The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

Versas is located at the edge of the Gardayat Kingdom, far away from the royal city of Kaes.

Therefore, when Xia Zuoyi rushed to the royal city, almost half of the lords in Gadayat had already arrived.

The rest of the lords also arrived in the royal city of Kaes shortly after Xia Zuoyi entered the court.

There are fifteen cities and nineteen lords in Gadayat.

In the Western Continent, only those who own land are eligible to be called lords, and it is not necessary to own a city or a castle to become a lord.

There may be two lords in a city.

The big lord is the supreme ruler in the territory, and the small lord is the manor owner who is granted a part of the land by the big lord.

This "land" may be a village within a city, a monastery, or a plantation.

In layman's terms, a small lord is a trusted "official" appointed by the big lord in his own city to help manage various affairs.

Such a small lord is equivalent to a small local official of the ninth or seventh rank in ancient China, but everything about the local small official in ancient China, including life and death, was decided by the emperor himself.

On the Western Continent, everything about the small lord, including life and death, is determined by the superior lord who entrusted him with the land.

for example.

Xia Zuoyi owns two cities, and he is the great lord.

If he rewards Fernandi with Visas or a village in Fort Comoi as a fief.

Fernandi has the right to enjoy the taxes handed over to him by the people of this village, and he does not have to pay taxes to Xia Zuoyi.

The identity of the little lord can be a knight without a title, not a nobleman, or a baron or viscount with the smallest title.

But some nobles with the smallest titles may not even have land.

It is a watershed from the earl to the top.

In other words, the great lord who can own a city must be a noble above the earl.

Generally speaking, it is rare for a small lord to be entrusted with a fief in a city, and only those who are very close to the big lord can enjoy the right to own fiefdoms.

The nineteen lords of Gadayat gathered in the palace.

Except for a little Douding like Xia Zuoyi, all the members are adults and tall.

They wear naturally hanging clothes, and the fabrics are mostly black and white, expressing respect for the king's mourning.

The neckline, sleeves, and hem of the clothing are sewn with various decorative patterns and borders.

A belt is tightened around the waist, slightly loose white trousers are worn on the legs, and long black boots are covered from the knees down, and the overall posture is elegant and slender.

Xia Zuoyi stepped on a pair of little black boots.

He looked down at the little white robe he was wearing. The robe was decorated with delicate golden wavy lace, polished single-breasted gold buttons, and the neckline and cuffs were all inlaid with low-key and inconspicuous jewel buttons.

In the Western Continent, the lords dressed expensively to show their respect to the royal family.

Long before entering the royal city, Judit personally put the badge representing the Thorn Rose of Desinia on Xia Zuoyi's chest.

Xia Zuoyi is a rare earl and lord who owns two cities in Gardayat.

As soon as he stepped into the king's hall, he received many stares, whether openly or secretly.

Bas Ridges was at the forefront.

A solemn black robe made his aura more sharp and compelling.

Almost half of the lords surrounded him, and the rest stood aside or talked with each other with clear boundaries.

Xia Zuoyi was only followed by Walker.

He found a place to stand, and whispered: "The lord needs to mourn for the king for three days before he can return to the territory."

"Three days later, the new king will also succeed to the throne. Which clergyman of the church will hold the coronation ceremony for the new king?"

He doesn't know much about it.

Walker: "The highest-ranking clergyman in the royal city is Bishop Bolton."

"It could be him, but it could also be that the bishop's deputy presides over the coronation of the new king."

The highest authority in the Holy See is the Pope, followed by cardinals, archbishops, archbishops, bishops, bishops, priests, deacons, and deputy deacons.

Above the bishop level includes bishops, who can be appointed by the pope and assigned to church temples in various countries to serve as managers.

The bishop's agent and others perform their own duties and cooperate with each other to help.

While the two were talking, Bas Ridges led someone over.

"I heard that the Earl of Designia bought all the slaves of the Trak Kingdom from the Nagabi Chamber of Commerce. I don't know how they are used now?"

Xia Zuoyi turned her head and said lightly: "It's not bad, but it shouldn't bother His Excellency the Duke."

Bas Ridges: "I just understand that the earl has to manage two cities at a young age."

Xia Zuoyi: "It's okay, after all, I also understand that the Duke has to manage the finances of the entire royal city at his age."

"........."

The corner of Bas Ridges' mouth twitched uncontrollably.

The lords who followed him were looking at the show, but now they all pursed their lips in a weird way, staring at Xia Zuoyi in surprise.

Bas Ridges said nothing more with a sullen face.

A middle-aged man dressed as an aristocrat behind him spoke suddenly.

But it was against Walker.

"Why didn't you come to see the house first when you returned to Wangcheng, do you still want me to invite you?"

Walker lowered his head slightly, called his father, and then said: "Since I have been given to Lord Designia by His Majesty the King, naturally the Lord Lord should be the first in everything."

"Don't worry, I will go home to visit you and brother after the dinner party..."

The middle-aged man who followed Bas Ridges was Walker's father, Harry William.

He is a marquis.

Standing beside Harry William was a young man with a face somewhat similar to Walker's. His demeanor was a bit gloomy, and he turned a blind eye to Xia Zuoyi and Walker the whole time.

He is Walker's older brother, Keith William.

But until he left with Bas Ridges and others, he didn't say a word or a word to Walker.

Old King Duke's only son presided over the dinner.

From the second day onwards, it was the official mourning ceremony for the old King Duke in the church.

The dinner is over.

Walker sent Xia Zuoyi back to the residence where he was resting in the royal city, and he turned and left after watching Judit lead the little count into the door.

He returned to his original home, only the housekeeper came out to greet him.

The housekeeper said: "Master Walker, His Excellency the Marquis and Master Keith are discussing things in the study."

"Master Marquis said that if you come back, you can go directly to the room to rest."

He took off the armor he was wearing for Valk, and put them one by one on the iron frame next to him. He also took off the sword he was wearing and hung it on the wall.

Valk nodded and said flatly, "I see."

He then walked slowly back to the previous room.

Probably because the servants cleaned it up in advance, the room that had not been lived in for a long time was not too dirty, and everything was still in its original position without any change.

Walker walked around the house, lying on his back on the bed with a slightly bored expression, with his arms under his pillow and his legs crossed.

After a while.

He turned his head and looked out the window as if remembering something, with a wicked smile on his lips.

Walker's room is on the far left of the third floor, and his father Harry's study is in the middle of the second floor.

The wall outside the window is wide enough to allow a person to stand sideways without falling off easily.

If you turn out the window in his room, you can safely reach the window sill outside Harry William's study as long as you grab the protrusions and fences on the wall.

Walker thought it was fun when he was a teenager, and he often did this kind of window jumping.

Moreover, at the very beginning, he could hear his father and his elder brother talking about how disobedient Walker William was, who spent all day with lowly commoners, without any etiquette and norms that a nobleman should have. used things...

From that day on, Valk began to alienate the common people, trying to learn how to be a good knight.

When he finally did better than his elder brother Keith, what he got was his father's indifferent attitude, and his elder brother was even more alienated...

Walker thought, then he'd better be himself.

However, this "good" habit of jumping over the windowsill has not disappeared.

Walker got up from the bed and got out of the window. He walked lightly and quickly down the second floor. He stepped on the window sill outside Harry William's study and pressed his back against the wall.

The two of them were still talking about things.

They were talking about the arrangements for the mourning ceremony in the church tomorrow and the martial law situation in the royal city.

Walker found it boring after listening to it for a while.

When he was about to go back, he suddenly heard Keith say: "Father, since you have chosen to side with the Duke, when are you going to tell Valk..."

Valk frowned in confusion, what did you tell him?

Harry William: "I think he seems very loyal to that Designia."

"If he came back home right after arriving in Wangcheng, I might consider telling him about it, but now..."

Harry William paused, and continued: "The Lord Duke's plan is to control all the lords, and after killing the members of the royal family, threaten them to only support the Lord Duke to ascend the throne."

"But the Duke doesn't want to keep Designia's life."

"Since Valk is with Designia, he can't reveal the slightest bit to him..."

Valk's eyes widened in shock, his heart beat violently, he couldn't stand upright, his hand holding onto the wall almost let go and fell, but luckily he caught the wall crack in time.

And his back was instantly covered with a thin layer of cold sweat.

Harry William and Keith William were not aware of the situation outside the window, and continued to talk about it.

Harry: "Tomorrow I will find a reason to prohibit Valk from going out. You are responsible for watching him at home. Everything will be over before mourning for the late king on the third day."

"Yes, I understand, Father." Keith William said.

After the two of them left the study room, and when the lights in the study room were turned off and the room was completely quiet, Walker slowly relaxed his stiffened fingers and legs.

He closed his eyes, exhaled silently, then calmed down and returned to his room.

Immediately afterwards, Valk took advantage of the darkening night and was afraid of waking up others by making a sound. He even discarded his armor, and quietly returned to Xia Zuoyi's resting place in the royal city with only his saber.