Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 611: Meeting with Perfect

Shay hadn't been to Chernobog for a year or two.

His impression of Chernobyl was that of a huge construction site, with excavation and construction going on everywhere, and groups of workers and machines always busy.

But this time when he came to Chernobog, Shay felt that it was already a big city.

After walking out of the train station and getting into a hired carriage, Shay looked at the street outside the window and felt that things and people had changed.

The construction sites that I had originally imagined have basically been completed, and now have become tall buildings covered in snow. Even in this cold winter, they still look somewhat prosperous as they once were.

If it weren't for the heavy snow and the large robots that occasionally walked on the streets, Shay would even think he was still in Langton.

It has to be said that the development speed of the North is really too fast, so fast that it is beyond everyone's imagination.

Three years ago, the Northern Territory was still a wasteland. Perfect was ordered to develop the Northern Territory. At that time, no one would have thought that the Northern Territory would be what it is today three years later.

In fact, even three years ago, Perfecto himself had never imagined that the North would be as prosperous as it is now.

But in three years, Perfectoth turned the impossible into possible. He built the entire North in the midst of desolation and constructed a large number of shelters and settlements, allowing countless people to survive this doomsday winter.

Whenever he thought of this incident, Shay felt a sense of pride from the bottom of his heart, because he was also a participant in this incident and had contributed his part to the construction of the North.

It was because of this that he was awarded the title of Honorary Knight of the Order of the White Bear, becoming one of the most respected White Bear Knights in the North.

The iconic white wolf cloak was now draped over Shay's body, causing those who saw the cloak to look at him with respect.

This made Shay very proud and also made him feel proud.

When he was a child, he once heard his old father, who dreamed of reviving the family's glory, talk about the family's history when it was still aristocratic. But even the Cormac family of that era had never had a moment like this when they were looked at with respect when walking on the street.

"All this is thanks to the Earl. I must perform well when I meet the Earl this time!" Shay thought to himself.

The carriage quickly brought Shay to the square in front of the lord's mansion. This was not a place where the rental carriage could go further, and Shay did not care. After getting off the carriage, he just asked the coachman to help unload the gifts he brought from the carriage.

After paying the taxi fare, Shay carried the gifts he brought with one hand and walked towards the lord's mansion.

At the door, the guards stopped Shay. Although they saw the white wolf cloak on Shay, every guard who was allowed to stand guard at the door of the Northern Lord's mansion was wearing the same cloak.

Moreover, they are different from Shay. Each of these White Bear Knights guarding here is an official member of the White Bear Knights, which is fundamentally different from honorary knights like Shay.

However, they did not make things difficult for Xie Yi. They just asked him to identify himself and checked the things he brought. After confirming that there was no danger, they let him in.

After entering the lord's mansion, a maid took Shay to the waiting area of ​​the reception room.

"The Earl is receiving other guests. Please wait here. Someone will notify you to see the Earl when he is free." The maid gave a simple explanation. She also helped Shay clean the snow off his body and brought him a pot of hot tea and some biscuits.

Shay's eyes lit up when he saw the hot tea and biscuits.

Although there was no shortage of supplies in his settlement and people could eat meat from time to time, his life could be said to be one of the better ones among all the settlements.

But even so, tea and sweets were still luxuries that Shay had not seen for a long time.

Although the caravan's cargo included sugar and tea, the high prices kept Shay at bay and he didn't dare to think about it at all.

Moreover, those goods were obviously not prepared for "poor knights" like Shay, but for the nobles in some large settlements.

Those nobles basically migrated from Langton along with the imperial center. After arriving in the north, some of them were of course settled in cities such as Chenoborg and Beloberg.

But there are also some people who do not have such status and position, or who simply come to the North at their own expense, and they can only be arranged to live in those settlements.

These nobles carried a large amount of money and assets with them, and they still maintained a luxurious life even when they arrived in the North. Naturally, they would not give up their hobbies and luxury items such as sugar and tea.

In order to recover more wealth from these people, Perfect spent some time cultivating tea trees in greenhouses and used machinery to realize the entire process of tea picking and frying on an assembly line.

Although the roasted tea leaves are certainly not as fragrant as the tea leaves imported from the East, the old world's way of drinking tea cannot make the real tea fragrance come true. They just drink tea as a luxury, so mechanical tea making is enough.

If Perfecto wanted to do something like a girl picking tea with her mouth, she could turn the person who suggested it into a tea-picking machine servant.

As for sugar? She was the one who took the lead in building the sugar factory in the North, and she also used the large-scale industrial sugar production method she came up with. There was a lot of sugar piled up in the warehouse, so it was no problem to use it to make some extra money from the nobles!
But for Shay, it had been so long since he had tea and desserts that he even felt reluctant to eat them.

How long has it been since he last tasted something sweet? Shay wondered if he was too stingy to spend a little money to buy some candy to improve his life.

Jiajia is also a knight with a fiefdom. Although the output of the fiefdom is not much, it is still enough to support his consumption of sugar.

As long as you don't buy too much, one small bag a month should still be affordable. Shay was thinking about these things when the maid who had left before came back and said to Shay who was eating a cookie, "Lord Earl is free now, please follow me."

Hearing the maid's call, Shay quickly swallowed the biscuit in his mouth and took a big sip of tea. Then he tidied his appearance, picked up the gift he brought, followed the maid through the corridor and came to a reception room.

The last guest who came to see the Earl had just left, and Shay even ran into him in the corridor and they exchanged a simple hello.

In a sense, this is actually impolite behavior. Normally, even if a noble is entertaining two groups of guests at the same time, unless they know each other or the servants are negligent, they should not let the two groups of guests meet in the corridor.

The maids in the lord's mansion are undoubtedly qualified, and Perfectcot's old butler would never make such a mistake.

The reason for this situation is simply that Perfecto has too many guests to meet today, so many that she has to shorten the meeting time for each guest and the interval between two groups of guests so that she can meet more people.

That was why Shay ran into the previous visitor who came to see Perfecto in the corridor.

However, the two parties did not know each other, and the white wolf cloak on Shay was enough to make the other party hold back any dissatisfaction or opinions.

After all, this is the North, and the White Bear Knights are recognized as the direct descendants of Perfectoth in the North. How can I offend them? And in the North Lord's Mansion? Is he satisfied with his life?
What's more, the other party was not surprised by Shay's appearance, and even greeted Shay in a friendly manner.

"Shay Cormac, I remember you. Please sit down. Since you are my knight, I will not be polite with you. I have met too many people today. Let's relax a little!" When Perfect saw that it was Shay who came in, he relaxed completely. His originally straight back bent instantly, and he fell directly into the sofa.

Looking at Perfect, Shay was a little surprised, but he felt that this was more real, so he didn't say anything, just greeted Perfect, "Salute to you, the saint blessed by the All-Father, the savior of the world, the one who sounded the death knell of the end of the world, the pioneer and protector of the northern border of the Victoria Empire, the ruler of the entire northern border, the protector of all northerners, the great chief respected by all northern tribes, the builder of Chenobog, the last dragon slayer, the vice president of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Victoria Empire, the founder of the northern branch of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the honorary grand master of the White Bear Knights, the honorary grand master of the Iron Fire Knights, the brightest pearl of Langdon, the conqueror of the sky, the leader of the times, the earl of the northern pioneer."

After hearing this long list of titles, Perfect closed her eyes in pain, but then she looked at Shay and asked him, "When did I get the titles of Savior of the World and The One Who Rings the Doomsday Knell? Even if I have to add a title, shouldn't it be the title of God Slayer?"

"This is the latest version of all your titles, Lord Earl, published in the newspaper last month. As for the matter of the God Slayer, I think the newspaper has not had time to update it yet?" Shay hurriedly explained.

The reason why he called Perfecto by all his titles was not only to express his respect for Perfecto, but also to indicate that this was a formal audience occasion and that the vassal was meeting his lord.

Although Perfect behaved very casually, this was a manifestation of his trust in his vassal.

Because in traditional feudal concepts, the more casual the lord is towards his vassal, the more he trusts him.

So when faced with Perfecto's casual demeanor, Shay felt a little flattered.

"Okay, you've got nothing to do all day long and you're just trying to give me a title. It's useless." Perfect cursed, but still looked at Shay and asked him about business: "As my vassal, since you've come to see me, just tell me how your territory is doing recently? Tell me about the population, products, and everything else. By the way, if you have any troubles or things that need to be solved, you can also tell me, and I'll do whatever I can for you."

Shay did not dare to neglect it and quickly took out a small notebook from his pocket. He spread it out in his hand and read: "There are currently 1827 residents in the settlement. This year, there are 24 newborns and 12 adults. The population has increased slightly compared to last year.

The operation of the settlement is normal. Everyone can get their daily rations and other daily necessities every month stably. No one is hungry or cold.

In addition, because of the energy tower's heating field, there are a group of animals in the territory, which can provide a stable supply of meat for the territory. We are currently considering whether to domesticate them."

Listening to the statistics and reports that sounded a bit like civil servants, Perfect looked at Shay and asked, "Is this written by your brother?"

“I’m sorry, my Lord Earl. I’m not very good at this kind of clerical work, so I asked my brother to do it.” Shay explained to Perfectoct with an embarrassed look on his face.

Perfect didn't mind it. He just waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter. I'm so happy that someone can work hard for me! Since your brother has this talent, give him a position as an official. It seems that this position has always been vacant in your territory."

Hearing that Perfect had arranged a position for his brother, Shay sincerely thanked Perfect and took the opportunity to present her with the gift he brought.

Watching Shay open the big box in front of him that could accommodate a person, Perfectcot couldn't help but feel curious about what kind of gift Shay could give him.

Although Perfect had expected the gifts from these vassals, they were either local specialties like furs and handicrafts, or things obtained from nobles such as artworks and jewelry, which really made Perfect a little annoyed.

But she couldn't refuse to accept these things. After all, any vassal who could give her gifts must be valued.

But if you collect too many things, you will get tired of them and lose interest in things that are not very special.

However, what Shay took out of the box still made Perfecto raise an eyebrow, revealing an expression that said "you actually made such a big deal".

Because what Shay took out of the box was something that even Perfect didn't know how to describe.

It looked like a severed hand. Overall it looked like a human hand, but it was covered with long white hair. It was estimated that each hair was at least an elbow long.

The entire hand is almost the size of an adult, so you can imagine how huge its body must be.

This hand looks like it was torn off the arm. Not only is there a broken bone still attached, but the broken end also looks like a laceration.

"Where did you get this thing? It looks fresh. Did you catch it on the road?" Perfectcot checked the severed hand and complained.

(End of this chapter)