Chapter 191 41 North Port Expansion Plan

Chapter 191 -41- Beigang Expansion Plan

"How often do the Ness clan's remote meetings usually take place? Are there any rules?"

Charlotte ignored Agnes's shocked expression and continued to ask while playing with the communication crystal.

Agnes was silent for a moment and said:

"Remote meetings are only held on the 1st, 11th and 21st of every month. It seems that the crystal controlled by the Ness clan needs to be recharged."

"However, it does not necessarily happen every ten days. Generally speaking, before the meeting, the crystal ball will release a signal three days in advance and its luster will turn red."

No. 1, No. 11 and No. 21...

Charlotte mused.

Today is July 22nd, which means that Agnes and the others probably communicated with the vampires behind the scenes yesterday, and the next communication should be on August 1st.

"Did you have a meeting yesterday?"

"Yes."

"Did the vampires of the Ness clan say anything at the meeting?"

"I asked about their respective progress, and also mentioned the workshop and said what workshop had an accident."

"A workshop..."

Charlotte nodded slightly.

This must be the Castel Mining Workshop.

It was obvious that Charlotte's actions had aroused the vigilance of the vampires behind the scenes, and even said that it might have affected their plans.

"Hey! I've told you everything I know, but you haven't told me who you are."

"Winner or loser, I admit defeat, but at least... let me die in peace!"

Agnes gritted her teeth and said.

Charlotte glanced at her and chuckled:

"When did I say I was going to kill you?"

Agnes was stunned for a moment.

However, Charlotte did not explain any more, but stood up and left the interrogation room.

As for Agnes's surprise, she did not answer in the end, leaving the other party alone and wondering.

At the same time, Sebastian also walked out of another interrogation room.

After seeing Charlotte, he naturally came to the girl and said respectfully:

"Master, Rahel's interrogation is over."

"Oh? How about it?"

"It went pretty well. He was reluctant to tell me at first, but after his subordinates used Agnes to threaten him, he told me everything he knew."

Sebastian smiled slightly and presented the middle-aged knight's confession with both hands.

While Charlotte took the confession, she glanced at Sebastian strangely, thinking that the master and servant were really master and servant, even the reasons for the confession were exactly the same.

Of course, she and Sebastian were very different, and they chose the same way.

After skimming through Rahel's confession, Charlotte and Agnes' answers were correct, but there was no difference.

Obviously, in order to keep her own knight, Agnes did not deceive her, and the same was true for Rahel on the other side.

"Master, we have asked everything we can ask, what should we do with them next?"

Sebastian asked respectfully.

Charlotte pondered for a moment and said:

"Keep it closed for now, it might still be useful."

To be honest, although Agnes and the two summoned the undead to attack her convoy, perhaps because they did not cause too much damage, she did not hate them so much, so she did not have much desire to kill them all.

Now that I know from Agnes the reason why the other party hates Castel, I can't hate him even more.

Even if the other party obviously hates her tooth and nail.

After knowing that Agnes and the others had a way to participate in the remote meeting of the blood clan behind the scenes, Charlotte really planned to sneak in and take a look.

However, she doesn't plan to attend in person.

The reason is simple. Although she has just successfully activated the communication crystal of the Ness clan, the communication crystal is not as peaceful as it looks on the surface. When Charlotte activates it, she can feel the trembling of the communication crystal.

This Ness clan's communication crystal... seems to react very strongly to her bloodline.

Agnes said that the communication crystal is based on blood as the qualification for activation.

It is obvious that the strength of Charlotte's bloodline, which possesses the Blood Sacred Scripture and has been deeply modified by the Sacred Scripture, has already exceeded that of ordinary vampires.

Charlotte didn't know if her body's current bloodline strength was at the "true ancestor" level, but it was definitely much stronger than the third-generation bloodline Count Hall that Agnes was able to kill.

Under this situation, Charlotte was really not sure what would happen if she sneaked in personally.

Based on the description, she estimated that this kind of remote communication was probably an advanced application similar to the dream world. If this was the case, then her status was indeed too high. It was very likely that the moment she entered the meeting, she brought the entire meeting together. Turn into a dark night castle.

That's a big deal. Her current strength is too low, and the cheats are limited, so she has to be careful to hide her identity.

Charlotte thought that maybe these two people would be needed at that time.

If she enters the venue directly, she might cause a strange phenomenon, but if she sneaks into the meeting of the Ness clan through Lahire's spiritual world in a way similar to the possession of the favor of blood, it may be a good choice.

But this requires Rahel’s cooperation.

He doesn't need to become Charlotte's blood dependent, he just needs to let go of the spiritual world, just like Charlotte sneaked into Lottie's spiritual world.

But there is no rush, there are still eight or nine days left.

Now Charlotte is more curious about the banquet at the Earl's Mansion the day after tomorrow, what the nobles in the territory and the vampires infiltrating behind the scenes will do.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's eyes scanned her mansion again:

"Where's that guy Nice?"

"Is he trying to flirt with the maids? I saw him meowing and acting cute to the maids before I entered the interrogation room."

Sebastian smiled slightly, never forgetting to flatter Nice in front of Charlotte.

Charlotte:...

Her face darkened, and she said:

"Tell him to come to my study."

After a while, Nice came to Charlotte's study happily.

"Meow! Great Miss Charlotte, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Looking at the black cat that seemed to have eaten more fat and had shinier fur after coming to the territory, Charlotte said with a sigh:

"Nice, it seems that you are living a good life. How are the maids in the mansion?"

After hearing Charlotte's words, Nice's eyes lit up instantly:

"Meow! Not bad! It's really not bad! As expected of Castel Territory, which is rich in beauties, the quality of the maids in your mansion is much higher than when they were in the manor! Lord Cat..."

Nice didn't finish his words.

Because he soon noticed that Charlotte's expression was playful.

"Go on, why don't you say anything?"

Charlotte said with interest.

Nice swallowed a mouthful of saliva and shuddered coldly. It quickly stopped talking and changed the subject:

"Um... that... what do you want me to do?"

Charlotte did not continue to care about the private life of this lecherous cat, but got straight to the point:

"What is the highest level of protective and sealing magic and divine arts that you can perform now?"

Nice thought about it and said honestly:

"Um... As for magic, I can only perform the second level at most. Divine arts are better. I can use Mithra... no, I can borrow the power of the great God of Contract, so I can use the third level."

Charlotte:...

Just now, you wanted to say to get some wool, right?

You wanted to say to get some wool, right? !

After being taken in as a slave, she has never seen this lecherous cat pray to the gods once. Now it seems that he really has found some loophole to use divine arts, right? !

This guy... is definitely not a believer of the god of contract Mithra!

Charlotte looked at Nice strangely, thought for a moment, and said:

"Nice, I want you to set up all the high-level protective magic and sealing magic you can perform at the banquet in the Earl's Mansion. Can you do it?"

Nice's eyes lit up:

"Are you going to deal with those vampires who may sneak in? Meow! Don't worry! Leave it to me! I guarantee that all those blind ones will be sent to the other dimension!"

Charlotte's eyes jumped:

"That's not necessary, I want to catch them alive."

But after thinking about it, she said:

"It's okay to leave a backup plan that can exile them to the other dimension."

"Meow! Don't worry about us doing things!"

Nice patted his chest and said.

...

After ordering Nice to prepare the magic, Charlotte finally had some free time and planned to take a look at the books in the Earl's Mansion.

However, she was destined to be busy for the time being as she had just returned to North Port from the mining workshop.

Before the sweet milk on the desk had cooled down, she received another request for an interview from North Port Mayor Madoc Orlan.

"Madoc? Let him in."

She took a sip of milk and said to the maid Shirley who was reporting.

Shirley respectfully left, and soon, the mayor of North Port, Madoc Orlan, hurried in.

"My Lord Earl, I heard that you caught the mercenaries who attacked you in Shallow Water Street?"

The fat old mayor asked as soon as he entered the study.

Charlotte was a little surprised:

"The news spread so quickly?"

Madock Oran nodded:

"Yes, it has spread. After all, the city guards all went to Shallow Water Street in the morning. I heard that even the Mercenary Association sent a lot of mercenaries to participate. It was quite a big commotion."

He sighed again:

"This is also my dereliction of duty. I didn't expect these daring mercenaries to hide in Shallow Water Street, and I didn't expect those poor people in Shallow Water Street to dare to shelter criminals..."

"However, the problem of Shallow Water Street is not a day or two. Please give me some more time. I promise to handle the public security of this place!"

"Please rest assured, I will give you an explanation for this matter!"

Madock Oran gritted his teeth and said.

Charlotte looked at him strangely:

"The mercenaries who attacked me were not from North Port, so why did they mention Shallow Water Street?"

Madoc Orlan was stunned:

"Aren't you... quite dissatisfied with Shallow Water Street?"

Charlotte frowned:

"Me?"

She looked slightly cold:

"Who said that?"

Madoc Orlan hesitated for a moment and said honestly:

"The city guards told me that you were quite dissatisfied with Shallow Water Street's sheltering when searching for fugitives..."

Charlotte was stunned for a moment, and soon remembered that she did seem to show dissatisfaction when communicating with the guards at that time.

However, she was not targeting Shallow Water Street, but the guards who answered her questions at that time and described all the residents living in the slums as unruly people who were unruly and disturbed public order.

Now it seems that her expression at that time was misunderstood by the guards, and even reached the city magistrate Madoc.

At this time, Charlotte understood to some extent why those people in high positions in her previous life always carefully controlled their words and actions.

Because your words and deeds may represent your attitude in the eyes of your subordinates.

And your attitude will directly affect the work below.

"I am not dissatisfied with the protection of Shallow Water Street, but I am shocked that there is such a poor place in the wealthy North Port. After all... no lord will feel happy when he sees his people living a bad life."

After thinking for a while, Charlotte said.

After hearing what Charlotte said, North Port Mayor Madoc breathed a sigh of relief. He sighed slightly and said:

"Shallow Water Street is also an old problem in North Port. I have always wanted to solve it, but I am ashamed... I have never been able to eradicate it."

Charlotte's heart moved:

"How long has the slum area like Shallow Water Street existed?"

North Port Mayor Madoc said respectfully:

"It has been a long time. It should have been since the land in North Port was fully developed. You know, North Port is a city built in the water. It was originally an island on a shallow beach. Later, successive earls continued to expand the area to become what it is today."

"However, the places that can be expanded in North Port have almost been developed, but in recent years, due to the alchemy Despite the development of the Fang industry, the population of Beigang has been growing rapidly, and now it has almost reached its limit..."

"Shallow Water Street appeared under such circumstances. Those who had no money to live in the city built houses along the water along the outer city wall, and eventually it became today's Shallow Water Street. No... To be honest, it can no longer be considered Shallow Water Street. Now Shallow Water Street is almost a shallow water area."

Charlotte frowned:

"Since there is not enough land, has Beigang no plan to continue expanding over the years? I saw this morning that Shallow Water Street is completely exposed outside the city wall. It's okay if the weather is good on weekdays, but if there is a storm, I'm afraid it will suffer heavy losses every time, right?"

Ma Doc sighed:

"You are right. After every storm, Shallow Water Street is in a mess. Dealing with relief after the storm has always been a headache for the City Hall."

"As for the city expansion plan, there is one, but it has never been pushed forward. I have read the records of North Port. The earliest plan was eighty years ago, but it was later stagnant because of the Star-Moon War."

"The expansion of North Port requires money, a lot of money. At that time, all the money Castel received was invested in the war, so the plan was postponed."

"However, no one expected that the Star-Moon War would be fought intermittently for more than eighty years, so the expansion of North Port was delayed until the end of the war..."

"But not long after the war ended, the previous Lord Earl, your father died, and the expansion plan of North Port was stalled again... until today. "

Charlotte's heart moved:

"How much does it cost to expand North Port?"

Madoc thought for a while and said:

"This... needs to be calculated carefully. Considering that we need to recruit archmages or even legendary mages to help, it may be a sky-high price..."

"You know, we don't have the Blazing Sun Mage now."

Charlotte pondered for a moment and ordered:

"Please prepare a list for me as soon as possible. I want to see the approximate amount of money for expanding North Port, and... organize the information of North Port and Shallow Water Street and bring it to the Earl's Mansion."

Since he has become a lord, he must do something first.

Taking back power is one aspect, and improving the situation of the territory is another.

Places like Shallow Water Street have never been mentioned in the study materials of Castel Manor. Only when Charlotte came to the territory and checked it out on the spot will she find it.

People are afraid of comparison. Compared with the comfortable life in the city, it is normal for residents to feel resentful when living in such a place.

Charlotte felt that since she had seen it, she couldn't just ignore it.

While integrating the nobles and consolidating power, she also needed to do something to win the recognition of the people and lay the foundation for future missionary work.

"Okay, Lord Earl, are you planning to expand North Port?"

Madoc's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly.

Charlotte glanced at him and said:

"It's just a preliminary idea. Let me see the information first, and... don't spread this matter first."

"I will follow your orders!"

Madoc bowed respectfully and said.

...

Madoc's efficiency is still very high.

It can be seen that the mayor of North Port wanted to leave a good impression on Charlotte. The next day after she gave the order, he used a carriage to pull the sorted information to the Earl's Mansion.

"My Lord Earl, this is all the information about North Port and Shallow Water Street, but... the funds for the expansion you mentioned yesterday are too complicated and it will take some time to calculate."

"You know, different expansion plans require different amounts of funds. We have made some plans before, but... they are all long time ago, and now many things have to be re-done."

Madoc said respectfully.

"It's okay, there's no rush."

Charlotte ordered the maid to send the information to the study and said.

Charlotte did not check the information immediately.

Things have their priorities, and the expansion of North Port is not something that can be decided in one or two days. Now she has to hold a banquet and meet her vassal nobles first.

Tomorrow is the banquet at the Earl's Mansion, and she still has to make some preparations today.

Of course, specifically, together with Nice, she will set up a trap in the Earl's Mansion in advance, waiting for possible vampires to take the bait.

If the Nice clan does not take action, it will be fine.

If she really wants to take action, she will keep all the people!

A day passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the Earl's Mansion banquet finally arrived.