People come and go in the city hall.

Many nobles came to the town hall with shiny gold coins to inquire about and purchase houses.

The amazing thing is that the house has not been built yet.

This is the first time this has happened in this world.

One bad thing is that the town hall was designed to be a little small, so it was a bit crowded, and because it was a rainy day, the shoes of the people passing by were inevitably covered with mud.

So the city hall was a mess.

Luther was wearing very ordinary clothes and walked into the city hall very low-key. Occasionally, officials who passed by hurriedly did not recognize Luther, and newcomers naturally could not recognize Luther either.

Without causing any commotion, Luther came to the mayor's office on the second floor.

Mr. Shiji was writing something on his desk. He looked up when he heard footsteps. When he saw Luther, Lelouch smiled.

"You're smiling so brightly. How many houses have you sold?" Luther asked in a good mood.

"We sold about a thousand villas," Lelouch said with a grin.

"Wow." Luther couldn't help but widen his eyes a little. Selling a thousand villas was equivalent to having a thousand wealthy people in Pompeii.

They spent three hundred gold coins to buy the villa, which means they have extra gold coins, which could be three million or even five million gold coins.

This amount of gold coins will bring infinite spending power to Pompeii.

Moreover, the Pompeii family earned 300,000 gold coins at once.

Now that the war has begun, the sales of the profitable Pompeii wine will definitely drop sharply because of the war. This income is absolutely crucial.

"Will there be enough time to build the house? By the way, the quality must be good. We can't damage Pompeii's reputation." Luther asked with concern.

"I need to explain this to you in detail." Lelouch said with a smile, his mustache jumping up and down in a funny way.

There must be something good.

"Tell me about it." Luther was eager to listen.

"This time, many lords and knights brought with them a varying number of guards and servants. Now that they have reached a safe place and are no longer lords, they do not need so many people to serve them. So I distributed some money and let the servants and guards fend for themselves. I gathered the strong among them to cut wood and build villas. The Habsburg factory recruited some young people to learn how to build furniture. We plan to sell furniture to these nobles after the villas are built, and we will definitely make a fortune. I think you can also take this opportunity to let Madam Sophie recruit maids to make tableware, clothes, etc., and make some money."

Lelouch said.

"You mean we took their 300 gold coins first, then hired their own guards and built a villa for them to live in. In other words, we got the money for free, except for the land?"

Luther understood and was very happy.

"Yes." Lelouch smiled brightly.

There is such a good thing in this world, I have never heard of it.

"Okay, I'll have mom open more clothing stores and a tableware factory. Oh, and some of them left in a hurry, so they might not have that much cash, but they definitely brought valuables with them. If they don't have money to spend, they'll have to sell their valuables, so I have to open a pawn shop as well."

Luther was like a greedy businessman who wanted to take all the business into his own hands.

This opportunity is so rare.

"Among these people, at least more than 500 are knights. If they run out of money, they will have to find a way to make a living. The Pompeii family can recruit them and expand the number of knights in the current territory."

"Anyway, we've made a fortune." Luther waved his hands. Although he was happy, he quickly suppressed his joy. Luther said, "We'll deal with this matter after they settle down. We'll think about how to form a stable urban circle. But before that, we have to take care of our territory."

"What do you want to do?" Lelouch narrowed his eyes slightly.

"As a great noble family with a territory as large as it is today, the Pompeii family needs a new emblem," Luther said.

Before this, the Pompeii family also had a coat of arms, but that was only used as the coat of arms of a knight family, and there were hundreds of knight lord families in the whole of Orange.

The entire kingdom is so large, and there are even more knight lord families.

According to the territory currently occupied by the Pompey family, the Pompey family has already become a powerful group with a certain status in the entire Kingdom of Prussia.

Become a great noble without being a great noble.

The House of Pompeii needed a new coat of arms.

"This is easy. I also understand heraldry. I can design one for you. Do you have any design ideas?" Lelouch asked.

"Let's use the emblem of the Knights of the Mountains, four mountain peaks and a white eagle." Luther gestured, then said with a smile: "And I have also thought of a name for the territory. It will be called White Eagle Territory."

"After that, you will become the governor of the White Eagle Territory. The city hall of Pompeii will become a first-level city hall, and the city halls of Silver Wing City, Windsor City, etc. will become second-level city halls. The towns will have third-level city halls. We will overthrow all the lords and bring their power within the scope of the city hall."

"Oh, the current town hall is too small. We should build a bigger and more impressive town hall. Oh, and we also need a bigger and more impressive castle for the Pompey family to live in."

Luther planned excitedly.

"That's no problem. Even if you let me be the governor of Orange, I have the confidence to manage it well. The only question now is, are Baron Billy and Baron Philip willing to give up their rights?"

Lelouch said softly, he placed his hands on the desk, pushed the chair away with his legs and stood up.

Baron Philip survived because of the desperate protection of Knight Natsu and Knight Wilson.

Baron Billy escaped because of his own strong strength.

At present, the two barons are resting in two villas in Pompeii, while the other three lords have died.

So far, Luther has not found any survivors, including their direct children.

From the perspective of noble inheritance, the bloodline of these lords is undoubtedly cut off. The collateral line is eligible to inherit, but now is a chaotic time and no one will speak for them.

So the Pompey family can directly annex their territories, but the remaining Baron Philip and Baron Billy will be more troublesome.

From the perspective of allies, Luther should not annex them. But in order for the Pompeii family to grow stronger, this is a necessary step.

Luther decided to give them a compensation contract.

"They will agree, but you'll need to persuade them. I can't say for sure. Before that, let's discuss what compensation we should give them."

Luther said.

"Okay, let's discuss it."

Lelouch sat down again and the two began to discuss.

(End of this chapter)