Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 42 Ston, Pompeii

Seeing the confidence on his face, the eldest son left with high spirits.Old Sol looked at his wife in a blink of an eye and asked, "This son is more promising than me."

Madam Sophie nodded with a smile, with pride in her eyes.

"My son is very capable."

Immediately, Madam Sophie got up and said, "I'm going to recruit workers to expand the winery." Speaking of this, Madam Sophie felt a little headache again.

"It's just that there are farming cattle now, and the farmers are very enthusiastic about farming. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to recruit them to come to the winery to make wine."

"Let's raise the wages of the workers." Old Sol said with a smile.

Madam Sophie gave old Sol a blank look, if only things were that simple.Immediately, Madam Sophie twisted her slender waist and left the study to get busy.

Old Sol watched the back of his wife leaving, his eyes a little intoxicated.

After all these years, she is still in good shape.

Old Sol thought to himself.Soon old Sol calmed down and began to think about how to recruit wandering knights.

The other way, old Saul only needs to write a letter.

For example, the exiled members of the five major families, as well as the exiled members of the Iron Horse family, there are always people who are unhappy outside and want a stable job.

Old Sol only needs to write to these family leaders, find Magellan, and let them find someone themselves.

I believe they are also happy to help those living outside the tribe.

But for Pompey's house, old Saul had to write the letter himself.

As the lord of Pompeii and the leader of the Pompeii family, Old Sol still has a lot of affection for his people.

To recruit the exiled clansmen, Ston and Pompeii are the top priority.Because of Ston, Pompey was not only a mid-level knight, but also a mercenary.

The world is very chaotic.

Even though the Kingdom of Prussia is still relatively stable at present, there are also rebellious parties. There are bandits and thieves entrenched in remote places, as well as some monsters and cannibals.

So a profession, mercenary, was born.

The duty of the mercenary is to protect the merchants and travelers from these dangers.Even the king, or the lord, will recruit some large mercenary regiments to make plans to wipe out some bandit forces, monsters, and even giant dragons.

All in all, mercenaries are an important part of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Prussia, and even the world.

"Dear Cousin Ston."

Old Sol made a draft in his heart, then picked up the pen and began to write quickly.

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The Kingdom of Prussia, a typical kingdom of human knights on the continent, is located at the southern tip of the continent.The territory of the Pompeii family is even the southern tip of the southern tip of the Kingdom of Prussia.

In fact, although the Pompeii family is said to be the smallest real noble, it is actually not in a certain sense.

Because the composition of the Kingdom of Prussia is such that the king is the well-deserved supreme ruler and owns a large area of ​​territory in the entire Kingdom of Prussia as the king's private land.

In this private land, there are many court nobles serving the king.The other part of the power is the king's vassals, that is, those nobles with titles on the ground.

Those like Baron Barton are the real nobles on the ground.The Pompeii family, in fact, is just a vassal of vassals, belonging to the lower ranks of the nobility.

And these field nobles, or court nobles, are divided into five ranks.

They are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.

But one thing to note is that although in official status, the Duke is higher than the Marquis, and so on, the Viscount is higher than the Baron.

But in aristocratic circles, not necessarily.

And the Marquis is not under the Duke, nor is the Baron under the Viscount.Whether it is a duke, baron, or viscount, they have only one subordinate, and that is the same status as the Pompeii family, the field knight lord.

Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons have no affiliation. They are all vassals of the king.

In the aristocratic circle, an earl with a noble and ancient blood is more popular than a duke who has just risen up and has no background.

An earl with huge power is not even as popular as an old baron.

This is a bloodline, family first rule.

Take the province of Orange, where Pompey's family is located, as an example. There are twenty or thirty nobles in the province, all of whom are vassals of the king.

There are titles ranging from duke to baronet.

But the ruler of Orange is an earl.This family is called the Libyan family, and the leader is the Earl of Libya.

The full name is the ruler of Orange, the leader of the Libyan family, the earl, the great knight, and Your Excellency Libya.

The bloodline of this family, the direct ancestors were the eight nobles under the command of the first king of Prussia, Mixiu, and their bloodlines were extremely noble.

Compared with some new Dukes, the Marquis is obviously welcomed by the aristocratic circle.Although Orange has more power than the Libyan family, the ruler of Orange is the Earl of Libya every generation.

If Orange is compared to a tribal alliance or a city-state organization, then Libya is the leader elected by the city-state.

The Libyan family's stronghold, the Golden City, is also one of the largest cities in Orange.It is located on the plain, and the north is a natural barrier, with mountains stretching for hundreds of miles.

It prospered by guarding a large commercial route leading to the hinterland of the kingdom.

The largest mercenary regiment in the entire Orange Province has its headquarters or branches here.Among them, the headquarters of the Saber-Toothed Tiger Mercenary Group was set up in the Golden City.

And the collateral clan of Pompey's family, Ston, Pompeii is an intermediate knight under the saber-toothed tiger mercenary regiment, a knight with very strong fighting ability.

In addition to the headquarters in the Golden City, the Saber-Toothed Tiger Mercenary Group also has a large camp outside the city.A paramilitary mercenary group with a large camp outside the Golden City.

The saber-toothed tiger mercenary group paid a huge price to the Libyan family.

And if something happens to the Golden City, the Saber-Toothed Tiger Mercenary Group is also obliged to help the Golden City defend.

For example, if a hovering giant dragon appeared on the Golden City that day, then the Saber-toothed Tiger Mercenary Group would have to bite the bullet.

At this moment, the knight of the Pompey family, Ston, Pompey was sitting in a tent, sitting on a chair, leaning against the back of the chair, with one leg on the ground and the other on the table in front of him.

Wearing a Prussian-style black round hat on his head, he looks very leisurely.

His face was obscured by the hat, but judging from his physique, he was a strong and tall man.

"Father, I have your letter." A little girl ran in from outside, waving an envelope excitedly.

She was born extremely cute, with a snow-white complexion, as white as real snow.The eyes are big and watery.

Wearing a pink dress, she looks like a little loli walking out of a painting.

"Who will send me a letter?" Ston, Pompeii took off his hat, revealing the cheek of a middle-aged man. This face is not very handsome, but it has cold and hard lines. It looks very tough.

It's just that there was an incongruous smile on his face, which ruined this tough guy feeling.

Pompeii shrugged his shoulders, hugged his daughter, and kissed her daughter's little cheek, causing little Lori to twist her body and refuse.

"Beard pierces people, pierces people."

Little Loli struggled to get down and ran away.

"Hahaha." Ston and Pompeii laughed loudly, looking at the figure of their daughter running away, deep love flashed in their eyes.

His father was old Sol's uncle, and because he was his younger brother, he did not inherit the Pompeii collar.I can only be a descendant of aristocrats and live outside.

Despite having the strength of an intermediate knight, the life of a mercenary is still precarious.

He had a wife, but died of illness, leaving behind this daughter.For life, Stone has nothing to look forward to. The only person he still cares about is his daughter.

Ston sat down on the chair, opened the letter and read it.

"Dear Cousin Ston...."

Stone, Pompeii narrowed his eyes.

"It's that old Sol guy."

(End of this chapter)