first wizarding world war.

Chapter 229 Rumors from Hometown
Although Charlotte's position was not the highest, he controlled the Knights of Favonius, and the Knights of the Silver Pigeon Castle also obeyed his orders. He also represented Krel. These local nobles of Mostar Castle were still quite obedient. The reputation he won in a series of battles also played a crucial role in this.

Charlotte said with a smile to this group of local nobles, "Unfortunately, Duke Joseph died in the Southern Seraf Territory. It is a loss for every one of us to lose such an outstanding leader."

"only……"

"Mostar is the city of all Mostar citizens, and the wealth of this city should belong to every Mostar citizen."

The tone of this sentence was very clever, and almost all the people in Mostar Castle's eyes lit up. Sure enough, Charlotte then said: "I have decided to divide the wealth left by the Duke equally among everyone."

This sentence resonated with the nobles, and some even cheered quietly.

Charlotte smiled and said, "But Mostar Castle is a big city with a population of more than 100,000, or even more. It is impossible to distribute it directly to everyone. This requires the nobles to take responsibility."

These words made every noble's heart tremble. They were extremely grateful to Charlotte for her wisdom. These words sounded like the wisest king, and they struck every noble's heart.

Charlotte then turned around slightly and said, "This matter only requires three standards: fairness, fairness, and fairness."

"However, many things cannot be divided equally or cut, such as this Duke's Mansion! So I have a small request, which is to hold an auction starting from the Duke's Mansion, and the cash obtained from each auction will be divided equally among every noble present."

"What do you think?"

The people of Mostar cheered in unison and strongly supported this decision. They had been blinded by the huge benefits and simply forgot to question it.

Charlotte immediately started the first auction and specially named it: Mostar Fort War Tax Collection.

Before the auction started, he announced publicly that he would never touch any of the cash raised from the auction, and asked the nobles of Mostar Castle to elect 18 of the most respected people to jointly oversee this huge amount of money.

This announcement gave the nobles peace of mind, and they quickly nominated 18 nobles with their own private knights to be responsible for guarding such a large sum of cash.

The first item was auctioned very smoothly. The Duke's mansion was very popular among the nobles of Mostar Castle, especially because some people thought that the money from the auction would be shared among everyone and it must not be sold at a low price to benefit some grandson. So almost everyone tried to "hold the price" regardless of whether they wanted to buy it or not.

In the end, the Duke's mansion was auctioned for a whopping price of 63,000 ecu.

Charlotte had mortgaged the Château d'Argent for tens of thousands of écu and dumped the debt on Baron Faberet. At that time, he felt that he was very black-hearted and that the Château d'Argent was definitely not worth that price. A house of the same size in Strasbourg would only cost tens of thousands of écu. How could the Baron's mansion in the Château d'Argent be sold at the same price as a house in the capital?

He never expected that the Duke's mansion could be auctioned for such an outrageous price.

When the first payment of "Mostar Fort War Tax" from the auction of the Duke's Mansion was received, the diary indeed conveyed a thought: the progress of the maze-making of Mostar Fort was (1/18).

As the top nobles in the empire, the two dukes certainly had more than one house. Charlotte took out all of these houses and sold them one by one. It was the first time for him to experience that the maze-making process was advancing at a rapid pace.

After he sold a house in the east of the city, the maze-making progress of Mostar Castle was (18/18), and the maze-making was completed.

The diary then sent out a thought: Charlotte Mecklen has obtained the temporary rulership of Mostar Castle, and has performed tax collection duties, meeting the requirements for the seventh maze. Mostar Castle is about to start the second maze. Please complete the eighteen taxes. During this period, you are not allowed to leave this place. Charlotte then began to auction the manors, shops, and collections of the two dukes...

He quickly completed the second maze of Mostar Fortress and obtained three passages, leading to Machupi, Silver Pigeon Castle, and Cappadocia.

To Charlotte's surprise, the diary did not hint at the third maze. Although he knew that this thing was very "random", he still felt a little disappointed.

After completing this "big auction", Charlotte announced that he would leave the rest of the matters to the local nobles of Mostar Castle and that he would never interfere. In order to show enough "honesty", he did not even stay in Mostar Castle, but took the Knights of Favonius and the Knights of the Silver Pigeon Castle away to gather the other two knightly orders.

As soon as Charlotte left, the whole of Mostar Castle became lively...

For Charlotte, this was just a small surprise. Being able to complete the maze twice was already a gain. As for the rest of the gains...

Well, don't worry for now.

Of the three knightly orders that escaped back from the territory of South Seraf, except for the Mostar Castle Order, the other two belonged to two barons. Fortunately, these two barons survived. Although they suffered heavy losses, they at least saved their lives.

They also received a letter from Strasbourg asking them to assist Krel in attacking South Seraf again, but how could these two barons be willing to put their last fortune on the line?
They all retreated to their own territories and even formed an alliance to fight against Krel.

However, they did not expect that Claire looked down on their pitiful hundreds of soldiers and did not come over at all. Instead, Charlotte led the Knights of Favonius and the Knights of Silver Pigeon Castle to attack them in a mighty force.

In order to "avoid suspicion", Charlotte did not stay with anyone in Mostar Castle and left cleanly with a clear conscience.

When they were almost at their destination, Charlotte suggested to Anastasia that she go to Seagull City and let her go to Odeshan City.

Anastasia gladly obeyed and indeed led the Maple Leaf Knights to the mountain city of Ode.

Seagull City is the third largest city in the Principality of Behemoth and Charlotte's hometown. He has had countless "romantic affairs" in Seagull City, such as a certain Baroness who is charming, seductive, and a little older, but mature, charming, and passionate, and the Baroness's lively and youthful daughter...

In addition to these, there are also many "old acquaintances".

Well, for example...

Well, for example...

Well, for example...

Charlotte was worried that Anastasia would hear some unpleasant "rumors" in Seagull City.

As far as he knew, there were quite a lot of "rumors" about Mr. Charlotte Mecklen in this small hometown.

(End of this chapter)