Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 7 Arranging Work
Sean and the housekeeper Henry drove towards the civilian area in the east of Jorn City in a carriage together.

On the carriage, Sean looked at the nervous middle-aged butler in front of him: "Your name is Henry, right? Have you had any experience in managing territories before?"

Henry looked at Sean, opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

"What's the inconvenience?" Sean noticed Henry's strange expression.

Henry thought for a while, and then summoned up his courage and said, "His Royal Highness Sean, my father is the butler of the Viscount of the Lake, and I have also become the butler of the Viscount after my father passed away at the age of 26. It has been 15 years now.

And the place where we live is Hetan Town. "

"Oh, so that's the case." Sean suddenly realized.

It turned out that Hetan Town used to be the territory of the Viscount of the Lake, and now the Viscount of the Lake and his heir died in the front line, and the ownership of this territory was transferred to his own hands.

"I have lived in the capital since I was a child, and I have no experience in managing territories. You are more familiar with River Beach Town, and I will need more help from you in the future." Sean said to Henry seriously.

"It is my honor to serve His Royal Highness Sean." Henry knelt on one knee in the small compartment, expressing his allegiance to Sean.

"Sit down." Sean pointed to the seat opposite the carriage and asked, "What does River Beach Town look like? Tell me."

Henry stood up, sat down in the seat opposite Sean, and then said: "River Beach Town was a very prosperous town 100 years ago, and it was the only way for business exchanges between the Principality and the Elven Kingdom in the southwest.

However, more than 100 years ago, the principality and the elf kingdom in the south had a bad relationship, and after the trade route was cut off, it declined. Now it mainly relies on agriculture to barely maintain it. "

Henry's tone was full of regret for River Beach Town.

"Elf Kingdom?" Xiao En's eyes lit up. There are many elves' cards in the system's card pool. Maybe they can be used. For example, let the elves bring human souvenirs to exchange for elves' souvenirs. , the benefits will certainly not be small.

But that's all for the future. What I have to do now is to buy supplies and reach the territory first.

"By the way, Henry, how much money did you earn a month as a housekeeper in River Beach Town?" Sean asked suddenly.

Henry didn't understand why Sean asked such a question, hesitated for a moment, and said, "On average, 30 gold coins a month."

"Being my housekeeper, if you do well, your salary will be doubled! How about 60 gold coins a month?"

"Really? Thank you, Your Highness!" Henry was overjoyed, and regardless of the dirt on the carriage floor, he knelt down to Sean again.

Originally, Henry thought that he had followed a hopeless lord, and his morale was a little low. He didn't expect this lord to be so forthright, and directly gave him 60 gold coins a month's salary!
You must know that my father has been a housekeeper for the Viscount of the lake all his life, and his monthly income does not exceed 50 gold coins.

"Get up." Sean patted Henry on the shoulder, "Work hard! There will be rewards for doing a good job in the future! I will arrange work for you now."

Sean raised Henry's salary not because he was rich and self-willed, but because he really had a lot of important work to do.

Money is undoubtedly the most reliable way to stimulate the enthusiasm of employees.

. . . . . .

"Alright, Your Highness." Henry stood up immediately, and took out a small notebook for daily records from his pocket, preparing to record the work Sean had arranged for him.

"First, go to the Earl of the River's castle this afternoon and help me receive the [-] gold coins for rebuilding the territory." Speaking of this, Sean suddenly felt that something was wrong, and added: "Forget it, let's go together to receive the gold coins. Remember to remind me when the time comes."

"Alright Your Highness." Henry wrote it down carefully in his notebook.

"Second, help me get in touch with 'Lucky Matthew', who the Earl mentioned, and it would be best to invite him to lunch." Sean said while thinking.

"I don't think it's appropriate, Your Highness." At this time Henry stopped writing, "You are a nobleman, and you are having lunch with a humble commoner adventurer. It's a little...somewhat inappropriate."

"Just do it." Sean glared at Henry.

"Yes." Henry had no choice but to record it honestly in his notebook.

"Third, we need to hire a large mercenary group to protect our safety when we return to the territory. Help me go to the mercenary guild to see which mercenary groups can do the job. By the way, the 'Wolf Settlement' and 'Wolf Settlement' that Earl River said Silver Hourglass' Focus on that."

"no problem."

"The last and most important thing is to help me make a list of the materials that need to be purchased when I go to the territory, such as how many slaves, farm tools, livestock to buy, how many craftsmen to recruit, etc."

"Okay." Henry hesitated when he said this. This job seems to be quite difficult.

Sean noticed Henry's hesitation, and comforted him: "Don't have too much burden, just do your best with the material list, and I will reward you with more gold coins when you do it, but remember to be fast, we won't be able to catch up if it's too late It's spring plowing."

"Alright Your Highness, I will try my best!" Henry promised.

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When Sean arranged tasks for Henry, the Earl of Rivers in the castle did not go to sleep as he said, but chatted with Lucas beside him.

"Lucas, what do you think of the youngest son of Albert (Duke Lane)?" The Earl of River looked at Lucas who was wearing golden armor.

Just now Lucas didn't say a word except to salute Sean, he was completely transparent, and now Lucas said: "His Highness Xiao En has calmed down a lot, and he didn't think much of him when we met last time." Count you."

"It's normal. My reputation in the royal capital has not been very good. Many people said that I abused civilians and was cruel. It's really a hell that this Highness who loves civilians has a good impression of me."

The Earl of Rivers smiled disdainfully, "He really calmed down a lot this time, probably because he was hit a bit hard.

His Highness Daniel (Sean's second brother) originally had the determination to kill him. If it wasn't for the mysterious man who appeared out of nowhere to save him, he would have been finished long ago. "

"Hey, the competition for the position of Grand Duke is really terrible." Lucas sighed, "Now Grand Duke Ryan has just reached middle age, and the children under his knees have started to kill each other for the position of Grand Duke. I don't know that Grand Duke Ryan knows this. How will you feel after this incident?"

The earl of the river happily took a sip of the coffee in his hand, and heaved a sigh of relief:

"It's also because Albert's old guy is not clear-headed. The three heirs are all at the same level. It is inevitable that this kind of thing will happen. Like me, I only train one heir.
Forget about them, this time it's really a big profit!

Albert allocated [-] gold coins to Sean, and I took [-] by myself. In addition to the three-year mining rights of a small silver mine promised by His Royal Highness Daniel in order to seal the deal, His Highness Sean is simply the embodiment of the God of Wealth. ! "

Earl Rivers took another sip of coffee, thinking of his income this time, he was very happy.

He just took the guards out of the city for a walk in the past two days, and he reaped such a big benefit without a single soldier. This His Highness Xiao En is simply an angel who gave money.

"What if Grand Duke Ryan and His Highness Sean find out about this?" Lucas hesitated. After all, Duke Ryan took more than half of the cost of rebuilding the territory for Sean, which is indeed a bit unkind.

"It's useless to know, can Grand Duke Ryan still send troops to fight over? The Anjou people in the east are just about to move."

The Earl of Rivers waved his hand and said disdainfully: "As for Sean, now that he has no money and no army, and he is in a remote village like Hetan Town, he will swallow his anger if he finds out, but of course it is impossible for him to know unless we tell him.

However, his assassination this time has put a lot of pressure on us, so we should pay more attention to it so that no more accidents will happen. After all, he is the grand duke's own son. "

"Okay, Lord Earl." Lucas replied seriously.

(End of this chapter)