Transcendent Noble

In the afternoon, Victor's convoy had reached the outskirts of Blinol.

The last month of the water season is a season of heavy snow. The whole city and the surrounding wilderness have been covered in silver. The thick snow makes most creatures curl up in warm dens, unwilling to move, but in Blinol it is a completely different scene.

Before entering the royal capital, there is no snow on the wide road. Many young men in sheepskin jackets carry brooms and shovels, constantly patrolling on both sides of the road, whenever they find If there is anything wrong with the road, it will be repaired in time.

"There are so many people." Alice sighed as she leaned on the window.

Victor took a probe and found that there were not many people, but compared to the Western Territory where the roads were covered by snow, there were indeed people there.

"Have you never been to the Royal Capital?" Victor embraced Alice's slender waist and put down the thick curtains. The carriage is comfortable and warm, but opening the windows in a snowy day still makes Victor feel the biting chill.

Alina came over and said: "This is the first time we have come to the royal capital. When the family moved westward, it was led by the Duke of Wellington."

"Blinol is very prosperous, The population is densely populated. There are more than 60,000 registered residents. The number of unidentified free citizens is at least 100,000, which is more than the total population of Centaur Hills. Blinol's municipal officials are most worried about large-scale population migration. As long as the refugees are Passing by the royal capital, most people are reluctant to leave." Victor took the hot coffee in Judy's hand and took a sip.

"Judy, have you been to the royal capital?" Victor said with a smile to Judy.

Judy hesitated, and lightly said, "I have been here. It was a long time ago."

"Victor, are you familiar with Blinol?" Alina was beside him. Asked indifferently.

"I have lived in Blinol for 6 years...but I have never really known the city." With that, Victor rang the bell. Not long after, the guard Captain said. Lu's voice sounded out of the car window: "My lord, what do you want?"

"Notify Knight Sean in front that we are going by the south gate." Victor said.

"Yes." Glu complied and ran to the front of the team.

After the convoy entered the central part of the kingdom, Knight Sean of the Royal Capital Internal Affairs Office led the Knight squad to take over from Count Elliott and began to take charge of the defense work. He did not object to Victor's request.

The convoy turned to the south at the fork in the road. Judy asked in surprise: "My dear, why don't you go to Simon?"

"Judy, elder sister, what's the difference? Is it?" Alice asked curiously. Along the way, three women share a carriage and serve the same man. They have become sisters.

Judy laughed gently and explained: "The north gate of Blinol connects to the Kite Fort, which can only be passed by the army at ordinary times. The west gate leads directly to the inner city and is the main gateway for the Royal Family and the nobles to enter and exit. The east gate connects to the outside. The city can be used by caravans. The south gate can be passed by anyone, but... from there, you have to pass through the shanty towns of the freedmen."

"Only go in from the south gate, We can see the full picture of Blinol." Victor said in the interface.

The convoy moved forward slowly, and after two quarters of an hour, the noise outside the car gradually became noisy. Victor opened the window and saw that the convoy was already driving on the road in the shanty town.

The shantytowns are the residential areas of the refugees. Until now, they are all dirty, messy, and bad places. Fortunately, it was covered with heavy snow, the sky was freezing cold, and the motorcade could not smell any odor in the shanty towns. The low huts were wrapped in snow, but they looked elegant and clean. The residents of the shantytown saw the noble convoy coming from a distance, boldly and cleverly, hurriedly clearing the way, maintaining order, and saluting the carriage of Victor with flattery. Cowardly and cautiously, hiding behind the shed, looking far away, when the convoy went away, they gathered together in small groups and discussed with each other. More than a dozen ignorant children followed behind the caravan, curious to see what happened, but soon they were stopped by the adults.

Actually, there are only a few people watching the carriage of the nobles. Victor found that there was a relief point set up by the church every some distance, and most people were busy lining up to receive the church's alms.

March and April of the water season are the most abundant rain and snow seasons. Farmers who have been busy all year will stay at home and spend the two most leisure months of the year. But for those free people who live by work, the most difficult time is when they can't find work in these two months. The weather is cold. Fortunately, the church provides relief and charity every year at this time to help free people who are working through the severe cold. This relief activity is called Hanji.

Hanji is only aimed at those free people who have no status. Whether they are rich or poor, they can accept charity. As usual, each person has half a piece of brown bread a day and a small piece of bacon every ten days. Those old and weak women and children without cold clothes can get a sheepskin coat. Of course, the warm clothing will eventually be returned to the church. Most civilians will never encroach on the church’s property. If the temporary clothing is stolen or lost, they will also try to compensate for the church’s losses. As for those who dare to use their brains, they will be beaten to death by believers without Paladin.

The cold economy is still going on. The elders of the freedmen’s ranks and those who have received alms first kneel in the snow to be grateful. Thanks, there are happy smiles on their faces. This kind of heartfelt joy is very contagious. The church attendants and Paladin who are in charge of the charity also show sincere smiles. They will touch the child's head, hold the old man's arm, and politely greet the woman, or shoot After slapped on the young shoulders, laughed happily after teasing each other.

"The church’s good deeds are admirable. Victor, when we go to the cathedral to pray, let’s donate more money." Judy said softly, and the warm scene before her was a little moved.

Victor laughed. Although the nobles are arrogant, they are sympathetic, but they just stay on the surface of the church's charity and can't see the deep things.

It is a fact that the church protects civilians, but as a military group and charitable organization that relies on faith, the church inevitably inhibits the development of civilians. The free people outside the city of Blinol have to work hard for a year and rely on relief to survive the winter. There must be church reasons. If civilian believers are the foundation for the church to survive, then hunger, war, and cold have become important conditions for the church to reap its faith and grow its strength.

Victor’s bystanders are clear, but there is no need to publicize loudly. His biggest problem now is that his rise time is too short and there are too few vassals. In the absence of a ruling foundation, the faster the free people group under Randal will develop. The greater the probability of being captured by the church, this also includes freelance caravans. Victor observes the lives of free people just to find a suitable solution.

"Judy, does the Beria family count the free population in the territory?" Victor asked.

"This...I only know that the registered population of the family is about 60,000...the refugees have not been counted at all. When the ant plague broke out, they all ran away. "A lightly blush appeared on Judy's face. She seldom asked about the government affairs of the territory, let alone the freedmen.

"My dear, what is the registered population?" Elina couldn't help asking,

Seeing that Alice also raised her ears, Victor asked strangely: "You guys Haven't you learned how to manage territories in Black Castle?"

The twin sisters shook the head at the same time, and their expressions were a little unnatural. They are the personal maids prepared by the York family to win over the Great Knight. They can have children and manage the castle, but they can't interfere in the internal affairs of the territory, otherwise the York family will backfire. However, Alina and Alice clearly felt that Victor prefers capable helpers, but their talents in this area are not as good as Lilia.

"The registered population is the church's term. Regardless of whether there is a disaster in the territory, the lords of all regions must ensure the livelihood of the registered population, and the church will undertake the rescue work for the non-registered population. Generally speaking, vassal The children of the households with the leader are the registered population of the territory, and the rest of the free citizens belong to the refugees. The refugees come today and leave tomorrow, and even the church has no way to count the specific number." Judy bluntly gave Victor a blank glance. The question just now was a bit more difficult for her.

Victor said dismissively: "The number of refugees is really difficult to count. In the event of a disaster, the lord must protect the people on the list, and the priest of the church will organize the evacuation of the migrants. As far as I know, Gambis is on the list. The population is 900,000, and the number of refugees is at least 500,000, and maybe far more."

"So many people?! What about our Randal collar?" Alice asked.

Victor smiled without saying a word, but he was very depressed. The registered population of Randal is less than 2,000, and the remaining 7,000 people belong to refugees. This is a manifestation of the lack of the Randal Family's background, and it is not even comparable to a hereditary Baron.

Seeing that Victor didn't mean to answer, the three women wouldn't ask. The convoy continued to move forward, and the surrounding scene was different again. Many shops appeared on both sides of the road. Two-story wooden buildings replaced the low sheds, including small blue brick buildings. Pedestrians on the road are much better than those in front of them, both in their complexion and in clothes. When they saw Victor's caravan, they took off their hats and saluted them, and they looked very educated.

Zhu Di stared at Bright and Intelligent’s apricot eyes, and said in disbelief: "Is this really a shanty town?"

"Is it even bigger than Wild Willow City’s Commerce District? Prosperous?" Victor continued: "There are very few nobles involved in the world of free people. We don't know much about them. However, among them, there are also clever and stupid, hardworking and lazy, and there are also many outstanding merchants and craftsmen. And artists, some people will naturally be very rich, maybe even richer than many vassals. Therefore, by making good use of the refugees, they will make our territory more prosperous."

Zhu Di looked thoughtful. Victor asked Wild Willow City to recall the population and absorb the refugees. She didn't say anything, but she was still a little bit reluctant. Today, seeing the prosperous side of the Blinol shantytown, Judy began to re-examine her ideas.

The York family cannot directly intervene in the Beria leadership, and Victor does not have enough talents to control the situation in Wild Willow City. He can only influence the decision of the Beria family from top to bottom on Judy. Realize commercial corridors and plans to absorb the population.

Although it is not a matter of changing the concept of a lady who has grown up since she was young, as long as she is willing to cooperate sincerely, absorb the refugees and manage the territory according to the agreement between the two parties, a lot of trouble can be saved. This is why Victor takes Judy to visit the shanty towns.

Three quarters later, the team finally entered the south gate. The guards of the city gate had been notified long ago. They saw the Knight Sean squad of the House of Internal Affairs and immediately stepped aside.

The layout of the outer city of Blinol is basically the same as that of Black Castle Town. Victor is very familiar with it. He lost interest after watching it for a while. Only the sisters Alina watched the scenery outside the car enthusiastically.

The outer city is very large. Fortunately, the roads are wide and orderly. Even so, it took the motorcade two quarters of an hour to reach the gate of the inner city. After Victor was dressed neatly, he took his woman and stepped down the carriage. Seeing the convoy turning to the stables in the outer city, Alice couldn’t help asking: "Shall we walk?"

"Alice... Oh, beautiful lady, of course you don’t have to walk. It’s just that, The roads in the inner city are relatively narrow, and we need to change the carriage here.” Knight Sean was really confused. The two sisters with exactly the same figure and appearance had to arrange a special carriage embarrassingly.

Blinol’s dedicated carriage is small and exquisite and can only accommodate up to three people. Victor and Sister Alina shared a car, and Judy shared a car. After the carriage driven by a short horse drove into the inner city, sisters Alina understood why they had to change the car.

The streets in the inner city are only 5 meters wide, and the bluestone pavement is very smooth, and deep tracks have been ground by the to-and-fro wheels. The carriage they ride is on these tracks. . The houses on both sides of the road are made of limestone. They look very impressive, but they are a bit crowded. Pedestrians rarely pay tribute to the convoy, and only when they make eye contact, they slightly chin their heads.

Seeing that the Elina sisters are frequently nodded, the smiles on their faces are stiff, Victor reluctantly said: "Don't look at the two sides anymore, are you tired? There are very few nobles in the inner city. The purpose of taking the dedicated carriage is because I have to keep nodded to pay my respects."

"How do the royal nobles usually travel?" Alina asked.

"The great nobles will take the enclosed carriage, the count is below..." Victor sighed, "Baron many as dogs, the viscount walks everywhere."

" ......Puff." Sisters Elina leaned their heads on Victor's shoulders and smiled wildly.

As usual, Victor took the lead to visit the central cathedral of Blinol. With Victor’s current capacity, Archbishop Lazarus was not qualified to come forward to receive him. Under the guidance of the priest of the church, the four of them prayed hypocritically and donated 1,000 jinshor donations before they left Shiran Shiran. church.

Walking out of the church door, the sky is getting darker. Knight Sean greeted him and asked, "Viscount Randal, Madame Judy, are you planning to live there tonight? I'm so escorted." Victor said to Judy: "Judy, you Let’s live in the family villa tonight.”

Judy obediently nodded, she is now the leader of the family, and from any angle, she must live in the family villa.

"Knight Sean, please send someone to escort Mrs. Judy to Beria’s villa."

After Judy left, Sisters Alina and Knight Sean were watching Victor. , Waiting for his decision.

Victor clearly sensed that there were still many eyes staring at him in the dark. If he chooses to live in the residence of the York family, he is equivalent to becoming a male favorite, and he will become the laughing stock of the aristocracy tonight. Victor can ignore his reputation, but he can't weaken his right to speak. Therefore, he did not intend to live in the York family manor at all.

Victor was reluctant to contact Sophia at first because he was afraid of showing a weak spot. Now, as a silver-tier Wind Travel shooter, with 30 alchemy militias around him, he has stabilized Sophia's head. Besides, the woman Sophia, he hasn't never slept.

"Go to the Marquis Mansion."

"Ah..." Knight Sean asked awkwardly, "That Marquis?"

Nothing for Victor Angrily said: "Can still be the Marquis Mansion? Of course it is the Marquis Mansion of Wimbledon!"

"Oh...Master Viscount, please go to the carriage." Knight Sean battered and exhausted to greet the entourage .

So, Victor arrogantly took two juniors and went to see his true wife.