Chapter 301, Letter From the King
In mid-March, the beginning of spring, the harvest of winter wheat was over, and it was time for the annual spring plowing time, and spring plowing was everywhere in the Earl of Glamorgan.
And in the master bedroom on the third floor of the castle, the earl was enjoying a leisurely afternoon tea with his fiancée and the little maid.
Emilia is wearing a black and white maid outfit. The girl tied up her long golden hair. Under the black pleated dress, there are beautiful calves and black leather shoes in white s. After following Ryan for several years, the girl has already In his early twenties, he is as slim as a lily.
After following Ryan, Emilia gradually recovered her lively and cheerful personality under Ryan's protection, and even went to Winford College to pursue higher education and live a noble life.
The girl blushed, leaning against Ryan to serve him, and peeking at Ryan from time to time, with a happy look on her face.
All these fell into the eyes of the female knight Suria. The female knight did not say anything. She thought that Emilia had followed Ryan for a long time and took good care of her. After the wedding, she must give Emilia A female courtier and her maidservant.
Su Liya is wearing a coniferous floral lace gray-bottomed shirt and a one-step skirt today, and a long windbreaker wrapped in white fox fur outside. Her slender and straight black silk long legs stretched out under the table, and a pair of black silk jade feet Still wearing his favorite bear slippers, holding in his arms the teddy bear Ryan bought with her in Bordeaux.
Ryan likes the female knight's pair of s long legs most. The thighs are full and the calves are slender. The transparent black s is made of unicorn fluff on the shore of Fairy Lake. The soft and fine texture can be felt with the eyes, and because of this, Earl's The hands and eyes are a little dishonest.
Seeing this, Suria gave Ryan a blank look. In fact, growing up in the court, female knights are used to wearing S, because female nobles all wear this. It is a symbol of female nobility, and Ryan obviously likes it very much. .
"It seems that the number of fugitive slaves has decreased during this time." Su Liya changed the topic, and the female knight looked into the envelope on the table.
"During this period of time, our Earl's territory has eaten nearly 20,000 people." Ryan complained, the Earl himself was only wearing a simple shirt and trousers at home, he looked at the envelope on the table, and said with a smile: "Even if it is 20,000 Pig, how long has it been gone? Even the stupid nobles will notice it, let alone people?"
"Then Ryan, will you agree to His Majesty's request?" Emilia asked curiously.
Ryan stood in front of the table, thinking about the recent situation.
From what he heard,
The bn of the serfs has been pacified on the surface.
After the Duke of Bohemond went to the capital of Korona to make an arbitration, the great nobles of the kingdom finally shifted their attention from the negotiations. Facing the serf escape and serf bn that erupted in their respective territories, the knight nobles hurried Going home, looking at my destroyed house and warehouse, can be described as distraught.
The serfs in bn were soon brutally suppressed. The serfs were hanged and executed in groups, and many villages even lost half of their population.
The forced suppression by the knights soon led to a larger tide of escaped slaves and bns. However, the mobs could not be the knights' opponents. It took nearly a month for the bns to gradually subside.
What is left are countless destroyed villages and deserted farmland. The national power in the north of the kingdom has been seriously affected. After pacifying the bn, the lords even found that they could not find enough manpower to harvest winter wheat, so they had to issue an order to The escaped serfs came back to harvest the wheat, and even asked the merchants in Marienburg to hire people to harvest the wheat.
At the same time, for the remaining serfs who did not escape, the knight lords considered the situation and gave the remaining serfs a certain degree of tax relief to ensure that they would not starve to death.
There is no way around this. There are actually very few idiots among knights and nobles. Britannian knights have to learn the way of chivalry since childhood. Few people are so stupid that they don’t know the relationship between serfs and nobles. Serfs It is the foundation to support the nobility, and the land of the noble lord needs people to cultivate it.
This is different from the empire. The nobles of Brittania own the land, they give the land to the serfs for cultivation, and as the owners of the land, they have the obligation to protect the serfs.
In the empire, yeoman farmers do not have to pay such a high tax burden, and this also means that no nobles will send troops to protect them. These yeoman farmers can only arm themselves to protect themselves and fend for themselves. This is not true in Brittania. exist.
As for the serf bn, the nobles also felt aggrieved. It was their villages and properties that were damaged, and their guards were killed. Obviously, they were the ones who lost.
The nobles in the north quickly discovered that Ryan was taking escaped slaves everywhere, and incorporated them to expand the population. After Ryan took the lead, Duke Boderick, Duke of Boldro, François, Duke of Winford, and Barstow Berhemond, Duke of Nie, also learned to do this and tasted the sweetness. Everyone is secretly taking in people.
Under normal circumstances, the nobles will definitely come to ask for it, and the serfs are the property of the nobles.
The problem lies here. Ryan is now in the limelight in the kingdom, and he is also the champion of the fairies in the lake. He killed the Red Duke and exiled Nurgle, and the nobles dared not provoke him openly.
Richard had no choice but to bite the bullet and send an official letter, asking Ryan to check the population in the territory, subconsciously to repatriate the escaped slaves.
But Ryan is not an idiot, needless to say the importance of the population, he will definitely not repatriate the escaped slaves.
"Repatriation will not be repatriated, and it will not be repatriated in this life." Ryan looked at the king's letter and smiled at Emilia: "It is too slow to have children. Only things like sheltering escaped slaves can quickly expand. What the population looks like."
"I hate it! Why did you say this suddenly, about having a baby?" Emilia's face flushed, and she obviously thought of something strange: "Lian, you are really serious, we are clearly talking about business!"
Where did this little maid of mine go? Ryan frowned, and he turned his gaze to the female knight.
As a result, Su Liya's pretty face was also flushed, and she obviously wanted to be crooked.
"In short, I will definitely not repatriate these fugitive slaves, and finally got so many people." Ryan added quickly.
"But what about His Majesty's order?" Suria frowned.
In Britannia, although Richard's kingship is weak, the spirit of chivalry has penetrated into the country's bone marrow. Compared with the empire, a strong elector can ignore or even reject the emperor's order. Ryan, as the king's vassal, At least give a superficial explanation.
"It's actually very simple. Everyone is responsible for this matter." Ryan said with a smile.
Yes, it is a bit unreasonable for Ryan to take in escaped slaves, but what is the reason for the escaped slaves? It was because the nobles themselves did not control their serfs well, which led to this incident.
You can't control the serfs yourself? Now blame me for taking in the escaped slaves? What's the point?
"It is indeed the case. All of His Majesty Richard's official letters did not mention a word about the escaped slave." Suria picked up the king's letter and read it again: "Look, Ryan, His Majesty Richard just asked You check the population, ensure law and order, guard against robbers, and pay attention to the movements of refugees, and he never said anything about escaped slaves."
"Indeed." Ryan nodded, and he began to talk about his speculation with the female knight and the little maid.
Richard's letter reveals a lot.
First of all, there is no doubt that the bn of the serfs in the north has been pacified by the nobles, or at least the situation has been basically controlled, so that the nobles have time to check the population and find a large number of escaped slaves. The nobles were secretly taking in fugitive slaves.
Secondly, Ryan is now powerful, and the northern nobles are obviously afraid of him, so they dare not ask for it forcefully, but just go around the corner to talk to him.
"I have an ominous feeling that this serf riot may only be temporarily suppressed." Ryan said to Suria: "The strong suppression and appropriate concessions by the nobles can temporarily stop the serfs, but the fundamental The contradictions have not changed or shifted."
The little maid and the female knight nodded silently. They knew very well that as long as the fundamental contradiction of the tithe remained unchanged, even if the serf riots were suppressed, it would only be temporary. The losses of the nobles needed to be made up. The situation of not having enough to eat will continue in the future.
Ryan believes that the harvest of winter wheat can temporarily alleviate the conflict between nobles and serfs, but as the spring plowing season and after the spring plowing, the harvest season passes, and the season of slack in May and June arrives, the serfs will still have enough to eat.
At this time, when the conflict is triggered again, it will cause even greater ban and commotion. Ryan doesn't think Chaos will be indifferent to this matter.
He told his judgment to the female knight and the little maid.
"Lyan" Surya looked at her fiancé with some concern.
"Let's get the army together. I want to train an elite infantry regiment that can withstand the line. It's too late to train more knights." Ryan gently took the female knight's little hand: "The riot is not accidental, we can do it." All you have to do is be prepared.”
"Hmm!" Suria nodded firmly. The female knight quietly glanced at Emilia who was still in the room, and decided to kiss Ryan on the face: "Let me help you."
"good!"
Emilia pulled the hem of the skirt, the girl's face changed, and finally got up quietly, and also kissed Ryan on the face: "Ryan, don't worry, Sister Suria and I will help you."
After finishing this action, Emilia ran to the sofa in shame and covered her head with a pillow, acting like an ostrich.
Ryan's reply arrived at the Korona Palace extremely quickly.
The earl's attitude in the reply letter was very ambiguous. He first questioned why the nobles in the north did not control their subjects well, causing a large number of subjects to go south, affecting the security of his territory and causing serious chaos.
Then Ryan replied that he was proceeding from the overall situation, and he did not intend to trouble the northern nobles in this matter. He said "generously" that he would not hold them accountable, and he would solve the law and order issue himself. .
In the end, Ryan also said "kindly" that the number of fugitive slaves flowing into my territory is not as many as you imagined, but there is a little bit. Return to the Principality to which you originally belonged.
But in fact, all the fugitive slaves repatriated by Ryan were lazy and idlers who were found to be lazy and lazy, and Ryan didn't want these people at all. Repatriation is also repatriation.
Richard was so angry that he couldn't speak. The dukes and nobles in the north didn't have the energy to find trouble with Ryan. The winter wheat in many of their territories hadn't been harvested yet, and the chaotic law and order also caused the lords to send out Lots of troops to settle.
At this time, no nobleman dared to trouble Ryan.
What no one knows is that while Britannia was busy dealing with its own internal affairs, the northern wasteland across the sea, the Scalins tribe.
The Scalins tribe is known as one of the most cunning and powerful tribes in the north. Since the chaos in the north, this tribe has faithfully surrendered to the God of Darkness and became a follower of the evil god.
This is a barren tundra in the northern part of the Old World. According to legend, this is the place inspired by the immortal gods, and it is also the eternal home and lair of countless, nameless and invisible monsters.
The men and women of the northern tribes dedicated themselves to the gods of Chaos, fur-clad warriors and furious, hairy men, all powerful warriors without exception.
But even among the mighty warriors, the king of the Scalins tribe, "Red Eye" Egilstierbjorn, can still be regarded as one of the greatest warriors. He believed in the blood god Khorne, and called himself " "Soul Hunter" and "Norsca Slayer", he led the entire tribe for centuries after challenging and killing his father, whether it was other barbarian tribes chaotic champions, or the powerful Doom Dragon Demon, the terrifying Beastmen of the North Or a gigantic sea serpent, the great king slaughtered each other, adding a new dimension to Khorne's bloody halls.
As a result, he won the favor of the blood god Khorne, who named him his God's Chosen Champion, and the blessing from the blood god gave him extraordinary longevity and immortality.
The God's Chosen Champion of Khorne has only one regret, that is, he does not have an heir. Countless barbarian female warriors are willing to become his concubines and share their beds with him, but all of them can only give birth to daughters. Egil is annoyed at No woman could bear him a true barbarian warrior.
He has beheaded tens of thousands of enemies for the blood god, but he has never been able to get a son.
Therefore, the chosen champion of Khorne decided to set out alone. He crossed the Chaos Wasteland and killed countless monsters and a Chaos Demon. His golden hair and beard grew to protrude from his armor, his pale eyes gleamed with the fury of Khorne, and the ornate armor hung the skulls of his vanquished commemorating his brutal and bloody victories, dedicated to the blood god Khorne.
Then, on the altar made of countless skulls, he prayed to the supreme blood god.
The Chosen Champion of Khorne wants a son.
His prayer was answered by Khorne, and the oracle of the Blood God descended upon him.
"The woman who can bear you a son is in the south, in Brittany."
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