Chapter 358 Hobert's Successful Harvest
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Hobert stepped out and glanced at the bandits outside the door.
One of the bandits with a gun immediately shot Hobert, hitting him in the chest.
Just as everyone was about to cheer, they saw the Earl calmly patting away the smoke and dust from the bullet hole, then kicking up a stone, hitting the head of the gunman.
This stone was like a shrapnel, smashing a hole in the bandit's head, killing him on the spot.
The momentum of the stone diminished slightly, hitting the shoulder of a person behind him, knocking him to the ground with a scream.
Only then did everyone react and turn to flee in a swarm.
Hobert casually picked up a few stones and threw them out as if at random, and several more corpses appeared in the yard, but a few bandits still escaped.
This group of people had been scared out of their wits, and they dropped their weapons on the ground, not worth worrying about at all.
Hobert did not chase these small fries, he needed their mouths to spread his prestige.
Without Hobert saying anything more, Seel came out of the house, killed the bandit in the yard with a sword, and then respectfully returned the two-handed sword to Hobert.
Hobert put away his sword and said to Roy, who was already dumbfounded, "Go back to the manor and have your father bring the gathered manpower over. I estimate that these bandits have accumulated a lot, and the three of us can't move it all."
Roy first spun around like a headless fly, and then quickly ran down the mountain, shouting as he ran, "The two 'lords' on the mountain are dead, and this territory has changed hands!"
Hobert nodded, very satisfied with Roy's reaction.
He asked Seel to move a chair for him and sat in the sun, and asked Seel to collect the weapons in the yard and house, and see if there were any other people, and find the bandits' warehouse.
Seel first collected the weapons, and then, holding a knife, went to the back to search.
Hobert estimated that the time was about right, picked up the two Beyonder characteristics, and packed them in a box made of "Order Crystal".
Just as he went back to sit down, Seel drove out several gorgeously dressed beautiful women from the backyard, who had been kidnapped to the mountain by the two "lords" for pleasure.
Hobert let them go back, but these women refused. They used to be the "lords'" women, and now they were nothing after going back, and had to continue farming and doing rough work.
This made Hobert once again lament the moral corruption of this territory. He said coldly, "Either go with your lord, or get out of here."
One woman asked, "Where is the lord?"
Hobert: "He's lying there resting."
When they saw the lord with his internal organs spilling all over the ground, they screamed and left, some vomited a few times, and also screamed and left.
Watching their departing figures, Hobert suddenly sighed, "The ability of 'corruption' is not to make people's hearts dark and greedy, but that everyone has a morally corrupt side, and 'corruption' is just a catalyst."
Seel sighed, "What a pity."
It was a pity to let these women go, as beautiful as they were.
Hobert said coldly, "Your performance today was good, but in the future, as my subordinate, if you can't control what's in your pants, I'll castrate you!"
Seel was so frightened that he quickly pleaded guilty, and then went to find the bandits' warehouse.
More than twenty minutes later, Seel returned and took Hobert to the bandits' warehouse. The backyard of this church had been used by the bandits as a place to raise pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, and there were also two horses.
As for the bandits' warehouse, it was mainly grain. Hobert did not expect that such a small fief could accumulate so much grain!
It can be seen that the land here is indeed very fertile, but it is a waste to just pile these grains in the warehouse.
In addition, there are many dried fruits. For agricultural products, dried fruits are very valuable.
But there were not many valuables. Seel only found some gold Solas and silver Solas in the rooms of the two "lords", all of which were coins, adding up to only more than 50 gold Solas.
Although this was already a huge sum in the mountains, if they only accumulated so little wealth in six years, then the nobles would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Moreover, it is said that six years ago, they robbed all the savings of Viscount Wright, but now there is not a single noble's object in the entire church.
Even if Hobert did not use telepathy, he knew that most of their wealth and harvests must have been handed over.
Because the "Theosophy Order" did not have much demand for grain and dried fruits, they were piled up here.
Soon, Philip came up with dozens of men, and many of them vomited when they saw the corpses in the church, but when they saw the accumulation in the warehouse, they sighed how could these dozens of bandits eat so much grain?
Hobert called Philip over and ordered, "Move everything in the church to the manor's warehouse, especially the weapons and valuables. You must supervise it well, and don't let anything be lost."
Only then did Philip completely understand that this land had indeed changed hands.
He said, "Earl, the manor's warehouse may not be able to hold so much grain."
"Then build a few temporary warehouses." Hobert continued, "If there are not enough people, find more, and don't worry about spending money."
Philip nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes!"
Hobert continued, "Call a few people to find two young adults from each village, and build a large pile of wood outside the church, and let those young adults carry the bodies out and burn them.
"Burn them at night, the fire must be big enough, and everyone in the entire territory must see it, preferably Viscount Teuton across the lake can see it.
"When burning the corpses, you must tell them that I have avenged the Wright family, and now I am their Earl."
Only by establishing a new rule in a rough way can there be a chance to correct the people's moral values here.
Philip may have recalled his old master, and tears flashed in his eyes: "I will definitely explain it to them clearly."
Hobert added: "Also, find the graves of Viscount Wright and his family, and after the manor is repaired, I will rebury them according to the specifications of the Earl."
This is an implication of spiritual succession: aren't you missing Viscount Wright? I will bury him carefully, burying him according to the specifications of the Earl, which is equivalent to saying that I will inherit the Earl's governance strategy, and you can rest assured to support me.
Hobert has a lot of operations like this in his mind.
Philip knelt on the ground while shedding tears: "Six years ago, I buried the Earl's family with a few male servants, and I know where they were buried."
Hobert helped Philip up: "Everything is in the past."
Philip stared blankly at the Earl in front of him, feeling like he was in a dream.
Hobert waited until after lunch, but did not wait for a response from the "Gnostic Society", so he continued to ride his horse and inspect the territory with two servants.
When he inspected the territory of Knight Louis, Louis, who had already received news from all sides, greeted him from afar with a very respectful attitude.
Hobert said that his servants did not have mounts, and Louis immediately offered two donkeys.
Hobert nodded, and the inspection of the territory ended successfully.
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