Chapter 611: Meeting with Perficott
Shay has not been to Chernobog for a year or two.
The Chernobog in his impression was a huge construction site, with excavation and construction going on everywhere, and groups of workers and machinery always busy.
But this time when he came to Chernobog, Shay felt that it was already a big city.
Stepping out of the train station and getting into a taxi, Shay looked at the street outside the window and sighed with a sense of the difference between things and people.
The construction site in my original impression has basically been completed, and now it has turned into a tall building covered with snow. It seems that even in this final and cold winter, there is still a bit of prosperity in the past.
If it weren’t for the heavy snow and the large robots that walked by on the street from time to time, Shay would even think that he was still in Langton.
I have to say that the pace of development in the North is really too fast, much faster than everyone imagined.
Three years ago, the Northern Territory was still desolate. Perficott 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, Purficott himself never imagined that the North would be as prosperous as it is now three years later.
But in three years, Perfectikt made the impossible possible, building the entire northern border in the wilderness, and building a large number of shelters and settlements here, allowing countless people to live in the desert. Survive this apocalyptic winter.
Every time he thinks of this incident, Shay feels a sense of pride from the bottom of his heart, because he is also a participant in this incident and has contributed to the construction of the North.
It is precisely because of this that he received the title of Honorary Knight of the White Bear Knights and became a member of the now very respected White Bear Knights in the North.
The iconic white wolf cloak was currently draped on Shay, causing everyone who saw the cloak on him to cast respectful glances.
This made Shay very proud, and it also made him feel proud.
When he was a child, he had heard his old father, who dreamed of restoring the family's glory, talk about the history of the family when they were nobility, but even the Cormac family of that era had never been respected by people like this when they walked on the street. The moment of gaze.
"These are all given by the earl. I must perform well when I meet the earl this time!" Shay thought in his heart.
The carriage quickly delivered Shay to the square in front of the Lord's Mansion. This was not a place where the taxi could go further. Shay didn't care. After getting off the carriage, he just asked the coachman to help bring him there. gifts were unloaded from the car.
After paying the fare, Shay held the gift he brought with one hand and walked towards the Lord's Mansion.
At the door, the guard stopped Shay. Although they saw the white wolf cloak on Shay's body, the guard who could stand guard at the door of the northern lord's mansion also wore the same cloak. cloak.
And they are different from Shay. Each of these White Bear Knights guarding here is a formal member of the White Bear Knights. They are essentially different from honorary knights like Shay.
However, they did not embarrass Shay. They just asked him to identify himself, checked the things he brought, and let him in after confirming that there was no danger.
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 simply explained, and at the same time helped Shay clean up. He wiped off the snow on his body and brought him a pot of hot tea and a few biscuits.
Shay's eyes lit up when he saw the hot tea and biscuits.
Although there is no shortage of supplies in his settlement, and he can still eat meat from time to time, his life can be said to be among the best among all the settlements.
But even so, tea and sweets are still luxuries that Shay has not seen for a long time.
Although sugar and tea were among the goods transported by the caravan, the high price had always kept Shay away, and he did not dare to have any ideas.
And those goods are obviously not prepared for "poor knights" like Shay, but for nobles in some large settlements.
Those nobles basically migrated from Langton together with the empire center. After arriving in the north, some of them were of course settled in cities such as Chernobog and Belloberg.
But there are also some who do not have that much status and status, or who simply come to the north at their own expense, so they can only be arranged to live in those settlements.
These nobles carried a large amount of money and assets, and even in the north they still maintained a luxurious life, and it was naturally impossible for them to give up such hobbies and luxuries as sugar and tea.
In order to recover more wealth from these people, Perficott spent some time cultivating tea trees in a greenhouse, 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 way of drinking tea does not allow you to experience the real aroma of tea at all. They just drink it as a luxury, so it is mechanical. That's enough for making tea.
If Perficott was to ask a girl to pick tea with her mouth, she could make the person who suggested it into a tea-picking machine.
As for sugar? She took the lead in building the sugar factory in the north, and it also used the large-scale industrial sugar production method she came up with. A large amount of sugar was piled in the warehouse, and it was no problem to use it to make some free money from the nobles!
But for Shay, tea and desserts were so long gone that he felt reluctant to part with them even when eating them.
How long has it been since you tasted sweetness? Shay felt that he was usually too stingy to even spend some money to buy some candy to improve his life.
Fake he is also a knight with a fief. Although the output of the fief is not much, it can still support his consumption of sugar.
As long as you don’t buy too much, one pack a month should still be affordable. While Shay was thinking about these things, the previous maid came back and said to Shay, who was eating cookies: "Your Majesty, the Earl, is free now. Please come with me."
Hearing the maid's greeting, Shay quickly swallowed the biscuits in his mouth, poured himself a large sip of tea, then straightened his appearance, picked up the gift he brought, and followed The maid walked through the corridor and came to a reception room.
The last guest who came to see the Earl had just left, and Shay even met him in the corridor and gave each other a simple hello.
In a sense, this is actually considered impolite. Normally, even if a noble entertains two groups of guests at the same time, unless they know each other or the servant is negligent, they should not let both groups in. This is how the guests met in the corridor.
The maids in the Lord's Mansion are undoubtedly qualified, and the old housekeeper of Perfectcourt will not make such a mistake.
The reason for this situation is simply that Purficott had too many guests to meet today, so much so that she had to compress the meeting time of each guest and the interval between the two groups of guests, so as to allow herself Can meet more people.
It was precisely because of this that Shay met the previous guest who came to see Perfectcott in the corridor.
However, the two parties did not know each other, and the white wolf cloak on Shay's body was enough to make the other party hold back any dissatisfaction or opinions.
After all, this is the North, and the White Bear Knight is a direct descendant of Purficott, who is recognized in the North. Offend them? Or in the Northern Lord's Mansion? Do you think you have lived enough?
What's more, the other party was not surprised by Shay's appearance, and even said hello to Shay in a friendly way.
"Shay Cormac, I remember you, feel free to sit down! Since you are my knight, I won't be polite to you. I have met too many people today, let's relax!" Perfico Te saw that it was Shay who came in, so his whole body relaxed. His originally straight back instantly bent down, and his whole body fell directly into the sofa.
Looking at Purficott like this, although Shay felt a little surprised, he felt that this was more real, so he didn’t say anything, but just greeted Purficott: "Salute to you." , the saint blessed by the Father, the savior of the world, the one who sounds the knell of doomsday, the pioneer and protector of the northern territory of the Victoria Empire, the ruler of the entire northern territory, the protector of all northerners, and the people of the northern territory. The common warchief of the tribe, the builder of Chernobog, 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 Iron Fire Knights Honorary Grand Master, Langton’s brightest pearl, conqueror of the sky, leader of the times, Earl of the Northern Territory.”
Listening to this long list of titles, Purficott closed his eyes in pain. Her eyes closed, but then she looked at Shay again and asked him: "When did I have the titles of Savior of the World and Person Who Sounds the Knell of Doom? Even if I have to add more titles. , shouldn’t it also be a title like God Killer?”
“This is the latest version of all your titles published in the newspaper last month, Lord Earl. As for God Killer, I think the newspaper It shouldn't be updated yet, right?" Shay quickly explained.
The reason why he calls Purfict by all his titles is not only to express his respect for Purfict, but also to express that this is a formal meeting occasion, and that the vassal is meeting his lord. .
Although Purficott acted very casually, this was a sign of trust in his vassals.
Because in the traditional feudal concept, the more casual a lord is to his vassal, the more trust he has in him.
So facing Purfict's casual attitude, Shay felt a little flattered.
"Okay, just try to give me a title all day long. It's useless." Purficott cursed, but still looked at Shay and asked him about the business: "As my vassal, since you have come to meet me, please tell me how the territory has been doing recently? Tell me about the population, products, and all aspects. By the way, if you have any troubles or things that need to be solved, you can tell me, if you can I'll handle it for you."
Xie Yi didn't dare to neglect, and quickly took out a small book from his pocket, and after opening it in his hand, he read: "There are currently a total of residents in the settlement. There are 1,827 people. There are 24 new newborns and 12 adults this year. The population has increased slightly compared with last year.
The settlement is operating normally. Everyone can steadily obtain their daily rations and other monthly necessities, and no one is hungry or cold.
In addition, due to the heating field of the energy tower, there is a group of animals in the territory, which can stably provide meat for the territory. We are currently considering whether to tame them. "
Listening to the statistics and reports that sounded like civil servants, Purficott glanced at Shay and asked, "Is this written by your brother? "
"Sorry, Lord Earl, I'm really not very good at this aspect of paperwork, so I left it to my brother. "Shay explained to Purficott, with a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Perficott didn't mind this, he just waved his hand and said: "It's small things, if someone can work hard for me , it’s not too late for me to be happy! Since your brother has this talent, give him the position of affairs officer. It just so happens that this position seems to be always vacant in your territory. ”
Upon hearing that Purficott had arranged a position for his brother, Shay sincerely expressed his gratitude to Purficott, and also took the opportunity to present the gift he had brought to her.
Watching Shay open the big box in front of him that could sleep a person inside, Purficott couldn't help but wonder what kind of gift Shay could give him.
Although Perficott had already expected the gifts sent by these vassals, they were either local specialties such as furs and handicrafts, or things obtained from nobles such as works of art and jewelry. , which really annoyed Purficott.
But she has to accept these things. After all, vassals who can give her gifts must be taken seriously.
It’s just that if you accept too many people, you will really get tired of the aesthetics, and you will no longer be interested when you see things that have no special features.
However, what Shay took out from the box still made Purficott raise his eyebrows, showing an expression of "You actually did a big job."
Because what Shay took out of the box was a thing that even Purficott didn't know how to describe.
It looks like a severed hand. It looks like a human hand overall, but it is covered with long white hairs. Visually, the length of each hair is at least one cubit long.
The entire hand is almost the same size as an adult, so one can imagine how huge its body must be.
This hand looked like it had been torn from the arm. Not only was there a broken bone attached, but the fracture looked like a laceration.
"Where did you get this thing from? It actually looks fresh? You couldn't have caught it on the road, right?" Purficott checked the severed hand and said something casually.
(End of this chapter)