The Extraordinary Earl

After seeing off the Knight of Stone, Luther also breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, the position of the family knight captain was filled.

Until the family grows and a new candidate is found, there is no need to consider problems with the position of Knight Commander.

The family's guard knight represents the family's force, while the knight captain represents the family's appearance and is the anchor of the knights. This is so important.

Solving this matter really made Luther feel relieved.

After solving the position of knight commander, Luther focused on another matter. Official adjustments and streamlining.

Specifically, it was about the appointment of Teacher Qiao Xiu.

Luther's cultural teacher had been working as a tax officer in the territory before that, just like Mr. Magellan, who served as a peace officer and Luther's knight teacher.

At present, Knight Magellan has resigned from his job as a peace officer and has been assigned to become a knight guard.

Teacher Qiao Xiu should also be relieved of his duties as tax collector and hand over his duties to the city hall.

Otherwise, the overlapping of powers will cause big problems.

But this matter is a little different from the Knights of Magellan, because although the Knights of Magellan lost their job as peace officers, they got a job as a guard knight and still commanded the one hundred original guards in the castle.

Teacher Qiao Xiu has completely lost his position as an official in the territory.

Teacher Qiao Xiu is a good old man. Luther likes this respected scholar very much, so he is afraid that Teacher Qiao Xiu will think too much.

So Luther decided to go and talk to Teacher Qiao Xiu in person.

In the afternoon now, Teacher Qiao Xiu did not start any cultural classes. When Luther found Teacher Qiao Xiu, Teacher Qiao Xiu was reading in his study.

Teacher Qiao Xiu is getting older, and his eyesight has been a little hard recently, so he wears a pair of glasses. Seeing Luther coming in from the outside, Teacher Qiao Xiu put down his glasses, smiled and said hello: "Luther, you are such a busy person, why do you have time to see me?"

Although it seemed a bit complaining when he stood up, in fact, Teacher Qiao Xiu didn't mean that at all. He was quite proud because he had taught Luther since he was a child.

Although he had never taught Luther how to manage a territory, he was actually puzzled by why Luther was so good at managing a territory.

But this does not hinder Teacher Qiao Xiu's pride.

"Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I've come to see you, teacher. It's really rude." Luther apologized happily.

Then Luther came to the desk and sat down, chatting with Teacher Qiao Xiu. Luther thought about his words and said to Teacher Qiao Xiu: "Teacher, you are the original tax officer in the territory. Are you interested in working in the city hall?"

Teacher Qiao Xiu was stunned for a moment, but he was a smart man and quickly realized what Luther meant.

"Luther, you are so reserved. You can just say that my position as tax collector conflicts with that of the city hall." Qiao Xiu smiled and shook his head.

Then he replied: "I don't want to work in the city hall. On the one hand, I am old, and the work in the city hall is very heavy and not suitable for me. On the other hand, I don't want to be my son's subordinate."

"Okay, I will make adjustments to your work. You will still be the cultural teacher of our Pompeii family in the future." Seeing Teacher Qiao Xiu being so open-minded, Luther also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Afterwards, Luther and Teacher Qiao Xiu spoke some more, and then Luther stood up and left. After Luther left Teacher Qiao Xiu's study, he went to the city hall to meet Lelouch without stopping.

After explaining the matter about Teacher Qiao Xiu and the future tax work, they were also placed below the city hall.

This time around, City Hall officials streamlined matters.

In this way, the structure of the city hall and military affairs in the territory has been completed.

The mayor is Lelouch, who is responsible for the civil affairs in the territory.

The Knight Commander is the Knight of Stone, responsible for the knights and military work in the territory.

These two jobs were previously the responsibility of Teacher Qiao Xiu, the Knights of Magellan. Although I feel sorry for the two of them, this is an unstoppable trend.

As the Pompeii family develops little by little, personnel changes will become frequent.

People with more ability will take on more important positions.

With these two personnel changes, the territory will enter a stable development period. The main work is to build city walls and cut down forests to build new farmland.

and plans for a new guard to be expanded by five hundred men.

There was a correction knight in these matters, Lelouch caught it, and Luther, the acting lord, returned to his leisurely daily life.

In the morning, I read a book to recharge my batteries. If I feel interested, I go for a walk around the territory and have an intimate exchange with the people.

In the afternoon, do knight training to increase your combat power.

I exchange letters with Miss Ruth every few days, and my life is dull and fulfilling.

The months passed quickly.

Pompeii has entered a severe winter, and after a while, it will be spring when flowers bloom.

It's still very cold in Pompeii today, bitingly cold. The wind was very strong, and the cold wind was like a knife, cutting small gaps in the exposed skin of the person.

Therefore, people walking around outside put on thick clothes and wrap themselves up as tightly as possible. They are equipped with masks, hats, and other equipment.

Of course, try not to go out if you can.

So at this moment, there are very few people outside in Pompeii territory.

After a few months, the Pompeii collar changed again. In a rapidly developing territory, changes are of course happening with each passing day.

First of all, the city wall of Pompeii has been completed. The tall circular city wall surrounds a large area of ​​territory.

Although the population in the city is not large now, some buildings have been built. Provide villas for knights to live in, as well as some residential areas.

A square standing in front of Pompeii Castle.

There are four military areas within the four walls of the city, as well as 500 new guards who are still training in the winter.

Today's Pompeii is missing only the residents. Outside the castle, large tracts of forest were cut down and acres of farmland were developed.

The felled trees became materials for building houses.

As soon as spring arrives, crops will be planted in the vast farmland, bringing huge amounts of tax revenue to the Pompeii family, which will serve as fuel for the Pompeii family's revitalization.

On this day, Luther rode a horse and entered the city from the southern gate of the city under the protection of the escort knight Shushua and a group of guards.

Crossing the main road made of stones, Luther and his party arrived in front of the city hall official residence. Luther dismounted, handed the horse to the guard, and entered the city hall with Shushua.

Today Luther is wearing thick clothes, a hat, a mask, and a scarf, and he is as fat as a ball.

In fact, as a knight, Luther's body is strong enough and he is not afraid of the cold. This look was strongly requested by Mrs. Sophie.

Mother's love is too heavy and there is nothing I can do about it.