Chapter 463

Nelson took Todd and others into the study of Pinghu castle and saw the Viscount Randall with black hair and black eyes and exquisite facial features like sculpture.

They saluted the Lord at the same time. Victor waved his hand and said softly, "don't make yourself at home. Sit down." His eyes first turned to Nelson and joked, "I wish Lord Nelson a happy wedding."

Nelson, with a red face, touched the back of his head and said, "thank you, my Lord."

Soon after he returned to Randall from Denver, the Duke of York and Lady Katrina selected a young and beautiful ordinary noble girl and sent her to Pinghu Town as the Lord's personal maid. Nelson now has a wife and three valets, Linda, Joanna, Lauretta and Leica.

A nobleman who marries a close maid will not hold a wedding ceremony. They received father Miller's blessing and registered in Pinghu Town church, even if they had a legal marriage. On behalf of Victor, Nicole gave rich gifts and attended Nelson's family dinner in person.

Victor pays attention to Nelson's family because his family relationship reflects the unique political ecology of the Randall collar.

The 300 square kilometer Lord collar makes many knights and nobles jealous, and Nelson is favored by your daughter. In principle, the newly granted lord lord should devote his energy to the territory and family, marry four partners as soon as possible, let them take care of the territory, have children and cultivate future generations, so as to lay a foundation for the future development of the family. However, Nelson's situation is special. He and Linda don't have many loyal and reliable followers at all. The Lord's main population is almost all migrant workers. Moreover, Nelson and Linda had no savings and had to hold important positions in Pinghu Town and receive annuities to maintain the dignity of the Lord's family. Moreover, they must maintain Lilia's status, and they can't leave Randall's power center.

Lord Nelson had neither money nor people, and could only entrust the territory to Viscount Randall. In Pinghu Town, Nelson became the landlord and aristocrat led by Randall.

Katrina originally planned to choose a female trainee knight who trained her blood to give to Nelson, the military leader led by Randall. She wants to strengthen the military ties between Jinshui city and Heping lake town through marriage. But Nicole took the lead and married the secret Knight Lauretta to Nelson. Victor and his army can now be regarded as a legitimate armed force of Rose Manor, on an equal footing with the tusk legion of Jinshui city. The Duke of York naturally gave up his original idea.

Victor proposed the tenant system in Jinshui City, which almost tickled the Duke of York. The Lord can seal land, but he is never willing to divide power. In fact, the tenant system deprived the Lord's autonomy, because the tenants were directly managed by the upper Lord and did not belong to the Lord's children. Victor did not allow the noble daughters of the York family to change the current situation of Lord Nelson's collar, and the Duke of York also hoped that Randall's collar could set up a model of successful reform.

The two sides hit it off immediately. Jinshui City arranged a lonely personal maid for Nelson.

Nelson's family represents the future development direction of rental employment system - feudal centralization.

The so-called fiefdom centralization system is that the ownership of the fiefdom belongs to the nobility and the ruling power of the fiefdom belongs to the central government. For example, the little Knight Klaus worked in the army to help the Randall family lay a large territory. Victor rewarded Klaus with merit, granted him a baron, selected large and small land from all provinces, and collected enough 150 square kilometers to reward Klaus. Baron Klaus started his own family, but he could only lease the land under his name to tenants and continue to serve in the military. Klaus's Knight belief changed from the guardian family and territory to the guardian family and kingdom. The noble Council will meet the political needs of the great knights and nobles.

In fact, feudal centralization is not a new thing. As early as the golden age, the political model of several Knight families jointly governing the city-state and ruling a large area of territory belonged to centralization. The canonization of court nobles by kings in the bronze age also had the shadow of centralization. However, the feudal centralization system is good at attacking but not defending. In the silver age, because the mortal army could not keep up with the knight's footsteps, the knight family suffered heavy casualties, and the centralized system was eliminated by history. Of course, there are also reasons for the Pope's delay.

Enfeoffment system, Knight Lord fiefdom, mutual support and layers of protection. Even if a knight family is defeated by the orcs, it will not hurt the knight class of the whole kingdom. The defeated still have the chance to draw blood and make a comeback.

For thousands of years, knights, nobles and noble priests have been committed to improving the combat effectiveness of mortal armies. The emergence of Victor provides an opportunity to turn defensive into offensive. The enfeoffment system, which is more conservative and less enterprising, is destined to be replaced by centralism.

The deep-rooted enfeoffment ideology is now the biggest obstacle to the Lord's reform.

People who don't understand still don't understand. People who understand pretend to be confused. Everyone watched eagerly as Viscount Randall ate the first crab.

Victor's operation with Lord's collar is definitely a good move.

The vast majority of Lords wanted to hold the power of the Lord in their hands, and there was no conflict with the tenant system. If the lord lord is a small crab, the Baron Lord must be a super large crab, delicious but troublesome. Such giant crabs as Viscount collar and count collar... No trouble, very deadly.

Therefore, the conditions of Randall family are unique. When other powerful lords are still fighting against the giant crabs in their family, Victor may have become a big Mac by eating crabs.

Victor looked at Nelson, Todd, Barrett and Barol as if he were looking at four little crabs. He said with a smile, "Lord Nelson, your wife and heir have their own family emblem... What do you think of crabs?"

"Crab?"

Nelson shook his head like a rattle and said, "crabs are not good-looking. I still prefer bears."

A bear with big pliers with two Crabs... Victor discharged the image of laughter from his mind and turned to the slightly old Barrett jaw: "Barrett, we haven't seen each other for a long time. It's really hard to eat and sleep with the bear group... Come back this time and take good care of your body. I've prepared two golden sunflower potions secretly made by kite castle for you. If you want to stay in Randall's collar, hand over the affairs of the bear group. Nelson needs help here."

Barrett stepped forward, stroked his chest and said, "thank you for your concern. My body can support..." he smiled bitterly and whispered, "there are thousands of people in the bear group now. They call me Barrett's father... I'm really reluctant to leave them."

"Oh, yes." The old instructor straightened up and said brightly, "I married three women and they gave me a pair of children. My little boy is only one year old. I brought him back and wanted to entrust him to Nelson."

Victor gave Barrett a deep look and asked, "what's his name?"

"Master, his name is wolf." Barrett replied respectfully.

The main force of the bear group is alchemists. Victor is not worried about losing control of the bear group at all. But it is a rule for Barrett to show loyalty with a son. Victor has no reason not to accept it. Moreover, Barrett needs someone to inherit and supervise his land and property in Randall.

"Wolf." Victor nodded and said calmly, "so from today on, Wolff will be your heir. Lord Nelson and his wife will be his guardians."

"Yes." Barrett, obviously relieved, took a step back and returned to his seat.

Victor's eyes swept to another seat. Todd immediately stood up, his eyes frozen, but secretly excited.

"Todd, I'm curious. You have a chance to get away in Dengshi city. Why don't you leave alone or join the dweimick family? Aren't you afraid of being killed by me?"

"My Lord, I have always asked myself to be a knight." Todd lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

Victor's eyes twinkled. Without asking if he could, he continued to ask, "when you evacuate Dengshi City, insist on taking two waitresses?"

Todd was bitter and hardened his head. He explained, "the two women were at the lame dog hotel to help me collect information about the masked brotherhood... I can't bear to involve them... But I promise they don't know anything! Later, I gave them a sum of money and let them go."

"Yes, they know everything. They risk their lives to work for you. They just want to be a woman who can become a ghost knight one day..."

Victor shook his head and sighed, knocked on the table, and said coldly, "there were thousands of people killed and injured in the big fight in Dengshi city... They don't know you did it. Can't they think of it? The count of the golden finch was assassinated on the same day of the big fight. Can't they think of it, nor can the Marquis de wemick think of it?"

"Those two waitresses were caught by my men. I want you to kill them." Victor stared at Todd with deep eyes.

Todd looked pale, his forehead exuded cold sweat, knelt on his knees and said in a trembling voice, "Sir, I have made a mistake and am willing to accept any punishment. I will no longer defend those two women... Although my hands are bloody, I... I can't kill those who really help me."

There was a depressing silence in the study. Todd was relieved and waited for the Lord's decision.

"Loyalty, humility, arrogance, compassion... I believe you are a knight now." Victor nodded, smiled and said, "you have done a good job for mercury, but I have already rewarded it. It is commendable that you can adhere to principles, pursue the virtues of knights and be kind to those who help you."

"Welcome to the Randall family, your excellency Todd Randall."

Todd Hawthorne raised his head, rolled his Adam's apple, finally knelt on one knee and solemnly swore to Victor: "Todd Randall will die for his master!"

Victor was not prepared to embarrass Todd or arrest the two waitresses. His temptation was just a means of controlling.

Birds of a feather flock together and people are divided equally. Nothing can inspire the loyalty of his subordinates more than the Lord's affirmation of his principles and character. If Todd obeys Victor's orders and chooses to kill people and kill people. Victor will only laugh, praise his loyalty and use it for his own use. However, in this case, victor will inevitably be wary of Todd.

Todd is not a good man. He once used bloody means to suppress gold mine slave workers for Duke Eriksson. But he also has a good side. He used two prostitutes to complete the task, but let them live, so that he put himself in danger. In a sense, good and evil are the shortcomings of human nature. Only when there are shortcomings can change, human nature is complex and full of vitality.

For the family, good and evil should not be the standard for judging family members. Someone must do dirty work. But a person without shortcomings and principles is destined to be an uncontrollable lone wolf. If he thinks the family is bad for him, he will bite back immediately.

Victor himself is soft hearted, especially for women and children. Anyway, he has a group of inhuman alchemy creatures. If he is really forced to be anxious, he can't see for the net. When the refugees attacked Randall's collar, the alchemical war mastiff killed some old and weak women and children.

As for the two waitresses, let them go if you can. It's no big deal. Who will tell the Lord about the assassination of knights and nobles and the incitement of exile riots? Marquis de Wemmick used two inferior people to testify against Viscount Randall, and Victor could immediately find 200 inferior people to take back. If the dweimicks do this, they will only make people laugh.

Todd's choice is in line with Victor's moral aesthetics. In fact, the concept of family and family in human society in different world places special emphasis on giving preferential treatment to women and children.

Victor is also deeply influenced. He looks more pleasing to Todd now.

"Get up." Victor asked kindly, "I heard that the mask you caught is a wizard?"

Todd stood up, described in detail the encounter with a wizard with lingering fear, and finally said, "fortunately, the elite guards secretly trained by the family are not afraid of the wizard. Otherwise, barrow and I will die at their hands."

Nelson couldn't help asking, "is the wizard so powerful?"

"Not great." Todd shook his head and explained, "I lost my mind at once. The shadow soldiers under the wizard were enough to kill me several times."

Victor glanced at Nelson and said in a deep voice, "it has something to do with the power of the mind. You can't do that level of witchcraft."

Nelson smiled dryly, and the other three looked worried. There are wizards behind the masked brotherhood, and there may be more than one, which makes the problem very difficult.

Victor didn't want to talk about the details. Instead, he asked, "have you collected crystal fragments from Wizards?"

Barol took a small pocket from his waist pocket and handed it respectfully to the table.

Victor picked up the bag, weighed it, threw it into the drawer and said quietly, "Todd, I'll give you two choices now."

"In the fire season this year, the Randall family will launch a fish man war for several years. You can choose to join the mercenary corps and lead a 500 man Infantry Regiment under Lord Nelson to carry out the battle task of eliminating fish men on the beach. When the war is over, I will reward you for your achievements."

"Or continue to work in mercury, but you have to take people to expand the periphery of mercury in the kingdom of SUS. You will certainly run into the masked brotherhood... You take a lot of risk in choosing mercury. If you can complete the task of expanding the periphery of mercury, you must be the leader of mercury!"

Nelson smiled and patted todd on the shoulder enthusiastically. "You have good sword skills and are suitable for dealing with those ferocious fishmen. Join our mercenary army. As long as you make great achievements, I recommend you to lead the army alone and open up territory for adults in the future. How about it?"

Todd's heart pounded and turned his head. He saw Barrow's eyebrows drooping and said nothing. He hesitated again.

Nelson's strength is too strong. Working under him, he will always be overwhelmed by him. Although mercury is dangerous, it is the confidant of the master's confidant. The Randall family has magical gold potion and secret death fighters who can resist wizards. They killed a large family of silver Knights thousands of miles away. Even Lord Nelson and the bear group have to obey the command of mercury. The potential of mercury is shocking. Adding mercury, the master might let me go further... Tao de was more and more excited. His blood was boiling all over and his eyes were shining like a flame. He came forward and said, "master, I'd like to go to the kingdom of SUS!"

"OK." Victor nodded, looked up and down at Todd, and said: "You can't leave any scars on your face, and you have to change your shape. I arranged for you to accept the physical reconstruction of the paladin, which will not only bring you back to life, but also significantly improve your physical and spiritual strength. You can use these three months to learn all kinds of useful tips from Barrow's spies. When you have completed these preparations, you can go to su Kingdom of Sri Lanka. I'll prepare 6000 gold sols, 30 elite guards and 40 secret Dharma dead... "

Victor paused, turned to barrow and asked, "how many hands can mercury draw out?"

"Sir, we have more than 300 black market businessmen in Gambis, and more than 6000 peripheral thugs rely on them." The old spy said lightly, "it's no problem to transfer 70 or 80 reliable people. Black businessmen, swindlers, thieves, killers, villains, warblers... Pick them randomly."

After listening to barrol's words, Nelson and others were stunned. Victor was silent for a long time and said angrily, "I said why the golden group doesn't make money... It has so many people!"