Chapter 40: The City of West, Part II
Chen Shihao was speechless, because he heard that the strong man's words had a taste of schadenfreude, and the people around him also nodded with smiles, although Chen Shihao didn't like such people very much, but this is a game NPC, and that's how people set it. So he shrugged his shoulders and threw this thing aside and asked, "Who was that golden knight just now?
The strong man immediately looked proud: "Hehe, that's Lord Jaylen, one of the three major knights of our Earl of West! A level 15 golden knight!" Someone on the side interjected: "What is that sword qi, you haven't seen Lord Jaylen's ten thousand swords dance wildly! That's countless sword qi shooting out in all directions! Even thousands of people around them can be hacked to death with one move!"
"Who said we hadn't seen it!" The strong man and some locals stopped and immediately retorted, while Chen Shihao stayed silently and pricked up his ears to listen, from the big mouths of these people, Chen Shihao knew that the peak force of this West Earldom was three golden knights who were also level 15 and a fire archmage who had reached level 16.
I also know from the mouths of these tongue-in-cheek men that I am in a country called the Jinlan Kingdom, and the aristocratic division of this kingdom is that a king monopolizes one-tenth of the country's territorial income, and a prince has a territory equivalent to a marquis independent of the royal family.
Then there are five marquises, and then there are six counties in the kingdom, each county is 2 to 3 counts, and there are only thirteen counts in the whole country, as for the viscounts and barons below, how can the common people know how many there are in the country?
And these nobles are all hereditary vassals of the king, at the beginning Chen Shihao was a little self-righteous that the king was killing himself, and actually canonized so many nobles, you must know that these are all territorial nobles, with land worthy of the title, not those empty court nobles.
It was only after listening to the things between the nobles and the royal family for a while that Chen Shihao woke up to the fact that the vassal system here was completely different from what he knew, here the kingdom was regarded as a company, the king was the president, the marquis was the vice president, the earl was the department manager, the viscount and the baron were the section chiefs below, and these people all had shares in the company!
In other words, the king could not punish the nobles below at will, because they were all shareholders of the kingdom, not employees! Unless a nobleman wanted to betray the kingdom, remember, not the king, in this case, the king could convene the nobles to discuss, and the majority of the nobles could agree before making a decision to abolish the noble.
For example, the current Earl of West was instigated by the king's forces to stir up trouble among the nobles around the Earl of West. But the Earl of West didn't want to betray the kingdom at all, but the shareholders and the president were at odds, so the king could only use these means to weaken the Earl of West.
Hearing this, Chen Shihao was very curious about how these nobles were so bereological, and what was it that restricted them from going beyond the boundaries of shareholders and taking the entire company for themselves?
Originally, Chen Shihao couldn't understand why the prince's territory should be independent of the royal family, and when he heard that the five marquis had the right to inherit the throne, he woke up and dared to love the old king.
At this time, the marquis's territory naturally became the prince's domain, and the original prince's territory naturally became the marquis's domain. As for why the marquis also has the right to inherit the throne, it is because the five marquis and the king are all descendants of the patron saint of Jinlan Kingdom, so they naturally have the right to succeed to the throne. These contents can make Chen Shihao stunned, and he can't help but feel the complexity and depth of the game's background.
As the city guards cleaned the ground, the people who were stuck in the corner of the wall also began to disperse, Chen Shihao also sighed and walked on the road, according to the vassal system of this kingdom, it is certain that there will be many civil wars and wars every day. But the game has to be set up like this, and there are many wars in the game, so players will find it fun.
At this moment, the crowd of people in the street spread out again, and a spearman shouted while knocking: "Recruit warriors to kill the invaders! No limit on rank! Military merit reward! Those who wish can go to the lookout outside the city to sign up!"
The passers-by who had been ignoring the guards suddenly made an uproar when they heard this, and the strong men with swords and swords immediately shouted with their eyes lit up: "Is it true that military merit is rewarded?!"
The guard said proudly: "Is it true that Lord Jay Lun personally gave the order?!"
"Wow! Hurry up and sign up!" A strong man rushed out of the city, and the other vote was more shrewd, surrounded the guard, stuffed a few large silver coins, and asked in a stammering voice: "This big brother, I don't know what the highest reward for military merit is?"
The guard was obviously very satisfied with the amount of extra money he received, and said with a smile: "Lord Jay Lun took out 10 knight squires to receive a reward for the 10 people with the highest military merits this time!"
The people who heard this all opened their mouths and drooled down, and then they all wiped the corners of their mouths, their eyes swept at the people around them with murderous eyes, and roared fiercely: "No one can rob Lao Tzu! The knight squire is Lao Tzu! Whoever dares to rob Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu will kill whoever he wants!"
"Damn, who are you? What if you don't let you?"
"Rob, what are you daydreaming? How can you shoot this gun that depends on the level of military merit to determine the ownership of the squire! You dare to rob Lord Jayron's attendant? This is not how to find death!" For a while, these strong men rushed out of the city one after another.
Chen Shihao couldn't hold back a smile when he saw this scene, this game is so funny, it is so exaggerated. Of course, he was also a little curious about how big such a reward was, and how much it could make people so desired, so before he left, the guards who were no longer surrounded by people around him asked, "This big brother, I don't know what the specifications of this knight's squire are?"
The guard first glanced at Chen Shihao with contempt, but after seeing the waist card on Chen Shihao's waist, he put away his look of contempt and said with a smile: "This guest must be a foreigner, so I don't know the specifications of our knight squire, right?"
Chen Shihao nodded naturally in compliance, and the guard immediately said with some sarcasm: "This knight squire is not a nobleman, it can only be regarded as a reserve noble, a little higher than the free people with authority, the specifications of a knight squire are generally 6 serfs, each household is about 5, more than 30 acres of land, the land ownership is still a feudal monarch, like it still belongs to Lord Jaylen, but the knight squire can command the 6 serfs and enjoy the harvest of the 30 acres of land, and they have to follow Lord Jayron's orders to fight." ”
"30 acres? That's 2 hectares of 20,000 square meters of land! It's really enviable to give so many land use rights at once!" Chen Shihao, who came out of the countryside, heard that the specifications were so big, he was really excited, and it was a very good feeling to think that he could have so many fields in the game.
Chen Shihao, who had made a decision, naturally immediately threw off the guards and ran out of the city.
When he came to the lookout outside the city, Chen Shihao found that there were already hundreds of strong men carrying various weapons, divided into ten rows in front of ten officers, these people were waiting for registration, while threatening and showing off their strength to the people around them, and even some gangs had already begun to mumble about discussing combat matters.
It is estimated that Chen Shihao is the most stable among so many people, because he has no utilitarian heart, isn't it just a game, even if he has a city, it is just fun, it is not a big deal, so his calm performance makes the officers who maintain order look at it differently.
When it was Chen Shihao's turn, the officer in charge of registration first looked at the waist tag on Chen Shihao's waist, and asked in a much more polite tone than the others: "May I ask the name and age of the guest." ”
Chen Shihao, 16 years old. Chen Shihao naturally didn't want to say it directly, this was a very strange name for an officer, so the officer hesitated for a moment before asking, "Which is this name?"
"Er Dong Chen, the world of the world, the heroic Hao. Chen Shihao explained that he noticed that the officer hesitated again for a moment, and then quickly wrote a few strange words on a very greasy thick piece of paper.
"I wonder what the guest's occupation is?" asked the officer again.
"Well, I didn't do a career test. Chen Shihao said this, seeing the officer frowning, he didn't want to waste money, and said directly: "But Lord Ettes Lawrence said that I have the ability of a first-class warrior. "Chen Shihao naturally couldn't hear the speculation of the chief manager and his subordinates, because he was telling a lie, and he used the chief manager's skin to save trouble. As for why I say level 1, it's because anyway, this task is not limited to the level, and it is naturally the lowest and best, so as not to be sent to perform major tasks when it is too big.
"Oh, that's a level 1 samurai. The officer immediately breathed a sigh of relief and wrote a few more strange words on the paper, then turned the paper upside down to Chen Shihao, pointed to a large printing box on the side and said, "Cover the handprint." Chen Shihao couldn't help crying and laughing, he just pressed his fingerprint not long ago, and now he has to press his palm print.
The officer put the piece of paper in the bucket and soaked it, shook off the droplets, and handed it to Chen Shihao: "This is the proof of receipt for your mission, please take it to the east lookout to report for duty." ”
"Oh, thanks. Chen Shihao curiously checked the words and palm prints that looked like they were imprinted on paper, and subconsciously walked to the east.
After walking a long way to the east, I finally saw the lookout where hundreds of strong men who had just signed up had gathered, and at this moment these unruly strong men were all reprimanded by dozens of cavalrymen in leather armor and lined up in groups, and each team stopped adding people when it was full of 10 people.
Chen Shihao checked the mission certificate to an officer standing next to him, and was placed in the first line of the new team. After waiting for a while, Chen Shihao found that only 6 newcomers had joined his team after him, and then no one came, which means that there were only 7 people in his team, and they were not enough!
Finding that no one was coming, a knight in full armor who was resting on the side stepped forward and glanced at everyone coldly, and these strong men who were having a small meeting below immediately closed their mouths, because everyone could feel the strength of this knight.
"Lord Jay Lun has led the Knights to destroy the enemy troops who are capable of raiding while the lord is not here, and your task is to follow the Knights to clear out those enemy troops that have been routed and scattered! Each of your teams will have a cavalry follow, they will not participate in the battle, but only as a witness to your exploits! If you want to get Lord Jay's reward, exchange it for military merits!" The knight said coldly, and waved his hand after speaking: "Let's go!"
"Let's go!" The cavalry who served as the captain immediately rode their horses and scattered with the team, and Chen Shihao and the others had no choice but to desperately throw off their thighs and run with the cavalry.
Chen Shihao, who was running desperately behind the horse's buttocks, didn't know why, and suddenly felt that he was a little self-inflicted.