Duke of Herrington

Chapter 8 Through the appearance!

Until three o'clock in the afternoon, the crowd dispersed, and Ted hadn't filled the workers.

"My lord, only 200 people are still a hundred short of the goal."

Ted nodded to signal him to step back, then called Chris to pull out the cart from the warehouse.
He didn't plan to recruit 300 people. If it's a job, 200 people are enough. He just wanted to see the enthusiasm of the people and his own appeal.

At present, it seems that I am confused by the appearance. The people do love me more than before, but it is still useless to ask them to do something for me, let alone yelling at myself, so that everyone can rebel with me
The trolley was pulled up, and the curtain covering it was lifted. Ted cleared his throat and said loudly, "This is the end of the recruitment! Now! Every worker can come here to get two pieces of bacon!"

Things in the south are cheap, and there are stretches of pastures for grazing!Meat is even cheaper than vegetables, and this bacon is as bad as wheat, and if you don't buy it, it will rot in the South!Tossed in the trash!Adhering to the principle of not being wasted, buy them all!

The penetrating voice swept across several streets. People who didn't care just now were all sighing, and some even broke their own thighs. Although they regretted it, it was useless!The wives slapped their lazy husbands angrily, reprimanding them for being so lazy?

Some families haven't eaten meat for a long time!The last time I opened meat, it was luncheon meat stewed in soup, but there were more than a dozen people in the family!If you eat two small boxes of luncheon meat, you can only fill the gaps between your teeth in one bite!

When such news came, William's father, who was standing at the front of the line, turned to look at his two sons and said with a smile, "Your lord can distribute free food to 60 people in the entire northern border. How can we make us work for nothing?"

At this time, Ted walked forward with a smile. He had noticed the three father and son in front of him very early and heard their conversation.

That's the kind of family Ted wanted!Know how to be grateful, don’t eat too much and be lazy, know how to give~ For such a family, I have to let the housekeeper remember it well, and I will definitely not treat them badly in the future!

The prosperity of the country depends on this kind of excellent family, not the keyboard man who only knows how to spit dung in front of the computer, standing on the moral high ground and pointing out the country. Let a dog come~ you can do it with your face and keyboard. What use are they?Why not have two more dogs!You can also look after the nursing home!
In fact, Ted didn't intend to distribute it for free at first, and planned to let them spend some. But then I thought, where do they have money?They are all like sheep, they were all wiped out by their ancestors, even the leeks have to grow up before they can be used. Now, even if they go down with a scythe, they will only be lonely and have nothing.

"Ahem. Does any of you know architecture?" Ted symbolically broke the silence.

"My lord! Me!" William pulled his two sons and raised their hands. "We are construction workers in this neighborhood. I have 28 years of construction experience!"

"Then you stay here for a while!"

"No problem, my lord!"

Most of the crowd had young faces, just over 20 years old, and they were all the future of the Northern Territory. Their eyes were full of expectations for the lord. After getting the bacon, many of them even jumped on the spot!
They only eat half a piece of meat during festivals. This big strip of bacon weighs a kilogram, and the lord even gave out two!

If you want the public to regain confidence, the quickest and easiest way is to sprinkle your own coins on these young people. They are the easiest to be infected and attracted when they first enter the society. A little benefit will make them believe in your words No doubt!

With the support of the young people, the difficulty is directly reduced by half. As for the older men, they don't have to be infected. As long as their sons, daughters, and wives are dealt with, they have no choice!

Looking at these enthusiastic eyes, Ted stepped up to the high platform and shouted: "Rest well at night and have a big meal! Gather in the north of the city at nine o'clock tomorrow morning! During the construction period, two meals a day will be distributed! Ten copper coins per day! Now! Disband!"

After speaking, the remaining workers raised their hands and cheered and walked home, all happy for their wise decision!

Ted touched his non-existent beard with a smile, and gave himself a thumbs up: "Unexpectedly, I can still do things!"

After the crowd dispersed, Ted came up to William and asked, "You just said you have 28 years of construction experience?"

"Yes, my lord, our family has been construction workers for generations, and I can also draw some architectural drawings to help the landlord gather workers to build the manor. In addition, I led people to build this half of the street, and I also drew the drawings!" After saying this, my father still didn't forget to thank Ted: "Thank you Lord, if it weren't for you, we would have starved to death this winter."

Ted has already thought about the future city planning, but he is not familiar with how to build a city, so until now, he only has ideas, but has not practiced, but now, there is a skilled worker standing in front of him, and he is still Have a little understanding of urban planning.
More importantly, he was the first to stand up today, and he deserves to be trained by Ted!
"Well, let me just say it, I plan to hire you as a city engineer to manage city construction and planning, and the salary is 30 copper coins per day, how about it?"

"Thank you, sir! I will definitely do a good job!" William was shocked by the sudden good news!Excessively excited, repeated the words of thanks with snot and tears, and even knelt on the ground wanting to kowtow!
Fortunately, Ted stopped him in time.

"Then see you tomorrow~"

"Thank you sir!!!"

In the evening, Ted came home and counted with Chris.
It is unrealistic to immediately build a modern city. It is better to renovate the city first, optimize it in a simple way, and then rebuild it bit by bit from the large open space in the north of the city when the technology innovates later.

"My lord, we have recruited a total of 900 people at different food distribution points. It is a little bit reluctant to optimize the urban area, but it is not impossible. The construction period will be slightly extended, and the original ten days will be changed to 15 days."

"That's it. Register them as an excellent family, and temporarily stop recruiting people for work. If there are other tasks in the future, they will be selected from the family of 900 people first. If they are not enough, they will be recruited outside, and so on. The salary should be higher. 20% of the market, understand?"

"Yes! Your Excellency!" Chris originally thought that Ted was just a bit of a weird dude, but he didn't expect what he saw today to shatter his three views again.

This method is like an artificial filter, screening out those who are lazy, have no ideals, do not know how to struggle and are not obedient, and filter out a group of outstanding citizens first, and then let these people drive those who can be taught. Get rid of those stubborn ones, drive them away, no matter life or death~
As long as this method continues, the enthusiasm of the people will be mobilized bit by bit. After all, watching the former neighbors gradually live in a big house, get a good job, and marry a beautiful wife, they will be greedy!

If you want to become such an enviable person, you can only work for the lord!Coupled with the news from Ted's side, a little incitement.
Then, as long as you give a large-scale speech in the center of the town or in a tavern with the previous results at the right time and place, the lord will definitely be surrounded by the people, and his appeal will also increase greatly!
Few people in the empire can do such a seemingly simple plan. They would rather spend tens of thousands of gold coins to buy a big bed for getting up like Louis XIV than spend their wealth on the people. Knowing that singing and singing every night is drunk with money.

If things go on like this, taxes will only get higher and higher, and the people will only get poorer and poorer. In the end, resentment will become a disaster, and people will use fire sticks and farm tools to send the lord to the guillotine.

It's just that the current people don't have this kind of thinking, and the lord hasn't exploited the people to the limit.

After dinner, Ted was exhausted and hadn't closed his eyes all night. When he returned to the room after taking a quick shower, he couldn't keep his eyes open!
Quickly changed into pajamas, and immediately got under the quilt.

"Huh" in just half a minute, Ted emptied his mind, floated in the universe, and gradually lost consciousness
"Crack." The door was quietly opened. As the lord's fiancée and maid, she was about to serve Ted a plate of grapes, but he had already fallen asleep.
So Mia could only eat by herself with a plate.

Just when she was about to leave, she found out!Ted was just lying on one side of the bed and the other side was empty!
"Eh? Could it be that it was reserved for me?" Mia's eyes widened, as if she had discovered a new continent.

My own bed is hard and small, it is better to sleep next to it!Anyway, the previous Viscount gave an order, and he is already Ted's man~ It should be allowed to use the lord's bedroom!
After eating the last grape, Mia slowly got into the quilt like yesterday, enjoying the fairy touch brought by the coral fleece.

She hugged the quilt tightly, only one head was exposed, quietly grabbed Ted's arm, and hugged it like a pillow in her arms.
It seems that this strong and powerful arm can give me an infinite sense of security, and the unique taste of a man inadvertently wafts out, making me forget the ghost stories in my childhood
"With such a big brother by my side, all the ghosts and ghosts have to leave!" Mia blushed, stretched out a hand, tapped Ted's face with her fingertips, and carefully wrote her name .

The next morning, Ted was awakened by the warm sunshine, and just about to get up, he found that his hands were numb.

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Following the sound of soft snoring, Mia was sleeping peacefully beside her, as usual, talking in her sleep from time to time: "Hey, hey, the meat is delicious"

"Why did this little girl come to me again?"

I wanted to wake her up, but I remembered the face of the housekeeper wearing a mask of pain
It seems that I have no children. I'm sorry to my ancestors. Although Chris doesn't mention it anymore, he always talks about Mia and keeps emphasizing her. Sometimes he even calls her Mrs. Herrington!
Ted has no objection to this. After all, these are decided by his dead father. A filial son, he will definitely respect the wishes of the deceased!
Besides, Mia is also quite cute, with deep blue eyes that seem to be filled with stars in the sky, and her curly hair is as silky as waves.
Whenever she looked at him with a smile, it always reminded Ted of the youthful years and lost youth. When he was in junior high school, when he and his deskmate were together every day, he would blush and dare not say anything. one word
He remembers it so clearly that he hasn't forgotten it until now
All of this is etched in the depths of my soul forever.

When he was young and ignorant, he longed for a hazy and beautiful experience. It was she who gave him eternal reverie, but because of illness, she was gone.
Whenever he saw Mia being mischievous, he would recall that sweet and painful experience.
Perhaps, there will be a good result in this life?That has to wait. At least not now.

In terms of temperament and appearance, Mia does not lose to any noble girl, but is slightly naughty
This age should read!Instead of staying at home and being your own daughter-in-law!
As a successor of a certain country, abiding by the law is always the rule. If you say that you are 18 years old, you will be 18 years old, and it will not work a day earlier!

After thinking about it, the human life expectancy in this world is 200 years. If it is calculated according to the ratio, why not wait until 36?

"No! Absolutely not! This can't be calculated proportionally! You can endure it in 18 years, but don't you want to become a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in 36 years!? Absolutely not."

(End of this chapter)