Alien landlady

Chapter 142 Meeting in the Forest
Two days later, the construction guild replied to the letter and agreed to come and see the site the day after tomorrow, so Bai Tongtong wrote to Sana and sent Ah Huang to deliver the letter.

While waiting for Ah Huang to bring back a message, Bernard ran up with a package printed with the royal family's coat of arms and handed it to Bai Tongtong. He removed the package and revealed a wooden box. When he opened it again, he found that there were quite a lot of things inside.

There was a royal decree that made her hereditary Baron of Salter.

A bronze Medal of Honor.

A map of the territory is actually the village of Salter outside the guild boundary, which is now her hereditary territory of Baroness Bai Tongtong.

A book of domestic baron's coat of arms patterns managed by the Heraldry Institute. She has to design her own baron's coat of arms according to a fixed format, and it is best to submit the first draft to the Heraldry Institute for confirmation before the end of May.Similarly, the coat of arms of the Earl of Wismar must also be submitted to Marzio's Heraldry Academy within the specified time.

Finally, there was an invitation letter, inviting Bai Tongtong to attend a court dinner at the palace the night after tomorrow.

Bai Tongtong was dumbfounded looking at the table covered with things, and without saying hello, he actually became the hereditary Baron of Salter in this country again?It turns out that the canonization of a baron does not need to go to His Majesty for a ceremony and just issue an imperial order?
While he was still digesting the sudden news in a daze, Bernard, who had just delivered the letter and went downstairs, ran up again, with another letter from the capital in his hand.

Bai Tongtong then temporarily forgot about the baron and read this letter first.

The letter was written by the president of the Mazio Chamber of Commerce stationed in the capital of this country. He knew that Bai Tongtong would attend the palace dinner the day after tomorrow, so he hoped that he could have a simple lunch with her in the chamber of commerce at noon, and introduce her to her by the way. Meet a few other managers in the chamber of commerce.

Now the time conflict became even worse. People from the construction guild came over the morning after tomorrow and wondered if they could finish before noon. She didn't want to rush to the luncheon.

Moreover, His Majesty's canonization of herself as a baron also made Bai Tongtong deeply disturbed. She thought that she had not done anything for this country that was worthy of being a baron. In peaceful times, earning a lifetime knighthood is enough to honor the family.

Bai Tongtong, who was thinking about it and didn't know who to discuss with, suddenly thought of Farrell, who was also forgotten by her for a while, this genius senior of the chief clerk of the elders' house, and it was appropriate to ask him for advice on political matters.

Bai Tongtong immediately wrote a letter, asking only one thing, whether he knew His Majesty's intention to make him a baron.

Because Ah Huang hadn't come back yet, Bai Tongtong, who was impatient and couldn't wait, left the guild's normal mailing process, sent the letter to Wangdu Guild, paid the postage for the urgent mail, and they arranged for the postman to deliver it on the same day.

The magician and servants learned that Bai Tongtong had just become a new hereditary baron in their country, and applauded her to celebrate. Immediately, the mages clamored for a banquet, and within a week, there would be a noble with two titles. Outsiders at the banquet will feel that Bai Tongtong is very unhappy. For such a big happy event, there should be lively banquets for a whole week.

Bai Tongtong agreed, but she would not be able to spare time until she attended the palace dinner the day after tomorrow.

The mages don't mind, they also need time to write letters to invite relatives and friends to come and gather together, and they are even willing to prepare their own ingredients to make a happy buffet-style banquet.

As a considerate host, Bai Tongtong can make the banquet whatever the mages want, and she has more important things to do right now. She goes to the town with the imperial order and asks the mayor to register the name change of the village. .

Salter Village has about a thousand acres of arable land, not including the land where houses were built and the uncultivated wasteland. This is really a good village. Bai Tongtong sincerely thanked His Majesty for his thoughtfulness and generosity.

The mayor hadn't seen Bai Tongtong since the last meeting banquet. Seeing her coming to the door by herself, he felt uneasy, as if he had returned to the environment of the dinner party back then, standing at attention all over his body.

"Hey, mayor, long time no see, don't come here without any problems."

"Long time no see, President Bai, you look so good. I heard that you have just been conferred the title of Count Wismar of Marzio? Congratulations." The mayor stood up and saluted.

"Thank you." Bai Tongtong took out the imperial order and put it on the mayor's desk, and looked at him with a smile, "But my visit this time has nothing to do with the guild or Wisma, but with Salt Village. Baron Walter, the imperial order is here, so help me with the formalities."

The mayor stood stupidly for a while with his mouth open, and then he came to his senses. He picked up the watchman and looked at it carefully several times, and finally confirmed that Bai Tongtong was really Baron Salter. The etiquette salutes again to Bai Tongtong.

"Manning Carlin, Mayor of Forborg, sends his regards to the Baroness."

"The mayor has worked hard." Bai Tongtong smiled back with a noble standard.

"I will go through the formalities for you right now." The mayor took out the registration book and other documents from the cabinet next to him, and made some records alternately. After waiting for a while, Bai Tongtong got her new land deed.

"Miss Baroness, do I need someone to accompany you to the village?"

"Don't bother, I can go there by myself, thank you, mayor, I wish you a happy day today."

"Goodbye, Miss Baroness." The mayor didn't even have to be polite. He realized that the long-standing traditional living habits of Fabao Town would be completely broken. He sent Bai Tongtong out, and when he saw that she had left with magic, he hurriedly announced to everyone. Great news for the town and surrounding villages.

At that time, Bai Tongtong had already passed through the ground twice and arrived at the entrance of Salter Village.

It was also Bai Tongtong who hadn't appeared since the last time he came here to discuss business, and was recognized by the playing village boy as soon as he appeared, and took her to the village head's house as she ordered.

After more than ten minutes, the whole village exploded. Men, women and children ran back from all directions and gathered in the open space outside the village head's house to swear allegiance to Bai Tongtong.

And Bai Tongtong also gave her people generous treatment. At present, everything owned by each family remains the same. The status of the villagers has become the baroness's farm laborer instead of a tenant farmer. All the output of the land belongs to Bai Tongtong. It is also her responsibility that the villagers receive monthly remuneration, adults receive remuneration from craftsmen, and children over 12 years old but underage receive remuneration from apprentices, and re-register household registration and compile a labor population list.

The villagers are very happy that they have become the subjects of the baroness, and the burden of taxes is greatly reduced. They don't have to worry about being deprived of their status as self-cultivators after His Majesty the King allocated the land to the nobles, and they will be driven out of their homes where they have lived for generations.

Of course, Bai Tongtong would not do stupid things to drive away the redundant population, being more generous would help her buy people's hearts, and it would be easier for her to build large-scale construction projects in the village in the future.

As for this dilapidated village, it would be embarrassing for her not to tidy it up properly. Earl Wismar's manor will be rebuilt with comfortable living facilities, and of course Baron Salter's village will also have a complete set.

Just to start a new rural construction.

It's just being shy.

Bai Tongtong touched the money pocket in the ring, the pressure to make money was great.

After disbanding the villagers, Bai Tongtong asked the village chief to accompany him on a complete tour of the village, hoping to find a place with a better angle to see the whole village.

When he was walking to the wasteland, Ah Huang came over with Sana's reply message.

[You are actually here, I even ran to the town to find you, the townspeople are happy and worried about you becoming a local baron. 】

[I have already finished the formalities in the town, why did it take you so long to send a letter? 】Bai Tongtong bent down and patted Ah Huang's back.

【Sana took his second brother out to install new stoves for customers. There was only the youngest housekeeper. The two brothers were shocked when they saw me coming to the door. 】

【Then can they come over the morning after tomorrow? 】

[Yes, they promise to come back overnight. 】

【That's good. At noon the day after tomorrow, I'm going to the capital to have lunch with the people from the Marzio Chamber of Commerce, and there will be a palace dinner in the evening. 】

【Oh, why is it all crammed into one day. 】

[Yeah, I hope they can finish their work in the morning. 】

[It's okay, everyone has to rest at noon, if it's a big deal, you can run hard at both ends, anyway, there is a teleportation array. 】

Bai Tongtong shrugged, 【It's really not possible, it's the only way. 】

With Ah Huang around, it became much easier to observe the topography. It raised the surface of the wasteland and slowly raised it to become a hill overlooking the whole village. Bai Tongtong drew a sketch on the notepad for planning.

The village head was so shocked by the magic that he couldn't speak, he was dumbfounded, and Bai Tongtong didn't bother to comfort him. After finishing the work in hand, he withdrew the magic. After sending the village head back to the village, she Also went back to the guild.

As soon as she stepped into the door, the mages in the hall laughed at her like coaxing, and Bernard walked towards her, unfolding five envelopes in the shape of a fan in his hand, all of which were custom-made with heraldry patterns.

"Five letters came in so little time after I left?" Bai Tongtong took the envelope and quickly scanned the sender's name on it.

"Oh, dear baroness, do you want to reschedule your celebration dinner?" The mages all looked like they were watching a show.

"Uh, why reschedule? It happens that I can refuse these banquets with the reason of holding a celebratory dinner. I am not a banquet animal, and banquets every day are not good for my health."

"Well, that's a good reason, but let them know there's a celebratory dinner and they'll be sure to ask."

Bai Tongtong lined up the envelopes and took them in both hands, and pointed the coat of arms to the mages, "Would you like to share a room with them and enjoy the banquet?"

"Oh, forget it, if you can, you really don't want to." Magicians of all ages booed together.

"That's fine. I'll tell them that I'm going to hold a magician-themed celebration banquet, and I'll hold a celebration banquet for the aristocratic circle in a few days. I implore them to attend at that time." Bai Tongtong shrugged with an expression that the problem had been solved. shrug.

The mages clapped their hands and laughed loudly, beckoning their friends and leaving the hall one after another.

Bai Tongtong was finally able to go upstairs to take a rest.

In the royal capital, before noon, Farrell's housekeeper received an urgent letter from the postman. Harding saw that it was from Bai Tongtong, and ran to the elders' house to hand it to Farrell after receiving the letter.

Farrell took the letter to a small restaurant on the street and read it while eating lunch. When he saw that Bai Tongtong was only asking about her sudden canonization as a baron, and there was a sense of uneasiness between the lines, he almost spit out his meal with laughter, and then went back to Office, used the lunch break to write a reply, but was not in a hurry to post it, but decided to visit her in the evening.

After lunch break, Bai Tongtong sent two invitation letters to Principal Hart and the General Association, asking the principal and teachers to come to the celebration dinner together. Afterwards, Abel came up to ask what style of dress she planned to make with the new fabric she bought. If there are any detailed requirements, during the conversation between the two of them, Bernard went upstairs to deliver the letters and gifts received during noon, and packed them into a cardboard box.

Looking at the envelopes in the letter tray on the corner of the table, thinking of writing so many replies by hand, and adding more letters in the future will become part of her daily work, Bai Tongtong got a headache, and wrote new ones on her mysterious test list. plan - typewriter.

After dinner, Bai Tongtong, who had worked hard all day, was taking a walk outside the guild while the sky was still a little light from the setting sun. As he walked closer to the forest, Ah Huang suddenly came out of the forest as if he had just been in a fight. He didn't say anything , Bai Tongtong already knew what was going on, and strode into the forest.

In the weaker light in the forest, the light-colored fur Harding looked particularly hazy. When it grinned, Bai Tongtong felt a gust of wind sweep across her face. She closed her eyes subconsciously, losing her sense of time and space. She didn't open her eyes until she felt the fur under her hands.

Ah Huang rubbed Bai Tongtong's hand, turned around and chased Harding away again, no one can take advantage of the other, and they are all speed-type magic pets, just listen to the whizzing whizzing through the air sound, but they cannot be seen.

Looking around, Bai Tongtong was very familiar with the environment. It was an open space in front of the hut where the manager of the patrol camp built by the Leibney family lived. Now it is an empty dead camp, but it has all the facilities. Haven't had time to come over and clean it up, and haven't figured out how to reuse the existing campsite.

Pollock, whom I hadn't seen for a while, was sitting on a tree stump used as a wooden bench in front of the stilted building. Of course, he was still the same, neatly dressed, as if he could go to a high-class banquet in a high-end carriage at any time, and his hands Carrying a space bag.

"Pollock, you haven't heard from me all this time. I thought you'd met someone who had killed you."

Pollock's well-behaved gentlemanly smile froze on his face, and the corners of his upturned mouth collapsed, "I didn't expect that the first sentence we met was such a greeting."

"It is inevitable for smugglers to encounter danger. This means that I am very happy to see you."

"Oh, that's such a euphemistic wording."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. If you don't show up again, I will find someone else to buy graphite. Someone will come to see the site the day after tomorrow, and the factory will start construction at any time." Bai Tongtong walked up to Pollock, raised a piece of the ground to harden and used it as a stool sit down.

"I fully understand your impatience, but the idea of ​​finding another supplier may not be feasible, because I have already bought the spot goods of domestic graphite miners with better quality. Even if you want the goods, you also need miners. It can only be mined for you, and as you know, there are very few businessmen engaged in this mining business."

"Your crazy acquisition will increase the price of graphite."

"That's right, the price of good goods of medium and high quality has increased after I finished the purchase." Pollock gave the space bag to Bai Tongtong.

Bai Tongtong opened the space bag and reached out to touch it. It was packed in bags. She randomly picked out a bag and checked it. It was pure powder that had been washed without impurities or loose pieces. Bai Tongtong smiled very satisfied, and took out the bag. Space bag with gold coins ready to pay.

(End of this chapter)