Starting Today I'll Work As A City Lord

Two days have passed since the allegiance of Ben's family. Today was the day of the interview and conscription.

In the past two days, many changes have taken place in the castle. The entire castle was well organized by the Ben family.

Lucas's castle was divided into 3 parts. Front, middle, and back courtyard. The front courtyard was where the servants or guards lived. Ben and his sons lived in the front courtyard. They refused to go to the back courtyard no matter what.

They also helped Lucas to set a rule that with the exception of Lucas, only women could go into the back courtyard.

The middle courtyard was the place for discussions and accepting guests. Lucas's study room was also in this courtyard and it was also the most guarded place.

The back courtyard was the place where Lucas slept. There was also a garden. The back courtyard only had Lucas, Mina, Nicole and a few newly recruited maids. They were the only people who could go in and out of the back courtyard.

Aiden was now Lucas's butler, managing the castle's safety and stuff.

May was the castle's female manager. After Lucas taught her a bunch of dishes from Earth. The kitchen became May's favorite place to stay in.

Nicole became the head maid. She personally serviced Lucas. Her eyes were full of tears when Lucas refused to sleep with her, which made Lucas helpless.(You know what it means.)

The Ben brothers became Lucas's knights. They were in charge of patrolling the castle and when they weren't doing so, they were training.

Max and 2 other people became the 3 clerks of the castle. They dealt with taxes and criminal disputes.

Sedona City's administration finally standardized after two days which made Lucas breathe a sigh of relief.

In the study room Lucas stood at the side of the window silently looking at the people below in the city.

"Young master, I'm afraid there won't be many people if we choose according to your requirements," Ben said while standing in front of the table. After he finished speaking, he scanned the study room. It could be said that this study room was the most luxurious study room he had ever seen.

On the wall, there was a black and white painting and on it were 8 majestic large horses and some weird words. Next to the table, there was a water-tank like item that was made of ceramic and rolls of calligraphy were on top of it. There were bottles of crystal glass filled with drinks on top of the bookshelf. Even the palace might not be so luxurious.

If there was someone from Earth here, he would definitely say that this was the decoration of a CEO's office.

Lucas turned around and looked at the organized office. His feeling was extremely refreshed except for a certain catgirl sitting on his table and chewing on her food.

He helplessly knocked on Mina's head. "You just had to sit on my table even though there are chairs to sit on."

"Also, I've said it many times before, Uncle Ben, you can directly call my name," Lucas said helplessly.

"Young master, you're now a noble. Some etiquette must be met or you'll become a laughing stock," Ben stubbornly said. "Also, some etiquette was made by you. Etiquette cannot be broken, this is a rule of every noble."

Mina continuously nodded at Ben's words and said seriously, "Young master, we are all your spokesperson right now. We must keep some etiquette."

Everyone in the castle now called Lucas young master and Mina wasn't an exception.

However Lucas looked at the catgirl whose mouth was full of food and was sitting at the table. He did not see one bit of the etiquette that she had mentioned.

"Alright!" Lucas was helpless and sat on the chair with the wolf skin. "It doesn't matter if we don't have too many recruits, what I want are elite soldiers, preferably on Aiden's level."

"Young master, you're being unrealistic." Ben rolled his eyes. Ben had strictly trained all of his boys since they were young and all of them can fight 10 people at once.

"I want people with a strong body, so we can form our military strength quickly. I would rather lack quantity than quality." What Lucas wanted were elite soldiers and strong generals. Besides, if there were too many people, it would be hard to feed them.

Ben shook his head. He had seen Lucas's planning book two days ago. He had even done some things by himself. He thought that it would be good if even 50 people managed to pass.

"Young master, we can't defend Sedona City if there are too few people," Ben reminded.

"Ha…" Lucas raised the corner of his mouth and smiled lightly. "Who said that we're defending the city?"

"Ah? We're not defending the city? Are we going to attack?" Ben and Mina were both stunned.

"Don't overthink, you'll know when the time comes. Now go down and pick people," Lucas smiled mysteriously and walked out.

Mina followed him with the pig's trotter dangling from her mouth. Leaving behind Ben, who was frowning. Ben followed after a while.

When they came out of the castle, they saw Ben's sons shouting, "Today, Lord Lucas is recruiting soldiers to guard Sedona City. Anyone that can pass the assessment can eat meat everyday. Large pieces of meat."

Jack and Henry came over while carrying a dead wild boar as soon as the words fell. It was used as a chip to bait people into recruitment.

Tony lit a fire at the side and grilled the wild boar on top of the fire. May was on the side, adding seasonings and spices according to the method Lucas taught.

After a while, the rich fragrance of meat spread, causing the surrounding people's eyes to shine brightly and breathe faster.

The price of meat in Sedona City was about a dozen copper coins for 1 kg and it could be said that some people hadn't eaten meat for a few years already.

And now, there was a big fat boar in front of them. If it wasn't for Tony and the others holding a sword at the side. They would probably have rushed up and robbed the meat.