Live Stream: I Am A Lord In Another World - Chapter 99

“Master, everything is here,” the minotaur said as they carried out the last box of treasure.

Richard directly collected the gold coins.

As for the other treasures, they were still being transported back by the centaurs.

Finally, all the treasure was taken away.

“You openly attacked a nobleman of a kingdom like this. What awaits you is the king’s judgment!” Seeing all his property being moved by the minotaurs, Viscount Ide couldn’t help but speak out.

Richard smiled. “Who can prove it? Besides, do you think, in the current situation, anyone would be willing to seek justice for a deceased viscount? Moreover, justice is not on your side.”

With that, Richard took out a stack of papers.

When Viscount Ide saw the stack of papers, his face changed again.

Because, recorded on that stack of paper, were the expenses of building the bandit team he had formed over the past year, as well as the income from robbing households and so on.

Such account books, Viscount Ide had quite a few of them, all hidden in some secret places, but they were all found by Richard’s people.

“It’s a good habit to keep accounts. I wonder how many nobles would come after you if the contents of this were made public?” Richard said.

Viscount Ide’s face completely darkened.

Richard’s words cut into him like knives.

Even if there were no account books, if Richard directly killed him now, no one could prove that Richard killed him, let alone bring justice.

Under the plague of locusts, even the king was at his wits’ end, dealing with increasingly large rebel forces.

Many nobles had been killed.

Even a count had been killed by the rebel forces.

Who would notice if a viscount was killed?

Moreover, Richard still had that account book.

That account book would ruin him, turning him into a public enemy of the nobility.

Especially for those nobles who had been plundered by him.

It must be noted that his bandits had been active for more than a year.

In the past, although his bandits had been relatively restrained, they had still robbed many noble caravans, making many enemies.

Some things had to be done in secret. Once they were brought to light, Viscount Ide would be finished.

“So, I’m just getting rid of a scourge for the people. Alright, why did I even bother telling you so much. Jim?” Richard said, losing interest in continuing the conversation.

Captain Jim waved his hand, and two soldiers with knives approached.

“You can’t kill me. I’m a nobleman. Even if I’m guilty, I can only be judged after a trial…”

“Thud!”

Viscount Ide hadn’t finished his sentence when his voice stopped.

His head fell.

The main force began to return.

About a day later, Richard returned to his own territory.

On Earth, a day’s time, even if driving, could cover one or two thousand kilometers, but here, even riding a horse, one could only travel a few hundred kilometers at most.

The transported goods also gradually returned to his territory.

The harvest from this trip was quite good.

Two troublesome nails were removed, and a substantial amount of gold coins was obtained as well.

Counting the gold coins he had recently obtained through transactions, Richard’s total gold coins had already exceeded seven thousand.

Now, the daily wage expenditure was less than three gold coins.

Seven thousand gold coins were enough for Richard to sustain his expenses for a long time.

He could also further expand the size of his army.

Of course, money from another world was also important. After all, he needed to buy things on the online platform, so although Richard didn’t pay much attention to the netizens in the live broadcast room, he would still select the content of the live broadcast every day. The number of viewers was increasing day by day.

“Lord, this is the content of the first issue of the newspaper. Please take a look,” Marissa, the daughter of Baron Fred, handed over the content of the first issue of the newspaper after Richard returned to his territory.

Richard glanced at it. Marissa had prepared quite a bit of content for the newspaper, with ten pages in total.

Different pages had different content.

The first page was interesting, containing some typical speeches or interpretations of Richard’s ideas, which could enhance his authority.

The second page was for literacy, explaining the writing, reading, and meanings of some characters.

The third and fourth pages covered some recent events in the territory.

The fifth page introduced some outstanding figures in the territory.

The sixth page covered some domestic affairs.

The seventh page introduced some small commodities in the market.

Pages eight to ten contained some interesting stories and poems.

Hmm, the first edition of the newspaper mainly consisted of illustrations with minimal text.

The reason for arranging it this way was because the literacy rate was not high at the moment, and having illustrations as the main focus would allow even illiterate people to understand.

All the illustrations were drawn by Marissa.

Hmm, she could also draw.

Her drawing skills were pretty good.

Marissa was the epitome of a standard noble lady in this world.

Of course, even among the nobility, there weren’t many talented and beautiful girls like her.

From this perspective, although Baron Fred was just a baron, his upbringing was indeed commendable.

Richard even planned to buy her a digital camera from the online platform once she got the hang of it.

The charging issue had been solved, and photos from the digital camera could be transferred to the phone, which was quite convenient.

I wonder what sparks will fly when a digital camera collides with this versatile noble girl~

After taking a look, Richard was quite satisfied. This girl was indeed putting in effort.

“You’ve done well, Marissa,” Richard praised.

Marissa was very happy.

This meant that her work over the past few days had not been in vain!

Richard took photos of these contents with his phone and then found a printing company on the online platform to have them printed.

Five thousand copies were printed for the first time.

Printing newspapers on the online platform wasn’t expensive.

Even if it was ten pages, printing five thousand copies of the newspaper would only cost a few thousand yuan.

In fact, if it was printing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of copies, the price per copy could be controlled to just a few cents.

Of course, Richard didn’t need such a large quantity yet.

Such a large quantity would only be needed if there were tens of thousands or even millions of people in Richard’s territory.

The matter of the newspaper was settled.

Richard also chatted briefly with Marissa and gave her some guidance.

Then he completely handed over this matter to Marissa.

And the operation of the entire city was orderly.

After the revenge, Fred plunged himself into busy work every day, fulfilling his duties diligently.

As he was a nobleman and also of older age, many matters could be handled effectively when he intervened, which helped to maintain order.

So Richard delegated a lot of tasks to him.

And in the days when Richard was away, there were still a large number of caravans coming.

The news of Richard defeating the bandits had spread completely.

Richard’s reputation began to spread, letting more merchants know about him.

As more than ten large bandit groups in the vicinity were defeated, the area became much safer, resulting in many caravans arriving in Richard’s territory in recent days.

In these caravans, there began to appear caravans formed by other nobles.

Some nobles, upon learning that Richard had a large amount of grain, began to send people and horses to purchase from his territory.

Richard entrusted the recent trades to Fred.

He left plenty of potatoes in the warehouse, as well as goods such as ceramics, glass cups, mirrors, and so on.

Then Richard established procedures for the release of these goods, ensuring that all goods released from the warehouse could be traced.

The current trading volume wasn’t large, so it was a good opportunity to train the manpower.

Two days later, the first batch of newspapers arrived.

On the day the newspapers arrived, Richard sent people to distribute them.

The appearance of the newspaper caused quite a stir in Richard’s territory.

The people in this world were seeing newspapers for the first time.

Although most people couldn’t read, there were more and more people actively learning to read in Richard’s territory now. Some people could already recognize dozens or even hundreds of characters.

Moreover, since these newspapers were mainly illustrated, some people could also understand the general meaning…

With the emergence of newspaper readers, Richard’s publications instantly gained immense popularity.

Hmm, the earlier issues of the newspaper were naturally free.

Once people got used to reading them, Richard would start charging. Of course, the price wouldn’t be too high, at most one copper coin per copy.

The interval between newspaper issues was generally three to five days, with about six to ten issues per month. The frequency wouldn’t be too high either.

The merchants who came for trade couldn’t help but spend money to buy several copies from Richard.

It was said that many people spent half the night reading the newspaper.

Especially the stories in the last three sections were very engaging, and some children even pestered adults to tell them those stories.

Entertainment means were lacking in this world. The appearance of newspapers made ordinary people feel extremely novel and added another way of entertainment.

Naturally, it became very popular!

Meanwhile, on the third day after the newspaper’s appearance, with the efforts of thousands of captives and Richard’s dispatched personnel, the hydroelectric power station was nearing completion.

Richard personally stayed at the hydroelectric power station these days and installed the water turbine generators purchased from the online platform.

The water turbine generators were not light.

Richard bought medium-sized ones, and not just one, but several.

Without large machinery, installation wouldn’t have been so easy.

However…

Minotaurs could solve everything.

Two minotaurs easily handled the process of transportation and installation.

【The minotaur brothers are still mighty.】

【Human-powered crane.】

【Host, what is the power of your water turbine generator? I suggest you raise the dam a bit and build another one below, then buy a water pump. This way, during the dry season, water can be used sequentially. When there’s no one using electricity, use the excess electricity to pump water up, and when electricity usage is high at night, let the water flow down again for power generation.】

【…】

In the live broadcast room, the process of installing the generator attracted quite a few “professionals.”

The entire installation process took quite some time.

In the afternoon, finally, all the water turbine generators were installed.

And in the city, some specialized substations were also completed.

“Start the test run.”

Richard conducted the trial run overnight.

With his command, a soldier above opened the floodgate and released the water.

The water flowed down after a drop of over a hundred meters, driving the water turbine into motion.

Once the water turbine was operational, electricity began to generate continuously.

The principle of the generator wasn’t complicated: water drove the turbine, causing it to rotate. Through electromagnetic induction, i.e., cutting coils through magnetic fields, electricity was generated.

Of course, besides the water turbine, a power station also required some auxiliary equipment, all of which Richard bought online.

The price wasn’t cheap. Richard spent millions on this small-scale power station. However, he considered it worthwhile.

In this world devoid of any industrial foundation, being able to produce electricity was worth every penny of the millions spent.

“It’s lit! It’s lit!” After the generator had been running for a while, in Richard’s castle, Miwei and some fox girls saw one of the lights in the castle turn on.

“Turn on all the lights,” Richard said through the intercom.

The distance between the hydroelectric power station and the castle wasn’t short. However, soldiers stationed at intervals between the power station and the castle, holding intercoms, acted as relays, passing on the command layer by layer.

Miwei and the fox girls began to walk to various parts of the castle, turning on switches one by one.

Suddenly, Richard’s entire castle lit up brightly!

“Wow, it’s so beautiful!” When all the lights in the castle came on, Miwei and the fox girls exclaimed.

In the city square, many residents of the territory also came out and watched the light show at Richard’s castle.

There, the castle was now brightly lit, with lights of different colors, making it look like a fairy palace!