Chapter 168 18 The History of the Castel Family

Chapter 168 -18- History of the Castel Family

Castell's capital, Northport, is a city built on the sea, located next to the estuary of the Dorne River, the largest river in the West Unat region.

It is said that eight hundred years ago, this place was just a coastal swamp, uninhabited, surrounded by dense forests, with many active monsters, and was once part of the Violet Forest.

At that time, the Violet Forest was not called the Violet Forest. The entire forest spanned the lowlands of the northern border and was called the Dark Forest. Many monsters often formed a monster tide in spring and attacked the villages of the human countries in the south.

Later, in order to permanently solve the problem of monster tides in the north, the king of the Crescent Kingdom formulated a policy of enfeoffment of pioneer knights to open up new land.

Anyone who is willing to go all the way north and deep into the Dark Forest to open up land and build a village, whether noble or civilian, can obtain the title of pioneer knight. All the land opened up belongs to the knight, and all the rare resources explored on the property are divided equally between the knight and the royal family. All pioneer knights who obtain land can obtain the corresponding hereditary noble title.

The Earldom of Castel, the Violet Duchy, and even the Roman Duchy, which is now an enclave of the Falling Star Kingdom on the mainland and is also the ancestral land of the Falling Star Kingdom, were all developed in this way.

The origin of the Castel family can be traced back to seven hundred years ago.

At that time, the prestigious Borde family in the south of the kingdom produced a magic genius named Castel.

At that time, the theory of the four levels of transcendence had not yet been proposed, and the level division was not so clear, but... various historical records show that the ancestor of the Castel family was likely to be a legend in his peak period after middle age.

Because he was the posthumous son of the old duke, Castel did not inherit any fiefdom or title. In order to obtain his own land, he chose to become a pioneer knight after he became an adult, and with the support of his eldest brother, the Duke of Borde at the time, he raised a pioneer group of one thousand people.

The Earldom of Castel was developed by Castel leading his pioneer group.

With his powerful magic power, Castel killed countless monsters and opened up a world in the Dark Forest. He chose to build a city on an island on a shallow beach by the Dorne River, and marked a large area of ​​the Dark Forest as his own territory.

There are four main reasons for building a city here.

First, relying on the barrier of the shallow sea, it can effectively avoid the attack of the monster tide; second, it is close to the Dorne River, and can go upstream through the river channel to circulate with the mainland of the Crescent Kingdom and even the Yunaite Empire and the Kingdom of Koria in the east; third, according to the Pioneering Knight Treaty, the fiefdom of the pioneering nobles is radiated from the stronghold to the surrounding areas, and the stronghold deep in the Dark Forest can mark out a large amount of territory for themselves; fourth, Castel had investigated in advance, and using this as a stronghold just happened to divide the flattest part of the Dark Forest into his own name. After clearing the monsters, this part of the land can be converted into fertile arable land.

The North Port City was built in this way, becoming the northernmost city in the Crescent Kingdom, and the Castel family also owned a full 120,000 square kilometers of land, and even Bolder, which was the largest duchy in the Crescent Kingdom, benefited from it, and it was in its heyday.

Many people say that Castel is a family favored by the gods.

During the Great Development Period, it was a period of great development of supernatural powers in the human world, and supernatural materials mainly based on magic beast resources were in short supply in various kingdoms.

Relying on the rich magic beast resources in the Dark Forest, Castel's North Port became a paradise for adventurers and mercenaries. Merchants from all over Miria flocked to it, and went north along the Dorne River to trade with mercenaries and adventurers here, purchase precious magic materials, and resell them all over the world.

In a sense, the Castel family started out by relying on trade from the beginning.

In the next two hundred years, the Castel family used Beigang as their base and gradually cleared the monsters from the family land one by one. Beigang City also continued to expand and expand again and again, from the earliest population of no more than two thousand to a new city with a population of tens of thousands.

The traces of monsters gradually disappeared in Castel Territory, and the originally dense forests were also cut down.

Castel's people began to farm and villages began to appear.

But at the same time, because it was not located in the forest, the trade of monster materials gradually disappeared from the Earl of Castel Territory and moved to the Violet Principality in the south and the Northern Tribal Alliance in the north.

Logically, Castel City is likely to decline because of this.

But the favor of the gods came again.

When the Castel family cleared the hilly area in the east of the territory, they accidentally discovered a rich silver mine!

According to the contemporary Earl of Castel, who was also a mage at the time, he personally surveyed and found extremely high-quality associated mithril in the silver mine...

So, the era of the big silver mine in the Earl of Castel Territory began.

The mining of silver and mithril brought huge wealth.

Not only the Castel family, but also the Bold family and the Crescent Royal Family benefited from it.

Especially mithril.

The mining of mithril was accompanied by the emergence of precious metal processing industry in Castel, and gradually developed into a workshop industry of jewelry and extraordinary materials in Castel.

Merchants from all over the world flocked to it again, this time for precious mithril.

When the mithril workshop industry gradually developed, Castel City also became the most famous mithril producing area in the whole Miria, and thus became the most important trade node for the mithril-loving elves to trade with the human world.

From that moment on, as the center surrounded by five forces, including the Moon God Island where the overseas elves are located, the Falling Star Kingdom on the other side of the Star-Moon Strait, the Crescent Kingdom on the Crescent Peninsula, the East Yunite Black Land Mercenary Alliance in the east, and the Northern Grand Duchy established by the Northern Tribal Alliance in the northeast... Castel's commercial value has become increasingly prominent.

The Castel family has gained a huge amount of wealth and has become one of the richest families in the Crescent Kingdom.

As the capital of the Earldom of Castel, North Port has been expanded again and again, from a city originally built to resist the invasion of Warcraft to a megacity with a population of more than 500,000...

Until today.

The first time Charlotte saw North Port, she subconsciously thought of the two cities on Blue Star in her previous life.

One is Venice, which is known as the "Water City" on the Apennine Peninsula, and the other is Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands Republic, which was known as the "Sea Coachman" during the Age of Discovery.

In fact, they are indeed very similar.

When you enter the city through the city walls rebuilt during the Star-Moon War, you will find that the canals and waterways of the entire city are everywhere, and there are many bridges. Although it is not like Venice where waterways almost replace streets, it can definitely be called "people live on water, water flows into the city, and people and water depend on each other."

The prosperity of Beigang is even greater than that of the capital of the Principality of Bolde, Bolde City, and the capital of the Principality of Moon Guard, Anluo City. If you don't know, it is really hard to imagine that it is just the capital of an earldom.

In the city, rivers crisscross, and on both sides of the rivers are fairly spacious land roads, with merchant ships traveling in the water and carriages on the road.

It is said that every expansion of Beigang was designed by the then Earl of Castel himself, and every time there was a great wizard involved in the reconstruction.

Because it is an immigrant city, the architectural style of North Port has been influenced by various parts of Miria, but the most is the Gothic architecture that originated from the Crescent Kingdom.

The Earl's Mansion is located in the center of North Port. It was rebuilt on the basis of the Castel Fortress built by the first Earl of Castel, like a solemn castle palace in a manor.

Because there has been no owner living in the mansion for a long time, there are not many servants arranged, but even so, when Charlotte got off the carriage, there were as many as 200 deacons and maids standing on both sides to greet her and salute her respectfully.

Charlotte nodded slightly, and then entered the Earl's Mansion accompanied by her followers.

Sebastian, wearing a butler's tuxedo, stood beside her, holding an umbrella for her elegantly and respectfully, and the black cat Nice followed behind her, holding her head high, arrogant, and looking like a kitten asking for a beating.

As soon as she entered the castle palace of the Earl's Mansion, Charlotte felt a very familiar feeling, because the layout and decoration here are very similar to the Castel Manor in Boulder.

Obviously, Castel Manor is a replica of a small Earl's Mansion.

The direction of the Earl's Mansion is also very similar. After passing through the stairs and corridors, Charlotte easily found the Earl's master bedroom and study. In the almost identical corridor, the only significant difference from Castel Manor is probably the portraits of the Earls of all generations hanging on the wall.

Charlotte even noticed that a blank area had been decorated next to the last portrait, and it was obvious that a new portrait was planned to be hung.

As for who was hung, it was probably herself.

In addition, Charlotte, who had seen the Earl's handwriting in the manor in advance, also knew that there was a secret room in her Earl's Mansion dedicated to the study of magic by the Earls of all generations.

Charlotte entered the Earl's master bedroom, followed the handwriting of the Earls of all generations, and touched around in front of the gorgeous pillars and walls. She soon found the mechanism in the record. After gently injecting magic power, the entire wall turned over, opening a passage through the secret room.

Charlotte walked in along the passage, but soon her expression became a little strange.

This is not a simple secret room.

In fact, after passing through the passage, Charlotte found that this was another hidden bedroom.

The decoration here was equally gorgeous, and there was also a luxurious bathroom and bathtub. She almost instantly thought of what this place was for. It might not be the place where the earl used to hide his mistress or pick wild flowers...

It may not be her father, but it must be a certain generation of ancestors, or it is very likely that all generations have used it more or less.

However, if you go deeper, you can see the real secret room for studying magic in the records. It is a circular secret room with various sophisticated magic equipment. There are also a large number of books on the bookshelves on the wall, which takes into account the functions of magic research and study.

Charlotte is a vampire, and magic research is not very useful to her. She is not the kind of material for research, but this place is very suitable for her to hone the vampire's innate magic, or to study the power of the Holy Book of Blood.

It can be said that after getting familiar with the Earl's Mansion, Charlotte was quite satisfied.

"My Lord, the Mage Tower is ready for collective communication. It can convey the news of your arrival in North Port to nobles everywhere at any time. Do you need to order them to come to see you as soon as possible?"

Charlotte took a look around and returned to the hall. The mayor of North Port, Madoc, greeted her with a smile and asked respectfully.

"Mage Tower? Is it the one that broke down last year?"

Charlotte's heart moved.

Madoc's expression was a little embarrassed:

"Ahem...yes, but it was an accident..."

"Our earldom only has one mage tower capable of ultra-long-distance communication. It was modified by elf craftsmen the year before last. It can be said to be the most advanced in the world of Miria. Now it can send messages to various nobles in the territory at any time."

"This is the most high-end magic craft of the elves, but the disadvantage is that it is not very stable... Last year, I was not very lucky. I encountered stormy weather but did not adjust the magic circle properly. As a result, the elements were disordered."

"Because the elf craftsmen returned to Luna Island to participate in the Luna Festival at that time, so when you sent the message, they had not repaired it for two months..."

After hearing Madoc's words, Charlotte glanced at him in surprise:

"You also know magic?"

Madoc scratched his head:

"To tell you the truth, I have always dreamed of becoming a mage in my early years, but unfortunately I have no talent and cannot awaken the magic circuit. However, I have always been interested in magic, so I know more or less something."

Charlotte nodded understandingly.

"My Lord Earl, do you think... do you need to be summoned?"

Madoc asked again.

"Pass it, tell them that I have arrived, and... I will hold a banquet at the Earl's Mansion in a week, and invite nobles from all over the Earl's territory to come. Before that, I will walk around the territory at will, so don't let Someone’s coming to disturb me.”

Charlotte thought for a moment and said.

After arriving in the earldom, she will definitely meet with the nobles, and Charlotte also needs a banquet to judge the situation of the nobles in the earldom of Castells.

Madoc saluted respectfully:

"As you command, I'll do it right away."

…

News of the arrival of the new earl in North Port quickly spread to all parts of the Castel Territory through the Mage Tower.

At the same time, somewhere in the Castel Territory close to the Violet Principality, in a dilapidated old castle.

The middle-aged knight Rahel looked at the vampire girl Agnes who was standing in front of the mirror trying on various maid outfits. He hesitated and asked:

"Miss, are you really going to attend her party?"

After hearing what the knight said, Agnes turned around and glared:

"Go! Why not go?"

"The Necronomicon is still in her hand! This is a good opportunity to sneak into Count Castel's mansion, of course I want to go!"

…

Charlotte didn't know that the two vampires who attacked her also knew that she was going to hold a banquet.

There are still seven days until the banquet, and during these seven days, she has some other arrangements.

Among them, the most important thing is to go to the Castel Silver Mine in the east.

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