This is a remote, basically uninhabited country knight's domain. The permanent population, including serfs and civilians, is about 2,000.

Especially in this territory, the lord, Old Sol, basically doesn't care about anything. Therefore, Luther and Pompey are the biggest bosses.

The fashionable term is BOSS.

So whatever Luther wanted to do, no matter how absurd it was, could be accomplished. The next day, the first mayor of Pompeii, Lelouch Bonaparte, took office.

Because it would take some time to build a town hall, Luther decided to choose a vacant lot near the castle and summoned the craftsmen in the castle to prepare to build a town hall.

Luther's ambition is not small, just wait and see. In the future, Pompeii will definitely become a real city. So Luther is also very concerned about the construction of the city hall.

The plan is to build a two-story villa to serve as the office of the town hall.

However, the town hall could not be built in a short time, so Luther temporarily chose a room in the castle as the temporary office of the town hall.

During this process, Lelouch first recruited four assistants who could read. Although Pompeii was a rural area and there were not many people who could read, it was still possible to find four people to be assistants.

As for the ten guards who are responsible for guarding and running errands, it is easier to say.

Luther assigned the guards from Berwey's group to the City Hall.

After that, construction work began, repairing roads, cleaning up manure, and fertilizing the fields.

Inside the castle, the temporary location of the town hall.

This house was empty before, and five tables, chairs, and some writing tools were temporarily put up there. It was as simple as it could be.

The four assistants were sent out to summon the heads of the various villages to discuss matters in the castle, so only Lelouch and Luther were left in the room.

The weather in the south has always been hot. Although it is still early spring, summer seems to have arrived quietly and the weather is a bit sultry.

So the windows in the room were open.

Lelouch was leaning against the window with one button of his shirt undone, looking somewhat casual.

Luther also sat casually on a chair, facing Lelouch.

"Repairing roads and cleaning up feces are simple things. But building toilets in each household and fermenting feces to fertilize the fields are things that farmers have never done before. They will definitely be confused and resist. But we have an advantage. The Pompeii family still has a lot of weight in this territory. No matter how confused the village chiefs are, just insist on doing this. They won't resist. Little Luther, you have to step forward in this matter. My words don't carry any weight."

Lelouch explained.

"good."

Luther nodded to show that he understood.

Simply put, it's just the fox taking advantage of the tiger's might.

Ha ha.

Pompeii's territory is not small, but it is not big either. Now is not the busy farming season, and the village chiefs are also idle, so they soon hurried to the castle.

There were about 1,300 civilians in Pompeii, divided into ten villages. Each village had about 130 people, or about a dozen households.

Anyone who can be elected as a village chief must have some ability and knowledge.

But they were still ordinary civilians after all. Normally, these captains could only look at the Pompeii Castle from afar and had never entered the castle.

He was suddenly called here again, and at this moment, he was naturally nervous.

"Master Luther has just been promoted to a junior knight, and a carnival has just been held in the territory. It's called a carnival, but in fact it's just the Pompey family distributing some food. Now Master Luther has summoned us here, what is the purpose?"

Everyone feels very cramped.

"Hello. I'm Lelouch, Bonaparte, and the man next to me is the heir of the Pompeii family, Master Luther. Some of you know me, and some don't. But it doesn't matter. Today I have an announcement. I have become the acting lord of Pompeii Territory, exercising the rights of the lord on behalf of the Pompeii family. You can call me Mr. Mayor. Next, I have two instructions for you. One is to repair the roads near your village, and the other is to clean up the feces on the roadside and pour it into the fields to fertilize them. By the way, you have to build a toilet first."

Luther sat on another chair and tilted his head to look at Lelouch. This senior must have experienced a lot after three years of adventure outside.

Maybe he has worked in an official department and has a strong aura.

The ten village chiefs were a little agitated, but mostly confused.

Well, building roads and the like makes sense, and is even a blessing.

Because the roads in the territory were too difficult to travel, the people were suffering. They agreed with the lord's organization to build roads.

And according to convention, the lord should provide them with rations.

It can not only fill our stomachs, but also build good roads.

At this time, we should shout "Lord, please be merciful."

But what the hell is dumping manure into the fields? Can the wheat grown there be eaten? How disgusting. Will it breed pests? At this time, a village head stood up.

This man was in his fifties. Farmers all looked old, but this man was probably in his early forties. He looked very ordinary, and his build was also very ordinary.

He looked at Luther a little awkwardly, then looked at Lelouch again, his eyes were different. The look he gave Lelouch was one of suspicion.

It is still necessary for Lelouch to use the Pompeii family's reputation.

The people may not give face to Lelouch, but they must never disrespect Luther and Pompey.

"Mr. Mayor, why are you pouring feces into the fields?" The village chief looked at Lelouch with suspicion.

Lelouch shrugged, he knew this would happen.

At this time, Master Luther came on stage. Luther coughed lightly and said, "Ahem, which number of village chief are you?"

"Master Lu De, I am the head of the seventh village." The head of the village instantly became restrained, bent his back subconsciously, and answered in a low voice.

I also feel a little nervous.

"Don't be too nervous." Luther waved his hand, but the effect was not very good. The village chief was still very restrained. Luther had to skip the question and said directly: "I read in a book that pouring manure into the field will make the wheat grow stronger and increase the harvest. For the sake of the territory's harvest next year, I order you to build a toilet outside the house and then pour the manure into the field. Can you do it?"

At the end of his speech, Luther crossed his hands on the desk, leaned forward slightly, his eyes were very sharp, and his tone was slightly stern.

He showed the aura of a tiger.

"yes."

The seventh village chief and the other nine village chiefs were startled as if they were struck by lightning, and then spoke in unison.

Pompey's words are supreme in the Pompeii territory.

This is the tiger.

With Luther's order, the people will not cheat and play tricks. The effect will be seen in the fall.

Luther can already foresee that this year's tax collection will be huge.

So happy.

Let’s get to work with full steam.

(End of this chapter)