Chapter 416 Today is Different from the Past
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The main body of Hobert's design had two structures: on the left was a crescent moon, symbolizing that his territory had half of Full Moon Lake. On the right side of the crescent moon was a standing lion, symbolizing Hobert's rule over the mountains on the east side of Full Moon Lake.
Combined, it was the territorial emblem of Jeffery Territory.
Hobert intended to use it as the symbol of Jeffery Territory and Baron Hobert.
While the valet went to make the flag, Hobert came to his study to consider how to play the role of "Mentor of Disorder."
After a little thought, he felt that "Mentor of Disorder" was similar to "Baron of Corruption," and the focus should be on "Disorder," while "mentor" was just a title.
So, was it to create disorder? Or to be in the midst of disorder?
If creating disorder, what kind of disordershould be created? Creating disorder in the territory? Creating disorder in the Feynapotter Kingdom?
If being in the midst of disorder, what kind of disorder should one be in?
Hobert pondered for a long time, and he believed that "creating disorder" seemed to fit the core of "Mentor of Disorder" better.
Regarding how to create disorder, he gradually had some ideas.
First of all, the reopening of shipping would inherently cause disorder among the residents of the old and new waterways.
And the "land revolution" that Hobert was going to promote in the territory would definitely make the territory chaotic for a period of time.
He could wait for these two things to end, first see if the potion showed any signs of loosening or digesting, and then make a summary.
And he couldn't do nothing in terms of "mentor". Recently, Selena may have been afraid of her family being implicated and had not written to him.
Hobert planned to write a letter to Selena in the next two days and tell her how to summon his messenger.
To see if there could be a breakthrough in the "mentor" aspect.
After having a direction to try, Hobert took out the map and checked the ports along the Taz River. Finally, he set his target on Granada Port outside of South Coulson.
Generally, cargo ships or passenger ships departing from Seville, the largest coastal port in the Feynapotter Kingdom, would head west at Granada Port and enter the Yaw River.
Then they would have to pass through the central and western parts of Feynapotter before finally reaching the capital.
After the servants made the flag and sent it over, Hobert looked at the pattern, which was similar to what he had designed. He changed his appearance, rolled up the flag, carried it on his shoulder, and used the ability of "Travel" to enter the spirit world.
A few minutes later, Hobert appeared in the suburbs of Granada Port and took a carriage to the dock.
The dock here was very large, with ships coming in and out all the time, making the whole city full of vitality.
This was what a busy waterway should look like, with people busy, smiling, and full of hope.
Before asking Dophis to invite reporters, Hobert had a feasible plan to promote the reopening of the Taz River waterway.
Coming to Granada Port was the first step of the plan. Next, he first inquired about the cargo ships in the port with serious delays. With the help of Beyonder abilities, he quickly found a suitable target: the Nohar.
That was a large inland river cargo ship, which had been delayed due to previous repairs and could no longer reach Feynapotter City as scheduled.
If the delay was too long, the company to which the "Nohar" belonged might have to pay a large sum of money, which met the "requirement" of taking risks.
Hobert came to the berthing position of the "Nohar". It was a steamship with a thick and tall chimney in the center of the ship, but it still retained the structure of sails. It was an old-fashioned steamship.
Stevedores and crew members were working hard to save as much loading time as possible.
Hobert injected spirituality into the "Psychological Spoon" and said to a crew member directing on the dock: "Take me to see your captain!"
The crew member's originally anxious expression immediately turned into a smile: "Okay, sir!"
As a Sequence 5, Hobert would certainly not solicit business like an ordinary salesman. Problems that could be solved with Beyonder abilities should definitely be solved with Beyonder abilities.
After Hobert met the bewildered captain, he continued to use the ability of the "Psychological Spoon": "Call all the crew members here!"
Captain Dean immediately smiled and said: "Okay, sir!"
With the captain's shout, the crew members came to the deck one after another.
Hobert smiled and said to everyone: "Your voyage has been delayed. Fortunately, you heard at the dock that the Taz River waterway has reopened, so you plan to take the risk and take the Taidi waterway, which can save half the time.
"This way, you will not only not be overdue, but also arrive early.
"At this time, you just happened to meet me, the envoy of Baron Hobert. I promise you that as long as you hang the flag representing Jeffery Territory on the bow of your ship, if you encounter danger in South Colson, you can immediately ask for help by launching flares.
"Baron Hobert's guards will arrive immediately to help you solve the difficulties you encounter."
The crew members were sometimes dazed and sometimes incredulous, but they were all hypnotized by Hobert one after another, believing that what the man in front of them said was a very correct decision. They had never heard such convincing things since they were young.
Hobert handed the flag in his hand to the captain: "Okay, you can set sail after loading the goods. You will only remember that you asked me to help you solve the problem, and you will forget the specific process of my boarding."
After Hobert left, the captain and crew seemed to wake up from a dream together.
Captain Dean clenched the flag in his hand: "What are you bastards standing on the deck for? Hurry up and load the goods! And store enough vegetables and food. No one has traveled the Taz River for so many years. There must be no ports to supply!"
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Hobert returned to his study. The primary task now was to wait for the arrival of the "Nohar" and ensure that they safely reached the capital.
Then, cooperate with the invited reporters to publicize this matter widely.
In the future, more and more ships will take this route.
Hobert was about to ask the valet to call Philip when Philip came himself: "Your Lordship, a group of people have come to the port, saying that they are the designers and engineers you invited."
"That's right, that's right!" Hobert smiled and said: "Arrange them in the newly renovated hotel, and the meals will be solved in the restaurant next door. All food and accommodation expenses will be borne by the Lord's Mansion.
"And let two designers or responsible persons from the design team come to see me."
"Yes." Philip left and came back more than an hour later, bringing back a bald middle-aged man and a middle-aged man wearing glasses.
Hobert received them in the main hall of the Lord's Mansion. Philip introduced them. The bald middle-aged man was a railway designer named Skola, and the middle-aged man wearing glasses was Walker, an architectural designer and planner.
Hobert had asked the servants to hang up the simple map of his territory that he had drawn in advance: "I believe you should know the purpose of your trip."
Skola smiled and said: "Yes, Your Lordship, Steward Dophis explained it very clearly. I will help you design a small railway, and the engineer will supervise the entire construction process."
Philip on the side looked surprised. He didn't expect that the Lord was going to lay railways in the territory!
He had only heard people talk about trains and railways, and he had also seen photos of them at Viscount Wright's place, but he had never seen the real thing.
"I will help you design a resort, and the engineer I brought will supervise the entire construction process." Walker smiled.
Hobert said to Walker: "You have a new task now, to help me plan Jeffery Town. If your plan satisfies me, I will also pay you a satisfactory reward."
Walker often dealt with nobles, and he bowed slightly: "Happy to serve."
If it were an ordinary noble in a remote and poor place, these two people would certainly not travel all the way here, and even if they came, they would not be so complimentary.
But Hobert had the endorsement of Earl Christian, and there were rumors that the father and son had brought a huge amount of wealth from Loen, and the conditions in Jeffery Town were much better than they had imagined, and the scene of dismembering large aquatic beasts by the lake impressed them deeply.
So from the moment they settled down, they knew how to face Baron Hobert.
Hobert pointed to the map he drew: "I hope that the railway starts from the dock, goes up the mountain along this gentle slope, goes around the mountain, comes down, and returns to the dock along the lake again."
Skola considered for a while with his chin pinched before saying: "Your Lordship, I have observed the mountains in your territory. Although they are not very steep, they certainly cannot run trains with too much load. Of course, you don't need such a large train.
"My suggestion is that when you buy the locomotive, buy a locomotive with no less than 1800 horsepower, so that you can at least transport 50 tons of goods or passengers up the mountain at one time."
Hobert nodded, that was enough. The train he designed was mainly for pulling people, not for pulling goods.
He said to Walker again: "I want to build a resort on the south side of the mountain, that is, in these difficult-to-cultivate places on the mountainside, and I want to build a wide road from the dock to the resort, and also build a large activity center.
"The road must cross the mountain peak. On the north side of the mountain, I want to build a casino, a reception center, an auction house, an entertainment center. After going down from the north side, there is a wasteland full of rocks here, which can be built into a golf course."
Walker quickly wrote down Hobert's requirements in his notebook: "I need to go to the field to survey."
"No problem, Philip, you arrange for someone to take them around."
After Skola and Walker learned about their specific tasks, they bowed slightly and said goodbye.
Hobert waited for more than ten minutes before calling Philip back again: "Open a small market on the open space next to the big dock, where you can sell vegetables and other things.
"Send someone to maintain law and order, and send someone to set up a 'fair scale', but don't collect taxes for the time being."
Philip: "Yes."
Hobert stretched. There were no important things to do today, so he could rest for a while.
But as soon as he returned to his study, he heard prayers from the "Nation of Disorder."
Sitting on the "Iron Throne", Hobert saw that the stars representing Lawrence were expanding. He spread his spirituality over and heard Lawrence's prayer: "...Great 'Creator', I report to you the progress of our preparations. Our combatants are basically in place, and we plan to launch an attack on the 'Rose School' on Sunday afternoon in three days."
"Sunday afternoon." Hobert muttered to himself, but he did not immediately reply to Lawrence, but planned to wait a while before speaking.
During the waiting period, Hobert looked at the other stars.
Elliot was riding in a carriage with others, as if on the road. From their conversation, Hobert learned that Elliot had also been transferred to participate in the attack on the "Rose School".
Upton was selling a set of small steam cranes to customers. He looked much more stable and looked like a successful businessman.
Rafter was looking at maps and geographical magazines, seemingly considering where to go after leaving Backlund?
Alice was "giggling" with a group of noble ladies again. It seemed that there was endless gossip among the nobles. Of course, in the intervals of discussing gossip, they would also appreciate the recent dramas, operas, and poems.
Finally, there was Ethel, who was sitting at her desk handling official business, looking unsmiling and authoritative.
After looking around, Hobert focused his attention on Rafter's star. It was time to go to the relics of the Trunsoest nobility again.
Since Rex's charlatan friend said that Hobert would loot the secret room, he certainly had to help the charlatan complete the prophecy.
Previously, Hobert was afraid that he would not be able to capture the corpse of the "Ancient Death" into the "Nation of Disorder", and lose face in front of his believers.
However, after being promoted to Sequence 5, Hobert's spirituality told him that with the power he could mobilize in the "Nation of Disorder" now, he could do it.
As for the fact that Mr. Azik wanted to go and see the corpse of the "Ancient Death" in the future, but couldn't find it, he could only blame Mr. Azik for going too late.
"Hehehe~"
Hobert smiled, as if he saw Mr. Azik's figure searching for the corpse of the "Ancient Death God" underground, so he planned to write a letter to Mr. Azik after he moved the place away to explain the situation to him.
Hobert also thought that before carrying out this action, he had to find some blood from "mid sequence" "Death" or "Door" pathway Beyonders.
He remembered that Mr. Azik said that the easiest way to find the door that kept changing position was to paint the blood of Beyonders from the "mid sequence" of these two pathways on the wall.
Hobert thought about it, it seemed that he could only find blood from relevant pathways from Mr. Dophis. Fors was still a "Trickmaster" now, and her blood could not attract that door.
But he planned to talk about it tomorrow. After replying "Okay" to Lawrence, Hobert returned to the real world to drink tea, doing nothing and letting his mind go blank.
Chat with Fors at dinner, look at the moon together, and enjoy life.
Fors had been in Backlund all day today. She seemed to have been stimulated last night and had found a circus to perform magic tricks in order to digest the potion as soon as possible.
Hobert encouraged Fors a few words, and then proposed to take a look at the manuscript of her new book.
As a result, Fors hesitated and talked about other topics.
Hobert immediately understood that she might not have written an introduction yet.
So Hobert began to talk about the importance of this book to Jeffery Territory, the importance to the entire waterway, and the importance to the residents of the territory.
Fors became more and more ashamed as he listened. That night, the light in Fors's room stayed on until late into the night, only turning off to rest after one o'clock in the morning.
As soon as Fors lay down, someone quietly sneaked into the yard.
Hobert, whose spirituality had greatly increased, immediately woke up. Taking advantage of the time it took for the other party to sneak into the yard, he quickly wrapped himself in his pajamas.
To prevent emergencies, Hobert would hang his mystical items on the "cloth buttons" reserved on his pajamas before going to bed, so that his skin could touch those mystical items as long as he wrapped his pajamas tightly.
This would not affect the use of these mystical items in combat in the event of an emergency.
Hobert grabbed the cane by the bed, took two "Disorder Stones" from the bedside table, and finally stood quietly under the oil painting, ready to meet the enemy.
The other party didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack, but after preparing, someone chanted a spell in Hermes: "Speech!"
Damn! It's a spell!
Hobert took off the oil painting with his other hand, held it in front of him, and immediately crashed open the door to go out.
At the same time, a black spell broke the window glass and was thrown into the room, immediately emitting an ear-piercing babble.
Hobert, who had reached the door, felt a surge in his head. Although Hobert left the room earlier than the few people outside had expected, a series of abilities still slammed at him after Hobert went out: "Arrogance", "Imprisonment", "Whip", "Fireball", "Wind Blade"!
The "oil painting" helped Hobert block most of the attacks. At the same time, Hobert injected spirituality into the "Crystal of Order" on the hilt of the knife, forming a thick black shield to block the other attacks.
But it seems that no one saw the content of the "oil painting", because no one exclaimed: "What a beautiful scenery!"
It seems that the previous "Cold Night Squad" had informed other mercenary squads of the ability of this sealed item, so the mercenary squad that attacked this time was prepared.
Although no one exclaimed, their movements obviously had a brief pause.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert glanced at the yard. There were a total of six figures, which should be another mercenary squad.
After blocking the opponent's first round of attacks, he immediately used "Blink" to come outside the yard, and then used the ability of "Flight" to escape towards the lake.
His series of operations completely stunned his opponents, and Hobert actually escaped.
In order to avoid the newly renovated lord's mansion from being destroyed again, he prepared to fight by the spacious lake.
But Hobert had not flown far when a pale wall made of bones suddenly appeared in front of him. It seemed extremely tough and insurmountable.
Hobert immediately realized that this was a special undead creature.
He glanced behind him, and the six pursuers had already caught up, so Hobert simply pulled out his knife and stuck his cane on the ground: "Order!"
In an instant, a towering tree rose from the ground, its canopy covering an area of nearly a hundred meters, encompassing part of the lord's mansion.
The pursuers were all stunned. They obviously did not expect that Hobert would have such a visually impactful mystical item.
Not to mention them, even Hobert didn't expect it. Before this, he estimated that after his promotion, the coverage of the "Order Wood" could increase to sixty or seventy meters, but it actually reached a hundred meters!
Such a behemoth was extremely shocking, blocking the night sky.
"Weaken!"
Hobert was slightly stunned. This skill was not used by him, but came from a pursuer.
Before he could inject spirituality into the "Crystal of Order" again, he felt that his strength, spirituality, speed, and other aspects had been weakened.
But immediately afterwards, under his "Distortion", the negative impression of "Weaken" was minimized, and his state recovered somewhat.
At the end of the second round, Hobert determined that there must be a "Mentor of Disorder" among the enemies because they could use "Weaken" and "Arrogance" without "bribery"!
This "Mentor of Disorder" should be the captain.
And the special undead creature that appeared in front of him just now made Hobert guess that there should be an Beyonder of the "Death" pathway among the pursuers, most likely a "Spirit Guide". A "Spirit Medium" cannot summon such a powerful undead creature.
In addition, based on the attacks he received as soon as he went out, there should also be a "Wind Blessed" among the enemies.
The other three enemies should have two "Arbiter" pathway and one "Hunter" pathway. The specific strength is temporarily unknown.
At the same time, Hobert felt a substantial enhancement in the ability of the "Order Wood". As the owner of the "Order Wood", Hobert only needed to stand under the canopy of the tree, and the surrounding order and rules would become beneficial to him.
Just like just now, he found that he could even "distort" his negative state under the canopy of the tree. He tried it, and his "weakened" state immediately improved.
At the beginning of the battle, Hobert was still worried about whether he could drive away the members of this mercenary squad. After fighting and understanding his own strength and the opponent's strength, Hobert felt that he could arrogantly think: None of these six enemies can leave!
Taking advantage of the visual impact of the "Order Wood", which made the six enemies a little hesitant, Hobert seized the opportunity in the third round: "Corrosion!"
From the moment he went out, he had been using "Corrosion" silently, and now it finally broke out.
The "Corrosion" after the promotion has also been greatly enhanced. The movements of the Sequence 6 members were once again paused. In the next few seconds, they had to work hard to fight against the darkness and greed in their hearts.
One of the Sequence 7 members was completely hit. He felt that the "Order Wood" was a rare mystical item, so he abandoned Hobert, the enemy, and turned to hug the "Order Wood", wanting to take it for himself.
Only the "Mentor of Disorder" was not greatly affected: "Disorder!"
Hobert, who was very familiar with this ability, knew that "Disorder" was like the "Death" of the "Disciplinary Knight". As long as the target was determined, it could not be avoided at all.
So Hobert simply: "Distort!"
He "distorted" the concept between himself and the enemy. For the next two seconds, he and the "Mentor of Disorder" fell into a state of "Disorder" at the same time.
When Hobert regained his senses, two Sequence 6 members who had recovered from "Corrosion" had already rushed in front of him.
The "Spirit Guide", holding a steel sword with Beyonder abilities, pierced Hobert's heart.
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