"Chapter Seventy-Five: Ordinary Life"
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On the second day of participating in the private banquet of the Eighth Prince, Bai Feng returned to the academy dormitory in peace, and the Bai Mansion with Yue'er, Binglan, Bai Yi, Bai Er and others was in charge, there was no need for Bai Feng to worry about it at all, and there was no force in the imperial capital that could fight against the four saint-level powerhouses.
In the Baifu Manor outside the imperial capital, there is Douglas, a more powerful Beast Sword Saint, and the newly formed Beast Clan, and there is no need for Bai Feng to worry about it;
Bai Feng, who focuses all his attention on the academy, consolidates his relationship with his roommates every day, and builds friendships with his classmates in the military department, these people are the mainstays of the future imperial military, and it is always good to have a good relationship with them.
In particular, Bai Feng's three roommates, two are the sons of the Duke of Nice, and the other is the eldest son of the Marquis of Metz, and their identities determine that sooner or later they can become the new Duke of Nice and the Marquis of Metz, which is what Bai Feng values the most.
It's not that Bai Feng is snobbish, but the current situation of the empire is like this, why does the Eighth Emperor deliberately make friends with the children of powerful and powerful people in various places with the dignity of a dignified prince? The purpose is to win over the families behind these young nobles.
The lower nobility of the counts, such as viscounts, barons, honorary knights, etc., were an indispensable part of the imperial aristocracy, but their sheer numbers and scattered strength meant that they could never become the dominant power.
Starting from the earl, that is the real high-level aristocracy, which is the core component of the imperial aristocratic system; a count with real power is at least the county guard of a certain county in the empire, and can even serve as the governor of the province, holding the military and political power of a province.
The Iron Earl Rundstead, he is a typical representative of the counts who also serve as the governor of the province, and if you count the unique Iron Guard, then the strength of the Count Rundstead is already equivalent to that of a normal duke, far better than the average marquis.
Of course, the vast majority of the earls are normal county guards, and special beings like the iron-blooded earls are also unique in the entire empire;
Any marquis is the governor of a certain province in the empire, such as the Bai family, who is in charge of the province of Llorente, and the current title is still the Marquis of Llorente, so the number of marquis is directly proportional to the number of provinces in the empire, and their status is naturally extraordinary.
However, there are some special marquis in the empire, such as the noble lady who attended the private banquet of the eighth prince, and her father, the Marquis of Perpignan, is very special, and his particularity even makes him the laughing stock of the entire empire.
Normally, the Marquis of Perpignan should be the governor of the province of Perpignan, a powerful local faction in charge of a province, but in fact it was the Count of Rundstead who served as the governor of the province of Perpignan, and the unfortunate Marquis of Perpignan became a rare empty marquis.
According to Bai Feng's current knowledge, although Malcan and Miles' father, the Duke of Nice, is in charge of the province of Nice in the east of the empire, he has little intersection with the eldest prince whose power is concentrated in the eastern region of the empire, which is a good opportunity.
Harold's father, the Marquis of Mace, was a famous battlefield general in the north of the empire, and the Fourth Legion under his command was at the forefront of resisting the steppe tribes all year round, and was known as the most elite standing army in the north of the empire!
It just so happened that the heirs of the Duke of Nice and the Marquis of Metz were his roommates, and Bai Feng would not miss such a good opportunity; under Bai Feng's deliberate friendship, the relationship between Harold, Malken, Miles and Bai Feng became increasingly close.
There are usually four strongest feelings between men: first, they have been together with the window, second, they have carried a gun, third, they have been in prison together, and fourth, they have been prostitutes together. Undoubtedly, this is also the best way for Bai Feng to get closer to Harold and others.
As roommates in the same dormitory, it is needless to say that the friendship of classmates is self-explanatory, and joining the army and going to prison are methods that Bai Feng cannot implement in a short period of time. In this way, the only thing Bai Feng can do is to get closer to his roommates by going to the Fengyue place together.
The Fengyue place that has been in the limelight in the imperial capital recently is naturally the Tianyu Building, where a new batch of different beauties has arrived, and even the boys in the Imperial Academy are all familiar with the name of the Tianyu Building, who makes there are so many noble young people in the imperial capital in the academy.
Bai Feng, who took the initiative to invite his roommates to go out to play, deliberately let Harold and the others pick their own place, and the obscene Melken walked to the door of Tianyu Building and couldn't move, so Bai Feng naturally took them into Tianyu Building.
The bustard and the ordinary girl in the Tianyu Building didn't know Bai Feng at all, and the fifteen geisha who knew Bai Feng had already been ordered not to reveal their identities before entering the Tianyu Building;
Harold and Miles are both **** honest people, they are still a little uncomfortable walking into the Fengyue place like Tianyu Building, and the two eyeballs are rolling around, that is a battle-hardened veteran, he is more familiar with the Fengyue place than his own home.
Bai Feng, who didn't plan to spend the night in Tianyu Building, took Harold and Miles to find a quiet private room, and the three of them drank back and forth together;
Bai Feng and the others stayed in the private room for more than two hours before Malken came back with a smirk, and when he checked out and left, Bai Feng learned that the service fee for two hours of a geisha was as high as 1,000 gold coins!
With such a high service fee, fifteen geisha are still the top names in demand in Tianyu Tower, which is in short supply; it can be seen that there are so many rich people in the imperial capital! The enthusiasm of Tianyu Tower made Bai Fengle, who paid the money, smile.
Since the four of them went to Tianyu Building together, Bai Feng obviously felt that the relationship between the other three and himself had become closer and closer, especially Malken, who had done something, he had simply become Bai Feng's follower.
While enhancing his relationship with his roommates and classmates in the same dormitory, Bai Feng also specially organized a dinner party between the younger generations of the five major families in the southern border, and everyone else participated in this dinner except for Li Shimin and Sun Quan, who did not participate.
The Bai family was not the only one who participated in the dinner, but Bai Sa, Bai Rou and others also went; among all the people at the dinner, the one who impressed Bai Feng the most was Long Bo of the Long family, who was indeed the leader of the younger generation of the five major families in the south, and his conversation temperament was very good.
Bai Rou, Bai Han, and Bai Ling'er are three little girls, and they get along well with Long Aoxue, Sun Shangxiang, and Li Xiuning;
Bai Feng did not invite any outsiders to participate in this dinner between the five families in the southern realm, but the unexpected arrival of Sophia, Diana, and Melinda made the originally lively dinner party a little depressing.
After all, Sophia is the teacher of the academy, Diana is the princess of the empire, and Melinda is the granddaughter of the vice president; they are all members of the top powerful families in the imperial capital, while Bai Feng and the others are members of the five major families from the southern realm, and the estrangement between the two sides has always been relatively deep.