Arthur and his party didn''t return to Lingfeng Castle until it was getting late.


    During this inspection, in addition to checking the personnel placement in the three villages, Arthur also went around several farms and learned about the land reclamation on the spot.


    On the whole, Arthur was very satisfied with the inspection.


    More than half of the personnel resettlement has been completed, land reclamation is also advancing rapidly, and several farms feel suddenly rich.


    It is estimated that soon after the resettlement of personnel is basically completed, the conscription can be carried out.


    As for personnel issues, Arthur was quite satisfied with the performance of sangze and others.


    These former farm managers probably knew that he liked to reuse his bachelor, so they all worked very hard and did not dare to discount the tasks assigned by the town. A look that the position was replaced by a bachelor for fear of provoking Arthur''s dissatisfaction.


    Position is not a lifetime, let alone hereditary. Those who are capable go up and those who are mediocre go down. This is an important point put forward by Arthur in the "cadre code".


    ……


    In Lingfeng castle, Arthur had just stepped into the study. Before the chair under his ass was hot, Mr. Boye hurried to hear the news.


    Looking at the coming bachelor Boye, Arthur sighed secretly, took the glass handed by Leah, and gulped down the water in the glass.


    Don''t guess, he also knows that there must be some important news.


    After a short rest, he planned to have a beautiful dinner, take a comfortable hot bath, and then sleep until dawn.


    Now, there must be something that takes your mind to come to the door.


    "My Lord." Mr. Boye stepped to his desk and bowed slightly.


    "Sit down, master Boye," said Arthur. "There must be some trouble?"


    "Yes, sir," said the bachelor immediately after sitting down, "shortly after you left the castle, the Barrett family sent us a message through the school city. They hope to visit the castle tomorrow and say they have something important to discuss with you."


    "The Barrett family! Tomorrow?" Arthur was surprised. "Where are their people?"


    The bachelor Boye replied, "they have checked in at the hotel in the town and sent the same request to the mayor of Gustav. The leader is Sir Felix Barrett. Your Excellency, Felix Barrett, the uncle of marquis Ted Barrett, now holds the post of administrator of Shuangshui town."


    "Request?" Arthur glanced. "They''re all running to rivertown. What kind of request!"


    Looking at Mr. Boye, he asked, "the news came through the school city, not campsburg?"


    "Yes, sir," affirmed the bachelor Boye, "the other party came to visit in the name of the Barrett family. The person sent is Philus Barrett. There must be something important to discuss with you."


    Something important?


    Arthur thought for a moment and said casually, "the Barrett family can have anything important. It won''t be annexing the Cambrian collar. They''re ready to fight a big battle. Come to me for weapons and armor."


    Most of the iron products of the forging factory are sold to the East. Although lingfengbao does not impose an embargo on the north and other regions, it deliberately reduces the inflow of iron products. Commodities such as armor and weapons are often reduced or refused to sell on the grounds of insufficient production.


    Although this has aroused the dissatisfaction of some northern nobles, it is not a major event.


    For one thing, the north does not have the same desire for weapons as the East. Duke kewilt''s neutral statement made the nobles prefer the moldy gold coins in the vault to spend a high price to buy rusty weapons and armor. Moreover, it may not come in handy.


    Second, iron ore production is indeed insufficient. Only the God of light and the nobles in the East have made the forging factories in short supply.


    "Do you still see them?" asked bachelor Boye.


    "See you, why not!" said Arthur, "These guys are faster than the winged letter birds. Before the news of Xuecheng reached Lingfeng castle, people have arrived in Shanghe town. If they refuse directly, they may cause some unnecessary trouble. Moreover, I also want to see what important things will happen to them who just annexed Cumbria. I need to let me see them in this way."


    With Arthur''s decision, Mr. Boye immediately got up and left.


    He didn''t have any good opinions on the purpose of the Barrett family, and naturally there was no good suggestion for Arthur.


    After the bachelor left, Arthur asked Leah to pinch her shoulders, relax in her chair and wait for the servant to inform her to have dinner.


    He didn''t bother to think about the Barrett family. No matter what the other party''s purpose was, he would know everything when he met Sir fellers Barrett.


    ……


    The next morning, Shanghe town.


    Outside the hotel, Felix Barrett and four attendants, escorted by six Knights of Lingfeng castle, turned on their horses and headed for Lingfeng castle in the north.


    As the uncle of marquis Barrett, Philus Barrett is no longer young. He is medium-sized, with shoulder drooping blond hair, like the withered and yellow weeds in autumn. When he raises his eyes and looks around, he has three obvious wrinkles on his forehead.


    Because he didn''t know the purpose of the Barrett family, Arthur sent six Castle Knights to escort each other according to normal etiquette.


    On horseback, looking at the Silent Knight of Lingfeng Castle beside him, Felix Barrett said with a smile: "Oh, you went to river town is really beyond my expectation. I thought it would be dilapidated. After all, you are responsible for resisting Warcraft. But who could have thought that it is such a lively scene here. It looks more lively than Shuanghe town."


    Considering that he was an old man, the team did not rush towards Lingfeng castle, so he had the opportunity to talk with the Knights around him.


    Hearing his words, the knight said in a deep voice, "it used to be what you thought, but Shanghe town has been different since our Earl began to reform!"


    "It''s not different, but earth shaking changes!" Sir fellers smiled. He heard the pride in the knight''s words and his respect for the young count.


    "So, your Earl is really great, but I know that he is only a teenager!"


    The knight nodded slightly and said proudly, "you''re right. Our count is indeed a teenager, but he doesn''t lose any other nobles!"


    "Of course you have made such achievements!" he said casually with a smile. "You Shanghe town is so prosperous now. I guess there are at least 20000 people here? You know, I''m the mayor of Shuanghe Town, which can''t be mistaken."


    ……