[Chapter 181 Winter Town Opens a New Chapter]

Hearing the name Bucky, David understood why Steve did this.

“However, this behavior is easy to cause misunderstanding, right?”

“The members of the Avengers all know that I am an undercover agent in Hydra.”

Steve did not decide to play an undercover operation on a whim. Before the real operation began, he and his comrades in the Avengers carefully discussed many details, and then officially “joined” Hydra.

In order to ensure that his undercover identity would not be exposed, after joining Hydra, Steve did not discuss anything related to Hydra with other comrades, not even in private.

“So, although your comrades know your true identity, you can only rely on yourself to deal with Hydra?”

“I am enough.”

Steve did not take Hydra too seriously. As the heir of the Supreme Sorcerer who had broadened his horizons, Steve, who had been blessed by the Holy Light, the Elemental Spirits, and Elune, did have the confidence.

“Besides, after joining Hydra, I think it’s a waste to just ‘abandon’ these people.” Steve thinks there are many talents in Hydra. If these talents can really make some contributions to the earth and mankind, it will definitely be better than directly destroying them as big villains.

Especially considering that the world he lives in will not be very peaceful for many years to come.

“For example…”

“Rumlow?”

“That may not be an easy thing.”

“Do your best!”

After chatting for a while, David has figured out Steve’s idea: Compared with directly turning the table over and completely destroying Hydra as in the original plot, Steve thinks it is better to keep both Hydra and SHIELD.

Steve, who knows what will happen in the future, certainly did this to give the Avengers a layer of ‘protection umbrella’. As long as SHIELD is there, the superheroes of the Avengers will not become the target of public criticism and be targeted by officials of various countries. After all

, SHIELD nominally obeys the World Security Council.

As for Hydra… Steve was very conflicted at first. According to his previous personality, he would definitely destroy it directly without any discussion.

But now his mind has changed. It’s not that he thinks Hydra doesn’t need to be destroyed, but he thinks that disintegration from the inside may be more effective than breaking it from the outside, and it is more likely to completely eliminate this long-standing evil organization.

“I think your plan is a little familiar.”

“Helmut Zemo was recruited into Hydra by me not long ago, and he is currently my advisor.”

“…” Hearing Steve say this, David suddenly wanted to take out a pack of cigarettes and light one for the Supreme Hydra Captain.

After chatting for a few more sentences, he confirmed that the Marvel Universe didn’t need his help. According to Steve’s plan, even if Hydra still exists on the surface, its core will change drastically.

Steve, who has become the new leader of Hydra and Kamar-Taj, may become a more “powerful” leader. It is possible that those who were dug from Hydra by him will have to be given a yellow robe.

If that scene really happened, David would definitely go to watch the excitement. With the body of Cybertron, he also has a built-in video recording device, which can record all the details completely and clearly.

After talking to Steve, David went to chat with others.

As night fell, everyone moved from the roof to the banquet hall, eating all kinds of delicacies made by Jonah and drinking juices squeezed from various fruits grown by Mark. Everyone chatted until late at night before saying goodbye and leaving one after another.

Soon, only David and Laura were left in Glamorgan Castle. Looking at the deserted Glamorgan Castle, David felt that he should recruit some servants.

“Even if it’s just to make this place look a little lively.”

After eating a lot of food, David, who was full and warm, looked at Laura, but Laura waved at him and said that she was going home to rest today: “See you tomorrow morning.”

“…”

David, who watched Laura run away, could only practice the holy light quietly, then turned off the lights and went to sleep, and the whole Glamorgan Castle fell into silence.

With the arrival of a new day, Winter Town opened a new chapter.

From today, David can handle various affairs in the office that belongs entirely to him in Glamorgan Castle.

It will also become difficult for ordinary people in the town to find David, the lord.

David, sitting in his office, is no longer the person you can meet on the street and give advice to at any time. He is gradually taking on the appearance of a nobleman.

Elias was very pleased about this. The good living environment should allow the newly promoted Baron to gradually develop a noble temperament.

Just like now, watching David sitting behind a large desk and appointing the man named Weatherby Swan as the political officer of Winter Town, the momentum and demeanor he showed at this time were already 70% to 80% of those powerful nobles in the capital.

As for the remaining two or three points of difference, Elias felt that there was no way to completely eliminate it. Because it was determined by the personal temperament of Baron Glamorgan. In addition to personality factors, there was also the influence of appearance.

To put it bluntly, Baron Glamorgan was too young and handsome. He looked more like a noble son of a wealthy family, rather than a powerful lord in charge of an important border town.

Elias suggested that David could choose to grow a beard to make himself look more majestic, but David refused on the grounds that he didn’t like to make himself hairy.

“Anyway, my work is almost done.”

All kinds of noble etiquette have been taught, and the etiquette class has ended long ago. Now Elias is more of a supervisor to ensure that David can develop the right habits.

He began to think about another question. Can he, who has already known a lot of Baron Glamorgan’s secrets, or Winter Town, return to the capital smoothly?

Moreover, does he really want to return to the capital? Going back to be a small etiquette officer who is not valued and even bullied.

Staying in Winter Town?

This seems to be a good choice? Especially as a person who has witnessed the development of Winter Town from a primitive small village to such an advanced town, he is full of expectations for this place and wants to know what Winter Town will look like in the future. As for what to do if you

stay?

In theory, noble lords can hire etiquette officers who serve them completely. Such etiquette officers are not only responsible for teaching the noble etiquette of the lord. At the same

time, they are also responsible for teaching the lord’s family: such as the lord’s wife; the lord’s children, etc.

In addition, the etiquette officer is responsible for the arrangements for the lord and his family when they travel; even when the lord communicates with other nobles, the etiquette officer is responsible for reminding his lord what etiquette he needs to pay attention to.

These are all jobs he is good at. Even if he doesn’t do these, Elias feels that he has no problem serving as the lord’s butler. Elias,

who didn’t notice that his thoughts had changed from “Should I stay?” to “What can I do if I stay?”, still stood quietly by the side.

Sitting opposite David’s desk, Weatherby Swan was discussing the work he would be responsible for next with the lord.

“First, it is to restore the normal economic state.”

With the completion of the construction of Castle Glamorgan, Winter Fortress and the houses of many craftsmen, the water plant, sewage and garbage treatment plants are also being built at a rapid pace, and Winter Town will officially end the previous centralized management.

“Although it’s much earlier than I expected, it should be a good thing.”

“So, will the tax be collected from this round of harvest?”

“Tax…” David touched his chin and estimated the time: “No this year, but next year.”

According to the time, the farmland in Winter Town can at least grow another round of crops. If David wants, he can start collecting taxes normally immediately, and at least collect two rounds of agricultural taxes.

But considering that the unified management has just ended, no one has personal property in their hands. If they directly face the long and cold winter in this state, some troubles may arise.

Anyway, he doesn’t need one or two rounds of agricultural taxes to eat, so the ‘kind Baron of Glamorgan’ directly exempted this year’s taxes, so that the people can spend the winter in peace.

More importantly, the residents of Winter Town have surplus assets in their hands, so they can open various shops. For example, some tailors who originally belonged to the artisan group can open a clothing store.

Leather workers who are good at leather making can also open leather goods stores to sell leather shoes, leather jackets and other items.

Only when all kinds of shops are opened can the economy of Winter Town be normalized, otherwise it is better to unify the management!

“Sir, in this case, the people need to hold currency. Is there enough currency reserve in Winter Town at present?” Weatherby Swan has wanted to ask this question for a long time. During the time he came to Winter Town, he had not seen the currency of this world.

“Don’t worry, the reserve of coins is sufficient.”

David brought back a lot from the capital at the beginning, and later Earl Sutton-Stewart sent a lot of shares. David did not lack the currency of the Kingdom of Tilan, and it was no problem to maintain the internal economic operation of Winter Town.

“As for how to send these currencies to ordinary residents…” David thought about it and found that the most reasonable way was to open a daily necessities shop and use coins to buy food from ordinary residents.

At the same time, sell salt, spices, sugar and other daily necessities in the shop, and require customers to use currency to buy them. Soon, the legal currency of the Kingdom of Tilan can be used normally in Winter Town.

In fact, if it is an ordinary town, there is no need to worry about this kind of thing. Unfortunately, Winter Town is a bit special. Most of the residents in the town are not natives of the Kingdom of Tilan.

“In addition to opening daily necessities shops, I will also directly use coins to hire craftsmen and build other facilities.”

(End of this chapter)