Chapter 717
"Is there really no way?"
The afternoon sun shines through the grid windows into the living room in the backyard of the church, and the colorful spots of light are printed on the blue brick floor. The upper part adds a touch of bright color to this small living room with simple furnishings, creating a clean, simple and bright atmosphere.
Victor sits at an oak table, gently turning the pottery cup in his hand, and the clear water collides back and forth in the cup to form a thin vortex. He observed the phenomenon in the pottery cup with interest, with a faint smile on his handsome face, like a beautiful teenager with a gentle temperament and full of curiosity.
The gentle and curious evaluation is in line with Victor's characteristics. The void Water Element affinity bloodline gives him extraordinary and refined beauty, as well as a patient and gentle personality, so he is favored by high-end Dame; if he is not exuberant His curiosity will not become the big scholar recommended by the Silver Tower.
Level 5 Pastor Dane sat on the other side of the table, looking at Victor carelessly, cold sweat oozes from the back of his neck.
He has known Victor for a few years, and they are close friends, but as a direct line of Pope Clement, he received a secret letter from the Cardinal and understood the other side of Victor deeply.
The gentle, graceful His Royal Highness Randal kills the Ogre Warlord like a chicken; the battle between him and the Great Khan Centaur stretches for more than two hundred kilometers, like a hurricane, wherever he goes. Tear, the grass will not grow.
Of course, the priest does not need to fear the power of His Royal Highness Randal, but the power and reputation of Sword Saint Stormrage cannot be ignored. Dane can be promoted to the rank of pastor before the age of fifty. Thanks to His Royal Highness Randal’s help, he now only needs to write a letter to the pope to express his dissatisfaction with Dane. Many pastors will be very happy to succeed Dane. The post of the Diocese of Randal.
Dane regretted that he was not tactful enough just now. But for the small request made by Stormrage sword saint, he was really powerless, and he could only explain with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness, you know that the highest title that an ordinary person can be awarded is the Lord. Lord Nelson is famous and has outstanding military exploits, but after all, he There is no noble bloodline......"
Victor put down the pottery cup, interrupted Dane’s words, and said, "If it’s not so troublesome, I won’t find you anymore. I am going to donate 40,000 golds to the Randal Diocese. Well, what do you think?"
Of course Dane knew that Lord Count wanted to forge a bloodline document from Lord Nelson, he pondered for a moment, and sighed: "Victor, I won’t hide it from you. This kind of thing is very simple, as long as a deceased Knight knight-errant is placed on the status of Lord Nelson’s bloodline elder, Lord Nelson’s bloodline clerk can be done immediately. However, Lord Nelson’s He is well-known and a confidant of Stormrage sword saint. These two identities add up, and he has been seen by many great characters. For example, Patriarch Tamor will definitely be interested in the favor of Stormrage sword saint. , Such a small event can become a major event, which is detrimental to the reputation and decency of the Randal Family..."
The priest paused and said in a serious tone: "If you insist, I will do this for you. . But my advice is that the big trouble is behind."
Whether celebrities do bad or good deeds, they will be amplified many times. The louder the reputation, the stronger the amplification effect.
Dane said frankly that he can help this, but his operation can't hide from the church leaders. Once the Patriarch Tamor learns that Lord Nelson forged the bloodline, he will inevitably have to use his hands and feet. Ask the Stormrage sword saint for personal feelings.
If you change to a small character who needs to forge bloodline, His Royal Highness Randal doesn't need to personally ask Dane for help, just find a remote chapel and get the paperwork easily. Victor's desire to forge a bloodline document for Nelson will inevitably alarm the Patriarch of Church, and there is more than one. If Tamor can intervene, why does Frides ignore it? In the end, the unlucky one must be Pastor Dane, and maybe Pope Clement will be involved.
For the title of Baron, it is not worthwhile to alarm the three patriarchs.
Victor also didn't want to pay Pastor Dane in, after all, he was his optimistic agent.
"Is there any other way?"
Dane finally relaxed. Fortunately, he just won the recognition of Stormrage Sword Saint for his decisive statement. He thought about it and said: "Every The bishops of each parish all have Lord Nelson’s files. He was named Baron today i'm afraid i can't ...... His other three ladies are all ladies, they belong to Lord Nelson Children can be named Baron. This is equivalent to Lord Nelson holding a Baron title."
Victor was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Can't Nelson and Mrs. Linda's twin son work?"
Dane laughed dryly, and said with a sigh: "Lord Nelson is the ombudsman of the Randal Family... The various Sects district has her records, and arranges for her an aristocratic relative and an operational lord. I don’t have much difference, the church can just test their bloodline to break through..."
Victor finally gave up, stood up, nodded and said: "Well, this matter is put on hold... Anyway, I will Thank you, I will leave first."
"His Royal Highness, you are too polite." With a modest smile on Dane's face, he stood up and sent Victor to the carriage outside the church at High Level.
The carriage drove to the roadside of Pinghu Fort, Victor was too lazy to go down, and ordered the guards to go to the castle to find Nelson.
"My lord, you are looking for me." Nelson got into the carriage and sat down opposite Victor.
He is wearing a golden centaur leather armor and a helmet in his hands. He has thick short hair rooted up, his facial features are firm, his muscles are well-proportioned, and his body is full of a real sense of strength.
"Why, are you going to war?" Victor glanced at him, and said in an angry manner: "Spend more time with your ladies, give birth to aristocratic bloodline Heir to come out."
Nelson was confused. He didn't know why his master was angry. He touched his head and said truthfully: "I am also wondering, since Linda gave birth to me two sons. A woman’s stomach is silent...I’m working hard, they still complain about me every day, and they make a lot of messy potions for me to drink."
His expression is confused, and it looks like Somewhat depressed, but there is no meaning to be anxious.
The power of the mind has already begun to interfere with internal diving... Victor looked at Nelson, and secretly thought.
It is not accidental that Nelson can reach his current Life Level. In fact, since he had a pair of twin sons, he has no intention of having children anymore. Even though he has not built the Innate Talent Tree yet, his subconsciousness is all focused on improving his strength and his fertility is automatically locked, but he doesn’t know it. .
The pure and huge power of the heart comes from the desire of the heart, which directly affects Nelson's inner life, not to mention the medicine Linda and the others found, it is Miller old man who personally performed the divine technique Can't help him either. Of course, Victor has no good way. Only when Nelson has mastered the touch of the heart, will he be at ease, and the difficult problem of fertility should be solved.
Victor shook his head and sighed, then turned to say: "I originally wanted to canonize you as my vassal Baron, but you don't have a noble bloodline, and Joanna and others have not been able to give birth to you. It seems that it's impossible... …"
"My lord, what does it matter? The Lordship is good." Nelson suddenly realized, chuckled. His eyes were rock-solid, without the slightest mood swing, he was obviously sincere.
Victor smiled nodded and said: "You will fight with me, and you should be rewarded for your merits. Then, I can confer your youngest son a lord and grant 30 square kilometers of land. As for your eldest Son, he is the first heir to the lord, so there is no need to award rewards. In the future, the two brothers will make contributions, and I will award more land to them."
Nelson was startled. , I think this is a good thing, but I am not so happy, and habitually said: "I listen to the arrangements of the adults."
Victor gave him land, not territory. There is a fundamental difference between the two . The territories are connected on one side to build castles, exercise powers, and recruit vassals; granting land is to give a farm to the east and a terrace on the west. It is still Fiefdom in name but lacks integration space. Administrative power can only be delegated to the monarch. The lord dispatches tenants to engage in production activities, which is equivalent to the big landlord with the title of lord.
From now on, this kind of concealed aristocracy and granting land will become more and more common, gradually forming a class of aristocratic landlords.
Compared to the lord, the noble landlord has its own advantages. For example, a lord of the lord can only entrust a territory of 300 square kilometers, but there is no upper limit for granting land to the nobles. As long as the nobles have the ability to make contributions, the land he can obtain can exceed the title limit.
Of course, the lord impossible grants all the land to the false nobles, and can also repay the merits by promoting the title of the nobles.
In the current system, the Lord is not a real nobleman, while Baron and Viscount belong to the lower nobles, and count and above are the upper nobles.
Victor is the feudal lord of count and has the right to canonize Lord, Baron and Viscount. Nelson's knighthood is promoted so that he can enter the power core of the Randal Family in a righteous manner, without being overwhelmed by Nicole.
Nelson is upright by nature and loyal to Victor. As the Peak battle strength of the Randal Family, Victor needs him to stay in Randal to lead the suppression of the situation. Impossible to bring him by his side.
Because Nelson has a muscle, he and Nicole work together, and after a long time there will be conflicts. This situation does not depend on one's own will, but depends on people's hearts and minds.
Nicole has the right to canonize the Lord. She has a great stick and honey, and everyone will cheat her. Nelson didn't have anything, but he was still a stubborn brain. He would go to find someone to fight if he didn't go well with his official business. Once or twice, Nicole could bear him, and he would inevitably give it back when he got too many times.
Nelson followed Victor in the South and North Wars, and he was only one step away from the Golden Rank. Not to mention that Nicole is still a veteran Knight. Even if she is promoted to the Golden Rank, don't want to overwhelm the bears of the North.
Victor doesn't want to see a conflict between his lover and the number one confidant, but the most important reason lies in the mercenaries who are in charge of the smuggling caravan. Now that Nelson is back, they have the backbone again, but if even Nelson is unreliable, they will most likely defect to Mrs. Nicole if they think about the future of their children.
"You have a half a month when you come back. Have you heard of anything?" Victor called out a blast of air and blew the bell outside the carriage, so that the coachman urged the horse and drove out of the city.
"I haven't heard anything." Nelson said blankly.
Linda must have told him many things. This guy didn’t think anything is true... Victor secretly slandered, knowing that it’s useless to go around with Nelson, and said directly: "You are only in charge of the First Army group. , Other Legion matters are not allowed. Hammer, Fermi...all the war bear mercenaries who manage the smuggling caravan are all included in the First Army group's sequence. I will transfer their land to you and Linda’s youngest son. Down, from now on, the war bear mercenary family is considered the vassal of the little lord."
"Yes, my lord." Nelson clenched his fist against his chest, said solemnly.
Victor cast his gaze out of the car window and watched the tree-lined trees on the roadside receding. After a while, he said: "This time in the State of Al, Pope Clement and I talked about the wild people. The problem of......wizard appears among the wild folks in the cottage. The lord and the court will jointly slaughter the entire cottage without leaving a living. If the cottage is not connected to the territory, the lord can send troops to annihilate it. The church never asks."
"This is because there is a wizard among the wild folks. Even if he is old and dead, the evil beliefs that he started can continue to poison the entire cottage." Victor paused, and continued: "The cottage stronghold we control has not yet found a small wizard. But the Pope reminded me that Shanzhai must keep in touch with nearby lords, otherwise the lords have the right to send troops to annihilate them. In order to avoid conflict, our smuggling caravan must continue to distribute profits to remote lords, although Golden Group is prepared to give up those remote and difficult smuggling Business Dao."
Nelson stared at Victor, and then asked: "My lord, what do you mean...our mountain strongholds are all gone. Give them back to the hillbilly lords?"
"Why not?" Victor laughed silently, and said, "The hillbilly lord and the cottage traded, nothing more than exploiting some shank products, and it didn’t make much profit. It was our smuggling caravan who smuggled the mountain wares to the big towns. Selling on the black market, and then bringing gold coins, potions, and fine gold to the little lords. They know that some people are smuggling goods through the cottage, and they have been pretending to be deaf and dumb, and let the village chief of the vassal trade with us. This is also because they don’t have any. Ability to find out our details, and don’t want to cut off the fortune. However, if those remote business roads do not make much money in the future, they may have to turn their faces."
Nelson eye shows the ominous light, said solemnly: "Then show them something awesome!"
"Do you think they will attack the cottage?" Victor sneered and shook his head: "Those remote families are mostly down-and-out Lords, Baron , Even the lord who served him didn’t bother to bother with them. Why did they attack my copycat stronghold? Telling the lord was a countermeasure they could adopt. Unfortunately, the Golden Group will soon turn from dark to light, and I don’t need to care about Golden People know about the Group."
Victor turned around and said: "The cottage base cost me a lot of hard work, so it is impossible to give up, and I have to think of another way to make money... Since the forest resources Limited, then let the hillbilly lords join in and use their land and manpower to open up financial resources. Next, the smuggling caravan should try to get in touch with the small lords directly to encourage them to grow cash crops or build handicrafts according to my requirements. Workshop to produce the products I specify. Specific strategies , I still need some time to think about it, but there are already candidates for implementation, that is, your adopted son and daughter, Paul and Mary. "
Nelson said nodded, in a low, muffled voice: "Linda hasn't seen them for a long time, so she asked me about it. "
Victor glanced at him and said leisurely: "In January next year, you and I will live in the Red Frost Tree Manor for a period of time, and you will be able to see them. "
Nelson's eyes immediately shined, and he asked happily: "My lord, have you prepared a secret bloodline for me?" "
Victor nodded with a smile said: "I'm still trying to figure out, and I plan to gather a few more useful helpers... Don't worry, I will always formulate a set of secret methods for you, Innate Talent Tree of temperament. "
"Then can I do something?" Nelson asked eagerly.
"When the time comes, let's talk about it. Victor waved his hand and turned to warned repeatedly: "You turn back to summon the hammer and them to convey my order. All the mountain people's strongholds begin to survey the nearby mineral veins. I will send craftsmen and trainers to send another batch of llamas. , Ready to mine minerals. "
"As you wish, my lord...Where shall we go now?" "
Victor looked at the scenery outside the window with a playful smile at the corner of his mouth, and said: "I'm looking for dwarf Green. I heard that he killed the Barbarian Race prisoner that His Royal Highness Andre gave me...I hope he The results of the research can satisfy me. "