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No, Tess, you can't go any further -

That's a nightmare.

You and my nightmare -

At the end of the lawn is the palace of the Marquis of Stuart.

Jax suddenly roared, he didn't want to see the scene that tore his heart apart again.

He woke up from the nightmare countless times, and his heart was torn apart every time.

But this is a dream. Although he can maintain a clear self-awareness and keep his adult appearance, he cannot influence Tess, even though this is his dream.

The scene changes, Jax's whole body is cold and his cheeks are puffed up.

From beneath his thick eyebrows, the murderous aura of “Bloody Jax” burst forth.

Under the dim candlelight is the bedroom of my father, the Marquis of Stuart.

He saw the thin back of his father, the Marquis Stuart, and...

Tess spread her legs.

On the large bed covered with luxurious velvet.

The Marquis of Stuart stood up and came to the ground.

He also deliberately let him see the traces left on the weapons belonging to the previous generation of Marquis Stuart.

Then he raised his limp arm and slapped him lightly.

Do not--

Jax roared, but just like when he was thirteen, he staggered from the weak attack.

"Come meet your new stepmother, Tess, whom I just took into the Stuart family's court."

"A Mudblood without a last name"

"Remember this feeling now, Jax, you are Stuart, never indulge in the feelings a woman brings you."

"Especially this lowly, beast-like mudblood."

"They can't give you anything you want, anything!"

"You are Stuart"

"You can always go into Tess's room if you want"

The old marquis looked down from above, his skinny body was as terrifying as a ghoul, and the deep wrinkles on his face made him look as eerie as a demon in the dim candlelight.

Jax was shaking all over, and his adult body began to disintegrate, revealing the weak thirteen-year-old boy he had been that night.

His face was covered in tears.

0070

A week later, in a conference room at Underwood Manor.

This was originally a high-end resort, but it was rarely open to the public and was mainly used as a training base.

The hotel has all the facilities you need, including guest rooms and meeting rooms.

So if you want to hold a more formal meeting, this is the best place.

The initiator was nominally Merry, but everyone knew it was actually Lucas.

There were many participants, including a representative from each of the big dog owners in Green Valley Street, the main person in charge of each street in the middle and lower class communities, one person in charge of the security joint defense team, and one person in charge of daily personnel management.

After nearly a year of trials and tribulations, those who are able to remain in these positions are basically people who get practical work done.

At the beginning, Meili adopted Lucas's suggestion and did not carry out vertical management of each street. Instead, he decentralized power and materials. In addition to splitting and subdividing the original community power, it also prevented the consequences of accidents. Meili and the county bureau became superiors and arbitrators.

Almost every street had experienced corruption or unfair distribution of supplies, as well as some adultery or sex trades. The standard for distributing supplies that Lucas and Merry had agreed upon was still fair, so naturally the person in charge selected by each street would bear the blame.

Meili has only one standard for handling things, which is to deal with them impartially. So those who can still remain in middle and grassroots management positions are either people who strictly abide by discipline, or people who are capable enough that others can tolerate their minor flaws. But no matter what kind of person they are, they are people who have made outstanding achievements in their positions.

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During this process, only Meili's position remained unshakable. In addition, she was ruthless and able to control her subordinates in the county bureau. She also had the resources provided by Lucas. Under the dual management of carrot and stick, the county bureau also established its leadership position in this process.

Although the heads of each street do not completely follow Merry's will, Lucas and Merry have no conflicts of interest with them. As long as they make choices that are in line with their own interests, they are actually protecting the interests of Lucas and Merry.

Therefore, they can be regarded as the lackeys of both of them.

And there is a saying that goes, Lucas controls the material supply of most people in Crown Eagle Mountain, and he also monopolizes the sources of necessities and luxury goods. When the two are combined, he has the right to issue currency. The original Flower Country dollar system is now too uncomfortable to use even when going to the toilet.

What is becoming increasingly popular in the community now are the three types of coins issued by Lucas, gold, silver and bronze. Regardless of the community residents' trading activities, work remuneration, or the exchange of work points for pirate captives, the big pot meals are being gradually phased out and replaced with these coins with weak magical energy.

All the currencies issued by Lucas through [Currency Reform] can be directly deposited into the [Basic Town Citizen Attribute Panel] and can be directly displayed in Arabic numerals.

Because of their weak magical protective abilities, these coins, regardless of their type, are difficult to wear out in daily use. When accumulated in sufficient quantities, they can even serve as casting media or consumables for most ritual spells.

It seemed that Lucas gave money to the community residents and asked them to trade the goods he provided themselves, and the money went back to him after a circle, but the economy is such a strange thing, just with this in and out, the entire Crown Eagle Mountain market prospered and the community was full of vitality.

The value of Lucas' currency increased several times invisibly, and in the process, he became the major financial backer of the entire Crown Eagle Mountain, even including the wealthy families in the upper class area.

This allows

The dog owners on Green Valley Street became more and more in awe of him.

Lucas, who possesses these powers, had to use force to deal with them if conflicts broke out in the past, but now... he only needs to cut off the financial system, and the employees of these big dogs will rebel themselves.

The elites of Guanyingshan also have vision and means, but their cultural traditions limit their development. If they could also provide supplies to the community and govern the community like Lucas did in the beginning, they would be the ones who integrate the political and economic power of Guanyingshan community now.

Because Lucas was too lazy and not willing to serve the people here as a public servant...so with equal efforts, and because of issues of skin color and race, he couldn't compete with these local community elites.

But alas, they didn't.

Lucas had Merry who was willing to stand up for him, so he not only saved face but also gained money.

……

The meeting was run like a large corporate business meeting... and it was.

Lucas is the major shareholder, Merry is the CEO, the wealthy people in Green Valley Street are small shareholders, and the others are just workers.

In front of everyone at the conference table were coffee, sugar cubes and hot cocoa, which were not uncommon at the time but very expensive, with unlimited refills.

Including the wealthy families in Green Valley Street, they all drank a lot without showing any emotion.

The person who represented the Underwood family was Carolina. She had classes today, so she took a leave of absence specifically to attend this meeting.

It represents the full support of Butler Doug, and he has completely become the one in charge of the Underwood family.

The meeting was chaired by Meri, with Lucas sitting next to him, along with Laurel and Zoeys.

"There are two topics for today's meeting. One is that our Guanyingshan community will establish a Guanyingshan Bank. This work will be in charge of Mr. Lucas. As you all know, I won't waste my words. We are all paupers now, so he has the final say in this bank. We currently do not accept any form of investment. This is just a notification and will not be included in our meeting discussion. In addition to traditional banking services, this bank will have some new functions, but I don't know what they are specifically. You can pay attention to them when the time comes. I will also post a recruitment advertisement. Lucas's bank needs some employees with relevant academic qualifications, majors and work experience. There will be a job fair in a few days..."

Merry wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked much more gentle. He spoke in a relaxed manner while holding a manuscript paper, glancing at the venue from time to time.

"Today's main topic is how to deal with the pirate floating warships we seized earlier..."

After hearing this statement, the managers from the middle and lower class communities were not surprised, but the representatives of the big dog owners on Green Valley Street were stunned at first, with expressions of disbelief on their faces, and then they were ecstatic.

Since it was brought up for discussion at the meeting, it meant that all of them might get involved - compared to the first notice, this issue was indeed what they were more concerned about.

Apart from Merry and Lucas and their group, the other relatively calm people at the scene were the representative of Crown Eagle Mountain Hospital, Dr. Henry, and the assistant he brought with him to the meeting - his assistant was not a man, but a female doctor in her thirties with decent looks, who was also his current partner.

Dr. Henry was married before the accident, but his home was somewhere else. He was the only one involved in this incident, and the same was true for the female doctor. Out of caution, the two of them only temporarily formed a relationship in which they only entered each other's bodies but not each other's lives. Once they had the chance to return to their respective families, they would be able to part ways amicably.

The profession of doctor has a relatively stable status in the community and it is also a career that Dr. Henry is interested in, so he doesn't care much about things other than the hospital and his own profession.

The same goes for the female doctor.

There was another person who was relatively quiet. He was wearing an old navy uniform that was bulging with muscles. He sat in an inconspicuous position with his eyes squinted. He had been drinking free hot drinks in the venue. This person was the original commander of the pirate fleet - Jax Stuart.

It seemed as if the fleet disposal plan that was about to be discussed had nothing to do with him... not a penny.

Jax is a noble after all. Although he is trapped in the foggy space and his knowledge is hundreds of years away from the real world, he has received a systematic aristocratic education after all, and human society has some commonalities.

After being captured freed him from the shackles of the name Stuart, he suddenly felt like taking a closer look at the main management of Crown Eagle Mountain around him.

After making his opening remarks, Meri handed the floor to Lucas.

Lucas stood up and, with the help of two secretaries, moved some tools from the side to the center of the venue.

“Let me first introduce the results of my work during this period.”

"After my appraisal, these pirate ships can be used by us. However, there are some problems with their positioning and observation methods in the fog. However, this problem is not a big deal. I can modify this magic device to make it completely harmless and will not affect anyone on the ship."

"(Blah blah——)"

Lucas briefly introduced to all the participants, trying to use language they could understand, why the floating battleship could fly, the anti-gravity rune array, and the magic supply device.

In the past, he would have handed this kind of work over to two secretaries, but now he occasionally needs to make his presence felt, so he does it himself.

It took about thirty minutes for him to finish his introduction.

Meri connected at this time:

"Lucas, I don't understand what you said. I just want to ask you one question. With your notebook, can anyone build a floating battleship like the pirates?"

"Yes, as long as we have the corresponding materials, in my opinion, except for the alchemical ritual of the fog whale's brain, the processing technology involved in the entire floating battleship is not difficult at all," Lucas patted the black-covered diary in his hand.

"What are the hidden dangers of the Mist Whale Artifact you mentioned?"

Tool Man A, a confidant of Merry who has not been eliminated so far and the captain of the Elm Street Security Defense Team asked.

"In order to keep the soul of the Mist Whale in the magic weapon from dissipating, of course, this refining method itself has a big problem. The magic weapon needs to be sacrificed regularly. The soul of the Mist Whale is gradually distorted in this process and has a tendency to become an evil spirit... No, it has already become an evil spirit. Wearing the connector made from the corpse of the Brain Eater is equivalent to sending yourself to the mouth of a hungry evil spirit."

Lucas replied.

Jax Stuart, who was listening, had a strange look on his face when he heard what was said. He looked a little bit enlightened, a little bit puzzled, and stared at Lucas with an expression that said, "As expected."

While Lucas was answering the question, Carolina was still thinking. At this time, she raised her hand, and after getting Lucas's approval, she said:

"Dear Mr. Lucas, we have clearly captured the pirate warships... So, shouldn't the topic be how to use these warships?"

"Yeah, so that's why I'm doing a... um, product description here?"

"I think you and Merry will handle other issues properly. I and the others present here are more concerned about the specific disposal plan."

Carolina glanced at the others.

"First, I will personally renovate these warships... Well, this really has nothing to do with you. Meili and I will take care of it. The renovated warships will be delivered to the Guanyingshan community for use."

"What is the specific distribution method?"

"Select the navy from the community...Okay, navy, and then select some pirates who have a good attitude towards cooperation with us from the captives to help our navy get familiar with the operation of this floating warship...After that, I don't need to say more, it's nothing more than exploration and trade."

"Uh, this is your strategic goal after the navy is formed, not...wait, do you mean to exercise the right to use and manage these floating warships as a community?"

"Uh-huh," Lucas nodded.

After thinking for a while, he added a few words: "What we want to establish is a professional navy or maritime commercial affairs department, and we have less than... Including prisoners, our current population is 3, so in order to avoid the dispersion of forces, we must concentrate the use of these warships."

"Also, although General Jax..." Lucas raised his hand and pointed at Jax who was sitting next to him, "although he and his fleet were defeated and captured by us, this may not change the hostile attitude of the Stuart family and the island lord, Bal, towards us."

"In order to prepare for a possible war, we must also concentrate our warships..."

At this time, Jax suddenly asked: "Sir, can I say a few words?"

"Can"

“All the main battleships of the Stuart family are here with you, but in order to maintain the territory, the Stuarts also have… well, perhaps hundreds of medium-sized battleships and cargo ships. If they are combined, they will be a force that cannot be underestimated… Well, I think it won’t be difficult for you to defeat this fleet, but you should be wary of the One-Eyed Family’s Mist Tide Fleet.

With your explanation just now, I suddenly understood something. My fleet has just begun to transform into evil spirits. The One-Eyed Family's Mist Tide Fleet has already become evil spirit ships hundreds of years ago. The combat power of this fleet is not on the same level as ours. In addition to the Stuart Family Fleet, the One-Eyed Family also has another six fleets that are roughly equivalent to ours. One or two of the fleets are also magic fleets with strange abilities. "

"In addition..." Jax's eyes slowly swept over everyone in the conference room, "I'll give you a piece of advice. One-Eyed Shabal's fleet is not just likely to come, but will definitely come, so please don't take it lightly and prepare for war as soon as possible. Although your weapons are very powerful and there are many extraordinary creatures to help, I don't know if you can withstand the attack of thousands of main battleships."

……

The meeting lasted three days, and Lucas only attended the first day.

As long as there is an enlightened leadership, he does not seek excessive interference in the internal affairs of the territory, or so-called autonomy.

Under the institutional framework of modern society, as long as the management can remain clean and honest, the interests of everyone can be basically guaranteed, and it is not necessary for one to become an actual manager oneself.

Jax’s warning was well-intentioned and furthered Green Valley Street’s collaboration with lower-middle-class communities.

Originally, under Lucas's manipulation, the opposition between the two had been bridged, and when there was an external enemy, it was easier for people to unite.