Transcendent Noble

In 15th, 7569, the glorious calendar, a refugee riot broke out in Stonetred City in the southern part of the Kingdom of Dodo, causing more than 3,700 deaths and injuries. Hora Ludwig was passing by Dwymick and encountered bandit gangs fleeing everywhere, and unfortunately died in battle.

The news of the death of Jinlique Count spread, and the aristocratic circle was in an uproar. After a joint investigation by the Dodo royal family and the church, it was determined that the turmoil of the Marquis de Dvemick was caused by the sheriff of Stonetred City, Lord Valmon Dvemick, who had arbitrarily dispersed the refugees' gathering place.

King Dodo severely reprimanded Lord Valmon’s lord, the Marquis of Dwymick, and ordered the Dwymick family to compensate the heirs of Hora with 200,000 gold sols and 300,000 gold sols worth of supplies . The Marquis de Vemek deprived Varmon of his title and family name and sent him to the Inquisition for trial. According to the Bright New Testament, the referee Trigoval sentenced him and his relatives to the highest penalty for Knight. A total of 376 people guarded the Dusk Forest Line for 25 years. After the end of the sentence, the survivors will be exiled to the Eastern Alliance. At the same time, Pope Clement expressed his anger at the tragedy of Stonetred City. He removed Salisbury from his post, recalled him to Church and demoted him to priest of monastery. The three major patriarchs of the Cardinal Council jointly signed the Decree prohibiting local lords from dispersing the refugee camps without authorization, and the Cardinal Council is solely responsible for the migration of the refugees.

When Victor received the order, he and Sylvia had already returned to the Rose Manor.

Centaur Hills has been under heavy snow for three consecutive days, the mountains and rivers are bleak, Heaven and Earth are all white, and the quiet and chic Rose Manor is changed into silver outfit.

The crystal flower house of the manor is warm like spring and full of vitality. There is a flue floor heating under the blue brick ground, and there are scattered red copper water pipes in the flower room. The servant uses a special crank mechanism to pump hot water into the copper pipe. The entwined hot steam passes through the copper pipe holes, rendering the multi-colored crystal flower room like Immortal Realm.

"Did you do it?"

Victor looked back from the snow scene outside the crystal flower room and turned to see that Sylvia was sitting on a wicker chair with her slender legs upturned. Taste coffee. She was wearing a goose-yellow low-cut tunic long skirt, sunny blond hair with her shoulders, revealing a long and graceful neck and a snowy chest.

Her sitting posture is not dignified, but very kind, full of lazy and attractive charm, like a wife facing her husband.

Facing Sylvia's clear blue eyes, Victor shrugged her bladder, saying that she didn't know what she was asking about.

"Stonetred City's vagrants' fight." Sylvia reminded while holding the silver spoon while stirring the coffee.

"It's not me..." Victor hesitated, shook his head and said, "I am not sure if it is mine."

Golden Water City is more than 400 kilometers away from Stonetred City , The Golden Crow released by Barol can only fly to Alchemy Tower. After Victor returned to Randal, he could see Mercury's report. He really doesn't know the specific situation about the Stonetred City battle.

However, even if Stonetred City’s vagrants fight was secretly planned by Mercury, Victor would not feel guilty about it.

From ancient times to the present, as long as the struggle for land and water sources is involved, bloody conflicts have often been caused. The outside is a war, and the inside is a large-scale battle between the Earth Sect clan forces and the foreign refugees. This kind of thing is not shifted by personal will, it is a question of social structure and political system. The enfeoffment lords and the church cannot stop the conflict between the leaders and the refugees. They can only wait for the conflict to break out and then make up for it.

From Victor's standpoint, it doesn't make any difference that a big weapon fight takes place in Stonetred City or other territories. He only needs to ensure the stability of Randal collar and Centaur Hills.

"The king of Gambis changed a fiancee and died a palace sign. The court count of the Dodo kingdom was killed. Stonetred City killed and wounded thousands of refugees." Victor sat down opposite Sylvia and asked with a smile: " The nobles of Gambis pay attention to Anna. The nobles of Dodo pay attention to the truth about the attack on Hora... My dear, why are you concerned about the fighting among the refugees that no one is interested in?"

Sylvia took a sip of coffee and raised her eyebrows. Rhetorically asked: "My dear, do you think I should leave Anna alone in the Kite Castle?"

The matter of Blinol City is settled, and the lords return to their respective territories. The York family returns to Centaur Hills, but Anna stays in the palace alone. Sylvia didn't even arrange a family attendant for her. Although it is unlikely that the four kings of the Hou Family would murder the noble daughter of the York family, Victor was impressed by the decisive struggle of the Bastern Palace officials.

The cruelty of court struggle is by no means comparable to ordinary families. The four princes have countless ways to clean up a little girl who doesn't know the world.

Victor shook his head and said: "Lora told me that King Ryan did not even protect her mother. If Anna encounters a problem in the palace, there is not even a person with whom to discuss her."

"Ryan can't protect the first queen and queen Irene, what can I do to protect Anna?"

Sylvia put down the silver cup and said quietly: "Basttern dare to offend my majesty Isn’t he afraid of the York family interfering in the Royal Family’s internal affairs? He died, but he also won... If Anna’s side is with people from the York family, they would be the first to eradicate the four princes. So, Anna is now the child of the Augustus family , She will be safer."

"From the standpoint of the family, Augustus and York entered into a marriage contract. Kite Castle received the formula of the golden potion, and we also got the formula of the secret scouring potion of Kite Castle. . As for Edward and Anna’s private affairs, it doesn’t matter. If Anna is murdered, I will send another child to Kite Castle and kill a court marquis by the way."

"I want to see, four How many marquises of the King Hou Family are enough for me to kill." Sylvia rolled her eyes and smiled and said, "This kind of thing doesn't need to be warned in advance, just speak with the facts."

If Victor has realized it. Sylvia took a glance at him, and said, "Is the queen so good? Anna can only rely on Edward now. The pressure of court life will make the two little fellows build a deep relationship. This helps their extraordinary Knights. Road."

"You are willing to care about Anna, indicating that you also care about the York family now...I am very happy."

Sylvia smiled, holding her lover’s hand, frowning Said: "However, we are now facing a major hidden danger, I need your advice."

"What hidden danger?" Victor blinked and asked in surprise.

"Currently, what is the most difficult problem for the Dwymick family?" Sylvia poured a cup of hot, fragrant coffee and handed it to Victor's hand.

Victor took a sip of coffee and tentatively said: "They are isolated in diplomacy and trade?"

Sylvia shook her head lightly and said, "More than 400 people The elite led the attack on Hora’s convoy in Dwymek. How did they come? How did they retreat? Hide there? How to solve the supply? Will this kind of raid happen? Don’t clarify these problems first, any one The lord can't sleep well."

The Baron leader of 20,000 can mobilize thousands of militias, but the elite who can really pull out to fight generally do not exceed 500. Otherwise, the operation of the territory will have major problems. An army like Xiong Tuan that can span countless territories and attack thousands of miles cannot be brought out by any powerful lord.

Of course, the bear group can achieve this level, mainly due to the backbone role of homunculus. Without Alchemy Tower, Victor has great ability and impossible to put an army beyond a thousand li. It's just that Victor can't tell anyone about the secrets of Alchemy Tower right now. He thought for a while, and said slightly intentionally, "Don't you know all of these? My smuggling caravan has conquered many cottages and used them as transportation nodes and logistics depots for the bear group. Later, no matter what Sophia expands the Golden Group there. , My bear group can take root in the mountains and forests of the vicinity."

Sylvia pondered for a moment, and said with the head of her jaw: "No matter what the battle strength of the bear group, it is indeed a very deterrent A powerful army."

"My dear, are you interested in the bear group?" Victor asked nonchalantly.

"Not interested."

"Huh?"

Sylvia shook her head slowly. Victor was surprised and inexplicable, she saw her pursed her lips and said: "The bear group will face two problems by relying on cottage development. It is destined to not last long."

"hope to hear the details." Victor said in a serious tone.

"If an army used the cottage near Randal to threaten the safety of the Randal Family. What would you do?"

Victor was taken aback and said unwillingly:" But..."

"What is it?" Sylvia fluffed her hair lightly, and said with a faint smile: "But, you only want to do business with the lords of various places through the mountain people, and you are not prepared to intimidate them with martial power. .Do you believe this statement? In the past, the lord tolerated your smuggling caravan to hook up with the cottage, and he also valued the smuggling trade. But the bear group led the attack and murder of a Great Knight in the Marquis Dwymic, who dares now? Say that smuggling caravans and copycats are not a threat to you? When Sophia’s Golden Group and the lords reach a secret trade agreement, what is the use of smuggling caravans? The first thing that local lords must solve is the surrounding copycats."

"This is an external problem facing the bear group." Sylvia paused and asked with a smile: "You spent a lot of gold coins to maintain the smuggling node?"

Victor sighed, shook his head and said:" Most of the profits from the smuggling trade are used to maintain the smuggling nodes."

"If I were Sophia, I would trade with my left hand, right hand armed mercenaries, and threaten and lure local lords to join the Golden Group. Wait for Golden After the Group is formed, does she still need to spend a huge amount of money to maintain the mountain people’s armed forces? Even if she wants to keep the bear group, the lord of the Golden Group will not agree!"

"Stonetred City’s vagrants fight with weapons? You don’t know what your subordinates planned. This shows that you can’t effectively control things beyond a thousand li. If the lord cleans or buys the surrounding cottages, you are impossible to support the mountain people in time. They will either escape or surrender." Sylvia shook the head, looking into Victor’s eyes, said softly:

"My dear, don’t treat the lord as a fool. The cottage is too far away from you and too close to the lord. If you stretch out your hands too long, you’ll be chopped off Drop."

Victor was dumb for a moment, and said unwillingly: "If there is a problem, I will solve the problem...I will always think of a solution."

"I have no doubts about it. "

Sylvia stretched out her hand to rub Victor's face, smoothed her frowning eyebrows, pinched a smile, and said, "Honey, bear group insignificant...the migration of refugees is the big problem. Hurry up. Help me find a way."

Victor said helplessly: "Then you have to describe the problem clearly."

Sylv ia let go of her lover's face, frowned and said: "The bear group can penetrate the Dwymic collar smoothly. The most important reason is that the Dwymic collar is in chaos. "

The leader of Dwymick drove the exodus camp, breaking the original balance, leading to chaos in the monitoring system of the territory. The bear group was using the loopholes in the defense of Dwymick to sneak into the attacking position. If the army led by Dwymick has the migrant camp as the eyes and ears, the bear group is impossible to send hundreds of people into the territory of a powerful marquis.

Victor nodded, expressing approval of Sylvia’s views.

"The big fight in Stonetred City proves that the refugees and the leaders led by Dwemek are not of one mind. "Sylvia said with a sad face: "Those refugees have lived in Dwymic for hundreds of years, and they have not been recognized by the leaders of the Dwymic family, let alone my Centaur Hills? "

"Because of the Stonetred City battle, the Cardinal completely took over the migration of refugees from all kingdoms. Clement's political influence suddenly expanded several times. Centaur Hills and Naville Kingdom are the refugee settlements envisioned by Clement. According to the original agreement, Centaur Hills will receive at least 400,000 refugees..."

Victor's eyes flashed, and he whispered, "Can't Centaur Hills accommodate 400,000 refugees? I think that Centaur Hills now accepts 500,000 people and there is no big problem. "

"It's too early, and it's too fast. "Sylvia shook her head and said: "Something happened to Stonetred City. Although Clement is very up-and-coming, he must make achievements as soon as possible in organizing the migration of refugees." And I am not ready yet. "

"The York family originally had more than 60,000 people. When Ant-Man invaded Centaur Hills, other families gave up guarding the territory. I took over their leaders, more than 50,000 people in total. Until now, I haven't completely digested these people. Centaur Hills then recruited 120,000 migrant workers. If Clement gets me another 400,000 people, how can we control more than 500,000 refugees with the more than 60,000 people of our York family? "

"...the strong guest and the weak is a problem. Victor nodded, and said with a smile immediately: "The 120,000 refugees in Centaur Hills, there are more than 80,000 people with me, haven't I been in trouble? Don't worry, the church is impossible to migrate so many people over at once. As long as the refugees enter Centaur Hills in batches and organized, we have time to settle them. "

Sylvia gave Victor a blank glance, and sighed: "It's bad that the church organizes the migration of refugees... I have a way to clean up those loose refugees." But Stonetred City just broke out in a big weapon fight, killing and wounding thousands of people, now who dares to use tough methods to deal with the refugees? These refugees have churches as their backers, and their large numbers will inevitably condense into a huge force. How do you let my leaders control them? "

"If someone encourages these group of refugees to fight against the York family...the consequences are disastrous! Moreover, the power of 400,000 refugees can even influence the opinions of pastors. There will be a political force out of my control in Centaur Hills! "

Sylvia rolled her blue eyes and changed a weak expression. Holding Victor's wrist, she said pitifully, "My dear, you have a lot of experience in managing refugees." I can only rely on you now. "

"Just rely on me! "

Victor laughed, patted Sylvia supple as if boneless with slim hands, stood up, and said high-spirited and vigorously: "I have had a belly case... But before solving this problem, you must believe in population resources It is the greatest wealth in the hands of the lord! The ultimate goal of the lord and the church is population growth..."

Sylvia was uncommitted and lacked interest. Victor suddenly scratched his head. His response involved a major change. Although Sylvia was as wise as a sea , But she is limited by the times after all, I am afraid she will not be able to accept it for a while. Victor paced back and forth two steps and decided to change the way of talking.

"I had a nightmare when I was young. I was standing under a tree with a red-clothed queen beside me. A wolf was charging in the distance, and I was so scared that I ran forward. However, I ran for a long time but still stayed where I was. I yelled: Why is this happening? The Red Queen said arrogantly: Here, at your current speed, you can only stay in place. You want to reach another place, you must run at double speed! "

Sylvia held her sharp and charming chin, and asked with interest: "Later? "

"Later, I woke up in shock. "

Sylvia pu chi smiled and shook the head, "The red-clothed queen...must double the speed...what do you want to say? "

The Red Queen's Law of Earth World was borrowed shamelessly by Victor.

"I think there are two meanings. First of all, I must run faster than the wolf to survive. The wolf must run faster than me, so as not to starve to death. So animals that run slowly are either eaten or starved to death. Not going forward is going backwards, and stagnation equals death. This is competition. "

"Competition everywhere, the individual is the same, the family is the same. "Victor said: "The York family wants to win the competition, only to follow the changes of the times and put themselves in a leading position. "

Sylvia said with a smile: "A very interesting dream...what does the red queen represent?" "

Victor lightly said with a smile: "If you run too fast alone, there will be a force of force to drag you back to the place. "

"For example, Knight chases the enemy, Knight squad can't keep up with his speed. If Knight chases it by himself, both he and his squad are in danger. Therefore, the speed of Knight squad limits the speed of Knight. In the same way, family changes are affected by inherent forces. "

Victor said with scorching eyes: "I mean the leaders and vassals." "

Sylvia sits upright and asks eloquently: "Do you want to change the vassal system?" "

"no! If you run too fast, you will be dragged back..."

Victor shook his head and said, "My dear, you know why I am not willing to accept Saber-Toothed Tiger Knight NS? Because Knight's ideas and traditions will hinder the development speed of the Randal Family. "Paused, he said with a bitter smile: "However, Randal leads the development to this day, and my followers have begun to hinder me... The vassals and leaders of the Randal Family are unwilling to accept more refugees. "

Sylvia's eyes were shining, and the head of her jaw said: "It can't be too fast, it can't be too slow... Then what's your solution?" "

"Below the leaders and above the refugees, set up a transitional class. "Victor shook his slender index finger and said, "I don't plan to give up population resources. At the same time, I have to take into account the interests of the people. "

"The traditional village is the most basic administrative unit of the family. The village produces food, manufactures goods, builds armaments, multiplies offspring, trains soldiers, trains craftsmen, and controls territories. If you go back up, the people of the village come from a family. They are very united and have family values. Even the lord can hardly shake a village power. "Victor shook his head and said with a smile: "The problem is that they are xenophobic." "

"en. "Sylvia nodded, encouraged: "My dear, keep talking. "

"How did the village transform the refugees?" Advise Jin to adopt... The village forces only absorb the children of the refugees who have good looks and good health. And their father's mother's family members will always be refugees. "Victor said: "The speed of persuading Jin to adopt and transform refugees is too slow to keep up with the changes of the times. If the Centaur Hills flooded into 400,000 refugees, the leaders of the York family would really not be able to digest it. "

"You are worried that the refugee groups will form forces similar to the leading villages. Then we can't let the refugees hug together for warmth, nor can we let the leading people be xenophobic. "Victor said his countermeasures.

"Disperse the refugees into small families that depend on the village of Lingmin. I call this kind of family tenants. "

"Tenancy? Sylvia chewed for a moment and asked, "How to explain?" "

"Families that rent land for the land are tenant households. "

Victor said in detail: "Tenancy households must first obtain the lease documents issued by the lord. This is to separate them from the church. Secondly, the tenant family adopts a monogamous system, no more than 12 people, so as not to form a small influence. Tenant households with more than 12 people arrange redundant family members on their own, or the lord classifies him as a migrant worker. In the last article, the lord assigns the villages to which the tenants depend, so that they can engage in basic productive labor. In this way, the leading families can get rid of heavy agricultural work and have more time for military training, learning craftsmanship, and producing goods and armaments. "

"Very exciting! "Sylvia smiled like a flower, and urged: "My dear, keep talking." "

Victor laughed and said: "We have to distinguish between tenant households and refugee families, to make tenant households more dependent on the lord, and to prevent the refugee group from gaining power." Therefore, we must give tenants some special rights. "

"First of all, the children of tenant households have the right to receive education. "

"Children from 4 to 8 years old have no ability to work and they need limited food. They can board in a general education school jointly organized by the church and the leading village, receive free education, and cultivate a loyal family concept. Only the other members of the tenant household have time to work and expand production. Leading families can only choose people who are encouraged to adopt in general schools. In addition, we will also set up military schools and craftsmanship schools. Tenant families have to spend money to send their children to receive further education if they want to succeed. Both schools point to hiring Legion. In other words, the children of tenant households have the opportunity to join Legion and eventually become lord or vassal. "

"Secondly, tenant families have the right to rent land. Victor touched his nose, and said in a brief and terrifying way: "In this way, we help tenants accumulate family wealth and establish a dependency relationship with the citizens. "

Sylvia knocked on the table and shouted softly: "Be specific, specific, don't try to get through!" "

"This... they get 30% of the harvest. "Victor cautiously said.

"Thirty percent? "Sylvia's beautiful slender eyebrows gradually raised, and asked: "The church gets 10%, the leaders get 30%, the tenants get 30%, how much do I have left?" "

"30%...Actually, it is 10%. You have to consider vassals and kingdom pensions. "Victor moved back without moving an expression.

Sylvia's beautiful blue eyes widened and said angrily: "10%? My lord is not as good as a tenant? "

Victor showed an amazing desire to survive, and quickly remedied: "Baby, don't worry. You have to look at the total amount. The arable land in Centaur Hills is yours. You also have minerals, forests, cattle, sheep and pigs, various commodities... By the way, there is also a transaction tax. "

"That won't work either! Food reserves are very important! "

"There is no shortage of food, it is stored in the bakery of the village office...When you need it, you can use it. "Victor said disapprovingly: "Besides, what is the use of food in the name of the lord?" Don't you want to donate to the church what you can't eat? "

Sylvia stopped, put her chest in one hand, and her chin in the other, "It makes sense... But, the lord can't take advantage of her reputation, right? "

"Purchase with money. "Victor cunning laughed, "Don't forget, we can mint coins." "

Sylvia froze for a moment, her eyes bright, she bit her red lip lightly, and said flatteringly: "My dear, you are such a genius... how can I reward you?" "

"Why don't you stay in the Rose Manor, let me serve you well, and when Tracey comes back, you will go back to Randal." "

Victor hugged the beautiful and alluring Spiritual God Knight in his arms, shook his head and said, "My dear, I am not in a hurry to return to Randal, but I need to patrol Raven Town." "