Your Mightiness

Bristol is 120 miles west of London.

What is the concept of 120 miles?A modern sports car can basically run in an hour, a train takes about an hour and a half, and an ordinary family car takes two hours.

To put it simply, Bristol is actually very close to London. Even in the Middle Ages when horse-drawn carriages were completely incomparable with supercars, this journey would only take a day, and the time spent on the road would definitely not exceed ten hours.But many "delicate and frail" nobles can show their demeanor for three to five days, because they dislike bumpy roads and the comfort of carriages is not enough.

August was on the contrary. He would rather suffer for one day in a concentrated manner, rather than prolong the torture to three to five days by stopping and stopping.

So, on the day of leaving for London, His Excellency the Duke’s convoy departed from Bristol early in the morning. The knight commander has a good idea of ​​how to take August away without waking him up.Obviously, he did this not once or twice, and the old butler was extremely reassuring to the knight commander. The people in Bristol Castle all looked familiar.

Raphael also smiled calmly, but that smile couldn't reach his eyes no matter what.

Until the knight commander put August on the carriage safely, his back was cold.The knight commander couldn't help but looked up at the night sky where the dawn was about to break. Why is it so cold?Is it going to snow?

Raphael stood by the carriage door with his overcoat on, and lowered his voice, but his momentum became even fiercer: "You can go."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Earl." The knight commander left after saluting.After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered that he forgot to confirm whether the cover for August's spies was tight. As soon as he turned around, he saw Earl March pressing the corner of the blanket for his Duke with a gentle face. The smile seemed to be different from what he usually showed.Is it an illusion?

Accompanied by a hiss that pierced the sky, the convoy officially set off.

The knight captain was riding on the horse, and saw through the car window that Earl March had covered the Duke's pink ears in advance, and patted his chest regularly, preventing the Duke from being woken up.This time, I can confirm that when the Earl was in front of the Duke, he was indeed more lively than in front of others, as if... he had become a normal person with all kinds of emotions and six desires.

The convoy was long and there were not many servants. Most of them were knights who guarded the duke around.

These people can be called knights in general in the eyes of common people, but they pay more attention to a lot in the eyes of nobles.It can be roughly divided into two types, knights and followers.

Followers are divided into three types:

One, the servant, born as a commoner, is no different from an ordinary servant, and has no hope of promotion in this life.

Second, trainee knights, that is, attendants, are mostly young noble children, who learn from knights, and are also responsible for taking care of the knight's daily life, doing things within their ability, a bit similar to trainees, and will be promoted to knights in the future.

Three, retinues, the composition is mixed, most of them are noble children who have grown up, and a small part may be civilian soldiers with combat experience, they can fight with knights, and they have the opportunity to become knights, they are nicknamed quasi-knights by August.

In this trip team, the outermost ones are the long-tested, tall and leggy knights and quasi-knights, and the inner circle is the apprentice knights with horses, and those without horses can only sit in the carriage with the servants It's on top.

Yes, not all apprentice knights have horses, not even some squires.

Because horses are very expensive possessions, no less than modern luxury cars.August's responsibilities as the lord only need to be responsible for providing board and lodging, training and teaching, and does not include car and room distribution.The horses are all brought by the children who come to study, and of course they will take the horses with them when they leave in the future.Whether the trainee knights have money in their family, whether they are valued by the family, etc., can be seen at a glance from the moment they arrive at the castle. How well equipped and whether they have horses are all signals.

The trainee knights who were able to squeeze into the London team this time, although not the eldest sons, must be loved at home. Whether it is for face or out of love, noble parents are willing to spend money on their children. no horses.

On the contrary, some of the senior interns who had been by August's side a few years ago and were now able to go to London even if they were lucky, some of them could only squeeze together with the servants.

The red-haired John with freckles was one of them. He was ridiculed a lot, but remained silent.

The captain of the knight patrolled the left and right sides of the team, carefully observed the behavior of this group of apprentice knights, and estimated who among them was a malleable talent. Not all apprentice knights can become knights, and not all apprentice knights can definitely become knights. Stay in August's castle.Andre is the one who holds the power to stay. No one dares to question his decision, because behind him stands Duke August, who doesn't sell anyone's face.

John's little friend comforted him: "Don't pay attention to what those newcomers say, reality will teach them to be human sooner or later."

John lowered his head and shook his head slightly: "I don't care." He really doesn't mind the ironic reality that he is poor or an apprentice knight but has no horse to ride. What really makes him sad is that he is a small lord The indifference of his father and heir brother, who acted as if he had nothing to do with them.

"Hey," the little friend whispered in John's ear, "Want to hear some gossip about the knight commander?"

"kindness?"

"It is said that he didn't have a horse of his own at first."

"!!!" John's eyes widened in disbelief, his head turned uncontrollably to the god-like knight commander, he kept looking at it, and kept saying, "How is this possible? How is this possible?"

Etiquette is always the best knight commander, but it can't be seen that he has experienced any poverty at all.

"Of course it is possible. It is said that the knight commander's father passed away long ago, and his elder brother is a miser. Knowing that the knight commander is obviously so powerful, why do you insist on not going to that highness's side? Because if you swear an oath to the Duke, you will swear to death He follows His Excellency, and is only driven by His Excellency in this life. His first horse was given to him by His Excellency the Duke when he was a child!" The little friend winked at John, "Do you understand what I mean?"

"Master Knight Commander is really like the legendary knight, loyal, grateful, and powerful!"

"I mean, go find a way to show yourself in front of His Majesty the Duke, idiot! Maybe if you are happy, I will give you a horse too. I heard that you have a big horse farm next to the winery in France. So Let’s just say, the wealth of the richest person you can imagine, multiplied by ten times, is almost the tip of the iceberg of your inheritance. Look at the carriage he is riding in..."

The carriage that August took was a birthday present from Queen Isabella in the year August was born. It is a four-wheeled box-type duke carriage pulled by four horses, with a black base and a gold border. , Every part of the carriage is exquisite, revealing natural majesty and power.This is the largest type of carriage in the Middle Ages. It is divided into upper and lower floors. The upper part is open to the open air and can accommodate six servants, including the coachman. Adults can ride, but ordinary nobles are only willing to condescend to themselves in such a space.

August wasn't that picky, he had vaguely agreed to share it with Raphael beforehand, no matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't do it anymore.Fortunately, he slept through most of the alone time that made him uneasy.

When August was finally willing to open his eyes, the sun had already risen to the highest place in the sky, and the carriage was running smoothly on the track.

Yes, track.

Most people know horse-drawn carriages and trains, but they don't know that there is a transitional tool between the two that connects them: the horse-drawn carriage.

The reason why August knew it was, of course, because he had done enough homework in the Middle Ages in order to hate Raphael, who he thought was a second-year-old child.He mockingly said in the text message—well, since you insist that you don't know what a train is, then you must know a horse-drawn carriage, right?

This problem is actually a trap.Because when it comes to rail carriages, people feel that they can only be a backward product of the Middle Ages, but in fact, rail carriages were born in the [-]th and [-]th centuries, and they were born in the industrial revolution. It was replaced by cars and trams.August couldn't believe it, the chuunibiya on the other side could be so rigorous!

As a result, the second disease can really be restored to this level!

Raphael didn't know what a railcar was, but he wanted to hear about it.

August was very angry, thinking that the second disease was deliberately provoking him after Du Niang got off the tram.But he's not afraid at all, okay?He bought a full set of foreign translations, just waiting to fight with the other party!

And then……

This is the benefit that August enjoys now.

Based on the information obtained from Auguste, Raphael found out that the horse-drawn carriage was developed 200 years in advance, which is smoother and faster than traditional carriages, and can carry more passengers and goods.August unintentionally served himself well, which is why he was able to sleep peacefully in the car all the time.

When August woke up, he was dressed in the clothes of the personal servant who was also sitting in the carriage. After changing his clothes and brushing his teeth, August thought while admiring the rural scenery outside the car window A very important question, where did Raphael get the money?

Across the Channel, Britain and France were fighting a protracted war.The battlefield is the most expensive machine, and no amount of investment is enough; but it is amazing that, under such a tense situation, Raphael has the ability to build a large number of domestic projects, not only completing the establishment of the London drainage system, Also started the laying of national traffic lines.

How on earth did he do it? !

"Transportation is the second lifeline of war." Raphael answered the question that August failed to ask. He put down the handwritten book in his hand, and used his pair of cigarette ash full of wisdom to see through people's hearts at a glance. With dark eyes, he looked at August quietly.Suddenly, or premeditated, he asked, "This is really not something a child your age would think about."

You must know that not long ago, August was a little fool who was a little confused about how much one plus one equals.