Transcendent Noble

At the time when the mountains are full of flowers and the weather is warm and comfortable, the reservoir project is finally about to start.

In the past month, the York family's motorcade has continuously passed Randal and headed for Nicole's territory. These convoys ranged from two to three hundred people, and as many as four to five hundred people. They were loaded with all kinds of materials and drove herds of cattle, sheep and livestock. They continued to flow continuously, and even the road was doubled wide. When more than 10,000 young men passed by, Victor put aside his business and hurried to Nicole's territory.

In order to house tens of thousands of young people, Nicole has already led people to build more than 20 large and small camps. These camps are very simple, there are no fences, only low shack, each camp is 200 meters apart, built along the left and right sides of a mountain stream, stretching for two kilometers. Victor went up and down from the carriage and saw that the once empty camp was full of people. Most of them were young men and women, but there were also some old people and children. At this time, it was almost noon. Some people were repairing shack, chopping wood and carrying water, and some people were killing sheep and slaughtering cows, burying pots for cooking, and they looked orderly. Victor immediately sighed in relief.

As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of people, boundless, but Victor is used to seeing a prosperous city with a population of one million, and more than 10,000 people can’t be considered what a big scene. But after becoming a lord, Victor deeply realized how daunting it is to manage people's eat, drink, shit and piss. On the surface, these people have nothing to do with Victor. In fact, Sylvia has handed over management to Victor, who is the highest decision maker here. In his position, seeking his own government, Victor is about to preside over a large-scale project, and besides being excited, he is more worried about troubles. Now, it looks pretty good.

Victor walked up the mountain stream, where there were three blue brick villas, which were small manors he built for Nicole. On the way, the civilians saw Victor wearing a gorgeous hunting suit and elite guards and knew that this was an aristocratic master, so they evaded and saluted him. Not long after he left, Nicole brought a group of people to greet him.

Nicole is wearing a red female safari outfit today. She steps on calfskin boots. The snow-white cloak is fixed on the shoulder by a sapphire pin, forming a beautiful pleat, and there is a water tied around her slender waist. The lizard leather belt looked valiant and formidable looking and charming. She jumped off her horse and curtseyed to Victor: "Viscount Victor, Good day." She said, and winked playfully at Victor.

"Lord Randal, good day." A male nobleman beside Nicole saluted Victor meticulously.

Victor said with a smile: "Sir Anthony, no need to be polite."

"Yes."

Lord Anthony .York, the interior officer of the York family , Baita scholar, is also the big brother of Nicole's half-father. Anthony once studied history and architecture under Master Edwin, and he will design and supervise the construction of the control gate on the Jinshui River. As the interior officer of the York family, Anthony is highly powerful, and ordinary nobles really don't need to look at them, but Victor is different. Victor not only won the trust and favor of Sylvia, but also used extremely valuable rock brick technology. Although he is not a vassal lord of the York family, in the eyes of the seniors of the York family, Victor's influence on Sylvia is great and should not be underestimated.

Nicole and Anthony’s father are just ordinary lords who eat together and wait to die. They only have 6000 acres of arable land, a village, and a manor. After Anthony became the family internal officer, the family’s conditions improved a lot. . At the beginning, Anthony was very dissatisfied with the humble Knight younger sister and Victor being mixed together. He even hoped that Nicole would be combined with the Great Knight in the family, even if it was a close maid, it was better to be Victor's lover. But what Anthony didn't expect was that Nicole was conferred as Baron, with a hereditary territory of 3,000 square kilometers, and became the highest-ranking person in the family, all because of Victor. So Anthony's attitude towards Victor changed 180 degrees. Accompanied by Nicole, he immediately visited Victor. He was humble and polite. Big Uncle came to visit. Victor was also flattering. The two sides talked a lot. joyous.

The three of them walked side by side and talked while walking. Victor pointed to the busy people in the camp and asked: "Sir Anthony, you can arrange so many people in an orderly manner. I really admire you. Did it?"

Victor’s question made Anthony a little confused. He thought for a while and said, "I didn’t do anything!"

"Ah? You are Said that these young men are not managed and organized spontaneously?" Victor asked in surprise.

Victor took another look at Nicole. Nicole pursed her red mouth and spread her slender hands to show that she knew nothing. Anthony shouted to the entourage behind: "Hals, come here."

A middle-aged man walked up. He was tall, his face was vicissitudes of life, and his waist and hips were sheathed with a long sword. Dressed in iron essence scales, with vigorous actions, he is obviously a trainee Knight who has no hope of promotion.

"Halse is my sheriff." Nicole explained to Victor softly, and then asked Knight, a trainee from Imperial court, "Hals, answer Lord Randal's question, who is in charge of these civilians?" "

"Yes, my lord." Hals bowed slightly to Nicole, and said, "Lord Randal, there are people from the Mason Society and Caitou in every camp. Caitou is responsible for the food and logistics, and the Mason will be responsible for it. Lead civilians to work."

"Autonomy?!" Victor became interested immediately, and he asked: "Aren't your people involved in management? How to maintain public order? How to distribute food?"

Halse replied: "My lord, there are only 30 soldiers under my command, so I can't manage them. These civilians are still honest, they can solve any problems by themselves, and we will come forward only if there is a human life. Assignment. I'm going to ask Lord Baron's steward about food."

"Nicole, do you still have steward?" Victor asked Nicole.

Nicole gave Victor a blank look, and said: "How do I say I am also a Baron, of course there is a steward, aren't you also Lilia?"

"Well, interesting, I will See your steward." Victor gave a dry cough and said nonchalantly.

When Victor approached the manor, he found that many people had surrounded a small wood house. They were kneeling on the ground with their fingers interlocking and praying.

"Why are the people in the church here? Didn't the priest of the church go to the entrance of the Great Swamp in the north?"

Victor frowned, although he was not disgusted with Radiance Church , But he is unwilling to have the church supervise the affairs of his own territory. As usual, there must be churches in towns. Victor didn't rush to build Hekou Town, but chose to build villages. He just didn't want the church to settle in Randal too soon. The reservoir project was about to start, and when he saw the church people suddenly, Victor felt bad at once.

"Thousands of civilians gather together. The church must send people. This is inevitable. In fact, it is more beneficial for us to have a church to appease the people." Anthony said with a smile.

The church spares no effort to safeguard the basic interests of the people, but it will never encourage the people to oppose the lord. If the lord is cruel, the church will do it itself, and then it will persuade the people to obey the rule of the next lord. In fact, as long as the lord does not touch the bottom line of the Glory Code, the relationship between the priest and the lord aristocracy is still very good, especially when the people are serving labor, it is a good thing for the church to coordinate from it.

"When did this priest come? Will he veto our plan?" Victor asked in a low voice.

Anthony explained: “The day before yesterday, Father Miller came with the civilian convoy without attendants and Paladin guards. If he hadn’t taken out the official documents of the church, we didn’t even know that he was the presiding priest here. For the construction of the fortress at the entrance and exit of the Great Swamp, half of the food was provided by the church, and the construction of the control gate and the artificial lake was undertaken by our York family alone, so the church would not interfere."

"That's good." Victor nodded, and asked curiously: "Why is this Father Miller alone?"

"Who knows? According to common sense, there are more than 10,000 people gathered here. Why should the church not send civilians? The priest came to preside over the teaching affairs. I guess that the church is now very short of manpower and supplies are also very tight, so we have to send civilian priests to prevaricate us." Anthony shrugged, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"Peasant priests? Are there noble priests?"

"Of course there are priests of noble origin, but the church is not divided in this way." Anthony paused and continued: " There are two types of priests in the church, one is priests born in the monastery, and the other is civilian priests. The priests from the monastery are well-educated, and they have a lot of knowledge in addition to the divine technique, so they are not only priests but also scholars. The commoner priests are particularly devout believers, who have been gifted by Supreme’s Lord of Radiance and possess the ability to perform the divine technique. The church promotes these devout believers to priests. Although the church has always claimed that priests are servants of the Lord, They are all brother sisters. They have nothing to do with high or low, but monastery priests have classmates and mentors, and they always get all kinds of support, so they are promoted very quickly, and commoner priests are often sent to a remote place to host one alone. Little church, living a poor life."

Victor moved in his heart and said: "So the civilian priest is the least obstructive to the lord?"

"Indeed, the common priest has no ability to hinder the lord. , But no lord likes civilian priests. Although monastery priests are difficult to fool, they know how to be flexible. When the territory encounters difficulties, monastery priests can apply for assistance from the church, perhaps for food and supplies, perhaps for martial power support, or to confirm inheritance rights. . And civilian priests hardly receive any support, and their applications are always shelved. That’s why I said that the church sent Father Miller over to fool us, fearing that we would make various requests for assistance."

Anthony said angrily: "Fortunately, Father Miller has limited knowledge and will not be able to point fingers at the project. When the project is over, I must apply for a priest from a monastery for Nicole to preside over the teaching affairs here."

Victor Looking at the simple chapel, looked thoughtful and said: "I think this Father Miller is very good."

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"Do you know what you are doing?"

The thick and powerful voice is not loud, but Varus has a thrilling feeling. He sips a sip of pine nut tea to moisturize his dry voice. Said: "Marshal Lord, we Night Owl intercepted an important piece of information some time ago. Dodo's cunning fox is planning a conspiracy. They are preparing to assassinate Viscount Randal, and then blame Solon to provoke His Highness Sylvia. So, we hurry up. There are signs of intelligence gathering in this area It shows that Dodian intends to use the territory of Duke Eriksson to buy His Royal Highness Sylvia, so as to annex our Gambis by two sides. "

"And then? Are you ready to help Dodian complete this project? "Marquis Goron asked coldly.

"teacher, Your Excellency Solon is a royal nobleman and loyal to the royal family. If he can be promoted to the Golden Knight, it is more in the interest of our Augustus family. Your Excellency Solon dare not take that step now, because he always feels underprepared. If we regain the title of Marquis for him, it will not only help Your Excellency Solon successfully advance, but also let him accept the washing of the element sea with gratitude to the Augustus family. Teacher, if Gambis can add another loyal Highness, many problems will be solved. "Varus lowers his head, but his voice is very eager.

"Solon's innate talent is good, but it's just not bad, let alone whether he may step into the Peak field, even if he is successfully promoted, he will be far away. Can't compare with Sylvia. For a Silver Knight, to offend a Spiritual God Knight, is your mind full of cow dung? Or does Williams think the throne is more important than Gambis' future? "Marquis Goron said word by word.

Varus smiled wryly: "We have studied carefully, Viscount Randal is not important to His Highness Sylvia. If His Royal Highness really loves Viscount Randal, he should stay by his side instead of letting him take charge of the territory alone. According to our investigation, His Royal Highness Sylvia did not even send the family secret Knight to protect Viscount Randal. He just published the protection of Viscount Randal. It's just a statement. We believe that Viscount Randal was prepared by His Highness Sylvia to win Marquis Sophia. Therefore, we intend to assassinate Viscount Randal first, and then expose the plot of the Dodo Kingdom to His Highness Sylvia. No matter whether Your Excellency Solon can be successfully promoted, we have no loss. "

Goron gave Varus a pitying glance. Since Ryan's death, Night Owl divided into two, Varus in charge of external intelligence works for Williams, and Marguerite, in charge of internal intelligence, is responsible for the queen, but Night Any actions of Owl must be reported to him, and fortunately so, it did not cause a big mistake.

"I also think that Viscount Randal is not important to Sylvia. Night Owl can see it, can't Dodo's cunning fox not see it? How do you know that Cunning Fox didn't let you know this plan on purpose? "

Varus was horrified and moved: "teacher, you mean..."

"The Viscount Randal is irrelevant, but the dignity of Golden Knight is not to be challenged. Cunning Fox is enticing you to make a move! Assassinating an insignificant viscount is an unnecessary plan in itself. For the cunning fox, it is of course the best for Sylvia to break with us. If you don't turn your face with us, there will be no loss in the Dodo kingdom. In my opinion, Cunning Fox promoted this plan mostly to comfort the idiot Friedrich. Of course, now you have to add you idiot! "

Varus was embarrassed, and said naively: "Then we will tell His Highness Sylvia of Dodian's plan." "

"no!" Goron stroked the scar on his face and said, "Strengthen the surveillance of the cunning fox, and do nothing else!" "