Steel, Guns and the Industrial Party Across the World Chapter 513

With various thoughts in mind, Hansel walked to the gate of the Lord's Mansion.

The lord's mansion in Huxin Town has just undergone some renovations—Master Graham is finally willing to spend a sum of money to maintain this ancestral house.

The so-called lord's mansion is actually a small castle, covering an area of about 20 acres, surrounded by a circle of five to six-meter-high city walls, and a three-story stone building stands inside it. This is the history of Arda. Earl's residence.

In the Northwest Gulf in the past, bandits at sea and on land were very common, and there were also wars between lords, so having a castle was standard for every lord.

The lord's castle is often built in dangerous places such as cliffs, and those who do not have such geographical conditions will choose to dig a moat around the castle. Arda is also blessed with such a large lake as Lake Weiss, and there is a small island just a few tens of meters away from the south bank of Lake Weiss, so the first Earl of Arda chose to build his own on this small island in the lake. The castle, and the followers who came to Arda with him also surrounded the castle on the small island, so that they could quickly hide in the castle for refuge when the enemy landed on the island.

This is the original origin of Huxin Town.

Hundreds of years have passed, and although the castle was occasionally repaired, when Paul Greiman succeeded to the throne, the castle still had a lot of dilapidated places, broken bricks and stones everywhere, or whole wall tiles peeling off The city walls and other places all reveal the old state of this building.

A residence of this quality obviously does not match the status of the most powerful lord in the Northwest Gulf. So under the repeated persuasion of everyone, the Lord of Arda finally took out a sum of money to repair his residence.

The newly renovated castle has removed many defensive facilities, and its style is completely focused on how to make the people inside live more comfortably. The windows have become larger and can let in more sunlight, so that the inside of the castle is no longer what it used to be. It is as cold and cold, and the aisle has become wider, making it easier for the staff in the Lord's Mansion to come and go.

"Director Abbott!" The guard at the door kicked his heels on the ground and greeted Hansel.

Hansel gave them a slight nod as a response, and then handed over his pass - he must bring this thing if he wants to enter the lord's mansion now.

The guard checked it carefully, turned sideways to get out of the way, and Hansel entered the gate of the castle. He walked along a path paved with bluestone slabs to the gate of the main building of the castle. The courtyard was not big, and he could see the outside of the castle from the third floor of the main building.

When repairing the lord's mansion, according to Earl Graman's wishes, he either did not do it or did it a lot. He built another two-story building in the originally empty backyard near the northern castle wall as his resting and sleeping place. The original main building of the castle was completely transformed into a place for the lord to work and entertain guests.

Hansel glanced up, and his gaze was fixed on the window in the middle of the third floor, which was obviously one size larger than the windows on both sides. Inside was the office of Earl Gramain. This so-called office was actually the original castle. In the study room, Paul stayed there on weekdays to handle various tasks, calling some people in for a small meeting from time to time. The Earl doesn't like to run errands by himself, even if it is to go to the conference room he personally set up on the second floor. Only when the number of people participating in the meeting is too large to fit in his office, the Earl will force himself to the meeting room on the second floor with his strong will.

He didn't know whether to go to the second floor or the third floor today, but just as Hansel was muttering inwardly, he ran into Earl Gramain's secretary—Sir Bernard Wood Francis.

Bernard was Hansel's closest acquaintance in Huxin Town and even the Northwest Gulf, because it was Hansel who recommended him to Paul. Earl Gramain was very eager to search for talents to improve his administration. The system, even as long as he can read characters, is in line with the earl's definition of talent. It was in this situation that Hansel brought Berner to his side.

Sir Francis, who was born in a low-level nobleman of Jingyao and made a living by copying books in the royal capital, has a powerful ability-retentive memory, so Paul arranged for him to be a secretary by his side. One of Sir Francis' important tasks is to arrange Paul's Various schedules, when the lord suddenly has an idea, he will call out, Bernard, help me remember, what will happen to me in a certain day, Sir Francis will faithfully write down the lord's thoughts, and then arrive at the scheduled time When the time comes, the lord can always receive timely reminders.

They are both born in Jingyao, they were old acquaintances when they were studying, and now they are serving under the same lord, so the relationship between Hansel and Bernard is very close.

"Good day, Hansel."

"Good day, Bernard. The old place after get off work?"

"no problem."

The two greeted each other with a smile. Although the offices were separated, the two still kept the habit of going to the familiar tavern for a drink every now and then.

Hansel asked, "Who else is coming this time?"

Berner replied, "The directors of almost every department come over."

Hansel: "So I have to go to the second floor?"

Bernard: "Yes, you are the first to arrive, so go there first and wait."

There was a smirk on Hansel's face, "What are you going to discuss today? Can you tell me about it?"

In case the Earl wants to mention his work, then he has to make a draft in advance.

Berner shook his head and said, "This meeting should have been improvised by Mr. Graman, and I don't know. But..."

"What?"

"Master Graham has been troubled by the sharp drop in financial revenue in the past few days~www.mtlnovel.com~ This is what was discussed at the meeting. Alas, it's all due to the **** war in Horn Bay."

Now the Northwest Gulf relies heavily on maritime trade. Once the fight in Jiaowan starts, the Northwest Gulf feels as if it has been choked by the neck. Maritime trade and various industries that depend on maritime trade provide a large share of tax revenue for the Government Council. Now due to the impact of the war, this share of tax revenue is shrinking sharply.

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"Oh!" Hansel said distressedly, "Solving financial problems is nothing more than relying on increasing revenue or reducing expenditure. I have already persuaded the earl to build fewer schools, build fewer roads or reservoirs, or let those gangs engage in alchemy." Get out of the liar, won't you save money?"

"Haha!" A wry smile appeared on Berner's face, "What you said is exactly what Lord Graham values."

Hansel: "If the Earl doesn't want to cut costs, then he can only use his brains on open source."

He thought about it, and then felt more and more that this was very possible.

I don't know which fat pig will be slaughtered.

Chapter end

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