I'm working on infrastructure in Xihuan

After the Sun Ritual, Lucien officially put the construction of the city on the agenda.

Summer is a good time for construction. The crops in the fields have grown strong enough to be taken care of by people from time to time; the spring hunting season is over, and a large number of laborers gathered in the market will be free accordingly. In addition to the traditional temple repairs of the sun festival, which will take up some craftsmen and labor, the construction manpower on paper is still very, very sufficient.

The weather was not bad either.Velveerd, which is located in the north, will not be cloudy and cloudy in summer like the imperial capital, and it will rain torrentially at every turn.

Moreover, Velvet will not be too hot in midsummer. The sun is too hot to work at noon in a day, and the temperature will drop in the morning and evening, and the breeze will make you feel very comfortable. If you are as weak as Lucien It will also feel a little cold, so you have to put on a thin coat when you go out.

——Every time she sees Lucien wearing her new coat, Anna always hesitates to speak, as if she has a lot to say.

It is a new product sent by Melch Workshop, and of course it is also a product of Hall's special series. The loose cloak-like design and overly bright colors are not in line with the current aesthetics among nobles, although no one will laugh at the lord in person. My lord, there must be plenty of gossip behind my back.

Anna really wanted to say a few words of persuasion, but she opened her mouth, met the smile on Lucien's face, and couldn't say anything.

"Okay, Anna, don't be so sad." Lucien said briskly, stretching out his finger to poke the cold face of the head maid, "It's just a piece of clothing, and no one dares to talk nonsense in front of me." Well."

What clothes he wears is a small matter. Compared with pointing fingers at his clothes, he thinks that those noble gentlemen probably have more opinions on the matter of his building the city. As Miss Noble said, the city will take away The labor resources of the nearby manor put the county government and the trade union office in the same place, and the manor owners couldn't help but worry about whether the lord's position would turn to the union union and plunder more benefits from them.

The manor owners couldn't help but worry about this, Lucien just released the news first, he didn't even send out an official document to recruit labor craftsmen, letters from various manors had already flowed into his study like snowflakes.

Lucien has the patience to write more than ten pages of letters to his dolls, but it does not mean that he is in the mood to reply to these boring letters that oppose his construction of the city for various reasons. It is his greatest gift to these gentlemen to take apart the letters and read each one. He is respectful, and as he expected, even the words and sentences are similar, and he is about to fall asleep.

What reply is there to such a letter?

With a swipe of his pen, Lucien signed out a stack of invitations according to the mail list and the member list of the Velvet Noble Association. He will hold a dinner party in a few days. If you have any comments and suggestions on his work Yes, you can talk freely at the dinner party.

Lucien swears in the name of his own cheap father that he will never go in and out this time, and guarantee that the guests who come in can go out vertically.

However, except that Lucien messed up a little bit at the previous dinner party, he was still very approachable and reasonable after he came to Velvet. Try not to take the gentle line of conflict, earn money and share benefits together, hello, hello, everyone, at least on the surface, the bowl of water of Velvet is very flat.

Rather than letting everyone follow his own orders, he seems to prefer holding meetings to discuss the action mode of brainstorming. According to the feedback from officials who have successfully penetrated into the county government, Lucian is more often the one who listens to other people's speeches during the meeting. Not much time to speak.

Avoid conflicts, avoid contradictions, and avoid monologues.

This style of behavior also made the owners of the manor remember what they said about Lucien when he first arrived, the "princess on the tower". They reference.

And this reference result was in Lucien's eyes, even after a few days of disappearance, the manor owners got stuck again for some reason.

It is still the familiar banquet hall. The long tables are covered with thick red velvet tablecloths, the tall candlesticks are brightly lit, and the flowers picked from the garden are blooming.

Clusters are crowded together in the bottle, which is the best time to open.

Sitting on one side of the banquet table were the manor owners invited by Lucien, still headed by Viscount Norbert, and they sat in the same order as last time.

Sitting on the other side of the table were county government officials represented by Lawrence, Dalton and William. He was exhausted and depressed, sitting in a row looking calm and energetic, and even attracted the opposite guests to ask how old they are if they are married, and there is a daughter waiting in the boudoir at home...

"Cough." Viscount Noble coughed, stopped the group of idiots from trying to win over the lord's direct subordinates under the lord's nose, and spoke as an elder, reminding Lucy En, these officials are not too young. Although these idiots talk a lot, Lucien really should consider their marriage.

After all, these three can only be regarded as upstarts who rely on the lord's promotion. If they don't take advantage of the momentum to make a good marriage, after a long time and age, all suitable good girls will be snatched away.

As far as Viscount Norbert knows, Lawrence and his parents either died or their parents ignored them at all. At this time, even though the lord Lucien is younger than them, he still has to shoulder the responsibilities of their parents and elders, and don't let them delay their lives. event.

Lucien: "..."

"Thanks for the reminder, I will pay attention."

As soon as he mentioned this, he suddenly discovered that besides Lawrence and the three of them, there seemed to be many officials in the county government who were marked as single in the character information. Calculating the proportion of unmarried, it was actually quite high?

Damn it, they are all mature cards, why can't they work and get married and solve life problems on their own? He is willing to give them a holiday. The county government's welfare leave includes three full days of marriage leave!

Lucien gritted his teeth and silently stared at the three of Lawrence. He saw that their faces were stiff and their backs were hairy. In the end, Doton was the first to admit defeat and sighed helplessly. marital problems.

Only then did Lucien look away, and raised his hand to indicate to Anna that the maid could serve the dishes.

The maid delivered delicately cooked dishes one after another. There were many more green and refreshing vegetables on the table in summer than in winter. According to the custom, the fruits had to be rolled in boiling water before being served on the banquet table, and sometimes some basil was poured over them. Honey adds flavor.

The temperature control magic pattern in the banquet hall is working dutifully. The fire spar placed in it in winter has been replaced with water spar. The indoor temperature is much cooler than the outdoor one. Lucien specially chose a slightly thicker one. Dresses—the temperature that was almost comfortable for the able-bodied guests was a little bit cold for him.

There would be no blood this time, so Lucien chose the white dress with confidence.

After serving the food, the maid poured wine into each glass, and then quietly and quickly withdrew from the banquet hall, only the soft sound of the door closing was particularly eye-catching.

Lucien tapped the rim of his wine glass with a silver spoon, drawing the guests' attention back to himself, "Don't worry, everyone, the door is unlocked."

He said so in a joking tone, put the silver spoon back in his hand, stood up with the wine glass in hand, and started his opening speech: "Everyone took the time to come today, please allow me to express my gratitude to you all."

"In the past few months, as a lord, I have achieved some small achievements in local construction. This is also inseparable from your care and support. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you again."

"In the future, I still have to rely on the support of you gentlemen. You are much older than me. If you have any comments or suggestions on my work, please let me know. Don't hesitate."

"Of course, I will listen to your opinions as much as possible. We are all the people of Velvet. I believe that no matter what, everyone's goal is to make this place better, isn't it?"

"By the way, today's meals are made from the freshest ingredients picked from Rolles Manor. Please enjoy them to your heart's content."

Lucien raised his glass, paused for a while and found that he had nothing else to say, so he ended slowly

His own speech, "Regards you."

The guests also stood up, and Viscount Norbert said: "You are too polite." He raised his glass and responded to Lucien's toast word by word, "To Velvet."

The manor owners sitting below him also raised their wine glasses and said in unison: "To Velvet."

Everyone present knows that today's banquet is not the kind of eating, drinking, and complimenting each other, but at the beginning, they can't directly get to the point of dealing with the lord's lord. They always have to exchange pleasantries, and gradually advance the topic to the issue of building a city. .

Of course, during this period, you still have to eat and drink a little bit, insisting on doing things and not tearing your face in person, the lord is young, so you have to take it slowly like coaxing a little girl, give chewing gum and then use a big stick to knock hard If the atmosphere is too tense all of a sudden, it is easy to arouse the rebellious psychology of young people.

According to the process envisioned by the manor owners when they came, the banquet should proceed like this.

The only thing they forgot was that Lucien only promised that there would be no blood at the banquet, but he didn't promise that he would be safe and sound at the banquet and follow the proper procedures.

So they had just toasted and drank a sip, sat down and picked up the knife and fork, before the first bite of food was eaten, Lucien directly cut to the point with lightning speed.

"As you all know, I am going to build the camp at the Spring Hunting Market into a new city."

"Everyone seems to have a lot of opinions and questions about this. Replying letters one by one is cumbersome, and it is easy to cause misunderstandings due to unclear descriptions. This is why I thought of inviting you over, and also called Lawrence and the others. Everyone explained the matter clearly in person, so as not to What kind of contradictions will arise after the city starts construction.”

As Lucien said, his hands were still cutting the steak on the plate. The blade cut along the texture of the meat. The steak was only half-cooked, and the blood mixed with fat overflowed under the pressure of the blade.

He looked down at the muddy blood smeared on the snow-white plate, and twitched the corners of his mouth happily, not paying much attention to his guest's expression and reaction at this time.

"So I won't be too polite and waste your time."

"Your high opinion, I am here to listen."

"I don't know, which one wants to start first?"