Chapter 46 – Return to Lakeville

Chapter 46 Return to Lakewood

Paul Greiman stayed in Port Fullan longer than initially expected.

During this time, he met with all the merchants in the town, expressing his vision to start ocean trade, and his intention to set up a trading company – there is no such organization as a company in this world – for the merchants in his territory to invest in. He intended to set up a trading company – there was no such organization as a “company” in this world – and let the merchants in the territory invest in it.

In front of the lord, the merchants were all submissive, and in this world, except for the Horned Bay Alliance, which was founded on commerce, the merchants of other countries had little political status, and were often slaughtered as fat sheep by various powerful men.

As soon as Paul said his vision, by virtue of the accumulated prestige of the lord’s identity, he naturally obtained a full house, but everyone still thought in their hearts that the lord’s wallet was deflated, and in accordance with the usual routine of the nobles, he casually made up a reason to ask them for money.

Paul could see the merchants’ words were not true, but he was not angry, changing people’s concepts takes time, and he was just giving the merchants a chance to get through to them, and did not intend to raise funds immediately.

There are still remnants of the pirates on the sea has not yet been eliminated, the ocean voyage with full sail ships have not been built, it is still too early to draw a big cake.

He also received the former mayor of the town, old Peter, the old man in his granddaughter Susan’s careful care to regain consciousness, sober, someone told him what happened in the church that day, scared him immediately out of bed, regardless of the body is still not well, to the front of Paul to ask for forgiveness of his granddaughter’s offense.

Paul’s kind words of relief, it took a lot of effort to make the old man believe that he will not settle scores.

In learned that he was removed by the lord of the town mayor’s seat, instead of the new mayor of the town adviser, the old Peter disappointed, although in this position often suffer at both ends, like a mouse in the bellows, but after all, he has been doing most of his life, suddenly removed from the position a little bit of adaptability.

But he said he will do his best to assist the new mayor to complete the work.

Old Peter in learned that the new lord eliminated the pirates, but also promised to protect the town forever, excited plus thankful to Paul, and repeatedly prayed to the Lord of Light to bless the lord of the long life.

The preparation of the navy was also closely carried out, after the recruitment standards were set, more than 300 recruits were recruited one after another.

Austin, the Navy Commander of the Northwest Bay Fleet, who had been promoted to Interim Rear Commander and was also the Detachment Commander of the First Detachment of the First Squadron of the First Brigade of the Northwest Bay Fleet, had been so busy in the past few days, that he had hardly had any time to rest.

The shipyard under Rubin’s auspices had worked overtime to rush out two paddlewheelers with ramming horns, plus remodeling four fishing boats for naval training.

The new mayor and deputy mayor, selected by Chief Steward Ford, arrived in Port Fullan shortly after the public hearing, and soon began their administrative work.

They would follow Paul’s orders and transplant the same set of things they had done in Lakewood to Port Fullan, such as public restrooms, public bathhouses, garbage cans, boiling water stores, etc., and were also asked by the Lord Earl to start a census and other aspects of the work.

Paul also instructed them to respect their advisor, Old Peter, and to ask for advice with an open mind and work well together.

In addition, the church in the center of the town was ordered to be transformed into a building called “Government House”, to be used as the location of the administrative staff in the future, and the new church will be built elsewhere, and the new mayor of the town was hinted by the Earl of the town that the church should be built in a remote place.

In July, Paul decided to return to Lakewood, and before he left, he inspected the fledgling naval force, and said with great bravado: “Our journey is to the stars and the sea.”

Although the word “stars” was confusing, it did not prevent the young men in the group from getting excited and clamoring for the remnants of the pirates to be fed to the fishes.

The 2nd Infantry Battalion was left behind in the port of Fulan to help the navy, which had not yet formed a fighting force to defend against the pirates, and after bidding farewell to all the people, the Earl led the 1st Infantry Battalion in the direction of the lake town and started to go.

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The temperature in July was already very hot, and towards noon, the sun was even hotter, barbecuing the earth. “You guys are already much cooler here than in the south.” Quiller Foster from the Horned Fork Coalition said happily.

Young Master Foster would follow Paul to the town of Lakewood to check out the “novelties” he would be selling. With some aspirations of becoming an adventurer, he was interested in anything unfamiliar.

However, his aspirations have met with a slight setback, as Meru, the head of the Lichtman Adventure Group, still hasn’t agreed to let him join the group, and is quite unhappy with Young Master Foster’s decision to stay in the Northwest Bay for a while.

If Queller stayed here, they had to follow, if they left Queller behind and went back, they wouldn’t be able to get the quest commission money, and the quest completion rate in the guild would decrease. Naturally, the Leachman Adventure Group also had to follow Queller to Lakeheart Town to ensure his personal safety.

Along the way, Paul and him had a chat.

“Is it? I do still feel hot.” Growing up in the north, Paul hadn’t experienced the heat of the south, and the words came out in a way that made Quiller feel like he was in the middle of a blessing.

“But look at that Lardy girl, it’s strange to be so covered up when it’s so hot.” Paul said to Quiller as he attached his ear.

“When you put it that way it’s really hey, and she doesn’t even have sweat on her face?” Quiller noticed the strangeness as well.

Even if Queller and the rest of the Lichtman Adventure Group came from the south and were more resistant to the heat, they were still wearing as little as they could at this moment, and even so sweat was constantly oozing out of their faces.

Only the scholar Ms. Lardy, still wrapped in a thick and tight clothing, also wearing a scholar’s hat, and her body back with the bow and arrow with a feeling strange. Moreover, all the people were sweating profusely as they rushed along the road, but Miss Scholar was not sweating at all.

She realized that Paul was looking at her, and immediately raised her hand to pull down the brim of her hat to cover her face.

“Hey, hey, you’re making people look shy.” Quiller snickered.

“No, I think you’re the one who’s scaring people!” Paul denied it.

Seeing that it was nearing noon, the Lord Earl ordered to stop marching, and the troops disbanded to rest in the shade of the woods on both sides of the road, solving the problem of their stomachs in the process.

After doing a good job of guarding the area, the soldiers entered the woods on the side of the road and took out the dry food they brought with them and ate it.

Paul and Quiller and the others also sat on the ground and ate their own food, and the crowd realized that this little count was eating the same black bread as the soldiers.

The Killmonger named Kai said quietly to Dean, who was sitting beside him, “I thought this Lord Lord would treat us to a big meal.”

Dean gave him a blank look: what a thought, even if it was an invitation, it would be for that great young lord.

Just at this moment, Scholar Miss Ladi’s ears twitched slightly.

She raised her head and said, “It seems like someone is shouting for help!”

All of a sudden all of them tensed up.

(End of chapter)