I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

Xu Siling has always believed that knighthood is just a ticket to the aristocracy, and is not a noble in the strict sense.

I didn't expect that I was a knight of the square banner and really a noble in the Kingdom of France.

It can only be said that Xu Siling himself does not know the common sense in this area, but others like the Frofen family understand it very well.

At first, everyone in the Frofen family thought that Xu Siling was only canonized as an ordinary knight, not a knight with the square flag.

Although it is enough for an executioner to be canonized as a knight.

But Xu Siling once told Ella that Feier wanted to wait for the Black Death to find a good village for him.

After Ella told the family about this, everyone went crazy.

None of them expected that Xu Siling could be a Knight of the Square Banner. In addition, Xu Siling could build a manor on the hillside near Raya Town at will without being resisted by the nobles, which made it even more crazy.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the people of the Fulofen family to regard Xu Siling as their idol.

In the eyes of these executioner families, Xu Siling was an executioner noble through and through.

"To be honest, I rarely see you care about these things, because you are usually not interested in these things." Fei'er was very interested, her blue eyes kept looking at Xu Siling, and said happily: "I am very happy that you care, no matter what No matter what, you are a man after all, and you still have to take your status seriously."

"I really haven't pursued much in this area, and I don't even know much about it. In the end, it would be great to be a flag knight for you."

"You don't want to go any further?" Feier raised her eyebrows.

"Why, as a viscount, you can still make me a baron." Xu Siling laughed.

"Okay." Fei'er said without hesitation, "If you ask me to make you a baronet, it's hard for me to do it, but I can still make you a baron."

"Ah?" Xu Siling was extremely surprised.

He remembered that titles above knights had to be awarded by the king himself.

Not to mention that the baronet is still under the baron. Mayfair can't confer him a baronet, but can he be conferred a baron?

Above the low-level titles are the intermediate titles, which include baronet, baron, and viscount.

Baronet is the lowest grade of hereditary titles in England.

In the beginning, France did not have this title, and it was learned from England.

The title of baronet was born to serve two main purposes.

The first purpose of its establishment is to increase the royal family's funds. Usually, after everyone pays their personal funds, they also have to pay the service fee of thirty infantrymen for three years. The total amount of funds is extremely high.

Although it involves the purpose of making money for the royal family, it is still necessary to check whether the ancestors are soldiers and whether the family has land property during the review.

Most of the people who apply for baronetship are the second sons of nobles of various titles and other sons, and the king also gives priority to them.

The reason why the King of France moved baronets from England was to make money.

Another purpose of its establishment is to specifically canonize officials who serve the royal family.

For example, the Royal Guardianship Court Officer, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Territory Affairs, etc.

These officials who specialize in serving the royal family will be canonized as baronets by the king and do not need to collect funds.

This approach was mainly to stabilize the loyalty of officials, and on the other hand, it also enhanced the prestige of the king.

Baronet, unlike other titles, can have special crowns, gowns, etc.

Anyway, there are not many baronets in France. When I do meet baronets, most of them are granted by the royal family to the noble children who apply to make money, and those officials in Paris who work for the royal family.

For example, the official who came to Raya Town to read official documents for Philip VI was a baronet.

Therefore, the title of baronet is slightly special. Except for the king, even if you are a duke, you cannot arbitrarily confer it to others.

This is why Fei'er said that she could not canonize Xu Siling as a baronet.

As for the Baron, what happened?

This is a little complicated to say.

The meaning of the word Baron is very broad and vague.

The interpretation and use of baron varied throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.

In some parts of Europe, it is directly translated as "hired warrior" and does not count as a title. It specifically refers to the well-equipped warriors around the king and nobles, and has the same meaning as the retinue.

The Danish interpretation of a baron is a lord with a free status.

Compared with other titles, baron initially referred to a certain group of people rather than a single position.

Like France, the title of baron is mainly given to people with great honor and praise.

For example, some knights who have been praised by the king will add the word "baron" to their names to represent their extremely noble style.

At the same time, the word baron also carries the character of rationality and wisdom.

In French, baron also refers to the vassal group around a noble lord, who is the lord's most capable general.

England and France are similar in this respect. This word has always been used to explain the vassals of kings and lords.

Therefore, the scope of baron description is very wide, and the status is not uniform in various regions.

And this is what Feier meant when she said that she could canonize Xu Siling as a baron.

As long as she is willing to praise Xu Siling, for example, give him a complimentary and honorable title, such as calm, good person, and kind.

From now on, Xu Siling will become what others say - Xu Siling, a good person.

Xu Siling can then claim to be a baron.

Of course, whoever is canonized as a baron will be responsible for the baron's territory reward, and the king will not help pay for it.

There is no clear standard for the reward size of a barony. Some say the standard is a scale equivalent to the cost of three knights, others say a scale equivalent to the cost of six knights, and even a scale that supports the cost of twenty knights. .

But it is certain that the territory obtained by the canonized baron will be enough to support himself and several knights.

Basically no viscount will ennoble his knights as barons, because the viscount's territory may not be that big. It is not clear whether the viscount can support himself, but also divide his territory to reward others?

Therefore, most of those who ennobled their subordinates as barons were dukes and marquises.

In England and France, the number of hereditary nobles with baron status is not large, and there are not even as many as baronet.

There are two main reasons. One is that the king will not arbitrarily confer people as barons. Even if they want to confer rewards, most of them will only confer barons.

There are very few other knights who are willing to support their subordinates to become barons.

The second is that the baron and the knight of the square have a common cognitive scope, and the responsibilities of the two parties are not much different, while the latter has more clear responsibilities and identity.

The territorial nobles canonize a banner knight, and it is enough to give him a territory that can barely support him. As for how many vassals and soldiers he can attract, the territorial nobles do not care.

When a territorial noble ennobles a baron, he must give him a territory that can support several knights. This is undoubtedly a thorn in the side of the territorial noble.

Therefore, what Mayfair said is that Xu Siling can be canonized as a baron, but he cannot be canonized as a baronet. This is the reason.

Compared to other towns, Raya Town is a prosperous and prosperous place with developed commerce. As long as Feier is willing to cut his own flesh, it is not difficult to confer Xu Siling as a baron.

Not to mention.

"Xu, sometimes I ask myself whether I can develop Tamubao well after it comes into my hands this time. In fact, I don't have much confidence myself, especially I don't like to stay in Tamubao for a long time. So if you tell me if this is possible, I will make you a baron and hand over the Talmu Castle to you."

Xu Siling was stunned and retreated.

"Tamubao is in my hands. I can only develop it as much as possible, but I have no confidence. On the contrary, if you say it, I am confident that Tamubao can flourish in your hands! I even believe that you have this ability."

"Besides, I promised you before that I would prepare a good village territory for you, at least enough for you to raise a dozen soldiers."

Speaking of this, Fei'er couldn't help but sigh.

"The difficulty is that the Black Death has not yet completely passed, and I have already asked farmers to return to their villages. But it will take another year or two to return to normal production levels."

"But Xu, you are getting bigger and bigger now, and more and more people are following you. Look at how lively your manor is. I'm afraid that you will only raise more and more people, and you can't afford to wait a year or two."

Fei'er said it very seriously and even crossed her shoulders to think about it.

"I even think about whether to expand Raya Town to the hillside. Later, Raya Town will be divided into a separate area for you to use as territory. It will also make it easier for you to build manors, recruit merchants to do business, and make money more easily."

Xu Siling couldn't help but swallowed: "Goodbye. If you do this, aren't you just letting me share the money that belongs to you?"

"What's the point?" Fei'er rolled her eyes at Xu Siling cutely, "Do we still need to separate you and me? What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. As long as you want to get something from me, you can do it. You can tell me, I’ll give it to you.”

Xu Siling didn't dare to speak, and was even a little moved.

Because a normal person sitting in front of Fei'er can see with the naked eye that Fei'er truly considers him, and the sincerity behind her words are not fake.

She really considered shaving herself hard and giving her flesh to Xu Siling.

This was something that no one would have dared to think about in medieval Europe.

Fei'er has always valued Raya Town, which was also the place where she grew up, but now she is willing to give part of it to Xu Siling.

How dare Xu Siling accept it? He couldn't accept it either.

"It's better to say goodbye. In fact, the situation of my manor is a bit special. I support so many people and I don't have to pay much money."

"Then let me give you Tamubao. The good thing is that Tamubao's territory is large enough and has great development potential. The disadvantage is that the situation of Tamubao after the war was in a sluggish state, and there was no awareness of the prevention of the Black Death. High, it can be said that there is nothing. But if there is any lack of resources, we can divide it from Raya Town to Tamubao. With the support of Raya Town, I believe Tamubao will slowly recover."

Speaking of this, Feier sighed again and said sadly.

"Of course, if I give Tamubao to you, it's not that I don't want to part with it. I think you will have to live in Tamubao from now on, so it's a little difficult to see you. What if I suddenly miss you? After all, it's not like being in Raya. Zhen, as long as I miss you, I will arrange for someone to go to the manor to call you."

"I would feel a little uncomfortable if I couldn't see you freely."

Xu Siling's brown eyes widened, "Oh my god."

You said you would give me such a large territory like Tamubao without blinking your big blue eyes, but you suddenly felt distressed and uncomfortable when you thought that the two of you could not meet at will.

Is this human talk?

"Xu, tell me what I should do."

After Fei'er finished speaking, her blue eyes gently hung on Xu Siling. She leaned on the seat, her golden hair under the headscarf shaking with the car, and her young face was filled with sadness.

Xu Siling rubbed her eyebrows and replied.

"I do not want anything."

Feier was curious: "Why not? Don't you want to be a baron? This title is hereditary, and your children will all be barons in the future. Isn't that good?"

"Of course that's good."

"Then why not. Xu, I know you don't value these things, but I think you do. I can't help but be responsible for your future. I not only want you to live well in the future, but also want your family's descendants to live well. "Fei'er's petite body crossed her shoulders, shook her head to herself, and said in an old-fashioned way: "Besides, the territory conferred to the Knights of the Square Banner is only so big that it can't afford to support a few knights. Did you promise me that you would protect it well? Mine. I know that you are highly skilled in personal martial arts, but if there is a real war, you have too many worries, how can you only take care of me."

Xu Siling sighed. Although he was moved, he slowly explained.

"I haven't thought about how much territory I want to control, at least now I think it's pretty good. The situation of my manor is a bit special. Most of the people who follow me don't need me to support them, and the salary I pay is very low. Frofen, Executioner families like Adler have a lot of financial reserves themselves, and they have never affiliated themselves with me to make money."

"I know." Mayfair's blue eyes blinked: "But what about the future? If you don't have more territory, how can you raise knights? Do you just raise some soldiers wearing leather armor and carrying simple weapons? Can they count? Are you ready to fight? Going to the battlefield is not about fighting bandits and robbers."

"I have my own considerations, and Fei'er." Xu Siling taught him a lesson in turn, "Your idea is wrong. You just need to be yourself first. I will tell you if I need it. At least I don't have any concerns about the territory at the moment. With such a huge demand, I will pour as much rice as there is in the pot. The situation is still under my control. So you should work hard on yourself first. I am not confident in managing a territory as big as Raya Town and Tamubao."

"I know what you are talking about, and I also know that if I really give you Tamu Castle or divide a part of Raya Town to you, others will talk and laugh at me. They will definitely think that there is something wrong with my brain."

"But." Fei'er snorted cutely, "I don't want to be an adult who only wants to do the right thing."

"Xu, my determination to love you is not something I say with my mouth or something I think with my head, but something I do with my actions." (End of Chapter)