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.
Hukaro 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.
Occasionally he would spend two or three days at home making plans, and occasionally he would go to the city for two or three days to conduct private inspections.
Drink in the tavern and listen 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 from their mouths, what's 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" characters.
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 onset of winter.
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 organization of 200 people.
The others were all tenant farmers who planned to become naturalized in Hukaro City.
This was Hardy's previous promise.
Along with Rogge came the old butler Jack and the head maid Lillian.
And... Little Tompus.
The old butler Jack looked at Hardy with tears streaming down his face. He kept saying that if the old master was still alive and saw that little Hardy was now a viscount, he would be very, very happy.
The head maid didn't think too much, she just looked at Hardy 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 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."
He is the Nightmare Knight . There is no need to hide it anymore.
"I feel like you are like the protagonist in a knight's biography, with legendary experience 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, then He said seriously: "I transferred you from Hexi County because I want you to help me set up an intelligence system here. I suspect that there are other nobles who have planted secret agents here."
Little Tompson's eyes narrowed . : "Who is so bold as 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."
Maybe they are all-rounders. Hardy has the ability to collect intelligence on his own, but he is not very powerful.
"Leave these matters to me, you can rest assured." Little Tompson became obviously excited: "I will give you the results within a month." "
You can take my coat of arms later and go to the warehouse behind to pick up the A box of gold coins to go to work."
Little Tompson asked carefully: "How many gold coins are in a box of gold coins?"
"Two hundred!"
Hiss!
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 you talk about tax evasion and tax evasion, I will investigate clearly for you whether they take off their clothes or pants first when they have sex at night."
"It doesn't have to be like this..." Hardy found it a bit funny. Then I 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 asked to see you, saying that there is something important that requires your decision."
Huh?
It doesn't make sense. It's just about supervising the construction of drainage channels. With Bing Xixi's ability, it shouldn't be a problem.
Hardy was very surprised and said: "Invite him to come here."
Lillian turned and left.
Little Dompson stood up and said, "Then I'll get to work first."
As an intelligence officer, Little Dompson had a very professional ethics. He knew that there were some things that he was not allowed to observe.
Hardy nodded.
Not long after Little Tompson went out, Xixi 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 channels."
"Sit down and talk." Hardy pointed to the chair opposite him.
Sitting down Xixi, he took a breath and told the reason for the matter.
It turned out that in order to make the construction progress faster, he followed the suggestions of netizens and divided more than 100 tenant farmers 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 minor injuries.
When Hardy heard this, his expression condensed: "What the hell is going on."
Bing Xixi said: "The food of the construction team is very good, and they squat on the roadside to eat. After a long time, many street gangsters became jealous... I didn't pay attention at first, but I didn't expect that as time went by, this jealousy became stronger and stronger, and finally..."
Hardy frowned: "Street gangsters, a group? Couldn't it be those sewer rats involved? ."
Normally speaking, although street hustlers are annoying, they usually only come in groups of three to five. Compared to the tenant farmers who are well fed, clothed, and doing manual labor, they are still in their thirties or forties, so they should not be able to account for them. The upper hand.
"I think so too. There must be someone behind this."
"Where are the people who beat people?"
"They were all scattered. When I arrived, I only traced a few people."
"Why not arrest them for questioning."
"They 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?"
Xixi 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."
Xixi 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, those who dare to harm civilians, kill, kill, kill! '
(End of this chapter)