Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 536 The diamond follower around Hobert
After leaving Backlund's city, Hobert and Audrey realized that it was a sunny day today.

After arriving in the suburbs, the sky turned completely blue, with some white clouds hanging in the sky. The sunshine quickly drove away the chill on people's bodies. This is what early summer should be like.

"I really hope I can feel the warmth of the sun at Backlund's house." Audrey said with emotion.

Hobert comforted him casually: "There will be a day."

He paused and then said: "Well, I heard that the government has established an 'Atmosphere Governance Committee'?"

"It's the 'Air Pollution Investigation Committee'!" Audrey said: "My brother Hibbert is the main member of the committee."

Hobert said in a joking tone: "That means it is still under investigation and there are no plans to start governance yet, right?"

Audrey's beautiful face was full of smiles: "I didn't expect you to be so sharp when you satirize politicians."

Then she said: "Actually, I also think it would be better to call it a 'governance committee'."

"Maybe the lawmakers don't want this organization to sound so aggressive," Hobert laughed.

Audrey said "hmm" in agreement.

Hobert's manor was in the western suburbs. The manor was larger than Hobert had imagined. It took the carriage more than ten minutes to walk from the entrance to the villa in the manor.

Bevis, the manor's butler, led his servants to greet him at the main entrance of the villa. Bevis immediately noticed that the Earl's sized carriage in front of him had the emblem of Earl Hall's family!

As stewards of nobles, it is a compulsory course for them to know the crests of each family.

Moreover, Earl Hobart does not have his own family crest, so there is generally no decoration on the door of the carriage, making it easy to distinguish the two.

In his wild thoughts, Beavis still hurriedly greeted him. After the young and handsome Earl Hobert got off the carriage, he was about to go up to say hello when he saw the Earl reaching out his hand very gentlemanly and helping an extremely beautiful lady get out of the carriage. .

Beavis had never seen Audrey, so he began to guess again: Is she the Count's wife?But I clearly heard Mr. Dophis say that the countess gave people the impression of being mature and lazy.

And this young lady looks to be less than 20 years old. Although she is so young and beautiful, she seems to have nothing to do with maturity.

"Mr. Earl, welcome to your arrival." Bevis said respectfully, and the other servants behind him also bowed immediately.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Hobert smiled and said: "This is my good friend Miss Audrey. The lunch will be prepared in a while. Well, it's better to have some characteristics of the manor."

"Yes! I'll go and get people prepared right away." Bivis was a little surprised. Audrey was well-known in Backlund's aristocratic circle. Earl Hall's political influence was one of the reasons. The other reason was of course Because of her beauty!

Bevis has never been a housekeeper to a nobleman, so he has never met Audrey, but he has heard about this lady's reputation in the noble circle. He did not expect that the earl was friends with Miss Audrey!
After going to the living room for a thirsty sip of tea, some snacks, and a short rest, Hobert said to Beavis: "Get in the carriage with us and introduce this manor."

Beavis bowed slightly: "It's an honor."

This time, Hobert, Audrey and Todd got into Hobert's carriage and began to officially tour the manor.

First of all, the villa facing the gate of the manor has two floors. It is not as big as the villa on Queen's Road, but it is not small. It has a ballroom, chess and card room and other entertainment facilities, and there is also a theater where you can invite orchestras or drama troupes. , the opera troupe comes here to perform.

The villa is built on the mountain. The mountain behind is not high. There is a winding road leading directly to the top of the mountain.

There is also a courtyard and several houses on the top of the mountain. Bivis said: "If the weather is good, you can see the Order Square in the city center from that courtyard."

Then he joked: "But there are only a few days of weather like that in a year."

Hobert smiled approvingly and looked at the small river flowing through the manor.

Bevis introduced: "It is a tributary of the Tasok River. Its source is in the Balqis Mountains. The section of the river that passes through the manor is relatively gentle."

He pointed to the mountainous area on the east side and said: "That's the Balqis Mountains over there. The peaks that appear in our field of vision all belong to the estate's property. The northern part is not far from the railway, so a forest farm has been developed.

"The southern part has been untouched and is a very good hunting ground."

Hobert pointed to a large building by the river and asked, "What is that for?"

“That’s the manor’s flax processing factory, oil press and weaving factory.” Bevis said: “I learned from the head butler that the mountainous land in the manor is very suitable for growing flax.

"If you just sell flax, it's not valuable at all, so the manor built a factory of its own. It first processes the flax into thread, and then weaves the flax thread into cloth. The oil pressing factory is used to extract oil from the flax seeds."

Beavis was the manor steward whom Hobert interviewed and appointed. He had only been here a few days, but he was well prepared. He walked around the manor several times and asked the head butler and other old servants to understand the situation, so he answered questions fluently.

Hobert seemed very interested: "Let's go in and see how they weave."

Bivis said: "The mountainous land in the territory is limited, so this factory has only been in operation for half a year, and it is not yet time to start construction."

Hobert nodded: "Then let's go and have a look."

Several people got off the carriage at the door. Beavis opened the door in front and briefly introduced the tools inside.

However, he soon discovered that the beautiful Miss Audrey was very curious about the processing of linen and asked many questions.

But the count didn't seem to listen to his introduction, but was carefully observing the three large workshops combined into one factory.

Several people walked around the factory, and the inspection process continued. They then took a look at the endless vineyards of the manor, as well as the winery and wine cave in the manor.

Hobert, who has some knowledge about wine, discovered that there are many good vintage wines in the wine cave. If all these wines were sold, they would probably fetch tens of thousands of pounds!
Hobert immediately wondered whether he should open a winery?But he immediately shook his head. These properties were gifts from the king and could not be sold openly.

After coming out of the wine cave, they took a look at the poultry and livestock grazing area on the mountain not far away, and then began to inspect a large area of ​​fertile farmland.

The crops in the manor are mainly wheat. At this time, the wheat has already grown ears, which is green and makes people feel happy.

When the farmers working in the fields saw the carriage, they all stood up and watched.

More than 600 farmers rent the farmland in the manor, and their residences form two villages built on the river.

When a few people got out of the car to further experience the wheat fields, the surrounding farmers immediately recognized Bevis, the newly appointed butler, and all came forward to chat with him in an extremely complimentary manner.

After Bevis introduced Hobert to everyone, everyone's attitude became more respectful. Some of the manor farmers who had seen the world even knelt on one knee and repeatedly praised Hobert with words such as kindness and handsomeness.

Hobert looked at this scene and blurted out: "No wonder the manor economy has brought such great harm to the country's agriculture."

The economy in the manor has its own system, with income and expenditure. It is completely a small fiefdom, and it is a reasonable and legal fiefdom under the current system.

How can ordinary farmers compete with manor owners?
However, Hobert immediately shook his head. He was just here to inspect the manor, and why did he care about the national economy?
The northernmost part is the lumberyard. Because the entire lumberyard is too big, they only took a look at the mountains of wood. Hobert briefly understood the income of the lumberyard before embarking on the return journey.

On the way back, they took one last look at the manor's warehouse.

There are two types of storage: dry and wet. The wet ones are vegetables that can be stored for a long time, such as potatoes and pumpkins. Most of the vegetables are transported to the Earl's Mansion almost immediately after being picked.

There are more dry stores, mostly grain. There have been no natural disasters in recent years, and five tall and large warehouses have been filled.

Just look at the small mill and you will know that the Earl's Mansion does not use much grain.

However, the respectability of the nobles made it impossible for the manor to sell grain, so the grain could only be left here to mold and deteriorate, and then be fed to poultry or transported away as garbage.

Hobert also learned that the price of grain has been decreasing in the past two years, and farmers also have a lot of grain in their hands, but they cannot sell it.

Other dry goods include dried meat, raisins, dried fungi, dried fruits and vegetables, animal skins, etc., all of which are products of the manor.

When we returned to the villa for dinner, it was already past one in the afternoon, and the kitchen prepared some special dishes according to Hobert's instructions.

For example, the side dish was a fruit-roasted leg of lamb. The lamb was killed only after Hobert and others arrived. Because it was roasted with many fruits, the fruity aroma was fragrant when it was served to the restaurant.

When you take a bite, it is charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The amount of spices used is neither too much nor too little. There is no smell at all, only the aroma of meat and fruit.

The main course is a black truffle steak. It is said that the black truffles are just picked in the morning, and the cows are also killed in the morning.

Hobert and Audrey sat at the upper end of the dining table, while Todd and Beavis sat at the lower end and ate with them.

Several people were a little hungry. After eating the main course, they started chatting while eating.

Audrey took a sip of the freshly squeezed juice and said with emotion: "It is indeed a manor handled by the royal family, with a large area and rich products.

"I also have a private estate, which is less than one-third the size of this place."

Hobert smiled and said: "Earl Hall should give you a manor of similar size or larger than this one, right?"

"I know of five manors." Audrey said casually: "But three of them are in East Chester County."

As for the manors that were bought as investments in the Rhoside Islands and the Southern Continent, not only Audrey had never been there, but Earl Hall himself had never been to many of them.

Todd, who was sitting at the bottom, sighed in his heart: This is the aristocracy. In the urban area of ​​Backlund, the aristocrats and the rich are basically indistinguishable in terms of their dress and appearance.I always thought that nobles only worked in key government departments and lived in Queens.Only today did I realize that the difference between the two sides lies in accumulation.It is not difficult for my father to buy such a manor, but he will never spend money to buy five such manors. His money must be used for investment, not all for buying land.

At this time, Hobert, who was sitting in the upper seat, was casually chatting with Audrey and glanced at the wine bottle: Damn, this bottle of wine is worth more than 30 pounds. It is so luxurious!

Then Hobert wanted to slap himself again: It seems that I can't change the problem of being poor. If I don't change, I won't change it. If I change it, it will be easy to lose myself and get lost in the life of the aristocracy.

After chatting for a while about the manor, Hobert said to Todd and Beavis: "I want to renovate the flax processing factory by the river."

Beavis noticed that the count used a commanding tone: "Does the manor still need to continue processing flax?"

"Didn't we talk about it on the way back? The processing of flax will start in the second half of the year." Hobert has already made a plan: "Renovate three of the granaries, and then move the workshop there.

He then said to Todd: "As for the grain in the manor, you will then transport it to Backlund and grind it into flour."

Audrey listened to Hobert's arrangements curiously and wanted to know what Hobert was going to do.

Hobert continued to tell Todd: "You are responsible for finding the engineering team to do the construction, and Beavis provides catering and other logistical work.

“First of all, we need to build a glass furnace in the flax processing workshop. It doesn’t need to be big, but we need to find professionals to build it.

"The oil extraction workshop will be transformed into a high-temperature-resistant metal furnace. The specific high-temperature resistance will be determined after I meet with the professors of materials science tomorrow afternoon.

"As for the largest textile workshop, it was divided into two and transformed into two laboratories, one to study glass and the other to study rubber and wires."

"Wires?" Audrey was unfamiliar with this word.

Except for Hobert, only Todd knew about wires, and he immediately realized that the count was starting to implement his plan.

Hobert smiled and said: "After the finished product is made, I will take you to visit."

Audrey nodded slightly, becoming even more curious about Hobert's thoughts.

Hobert continued: "At the same time, build some residential buildings at the foot of the mountain to accommodate future scientific researchers and workers, build a large factory building on the north side of the factory for backup, and build a larger and more professional laboratory on the south side."

Todd was slightly startled: "The amount of work is not small."

He originally thought that the count would renovate some of the buildings here, but judging from the count's intention, he was planning to use all the open space in the manor!
Hobert asked: "Can't you manage such a project?"

"It's not a big problem."

Hobert nodded: "There is one more thing that needs to be done immediately. Have you found a place to train employees?"

Hobert originally planned to ask about this matter on the way here, but on the way here, Hobert and Audrey were riding in a carriage and had no chance to ask, so they talked about it at the dinner table.

"We've found it." Todd said: "Behind the factory we rented, there is a complex building with no practical use. There are many large rooms on the first and second floors that can be used as classrooms, and the third, fourth and fifth floors can be occupied by people."

Hobert asked, “How many people can you train at once?”

"It is initially estimated that about 1000 people can be trained at one time."

"It's a little less, but we can start with a few hundred people and sum up our experience first."

Todd was slightly startled. In a factory with thousands of people, how many people could need training?
"First recruit 800 people from the homeless people in the East District!" Hobert said: "I have two requirements. The first is that they are willing to learn something new, and the second is that they can accept that they only provide food and accommodation. Work hard for three months without any pay and then give them a salary.”

Todd's first thought was: "The homeless people can't do heavy work with their physical strength."

After he said it, he regretted it, because it seemed to be refuting the Lord's order, so he quickly said: "The wanderers will be crazy to apply for the job."

Although it sounds ridiculous to not be paid for three months, to the homeless, this is like the gospel of the gods.

Having food to eat and a place to live for three months is like a place like the kingdom of the gods.

Audrey immediately asked: "Hobert, are you going to help those homeless people? If so, I will donate part of the food to your company."

"Kind Miss Audrey, you make me feel ashamed." However, there was no shame in Hobert's expression: "I recruit these people because I hope they will work in my territory.

"There is a large amount of idle land in my territory. That land can feed about 4 people, but there are so many homeless people in Backlund who cannot eat."

Todd and Beavis were slightly stunned. It seemed that they suddenly remembered that the earl in front of them had a fief.

Compared with a manor and a fief, the difference is like the difference between a lake and the sea!
Audrey took a bite of the very refreshing salad after the main course, and she immediately thought: "No, Hobert, your method is more effective than charity. If they can always work in your territory, then they will always have food. and residence.”

Hobert smiled and said: "Although you are a very smart young lady, your understanding of this society is not deep enough.

"Because of human nature, it is difficult to maintain a state where they only provide food and accommodation for a long time and let them work hard."

Audrey was a little surprised: "Theoretically, their work can grow more food, and that food can completely feed them!"

"I'm not saying it's difficult to sustain economically." Hobert took a sip of wine and said, "If we only provide them with food and accommodation and let them work in the fields, the food production will become less and less year by year."

Audrey's hand holding the fork paused, but soon her two charming big eyes looked at Hobert with joy: "I understand! They lack the motivation to work!"

"What a smart young lady." Hobert did not hesitate to praise him: "I think the word positivity is more appropriate."

The two managers, Todd and Beavis, nodded unanimously and agreed with the word positivity.

Audrey on the other side of the table asked: "Then what are you going to do?"

“The first three months are just about food and lodging.” Hobert already had an idea: “After three months, if they really want to work seriously, let them rent a piece of land and a residence on credit.

“When they are off-farm, arrange for them to do work that can get them paid.

"As long as they work hard, they will have their own piece of land and their own house in two years at most. After four or five years, they will become rich."

Hobert smiled and said: "The goal I have set for myself is: in my fief, as long as the hard-working people can live a good life.

"Of course, we do not exclude people who find ways to make a fortune and become rich, but monopolies in some industries such as those in Loen Kingdom are not allowed."

After all, Audrey was young and didn't quite understand the political meaning of Hobert's words. She was still concerned about the resettlement of homeless people: "Why don't you just give them land?"

"In that case, the life of worry-free food and clothing they get will be too easy, and they will not cherish it." Hobert smiled: "I do not have the obligation to let them live a good life. Generally speaking, a good life must be earned. It was not given to them by others."

Audrey felt that this was different from her original values. She previously believed that as long as she sympathized with the poor, she could support charitable causes to the best of her ability.

However, Hobert's approach opened up a new way of thinking for her: providing the poor with a chance to have enough food and clothing may be the only way to completely solve the problem.

While Audrey was meditating, Hobert said to Todd: "The training content is mainly to find a few Feneport teachers and teach them some daily phrases." Todd was slightly stunned: Longtail Island The official language seems to be Loen, right?Why do they want tuition fees in Neibo language?

But he didn't ask: "No problem."

Before Audrey could ask the question, Hobert continued: "You have to be mentally prepared. The wheat harvest in the fiefdom will begin in late May. Before the wheat harvest is completed, the additional population of 5 will be in place!

"In addition, if there are women or teenagers among the homeless people who apply for jobs, a certain number of places must be reserved for them. It is more difficult for them to survive than adult men.

"Some poor street girls can also be included in the application scope, but the number of places must be limited."

Hobert is afraid that the population structure in the territory is unhealthy.

Next they talked about the East End, and Audrey also forgot about the question about Feneport language.

After lunch, Hobert and Audrey took a rest in different bedrooms. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the group set off back to Backlund.

Audrey continued to discuss with Hobert how to solve the problem of poverty in Backlund. After Hobert opened the door for Audrey, he could not close it at all.

"Hobert, I think you should get a seat as a member of Parliament!" Audrey said seriously: "The uneven population distribution you just mentioned is the core of the entire problem.

"I think there should be a lot of idle farmland not only in your fiefdom, but also in the entire Loen. Why not send the Backlund wanderers there and let them reuse the farmland resources?"

"Actually, there is a deeper problem hidden here." Hobert explained: "Land privatization!"

Audrey obviously didn't understand what Hobert meant and stared at him with two big watery eyes.

"I'll explain this to you when I have the chance." Hobert smiled: "But there is a truth you have to understand. A large number of people are pouring into the city because the farmers have gone bankrupt and their land has been annexed.

“You can’t survive in the countryside, so you have to go to the city to try and find opportunities.

"As far as Loen is concerned, there is no free land anymore, because all lands have owners. Where should we send them?"

“Why was their land annexed?”

Hobert did not answer the question directly, but asked with a smile: "Do you think that the manors of nobles have existed in manor units since ancient times?"

Audrey immediately understood the truth: "Did the nobles annex their land?"

"It used to be the nobility, but now it is the emerging power of capital." Hobert explained: "So if the poor people in Backlund no longer have to worry about food, we must seize the land from the hands of the nobility and rich people! "

Audrey was silent, not because she was a noble, but because she knew how difficult it was.

After thinking for a long time, she said: "Maybe, maybe we can issue an initiative to ask the manor owners to take out all the excess food in their hands to provide relief to the people who are worried about food."

Hobert smiled slightly: "Let's talk about something else. This question is too heavy."

"No, I want to continue talking about this topic." Audrey said with a rare willfulness.

"Okay then." Hobert said seriously: "Let me ask you a question, if there is a drought in such a country where everyone is rich, and there is a 1% food gap in the end, what do you think will happen? "

"1% of people will go hungry!"

"That's wrong." Hobert looked at Audrey: "The price of food will rise so much that even if you sell your children, your wives, your land, your houses, 1% of the people will not be able to afford it."

Audrey fell into silence again. Today she has a new understanding of human society and human nature!She suddenly realized that many of her previous opinions were so ridiculous!

After a while, she suddenly looked at Hobert: "You have a way, right?"

"I don't know if my methods will work, but I will find a chance to give it a try." As he spoke, Hobert reached out and smoothed Audrey's slightly frowned brows with his thumb: "This is what reformers need to care about. There is no need to worry about this, just be an optimistic and positive Audrey."

Audrey was slightly dazed by Hobert's sudden intimate gesture. Her first reaction was to hide, but in the end she did not hide because she felt that Hobert's hand seemed to have magic power. It not only smoothed her wrinkles The eyebrows also made me feel a lot better.

Seeing Audrey's smile return, Hobert retracted his hand and continued with a smile: "Life has always been like this, there are too many frustrating and helpless things.

"If you are not strong enough to resist these frustrations and helplessness, don't let yourself get into trouble for the time being, otherwise you will be fighting yourself.

"What do you mean by that? Yes, remember, you are just a spectator!"

Audrey looked at Hobert, as if it was the first day she had met the handsome young man in front of her. She felt that Hobert's advice had made her mood rise to a whole new level!
Then she asked: "Hobert, what career are you planning to do in Backlund? Tell me, and I will definitely support you with all my strength!"

"I want to bring light to Backlund." Hobert smiled and said: "Don't make any daydreams, it's light in the literal sense!"

"Do you want to drive away the Backlund fog? Or make the gas street lights brighter?" Audrey asked curiously.

Even the nobles of this era could not imagine that the streets and alleys were all lit with electric lights.

"I want to make Backlund's night look like day!" Hobert said: "I use scientific principles, not extraordinary power."

Audrey nodded in understanding: "So you made an appointment with the professor of materials science? I remember you said it was tomorrow afternoon, right?"

"Yes."

"Can I go with you?" Audrey asked expectantly: "I would like to witness how you make Backlund bright."

Seeing the anticipation on Audrey's face, Hobert couldn't bear to refuse: "You, you still want to go to class, right?"

"You can ask for leave."

"Okay then." Hobert smiled: "We will meet at the gate of Backlund University of Technology at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"it is good!"

……

In the evening, in the dining room of Earl Hall's house.

Earl Hall talked with his eldest son Hibbert for a while about the affairs of the Air Pollution Investigation Committee. Seeing that his daughter seemed very happy, he couldn't help but smile: "It seems that our Audrey got a lot of attention at today's painting exhibition." There are several good works.”

"That's right." Audrey smiled and said, "I figured out a lot of things today."

Hibbert suddenly said: "I heard that you and Hobert appeared at the art exhibition together?"

"Yes, originally I wanted him to buy a few works, but he didn't like any of them."

"It can't be that he has financial problems." Hibbert smiled and said: "I heard that every meal he eats now consists of a dish, soup and a piece of bread."

Countess Caitlin was a little surprised: "Is there such a thing?"

Audrey said seriously: "Hibbert, I don't know where you heard this news, but as far as I know, Hobert has recently invested more than 2 pounds in Backlund!"

Earl Hall smiled gently: "Maybe he is just more frugal."

"This is already stingy." Catherine said: "Doesn't he know how harmful such rumors are to an earl?"

"It's not that he doesn't know, he just doesn't care at all." Audrey defended: "No matter what he eats for every meal, I know that he has completely solved the poverty problem of [-] homeless people today."

This made the other three family members stunned.

Earl Hall asked curiously: "Tell me in detail, how did he solve this problem?"

Audrey briefly explained Hobert's plan to arrange [-] homeless people into his territory. The three family members had different reactions after hearing this. Catherine smiled slightly: "This is a very good politician. He has solved his own problems." The problem is also solving Backlund’s problem.”

Hibbert shook his head slightly: "This is a clever strategy. After those wanderers arrive in his territory, they will definitely become his slaves."

“The focus of this plan lies in the second half.” Earl Hall commented: “As Audrey said, he really solved the poverty problem of those people. Only lazy and unmotivated people will become his slaves. "

He looked at his eldest son: "Not only does Audrey need to have more contact with Hobert, but if you have the opportunity, you should also have more contact with Hobert."

As an experienced politician, Count Hall has certainly seen clearly Hobert's control over human nature. Such a person has a bright future!The so-called nobility means to make some favor investments before the other party becomes dazzling.

Hibbert nodded: "I will."

"So, handsome Mr. Earl Hall." Audrey smiled and said, "I'm going out tomorrow afternoon. Can you help me ask for leave from the piano teacher?"

Catherine frowned slightly: "Are you going out again?"

"Yes," Audrey said simply: "Hobert is going to make some investments in emerging materials. I want to go see if there are any opportunities tomorrow and invest with him."

"Of course." Earl Hall smiled and said: "If there is an opportunity and you lack enough funds, I can also consider investing in it."

……

Outside Backlund Railway Station.

Hobert and Selina waited for a short while and saw Elizabeth and her party.

Selina got off the carriage in front: "Elizabeth!"

Elizabeth also smiled and waved: "Selena, when I received your letter, I thought you sent it from Feneport."

The Dominians sent their daughter over together. They were very polite and chatted politely with Hobert who got off the carriage later.

After the group got on the carriage again, Donimia looked at the still very spacious carriage with five people in it, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: When we first met, Hobert was just an ordinary lawyer, and now he is sitting in front of him. This person is already Earl Hobert.

In his opinion, Hobert's rapid rise is simply incredible!

For people of this era, it takes at least three generations for an ordinary person to become a noble. The first generation carried out primitive accumulation through plundering in the Raging Sea or the Southern Continent. The second generation used primitive accumulation to do business and multiplied their family property several times. , it is possible for the third generation to obtain a knighthood through donations, or become very influential in a certain field and become a member of parliament.

But this process only took Hobert more than half a year!

Arriving at the Earl's Mansion, the couple was once again surprised by the luxury and size of the Earl's Mansion.

It wouldn't be surprising if such a mansion was in the suburbs, but this is Queens, where land is at a premium!

After seeing the residence and classroom prepared for Elizabeth, the couple felt very relieved. Dominia even joked: "I'm just afraid that Elizabeth won't be used to the luxurious life here."

After having lunch with Elizabeth's family, Hobert asked Selina to take them around Backlund, and he and Todd took another carriage to the gate of Backlund Technical University.

Audrey has already arrived. Because she is visiting a professor from the university, today she is wearing a monochromatic long dress with few decorations on it.But her noble temperament and beautiful appearance still attract the attention of students on the university campus.

Hobert got out of the car and invited Audrey to board his carriage. Then they went to the school's office building together, and were led by the waiter to the office of Principal Portland Mormont.

This was a tall old man about 60 years old with a loud voice. He came up to shake hands with Hobert and said: "Mr. Earl, welcome to your presence."

With Hobert's current status, he could actually invite the principal or university professor to meet at Earl's Mansion, but Hobert came in person to show his respect for the scientific researchers.

"Principal Portland!" Hobert held the other person's hand and said, "I have listened to your public classes."

Portland smiled and said, "You are the pride of Backlund University."

Of course, it is the pride of the university. Generally, the heirs of the earl will hire tutors to teach at home, and they will not learn such skills.

Therefore, it is difficult to have the opportunity to train a earl in university. The key is that Hobert's title is not inherited, but obtained by his own "hard work", which is even more precious.

"It's a pity that I don't have time to finish my studies." Hobert showed a somewhat regretful expression.

"You must have more important things to do." Portland looked at Audrey behind him: "Miss Audrey, I'm glad to see you again. You are still so radiant."

"You are still so graceful." Audrey replied with a smile.

The three people came to the reception area while talking.

Melissa, who had been waiting here for a long time, had black hair and poured tea for everyone.

Hobert smiled and said: "Melissa, I heard Selina said that you and Benson both moved to Backlund.

"How's it going? Is Benson's civil service exam over?"

"Lord Hobert," Melissa smiled: "Benson has passed the first round of exams and is now preparing for the interview."

Hobert smiled and said, "Just call me Hobert."

He said: "With Benson's ability, the interview is not a problem."

Polandt asked in surprise: "Do you know each other?"

To avoid any misunderstanding, Hobert explained: "I know his brother."

Poland nodded: "Benson is a very good young man."

Melissa knew, however, that Hobert was talking about Klein. Thinking of this, she felt slightly absent-minded.

After the polite words were over, Hobert smiled and said: "When I entered the campus, it reminded me of those classmates from other places. They always complained about the poor conditions in the dormitories.

"So I just decided to donate 5000 pounds to Backlund University to improve the accommodation environment for students."

"First of all, I want to thank you for your donation on behalf of the students from other places." Plant said with a smile: "Only those who have gone to college know the inconveniences of college life."

Hobert doesn't care whether the 5000 pounds is spent on improving the accommodation environment. This donation is purely a signal to Bolant.

When Poland received Hobert's signal, he was a little surprised. Although nobles had the habit of donating to universities, they usually only donated one or two thousand pounds. Very few nobles would donate 5000 pounds at a time.

They are more willing to spend money to invest in laboratory research projects.

So after Polland praised Hobert a few words, he began to talk about the cutting-edge technology that is now necessary. If Mr. Earl needs it, he is willing to provide some technical help.

He soon discovered that Hobert had a very deep understanding of modern science.

Audrey on the side was a little surprised: It sounded like their conversation was very powerful. Could it be that the law department of the university also teaches these things?Why is Hobert so knowledgeable?There seems to be nothing he doesn't understand.

What she doesn't know is that many of the knowledge currently taught in universities, such as mechanics, optics, etc., were required to be tested in junior high school before Hobert traveled through time.

After chatting for a while, Plante grasped the key point. The Earl of Hobart seemed to be very interested in electricity.

While talking, Hobert also asked Todd to bring in a hand-operated generator: "Mr. Principal, I think you should be familiar with this."

At Hobert's instruction, Todd shook the generator, and the light bulb on the other end quickly lit up.

"Of course." Plant said with a smile: "More than 20 years ago, the principle of the generator has been mature."

"Then have you ever imagined using an optimized giant steam engine mechanical mechanism to drive a generator? Then we can get surging electricity!" Hobert asked.

(End of this chapter)