Chapter 497 Undercurrent

The Yanes Family Castle! !

As the Yanes family was a viscount family during the Holy Cross Kingdom, they naturally had their own castle and fiefdom.

If there hadn't been the Five Kingdoms War, they would have been the real power in the Holy Cross Kingdom.

Later, with the rise of the Great Xia Empire, Yanes relied on his sharp tongue to persuade a large number of Holy Cross Kingdom nobles to surrender, and then retained his title in the new dynasty.

However, one is a Viscount of the Kingdom and the other is a Viscount of the Empire. In fact, the difference is very big, and it can be regarded as a half-level promotion.

Over the years, the Yanes family has become richer and richer, and the castle has been well maintained.

However, urbanization has led to the loss of freedmen in the territory, and the symbolic significance of the castle has become greater than its actual significance.

The direct descendants of the Yanes family have long gone to the imperial capital to develop, and only the castle that symbolizes the noble spirit is left here.

The old butler of the Yanes family simply stayed in the castle to look after the family because he did not want to go to the imperial capital to continue his struggle.

He always likes to inspect this land over and over again and take good care of this property for his master.

Even if you can't survive in the imperial capital, you will still have a place to stay when you come back.

As an old man who has served two generations of family heads, he stubbornly believes that fiefdom will always be the foundation of the nobility.

Court nobles without fiefdoms were not even as good as fief knights.

One day when there was nothing new, he climbed up the outer wall of the castle and took a look at the wheat fields outside.

Because of the decrease in free people, a large amount of land was annexed by the owners of the castle.

Nowadays, most of the people work silently in the fields with tools.

This is the only change he accepts happily. Every time he sees him, he will happily exclaim: "What a good slave! Thank you to His Majesty the Emperor for his mercy."

The only thing that made him regretful was that these castrated tools could not be reproduced. Otherwise, wouldn't they be making a lot of money?

Fortunately, the empire does not allow tools that have not been castrated to land silently, but they can be reproduced legally in the New World. It is just that the slave merchants have to pay more money for them.

"Huh!!"

The old housekeeper was just about to go downstairs when he suddenly saw two carriages approaching in the distance.

He was surprised. This castle was in the countryside, and the owner didn't come back all year round. There were very few guests coming.

Today is an exception, the old housekeeper muttered, but his steps were very brisk. He needed to make arrangements early and could not lose the face of his master's family.

Soon, servants were sprinkling water on the road in front of the door to prevent dust from flying around.

A group of family private soldiers barely stood in a row, so they didn't lose face.

The old housekeeper was still a little dissatisfied, muttering about the glory of the past.

At that time, the Viscount family maintained hundreds of regular soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was quite good.

Unlike now, it is difficult to even gather a team of people.

The carriage from outside came slowly, and the driver stopped at the door very skillfully.

It can be seen that both cars are full of gifts, and the various cloths and decorations look very gorgeous.

Good-looking and not cheap, this is the first choice for nobles to give each other gifts.

The old housekeeper stepped forward and asked politely: "I don't know which distinguished guest is coming, why didn't you say hello in advance?"

The person who gave the gift jumped out of the carriage, looking like a warrior.

"I will follow the master's instructions. I don't know these etiquettes." The other party asked someone to unload the gifts, then took a gift list and stuffed it into the old butler's hand: "Old man, I delivered the things, please tell Ya Viscount Ness, this is a gift from the Perez family. Because of my master’s sensitive status, I won’t send it to Port Degen with much fanfare.”

Without giving the old butler a chance to refuse, Wu Fu drove the carriage and ran away.

The old housekeeper stayed where he was and stamped his feet angrily: "The etiquette is corrupted. The etiquette is really corrupted. How could anyone come to visit like this? In the past... wouldn't this offend people?"

Although he cursed fiercely, after all, he had accepted the gift and it was difficult for him to make a decision.

An inventory was immediately carried out, and someone was sent to report the news to Viscount Yanes immediately.

…

It was already the next day that Yanez received the telegram from home.

In the past few days, he was busy at the customs. Many people came to congratulate him, but he pushed them away.

Unexpectedly, the things were delivered to my hometown.

If it were another family, he would have accepted the gifts, but the Perez family was different... that family was the eldest prince's mother family.

Yanes is not sure whether there are other problems here.

This royal family matter is probably more troublesome than royal succession in the past.

Moreover, this year, the eldest prince is 12 years old, and the remaining princes and princesses are also about the same age. Although they are all children of the queen, who knows if there is anything fishy in them.

"Your Majesty is in his prime, I don't care who you are."

Yanes gritted his teeth, sealed the gift list, and sent someone to the Eighth Investigation Division.

Your Majesty's ministers are naturally loyal to Your Majesty.

As for the prince, let’s wait until you take the throne.

Yanez dropped the time bomb and continued where he left off.

There are a lot of things going on at the customs. Even though they have power and money, there are also many problems.

The previous customs director couldn't solve them all, let alone Yanez?

But it’s okay to do nothing. Otherwise, how will the people below see you?

After picking and choosing, he felt that introducing electricity was relatively simple.

It just so happened that the Electric Power Department and his party were still in Port Deegan, and I barely knew Smith, the Director of the Electric Power Department, so it shouldn't be difficult to gain some respect.

So, he called his secretary: "In my name, I will invite Director Smith to a banquet tomorrow night."

Business is official, but personal relationships are also indispensable. Otherwise, you will have to wait in line and the day lily will be cold.

As an official, you are not here to be a good gentleman. If you don't earn resources for your subordinates and think about eating from a big pot all day long, that's called elm pimples.

Strictly speaking, the position of the Commissioner of Customs is higher than that of the Electricity Department.

However, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between the two parties. If someone doesn't agree with you, there is really no way to reason.

So when he asks the other party for something, he has to take the initiative to lower his attitude.

Of course, generally no Leng Tou Qing can really figure it out.

After all, the customs is also a department with real power. Maybe I will blame others for my demands in the future. I feel happy for a while, but I am afraid that I will be beaten to death by my colleagues when I go back.

The next day, Yanez hosted a banquet for the Electric Power Department and his entourage.

Speaking of which, they had met twice and were familiar with each other.

Before the food was served, Commissioner Yanes explained the purpose of his visit straight to the point: "I'll drink up the wine with you later, but first, the power transmission must come to our customs first."

Director Smith stood up slowly and said in a soothing tone: "Electricity... must give priority to important and urgently needed departments. Customs... is both important and urgently needed, so I think there is no problem.

Of course, this requires local colleagues to make plans first and then submit the application. "

The director of Port Deegan Electric Power Bureau immediately stated: "No problem. In fact, in our preliminary design, customs is the top priority."

Look, isn’t this a coincidence?

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

…

Designer... why should I sleep? Get up and change the drawings, they will be needed tomorrow morning.