Chapter 8

"What are you talking about?"

Donne suspected that he had heard wrong.

"You heard me right, because you saved a lot of people and helped captain Ronnie repel the mountain bandits, so the Lord decided to entertain you both in the evening. At the same time, you can prove your identity to the Lord."

The private captain said with a straight face, "it's dinner time soon. Please prepare and go to the Lord's house for a banquet."

Helped Ronnie repel the mountain bandits?

Donne was speechless, and Fiona was even more angry: "it's shameless. It's obviously Donne's credit. How dare you brazenly rob him of his credit!"

The private captain ignored Fiona directly, glanced at Donne and left directly.

Donne was thoughtful, and a cynical smile came out of the corner of his mouth: "interesting."

He noticed that the private soldier turned his eyes on the extremely effective life potion for several times before leaving.

Fiona said in a deep voice, "the Lord must have other ideas."

"Of course, his private captain looked extremely effective... The greedy eyes of the goddess's blood had already exposed their ideas."

Tang en shrugged his shoulders and couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. He never thought that he would be coveted by others because of a bottle of life potion.

At this time, Donne saw Elia running quickly. The little girl seemed a little anxious and almost fell to the ground. Donne quickly stepped forward and held her.

Elia blushed and said, "big brother, Alberton's father is back. Sister Elsa said he wanted to see you and asked you not to leave here."

"Father Alberton?"

"It's Elsa's sister's father."

Elijah said with a natural look, "I'm not mom and dad's child."

Donne was stunned: "are you an orphan?"

Elia looked at Donne strangely: "no, I have Elsa sister."

Donne was stunned. After a moment, he patted Elia's head and said with a smile, "well, yes, I'll be your family in the future. I'll take care of you and protect you."

Elia blushed at the speech, lowered her head and played with her fingers.

Does big brother want to marry Elia? But, but it's a little too early. I'm only twelve years old. Besides, I haven't liked my big brother yet... But if he really said that, what should Elia do?

When Elia cleared her mind and summoned up the courage to refuse Donne, at least temporarily, she found that Donne was gone.

The little girl was immediately discouraged.

Donne didn't notice Elia's abnormality. He had seen Elsa, so he went over.

The middle-aged man with a face of vicissitudes walking beside Elsa must be Elsa's father Alberton.

"Brother Donne, this is my father Alberton!"

Elsa happily introduced Donne: "Dad, this is brother Donne who saved a lot of people."

After staring at Donne for a while, Alberton stepped forward cautiously. Just when Donne wondered what he wanted to do, suddenly, Alberton knelt down on one knee in front of Donne!

Elsa, Elia and the surrounding residents were stunned.

"Dad!?"

Elsa lost her voice and exclaimed, "what are you doing?"

Alberton bowed his head slightly and said in a deep voice, "I thank the Lord for the kindness of all the residents of Ellington."

He's really the new Lord!?

Elsa and Elia were even more stupid.

There was an uproar around. What did Alberton just say? feudal lord? The man who saved Ellington is really our new Lord!?

"How could it be... How could the nobles save our civilians? It must be a mistake."

"Did Alberton read it wrong?"

Don couldn't help asking, "do you know me?"

"I just got back from arlinks."

After hearing what Alberton said, Donne understood. I'm afraid the news of his own purchase of territory spread in arlinks, so Alberton heard it.

"If our new Lord is you, I'm afraid we don't have to worry about anything."

Alberton smiled: "a lord willing to treat civilians with such precious treasures, I believe you will manage Ellington well."

"Get up first..."

Donne helped Alberton up. His behavior undoubtedly told those around him that what Alberton said was the truth.

Donne is really the new Lord of Ellington.

What great strength!

A look of surprise flashed in Alberton's eyes as Donne helped him up.

Not far away, Hogg's private soldiers were all dumbfounded when they saw such an incredible turn. After being stunned for a while, they immediately ran back to report the news to Hogg.

"Is that true..."

Hogg frowned: "that guy Alberton was mysterious all day. He hit me as soon as he came back from arlinks!"

"That's right."

The private soldier suddenly said, "that guy's Lord appointment seems to be on Ronnie. Ronnie was going to bring him to see you, but Elsa called him to put out the fire."

"Lord appointment letter..."

Hogg, with a gloomy face, thought for a moment and said with a sneer, "let Ronnie burn the Lord's appointment."

"Sir, are you going to..."

"How can I know he is the new Lord without seeing the Lord's appointment letter?"

Hogg showed a cold smile: "the new Lord was killed by mountain bandits on his way to office... Isn't this very consistent with the current situation of Ellington?"

The others immediately smiled knowingly.

On the square, Donne learned from Alberton that Ellington is facing various problems, such as heavy taxes, stingy and greedy lords, mountain bandits who often come to rob... Even the richest city can't stand this situation, let alone Ellington is just a remote town.

The land here is not barren, but it is not so rich. Frequent mountain bandits greatly affect farming. In addition, a greedy Lord wants to take 80% of the crops as tax revenue. The residents here have extravagant hopes to eat enough, let alone protect Ellington.

Most of the people Donne saw after entering Ellington were sallow and malnourished, but the militia was relatively good. After all, it was up to them to maintain law and order and protect the town.

The conditions of Hogg's private soldiers are obviously better.

Donne found that the first thing he had to do if he wanted to stay in Ellington was to feed them.

He thought for a moment and asked, "since the mountain bandits are so rampant, why didn't the Lord lead the soldiers to destroy them?"

Alberton smiled and said, "of course, how can he not act? If there is really no movement, how can the noble Council let him continue to sit here?"

"However, action is action. Whether it is effective in suppressing bandits is another matter."

Alberton said meaningfully: "every time he took people to the mountain bandit's nest, it was empty. There was no one, but only some plundered wealth. After Lord Hogg searched those wealth, some of them paid tribute and announced the success of the bandit suppression, and the other was filled into his own treasure house..."

Donne narrowed his eyes. "You mean..."

"I didn't say anything."

Alberton shrugged. "It depends on your choice."

"Lord."

Fiona came over: "all the wounded have been treated. There are 352 seriously injured and 448 slightly injured. Now they have all recovered. There are more than half a barrel of diluted goddess blood. I've asked someone to fill it for future use."

The diluted ones have to be refilled

Donne's face was speechless, and Fiona was so good at living.

Fiona reported the situation and said admiringly, "but Lord, you used such a precious treasure to treat them. Now the residents of Ellington are very friendly to you. After you take office, there will be little resistance to the implementation of the policy."

Donne nodded noncommittally and said, "it's almost time to accompany me to the dinner."

"Dinner?"

Fiona was surprised: "Lord, are you really going to have dinner with that guy? I'm afraid it will greatly affect your reputation in the hearts of the residents!"

Donne smiled, "don't worry... They'll understand."

I'm a newcomer, and the gold coins in the game can't be used in reality. If you want to take the first step, of course, you should "have a good talk" with Hogg to obtain a "political starting fund".

Donne believes that once the news of his blackmail against Hogg comes out, it will make the residents of Ellington spit out evil. At this time, if he timely introduces some policies to benefit the people, he will surely sit in this position immediately.

As for the future development

Donne laughed. With his knowledge, broad vision and foresight on the earth, it's not easy to develop a territory?

Now, Hogg is his stepping stone.

"Uncle Alberton."

Ronnie, who had just burned the letter of appointment according to Hogg's order, ran over and saw the back of Donne leaving. He disdained and said, "this guy is sneaky. He must not be a good man. I must catch him and interrogate him later... Why are you looking at me like this?"

Ronnie found that the people around him looked at him very strange, a little strange in his heart.

"Ronnie, don't disrespect the Lord!"

Elsa shouted: "Lord, you have taken out precious treasures to treat everyone. How can you slander him like this?"

"He? Lord?"

Ronnie sneered, "Elsa, what are you kidding me? If he is the Lord, I will be his majesty of Ilus!"

The letters of appointment were burned. How can he prove his identity? Why against Lord Hogg?

"How superficial! Elia, let's go!"

Elsa shook her hair and took Elia home.

After watching Donne leave, Alberton said to Ronnie, "Donne is our new Lord. Don't be rude to him."

With that, Alberton left.

Ronnie's face became very bad. What trick did this damn Donne use? Let them all stand on his side!

Wait and see!

If you don't get the letter of appointment, Lord Hogg will let you die miserably!