From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 29 Traffic and Dominance (for further reading)
After the palace envoy left, Kailinman called Ryan into the room, and said seriously: "Lei, there is something I must tell you. Before you came back, three noble ladies had expressed their desire to marry to me. I want to hear Listen to your opinion.

After all, your father was already a father when you were your age.Your title has not been determined before, so I have not dared to agree, but now I can start thinking about it. "

Ryan frowned, saying that marriage is a tomb. He didn't want to talk about marriage so soon, but he didn't expect the legendary marriage urging to come so soon.

In this world, the marriage of nobles often cannot be done according to personal will and preferences. Marriage is nothing more than the exchange of interests between two families.

For example, his father and mother were also the product of marriage, and Ryan's maternal grandfather was a wealthy businessman, and they brought the most powerful financial support to the development of the Black family.

As for Ryan, as the only male in his family, it is necessary to marry a wife and have children. The object of the marriage may be a noble lady, or the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

In short, there is a high probability that it will not be Ryan's own choice.

Of course, he can also choose his true love arbitrarily, after all, he is the boss now, he has the final say.

Ryan's brain turned sharply, and he said in a hurry: "My lord mother said that this is what I should do for the continuation of the family.

But, as you know, my territory is divided into the southern border, and that is the focus of future development. I think we should settle down there before thinking about it. "

"What you said makes sense. After arriving in the southern border, I will definitely find you a beautiful and capable noble lady, so that you can match the current status of the family." Kailinman smiled happily, and was quickly persuaded by Ryan .

"Of course you have to be capable, and you can't do what I'm going to do when I marry you back." Ryan muttered to himself.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, there is no mother. I just want to say that we are going to leave for the capital in just a few days. Would you like to witness this moment together?" Ryan came back to his senses and immediately changed the topic.

"Of course." Kailinman readily agreed, her family was just a low-status merchant, but now, her son is going to crack the soil and become a knight!

She naturally had to witness such a glorious moment with her own eyes, after all, she also had a little vanity.

Soon, under Ryan's instruction, the old butler Deman immediately began to prepare. In his opinion, his master will soon be a baron. Naturally, this trip should not be shabby, otherwise he would lose face.

So after asking Ryan for instructions, he bought a few luxurious carriages overnight. Ryan didn't know how much he spent, but the housekeeper and mother must have spent a lot of money.

Immediately felt a little heartache, grandma, he still has to support such a large group of people, even if he has money, he can't make it like this.

After everything was handled properly, Ryan, Allen, Drey, Amy, Susan, Kailinman, Deman, ten guards, and six servants set off in a mighty way.

Ryan sat on the cushion of the carriage, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, there were young maids waiting for him at any time, shouting and hugging.As the carriage passed by, there was an endless stream of voices from the leaders saluting and saying hello.Can't help feeling: "Ah... this evil noble life is really fascinating."

But Ryan couldn't enjoy it soon, because in this world, except for a few avenues leading to the border built by the king, the roads in other places depend on the conscience of the nobles.

After the carriage left the territory of the Black family, the avenue (if that was really a road) was full of mud and potholes, and there were protruding rocks and large patches of weeds from time to time.

Although the carriage is luxurious, it does not have the function of shock absorption. The potholes along the way tortured Ryan to death. In the end, he simply gave up the carriage and rode a horse, and then he felt alive again.

"This road is really terrible. Don't you understand the principle of building roads first if you want to get rich?" Ryan complained full of complaints.

"Lei, not all the minor nobles have the strong background of the Black family, and they have built all the roads flat and solid.

For those aristocrats who are not wealthy, road construction is actually a very loss-making thing. Not to mention that it cannot produce any economic benefits, and it needs to be maintained all year round. The money is not as good as feeding a few war horses or recruiting a few guards. . "

Hearing Ryan's complaint, De Lai couldn't help explaining to him that although he didn't have a fiefdom, he had a lot of experience and experience, which clearly explained the mentality of the low-level nobles.

Ryan just complained casually at first, but he didn't expect so much, but after careful consideration, he understood.

There is a saying in this world that the place where the knights can reach within three days is the most powerful ruling area of ​​the nobles, and the control further away from this will become weaker.

As a result, vassals appeared, and those territories that the nobles could not control would be distributed to their retainers or vassals for them to manage on their behalf.

Transportation is a major factor restricting the scope of the nobles' rule, so the big nobles are keen on building roads. For example, the royal family built four spacious avenues to the border.

This can be used for quick deployment of troops, post station communications, delivery of food and supplies, and so on.Because of the existence of these four avenues, the dominance of the royal family has risen by more than one level.

But this is only a trouble for the big nobles. For the small nobles, they can cross their territory on foot within a few hours, so why spend so much money on road repairs?Out of your mind?
"That's because they don't know the importance of a good road." Ryan said confidently. He had already started to think about the cement formula in his mind. ?

De Lai didn't know what was going on in Ryan's mind, he just sighed that it was nice to be rich, but he was tough when he spoke.

The territory of the Black family is not very far from the capital of Siwano. After a week of bumps and fatigue, the mighty group of people finally arrived at the city of Siwano.

Although Siwano is the capital of the king, it was built according to the standard of a fortress when it was built. The city wall is tall and strong, and it can't be seen at a glance.

Looking back, there are layers upon layers, and there are several city walls.

During the war, if the enemy broke through one layer of the city wall, they would be desperate to find that there was another layer of the city wall waiting for them.

This is indeed the case in history. Siwano has been besieged several times, but no one has ever broken through.

However, although such a line of defense is impenetrable, it also limits the development of the capital. As a country with a thriving national power, the scale of this city can be said to be the largest in the eastern continent, but there is no possibility of further development.

The permanent population is hundreds of thousands, which is a very large number even in such an extraordinary world. In order to support this giant, huge resources are consumed every day.

Ryan set up a pergola with his hands, and looked at the mottled city walls, the soldiers in strong and sharp clothes, and the flags fluttering in the wind... an ancient and heavy breath rushed to his face, which shocked him.

"Swano, here we come."

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