Chapter 92 Three Letters From Miss Ruth

Pompeii.

It has been more than eighty days since Luther went deep into the forest. Now Pompeii has passed the spring plowing and sowing season, and the burden of farmers has been reduced a lot.

Pompeii is very, very beautiful at this moment.

From Pompeii to the south, there are endless farmlands, straight and wide roads, various villages, wine estates, ranches, etc.

The sounds of cattle and sheep are endless, the sounds of chickens and dogs echo in the distance, and children are playing everywhere. Farmers are doing their side jobs because it is not the busy farming season.

Some make small handicrafts at home, and some are simply carpenters, stonemasons, etc.

The whole Pompeii is a scene of living and working in peace and contentment.

The only slight shortcoming is that Pompeii is still empty. In addition to the four major military areas, many new buildings have been built throughout Pompeii.

But many residential areas are empty and there are no residents. It's really embarrassing, embarrassing.

In order to attract residents, officials headed by Pompeii Mayor Lelouch have racked their brains.

Lelouch couldn't help but hold a meeting in the city hall again.

In the meeting room of the city hall, Lelouch wore a snow-white shirt, a coat, and a Prussian-style black hat on his head.

He had two big mustaches on his handsome face, which looked very majestic.

Below him were a group of city hall officials, more than 20 people.

Lelouch glanced at the officials and sighed in his heart. Now the residents of Pompeii are supported by the families of knights and officials. There is an embarrassment that there are more officials than residents.

Lelouch brewed the atmosphere for a while before speaking: "Now the busy farming season is over. A considerable number of farmers have listened to our advice and switched to planting rapeseed and olive trees. Today's autumn harvest will give us oil that can be self-sufficient or even exported. Next year, we will persuade them to plant other crops and diversify the crops in Pompeii. But that is next year's matter. Now our Pompeii city lacks residents. A city with only farmers but no residents cannot develop. Do you have any ideas about this?"

"Mr. Mayor, I think we can use low housing prices to attract residents to move to Pompeii. Attract merchants to Pompeii with low business taxes and introduce some people first. In addition, our Pompeii wine is now selling very well. Many caravans come to Pompeii to purchase Pompeii wine, which brings a certain amount of popularity. I believe that after a few years of development, Pompeii will become more and more prosperous."

An official stood up and said.

The official's name is George Pompeii. He is not very old, only 26 years old. According to seniority, he is Luther's cousin. He is quite talented and is Lelouch's right-hand man.

Lelouch nodded. This strategy was similar to Luther's strategy of attracting unemployed vagrants with land.

However, it was also quite different because serfs could not be purchased this time. Serfs were not suitable for living in the city. They lacked spirituality. It was good enough for serfs to be farmers.

Recruiting freemen was much more troublesome than buying serfs. There were not many lords who were harsh on freemen like Marquis Parker among the twenty or thirty nobles in Orange.

Marquis Parker had recruited almost all the people who could be recruited in his territory last time.

Going to other territories to recruit freemen was equivalent to poaching the nobles. After all, the number of residents and merchants also represented the prosperity of a city in a sense.

"Let's try it first, but we have to go through official channels first. We will recruit freemen only if the official agrees to let us recruit freemen. If they don't allow us to recruit freemen, we will leave immediately. After all, even if a noble with a real title goes to other territories to recruit freemen, it is a taboo, not to mention that our Pompeii family is too small."

Lelouch reminded, and then said: "I will discuss the specific recruitment with Knight Commander Stone, and let him send knights to protect you."

"Yes."

The officials responded.

The meeting ended quickly, and Lelouch was the last to leave. He looked at the empty meeting room and sighed: "Where did Luther go? He has many tricks, and maybe he can quickly recruit residents."

Lelouch is a very talented person. He manages Pompeii in an orderly manner, and has his own set of ideas for development. He knows to encourage farmers to grow crops other than wheat.

But Lelouch knows that he can't compare with Luther's tricks. That guy can make Pompeii rise to a higher level with a layout.

It's really annoying to compare with others.

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Pompeii Castle

The castle is the same as when Luther came here, with basically no changes. There are 100 guards stationed in the castle, led by Magellan.

The number of male and female servants has not changed much.

There is just one little girl, Lily, Pompeii, who has to go in and out of Pompeii Castle almost every day.

Lily and Mary are very good girlfriends, and the two are often inseparable.

Mrs. Sophie is looking at the account book in the study. As the person in charge of the Pompeii family business, Mrs. Sophie is very busy. She has to run the original business, expand the ranch and build an oil press workshop according to Luther's wishes, and open multiple shops in the city to run various businesses such as clothing and jewelry.

Very busy.

"No, the family business is growing. I have to hire some professional assistants, otherwise I can't handle it." Mrs. Sophie suddenly felt dizzy and stretched out her white fingers to rub her temples, and then stroked her full chest up and down, and she felt much better.

Mrs. Sophie is very healthy, but the huge workload makes her feel overwhelmed.

"Madam, Miss Ruth's letter has arrived."

Dadadada.

There was a sound of small leather shoes touching the floor, and little Maya walked in from outside. She was still in a maid outfit, wearing round-toed leather shoes, so cute.

She had an envelope in her hand. After coming in, she bowed to Mrs. Sophie first, and then handed the letter to Mrs. Sophie.

"This is the third letter. Miss Ruth seems to have something urgent. But Luther claimed that he was going to Kaiyue City to see Miss Ruth. It has been more than 80 days. Where did he go?"

Mrs. Sophie's pretty face showed worry and complaint. After taking the letter, she hesitated for a moment and did not open it. Instead, she put it in the drawer of the desk.

There are already two letters in it, and this is the third one.

This world is very edgy. Parents still won't open such private letters.

"He must have gone somewhere to fool around." Little Maya said with disdain.

"Why do you say that?" Mrs. Sophie was a little surprised.

"Madam, you see he usually takes Xiu Xiuya with him when he goes out, but he didn't take Xiu Xiuya this time. There must be some secret. I guess he went to find Newton Knight and fooled around with those drinking and eating friends."

Little Maya guessed.

I have to say that little Maya is really familiar with Luther.

Knowing that Luther didn't take Xiu Xiuya, there must be a secret, but the direction was wrong.

"Man, hey." Mrs. Sophie didn't know whether she was helpless or sighed with emotion. Recently, she discovered the secret of old Thor.

That guy was actually hanging out with the beautiful maid in the castle.

Mrs. Sophie was almost furious when she found out.

It's fine if you find a mistress outside, just turn a blind eye, but find a maid around you in the castle. Mrs. Sophie couldn't help but get angry when she thought about it.

The main thing is sourness.

How can my appearance and figure be worse than that maid?

Mrs. Sophie looked down at her chest.