When Viscount Dickens introduced an official to Abel, the official would bow to Abel to show respect for him, but Abel felt a strange atmosphere. It seemed that every official here There is a tacit understanding between them.
"Viscount Dickens, all the accounts and the handover of the property will be handled by my housekeeper Bartoli. I will not take care of these matters. Just leave the handover of the army in Harvest City to me!" Abel waved his hand and said.
"I will handle the handover of accounts and property on behalf of the master!" Bartoli gently untied her robe from her body, revealing a white robe underneath. It was not gorgeous, but it was a precious silk robe.
"What, we have to hand over to a housekeeper, or a female housekeeper!" Steward Aizeard shouted as if he was greatly insulted, and looked at his old master, Viscount Dickens, and he had no intention of doing so. Staying in Harvest City, he wanted to leave with Viscount Dickens, so he was very disgusted with the count in front of him using a housekeeper to hand over to him, and felt that he had lost his dignity.
But at this time, Viscount Dickens did not look at him, but looked at the double staff badge on Bartoli's chest with a somewhat horrified look.
Although the officials present have high status in Harvest City, their knowledge is not high. Perhaps wizards are a legend to them, but Viscount Dickens is different. He knows the wizard badge. In the entire Principality of Camai, it is actually available all year round. There are only three wizards stationed there, and only one intermediate wizard.
And Abel's housekeeper turned out to be an intermediate wizard. He vaguely felt that leaving Harvest City this time would be a wrong decision. Perhaps it was the worst choice he had ever made in his life.
"Bartoli, look for the information on this Ezed manager to see if he is an honest official. If he is, then forgive him. If not, he insults a mid-level wizard, and you deal with it directly! "Abel glanced at Steward Aizeard and said calmly.
Abel didn't have time to deal with the dirty things of officials. He used a particularly simple and crude method. Before coming to Harvest City to take over the territory, he had already requested the Kingdom of St. Ellis to dispatch an intelligence organization to recruit all the officials in Harvest City. All investigated.
If ordinary people made such a request, the Kingdom of St. Ellis would definitely ignore it or even get very angry. However, Abel's request caused the empire to mobilize its state machinery and conduct a detailed investigation of all officials of Harvest City, large and small.
The life, work, family, income, and other circumstances of the officials no longer have any privacy in front of the most terrifying intelligence organization in the empire.
Of course, Abel didn't even read these investigation results, and handed them all to Bartoli. As a countess who had managed a rich territory, letting her temporarily take over the management of Harvest City was the most appropriate choice at this time.
"Manager Aizard had a wife, six lovers, two sons, and twelve illegitimate children. During his time as a steward of Harvest City's grain depot, he secretly resold 1,532 tons of grain, earning a total of 50,000 Six thousand gold coins!" Bartoli took out a stack of parchment from the space bag and read out aloud.
At this time, Steward Aizeard's face was pale and his whole body was weak. He had not even told his family about these private reselling of grains. How could the new housekeeper know about it.
"Lord Viscount Dickens, I have been wronged, you must save me!" Steward Aizeard looked at his only savior, Viscount Dickens, but Viscount Dickens remained silent.
Unlike Steward Aizeard, who was already panicking, the other officials present could see it very clearly. Just now, Butler Bartoli touched his waist lightly, and a large stack of parchment appeared in his hand, which was far beyond the captured their imagination.
It seems that this Bartoli housekeeper has an ability that they don't know about. They don't know exactly what kind of ability it is, but when something exceeds their knowledge, fear becomes the only expression.
"Steward Ezzard, I can tell you one thing for sure. Even His Royal Highness King Algernon George would not dare to refute what this Ms. Bartoli said!" Viscount Dickens glanced at Aize with disgust. Steward De, Steward Aizeard did so many things behind his back, yet he still had the nerve to beg him.
"Manager Ezed, all your property will be confiscated, and you will be sent to a labor camp until you die!" Bartoli said coldly.
"No! Please, I am willing to hand over all my property, please let me go!" Steward Aizeard sat limply on the ground, his clothes were wet with tears, and he kept saying .
"Pull it down!" Abel said in a deep voice.
Two knights walked in from outside the door, grabbed Steward Aizeard, and carried him out like a chicken.
At this time, there was silence in the hall, and the remaining officials were frightened. Who has been an official for so many years and has nothing wrong with him? Does the pile of parchment have his own record
"Bartoli, please continue handing over. If there is any more trouble, you can deal with it directly!" Abel ordered Bartoli, then turned to look at Viscount Dickens and continued: "Viscount Dickens, the elite knights of Harvest City are here now. where?"
"Earl Abel, these four beside me are the four senior knights of the army. The original commander was the senior knight Saroyan, but he has left Harvest City, so the army is temporarily managed by these four senior knights. The army is in the military camp in the city!" Viscount Dickens introduced the four senior knights around him to Abel.
"Senior Knight Saroyan, he is the Lord of War Merit. He has been the commander in the past two years. It's a pity that he left. Otherwise, we can get together!" Abel said with sigh.
Senior Knight Saroyan was knighted together with him and Lord Marshall, and they were all knighted for military merit, so he was quite impressed.
"Four knights, you should manage the army for the time being!" Abel ordered the four senior knights.
The four senior knights looked at Abel with admiration from the beginning. They did not know that the new Earl was Abel at first, and no one in the entire Harvest City knew it. Until now, only a few people know.
When the four senior knights learned about this, they couldn't express the excitement in their hearts, because Abel was the pride of the entire Harvest City. In the past, when people mentioned Harvest City, they would say that it was a place that produced food, but now it is more Many people will say that it is the hometown of Grandmaster Abel.
At this time, after hearing Abel's words, he bowed and said in unison: "I am willing to serve the Earl!"
On the other side, Bartoli's handover was very simple. An official came forward and held each account book in his hand to introduce the situation. Bartoli also held the parchment in his hand and looked at the information in his hand. As long as the official If there was even the slightest mistake in her words, she would give the official a cold look, and the official would immediately replace it with the actual number.
The official's report ended quickly. Bartoli looked at the account books in front of her with a sullen face and said nothing. Everything in Harvest City was not ideal, and there was a large deficit. Needless to say, the granary, all the stewards were arrested. , it depends on whether the confiscated family property can be worth the loss.
There are many problems in all aspects of people's livelihood. It seems that Viscount Dickens is not a managerial talent, or he just uses strong force to guard here, but force is not the same as management ability.
"Everyone, I can let go of the past, but you have seen the strength of my master. As long as you do things well, my master will naturally reward you, but if anyone dares to reach out, no one will be able to save you!" Bator Li raised her head and casually put the account book back on the table and said calmly.
The officials in the hall breathed a long sigh of relief. The pile of parchment just now was too stressful, and Bartoli's words made them feel like they were coming back from the dead.
"That's it for today. When we get back, everyone will work hard!" Bartoli said with a wave of her hand.
The officials bowed and saluted, quickened their pace and left this terrible hall and the terrible housekeeper.
"This Earl is too cruel. He attacked Ezed as soon as he came. It seems that everyone must unite in the future, otherwise our life in Harvest City will be difficult!" Administrator Noyce is all the officials. The highest status among them, he said while walking and looking at his colleagues around him.
Steward Eastman of the armory showed a trace of ridicule. He glanced at Administrator Noyes and said: "Administrator Noyes, you may not have heard the name of the new Earl, his name is Abel! "