Chapter 352: Hobert Establishes His Authority
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Wayne, who was stoking the furnace in the cabin, was startled to see York: "You, you really came?"
York was taken aback: "What do you mean?"
As he spoke, he touched the money bag hidden on his waist, and he immediately felt confident.
A weekly salary of 5 silver Solas is indeed a generous job, but who knows how long this lord can live? In a few days, the "lord" living in the mountains will come to collect taxes. How can a lord alone be a match for those people?
I'm afraid I'll only get a week's salary. If I don't leave here, this bag of money will only benefit the "lord" in the mountains.
However, York could understand Wayne's surprise, but what did Wayne's words mean?
Wayne glanced at the position of the passenger cabin, and then smiled: "Sorry, my boat won't leave until the day after tomorrow."
York shook the dagger in his hand: "Then don't blame me for being rude."
Wayne picked up the fire hook: "Others may be afraid of you, but I'm not."
York found it strange, why was Wayne so tough tonight?
Just as he was about to rush up and teach Wayne a lesson, the door of the passenger cabin opened, and Hobert, wearing a noble's cloak, walked out step by step: "Steward York, where are you going with these public funds so late at night?"
Seel tactfully moved a chair out for Hobert to sit on.
York looked at Hobert sitting unhurriedly on the chair, and an invisible pressure made him take a few steps back.
But the money bag on his waist gave him new courage. He sneered: "My uncle used to be a guard in the Viscount's mansion. I learned fighting from him. The three of you are no match for me..."
Wayne and Seel only saw the lord get up, and then a black light flashed. York's arm holding the dagger had already flown to the boiler.
Looking at the lord again, he only had a cane in his hand that looked a little longer and thicker.
"Ah!" York screamed and fell to the ground, clutching his severed arm.
Hobert winked at Seel, who went over and searched York's waist for the money bag, and handed it to the lord with both hands.
At this time, the young man was extremely excited: just like his uncle said, following such a lord, I will have a future.
Hobert took the money bag, counted out 10 silver Solas, and threw them to York, who was rolling on the floor of the cabin in pain: "You're fired, these 10 silver Solas are your severance pay!"
He threw another 1 silver Solas to Wayne: "Clean up the cabin yourself."
Blood gushed from York's arm, spilling everywhere.
Then, Hobert quickly left the cabin, quickly left the dock, and disappeared into the night.
At this time, the uncle and nephew in the cabin looked at York, who was lying on the ground screaming.
Seel said: "Let's throw him into the lake. The smell of blood will attract monsters and they will eat him."
York endured the severe pain: "No, don't..."
The knowledgeable Wayne said: "The lord didn't kill him, why would you kill him?"
"I also find it strange, why didn't the lord kill him."
"Idiot, you have to be smarter when you follow the lord in the future. The lord is using this dog to promote his martial virtue!" As Wayne spoke, he took out the branding iron that had been burning red in the furnace:
"Originally, I was wondering why the lord wanted me to light the furnace, and why he wanted to heat the branding iron red."
As he spoke, he stepped on York's shoulder with one foot and placed the branding iron on York's severed arm.
In the sizzling sound, in York's hoarse screams, Wayne said to himself: "So that's what it's for."
The red-hot branding iron burned the blood vessels at the severed arm, causing them to contract and shrivel, and the bleeding finally stopped.
...
Hobert returned to the Lord's Mansion and glanced at the dilapidated mansion from the roof.
The area is not small, with a front yard, a side yard, and a garden.
Building a house on such a large flat ground in the mountains is already a luxury.
Hobert returned to the somewhat cold room, took off his cloak, and after arriving at the fief, he felt that the potion showed signs of loosening.
This made Hobert once again determined that the "Baron" in "Baron of Corruption" does not refer to a fixed title, but refers to having one's own territory or domain.
Hobert remembered that the Sequence 8 "Sheriff" of the "Arbiter" pathway, the Beyonder has a certain connection with his own domain.
As for the "Black Emperor" pathway, it was not until Sequence 6 that there was a corresponding connection.
But it was just a connection. Hobert believed that even in his own territory, the "Baron of Corruption's" abilities would not be strengthened accordingly.
Lying on the bed, Hobert began to think about how to digest the potion.
Coming to the territory is the first step, and establishing one's own rule here is the second step.
Tonight's interception of York was Hobert's action to open up the situation in Jeffrey Town.
The 80 silver Solas given to York was prepared by him long ago, just to give him a test.
When York left the "Lord's Mansion" at night, Hobert knew from his expression that York had not withstood the test, so Hobert called Seel to wait for York on the boat.
And deliberately not killing York, as Wayne said, York's existence is a deterrent to the people.
In this place that has been in a state of lawlessness for six years, don't expect to use some great principles to make the people submit, you must use some means.
And Hobert's work in the AD era made him read "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Zizhi Tongjian", and he does not lack such means.
Many books read or ideas generated in the AD era were useless in that era, but they have a use in this world.
In addition to these methods, Hobert also decided to renovate the "Lord's Mansion" on a large scale, preferably making it known to everyone!
In addition, he wanted to "organize local braves" and completely control the land use rights in the territory.
Thinking about it, Hobert fell asleep.
The next morning, he looked at the dilapidated roof and once again made up his mind to repair it as soon as possible.
When he got up, Hobert was surprised to find that the potion had already shown signs of digestion!
Hobert was a little strange and began to seriously summarize what caused the potion to start digesting, but he did not summarize anything after a long time.
Until he saw Seel with two dark circles under his eyes: "Didn't sleep well yesterday?"
"Yes." Seel smiled and said: "Yesterday night when we carried York back, many people heard York's screams and came out to ask what was going on.
"Then my uncle and I started talking about the 'miracle' on the shoal yesterday, and how you expected York to defect and how you punished York several times.
"In the morning, the people in the town basically knew the lord's martial virtue!"
Seel learned the word "martial virtue" from his uncle last night. After speaking, Seel was somewhat proud. This morning, when he walked on the street, many residents of the town became respectful to him.
Hobert nodded: I see.
This is the reason why the potion is digested.
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