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"First, we must understand one thing," Hobert explained to Audrey. "Whether it's gas, electric lights, or even candles, you have to choose a lighting method.
In a metropolis like Backlund, candles have long been eliminated by the middle class and nobles who have a voice. So, we can only choose between gas and electric lights.
The brightness and convenience of electric lights basically determine that they will win this battle. Safety and pollution don't really matter that much."
This is also why Hobert isn't in a hurry to counterattack. Once electricity appears, it will quickly form a wave of the times, which cannot be stopped by any individual or industry.
"If," Audrey said, "I mean, if the councilors unanimously believe that electric lights cause more pollution?"
She understood the faces of these politicians; they only cared about profit.
Hobert smiled and said, "Then don't blame me for being impolite."
To be precise, he currently doesn't plan to actively respond.
Hobert actually hoped that this matter would escalate, until the council members came to ask him to clean up the mess.
Also, it would be best if the Gas Association used some underhanded tricks, so that Hobert would have a breakthrough point for counterattack.
The two of them took a carriage to Hobert's manor in the suburbs. Of course, they wouldn't talk about such a disappointing topic during lunch.
After lunch, they took a walk in the manor and climbed the hill behind the villa along the road.
The location of this hill was very good. From here, you could see very far, even the buildings on the edge of Backlund.
But unfortunately, the gradually spreading thick fog blocked the view, making it impossible to see further.
Audrey sighed, "What a pity. Perhaps, as the butler said, it takes the blessing of the gods to see the panorama of Backlund from here."
Hobert smiled and said, "Let me try."
He stretched out his hand, and when he felt a breeze blowing forward from behind, he suddenly waved his hand: "Magnify!"
The breeze immediately turned into a violent gust of wind, whistling through the low air as it blew towards Backlund.
Hobert controlled his strength very well. The gust of wind didn't descend. It swept across the fields, forests, and suburban factories and towns.
Audrey saw from afar that the smoke coming out of the factories was quickly dispersed and swept away. Finally, the gale hit the pervasive fog, creating a huge gap in the perennial fog of Backlund.
She couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! The fog of Backlund is like a cake that has been cut open and had a piece taken away!"
Hobert smiled slightly, "This wind can only reach that far!"
After all, he wasn't a Beyonder of the "Sailor" pathway, he had only magnified an ordinary breeze.
Audrey's analogy wasn't quite accurate. In fact, the scene in front of them was more like a stream of clear water flowing into a pool of muddy water.
The clear water created a clear area in the pool, but the power of the clear water was limited, only making a part of the muddy water clear, without changing the state of the pool.
But this was spectacular enough. Although Audrey didn't see the panorama of Backlund, she saw an incredible sight.
Because the gale was blowing from low altitude and didn't reach the streets, the fog above the roofs was blown away, but the streets were still filled with mist.
These mists gradually faded under the sunlight, looking somewhat magical. Audrey even seemed to feel the surprise shown by the pedestrians on the road.
However, before the mist on the street could be completely dissipated by the sun, it was covered by a thicker fog again. Therefore, the area blown out by the gale was gradually reoccupied by the fog.
Hobert sighed, "Backlund in summer is very uncomfortable."
Because there wasn't much wind, Backlund was shrouded in fog for almost the entire summer.
Under the fog, it was both stuffy and hot.
Unless it rained heavily, the weather would improve.
The two of them gazed at the top of the hill for a while before getting back into the carriage and returning to Backlund.
The official demigods in Backlund hadn't realized the danger, so they simply investigated the sudden change in the smog and then cursed in their hearts, "That kid is sick," and then there was no follow-up.
After Hobert's carriage entered Backlund, the fog here wasn't as dense as it looked from a distance. If you looked closely, you could still see the outline of the sun.
The carriage came all the way to Gear Avenue in the factory district, the "Earl's Light" factory.
Todd and Upton had already received the notice and were waiting at the entrance of the factory.
Here, Hobert took Audrey out of the carriage and met with the executives and worker representatives of "Earl's Light."
Everyone was stunned when they saw the beautiful Audrey. They only knew that the Earl was going to send a financial director, but they didn't expect it to be this beautiful noble lady!
After a simple welcoming ceremony, Todd and Upton got into Hobert's carriage and took Hobert and Audrey to visit several factories.
In the carriage, Hobert introduced them to each other. Todd and Upton were very polite. Currently, Hobert's relationship with Audrey had only been announced in noble circles.
Without media coverage, the spread of such information was very slow.
Although Todd and Upton didn't explicitly know the news, they also knew that the relationship between Hobert and Audrey must be extraordinary.
Under the leadership of the two executives, Hobert and Audrey successively visited the light bulb factory, the wire factory, the battery factory, and the parts factory.
The so-called parts factory refers to factories that produce crossbars, porcelain pots, and accessories for fixing wires on utility poles. Currently, this factory also assembles the main machinery for producing light bulbs.
According to Todd's report, orders for the battery factory have been increasing recently. Several factories in Backlund are already producing electric lights and wires, but they can only buy batteries from "Earl's Light" at present.
Hobert smiled and said, "Go full speed ahead with production. If that's not enough, add production workshops. We can only earn money from batteries for another half a year at most."
After half a year, many factories will definitely break through this technology.
Hobert had previously considered selling rubber at that time, continuing to manipulate the price and production capacity of batteries on raw materials.
But the sudden attack by the Gas Association made him intend to completely release the battery as a commodity, making the electric light market more active.
Finally, they visited the electrician school established by Hobert.
Although this school wasn't big, the opportunity to enroll was very rare.
In addition to the students recruited by "Earl's Light", the tuition fee was only a few pounds. Students sent by other companies were charged thousands of pounds.
In order to avoid recruiting people from other companies, each student had to sign a ten-year employment contract before entering the school. If they violated the contract, the penalty would be as high as 2,000 pounds.
For normal people, this contract was what they dreamed of. At least they would have a high-paying and well-paid job in the next ten years.
But for people from other companies, it was better to honestly pay the high tuition fees.
Even so, the opportunity to enroll was very rare. It was said that just one enrollment spot had already been saute to 300 pounds!
Audrey was somewhat surprised by this commercial phenomenon, but because she didn't quite understand the inside story of this industry, she didn't make any comments.
Now the electrician school has encountered a new problem. Many clergy from the Church of Steam and Machinery also want to enroll, and Todd doesn't know what standards to charge these clergy.
Hobert decided, "Charge them according to the normal student fee."
These clergy were more likely to be very interested in the related work of electricians. Currently, the entire Church of Steam and Machinery was still adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards the electricity industry.
First of all, it was because the rise of electricity was too fast. It had occupied a considerable share of the lighting market in just two or three months. The Church of Steam and Machinery was also worried about Hobert and the "Creator", so it didn't have any interest ties with "Earl's Light" and was still waiting and watching.
Secondly, the Steam Church had once expressed its willingness to understand "Earl's Light", but they weren't very interested in light bulbs and wanted to participate in the construction of power plants and related research work.
Hobert had "Earl's Light" politely decline. Although the power plant was facing many design and structural problems, he was more concerned about its confidentiality. The Steam Church also hadn't expressed enough sincerity later, so they hadn't cooperated for the time being.
Leaving the electrical school, Hobert smiled in the carriage, "This school can still continuously generate some income for 'Earl's Light'."
Because ordinary factories rarely set up schools, they only let experienced workers teach apprentices.
This method of training was too slow to compete with schools.
Finally, they visited the battery distribution and maintenance center, where carriages were constantly coming and going, looking even busier than the factory area.
Now "Earl's Light" had established a very complete distribution system. Especially after the middle class got off work, an "Earl's Light" carriage would always wander the streets, ready to quickly replace batteries with a wave from the window.
After Audrey finished visiting the entire "Earl's Light" industrial system, she couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "'Earl's Light' is truly a huge factory!"
Previously, "Earl's Light" was just a concept in her mind. Now she finally understood that "Earl's Light" represented production lines, workers with smiles on their faces, and galloping carriages.
Returning to the factory, Hobert convened a meeting of the "Earl's Light" senior management. At the meeting, Audrey was first appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, officially starting tomorrow or the day after.
Then, after discussing the Gas Association's matter briefly, Hobert had the company set up a three-person team to be responsible for this matter, collecting reports on the corruption caused by gas combustion and the dangers of gas storage, and then submitting them to the parliament.
Todd and the others felt that this handling seemed too understated and that the problem should be taken seriously. After all, most Backlund residents still used gas lamps for lighting, and their market share was still larger than electric lights.
However, Hobert had always been quite authoritative, and no one raised any objections.
The meeting quickly moved on to the third issue: building a factory in the Intis Republic.
"Upton is responsible for discussing this matter with the Intis Republic ambassador," Hobert said. "The conditions they offer are a three-year tax exemption and a 50% rent reduction, which sounds pretty good.
"Moreover, I heard that the Eternal Blazing Sun Church has always been very interested in electric lights. Although the Steam Church has never expressed its position, judging from their clergy's desire to enter the electrical school, they are also very interested in electricity.
"This time, we have received an invitation from the government of the Intis Republic, and almost all sectors of society in this country welcome us.
"Moreover, I have also contacted the Zaratul family of the Intis Republic. While I can't guarantee complete success, the resistance during the factory construction process should not be great. Perhaps the biggest obstacle to building a factory in Intis may come from Loen."
Finally, he said without rhyme or reason, "So we must take advantage of this opportunity of the Gas Association's protest."
Todd and Upton seemed to understand Hobert's meaning. They realized that those people from the Gas Association might be in trouble.
Most people didn't know Hobert's style of doing things very well and didn't pay much attention to Hobert's last sentence. However, they were very happy at this time, because the growth rate of "Earl's Light" completely exceeded expectations. At this rate of development, factories of "Earl's Light" would soon be all over the Northern Continent.
Next, they began to discuss the details of building a factory in the Intis Republic. Audrey realized that this was Hobert's main purpose for calling everyone to the meeting today.
After Hobert designated the main person in charge of the factory construction, the issue of funding was studied, because almost all of the massive funds previously obtained by "Earl's Light" had been spent on investments in the construction of power plants and the establishment of installation and distribution departments in other cities.
Now, the only large sum of money left on the books was the one that Hobert was preparing to misappropriate. He said it couldn't be touched, so everyone didn't mention moving the funds again.
Fortunately, light bulbs were already being prepared for sale in major cities. At that time, batteries, wires, and other commodities would still be uniformly distributed from Backlund. In other cities, only corresponding sales, installation, and distribution departments needed to be established.
It was expected that a large amount of funds would be coming in again soon, so this money could be used to build a factory in the Intis Republic.
With the funding issue resolved, Hobert instructed Upton to ensure the confidentiality of the power plant.
If the people from the Intis government wanted to visit, resolutely stop them. If they had a tough attitude, simply stop work.
The Eternal Blazing Sun Church probably wouldn't be too interested in the power plant; they might mainly be interested in the light bulbs.
The main pressure might come from the Steam Church. Hobert told Upton to explain to the Steam Church that unless their Archbishop came to talk to him, they were still prohibited from participating in the construction of the power plant.
In fact, the Steam Church's current reaction was somewhat beyond Hobert's expectations. He had previously thought that after he refused them for the first time, they would come with more sincerity to carry out a deeper level of interest binding with "Earl's Light."
But until now, they had not taken any further action.
However, Hobert estimated that it would be soon. Before, they would choose to wait and see to a certain extent, probably because they had found out that Hobert had a "Creator" background, and they must be wary of adopting deep cooperation.
But now it was different. The "Creator" had just flexed his muscles, and currently, both the Earth Mother Church and the Evernight Goddess Church held a default attitude towards the existence of the "Creator" forces.
The Storm Lord Church had only actively investigated the "Creator" but had never treated the "Creator" forces as enemies.
This should help the Steam Church make up its mind.
The meeting lasted until after four o'clock in the afternoon before it ended, and the basic tone for building a factory in the Intis Republic was set.
At the end of the meeting, Hobert told Upton to report upwards immediately when encountering problems that could not be solved, and he would rush to help as soon as possible.
Of course, Upton noticed that what Hobert said was "report upwards", that is, pray to the "Creator" and let the "Creator" notify Hobert.
Everyone sent them to the factory gate before Hobert and Audrey boarded the carriage and left.
In the carriage, Audrey was still a little excited and said, "Hobert, I didn't expect 'Earl's Light' to be so big!"
Hobert smiled, "I didn't expect such a huge enterprise with a scale of 20,000 people."
This was the truth. In his memory, he really had no concept of an enterprise with tens of thousands of people. It was only when "Earl's Light" developed to its current state that he realized what a concept a ten-thousand-person enterprise was.
Therefore, some time ago, Hobert suspended the expansion of the electric light business. One reason was that the power plants built in the major cities in the eastern part of Loen had basically been determined, and the other was to let "Earl's Light" settle down to avoid losing control if it continued to expand rapidly.
Audrey asked curiously, "Such a big factory, how big is its cash flow?"
"On your first day of work, you may have to deal with a transaction of 150,000 pounds," Hobert said with a smile.
Audrey smiled, "Praise the Lady! 150,000 pounds!"
Even Audrey, who had lived an aristocratic life since she was a child, had never seen such a large cash flow at one time because she had not been in business before.
However, although she sounded a little excited in her tone, she was not surprised.
Hobert didn't reveal it at this time, but changed the subject: "The demigod who came to support from another place will arrive tonight, and he will deal with that Sanguine with Mr. Moon tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
When he was in the meeting just now, he had received Lawrence's prayer and gave a response on the pretext of going to the washroom, and he would pick up the demigod to Backlund tonight.
Hobert said, "Haven't you always wanted to participate in A Beyonder battle? How about participating in this operation? Try to hypnotize that Sanguine."
Audrey first said, "Okay."
Then she was a little worried: "Will I expose myself?"
"No," Hobert had already planned: "I'll give you my mask to use, so the other party can't see your appearance and it will be difficult to lock you with extraordinary means."
Audrey smiled, "I'm very willing to participate."
"After the plan is finalized, I will notify you which part of the task you are responsible for." Hobert then asked, "When do you plan to announce your advancement to the Psychology Alchemists?"
"Also tonight, and I'll also ask them for the 'Dreamwalker' potion formula."
"According to the style of most Beyonder organizations," Hobert analyzed, "If you are promoted to Sequence 6, you will definitely be reviewed by their highest level before they give you the Sequence 5 potion formula.
"When they take you for the review, call me to go with you. I don't necessarily have to eavesdrop, but as long as I'm there, even if I'm just admiring the scenery on the street, it will give them a lot of pressure."
Audrey was initially delighted, but after considering it, she quickly refused, "No!"
She said, "The Psychology Alchemists are a secretive Beyonder organization. Your appearance will scare them, and they may never contact me again."
Hobert didn't insist, "Then I'll secretly follow you."
"That won't work either." Audrey had already made her own plans and said, "Have you forgotten?"
She whispered, "I have Mr. Fool's protection!"
Hobert thought to himself: If you knew that Mr. Fool is currently only Sequence 4, you would know that I am more reliable.
He didn't insist anymore because Audrey wasn't the kind of girl who liked Hobert taking care of her meticulously. She had always been pursuing her own life and interests.
Hobert changed the subject again, "Help me tell Earl Hall that it was a pity I couldn't have dinner with him today. I still have many questions to ask him."
Audrey showed a very beautiful smile, "Mr. Hobert, when did you become so humble?"
Hobert said seriously, "In front of my father-in-law, of course, I have to appear humble enough."
Audrey's cheeks turned slightly red, and her eyes were filled with a smile, but she deliberately showed an unhappy expression: "Hmph."
Hobert laughed happily: This is so much fun.
After sending Audrey home, Hobert returned to his own Earl's mansion and, in the form of bestowing upon himself, took out a "Traveler's Door" from the "Nation of Disorder."
First, he went to Longtail Island to find a door, established the relevant connections, and then carried the door to the Southern Continent, and in a place that Lawrence considered very safe, established a connection with the door on Longtail Island.
So, on the way back, Hobert, with the demigod Chester and two Sequence 5s, first returned to Longtail Island through the established "Traveler's Door," then came to Southern Colson via Longtail Island, and finally returned to Backlund from Southern Colson.
Previously, Southern Colson had always served as a hub, but now it was different. Hobert's power was moving towards the Southern Continent. He planned that if the teleportation array could be used, he would build Longtail Island into a future hub for the North and South Continents.
Back in Backlund, Hobert first treated Chester and the others to a hearty Loen-style dinner.
While drinking tea after the meal, Hobert mentioned that the reason he had invited them was to deal with a Sanguine.
One of the Sequence 5 members of the Balk family said, "Those arrogant Sanguine are indeed quite annoying."
He might have realized that his criticism was too direct, so he changed his words, "I mean, although Sanguine have a glorious history, there's no need to always talk about it."
During the previous war, the Balk family and the Sanguine were in the same formation. Earl Rosalind realized that the Sanguine had to cooperate with the Balk family to avoid too many casualties, but the subordinates of this Sanguine earl did not realize this.
The Sanguine' performance at the time made the Balk family generally very dissatisfied.
Hobert smiled, "In the future, we may have further cooperation with the Sanguine, after all, we have a common enemy.
"Well, fortunately, although they are a little arrogant, they are not too evil, and most Sanguine are immersed in their own world and are somewhat simple."
Chester, who was in his forties and had some nasolabial folds, said, "We're just saying that, we don't mean anything else."
The Sequence 5 who had just commented on the Sanguine was also a little regretful that he had spoken his mind too quickly.
"I also think they are very boring sometimes." Hobert said, "Don't think that they are hesitating about cooperating with the 'Creator' now. If they don't seize this opportunity, they will regret it later."
The three members of the Balk family all felt much more comfortable.
After chatting for a while, Hobert asked Dophis, who had returned from the Southern Continent, to arrange accommodation for them, and then went to the study to pray to "The Fool," hoping to meet Mr. Moon alone in the Palace above the Gray Fog.
This reflects the benefits of the Sefirah Castle. Hobert's "Nation of Disorder" can only "send voice messages" and cannot temporarily create an environment for two people to communicate in real time, or rather, it cannot pull people in.
However, the "Nation of Disorder" also has its advantages. For example, when Hobert uses the stars of a certain believer to project power into the real world, he can completely skip the "Mystical Ritual" and directly project a large amount of power.
After "The Fool" Klein agreed, Hobert asked Mr. Fool to convey this meeting invitation to Mr. Moon.
Soon Hobert received Emlyn's reply, the meeting would take place at ten o'clock in the evening.
Hobert took out his pocket watch and looked at it. There was still more than an hour left, so he "recalled" the method of making talismans that he had obtained from Klein.
He planned to make a batch of talismans from the "Marauder" pathway when he had time recently.
Previously, Klein had fleeced the "Creator," and as a dependent of the "Creator," Hobert certainly had to fleece him back.
According to the information provided by Klein, a silver sheet can be used to make talismans.
So, he asked the servants to find some silver sheets, and after cutting them, he began to carve the corresponding symbols.
First, the "Pupil-less Eye" representing "The Fool," and then the corresponding mystical symbols were carved around the Pupil-less Eye.
After carving it, Hobert picked it up and took a look: "So ugly!"
I wonder if "The Fool" will be unwilling to give his talisman the corresponding power because the symbols he carved are too ugly?
Hobert smiled: "Distort!"
He distorted the ugly symbols to make them look much better. He simply threw the carving knife on the table and used the power of "Distortion" to let the carving knife carve by itself. The silver sheets carved in this way were much better-looking.
Just as Hobert was preparing to carve the third silver sheet, his vision was covered by gray fog, and he came to the Palace where the Tarot meeting was held.
This time, "Emperor" Hobert and "Moon" Emlyn did not sit on one side, but sat opposite each other.
"The Fool" Klein was still "listening in" behind the chair at the head.
This was Emlyn's first time coming here outside of the Tarot meeting, and he was still a little curious about the surroundings.
Hobert said, "This time, the Balk family has sent a demigod to support us. You should know him, it's Chester."
Klein, at the head of the bronze long table, sighed: The "Creator"'s forces are reacting quickly! They have sent a demigod to Backlund so quickly.
Emlyn nodded: "I remember him."
"Our operation can start at any time." Then Hobert asked, "What is the name of the target to be punished?"
"Ernes Boyar."
"Is there a good time to take action?" Hobert remembered this Sanguine viscount.
"He has been following me recently." Emlyn said, "And he always makes me aware of the stalking."
Hobert smiled, "That's great."
Then he asked, "Will Ernes follow you to Harvest Church?"
"No." Emlyn said, "He will stop following two or three blocks away from Rose Street."
Hobert pondered for a few seconds before saying, "First of all, our actions must be fast. We must end the battle quickly before the saints of your Sanguine can react!
"You may only have two or three seconds. Within these two or three seconds, you must get Ernes into Rose Street."
Emlyn asked, "Capture Ernes, and I'll carry him to Harvest Church?"
"Of course not." Hobert said, "I will arrange for someone to hypnotize Ernes and make him chase after you! All the way into Harvest Church."
He remembered that the members of the Tarot Club "originally" did this.
After Audrey was promoted to "Hypnotist," this was indeed the best solution.
Hobert added, "The problem now is, can you run three blocks to Rose Street in two or three seconds?"
"Of course! Don't doubt the speed of a Sanguine!" Emlyn raised his chin, but soon he became worried again: "But Ernes is Sequence 5, his speed is even faster than mine."
"That doesn't matter, you can make him not catch up with you while hypnotizing him." Then, Hobert asked: "When can you advance to Sequence 5?"
Emlyn replied: "I can advance now, um, to be precise, tonight."
Tonight is the full moon.
Then he explained: "But because Ernes has been following me, I dare not…"
"Advance boldly tonight!" Hobert said: "The higher-ups of the Sanguine will pretend they didn't see anything, and they won't even ask where the Beyonder characteristics came from."
Klein, sitting at the head of the long bronze table, also thought so: There's no need to ask, it must be from Hobert, from the power of the 'Creator'. After this matter is over, this Beyonder characteristic will be regarded as Hobert's sincerity, but this 'sincerity' needs Emlyn to pay for it.
He secretly glanced at Emlyn: Mr. Moon obviously didn't understand this point, otherwise, he could have taken the opportunity to write off the debt.
Emlyn said: "Then the Beyonder characteristic for advancement…"
"I will sacrifice it to Mr. Fool in a while." Hobert said: "Remember that 8,000 pounds of debt."
Emlyn said: "No problem!"
After determining the action time as tomorrow afternoon and discussing some action details, the two left the Tarot Club's venue.
After Hobert sacrificed a 'Scarlet Scholar' Beyonder characteristic to 'The Fool', he found Chester and explained the plan for tomorrow afternoon.
The next morning, Hobert first used 'Traveling' to come to Earl Hall's mansion, where a maid was combing Audrey's hair.
Audrey was a little surprised when she saw Hobert. She was about to give the servants around her a psychological suggestion, but found that the servants around her didn't notice Hobert at all.
In fact, Hobert had 'Distorted' their thinking, making them ignore Hobert's existence.
"The plan to deal with the Sanguine has been finalized." Hobert said: "The action will probably start at one o'clock in the afternoon. You must go to Mist Street before one o'clock to meet this person. He will arrange for you to take action at the appropriate time."
Hobert showed Audrey a portrait of Chester, and then he took out a wooden box: "Inside is a black crystal mask, which has very high anti-divination ability."
Next, Hobert told Audrey how to cooperate with Chester, how to hypnotize the target, and other details.
Audrey listened very carefully, immediately asking questions about things she didn't understand. After all, this was the first Beyonder action she participated in.
After explaining the plan clearly, Hobert smiled and said: "Good morning, beautiful lady, I won't have breakfast with you."
Audrey was a little helpless: "Shouldn't we say good morning right away?"
"Because I am the 'Assassin' of rules." Hobert smiled mysteriously, snapped his fingers, and disappeared on the spot.
Audrey smiled: Is this also a kind of acting?
The surrounding servants paused almost at the same time. Did there seem to be a man in the room just now?
They looked around, then smiled slightly, and all thought it was their own illusion.
…
Today, MI9 was going to hold a conferment ceremony for Hobert, so Hobert came to MI9 early and arrived at Georgina's office.
"You're here quite early." Georgina had already changed into the dark uniform of MI9, looking like a very majestic female general.
Likewise, Hobert was also wearing the MI9 uniform: "Not as early as the Director-General."
"Let's go." Georgina took Hobert into the carriage.
Once in the carriage, Hobert asked: "Aren't you going to confer a title on me?"
"Yes."
"The ceremony isn't being held at MI9?"
"If it's the rank of Vice Admiral, it will be held at MI9." Georgina said seriously: "You only need to invite some senior officers."
"But for the rank of General, you need to go to the Ministry of Defence…"
"General?" Hobert was stunned. Wasn't it supposed to be Vice Admiral?
But he immediately understood that this was the Loen royal family trying to win him over. Anyway, it was just a military rank, and they weren't really handing over the army to Hobert to command.
"Not only will we give you the rank of General," Georgina then told Hobert all the benefits promised by William I: "We will also give you a seat in the House of Lords."
Hobert nodded, this was very sincere.
But he considered for a while before saying: "My father is already a Member of Parliament, this conflicts with the relevant regulations of the Parliament."
Georgina said meaningfully: "No one will care about these things."
"No, no, no, I am a very law-abiding citizen." Hobert said.
Georgina thought there was something wrong with her ears.
"So, can I give this opportunity to become a Member of Parliament to someone else?" Hobert asked with a smile.
"Heh heh heh, I knew it." Georgina knew that in the Kingdom of Loen, in Backlund, no one could resist the temptation of being a Member of Parliament: "Of course you can."
Hobert nodded and said nothing more.
Of course, he would not deeply bind himself to the Kingdom of Loen, but it would be great to have his own representative in Parliament.
Arriving at the conferment hall of the Ministry of Defence, many senior generals had already arrived to observe the ceremony. Among them were many shareholders of Emlyn and others of the 'Light of Earl', as well as some colleagues of Christian, and many officers Hobert did not know.
After everyone exchanged polite greetings, the conferment ceremony officially began at around nine o'clock.
First, Minister of Defence Emlyn briefly described Hobert's military exploits. In fact, there were only a few things to say. The first was the battle record in Feynapotter City, and the second was the protection of Princess Alice, to avoid Loen Kingdom from making a fool of themselves on diplomatic occasions.
Everyone knew tacitly that this was a kind of bribery. Some people probably knew why the royal family wanted to buy off Hobert, but most people didn't know.
Then, Georgina read out the King's commendation order, as well as the order signed by the King himself, awarding Hobert the rank of General.
Finally, Prince Jevington awarded Hobert the epaulettes and chest badge. Amidst the warm applause of everyone, the conferment ceremony officially ended.
At noon, there was a small celebration reception. Such social engagements could not be refused at all. Fortunately, the reception started very early and ended at around twelve o'clock.
Then, Hobert used the excuse of being unwell and agreed with Georgina to discuss the matter of the House of Lords member at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Georgina knew that he had something to do, so she just agreed and took the carriage back alone.
Hobert was about to use 'Traveling' to return to the Earl's Mansion when he heard Emlyn's prayer from the 'Nation of Disorder'. He sped up and returned to his study. He didn't have time to build a 'Spiritual Wall', so he directly entered the 'Nation of Disorder'.
Sure enough, the star representing Emlyn was expanding.
Hobert spread his spirituality over and saw Emlyn in a public carriage, whispering a prayer to the 'Creator', asking the 'Creator' to notify Chester to prepare to start the action.
Hobert sent a signal to Chester, and then glanced behind him. Behind him was a small but exquisite private carriage. Ernes was openly following Emlyn like this. No wonder even the slow-witted Emlyn could find him.
According to Emlyn, Ernes would usually stop following at Mist Street, because it was only three intersections and half a street away from the Harvest Church.
Today was the same. Ernes ordered the coachman to turn at the intersection of Mist Street, but it was too late!
"Distort!" A Sequence 5 member of the Bale family, 'Distorted' the thinking of the coachman and horses, making them continue forward.
Almost at the same time, Chester, who was ambushing on the side of the street, brought Audrey to Ernes's carriage in an instant with a 'Distorted' distance, and sat opposite this Sanguine Viscount.
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