Age of Empires From Scratch

Hearing the name Bucky, David understood why Steve did what he did.

"However, this kind of behavior is easy to cause misunderstanding, right?"

"Members of the Avengers all know that I went undercover into Hydra."

Steve didn't decide to go undercover right away. Before actually starting to act, he carefully discussed many details with his comrades in the Avengers, and then officially "joined" Hydra.

In order to ensure that his undercover identity was not exposed, after joining Hydra, Steve did not discuss anything related to Hydra with several other comrades-in-arms, nor did he do so in private.

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

"I am enough of myself."

Steve didn't pay much attention to Hydra. The heir to the Supreme Mage who had broadened his horizons, Steve, who had received the Holy Light, the Spirit of the Elements, and Elune's favor, did have the confidence to do so.

"Besides, after joining Hydra, I think it's too wasteful for these people to be 'abandoned' like this." Steve felt that there are many talents in Hydra. If these talents can really make some contributions to the earth and mankind , it is definitely better than directly treating it as a big villain and destroying it.

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

"for example……"

"Rumlo?"

"That's probably not going to be easy."

"Do your best!"

After chatting for a while, David has already figured out Steve's thoughts: Compared with directly flipping the table and completely destroying Hydra as in the original plot, Steve thinks it is better to keep both Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. .

Steve, who knows what will happen in the future, of course did this to let the Avengers have a "protective umbrella". As long as there is an agency called S.H.I.E.L.D., the superheroes of the Avengers will not become the target of public criticism. The official targets of various countries.

After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. nominally obeys the World Security Council.

As for Hydra... Steve was conflicted at the beginning. According to his previous personality, he must have killed it directly without any discussion.

But now his thinking has changed. It's not that he thinks Hydra doesn't need to be destroyed, but that he thinks that disintegrating from the inside may be more able to cleanly and completely eliminate this evil organization that has been passed down for a long time than breaking it from the outside.

"Your plan, I feel a little familiar."

"Helmut Zemo has been recruited into Hydra by me not long ago, and he is currently my staff."

"..." Hearing what Steve said, David suddenly wanted to touch a box of cigarettes and light one for the supreme Hydra captain.

After chatting for a few more words, I confirmed that the Marvel Universe does not need my own help. If we continue to implement Steve's plan, even if Hydra still exists on the surface, the essence of the core will be greatly changed.

Steve, who has become the new leader of Hydra and Karma Taj, may become a more 'powerful' leader. A yellow robe is added to the body.

If that scene really happened, David would definitely go to watch the excitement. With the body of Cybertron, he is equivalent to bringing his own video equipment, which can record all the details completely and clearly.

After chatting with Steve, David went to chat with other people.

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. They chatted until late at night before leaving one after another.

Soon, only David and Laura were left in Glamorgan Castle. Looking at the deserted Glamorgan Castle, David felt that it was time to recruit some servants.

"Even if it's just to make it look a little angry here."

After eating a lot of food, David, who was full and thinking about everything, looked at Laura, but Laura waved to him, saying that she would go home and rest today: "See you tomorrow morning."

"..."

David, who watched Laura run away, could only practice the Holy Light in meditation, then turned off the lights and went to sleep, and the entire Castle of Glamorgan fell into silence.

With the dawn of a new day, a new chapter begins for Cold Winter.

Starting today, David can handle all kinds of affairs in the office that is completely his own in Glamorgan Castle.

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

David, who sits in his office, is no longer someone you can meet while strolling a few steps on the street, and to whom you can give advice anytime, anywhere, and gradually has the "should look" of a nobleman.

In this regard, Elias is very pleased. The favorable living environment should allow the newly promoted baron to gradually develop an aristocratic temperament.

Just like now, watching David sitting behind a large desk and appointing the man named Wetherby Swan as the political officer of Winter Town, the momentum and demeanor shown at this time already have the king's capital. Seventy-eight percent of those real power aristocrats.

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

To put it bluntly, the Baron of Glamorgan is too young and handsome, he looks more like a son of a wealthy nobleman than a powerful lord in charge of a border town.

Elias suggested a little bit that David could choose to grow a beard or something 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 aristocratic etiquette have been taught, and the etiquette class has long been over. Now Elias is more supervised to ensure that David can develop correct habits.

He began to think about another question. He already knew a lot about Baron Glamorgan, or the secret self of Cold Winter Town. Will he be able to return to the capital smoothly?

Moreover, does he really want to return to the capital? Go back and be a little ceremonial officer who is not valued or even bullied.

Continue to stay in Cold Winter Town?

This seems like a good choice? Especially as a person who has witnessed the development of Lindong Town from a primitive small village to the present advanced town, he is full of expectations for this place and wants to know what the future development of Lindong Town will look like.

As for what to do here?

Theoretically, noble lords can hire a ceremonial officer who fully serves them. This ceremonial officer is not only responsible for teaching the noble etiquette of the lord.

At the same time, there are also family members responsible for teaching the lord: such as the lord's wife; the lord's children and so on.

In addition, the etiquette officer is also responsible for the arrangement of the lord and his family when they travel; even when the lord communicates with other nobles, the etiquette officer is also responsible for reminding his lord what needs to be paid attention to in terms of etiquette.

These are all jobs he is good at. Even if he doesn't do these, Elias feels that he can be the lord's housekeeper.

I didn't notice at all, my thoughts had changed from 'Should I stay? ’ became ‘What can I do if I stay? ’ Elias still stood quietly aside.

And Wetherby Swan, who was sitting across from David's desk, was discussing with the lord the work he would be responsible for next.

"First of all, it's about getting back to normal economic conditions."

With the completion of Fort Glamorgan, Cold Winter Fortress, and the houses of many craftsmen, the construction of waterworks, waste water, and garbage treatment plants is also stepping up. Cold Winter Town will officially end the previous centralized management.

"Although it is much earlier than I expected, it should be a good thing."

"So, the tax is collected from this round of harvest?"

"Taxes..." David touched his chin and estimated the time: "It will not be collected this year, and it will start to collect taxes next year."

In terms of time, at least one more round of crops can be planted on the farmland in Cold Winter Town. If David wants to, normal tax collection will start immediately, and at least two rounds of agricultural taxes can be collected.

However, considering that the unified management has just ended and everyone has no personal property in their hands, some troubles may break out if they directly face the long and cold winter in this state.

Anyway, he was not short of one or two rounds of agricultural tax to eat, so the "merciful Lord Baron Glamorgan" directly exempted this year's tax, so that the people can spend the winter safely.

More importantly, the residents of Cold Winter Town have surplus assets in their hands, so they can open various shops, such as some tailors who originally belonged to the artisan group, these people can open clothing stores.

Cobblers who are good at making leather can also open leather goods stores, selling leather shoes, leather jackets and other items.

Only when all kinds of shops are opened can the economy of Cold Winter Town be normalized, otherwise it is better to manage it in a unified way!

"My lord, if this is the case, the people need to hold currency in their hands. Is there enough currency reserves in Cold Winter Town?" Wetherby Swan has long wanted to ask this question. I have never seen the currency of this world.

"Don't worry, the reserves of coins are sufficient."

At the beginning, he brought back a lot from the capital, and later Earl Sutton-Stewart sent a lot of dividends. David did not lack the coins of the Kingdom of Tilan, and it was no problem to maintain the internal economic operation of Cold 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 store and use coins to buy food from ordinary residents.

At the same time, salt, spices, sugar and other daily necessities are sold in the shops, and customers are required to use currency to buy them. Soon, the legal currency of the Kingdom of Tilan will 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 at all, but Lindong Town is a bit special, and most of the residents in the town are not natives of the Kingdom of Tilan.

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