemasons and so on.

The whole of Pompeii is a scene of living and working in peace and contentment.

The only slight disadvantage is that Pompeii is still empty.In addition to the four major military areas throughout Pompeii, many new buildings have also been newly built.

But many residential areas are empty and there are no residents, which is really embarrassing, embarrassing.

In order to be able to attract residents, the officials headed by Pompeii Mayor Lelouchi have had a hard time.

No, Lu Luxiu couldn't help holding a meeting in the city hall again.

In the meeting room of the city hall, Lu Luxiu was wearing a snow-white shirt, a coat, and a Prussian-style black hat on his head.

With two big beards on his handsome cheeks, he looked extremely majestic.

Below are a group of city hall officials, there are a total of twenty people.

Lu Luxiu glanced at the officials and sighed inwardly.Now the residents of Pompeii are supported by the families of knights and officials. There is an embarrassment that there are more officials than residents.

Lu Luxiu brewed the atmosphere for a while before he said: "The busy farming season is over now. A considerable number of farmers have listened to our advice and planted rapeseed and olive trees. Today's autumn harvest will be self-sufficient and even exported. Oil. Next year we will persuade other crops to be planted, and we must diversify our Pompeii crops. But that is next year, and now our Pompeii city lacks residents, and a city with only farmers and no residents cannot develop. No. Do you know what you think about this?"

"Mr. Mayor, I think we can use low housing prices to attract residents to move to Pompeii. We can attract businessmen to Pompeii with low business taxes, and introduce some people first. In addition, we now have excellent wine sales in Pompeii. The young caravan specially came to Pompeii to purchase Pompeii wine, which brought a certain popularity. I believe that after several years of development, Pompeii will become more prosperous.”

An official got up and said.

This official is called, George Pompey.He is young, only 26 years old, according to his seniority, he is Luther's cousin, quite talented, and is Lu Luxiu's right-hand man.

Lu Luxiu nodded. This strategy is quite similar to Luther's use of land to attract the unemployed.

But it's quite different, because this time you can't buy serfs.Because serfs are not suitable for living in the city, they lack spirituality, it is already very good for serfs to be farmers.

Recruiting freemen is much more troublesome than buying serfs. There are twenty or thirty nobles in Orange, like the Marquess of Parker, there are not many lords who are harsh on freemen.

The number of recruits that can be recruited in the Marquis of Parker's territory is almost the same as last time.

Going to other territories to recruit free people is tantamount to poaching the corners of the nobles. After all, the number of residents and merchants also represents the prosperity of a city in a sense.

"Let's try it first, but we have to go through official channels first. We only recruit free people when the official promises us to recruit free people. If we are not allowed to recruit free people, we will leave immediately. After all, even if a noble with a real title goes to another territory to recruit free people It is also a taboo thing, not to mention that our Pompeii family is too small."

Lu Luxiu warned, and then said: "I will discuss the specific recruitment with Knight Commander Ston, and ask him to send knights to protect you."

"Yes."

The officials responded.

The meeting ended soon, and Lu Luxiu was the last one to leave. He looked at the empty conference room and sighed, "Where did Luther go? He has a lot of tricks, and he might be able to quickly recruit residents. "

Lelouch is a very talented person. He manages Pompeii in an orderly manner. He also has his own way of development. He knows how to encourage farmers to grow crops other than wheat.

But Lelouch knew that he couldn't have as many ghost ideas as Luther, and that guy could raise Pompeii to a higher level with just one layout.

Really more popular than dead people.

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Pompeii castle.

The castle is basically the same as when Luther traveled here, basically unchanged.There are [-] guards stationed in the castle, commanded by Magellan.

The number of male servants and female servants has not changed much.

It is the little girl who goes in and out of Pompeii Castle almost every day, Lily, Pompeii.

Lily and Mary are very good girlfriends, and the two are often inseparable.

Mrs. Sophie is looking at the ledger in the study. As the person in charge of Pompeii's business, Mrs. Sophie is very busy at present. She not only has to run the original business, but also expands the ranch and builds an oil-pressing workshop according to Luther's wishes. It is also necessary to open a number of shops in the city to operate various businesses such as clothing and jewelry.

Very busy.

"No, the family business is getting bigger and bigger. I have to hire a few professional assistants, otherwise I won't be able to take it anymore." Madam Sophie suddenly felt dizzy. Caressed up and down, smoothed the air, and it was much better.

Mrs. Sophie is healthy, but the huge workload makes her overwhelmed.

"Ma'am, here's a letter from Miss Ruth."

Da da da.

There was a sound of small leather shoes touching the floor, and little Maya walked in from the outside. She was still dressed as a maid, and she was stepping on round-toed leather shoes, cute.

She was holding an envelope in her hand, and after coming in, she bent to Madam Sophie before handing the letter to Madam Sophie.

"This is already the third letter. Miss Ruth seems to be in a hurry. But Luther claimed that he was going to Kaiyue City to meet Miss Ruth. It has been more than 80 days. Where did he go?"

Madam Sophie showed worry and complaints on her pretty face. After receiving the letter, she hesitated for a while and put it in the desk drawer instead of opening it.

There are already two letters in it, and this is the third.

This world is very fashionable, and parents still won't open and read such personal letters.

"It must be fooling around somewhere." Little Maya said with a look of contempt.

"Why do you say that?" Madam Sophie felt a little surprised.

"Ma'am, you can see that he usually takes Xiuya with him when he goes out, but this time he didn't bring Xiuya with him. There must be some secret. I guess he went to find Knight Newton and fool around with those drinking and meat friends."

Little Maya guessed.

I have to say that little Maya really knows Luther very well.

Knowing that Luther did not bring Xiu Xiuya, there must be a secret, but the direction was wrong.

"Man, hey." Mrs. Sophie didn't know it was helpless, but she sighed with emotion. Recently, she discovered the secret of old Sol.

That guy actually messed around with the beautiful maid in the castle.

Madam Sophie almost exploded her lungs when she found out.

It’s fine if you look for a mistress outside, turn a blind eye and close your eyes, and look for a maid around you in the castle. Madam Sophie can’t help but feel angry when she thinks about it.

The most important thing is the sour taste.

Madam, my appearance and figure, how can I be worse than that maid?
Madame Sophie looked down at her breasts.

(End of this chapter)