Hobart exchanged 100 gold pounds for 120 Gold Lire at the bank. He first obtained ten banknotes each in denominations of 1, 2, and 5 Gold Lire, then exchanged some for Silver Suo banknotes and coins, as well as Copper Lire banknotes and coins.
Back in Backlund, the coin compartment in Hobart's wallet had long remained empty. Now, he filled it completely.
At present, the gold pound of Loen was a strong currency on the Northern Continent. This had much to do with Loen's industrial output, which was nearly equal to the combined total of the other three countries.
Thus, exchanging gold pounds for Gold Lire carried a fee of only two ten-thousandths, while exchanging Gold Lire for gold pounds incurred a fee of five thousandths.
He took a rental carriage again and headed to Count Christine's estate. Only then did Hobart realize that Christine's residence was actually not far from his in a straight line.
Their estates were located in Huanna District, the equivalent of Backlund's Queens. Most of Feneport City's nobles lived here.
With Doffis handling matters, things truly were different. More than a dozen male servants and female servants were already cleaning Count Christine's estate inside and out.
Several chefs and kitchen helpers, along with two gardeners and two Coachmen, had also begun work. Doffis, meanwhile, had changed into a butler's attire and become the butler of the count's estate.
After chatting briefly with Doffis, who was overseeing the work, Hobart learned that Doffis had also hired a butler, three male servants, three female servants, a chef, a kitchen helper, a coachman, and a gardener for him.
Finally, Doffis said, "If you need anything else, you can have your butler hire more people.
"For a baron in Feneport, the standard is no more than twenty servants. I