Henry VI smiled and replied: "Well, I must go and congratulate me. After all, the previous neglect of the Norfolk area was more because of Ian's relationship. Now that Scott is in power, we naturally have to get close to Norfolk again."

William de La Pole asked again: "What position does His Majesty plan to give Lord Scott? Duke or Earl?"

Henry VI shook his head: "If the Duke is too prominent, the status is too prominent. Let's give it to the Earl first. If Scott makes great contributions to Lancaster, it will not be too late to give it to the Duke again."

"By the way, if I remember correctly, Scott should be on the battlefield in France at this moment. Why did he suddenly appear in Norfolk? When did he come back?"

William de La Pole was stunned after hearing this: "I don't know this either, but it is correct for Lord Scott to come back at this moment. After all, Norfolk needs the existence of the leader!"

Henry VI waved his hand and said, "Forget it, come back. He is my aunt's only son. You can't let him die in the battlefield in France!"

"Yes, your majesty, you are always so kind..." William de La Pole quickly complimented.

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About a week later, King Henry VI's appointment document was passed to Norfolk, and at this point, Scott finally officially accepted the title of Norfolk.

The Lancaster family also had some other core aristocratic representatives who traveled with King Henry VI. Although they did not have close friends with Scott, this move also demonstrated the status of the Scott family in the Lancaster faction and further revealed to the world the identity of the aristocrats in the Lancaster branch.

Scott welcomed this and held a large-scale celebration.

When the event was completely over and everything in the Norfolk area returned to peace, three weeks had passed.

Early on that day, Scott called Leo closer: "Have the family's debt been paid off? Has our credibility crisis been resolved?"

Leo took the account book and looked at it and replied: "Don't worry, Sir, all the debts have been paid off, and the family's reputation has been established again. However, if you want to restore your previous reputation, it will probably take time."

"It's okay, as long as our reputation is established again." Scott waved his hand and ignored it: "By the way, is there any new news coming from France?"

Leo waved his hand and said, "There is new news, but it's all bad news. It's better if the Lord doesn't listen."

After hearing this, Scott didn't ask again. After all, he knew the trend of history best: "Okay, you go down and rest."

"Yes." Leo bowed and prepared to leave.

Scott suddenly remembered something again and immediately called Leo: "Wait a minute, hurry up and order someone to collect information on production, economic and manpower in Norfolk and report it to me."

"Yes, Sir." Leo nodded and agreed.

After seeing Leo off, Scott reached out to unfold the map of the Norfolk area, and began to think about the situation in the Norfolk area in history.

After all, for Scott, becoming the leader of the Norfolk region is only his first step toward the peak of his life, and there are still many steps to take next.

Scott has not yet made clear plans for the next steps, but one thing he is very clear: if you want to achieve hegemony, you must first have sufficient economic output.

Because only after having sufficient economic output can housing construction, urban planning, military construction, and launch external colonial wars and wars of hegemony.

But how to develop the economy in the Norfolk region? Scott was very troubled.

First of all, England is just a small part of the British Isles. It can be said that the land in China is very small, and the resources to rely on for survival are also very scarce, and the innate natural conditions are relatively poor.

Secondly, the political environment in England is very harsh at this moment. The British and French wars abroad are constantly in chaos, and domestic social unrest, and there are many fiefs of all sizes. The Counts and nobles are intriguing each other. The entire country has not formed a strong centralized government at all, and the entire country has no centripetal force at all. In this case, let alone protecting the economic interests of the English overseas, even the economic interests of the English at home cannot be guaranteed. The domestic and foreign environment can only be described as a word of chaos.

Finally, the Norfolk area is just a small county in the Kingdom of England, and the natural conditions of this small county are even worse than those of other counties.

Geographically, Norfolk is a county located in the eastern part of England, bordering Suffolk to the south, Cambridge to the west and Lincoln to the north, and North Sea to the east and north.

From the geographical perspective, Norfolk is located in a lowland area, and most of its territory is mainly distributed in the Ventham River, Yeer River, Bill River and its basin that injects into the North Sea. The northwest corner is injected into the Us River Basin in Wash Bay. The coastline is 140 kilometers long, with sand dunes and saline beaches on the north bank. There are many swamps in the Yeer and Bill Valleys, and sandy wastelands in the southwest. Coniferous forests grow in many places.

It is difficult to find a wealthy farmland to cultivate in the Norfolk area except for the estuary delta.

Of course, in England, Norfolk's economic model is mainly agricultural economy, but this model has been worked hard by people of all generations.

If Scott was asked to calm down and regulate the fields at this moment, then Scott would not do such a stupid thing. After all, the production conditions are very poor at this moment, and it is difficult to change the natural appearance simply by relying on manpower. Therefore, in this case, it is better to adapt to local conditions.

After carefully studying the map, Scott suddenly discovered that Norfolk, which is small in area and sparse in land, is very suitable for the development of river transportation and navigation trade.

Therefore, the terrain here is low-lying and densely packed with rivers and lakes. As long as the main and branches of some rivers are connected to the lakes by man-made opening and digging, it is possible to quickly build an extremely convenient river transportation commercial road in Norfolk.

At that time, some small ports and marinas will be built between the various fulcrums, and some tolls and supplies will be charged tolls and replenishment fees to the merchants who come and go. In this way, a large amount of economic income will be available.
Chapter completed!