Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 553 It turns out you are Mr. Emperor
"That's the industrial area of ​​South Colson." Hobert pointed to the wilderness formed by the angel-level battle: "Currently, all industrial products in the South Colson area need to be imported, and even daily necessities are very expensive. expensive.

“So in my plan, the industrial zone will mainly produce daily necessities, and the first factory will start construction in May.

“I heard it was a cutlery factory, because most people in the entire South Colson area still use wooden bowls and spoons, and many people have never seen metal cutlery in their lives.

"To be honest, metal tableware is more durable, but considering local customs, ceramic tableware will definitely be produced. In the future, when everyone's quality of life improves, there will be porcelain tableware."

Azik took a deep breath: "I have also met some officials, but to be honest, they gave me the feeling that they were just dawdling in their positions.

"You are different. You know your territory well. This is actually a very remarkable thing."

Hobert said to himself that it was just because the current requirements for officials were too low. In the territory under his rule, officials with corpses and plain meals would never be allowed to exist!

Azik took a sip of wine: "Why does this wine have the flavor of the Backlund region?"

"Yes, this is exactly what I brought from Backlund." Hobert said with some embarrassment. He couldn't taste the so-called flavor and characteristics of the wine at all.

In his mouth, he always felt that the taste of wine was almost the same. He was too embarrassed to ask others what the difference was in the taste of wine. He just nodded to what others said.

At this time, the train came to the best viewing position again. Different from the scene that Hobert saw when he entertained other guests, the West Bank has also become part of this beautiful scenery, because there are many places over there. , already full of vitality.

It's just that there is still an element of coercion in that vitality at this time. The local situation is special and thorough agricultural reform has not yet been carried out.

Hobert has talked about this matter with Conrad and others before. Thorough land reform will not be carried out until the second half of this year, and it will be carried out in two batches. As for the redistribution of land, the areas ruled by the Aurora Society will be redistributed after the crops are harvested in the second half of the year.

This is all done after the current government has implemented a new agricultural policy, which will be more conducive to the work of allocating land.

Next, Hobert introduced to Azik the construction status of the hotel and the construction status of the entertainment facilities on the hillside.

Most of those entertainment facilities are also open to ordinary tourists, including live shooting experience venues, haunted houses, wonderland parks, etc.

These items, which will be commonplace in the playgrounds of the future, are still very new in this era.

In addition, Hobert plans to build a Ferris wheel, a carousel and a pirate ship next.

At the same time, he also "invented" many board games. It is said that many nobles have gone crazy playing them, and many ordinary tourists have also experienced them in entertainment centers.

There are also indoor sports such as bowling and billiards, especially billiards. At this time, billiards was basically exclusive to the nobility and rich, but these venues were all open to ordinary tourists, allowing many people to experience it. A handful.

Outdoors, there are sports venues for tennis, baseball, and golf, which have basically been built.

Entertainment for the middle class was actually very scarce at this time, because there were almost no public sports venues in this era. After coming to South Colson, many middle class people came to experience it, which attracted many repeat customers.

As the train began to descend, Hobert introduced the road hardening plan and the plan to repair bridges and railways in the South Colson area.

Hobert planned to build a bridge across the Taidig River as the first step, and then build a railway and road connecting the east and west coasts.

Between towns, there must be hardened roads.

The second step is to build another bridge, and the railway and wide roads will form a loop around Manwol Lake.

As for hardened roads, they need to be built in every village.

Azik realized a problem: "It should be difficult for these investments to return in the short term, right?"

Hobert drank the wine in his glass and said, "Yes, if they are businessmen, they may never come to the South Colson area to build bridges, railways, or roads."

Azik smiled and said: "When you say that, I almost think you are doing a charity."

Hobert poured himself another half glass of wine: "Mr. Azik, let me tell you a story.

"There was a drought in one place and the price of food doubled. But instead of finding ways to reduce the price of food, the officials there tripled the price!"

Azik frowned: "Does this official want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune?"

Hobert smiled, and then poured Azik another glass of wine: "Not long after, many grain merchants who heard the news shipped grain to the disaster area.

"As a result, too much grain came, and the price quickly returned to parity, or even dropped below parity."

Azik was stunned for a moment. He was a little unbelievable at first, and then took it for granted: "This is a competent official, and what's more, his actions are unheard of."

Hobert continued: “This is not over yet, he started asking wealthy people to donate money to build some public facilities.

"And engage in many entertainment activities, such as competitions with local customs, squandering money during festivals, etc."

Azik thought about it for a while and finally understood: "This is the same as if you keep building roads and building roads."

"That's right." Hobert smiled and said: "In the entire disaster area, that official's jurisdiction was the only one where no people starved to death, and no farmers sold their fields or wives or daughters.

“When I took over the entire South Colson area, it was almost like a disaster area: it had been disconnected from the entire world for half a century; there was almost no industry and commerce; and farmers had no enthusiasm for production.

"Although the situation is getting better now, most people are still poor, so I have to use some special means to stimulate people's enthusiasm for life."

Azik looked at the Full Moon Lake that occupied half of his sight, and after a while he smiled at Hobert and said, "What you are doing now is great.

"I have become accustomed to seeing the world through the eyes of an extraordinary person or a history professor. This perspective makes me farther and farther away from the world, and even the real world becomes a little unreal."

Azik said seriously: "This is wrong. If you don't have emotions for the real world, then you won't have any emotions when destroying the real world or hurting the lives of ordinary people."

Hobert recalled the thoughts he had at the night market: "Perhaps, the higher the level of extraordinary beings, the more they should be integrated into ordinary people's lives.

"Sometimes I even wonder if the so-called 'acting method' is to remind extraordinary people that no matter how powerful our power is, we are all part of this world.

“Only by integrating into this world can our state become more stable.”

Azik held his chin and thought for a while: "Your idea is very unique, and it seems to make sense."

Hobert smiled. In fact, this idea is a bit like the concept of "unity of man and nature". In his concept, there are many underlying principles that should be connected.

At the same time, he also knew that the concept of "harmony between man and nature" could not solve the crazy problem of extraordinary characteristics, and could only be used as a "acting method" to act out.

Back at the train station, Azik was still very proud of the journey and conversation, but Hobert only thought of this stage, so he could only discuss it with Azik.

Hobert's thoughts are not of much use to himself yet, after all, he doesn't have to fight against divinity all the time.

But he felt that these ideas should be very useful to Mr. Azik. Azik had said before on Vice Admiral Disease’s ship that when he was working as the Death Archon, he seemed to have no emotion or warmth.

In fact, this explains the problem. Azik's divinity prevailed at that time.

Later, Azik was like an "immortal" who lost all his memories and was resurrected every once in a while. After experiencing different lives, his own condition may have been better.

So as long as he is willing to integrate more deeply into this society, will his situation get better?

Hobert's carriage had stopped outside the station. After the two people got on the carriage, they chatted about Backlund again.

Azik smiled and said, "It's hard to imagine how brilliant Backlund will be in the future if I leave it to you to manage."

"Not necessarily." Hobert smiled and said: "The power there is too complicated. Maybe within a few days of becoming the mayor of Backlund, I will be sent to prison by the nobles and rich men."

Not maybe, Hobert thought it might definitely be the case.

He smiled again and said: “It’s no big deal to make a wealthy place richer.

“Only by making a poor place rich can I show my ability.”

While talking, the two people came to the Lord's Mansion. Hobert asked the chef to make a Fenebote-style meal, and then they drank tea in the restaurant while chatting about Klein again.

"The last time I saw him, he seemed to be more autistic." Then Hobert remembered that he originally wanted to find time to catch up with Klein, but since he last talked with Klein on the bank of the Tasok River, After that, except for meeting in Tarot Club, I never saw him again.

"He has too many things hidden in his heart." Azik smoked the cigar that Hobert brought from Thordrak Palace a few days ago and nodded very satisfied with the taste of the cigar: "He should really be invited here to relax. .”

Hobert was too embarrassed to tell anyone that he took the cigar from the palace. As an earl, he still had to face it.

At this time, Dophis came to urge Hobert to attend the dance as usual.

Hobert finally found a reason this time: "Tell Earl Hudson that I have something urgent and can't go today, or you can just tell him that I have an urgent mission."

Dophis glanced at Azik, who was sitting over there, and felt a sense of pressure on his face. He immediately understood that that might be the "Death" path saint that Hobert met in Backlund.

Entertaining such guests is indeed more important than attending a noble's ball: "I understand, I will take you to express your apology to Earl Hudson."

Sitting back at the dining table, Azik said, "If you have something to be busy with..."

Hobert smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Mr. Azik, let me tell you this, now I feel a little nauseous when I hear dance music!
"I have attended more than a dozen dances in a row. I have not danced as much as I did in the past ten days in my life."

Azik smiled: "I forgot, it's the social season now." During dinner, Forsi also came, and she felt like she hadn't had dinner with Hobert for a long time.

Azik expressed his apology to Forsi for not coming to the wedding, and when Hobert introduced them to each other, he made Forsi consider himself a junior.

The atmosphere of the dinner was very harmonious. When Azik left, he said with emotion: "I just thought that it has been a long time since I enjoyed dinner with friends."

Hobert smiled and said: "You are welcome to come here to relax, I dare not say anything else, but there is still a sumptuous dinner.

"Well, by the way, when the time for the tourism festival is decided, I will send you an invitation. If you have time, come and visit."

Azik agreed, said goodbye to Forsi, and then entered the spirit world and left.

When only Hobert and Forsi were left in the restaurant, Hobert smiled and said, "Have we not 'danced' at night for a long time?"

Forsi smiled: "You have attended so many dances in a row, aren't you tired of dancing yet?"

Hobert pinched Forsi's butt: "It seems that the beautiful countess has forgotten the difference between our 'dance'."

Forsi opened his hand: "There are still business matters that need you to deal with.

"The deal between the Level 2 Sealed Artifact I mentioned last time and the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Interrogator' has been completed. You can go and take a look later."

Hobert has a rule in the auction house that all sealed items and extraordinary characteristics collected must be handed over to him for processing.

The reason he gave was to prevent the traded goods from containing curses or spiritual residues that could cause people to mutate or lose control.

In fact, he just wanted to see if he could seal the sealed objects again and crush those extraordinary characteristics.

This can make the sealed object more valuable and turn one extraordinary characteristic into several extraordinary characteristics.

But at this moment, Hobert suddenly realized that he could no longer act stupid.

These two items were traded at the Tarot Fair. Hobert also heard about the abilities and negative effects of the Sealed Artifact at that time, and also knew that the Sealed Artifact was bought by Miss "Magician".

Now that this sealed artifact is in Forsi's hands, he can pretend not to know about it now, but in the future, as Forsi's spirituality becomes higher and higher, and with the characteristics of "astrologer", sooner or later she will be able to " Emperor” is associated with Hobert.

When Forsi recalls Hobert's deception on this sealed object, the two of them will definitely encounter a crisis of trust.

On the way back to the Green Manor in the carriage, Hobert sighed inwardly. That was a situation he really didn't want to see, so he couldn't keep the secret tonight.

Then, the next step is to test the acting skills, when Forsi introduces the ability of the "Life Toxin Bottle": "This sealed object can produce different toxins immediately, and as long as it is opened, it will spread around."

Hobert was obviously taken aback and looked at Forsi with some seriousness. At the same time, he controlled his eyes and showed some confusion appropriately, as if he had heard such a description somewhere.

Forsi didn't take it to heart at this time and continued to introduce: "It will take effect in less than 1 minute, and the symptoms will become more and more serious after that..."

Forsi clearly saw that Hobert's expression gradually turned surprised, which made her slightly startled: "What's wrong with you?"

"Does its random toxins include itching, headache, vomiting, and aphrodisiac?" Hobert's expression changed just right, especially just now, his surprise was gradual.

But at this time, he was not so surprised, and looked like he was in control.

This time it was Forsi's turn to be surprised: "You, how did you know?"

She immediately had two guesses, one was that Hobert had seen this sealed artifact before, and the other was that Hobert was a member of the Tarot Society.

Before she had time to think about it, Hobert had already taken her hand and smiled: "There is something I haven't told you, or I didn't plan to tell anyone.

"Christine is actually my adoptive father. My biological father is Rex Trensoest."

"Trunsoest!" Forsi exclaimed, and immediately made relevant associations. He is a descendant of the Night Emperor, a favored one of the "Creator", and has profound knowledge. In the end, all the clues pointed out that his husband is Mr. "Emperor"!
She looked at Hobert again and still felt that his temperament was different from that of the "Emperor", but she also thought that changing his temperament might be a way for Hobert to protect himself when attending secret gatherings.

When Hobert saw Forsi's expression, he knew that his acting skills were very successful, and she had no doubt that she was hiding something.

But just in case, Hobert changed the topic: "Would it be more exciting when we go to 'dance' again? I will charge bravely like the 'Emperor'."

Forsi's cheeks turned slightly red: "Generals are the ones who charge bravely, right?"

Then she realized that this was Hobert taking a risk to reveal his identity. After all, according to the rules of the Tarot Club, one cannot voluntarily reveal the secrets of the Tarot Club without the permission of The Fool. Ms. "Hermit" was a lesson learned from the past.

"Generals are also under the emperor's command!" Hobert hugged Forsi: "Rush!"

Forsi looked at Hobert with a smile and let him carry her to the bed.

After some passion, the two hugged and chatted as usual.

First, he talked about the territory’s recent construction issues, and then talked about the auction house’s recent profits.

After talking about these things, Hobert suddenly said: "If...I mean if, in the future, I look very cold, or if I seem to have no emotion, you must stay with me more and take me more in the territory. Take a turn."

Forsi was stunned: "You, do you feel any discomfort?"

She thought Hobert was showing signs of losing control.

"No, after becoming a Sequence 4, I can clearly feel that my ability to empathize has declined." Only to Forsi would Hobert fully express his worries:

“I didn’t pay much attention to it at first, until some time ago I found that I had become very indifferent on some issues, and my understanding of life seemed to be changing subtly.

"Just like a few days ago, when I was performing a mission, there was no need to kill people to silence them, but I unconsciously wanted to kill them to avoid leaving behind any trouble."

Hobert finally lamented: "Losing the reverence for life is a very terrible thing. I don't want to become like a stone statue in the future, without any emotion.

"In the afternoon, I also talked about this matter with Mr. Azik, and we agreed that feeling the temperature of the real world more should be beneficial to combating this indifference.

"I am luckier than Mr. Azik in that I can still feel the warmth from my wife."

Forsi hugged Hobert tightly: "Let's not upgrade the sequence, okay?"

Hobert patted Forsi on the back: "If we lived in other eras, I would probably do Sequence 6 at most."

He sighed: "But according to some information I got, the world may undergo a huge change in the future.

“I have to be able to protect the people and things I hold dear.”

Forsi buried his face in Hobert's arms: "Hobert, I also want to become stronger, and I also want to protect you."

Hobert touched Forsi's hair and smiled: "I knew you would be the last support in my inner world."

Originally, he didn't plan to talk about these things with Forsi, but today, he suddenly realized that there were some things that wouldn't exist if he didn't talk about them.

Since the matter is in front of us, it is better for Forsi to be mentally prepared in advance.

……

In the next few days, Hobert went to work fishing during the day and attended a dance party in Backlund at night.

On Saturday, Hobert once again came to the suburban manor during work hours to inquire about the research status of the laboratory.

It is now certain that the first tungsten light bulb will be available by next Wednesday.

The production of wires already has a mature process. After the parts ordered from the machinery factory are shipped, a batch of machines for producing wires can be assembled.

As for the research on plastics, there has been no progress at all.

The research team formed by Gurner has also discovered that if you want to change the shape of plastic, you need some additives.

But they only have a general direction as to what ingredients to use as additives, and it takes many experiments to get the hang of it.

Hobert suddenly realized that maybe this research required some luck.

Should we place a statue of "The Fool" in the research institute?After all, he is the "Yellow and Black King of Good Luck"!
Then Hobert thought that there was a "Snake of Destiny" in Backlund right now!I don’t know if he was born or not.

On the contrary, you can entrust "The World" to the Tarot Club. At worst, you can make some ice cream and send it to that little brat.

In the blink of an eye, Sunday night came. After attending the dance, Hobert returned to his bedroom. Suddenly he felt spiritually inspired and looked at the moon in the sky.

It was getting darker and darker, changing from crimson to blood red.

Today is the blood moon!
At this time, Hobert suddenly remembered that he had made an appointment with Forsi to do an experiment!
So he quickly locked the door and entered the "country of disorder".

(End of this chapter)