The Death Knight of the Secret World

Chapter 71 0071. The guests are coming
"The most dazzling gem in Backlund?" Ms. Sura was a little surprised. When did this rumor spread?

You must know that if noble girls do not formally enter social occasions under the guidance of older female nobles, they will generally not show up in public.

Therefore, there is no one in the Loen Kingdom who is idle and bored to praise the beauty of an underage girl, and there are no good people to make boring gimmicks such as beauty rankings.

Ruen's atmosphere is relatively conservative, which probably means—to maintain enough respect for unmarried women.But for married people, you can make some harmless little jokes.

Especially those [famous ladies] who are active in social circles at all levels, even if you spread their scandals, they will not care about them, and they will even actively cooperate.

A rough comparison is that real aristocratic women are similar to those noble ladies in ancient China. Whoever dares to gossip before they are married will not only be criticized morally, but will even be held criminally responsible.

And what about the ladies in the social circle?It's similar to those female stars, they need enough exposure, and they don't care much about their reputation and reputation.Sometimes they will deliberately rub the heat and make scandals on their own initiative.

In short, it's just a sentence, for a decent girl, who will rank the beauty list?
The traverser Beomi didn't have the concept of being a native Loenian, so she naturally mentioned the title Miss Justice won later.

But such words, to the ears of Ms. Su La, a noble woman who does not give up her eyebrows, are a bit...not dignified enough.

According to the traditional concepts of normal Loen people, when Beomi said that about Miss Justice, it was a bit... flirty.

Although it's not to the point of directly talking about a certain woman [I heard she's quite hot].But it's rude to comment on the daughter of an earl's family like this.

Therefore, Ms. Sura took a deep look at Beomy with some doubts, and she had an intuition: Beomy is very familiar with this Miss Hall!
Although she didn't know how Beomi, a little guy who had been in the slums for two or three years, knew the daughter of Earl Hall's family.

But she just felt that way!
Earl Hall is a traditional aristocrat, that is, the kind of great noble family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.The Hall family existed hundreds of years ago as the great nobles in the east of the Loen Kingdom, and it has been passed down to this generation of Earl Hall. On the contrary, they began to take advantage of the wave of the industrial revolution in these years and wanted to go further.

From the time of the grandfather of the current Earl of Hall, the Hall family has been involved in the banking business of Backlund, the capital of Loen, and several cities in the east of Loen.

The specific operation is to lend money to factory owners who need money, and then charge lower interest rates. In addition to the traditional usury model, it has opened up a relatively moderate profit growth point.

It is different from the traditional way of usury lending to landless peasants or bankrupt handicraftsmen, and finally annexing their industries.

Because Russell Gustav discovered a new waterway, about 100 years ago, the age of great exploration came.Although the decades after Roselle's death were all negotiations at the national level, the concrete manifestation was that the three kingdoms of Intis and Fenebotruen continued to harass the Southern Continent in three ways.

The former leader of the Southern Continent, the unified Balam Empire, split into East Balam and West Balam after the death of Emperor Hades.

However, East Balam and West Balam have been in war and have not formed effective resistance in the face of the harassment of the three powerful countries in the Northern Continent. As a result, they lost a considerable part of their coastal territories and became colonies of the three Northern Continent countries.

After spending decades, the three major powers finally took root in the Southern Continent, and then private capital began to enter the market.

However, private capital, except for the great aristocrats, did not have sufficient financial resources to develop the colony, so the banking industry in the North Continent ushered in a period of rapid development.

The great aristocrats established banks one after another, and provided loans to non-governmental organizations, allowing them to have funds to develop the colonies in the southern continent.

The Hall family took this free ride, and in just three generations, they developed into the top bankers in Loen's domestic rankings.

And in the era of the current Earl of Hall, the colonies in the southern continent began to feed back a large amount of resources, so Loen's domestic industry and commerce ushered in a big explosion.

With his superhuman strategic vision, the current Earl of Hall gave up a considerable part of the colonial investment and turned to domestic industrial incubation.

As it turned out, his choices were forward-looking.Nearly a hundred years after the death of Emperor Roselle, the industrial revolution exploded with astonishing vitality, and various factories began to grow wildly like mushrooms after rain.

And Hall Bank, which chose to lend money to the factory owners, became the number one banker in Loen's country with the help of the factory owners' efforts.

Colonial development is similar to the primary industry, with huge investment, but the return period of funds is long and the risk is huge.

However, the processing industry of factory owners belongs to the secondary industry, and the return cycle of funds is relatively short. If the bet is right, an investment cycle can even be completed within three years.

With this short-term approach, the Hall family has left behind those banks of the same period.

Now Backlund has more than one-third of the factory owners, all of whom are customers of Hall Bank.Therefore, the Hall family is really rich and powerful.The cash flow on hand is in the millions of pounds. If you count the net worth... The Hall family probably has tens of millions of pounds.

This kind of size allowed Earl Hall to obtain certain privileges in the circle of factory owners, and the feedback of this privilege made Earl Hall one of the most influential nobles in Loen.

Unlike other big nobles who rely on the royal family, the military, and the church, the Hall family relies purely on gold pounds, and with sufficient cash flow, they can beat all dissatisfied.

In fact, Earl Hall and the most powerful Duke Downing in Loen had reached some kind of alliance. One provided funds, and the other used policies to drive the factory owners to work for them.

Therefore, there is a realistic basis for Miss Justice to become a marriage partner that several princes would like to marry in the future.

If any prince can marry the daughter of the big banker, it will be difficult to secure the throne.

Earl Hall's current social status may not be as good as that of the Earl of Birmingham, who used to be in power, but in terms of influence, he is already somewhat close.

So, after briefly greeting Viscount Beckman, the popular spicy chicken, the big banker came over, said hello to Ms. Sura and Mr. Mayor, and sat down on the sofa next to him.

Then, Beomi found that she was next to the [high-end bureau] in the men's guest room.

The few people around me are either rich, powerful, or high enough in status.

Several big bosses sat and chatted together, and those who were not of sufficient status felt a little inferior if they wanted to join them, so they had to find a place to sit next to the big bosses.

However, this clear-cut situation didn't last long, and after a while, a big boss from the Church of Storms came over.

This is an archbishop. The Church of the Storm has a rotation system. Even in a capital like Backlund, the head of the church is constantly rotating.

The Archbishop didn't come alone, he was followed by two boys, one of whom Beomi still knew was Kurt Walter.

Mr. Beckman and the archbishop are actually acquaintances, because the archbishop once took a rotation to Jianhai County, and Mr. Beckman has stayed in Jianhai County for nearly ten years, so the two have a good personal relationship.

After the representatives of the Church of Storms came, so did the representatives of the Church of Steam, and three people from the Church of Steam came, besides the archbishop, there were also two boys, one of them even had a mechanical arm... just a bit long Ugly, not as good-looking as Bucky the Winter Soldier, which makes Beomi a little disappointed!
The three churches seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding. Within 2 minutes after the Church of Storm and Steam came, people from the Church of the Evernight Goddess also came.But there are not many people, only two.

Viscount Beckman was very enthusiastic about the members of the Church of Storms and Church of Steam, but when it came to the Church of Evernight, the look on his face was a bit perfunctory.Just a simple nod to pay tribute is over, not enthusiastic at all...

The two representatives of the Church of Evernight didn't seem surprised by this, and after congratulating Viscount Beckman as usual, they found a corner and sat down.

Beomi can clearly feel that there is something going on here, but he is just a soft-spoken minion now, and he is not qualified to speak at all.

At the same time, he also understands that even if there is something wrong with it, it is not something he, a sweeper, can intervene...

Well, why don't you ask Allen in private?
Not long after the three churches had arrived, Count Louis, the finale guest tonight, finally stepped on his feet.

As a representative of the royal family, Earl Louis was very imposing, and everyone in the hall stood up to welcome him.

Especially Romeo Beckman, the eldest brother of the Beckman family, directly imitated Beomi's appearance just now, and followed behind the royal earl like a minion.

Well, this Count Louis is also the boss of the eldest brother of the Bei family, directly under the boss.

Everyone present expressed their understanding of the behavior of the eldest brother of the Bei family. After all, the Viscount Beckman conferred by His Majesty the King is his father, not him, and the protagonist tonight is also his father.

He now regarded himself as Count Louis' subordinate, and no one could fault him.Mr. Mayor and Earl Hall even looked at each other with a smile, and then nodded, saying that this young man is not bad!
The communication between Earl Louis and Viscount Beckman was very troublesome, because Earl Louis came in a triple capacity.

First of all, it was his cousin, Duke Downing, who didn't arrive, but asked his nephew to bring gifts and congratulations to Viscount Beckman.

Then, Earl Louis congratulated Viscount Beckman and the Beckman family on his own behalf.

Finally, the guests arrived, and the earl announced in public on behalf of the royal family His Majesty the King's canonization of Viscount Beckman.

It probably means: Benny Beckman, a talent cultivated by the Beckman family, is the director of customs in Hai County in the Loen Kingdom (the third in command, and there are bureau chiefs and directors on top). He is loyal to his duties and has outstanding achievements. Much appreciated civil servant.

After a few commendations, he just mentioned that Lord Beckman has made great contributions to the construction of the Loen Kingdom's naval system, so he was promoted to Viscount Beckman and so on.

According to tradition, a mid-level noble such as a viscount must have a fief, so the fief of Viscount Beckman was arranged in a corner of the mountain in West Balam with a name that is difficult to pronounce and that has never been heard of.

This dinner was just a ceremony-like process. The real canonization ceremony was held when Mr. Beckman was in the palace [reporting his duties] after Mr. Beckman was urgently recalled from Jianhai County.

Then, the process was completed and the banquet officially began.

(End of this chapter)