Black Knight From Blue Star

Chapter 112 Do you use elite soldiers as gatekeepers?

Unknown to Hardy, Lady Anna has become friends with Lady Patience.

 After bidding farewell to the two beauties, he returned to the manor and continued working on his development plan.

 Hukaluo City now has its own way of operating, and he doesn’t want to change it for the time being.

 There is no way to change it until there are enough manpower available.

 When people start doing business, time will pass quickly.

He occasionally spends two or three days at home making plans, and occasionally goes to the city for two or three days to conduct private inspections.

Drinking in the tavern and listening to the boasts of the drunkards and bards.

Don’t underestimate these street guys in the tavern. As long as you eliminate the useless information in their mouths, what is left is what has happened or is happening in this city.

Through the mouths of these drunkards and bards, Hardy got to know many "reputable" people.

 Then a month passed quickly.

 The construction progress of the drainage canal in Hukaro City has exceeded one-third, and it is estimated that it can be completed before the cold winter comes.

At the same time, on Hardy's side, Rogge finally came back with more than 300 people.

 In addition to a group of veterans, there was also a group of new recruits, enough to form an establishment of 200 people.

 The others are tenant farmers who plan to become naturalized in Hukaro City.

 This is Hardy’s previous promise.

　　With Rogge came the old housekeeper Jack and the head maid Lillian.

 And…little tomps.

Old butler Jack, looking at Hardy with tears in his eyes, kept saying that if the old master was still alive, he would be very, very happy to see that little Hardy has now become a viscount.

The head maid didn't think too much, she just looked at Hadi lovingly.

 After they chatted with Hadi for a while, the two immediately began to take over the management of the Lord's Mansion.

With the two of them here, Hardy finally felt that the Lord's Mansion felt a bit like 'home'.

As for little Tompson, he was called into the study by Hardy.

“I can’t believe that you actually climbed into the Jeanna family... became a viscount, and even became the lord of Hukaro City.”

Little Tompson looked at Hardy with admiration in his eyes.

 He really didn’t understand why Hardy, his playmate, had changed so much recently.

“According to the information I have collected, are you still the Nightmare Knight?”

Hardy sat on the chair and said with a smile: "Yes, we have a nightmare saddle at home. I tried to fuse it and it succeeded."

 There is no need to hide the fact that he is a Nightmare Knight anymore.

"I feel like you are like the protagonist in a knight's biography, with legendary experiences and abilities."

"Don't brag about me so much, I won't give you a higher salary." Hardy waved his hand and made a joke, and then said seriously: "I transferred you from Hexi County just because I want you to help me here. Set up another intelligence system, and I suspect that there are other nobles who have planted secrets here. "

Little Tompson's eyes narrowed: "Who is so bold as to dare to break the hidden rules among nobles?"

“I just have this feeling, I don’t know who it is. Also, you have to help me collect the tax status of various industries.”

　　People cannot be all-rounders. Hardy has the ability to collect intelligence on his own, but he is not very powerful.

“Leave these things to me, don’t worry.” Little Tompson became obviously excited: “I’ll give you the results within a month.”

“You will take my coat of arms later, go to the warehouse at the back and carry a box of gold coins to work.”

Little Tompson asked cautiously: "How many gold coins are there in a box?"

 “Two hundred!”

　　His!

Little Tompson took a deep breath first, and then he immediately smiled evilly: "With this much money, I can put the entire Hukaro City under your surveillance within a month. Don't When it comes to tax evasion and tax evasion, I will investigate clearly for you whether they take off their clothes or pants first when they have **** at night."

"It doesn't have to be like this..." Hardy felt a little funny, and then he heard a knock on the door.

Lilian, the head maid, came in and said with a smile: "Master, there is a man named Bing Xixi who is requesting to see you, saying that there is something important that requires your decision."

Um?

 It doesn’t make sense. It’s just about supervising the construction of drainage canals. With Bing Xixi’s ability, it shouldn’t be a problem.

Hardy was very surprised and said: "Ask him to come here."

 Lillian turned and left.

　　Little Dompson stood up: "Then I'll do something first."

As an intelligence officer, Little Tompson has very professional ethics. He knows that there are some things that are not convenient for him to observe.

Hardy nodded.

　　Not long after Little Tompson went out, Xi Xi came in.

He was wearing leather armor, with a long sword on his waist, and a scowl on his face.

“Sir Hardy, we are having some trouble building drainage canals.”

 “Sit down and say it.” Hardy pointed to the chair opposite him.

Xixi sat down, and after taking a breath, he told the reason for the matter.

It turns out that in order to make the construction progress faster, he followed the suggestions of netizens and divided the tenant farmers of more than 100 people into three teams to carry out construction in three directions at the same time.

 This is a good thing, the construction progress has indeed been accelerated.

According to this progress, it can definitely be completed before winter comes. After all, for tenant farmers, working in the cold winter is a hard job, and Xi Xi does not want this to happen.

 But just this morning, the construction team in the north of the city was beaten by a large group of people.

 Three people died, a dozen were seriously injured, and the rest were all lightly injured.

When Hardy heard this, his expression condensed: "What on earth is going on."

Bing Xixi said: "The food of the construction team was very good, and they ate squatting on the roadside. As time went by, many streetwalkers became jealous... I didn't pay attention at first, but I didn't expect that as time went by, this jealousy would The heart becomes stronger and stronger, and finally..."

Hardy frowned: "Street gangsters, a group? It can't be those sewer rats who are involved, right?"

Normally speaking, although street gangsters are annoying, they usually only come in groups of three to five. Compared with tenant farmers who are well fed, clothed, and doing manual labor, they are still in their thirties and forties, so they should not have the upper hand. .

“I think so too, there must be someone behind this.”

 “Where are the people who beat people?”

"They were all dispersed. When I arrived, I could only trace a few people."

 “Why not arrest him for questioning?”

 “They are hiding in the trading house!”

"So you come to ask me how to deal with it?" Hardy's voice was obviously higher: "I have assigned you thirty elite soldiers, and you are just using them as gatekeepers?"

Xi Xi felt a little ashamed. Although he was followed by millions of netizens offering advice, this was the first time he had "power" in the true sense.

 So he doesn’t dare to do things that, in his opinion, are “out of line”.

 “I understand.” Xixi stood up.

Hardy continued: "Go to Sheriff Li Shaoer and ask him to bring people to cooperate with your actions. Just say it is my order."

Hand nodded, his face became firm, and then he walked out of the lord's mansion.

 In his live broadcast room, netizens were filled with outrage.

　　‘Those who dare to bully civilians and those who dare to harm civilians, kill, kill, kill! ’

 (End of this chapter)