Your Mightiness

Is there an idle castle?

In modern times, there are indeed, and there are many, one is that the comfort of the castle is not enough, and the other is that the maintenance cost is too high; but in the Middle Ages, which prodigal would dare to do this?Especially in Raphael's introduction, this castle, like Oxford Castle, is a rare city castle built in a corner of Cambridge City, only a few streets away from Cambridge University.

Even August's castle in Cambridge was only on the outskirts.

This is actually the case with most of the castles in Europe, which are built in remote suburbs or in rural areas full of idyllic scenery.This is related to the military function of the castle at the beginning, and it is also related to the nobles' belief that only in this way can they escape the pressure of the world.

The aristocrats have money and leisure, and they don't mind living a split life between the two places: when they need to socialize and work, they will enjoy carnival in the city; I will return to the castle or manor in the countryside to enjoy hunting, red wine, and beautiful girls walking through the wheat fields.

It is impossible to say whether the city castle is better or the suburban castle is better.

But as far as August is going to go to school, it is better to have a castle in the city close to the university like Henry.

Of course, the best thing is to own a school by yourself.

"You can apply with Richard, like Archbishop Wolsey, to set up a college of your own in Cambridge University, whatever you want to call it, Hogwarts, Slytherin... as long as you are happy. This kind of Castle colleges are not without precedent, as is Durham College in Oxford."

"Durham College?" August did know Durham University, which is also a well-known old school in England, but he didn't expect it to be just a college in Oxford.

"Yes, the uniform black robes we wore in the restaurant today were borrowed from Durham College. They are the uniform uniforms of their college students. The black robes will also have names and majors embroidered on them. The ones lent to me I remember a classmate whose name seems to be George, thanks to him." There is only one afternoon left for Raphael, no matter how powerful he is, he can't make something out of nothing, but fortunately he can always find something suitable to replace it, "If you want, you can Let all the students of your future academy wear black robes, and then give them the gold-red and silver-green scarves you mentioned."

Raphael has already considered a lot of things, and only waited for August to nod to implement them.

Seeing the strong struggling emotions flashing in August's blue eyes, Raphael added: "Don't thank me too much, I also have my own requests."

"!!! You say it, you say it." August was not afraid that Raphael would beg him, but he was afraid that Raphael would not beg him.

What Raphael gave was not a castle, but a dream, the most magnificent and untouchable fantasy in August's childhood. He really didn't know what he could give back to Raphael.

"You told me again, don't underestimate the power of a famous school. I also want to have such a college that can continuously provide me with professional talents. They will have a strong sense of belonging to the college and have enough loyalty to me ...But Richard is not a fool, and now that I have everything I have now, I can't go any further, do you understand?"

There are many reasons for killing Wolsey, Cromwell and others, but one of them is the same-their power has threatened Richard II.

Although Richard II didn't care about politics and parliament, he thought they were just a headache tax factory (quoted from "A Brief History of England (English)"), but Richard II, as a king, should have "the side of the couch is not tolerated." The instinct of "others snoring" is still there. His handling of powerful officials is always simple and rude, killing them if they dare to show their heads, and then re-training a migrant worker who will work hard for him.

If Raphael hadn't confirmed that Richard II's character was like this, he would have wondered if this was Richard II's routine: first push all the dirty and tiring work to one person, and wait until the people complained , After the other party's money bag and ambition have reached their limit, just kill the other party before they have the ability to rebel, not only will their political demands be satisfied, but also the money embezzled by powerful officials will be returned to the royal family , and won a wave of popular support because of beheading "treacherous ministers".There is simply no better deal than this.

Then, over and over again.

Cromwell has become the past tense, but Raphael has no intention of becoming this future.However, this kind of "unintentional" is not intended to be used cautiously by Richard II for a lifetime, and his pride will not allow him to do so.Compared with the peace obtained by being controlled by others, Raphael wanted to grow into a towering tree that the other party could not uproot, so that Richard II would willingly fatten him up, but there was no way to shake him.

Opening a college with great influence, even breaking away from the original school, and finally evolving into a well-known European university is itself part of Raphael's grand plan.He needs the confidence to challenge Richard II, and the source of talent is one of the most important items.

"Richard wouldn't want to see me buy people's hearts like this." Raphael knew well about his current situation of walking on a tightrope, "So, I need to use your name to open a college, and use Cambridge in your territory to Effectively cover up my behavior internally. I have already made plans for the professors and students, you just need to say that they were introduced by William."

All England had a blind faith in the former king, William III, the Black Prince, and always felt that he was omnipotent.Richard II was also one of them, and he would never suspect that the only name on the list was the Black Prince.

"No problem!" August agreed almost without thinking. He had no interest in running a college, he was only interested in owning a Hogwarts.He's happy that he and Raphael get what they want.He will do his best to help Rafael perfect the plan, for example, "Medical subjects must be offered!"

Until modern times, the criteria for judging a comprehensive university have a lot to do with the status of the medical school they have.

"Of course." Rafael nodded, "Thank you again for saving Dr. Barani."

This is the Jewish family doctor of August, who was later lent to Raphael to do the propaganda work of "the inevitable connection between national disease defense and the establishment of drainage system".He is very busy, but excited every day, because he firmly believes that he is creating a miracle in the history of medicine.

The nephew and uncle then had an all-night discussion about what Hogwarts should be like.

August was so excited that he couldn't sleep anyway. He couldn't wait to realize all his ideas. If it wasn't for the fact that the design draft hadn't been completed yet, he wouldn't even want to go to London. He wished he could go directly to Cambridge instead.

If this is the case, Father Qiao is about to make a fuss. His frailty makes people speechless.

cough.

Raphael also condoned August's excitement, or it can be said that he had expected August to be like this, and didn't intend to stop him at all: "Very well, then let's list Let's make a list, write down what you remember or want to become real anyway, you didn't tell me in too much detail before."

August was gearing up, trying to recall what he still remembered.

The first is that freshmen have to take the Hogwarts Express to school when they enroll.

"My people haven't been able to research trains yet." Not to mention trains, they are still only at the theoretical stage in the application of steam power, which can't be done overnight. We need to pick up all the students from all over the country, first open up a route from London to Cambridge to see the situation. There are two kinds of treatment, nobles and rich merchants need to pay, and can enjoy first-class carriages and services; poor but talented students It can be free, but the treatment will be relatively poor.”

Raphael can also allow everyone to enjoy the same treatment, but that result will only lead to the dissatisfaction of the noble class.For nobles, they are destined to be different, and they don't mind paying more for it.It may even feel that the extra money makes them stand out even more.

This money is basically equivalent to paying the fare for the poor students, and the extra part is enough to maintain the maintenance and labor costs of the carriage.

Raphael doesn't expect to make money from this thing, but he doesn't want to lose money either.

"There are still poor students?" August was taken aback. He always thought that only nobles could receive education in the Middle Ages.

"Aristocrats can also be divided into rich nobles and poor nobles, and nobles only account for 1% of the country's population. How many children do you think they have? You also need to plan out the part that is more willing to receive family education and destined to be knights and priests .These people can't support the universities of the country."

Just like in the Wei and Jin era in China, teaching resources were controlled by aristocratic families, but it didn't mean that there were no poor families at all.

The same was true in medieval Europe, where there were even rudiments of scholarships, and many nobles were willing to help one or two students for their own use in the future.

"When the college is in operation in the future, or when the train you mentioned is available, we can try to spread the concept of 'direct delivery to the school gate' to the whole country." It's like setting up stations in major cities across the country so that students can get on the train nearby. , go to school together.They can even do it with Cambridge, after all, their college is still under the name of Cambridge at present.

Such a concept is unique, and it may bring unexpected students to the college.

Then there is the link where the new students cross the lake and the old students enter the castle in a carriage.

"A castle has a moat. Crossing the river is no problem, but..." Raphael had to tell August the composition of the river water in the medieval moat.

I won’t say much about the specifics. I can only say that August gave up this idea immediately after listening to it, and almost spit it out.

"Crossing the lake is not supported by magic. It sounds dangerous in itself. Give it up."

The next step is the sorting hat.

"I can't find you a talking hat, but I can have a puppeteer master at the welcome party and pretend the hat talks. Or make it mandatory for students to wear it when they decide on their major. Hats off to filling out the form.”

"can."

In this way, the restaurant, the Forbidden Forest, the lake, the House of Requirement, the greenhouse, the Quidditch pitch, the kitchen behind the oil painting of pears, and the Gothic architectural style were all determined one by one. Raphael tried his best to Found all kinds of things that would exist in reality to replace August's magical world.Raphael even said that it is possible to build a commercial area similar to Hogward for students to play on vacation outside the college.

Looking at the words written on the parchment one by one, it seems that August's dream is being built one by one.

When August finished thinking about it, he looked up out of the window and found that the east was already white, and the dawn was about to break. He didn't feel tired at all, and he was still full of energy.

Raphael really stayed with August crazy all night, proposing various feasible plans and ideas.

When everything that can be written has been written, and everything that can be supplemented has been supplemented, Rafael said: "Now, let's calculate the investment required for these things."

"Investment?" August was dumbfounded. That's right, these things have to be remodeled. How much does it cost?

Raphael quickly gave the answer. As early as the beginning of the list, he was already calculating. Of course, it was on another piece of paper, and August didn't notice it.

Seeing the result now, August was almost so frightened by the string of numbers that he fell on his back on the bed.

It's true that August is rich, but having money doesn't mean he can spend it now.In fact, there are strict regulations on the number of pounds that August can use every year. Before he comes of age, he only has the right to own his property, but has no right to control it.He only has a certain percentage of pocket money, enough to eat, drink, have fun, keep knights and choirs, and even harbor foreign fugitives.

But it would be impossible for August to take out the pounds that Hogwarts was built at once. Even the old housekeeper who kept the emergency money for August couldn't get it out.

Writing a letter to the Black Prince to apply may get the approval of the nagging father, but it is more likely that the nagging father came back and told August, do you know how short of money your father is fighting on the front line?You guys are fine, not to mention making wind and rain in England, and this is going to make us grandpa go bankrupt and drink the northwest wind?

The light in August's eyes dimmed little by little.

Raphael raised his hand and slapped August's forehead hard: "I think I'm quite rich, and I won't be restricted because of my age."

The implication of this is that Raphael did not intend to let August take it out at all. He said that giving August a Hogwarts, of course, would not just give him a castle, he would restore August All of Stuart's dreams.However, how much he has to pay for this, he will not pretend to not disclose at all.He is not the Virgin, he did so much just to get August's favor.

As expected, August was about to be suffocated by this surprise. He said, "Would you count me as a shareholder? I will give you a part of the money every year until it is settled in one lump sum when you become an adult."

"How to invest?" Raphael was very happy to have more and more contacts with August.

"Five to five?" August tried to propose a distribution method. In fact, if it wasn't for the fear that Raphael might think he was out of touch, he would have asked Raphael to give it a boost first, and then return all of it to him in the future.Just like modern people getting married, one party leaves the house and the other party decorates.Uh, why does it feel more and more strange.

"Okay." Raphael doesn't care about the specific amount, he just wants a relationship that can last forever and need to keep in touch with August, "Then I wish us success, partner."

"Wait, I've said so much, it's all I want, what do you want? This is our academy."

we.

Raphael was quite satisfied with August's description. He pretended to ponder for a long time, and then said: "To be honest, I also have some plans that I want, but they conflict with your wishes. So, how about this..."

"Huh?" August listened attentively.

"We assume that you will go to school when you are old enough, so let's have a game. It is a competition to win what you want to please the opponent. Once you make me happy, I will give you a point. Otherwise, it is you. I have one point. How about it? Do you want to work hard for our academy?"

"want!"

In this way, Raphael can be justified and treated better, and August is very happy.Working hard to get what you like is a very fulfilling thing in itself.

Raphael raised his lips: "So, the game starts now?"

"start!"

August nodded happily, and then got stuck in the next moment. He found that the problem was back to the beginning again - he didn't know how to please Raphael at all.

Or that August really doesn't know how to please anyone.

"You can think about it slowly." Raphael was not in a hurry, he just nodded his cheek as a reminder, he felt that as long as he kissed on the cheek, he could promise Auguste something.

But August didn't understand it.

In other words, in August's subconscious mind, he didn't feel that daily kisses were a pleasure.On the contrary, he took advantage of it, right?After all, Raphael is the number one beauty in England.

August kept thinking about London but couldn't think of what to do. This made him extremely distressed, and he fell asleep when he was distressed.

How much energy can a child who has not slept through the night have?It was a miracle that he could last until this moment.

After arriving at Hampton Court Palace, it was still Raphael who carried August out of the carriage. He had become more and more knowledgeable about this, and the hold was stable and comfortable, and it would never wake August up.

It's hard to say that Raphael indulged August to stay up all night, whether he had been looking forward to this moment for a long time.

In Raphael's most secret heart, he felt that he was like a dragon who overcame thorns and thorns and defeated the knight, and happily sent his little prince to the bed in his castle.

Well, compared to being a knight, Raphael Mortimer, who is in the late stage of secondary illness, admires the powerful and wealthy dragon more.

However, in Raphael's earliest vision, he did not expect that one day in the future, he would meet a little prince with blond hair as bright as the sun, raising a silly deer, and wishing to become a wizard. August was indeed like the fairy tales that Raphael had heard, with skin like snow, red lips like roses, and a face that even troubadours could not praise.

Good night, my little prince.

A sense of dawn.

Raphael, who barely slept, had already rushed to London early in the morning, devoting himself to endless work.August and the housekeeper started a formal personnel arrangement.A group of servants had been sent in advance for preparations, and there were not many things that required August to decide. He could even work while admiring the chest muscles of the knights training on the lawn.

Father Joe was trying to figure it out: "Don't let them go to Windsor Castle, okay?"

Hampton Court Palace is enough for knight training, and it can better protect August. Most importantly, Father Joe feels that if he does not appreciate such masculinity, he will wither and die like a rose that has lost the rain and dew. dead.

"Not everyone will go to Windsor, of course some will stay." It is still a shift system, "Didn't you notice that the number of these knights has decreased?"

It's not that 01:30 is missing, but most people have already made a detour to Windsor Castle.

Miss Mary gave the castle very happily. As Raphael said, she didn't dare to raise too many armed forces of her own in the castle, and the speed of vacating them was naturally very fast.

Father Joe was finally happy, and he called Shalu to go with him to find Julie. On the way there, they were already thinking about how to hold their first special dance in London.

Raphael returned from his haste late that day, visibly tired.

In Bristol, Rafael was also very busy, but at least he could watch August work at that time, which made him feel much better and full of motivation.Now facing the group of noble ministers who are either too old to be bald, or have a belly so big that they can't even fasten their buttons, Raphael is so irritable that he wants to destroy the world.

"Hampton Palace is still a bit far from the city of London." August said after waiting for Raphael as usual.

"So?" Raphael thought to himself, no matter what, I won't move out, don't even think about it!Coming back every night is the most anticipated thing for Rafael.

"Let's move to your house."

我们!

Rafael became happy again because of this word, and he said: "For this proposal, I can give you a point."

August was stunned for a moment before he realized what Raphael was talking about. He was also very happy. Getting the decoration he wanted was not the point, but that he really found something that made Raphael happy.

"Which part do you want to work on first?"

"The auditorium must be the same as the auditorium of the church college!" Even if it was said to be plagiarism, August would not hesitate.

"No problem, and we can make it bigger than them." Raphael had already calculated the area, and the auditorium in the castle was obviously closer to August's request.