After sending Knight Stone away, Luther was relieved. In this way, the position of the family knight chief was taken by someone.

Until the family grows stronger and has new candidates, there is no need to worry about any problems with the position of Knight Commander.

The family's guard knights represent the family's military power, while the Knight Commander represents the family's reputation and is the mainstay among the knights. This is extremely important.

Luther felt relieved after resolving this matter.

After resolving the position of Knight Commander, Luther put his focus on another matter: the adjustment and streamlining of officials.

Specifically, it is about the appointment of Teacher Qiao Xiu.

Luther's cultural teacher had previously been working as a tax officer in the territory, just like Teacher Magellan, who was both a sheriff and Luther's knight teacher.

Currently, Knight Magellan has resigned from his job as sheriff and has been assigned as a guard knight.

Mr. Qiao Xiu should also resign from his job as tax officer and hand over his authority to the city hall.

Otherwise, the overlapping of powers will cause big problems.

But this matter is a little different from that of Knight Magellan, because although Knight Magellan lost his job as sheriff, he got a job as a guard knight and still commanded the one hundred original guards in the castle.

Teacher Qiao Xiu completely lost his position as an official in the territory.

Teacher Qiao Xiu is a good man, and Luther likes this respected scholar very much, so he is afraid that Teacher Qiao Xiu will think too much.

So, Luther decided to go and talk to Teacher Qiao Xiu in person.

This afternoon, Teacher Qiao Xiu did not start the cultural courses. When Luther found Teacher Qiao Xiu, Teacher Qiao Xiu was reading in his study.

Teacher Qiao Xiu is old, and his eyesight has been a little bad recently, so he wears a pair of glasses. Seeing Luther coming in, Teacher Qiao Xiu put down his glasses, smiled and greeted him: "Luther, you are such a busy man, how come you have time to come and see me?"

Although it may sound a bit like complaining, Teacher Qiao Xiu actually didn't mean that at all. He was quite proud because he had taught Luther since he was a child.

Although he had never taught Luther how to manage a territory, he was actually puzzled as to why Luther was so good at managing a territory.

But this does not hinder Teacher Qiao Xiu's sense of pride.

"Now that I think about it, I haven't come to visit you for a long time. It was really rude of me." Luther apologized readily.

Then Luther came to the desk and sat down, chatting with Teacher Qiao Xiu. Luther considered his words and said to Teacher Qiao Xiu: "Teacher, you are the former tax officer in the territory. Are you interested in working in the city hall?"

Teacher Qiao Xiu was stunned for a moment, but he was a smart man and quickly realized what Luther meant.

"Luther, you are so subtle. You could just say directly that there is a conflict between my position as tax officer and that of the city hall." Qiao Xiu smiled and shook his head.

Then he answered: "I don't really want to work at the city hall. On the one hand, I'm old, and the work at the city hall is very heavy and not suitable for me. On the other hand, I don't want to be my son's subordinate."

"Okay, I will adjust your work. You will still be the cultural teacher of our Pompeii family in the future." Seeing that Teacher Qiao Xiu was so open-minded, Luther was relieved and said with a smile.

After that, Luther talked to Mr. Qiaoxiu for a few more words, and then Luther stood up and said goodbye. After Luther left Mr. Qiaoxiu's study, he went to the city hall to meet Lelouch without stopping.

I explained the matter of Teacher Qiao Xiu and the future tax work, which was also transferred to the City Hall.

This time around, City Hall officials streamlined the issue.

In this way, the city hall and military affairs in the territory have been completed.

The mayor is Lelouch, who is in charge of civil affairs within the territory.

The Knight Commander is Knight Stone, who is in charge of the knights and military affairs within the territory.

As the Pompeii family develops little by little, personnel changes will become frequent.

More capable people will take on more important positions.

With these two personnel changes, the territory will enter a period of stable development. The main work will be to build city walls and cut down forests to build new farmland.

And a new guard plan to expand by 500 people.

These matters were corrected by the Knight, Lelouch, and Luther, the acting lord, returned to his leisurely daily life.

In the morning, I read a book to recharge my batteries. When I feel like it, I take a stroll around the territory and have an intimate exchange with the people.

In the afternoon, I conducted knight training to increase my combat power.

I exchanged letters with Miss Ruth every few days, and my life was plain but fulfilling.

A few months passed quickly.

Pompeii has entered a severe winter, and after a while, it will be spring with warm weather and blooming flowers.

Pompeii is still very cold today, freezing cold. The wind is very strong, and the cold wind is like a knife, cutting small gaps in the skin exposed to the outside.

Therefore, people walking outside wear thick clothes and wrap themselves up tightly as much as possible, with masks, hats and other equipment.

Of course, try not to go out if you can.

Therefore, at this moment, there are very few people going out in Pompeii.

After a few months, Pompeii Territory has changed again. As a fast-growing territory, changes are of course happening every day.

First of all, the city walls of Pompeii had been completed. The towering circular walls surrounded a large territory.

Although the population in the city is not large now, some buildings have been built, including villas for knights to live in and some residential areas.

A square standing in front of the Pompeii Castle.

There are four military areas within the four city walls, and five hundred new guards who are still being trained in the middle of winter.

The only thing missing from Pompeii now is the residents who live there. Outside the castle, large tracts of forest have been cut down and large tracts of farmland have been developed.

The felled trees become materials for building houses.

As soon as spring comes, the vast farmlands will be planted with crops, bringing huge amounts of tax revenue to the Pompeii family, which will serve as fuel for the Pompeii family's revitalization.

On this day, Luther rode a horse and entered the city from the south gate under the protection of his personal bodyguard knight Xuxua and a team of guards.

After crossing the main road made of stones, Luther and his party arrived in front of the official residence of the City Hall. Luther dismounted, handed the horse to the guard, and entered the City Hall with Xiu Xiuya.

Today, Luther was wearing thick clothes, a hat and mask, and a scarf, and he was as fat as a ball.

In fact, as a knight, Luther's body is strong enough and he is not afraid of the cold. This outfit was strongly requested by Madam Sophie.

Mother’s love is too heavy, there’s nothing we can do about it.

(End of this chapter)