Transcendent Noble

The ice and snow melt, All Living Things to Recover.

Unconsciously, the footsteps of the Season of Earth entered the city of Blinol. This beautiful city has been washed by rain and snow and has become completely new. Although the fresh air is still chilly, it is refreshing. Residents have left their warm residences and took to the streets, reawakening the capital. Vitality.

The arrival of the Season of Earth marks the end of the annual "holiday". It is now when the royal nobles begin to work. Their first job is to attend various gatherings and socialize. Investigate the news in order to determine the direction of development and drilling this year.

Small carriages shuttled back and forth on the streets of the noble district, and the well-dressed gentlemen met or ran into each other on the street. They greeted each other, deliberately or unconsciously, talking about how to get Leopold Invitation to the banquet of the Marquis de Marquis Mansion. If someone said reservedly that he was going to the Marquis Mansion for a meeting, he would immediately attract envy and jealousy.

The families that can settle in the noble area of ​​the royal capital are all leaders in the upper class of Gambis, but there are also three or six of them.

Among the royal nobles, apart from the representatives of the major lord families, the rest are the royal nobles, and the royal nobles are actually vassals of the Royal Family, but they are different from the lord’s vassals .

Lord’s vassals are composed of vassal lords and ordinary person vassals. Their lands are called vassals and can be hereditary. The royal nobles are all nobles. They have no territories that can be hereditary, but they can manage the land of the Royal Family. This is called a fief.

Take Gambis as an example, the second son of a certain lord family, through the selection of the royal family Legion contest, loyal to the Augustus family. The royal family will immediately enshrine him as a court Baron or Viscount, but this title is purely a status symbol, and it cannot be hereditary or territory. Palace Baron meticulously cultivates offspring and allows his heirs to continue to serve for the Royal Family. After several generations of persistent efforts, his family may be crowned the palace count, and the palace count can be hereditary. Since then, the court count family moved into the noble area of ​​the royal capital and obtained the right to manage the beneficiary.

Different from Fengyi, the ownership of the fief belongs to the royal family. The court count family only manages the territory for the monarch. They use the output of the benefice to support the soldiers of the kingdom and turn in a certain amount of property. The remaining part is the family's income. If they can't complete the task, they must use their salary to fill the gap, otherwise they will be reprimanded by their superiors and reduce the area of ​​the beloved. The most serious consequence is to be downgraded. This is actually a lease relationship.

The court nobles will always strive for rent reduction through various communicative means, at least not to increase rent. Therefore, the banquet held by the royal nobles is very important to them.

The greatest pursuit of the court nobles is to seek a hereditary feudal lord, become a new lord family, or completely integrate into the bloodline of the Augustus family. For example, the Marquis of Goron. Augustus married the aunt of King Ryan. He also has a hereditary marquis in the north of the kingdom. Of course, his territory is no different from that of the Augustus family. In fact, in order to maintain the purity of the bloodline, the Royal Family has always had few offspring. Ryan has only one son and one daughter, and Williams has only one son. This is considered to be a thriving Royal Family. Some royal families are single-passed for several generations, and even dating will occur. Situation. If the royal family of Gambis is broken, Marquis Goron's heirs will assume the responsibility of continuing the Royal Clan Bloodline.

Marquis is the highest hereditary title of the court nobles, and they often hold important positions in the court.

As the new minister of finance of Gambis, the Marquis of Leopold masters the quota of fiefdom, which is the great character of hot enough to scald one's hands among the royal nobles. The court aristocrats with good looks hope to indulge in the chancellor, and the invitation letter from the Marquis of Leopold’s Mansion itself is a manifestation of ability and skill. Those families who are not invited will inevitably be underestimated by others, and they will be excluded and suppressed. One after another.

The Minister of Finance held a banquet, and the nobles in the royal capital had to sharpen their heads to get an invitation letter, but they were surprised to find that there were very few families who were actually invited. This is not a normal phenomenon, even if Leopold is the confidant of Grand Duke Williams, he cannot offend too many court nobles at the same time. If they can walk into the Marquis Mansion, they will be surprised to find that this is by no means a simple banquet.

It's getting late and the lights are beginning to come on.

The dinner hosted by the Marquis of Leopold has ended, and the distinguished guests moved from the living room to the main hall of the Marquis.

The luxurious hall of more than 800 square meters is paved with red paulownia wood floor. The floor made of paulownia wood is very common, but if every paulownia wood has been soaked in water for more than 100 years, its value cannot be measured by money. Two long red paulownia wood tables are placed on the left and right of the hall, and they are filled with various kinds of wine and delicacies. The 30-year-old dum is contained in the gold vessel, and the silver plate is filled with candied green cherry, creamy salmon pie, honey pine nut pastry, and brightly colored saleng fruit and creamy lettuce salad. At this time, only the royal crystal conservatory can provide fresh fruits and vegetables.

The well-dressed attendants stand by the long tables like sculptures, ready to serve the guests with gourmet wines, but unfortunately, boys and girls occasionally visit here. Return to their respective seats. Tasting food is also a respect for the owner, and noble children will not be rude on such occasions.

The VIPs are divided into two groups. The charming ladies and celebrities are dressed up, sitting in the rest area on the left, whispering whispers with a fan, and laughing like silver bells from time to time, attracting the young aristocrats to pay attention to them frequently. The well-dressed gentlemen were in the rest area on the right. They gathered in small groups and talked cordially. In a short quarter of an hour, I don't know how much consensus and understanding have been reached.

If you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that both male and female VIPs have their own cores. The owner, Marquis Leopold, spoke with a middle-aged nobleman, the Marquis of Bastern, the court minister. The deputy speaker of the Elder's Council, Marquis Griward, was also accompanied by Marquis Ludwig, the interior officer, and a handsome young nobleman was surrounded by several young, talented people. He was the only son of Marquis Goron, the Great Knight Count of the Silver Order. Wengel Augustus. Among the female guests, two distinguished ladies were welcomed by everyone.

In contrast, the corner where Victor is is a bit deserted, and he is accompanied by only a young nobleman who is heroic and heroic. However, it can be seen from the ears of the male guests that Victor is the focus of everyone's attention here. And those beautiful and alluring female relatives don't need to be as reserved as the male guests. Their hot eyes almost ignite Victor, and they whisper on ambiguous topics related to him.

"Victor, didn't expect you to be more popular than I expected. After a while, do you invite Caroline Countess to do the first dance, or Marquise Carrie?" Youth Nobles are lightly teased.

Victor raised his head and glanced at the lady and celebrity opposite, his scalp tightened. Most of the female guests in the great hall do not know him, but from their demeanor, it can be known that Caroline Countess and Marquise Carrie are the two in the middle. What they talked about was all about Baron’s court etiquette training. Although their voices were as thin as a mosquito, who didn’t know that Wind Travel shooters could hear the sound of needles falling on the floor? What's more, these two beautiful and alluring ladies from time to time cast "sorrowful" gazes, just like lovers abandoned by Victor. Although they all wore golden masks when they trained little Baron, Victor can still recognize their voices and postures.

"His Royal Highness, please do your good guys to the end."

Victor shook the head, he has been in the capital for more than a month and has not been harassed. Can he still Do you know who is responsible for it?

Williams glanced at Victor appreciatively and shook his head: "Carolyn count is a younger sister of a half-father of a certain Naville, and Mrs. Carrie is a daughter of the Suse Royal Family. , They are all Great Knights of the silver rank. They heard that I was hosting a farewell dinner for you, and they came here to send you off. As the protagonist of the banquet, you can't be rude. "The implication is that I have blocked for you. It's been a month, but these two women have too many backgrounds, I really can't hold them, you ask for more blessings.

Williams took a plate of buttered honey lettuce salad and handed it to Victor, smiling and changing the subject: "This kind of cream is really good. I heard that the method of making the cream is from Centaur Hills. Victor, have you heard of who invented the cream?"

I did not invent it! I copied it...

Victor picked up a lettuce salad with a fork, and lightly said: "Cream and honey are just condiments after all. Their value is to make the main dish more delicious." Put the salad in the mouth, and said with a smile: "The lettuce is the main dish here."

"haha! Well said!"

Williams laughed , Patted Victor on the shoulder affectionately.

The banquet held by the Marquis of Leopold was to invite Victor for Williams. Regardless of Victor's words has several points of sincerity, as the representative of the York family, Sylvia's lover, his statement is the result Williams wants to see. In the hall, there are not only the Peak wealthy of Gambis, the representatives of the major lords, but also the nobles related to other kingdoms. Although overwhelming majority guests can hear their conversation, Williams also laughed out loud to express the close relationship between the royal family and the York family.

The atmosphere in the main hall became more harmonious with Williams' hearty laugh.

Victor knows and is interested, Williams sees him more and more pleasing to the eye, smiles and says: "Victor, you are about to leave the capital. I have prepared 20 cleansing potions and 20 energy potions. As a gift to you."

The function of the cleansing potion is to purify the Knight bloodline and help the children of the nobles to awaken Battle Qi, and there is a certain chance that they will become trainee Knights. However, the trainee Knight who was promoted with the purification potion could no longer go further.

The energy potion can restore the Battle Qi, but taking the energy potion will destroy the balance of the four elements, on the contrary, it reduces the battle strength of Knight, and the effect of taking the energy potion for the first time is the most obvious. Taking it continuously has no effect. It can also cause poisoning, and it takes ten days to take it again. The real use of the energy potion is to help trainee Knight impact the Knight realm. Because the trainee Knight itself has not achieved the balance of the four elements, if they are exhausted when the Battle Qi is stimulating the element position, using a bottle of energy potion will greatly increase the probability of successful promotion. Of course, a Knight promoted in this way is almost impossible to become a silver Knight.

The energy potion and the cleansing potion have the same drawbacks, but for those small families, it is better to have Knight than no Knight. They do not hesitate to use the royal family in order to obtain promotion potions. In short, these two medicines are strategic resources for the Royal Family to draw people's hearts and strengthen its strength. Minsk County in the northern part of Gambis is an important source of pharmaceutical raw materials. The royal family built the Minsk fortress group and deployed heavy guards to firmly control the pharmaceutical resources.

The prices of these two potions are above 1,000 jinshor, and Williams sends out 40 potions at a time, which is very generous. It's a pity that Victor is useless, and the York family also has a similar formula. In fact, the Great Family, which has a long history, rarely uses such medicines. The resources occupied by the lord are limited. If too many Knights with no potential are created, it will be a huge burden on the family. Compared with the man-made Knight, they want to obtain the powerful Knight bloodline.

"His Royal Highness, can I exchange these potions for a small request?" Victor said sincerely.

"Say!" Williams said with a big wave of heroism reaching to the clouds.

As long as it is not for money or supplies, I can agree to everything!

Victor slightly smiled: "His Royal Highness, when I visited Archbishop Lazarus several times, I was completely empty. It may be because of my low status... I would like to ask you to introduce me."

Williams relaxed secretly, hesitatingly said: "This is okay, but what can I guarantee?"

If you want the church to help Centaur Hills, you have to talk about it yourself!

"It's okay, as long as I can listen to Master Bishop's teachings."

Williams spoke slightly and said: "You can visit Archbishop Lazarus at any time."

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"Many Thanks Your Highness."

Victor is overjoyed. He wants to visit Archbishop not for assistance, but for another purpose. However, Archbishop kept avoid meeting somebody, so he had to ask Williams for help. Now with the promise of the Grand Duke, the following things will be easier to handle.

Do not spend money, earn personal affection effortlessly. Williams is also in a good mood. For a while, the host and the guest had a lot of joy and happiness.

"Victor, I recently received information. King Dodo executed Duke Eriksson, the Duke Eriksson was reduced to a viscountry, and the Eriksson family handed over the excess territory The Kingdom of Dodo. Friedrich Your Majesty canonized that territory to three powerful lords. Among them, Viscount Negus is also a Wind Element Great Knight, whose territory happens to border your northern territory. You must be careful. !" Williams took a sip of dum and said pointedly.

Victor frowned. The incident of Austin invading Randal led to a lot of weirdness. Sylvia believed that Dodian was behind the scenes. Although there is no conclusive evidence, it is best for Dodian to provoke the relationship between the York family and the Royal Family. The intelligence mentioned by Williams just confirmed this point. Seeing that the win was unsuccessful, Dodian began to guard against the York family going northward, and the installation of a Wind Element Great Knight was also aimed at Victor and Solon.

Victor is not worried about martial power conflicts, dozens of alchemy war mastiffs can make Dodian burn out, but the relationship between the two parties has become tense. The freed-v The supply point is what makes him headache.

However, these all are future troubles.

Victor said: "His Royal Highness, Lord Solon's territory also borders Dodian's sphere of influence."

"I want to recall Solon, and the Royal Guard Army cannot do without him. As for Viscount Solon. The leader is temporarily taken over by his younger brother Baron. The defense of Centaur Hills is still the responsibility of the Governor of Centaur Hills." Williams shook his head and said.

At this time, the melodious piano sound played the prelude to the ball.