Mercenaries, in many planes, are not synonymous with nobility. They are a pack of hyenas struggling to the brink of death, and sometimes they will stop at nothing to fight for a bone.

This is not a pejorative meaning, because in that kind of world, many people are not even qualified to be dogs, or even a dog wagging their tails and begging for mercy, they can only be a hard-working ox for the rest of their lives, or a stupid donkey who pulls the mill to death, or even a raven on the edge of the ridge, so thin that they may die at any time.

Hyenas, compared to these, are already quite good.

Of course, this is not even more of a compliment. The world where mercenaries can dominate is rare in all planes.

Generally speaking, the goal of many powerful mercenary group leaders in their lives is only to be valued by a big nobleman, take the whole group to take refuge, and then be granted a fief and become a low-level nobleman.

Ordinary mercenaries hope that after the regiment commander is developed, his old age and the life of future generations will be better.

If you really can't help it, then it will be a good choice to make more money while you are young, and return to your hometown to open a store in the future.

This is the world of mercenaries, the hope of mercenaries, in this world, there are few exceptions.

Mercenaries are definitely not a privileged class, but they are certainly better than peasants, as they at least have the right to walk freely on the continent, and even often drink wine and eat meat.

If you want to be a mercenary, in addition to your outfit, there is one more point, that is, the identity of a free man!

This is not a problem in some large cities, where citizens are born freedmen.

But in small towns, country villages, the lords of the nobility do not have this privilege!

The only difference between peasants and serfs is that they still have a place to call home, and they are still people, not slaves!

The young man in front of him should be a local, and obviously not a free man.

The lords were the wealth of the lords, especially for the lower nobles.

In the realm of the lower nobility in general, few freedmen existed, except for artisans and craftsmen.

If a conscientious service to the lord all his life, and his descendants still have some fighting talents, and can inherit his father's business, maybe in a few decades, a certain descendant will be granted the status of a free citizen without exception, it is not certain.

But now, the social status of the role played by Ling Qi is probably only slightly higher than that of serfs.

Ling Qi didn't know the world background of this scene, and he didn't have the memories of the past of the person he replaced.

But this did not prevent him from analyzing something from the expressions of this person and the people around him.

It's just that even if his status is low at this time, what does it matter?

Within a few steps, within this hall, if the status is useful, what else do you want these guards to do?

The deterrence of rights often comes from multiple levels, and the biggest point is to press the surface with the surface, not the pressure point with the surface!

Then there is authority, which can crush people to death, and in this world, there are always people who are not afraid of death.

But no matter how many people are not afraid of death, are they lonely people with no social relationships?

When a person makes a mistake, it is not one person who is affected, in ancient times, there was a connection, a connection, and then there was no more, but the relationship network will also be implicated and suppressed, which will never change, because this is the most important means of control for the organization to deal with the individual.

In addition, educational brainwashing and public opinion pressure are all means, but none of them are effective.

Therefore, don't think that the power of the organization is that countless people beat one person, that is just a metaphor, and it is really ridiculous.

Who can tie up countless people together and put them in front of one person, or really mix everyone's saliva together and drown so-and-so.

If a person is really desperate, he will definitely not be able to beat countless people, and a few people may not be able to win, but can't really pull a few backs?

If you calculate it like this, you won't lose anything!

But can you do that? Can you do that? Can you do that?

The most terrible thing in this world is the lonely family, especially the lonely person who has no bottom line.

It's not because he alone can beat everyone, but because he dares to fight, he's unscrupulous!

If you fail, you don't lose, killing one is enough, it's really easy.

Ling Qi glanced at the young man lightly, and didn't bother to say anything at all.

His dismissive attitude is almost a naked provocation.

If he was a formal nobleman, or a member of a nobleman's family, or even a servant of a slightly older aristocratic family, this young man would not be anything, at most he would hold a grudge in his heart, and he would definitely not explode directly.

But now, an ordinary guard of a baron's family dares to be so unreasonable.

Could it be that he, the third son of the lord's family, is so easy to bully!

When people are accustomed to some things, they will always subconsciously ignore other things, which is the horror of habitual thinking.

"Bastard, what kind of eyes are you! What kind of attitude!"

The young man scolded angrily, and his expression was a little hideous.

When he said this, he immediately felt inappropriate, not that he realized Ling Qi's extraordinaryness, or thought of the possibility that should have been thought of a long time ago, but realized how inappropriate his actions at this time were.

After all, this was a formal grand banquet, and the protagonist was not even the largest nobleman within two hundred miles of the surrounding area, Baron Vane, but a viscount from a neighboring county who was entertained by Lord Baron!

If the baron is still only a country noble, and there is a rustic atmosphere, and the lord and gentleman are synonymous with the squire, then the viscount has begun to rank among the upper reaches of the nobility, and even at the king's banquet, it will receive a lot of attention!

Strictly speaking, the upper dukes, and the lower lords and knights are not nobles in the traditional sense, but reserve royalties and local tyrants.

The fifth-class title, the baron is at the bottom, needless to say, the duke is the reserve of the grand duke, and generally does not appear, once it appears, unless it is the kind of big empire, it is the precursor of the fall of royal power and the division of the country.

As for the marquis, although not as sensitive as the duke, they are also rare, especially the field marquis. In the words of the Marquis of the field, there must be one in the Great Empire, perhaps more than one. Large kingdoms, at most one or two, or none. Like the middle kingdom where the youth belongs, there is no room for a field marquis.

The marquis in this country is a false leader, and he has to make great contributions, otherwise even the non-hereditary marquis title is not an honor that ordinary people can obtain.

The earl of the field is the real top nobleman and elite nobleman in the general kingdom.

Depending on the size of the country, there are as few as two or three or as many as seven or eight. As for the court earls and titled earls, they are the favored ministers of the royal family, or some meritorious ministers, whether they are in name or not, so don't mention them.

A field viscount, put it in the whole country, the family power does not dare to say that it will be able to enter the top ten, but in the country where the youth is located, there must still be a top twenty, or even the top fifteen, this is because this field viscount is not a top strength viscount.

Losing his demeanor in front of such a nobleman, if he is also a powerful nobleman, it will be okay. After all, there was no direct subordination between the nobility, and the king could not enforce rights beyond the basic obligations of a baron. But for a concubine of a lord's family like him, it is really the same as a catastrophe, as long as the other party says a word, at least within the scope of this viscount's prestige, even if he wants to be an honest scholar, it will be difficult!

Not to mention that the young man secretly regretted it, and he didn't understand why he suddenly got angry at a lowly guard. Let's just say that this movement has indeed attracted more attention from the surroundings.

If Ling Qi's words were said before, it was still a normal volume, except for a few people who heard it, it could be completely covered up in a fiery atmosphere, at least it would not spoil the atmosphere of the entire banquet.

At this time, this young man completely lit firecrackers in the banquet hall and shouted with a loudspeaker.

This young man didn't know if he had the background of a bard, even if he scolded, he had a low tone and a loud voice, if he went to the army and became a herald, it would be more than enough.

The leader of the guards, who was about twenty meters away from the two of them, had already turned pale, if his eyes could kill, then Ling Qi would have died countless times.

He regretted very much that he didn't stop Ling Qi, and he made this happening now, but he was afraid that if he waited, even he would be reprimanded.

Even, if it was really his subordinates who caused the incident, and not the young squire who deliberately found fault, then his responsibility would be even greater.

The leader of the guards didn't dare to think about it anymore, and was about to go over to mediate with a cold face, of course, to suppress the stupid guard first and calm the waves as soon as possible.

It's just faster than the guards, but it's the host of the banquet, Baron Vane!

If anyone wants to say who is most looking forward to this banquet, it will not be the head of the guards, nor the young man who wants to sell his body for wealth and wealth, but this baron who is over half a hundred years old.

Baron Vane has not achieved much in his life, he gave birth to a son or a loser, gave birth to two daughters, one is uglier than the other, it can be said that there is no successor, and there is no capital to marry powerful nobles.

If he himself is extremely capable, or very capable of giving birth, that's it. The problem is that his ability is average, at most he is decent, he has struggled for decades, and he has not been able to leave anything more for his son, let alone become a strong backing for his daughters, so that they can marry into a noble family of the same level, and they can also rely on the name of their mother's family, and even occupy the magpie's nest. If he continues to give birth, he has tried countless times for more than ten years, but all of them have failed.

From Baron Vane's side, as he ages, his realm is facing a great crisis.

Since the son is unreliable, and the two daughters can only win over two lords for him at most, it is imperative to use the power of the other party to help him stabilize the power of the family.

At the very least, he must find a good backer for his son, lest he die in the future, and his son will offend someone who should not be offended, and finally cry and mourn.