vstars Chapter 199 Lord's Wife
Chapter 199 Lord's Wife
Franche-Comté, Spring 1449
The enthusiasm of the celebration soon faded away. After the joyous occasion, people went about their daily lives as usual, except that they learned that their lord had a wife and had to call her the lord's wife.
In the castle, John was reviewing various documents as usual, but beside him, in addition to a few White Wolf Knights who were like wooden stakes, there was also Matilda who humbly sought advice from John.
After the wedding, Matilda was allowed to enter John's bedroom. However, when she saw the piles of paperwork on John's desk, she wondered if she could share some of John's pressure.
Of course, John couldn't trust her to do all the work. Although she had many years of experience in running a shop, a shop is a shop and a territory is a territory. The two are two different things. The most Matilda can do now is to deal with some internal conflicts among residents like the police station in the Earl's Castle.
So currently the work that John assigns to Matilda are all the small and common daily report documents of the territory handled by ordinary civil servants, and each document must be read to John first, and then Matilda fills in the document according to John's explanation.
John did this mainly to set an example for Matilda. The options for these documents were limited to three choices: "Read", "Approved", and "Not Approved". The purpose was to let her understand the operating system within the territory and lay a solid foundation for future territory management.
Looking at Matilda who was taking notes while listening to the lecture, John felt extremely relieved. Although Matilda was only a half-knowledgeable novice now, if she continued to study hard and go through a few years of internship and observation, she could become an outstanding civil servant.
However, John does not want Matilda to work too much at the moment. On the contrary, she needs more rest this year. After all, if something happens to her during childbirth after overwork, John cannot afford it.
"Okay, your task for today is completed. Now is just the beginning stage. You will become familiar with it by listening and watching more." After giving instructions to Matilda, John lay on the table, as if thinking about something.
John wanted to enhance the impression of Matilda among the residents in the territory. After all, the residents only knew that she was the lord's wife and was not as influential as John. John hoped that Matilda would be able to gain the support of the residents when handling territory affairs in the future.
But now all Matilda can really do is act as a mascot. It would not work if she were asked to manage a department, so a department that is not so important but still can play a role must be established.
"Oh, that's right!" John suddenly thought of something, so he raised his head and began to write something on the paper, causing Matilda next to him to look at the table. After a while, John picked up the completed composition and showed it to Matilda.
"Union of Vulnerable Groups?" Matilda looked up and saw the title on the paper, then asked John:
"What is this responsible for?"
"As the name suggests, it is responsible for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, children, women, and the disabled who cannot live on their own. Your department only needs to wait for the civil servants to give you the addresses of these people, and then take gifts to express condolences. When you have nothing to do, go to schools, hospitals and other public service facilities to praise the hard work of the staff."
"In short, as long as you can do what I said above, it won't take long for you to gain the favor of the residents."
After listening to John's explanation, Matilda gradually understood John's idea. Although this job seemed complicated, through the cooperation of multiple departments, Matilda only needed to do the condolences. It can be said that without spending too much energy, Matilda could gain a lot of reputation among the people.
"Okay, this is what you need to do from now on. If there are no other problems, you can assemble it tomorrow..." John said as he looked at the structural diagram he drew.
Suddenly, John felt as if his left cheek was kissed by a pair of lips. When he turned his head, he was greeted by Matilda's watery purple eyes, followed by Matilda's light pink lips.
While John was in a daze, Matilda ran out of the bedroom with a red face. John touched the place where he had been kissed just now, and murmured:
"It seems to feel pretty good..."
The next morning, after receiving the newspaper, the residents discovered that there was a new organization called "Union of Vulnerable Groups" in the territory. According to the content in the newspaper, this organization is committed to providing welfare to people who cannot live on their own and helping them through difficult times.
For the residents, if the lord really did this, it would indeed be a good thing. Then they discovered that the president of this federation was Matilda. For a moment, the residents all admired the beauty and gentleness of the lord's wife.
As residents marveled at their design, John and Matilda were working on designing a badge for the department.
According to John's previous design method, except for special knight orders, the emblems of other departments are based on the black eagle, and then different decorative emblems are added to complete the work.
But after a long time of modification, John found that no matter how he added, the Black Hawk seemed to have nothing to do with the disadvantaged groups, and the image of the Black Hawk might scare children to tears, not to mention being a representative of the disadvantaged groups.
Looking at the pile of waste manuscripts on the table, Matilda flipped through a few and said to John:
"Since the Black Hawk doesn't work, let's use another one as the main body."
"That's what I said, but what should I change it to?" John looked out the window, and countless logos appeared in his mind, but he just couldn't choose a representative one. Because everyone has been accustomed to the Black Hawk logo for so many years, the sudden appearance of something else might make it difficult for everyone to have a deeper memory of this department.
"You can find a black animal that looks similar to an eagle. It should also be cute and fun so that children will like it." Matilda suggested.
Before he finished speaking, a picture emerged in John's mind. It was when he first came to Franche-Comté. After physically criticizing the cultists, he began to design his own family emblem. As a result, due to his poor drawing skills, the black eagle looked like a black duck.
"I got it!" John had an idea in his mind, and then he started drawing on the paper. As John outlined, a little duck standing upright with its wings stretched out suddenly appeared on the paper.
"That's it. The fluffy black duck will surely be loved by children." John looked at the draft in front of him and immediately decided that the black duck would become the department's logo.
Afterwards, John ordered people to make a flag, just like his family emblem of a black eagle on a white background, but this time it had a white background with a black duck, which looked a little funny no matter how you looked at it.
John then attended the founding ceremony of the Federation with a flag, and in front of the people of Earl's Castle, he pardoned a little black duck bought from the vegetable market. From then on, the Hohenzollern family had another pet duck. John also gave it a down-to-earth name - Coal Ball, and appointed it as the image ambassador of the Federation.
With the appearance of this silly and cute little duck, the Federation became famous overnight, and more and more people knew the significance of the Federation and sincerely thanked John and Lady Matilda for their great kindness.
As time passed, a month passed in the blink of an eye, the operation of the federation was on track, and John returned to the table to handle other matters.
"Gah!"
At this moment, a childish creaking sound suddenly came from the door. John knew without thinking that it was the coal briquettes in his home. He put down his work, looked outside the door, clapped his hands and said:
"Coal, come to me."
At John's call, Coal Ball, wearing a fart bag, squeezed in through the crack of the door. As for why John put a fart bag on Coal Ball, it was because ducks are straightforward. They poop after eating and eat after pooping. Wearing a fart bag makes it easier to take care of hygiene and doesn't take too much time to clean.
However, as Coal Ball's head poked into the door, John's pupils suddenly shrank, because what Coal Ball held in its mouth was a big black rat that was still struggling.