"What? You're saying that this land belonged to Filmte? " Li Huailin heard why the soldiers were so nervous when they heard that Li Huailin was from the Marquis' Mansion, which was also the current Duke's Mansion.
"Yes, Your Excellency. Filmte's land was originally around 5,400 hectares of land with Sovata City as the center. Filmte built Sovata City single-handedly," Timo Li Huailin explained.
"Oh, I see." Li Huailin nodded. He didn't know what the other side was thinking. They actually enlarged Filmte's land by several times and gave it to him. However, this should be good. Filmte was a corrupt official among corrupt officials. The Marquis' Mansion should be good, but they gave it to him just like that.
"Your Excellency, you must be careful these days. Ever since you executed Filmte's entire family, although we came in time to deal with his family, some people still escaped. We are now trying our best to catch these people, including Filmte's youngest son, Leminger Filmte. I'm afraid they will harm you, Your Excellency," Timo reminded Li Huailin.
"Oh, don't worry." Li Huailin waved his hand. What a joke. The fact that Leminger would cause trouble for him meant that he was grateful to him.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Seeing that Li Huailin was very confident, Timo didn't dare to say anything. His status was too different from Li Huailin's, so he really didn't dare to say anything.
The two walked for a while and gradually arrived at a relatively central location of the city. Timo took two steps forward, then pointed to a wall in front of him and said, "Your Excellency, we're here. In front of us is the Marquis, oh, no, the Duke's Mansion's gate."
Li Huailin turned his head to take a look. It was not bad. Although he only saw a corner of it, he could tell from the surrounding walls that his house was not small. As expected, after walking a little further, Li Huailin could see the panoramic view of his house. There was a huge garden in the center of the city, and from the gate, he could see the greenery in the front yard like a city park. In the distance, he could vaguely see a few rows of red houses. Li Huailin was quite satisfied with the scale. Filmus was indeed a rich man.
There was a team of soldiers standing guard at the gate. When they saw their captain, Teemo, walking over, someone immediately ran over and saluted, "Captain!"
"Hurry up and pay your respects to the Duke!" Timo hurriedly pointed at Li Huailin and said.
"Duke … Duke!" The soldiers were naturally very nervous. After all, Li Huailin was now the biggest boss in this area, and it was said that he had a violent nature …
"My guards?" Li Huailin asked.
"Oh, no, Duke. We belong to the city guards, and our main job is to manage the city's security. According to the empire's regulations, Duke can form a private army of five thousand people. We are not included in that establishment," Timo explained.
"So I said that I don't have a single soldier now?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, Duke. I'm still dealing with the remaining forces of Filmus, so I'm guarding here. When your private army is established, you will naturally hand over to us," Timo said.
"Oh, I see." Li Huailin nodded.
"Duke, you can go in. We are not qualified to enter," Timo said. Teemo said. The Duke's Mansion wasn't a place where ordinary people could enter. They, the city guards, could only enter when they were on official business. Now that Li Huailin had returned, in order not to arouse Li Huailin's disgust, Teemo immediately said.
"That's right, Your Excellency, a few soldiers from the 2nd Legion just sent a woman over. They said that she's your slave. We checked her ID, and it should be real, so we let her in. We didn't dare to let the soldiers in, so we sent them back." The soldier standing guard suddenly reported.
"Idiot! This kind of thing can only be decided when Duke is here. What do you mean by letting people in without permission! "Timo immediately shouted.
The soldier was immediately frightened. "Duke, I … I …"
"It's okay." Li Huailin waved his hand. It was probably Macken who sent Leticia over. Li Huailin didn't really care.
"Thank you, Sir, thank you, Sir," the soldier said hurriedly.
"I'll go in first. There are no private soldiers for now. Help keep an eye on them," Li Huailin said.
"Yes, Sir!" the soldier said together.
A few soldiers immediately opened the door and respectfully sent Li Huailin in.
System Notification: Player has arrived at the Fief Mansion. The Fief Management System is officially activated.
As soon as he stepped into the Duke's Mansion, a system notification popped up in Li Huailin's chat box. Li Huailin opened the system interface and looked at it. A new page called Territory appeared at the back. Li Huailin walked towards the Duke's Mansion while looking at it. First was the General Column:
Duchy of Lancaster
Lord: Bear-bodied Ruolin
Title: Duke of Aquitaine
Territory Area: 93,100 hectares
Population: 2,441,300
Average Age of Residents: 29.477
… …
There was a lot of data below. Li Huailin looked at it. His territory was really big, 90,000 hectares. It was about the size of a province in the real world. However, the population was too small, less than 2.5 million. It had to be known that Xiaoshan City, where Li Huailin was located, had a population of nearly 8 million. His territory was as big as a province, but it was only a third of Xiaoshan City's size. It was really sparsely populated. Moreover, looking at the average age, there were more young people here. It was probably because the medical conditions weren't up to standard, and the elderly didn't live long.
This page was still okay. There were still some words. The next page was completely blank.
Cabinet:
Internal Affairs:
Minister: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Finance: Vacant
Minister: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Military Department:
Minister: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Minister: Vacant
Member: Vacant
Unassigned Staff: None
The following four columns of Internal Affairs, Finance, Military, and Foreign Affairs could not be calculated and operated because there were no ministers. Li Huailin looked around and found that the only person he could operate was Leticia, who was in the slave pen. He also found that there were a total of 433 city guards in the Internal Affairs column, but because there was no minister, he could not operate them.
"Damn, it turns out that I only have me and a slave here. How am I supposed to do this?" Li Huailin thought that he could start working as soon as he arrived, but now it seemed impossible. He didn't have any subordinates, and he couldn't let the Duke go from house to house to collect taxes on his own.
"I feel like I've jumped into a super big pit," Li Huailin said.
"Master, Master!" Li Huailin walked to the gate of the Duke's mansion. Leticia, who was in the room, had been staring in the direction of the gate. When she saw Li Huailin, she immediately came out to greet him.
"Damn, Leticia, why do I feel like I've been cheated? The previous Dukes were all like me when they took office. There was no one? "Li Huailin touched his head and said.
"Master, you're a special case. Until now, there has never been a person who was directly promoted to a Duke in the empire. Usually, they were promoted from a low-level title, so they usually have their own aides," Leticia said. "But master, don't worry. According to master's prestige, it won't be long before someone comes to join you."
"How long do I have to wait? Do I have to wait on the rooftop while you wait for someone to come before I can start operating here?" Li Huailin said gloomily. "Leticia, I'll save you the trouble of being the Minister of Internal Affairs."
System Notification: Leticia's personal attributes do not meet the minimum requirements for the Minister of Internal Affairs. The operation cannot be carried out.
Leticia immediately said, "No, no, master. I can't be the Minister of Internal Affairs with my ability. I don't know how to do it."
"Damn, there are personal attributes requirements? What's that? " Li Huailin asked curiously. He looked left and right and found Leticia's personal attributes behind Leticia's name under his slave column.
Leticia Firmut
Current Position: Slave
Loyalty: 100
Commander: 2, Strength: 7, Intelligence: 25, Politics: 19, Charm: 91
Special Skills: None
Recommended Position: Slave
"What's the use of you!" Seeing Leticia's deceptive attributes, Li Huailin couldn't help but say, "What's the use of this guy? She's the daughter raised by Marquis Filmus. How did she inherit her father's attributes? Besides, the recommended position is a slave. It's simply an official insult. She's really useless except for looking."
"Ugh … Master …" Leticia didn't know what she had done wrong, but she still lowered her head and said.
"Damn it, I ended up being assigned here with such a guy who can't do anything … Can I still catch up with the taxes?" Li Huailin said with a headache.
"Master, master, actually I know where to find people. Maybe I can find a suitable advisor," Leticia suddenly said after hearing that Li Huailin was having a headache about manpower.
"Really?" Li Huailin immediately raised his head and asked, "Where?"
"The previous batch of servants in our family … Oh, no …" Halfway through, Leticia suddenly realized that she was a slave, and it seemed that she couldn't say the word "family". "Some of the former servants here are now imprisoned in a cell not far away. I think we should go and look for them. Maybe there are some people who have done these things. Besides, the Duke's Mansion also needs some servants now. It just so happens that there are some there."
"Really? Then go quickly, "Li Huailin said immediately.
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