Chapter 412: A leisurely move amidst the busy schedule
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Grove was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the lord. It didn't sound like sarcasm. "I, I suppose he trusts me."
"What have you done for him? Tell me the truth. I can sense if you're lying."
Grove was stunned again. "I haven't done much. Just, just frequently reported on Viscount Teuton's situation, and later, frequently reported on the movements of those bandits living in the mountains! And I've offered him some wealth and two young women..."
Grove said seven or eight things in a row, his voice getting softer and softer. At this point, he realized that he was more like a knight loyal to Viscount Teuton.
Hobert nodded with satisfaction. "Good, good."
Grove immediately retorted, "That bastard Albert wasn't any better..."
Hobert waved his hand. "I'm giving you a task that's very suitable for you."
"Just give the order."
"Tomorrow, defect from the Lord's manor and join Viscount Teuton, and completely gain his trust, gradually becoming an indispensable figure in his eyes. Of course, I will provide assistance in this process."
Grove didn't react for a moment. After two or three seconds, he understood: the lord was targeting Viscount Teuton.
Hobert picked up the piece of paper beside him. "This is the potion formula for 'Barbarian'. If you agree, it's yours."
"If you can successfully complete the task in the future, I will also give you the subsequent potion formula for 'Briber' and the main ingredients."
Hobert smiled. "I am a Beyonder of the 'Lawyer' pathway. How far I can go, you can go just as far."
Grove only learned today that the potion after "Barbarian" is "Briber"
After thinking for a long time, he asked, "What if I fail?"
"Then I will also give you the main ingredient for 'Barbarian'. You, and your son, will both have a good job." The conditions Hobert offered were tempting enough.
Grove no longer hesitated. "I am willing to serve you."
Hobert poured spirituality into the "Psychological Spoon": "If you talk about this matter with anyone outside of this room, you will immediately commit suicide!"
Grove immediately said, "I will definitely keep this a secret!"
Hobert said, "I just gave your subconscious an order. Regardless of whether you guarantee it or not, when you leak the secret, you will immediately commit suicide."
Grove opened his mouth wide. This was a Beyonder world that he felt relatively unfamiliar with, but he knew that the lord was not scaring him.
He added, "I need something that can make Viscount Teuton tempted."
Hobert pondered for a moment. "I'll send it to you at the latest tonight."
As he spoke, he pushed the note in front of him towards Grove.
Grove respectfully took it. "In this life, I will only be loyal to Lord Hobert!"
Fors looked at Hobert sitting there with a smile on his face, and he didn't look like a "gentleman of high moral character" at all.
However, Fors was not afraid of such Hobert. She knew that Hobert had a heart that yearned for justice, but his means of achieving his goals were easily misunderstood.
Hobert said to Sheer outside, "Call Phillip, Conrad, and Roy here."
Soon, the three people came to the study.
Hobert said to Phillip and Conrad, "Send out all the manpower to issue a notice, saying that the lord will publicly announce how to pay taxes next year tomorrow, and let everyone in the town and all the villages come!
"After the announcement, the lord will also hold a banquet! To celebrate the New Year in advance!"
He said to Roy, "While ensuring the repair of the hotels and restaurants, after tomorrow's banquet, organize three hundred people to cut all the reeds by the lake and repair the large wharf as quickly as possible!"
After the three subordinates left one after another, Fors suddenly said, "I feel like something big is going to happen."
Hobert smiled. "That's right, something big will indeed happen tomorrow."
He glanced at the tightly closed door of the study. "Help me buy a loudspeaker in Backlund, and buy more batteries. After I announce how to pay taxes next year tomorrow, you have to help me explain it to everyone."
Fors was slightly stunned before nodding.
After only Hobert was left alone in the study, he asked Allen to order the kitchen to make donuts and wrote a letter to Jessica: How is Carrie's progress? I have a way to go to Backlund tonight. If the progress is smooth, the transaction can be completed tonight.
The kitchen knew that the lord "liked to eat donuts", so they had already prepared the corresponding ingredients, and soon more than a dozen donuts were baked.
Hobert summoned the messenger: "Is this okay? You take six donuts, and then wait there for a reply?"
The messenger stretched out her hand. "Yes, but waiting for more than ten minutes will cost three more donuts."
Hobert counted out six donuts. "No problem."
More than ten minutes later, the messenger brought Jessica's reply, and Hobert paid her three more donuts as before.
Jessica's reply was also simple: Carrie has done a lot of research in advance. Four Beyonder materials have produced two Beyonder weapons, and the success rate exceeds expectations. If you can come to Backlund, please come to 56 Empress Borough after 8 pm and meet in the large warehouse in the backyard.
Hobert smiled slightly. A Beyonder weapon is enough to tempt Viscount Teuton.
Even in Feynapotter City, Beyonder weapons are very rare Beyonder items, let alone in South Colson, a mountainous area that has been isolated from the world for more than half a century.
At more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Hobert received a reminder from Klein: "Hanged Man" had just traded the juice of the Crown Tree and the Black Giant Gold Monster Flower from other pirates, and the transaction could be completed.
In the evening, Hobert received a reminder from "The Fool": The transaction with Miss "Magician" was completed.
Hobert then performed the granting ceremony and obtained three Sequence 5 auxiliary materials and a small stack of gold pounds.
At the previous Tarot meeting, Hobert received a total of 1,800 pounds and a reward of one Beyonder material.
Three auxiliary materials, Crown Tree sap 800 pounds, Dragon-patterned Tree bark 500 pounds, and Black Giant Gold Monster Flower worth 300 pounds.
After completing these transactions, Hobert can still get 200 pounds in cash.
Seeing that small stack of cash, Hobert smiled. "It wasn't a waste of time."
After dinner, Hobert locked himself in the study again, first changed into the Loen-style clothes he bought in Backlund last time, then changed his appearance and used "Travel" to come to Backlund.
In Minsk Street, which Hobert was familiar with, he took a carriage to the backyard of 56 Empress Borough.
Jessica was already waiting at the entrance of the backyard. After Hobert got off the carriage, he changed back to his original appearance in front of Jessica.
"Oh my god..." Jessica exclaimed, "I was worried that you would be recognized."
She smiled and pointed behind her. "This is a property of Princess Alice. The people from MI9 don't dare to break in and arrest us."
Hobert was stunned. The name of this princess sounds a bit familiar!
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