By noon, the maid was already busy, and Claire woke up from her nap.
After going downstairs, Regan immediately leaned over.
"Master, no one has come to apply for the document you want to recruit."
"Huh? Isn't the reward enough? Haven't you already opened fifty silver coins?"
"That's not the case. The remuneration you gave them is considered to be a lot among the nobles, but it is estimated that there are no literate and arithmetic people in this city of Nafu, otherwise, they would have come to apply for the job long ago."
Claire pondered for a while, but did not expect that the basic education here is so far behind. It seems that the plan to open an elementary school in the future will have to be postponed.
"It's okay, don't worry, if you really can't find it, you can go to other nobles to pick it up."
"As ordered."
Following Claire downstairs, Reagan had already instructed the maids to prepare the lunch, and the young master's lunch was made by him, otherwise he would not dare to bring the things made by the newly recruited maids to the young master. See.
Sitting on the dining table, Claire looked at the large piece of barbecued meat in front of her. Her appetite was not that good, but she still cut a bite with a knife and fork and put it in her mouth.
"Well, it tastes good." Claire praised. Although it wasn't as good as the food she had eaten in her previous life, it was definitely better than the last meal.
Yuna stood up, blushed, lowered her head and shouted, "Thank you, Master!"
"Huh?" Claire looked at Yuna, he still had the impression of the black-haired girl who applied for the job, "Did you do this?"
"Yes... Butler Reagan taught me to do it." Yuna's voice was like a fine mosquito.
"Good job." Claire smiled.
However, Regan raised his face, frowned and scolded: "Who asked you to disturb the young master while he was eating, let me go down!"
Yuna trembled like a frightened deer, and then ran out of the restaurant as if she was running for her life.
Claire smiled wryly, "Don't be so strict with them."
"It's the rule that there is a difference between the superior and the inferior."
Claire didn't continue to say anything. This was Reagan's job, and he didn't want to overdo it.
"She cooks good food. Let her be in charge of the kitchen in the future."
"I think so too." Regan bowed to obey.
Yuna, who ran out, was panting, thinking to herself: Steward Reagan is so nasty, this is the seventh time I have been scolded for being clumsy. Making things difficult for me, I was so gentle just when I spoke.
Thinking like this, Yuna's smile was already on her lips, and she was so happy to be able to work in the Viscount's Mansion.
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"Master, there is something."
"Say."
"Those little nobles and some big businessmen in the city are going to hold a welcome dinner for you tonight."
The minor nobles in Nafu City are nobles without territory. After the original magic mine was discovered, the then Viscount Griffin gave the minor nobles under his command a large sum of money, and took all the land in the territory. Come back, after all, who knows if there will be magic mines in the land occupied by those little nobles.
Claire chuckled lightly, "Why didn't I remember to hold this welcome party on the night we came back, after I killed the Knight Captain."
Reagan was also a little indignant, "Then this banquet is over! I'll go and tell them to go back."
"No." Claire waved his hand, "I have to do it, why not if someone comes to send the money."
Those nobles and businessmen must have seen themselves kill the knight captain, and now they think of it to please themselves.
But since you came to the banquet, why don't you have some gifts in your hand?
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"Welcome to the arrival of Lord Wilbur. The gift he gave to the Viscount is the ice sword worth five hundred gold coins!"
Reagan stood at the door and held up the gift, a big sword, and shouted to the little nobles outside the door.
The nobles outside were startled, and quickly glanced at the gift they were holding. It was only nearly a hundred gold coins, nothing compared to the gift that Lord Wilbur gave worth five hundred gold coins!
Moreover, the housekeeper shouted loudly, if his gift was lower than this, how would he be able to raise his head in front of these nobles in the future?
Not only they were surprised, but even Lord Wilbur, who had just given the gift, was also very shocked. Does he still not know the value of the sword he gave him? .
The steward of the Viscount Mansion must have admitted it wrong.
At this time, Baron Eugene, who was in second place, also presented a gift, but his expression did not seem to be so relaxed.
Regan chuckled lightly after taking the gift box, "Welcome to Baron Eugene, the gifts he gave Lord Viscount were a night-patterned robe worth 100 gold coins and a ruby-encrusted ring worth 450 gold coins! "
Baron Eugene's expression was a little embarrassed. He covered his right thumb as much as possible so that no one could see it. He took off the ruby ring temporarily.
Subsequently, six or seven nobles and several big businessmen in Nafu City came in one after another, and they all presented gifts worth no less than 500 gold coins. Even the government official who pretended to be a poor ghost gave a bracelet worth more than 700 gold coins.
Lord Wilbur, who was the first to deliver the gift, finally became a little scared. After all the nobles had entered, he quietly ran to Reagan to make up a gift of more than 400 gold coins, and he was relieved.
While Regan was receiving the gift, the corners of his mouth were wide open, and he was secretly delighted: "If the young master had not taught me this method, it is estimated that the gift I received has not exceeded 1,000 gold coins, and now it adds up to more than 5,000 gold coins. All!"
The banquet was held in the living room, and the table was filled with various delicacies, all of which Reagan led the group of maids to make in a hurry.
Although these nobles are not welcome, the face of the Griffin family has to be supported.
After the nobles and businessmen entered, they saw Claire sitting on the main seat.
"Your Excellency the Viscount, Gui'an!"
"Your Excellency the Viscount, Gui'an!"
"Everyone, please sit down!" Claire waved her hand, but didn't even get up.
The faces of those nobles froze for a while, but they were all old fried dough sticks for many years, and their cheeks had also become thicker. After smirking, they found a place to sit up.
Claire didn't speak either, just listened to the nobles' greetings to him, praised his achievements in Nafhu City, and felt very happy that he came back to Nafhu City.
On the surface, anyone can say it, even if you think about it, the nobles like Claire are the most unwelcome people in Nafu City. As long as Claire hasn't returned, they are the local emperors in Nafu City.
After some courtesies, all the nobles and businessmen present looked at each other, stopped talking, and looked at Baron Eugene together.
How could such an obvious action escape Claire's eyes? After a little chuckle in his heart, he secretly said, "Is this going to force the palace?"
"Cough!" After Baron Eugene coughed a few times, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com straightened up and looked at Claire.
"Lord Viscount, I don't think it's a good thing that you abolished so many taxes."
You must know that before Claire came back, the extra taxes were shared equally by them. If those taxes were cut off like this, their annual income would be cut by more than half!
"What does Baron Eugene think? Let's take a look."
After thinking for a while, Baron Eugene replied: "The operation and construction of the city definitely requires taxation. If the Viscount reduces the taxation so much, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the development of the city."
Claire almost didn't laugh out loud, just because they were too embarrassed to talk about the development of the city, when he first saw Nafu City, he almost thought it was a city that had been abandoned for decades.
Seeing that Claire didn't respond, Eugene tried again: "If the Viscount maintains the previous tax, then we are also willing to pay some tax, so that the tax can be about four to five times the original amount."
The rest of the nobles also echoed, "Yes! Yes!"
"Baron Eugene is right."
In their opinion, it is nothing more than an extra person to share the money of those pariahs, it doesn't matter if they take less, after all, this is a business without capital.
Claire's eyes narrowed involuntarily. She used my money to bribe myself, but you can only think of it.
"But the tax reduction was proposed by Frank to me. He has been an administrative officer here for more than ten years. I think his words should have some reference value."
Claire squinted to look at Frank, the administrative officer who was wearing tattered clothes yesterday, but is now full of gorgeous clothes.