Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Just as Jim was thinking about the deeper meaning of the changes made by Lind, he heard Lucanus finally read out his name.

Surprisingly, the Jim that Lucanus reported about were mostly good people who cared about the people and did good things. After all, Jim had no power in the Evans family, and he worked with the lower-level businessmen every day and was quite kind and charitable. This made Jim stand out from the crowd compared to the previous abstract thing.

Lind remembered the name, and after searching the crowd, he said to Jim, "Look up."

Jim looked up and met Lind's gaze.

"Do you still think I am the true aristocrat?"

Perhaps because he had just decided the life and death of too many people, there was even a hint of murderous intent in Lind's voice when he spoke.

Jim was not afraid and replied, "Of course. Acting in accordance with the law is the reason why the Lars family was so powerful in the first place. I also think that nobles should not have so-called immunity."

Lind nodded: "I will send someone to manage the Evans family's territory later, and you will be his deputy then."

Hearing this, Jim's mother was immediately excited, but Jim just saluted proudly to show that he understood.

The other nobles also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. As expected, Gray Collar had annexed so many territories in one breath. Even with the help of Lars's people, they still needed talents to help manage them.

Moreover, Jim is the youngest son of Wesker, the culprit of this war. However, Lind was ready to activate him without any worries. He did not frame Jim with any crime and took him to meet his father and brothers. This shows that Lind was really acting according to the law and only liquidated individual nobles without affecting their families.

Thinking of this, many nobles secretly looked at the most honest or least favored younger generations in their family.

But after Jim saluted, he continued to ask: "My Lord, do you mean that I will inherit my father's title in the future?"

Lind shook his head. "No, the titles of all of you will not be changed for the time being, but from now on, the nobles will not have the power to manage the fiefs. All fiefs will be governed by officials sent by me."

Fearing that the nobles would not understand, Lind continued, "As long as you are obedient, I will not, nor will I bother to, deprive you of your so-called glory. But from now on, all titles are only honorary titles and will no longer have any power. If you want power, you must pass the exam and become my official."

Upon hearing this, some nobles immediately stood up to object: "Sir, without us, who will help you manage those fiefs? With all due respect, the officials you sent through examinations have no understanding of the territories comparable to us noble families, so I suggest that you just let us nobles continue to manage our respective territories, or continue to divide them up. We nobles will be your most solid helpers."

Lind did not reply directly, but asked: "What is your title?"

The nobleman replied proudly, "I am as great as you, a Viscount."

"Then you are not now."

In theory, most of the nobles in the North were vassals of Lars. As the head of the family, Linde theoretically had this power, but no one expected that Linde would be so ruthless in depriving others of their titles.

Ignoring the noble's subsequent wailing, Lind continued, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking, but I regret to tell you that even if some of you pass the exam, you will have to start from the grassroots level, and you will not be assigned to your original territory."

"Jim is just considering the special nature of the Evans family. I must have someone who understands this huge family to help my officials. When Jim becomes a formal official, he will also leave the Evans family's territory. Do you understand?"

All the nobles were silent, and some even planned to flee to the other side to join Doug Lars. Although Lind said that he would save face for these nobles, in the eyes of these nobles, Lind, who gave up the fiefdom, was simply rubbing the nobles' past glory on the ground, and even kneading it a few times in an attempt to turn this glory into his own shape.

However, many nobles were also excited, especially those who were frustrated in their families.

Many smart people can understand after careful consideration that although Lind gave up the continued division of fiefdoms, in today's educational environment, the so-called examinations will give the nobles who have received education since childhood more advantages anyway.

That is to say, although Linde now provides ordinary people with channels for promotion, he still can only rely on these nobles to govern the place. Moreover, nobles who originally had no possibility of promotion can open the exam book and kill the heirs before themselves.

Separating the nobility's title and power means that no matter how high your status was in the past, it is just an empty shell. Only through constant competition can you gain power. Even if you are competitive enough, you can gain power beyond your family title. Will any title still be important at that time?

Especially Jim, when he learned that he would be transferred out of the Evans family's territory in the future, he not only had no objection, but was even very excited.

By the time all the nobles were counted, it was almost dusk. Walking out of the reception hall, Jim suddenly felt that the world was vast and the time had finally come for him to realize his ambitions.

Just as Jim was thinking about his future plans, he saw that the sinful nobles were still being judged on an important platform in the territory.

Jim approached out of curiosity. After all, although there were many nobles, they should have been killed long ago.

When Jim got closer, he discovered that these nobles were taken to the guillotine, and the executioner read out the crimes they had committed during their lifetime and introduced the relevant regulations.

This reminded Jim of the time when he first went to Gray Collar to discuss restoring the pharmacy business with Lind. That was how the bandits were executed at Gray Collar.

Because the crimes of these nobles were so numerous that it was difficult to list them, the execution was delayed for a long time.

At this time, a civilian saw Jim also watching and immediately stepped forward to say hello.

"Master Jim, I knew you were fine. When those officials came, we all tried our best to speak well of you and told you all the times you helped us. I hope the new lord didn't make things difficult for you?"

Seeing the enthusiasm of the people around him, Jim was a little overwhelmed for a moment and could only nod continuously.

"Master Jim, I saw that those noble masters were killed, and the people around him kept talking about why they were killed. If we encounter such situations again in the future, can we let those people kill the noble masters who bullied us?"

After hearing this, Jim finally understood why Lind did this. Even if ordinary people didn't know what the specific laws were, they should at least have these concepts so that if they encountered similar situations in the future, they would at least dare to sue the officials.

At this time, Linde slumped down on the chair somewhat exhaustedly. The nobles below had basically completed the trial and had returned home. The cleansing of the largest territory under his control was completed, and other areas only needed to follow this process.

For now, the most important thing is to resume production. There are many examples in history of countries winning the battle but losing the battle because they were unable to resume production and had no follow-up or defense.

Therefore, in the following period of time, Linde plans to adopt planned production to control and must restore productivity as quickly as possible.

The matter of the lantern dream has not been dealt with yet. Most of the relevant information comes from Lucanus, but Lind does not completely trust Lucanus yet. Lind must find other people to investigate the intelligence provided.

Looking at the blood-stained sunset outside the window, Linde, who had been a judge for a day, clearly felt the alienation of power on people, just like when he saw Reina's two younger brothers before, the first thing he thought of was to kill them in order to consolidate his own power.

Although it was just a tiny thought, it still made Lind feel a little scared. When he first came to this world, Lind felt that he was a little out of place, but now he is becoming more and more like a local. Lind is afraid that because of power, he will become cold and arrogant, and become a willful and inhuman tyrant.

At this time, Lena came to Linde, carrying a roasted duck, walking through the somewhat messy hall.

"Thank you, brother. I specially searched Evans's inventory and asked the chef to add plenty of spices for you."

Linde subconsciously stood up and took it, and squatted on the high platform with Lena. The two people with the highest status in the Lars family enjoyed their dinner without any manners. If there was any improvement, it was that there were more sauces handed over by the servants silently around them.

Seeing Lena eating voraciously, Linde, as usual, began to talk about the situations he encountered today, how he handled them, and future plans.

Lena also kept agreeing, occasionally talking to Lind about the weapons and equipment she had recently designed.

As they were chatting, Lind suddenly laughed.

Reina immediately wiped the oil stains from the corners of her mouth with her hand and asked in confusion: "Brother, what are you laughing at?"

Linde waved his hand: "Nothing."

Looking at Lena's relieved expression, Linde suddenly understood the meaning of "this place where the heart is at peace is my hometown."

As long as Reina is still around, I probably won't become a tyrant like that.