In mid-December, the weather became colder, and many people began to wear thick coats. However, it was still a lot warmer than the Bodemen, at least it didn't snow. Henry stood on the balcony and watched the people coming and going in the city, after half a year of trade, many cities on the west coast heard about the wealth and tranquility of the Angome Islands. Many people chose to come to this new territory to find their own home, and the population of the city began to increase rapidly. The population of the city has now exceeded 40,000, and the number of villages on the island has exceeded 100.

As the number of immigrants in the Emerald Isle grew, Silky began to commission Hawke to build a second port city. The city had just begun to be built, but Henry had already given it a nice name, Emerald Pearl. Now the fact that the territory is rich in spices has been publicized by many businessmen, and it is estimated that Anta will soon be there. Duke Silver Shield will not be able to sit still. Just as Henry was experiencing the joy of running a territory, Sycody came from behind. She gently draped a garment over Henry and said, "My dear, the New Year is coming soon." How are you going to arrange it? ”

Henry was slightly stunned, he patted his head and smiled: "If you don't remind me, I'm going to forget, it's still more than ten days before the New Year." Last year, I spent time in the teacher's mage tower, and it was like reading a book for a whole day. ”

Shi Kodi laughed at her husband's appearance, and then covered her mouth with her hand and said, "You actually read a book on New Year's Day, but you can't look like this this year." You are the master of this archipelago and have tens of thousands of people who are eager to let go of all the stress and start over at New Year's Day. So the celebration is essential, and you have to give some reward to your vassals and officials. ”

Henry sighed, if he could, he would prefer to read a book alone or do some magic test. He has always hated crowded places and never appears in public unless necessary. But there's no way who made him a lord.

After straightening his messy hair, he said to his wife, "You're in charge of all these things, I just need to show my face in public." ”

Shikodi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take care of these things for you." But on the last night of the year, you'll be in the town square and giving a speech. Be a little better and make your people appreciate you, because you have given them this beautiful city and a stable and prosperous life. ”

Henry sighed again and said, "I will be at your disposal when that day comes, dear Countess. ”

Shikoudi smiled and shook her head, she didn't understand why her husband didn't like this festive atmosphere, maybe the mages were like this. In the next ten days, in addition to continuing to build the interior of the mage tower with the two archmages, Henry had one more job, that is, to check a large number of accounts. With the development of the spice trade and the smooth progress of the salt trade, the income of the territory appeared to be very rich. In addition, there are a large number of ordinary taxes paid by citizens and farmers, docking fees at ports, commercial taxes generated by transactions, special operating taxes on various facilities in the entertainment area, and so on. Looking at this thick stack of ledgers, even the math learned before crossing over did not help much. Because the accounts are all written by one, not in a tabulated manner.

He originally wanted to leave it directly to his wife or housekeeper to deal with, but the two sternly refused. The housekeeper's reason is that he should not put his hand into the scope of financial expenditure, otherwise in the future, if there is a problem with the accounts, others will say that he is corrupt. The reason for Sycodi's refusal is even more ridiculous, she doesn't want others to say that she is emptying her husband's family. I can't do everything on my own. Henry copied down each account into a table, and then filled in the income and expenses line by line. Finally, write the calculated surplus in the lower right corner, and the ledger is finished. He bound the forms into a book and gave them to Sycodi, who was amazed to see them and asked questions about the details. She then recorded this method of bookkeeping and prepared to start implementing it in her territory.

The last day of December finally came, and everyone in the Lord's Mansion was beaming. Henry's mother dressed all the servants in new clothes. Her younger sister Lina was walking around the hall in her freshly made dress, and the butler was trying to stop the mischievous little girl. Poeti was discussing some issues with Hawke about the New Year's parade, and even the two archmages changed into beautiful costumes and ran around the city.

Amy changed into a beautiful long dress and walked up to Henry and asked, "Master, you don't seem to be very happy?" ”

Henry smiled wryly and looked at Amy's new dress and said, "You know, I'd rather be alone and quiet." Plus, this dress looks so beautiful on you. ”

Amy smiled and said, "Then it would be better for you to think of it as a job." ”

Henry nodded and said, "Xie Luxie, you enlighten, I will do this job perfectly." ”

Hawke spoke to the Countess and then came up to Henry and said, "Earl, this is our plan. First of all, you will be driven through the street in an open-top carriage to the square, where we have set up a makeshift platform. Then you say a few words to all the citizens and then announce the start of the New Year's carnival and you can return. Is there anything else I need to change? ”

Henry waved his hand and said, "No need, your plan is very good." When do I need to start working? ”

Poeti came over and combed her husband's hair and said, "Don't be so depressed, my dear, be happy. You want to get everyone in the festive spirit. ”

Henry took his wife's hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't disturb everyone." ”

After three hours, the butler went to the drawing-room and said to Henry, "Earl, the carriage that greets you has arrived. Please board the bus with your wife and start the parade. After saying that, he made a gesture of please.

Henry stood up and straightened his clothes, and Scotti gently took her husband's arm, and the couple stepped out of the gate and boarded the carriage. Hawke followed in the second carriage, and Henry's mother, sister, and Amy boarded the third. With the sound of the coachman's "drive", the carriage began to run slowly. Because it was an open-top carriage, the coachman did not hurry quickly, and several carriages, escorted by two dozen knights, drove into the streets of the city.

Passers-by took off their hats or bowed deeply when they saw the motorcade passing by, and when they arrived at the square, there were already many citizens following behind the carriage. After everyone got out of the car, Hawke stood on the platform, and after Henry blessed him with a hallucination, he spoke, "Citizens of the Angome Islands! Citizens of Bluvent City! I am the mayor of this city, Sir Hawke. Now it is up to me to introduce you to our lord and his wife, Henry. Count of Angome and Madame de Scotti. Now I invite them to come to the stage to give a New Year's address. After speaking, there was a round of warm applause from the audience.

With a smile on his face, Henry took his wife up to the high platform, blessed a phantom and said, "I am your lord Henry, in the past year we have built huge cities, opened up countless villages, and cultivated large tracts of farmland. These are all built by the hands of all of you, and you are the hardest working people I have ever met. I hope that in the new year, everyone will be able to harvest more food and earn more gold. If someone thinks they have the ability and talent to sign up at the town hall, you have the opportunity to become an officer. If someone thinks they are skilled enough to go to the barracks, you have a chance to become an officer. If you do well enough in these positions, then I will canonize you as a nobleman, with hereditary titles and domains. I am a generous man, and I wish you all prosperity and peace. Now I declare that the New Year's party begins now! ”

Everyone in the audience applauded wildly when they heard Henry's demagogic speech, and they shouted desperately. After stepping off the stage, Poeti said to her husband, "My dear, what a good speech you just made. You see the people below are completely crazy about you. ”

Hawke also came over and said, "Earl, you are a natural orator. Now it's time for me to arrange for the chef in the back to serve these crazy townsfolk food, and hopefully the food will calm them down a bit. Now you can go back to the Lord's Mansion or stay here and walk around, I've got enough guards in place not to worry about riots. ”

Henry shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'd better go back, it's too noisy here." Poeti and the others said they would stay for the evening. Looking at the people who were full of interest, Henry blessed himself with a flight and flew back to the lord's mansion after the operation.

Landing on the balcony, he looked at the reveling crowd in the city and turned to walk into the house, and the butler saw it and greeted him and asked, "Welcome back, Earl, may I ask the others?" ”

Henry handed the coat to the butler and said, "They are all having a good time celebrating the last day of the year in the square." I'm hungry, do I have anything to eat? ”

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Of course, according to tradition, the last day of the New Year cannot be extinguished. The kitchen is prepared with a variety of food that you can enjoy at any time. After thinking about it for a while, he asked for half a roast chicken and a vegetable soup. After eating dinner alone, I went back to my study. He picked up a copy of "The Construction of the Mage's Tower" and began to read it, and as the time he participated in the construction increased, he now had a new understanding of the book when he read it. While watching, I thought about some things after my mage tower was built. For example, whether to wake up the tower spirit, what monsters to summon to guard, and what kind of magic test you need to do. I fell asleep thinking about it. When I woke up, it was already the next morning. He pushed away the blanket he was covering himself, stood up and made his way to the hall. It was found that except for the two archmages, everyone else did not get up at all.

Habaser looked at him and said, "Last night's revelry was wonderful, and I performed a few tricks. The children jumped for joy. ”

Henry found a chair and sat down and said, "It's good that you're happy, but if they know your casting level, they'll probably be half scared to death." ”

Tyrantil Ha laughed and said, "You're right, but Habashar just likes a lot of people. Otherwise, his mage tower wouldn't have been built in the city. ”———————————————————————————————

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