It has been a full week since Viscount Conte came to Idar territory.
In fact, according to Viscount Conte's original idea, he just came to Bruno to talk about life and ideals...
As a family friend of the Stuart family, the Conte family, whose fiefdom is located in the Moore River Valley on the west side of Thorn Valley, can be regarded as the closest political ally to the Stuart family!
As early as Bruno's great-great-great-grandfather's generation, the relationship between the two aristocrats had been quite good.
In addition, there were no territorial disputes or economic disputes. Therefore, the Viscount of Conte and the Count of Idar often visited each other. If they encountered any major problems, they would sometimes help each other.
The current Viscount of Conte, Edouard Conte, is nearly sixty years old and is a good friend of Bruno's father, the previous Count Idar.
He even held Bruno in his arms when he was still an infant.
When Bruno's father died, it was thanks to the help of Viscount Conte that Bruno, who was still very young at the time, was able to hold on to the land of Idar in the Highlands.
You must know that the Idar Territory at that time, with the full support of Viscount Conte, was able to block the attack from the Sauron Territory.
Therefore, although Bruno is a count, he has always had great respect for this old Viscount.
Even before time travel, the original lawless prodigal son was unassuming in front of the old viscount and never showed off his power in the style of a count.
Only this time...
When Viscount Conte came to Idar territory, he found out that Lord Bruno, Count of Idar, had... gone to sea a few days ago!
So, he silently put away the idea of selling his daughter to Bruno.
Because, in the consciousness of the nobles of this era, only the poorest, most difficult, and lowest common people would risk their lives to seek a living in the ocean...
After all, the howling winds and turbulent waves in the ocean can overturn a fishing boat almost accidentally, and the people on board will be buried at the bottom of the sea.
In the view of Viscount Conte, if you lose your family even a little bit, you will lose, as long as you don't lose your title, but for things like going to sea... it is really a narrow escape!
If Bruno really gets into the bad habit of venturing out to sea, I'm afraid his daughter will become a widow within a few days of getting married...
However, although the matter of promoting his daughter was vetoed by Viscount Conte himself before he could even talk about it, in addition to talking about life with Bruno, Viscount Conte also had this important thing to do when he came this time.
That’s population!
Although Bruno had specifically bypassed the territory of the Viscount Conte - the Moore River Valley - during his previous publicity campaign.
However, Stranglethorn Valley is the second largest customs under the Idar Immigration Administration. Most of the poor people from the southern and western parts of the empire enter the Idar territory through Stranglethorn Valley.
The Moore River Valley is the only way to go to the Valley of Thorns!
Therefore, when the civilians living in the Moore River Valley saw those people heading to the Idar Territory with their families, they naturally couldn't help but go up and ask a few questions.
No matter what era we are in, people have a herd mentality.
Although these people who traveled thousands of miles to the Idar Territory have not arrived yet, they are naturally willing to let more people go with them, because in this way, they feel somewhat confident.
So, three people become a tiger!
Although the news released by the Idar people at first was only to provide fields for farming, with the continuous rendering and artistic processing of the civilians who moved to the Idar Territory, the benefits provided by the Idar Territory were almost magnified dozens of times.
, gradually described as a place like paradise on earth!
How could this not make the people living in Conte Territory excited?
After all, they are only a Thorny Valley away from the Idar Territory, and they only have two days to go back and forth. If it is true, then it is naturally good; but if it is false, then they will return to Kong.
That’s the special collar!
Therefore, as time went by, more and more civilians living in the Conte Territory began to migrate to the Idar Territory.
Although the conditions given by the Idar people are far from as superior as others have described, they are still much better than most nobles.
At least...as long as you are willing to work hard and work, you can always fill your stomach in Idar, and even get better living conditions!
Therefore, one day a few months later, Viscount Conte was surprised to find that the number of free people in his territory had decreased by more than one-third!
After living for so many years, this is simply unheard of for Viscount Conte!
So, after many rounds of investigations, Viscount Conte finally figured out the source of all this, and it turned out to be the young earl next door who always bothered him!
What a sin!
Could it be that... Lord Earl's ability to lose wealth has gone one step further, evolving from just defeating his own noble family to the point where he can even defeat the noble family next door?
Therefore, promoting his unmarried daughter...well, no, promoting his beautiful daughter is actually just a casual thing. I hope Bruno will drive back all the civilians who were moved from Conte. That's what Conte is doing.
Viscount Te’s ultimate goal!
Due to the geographical location of Conte Territory, all the refugees from northern Xinjiang had been accepted by Bruno before they entered Conte Territory.
Therefore, unlike those northern lords who were troubled by refugees, Viscount Conte was now troubled by the loss of population in his territory.
No, he finally made up his mind and wanted to come to Idar Territory to ask for an explanation, but Bruno happened to be not in the territory.
In fact, he didn't ask for anything else, just to drive back the civilians who originally lived in the Conte Territory.
Today's Conte Territory can be said to be only going out but not entering, and Idar Territory can be said to be only entering but not exiting.
The Viscount of Conte hopes to at least keep the population of Conte Territory in a state of coming in and out and replenish the lost population. Otherwise, I am afraid that Conte Territory’s taxes next year will be significantly reduced!
Therefore, Viscount Conte temporarily settled down in Idar.
As for Old Ford, the former chief steward of Idar, he naturally made arrangements for Viscount Conte.
After all, Viscount Conte has lived in the Idar territory more than once or twice. Even the guest rooms in the newly built sky garden have been reserved in advance.
And when Viscount Conte was pulled to the hanging garden by the Idar carriage, the old man who was over fifty years old was dumbfounded.
"Is this...is this the hanging garden built by Bruno?"