A life that lacks creativity and is not leisurely also has a purpose: it gives people the opportunity to improve their personality and choose their attitude to life in situations that are constrained by external forces.

—Victor Frank (Professor of Psychosology and Psychoanalysis)

In the conference room of the Governor's Mansion in the brand new county town of Brojansson, Bai Feng, who rarely wore a black casual swordsman suit, sat in the governor's seat that did not belong to him, and eight people, including Wenk, sat on the left and right below.

Bai Feng, who tapped on the long table in front of him, opened his mouth and asked Abraham on the left: "Count Abraham, you are the representative of the nobles of the province of Brojansson, you come to tell us all how many nobles are willing to follow us in the province of Brojansson today. ”

Count Abraham, who had attended the meeting of the White Peak's power core for the first time, replied with some flattery: "Your Excellency, the seven viscounts, thirteen barons, and one hundred and sixty-two knights of the entire province of Brojansson are all your loyal followers. ”

"Twenty low-ranking nobles and one hundred and sixty-two knights?" Bai Feng, who smiled slightly when he heard this, turned his head to Woodlow and asked, "Knight Woodlow, do you think the loyalty of these one hundred and eighty-two nobles is just as reliable?"

"This ......" Knight Woodlaw, who felt that this question was not easy to answer, decided to answer according to his own thoughts after a little consideration: "Your Excellency, I think the loyalty of knights is far more reliable than that of other nobles. ”

"Tell me your reasoning, why the loyalty of knights is more reliable than that of other nobles?"

"Because most of our knights are nobles who have served in the military, their respect for you comes from the heart, while the loyalty of other nobles to you is a compromise that you have to make due to your great strength. ”

Knight Woodlow's answer, although it sounded suspicious of attacking the non-knightly nobles, was the most realistic answer, and even the Earl of Abraham, who was in attendance, only frowned slightly, and did not say anything to refute Knight Woodlaw's remarks.

"Since the loyalty of the knights is so reliable, then I plan to form a knight order exclusive to our Eastern provinces with these one hundred and sixty-two knights who respect me from the bottom of my heart as the core, what do you think?"

Bai Feng's original intention of asking Knight Woodlaw was naturally impossible to deliberately provoke the conflict between Earl Abraham and Knight Woodlaw;

"Exclusive to our knights of the Eastern Provinces?!" Knight Woodrow, who was shining in his eyes, stood up with an excited expression and said: "Your Excellency Duke, as long as you are willing to form such a knight order, all our Eastern knights will swear to follow you to the death!"

"Okay, Knight Woodrow, I will leave the formation of the Eastern Knights to you, you only need to keep in mind three principles: first, no non-knights are allowed to join the Order, second, the Order was formed by you spontaneously, and third, you must not leave the Eastern provinces lightly. ”

The knight of Woodrow, who had also been in the aristocratic circle for some days, could certainly hear the deep meaning of Bai Feng's three principles, especially the third principle, which implicitly meant that only when Bai Feng personally gave an order, the Eastern Knights could dispatch.

The real strong man will always attract groups of followers to follow him, and the knight of Woodlaw, who is full of respect for Bai Feng in his heart, is the follower who is attracted to Bai Feng, and his loyalty to Bai Feng is second only to his loyalty to his own family.

"Your Excellency, I Woodlow swear that I will live up to your expectations, even if I sacrifice my own life!"

In the face of Knight Woodlow's solemn oath, the satisfied Bai Feng smiled and nodded, and then motioned for the Knight Woodlow to sit back in his place, and after confirming the formation of the Eastern Knights, Bai Feng asked Earl Abraham again:

"Count Abraham, I believe that the loyalty of the knights is worthy of my trust, so I asked the knights of Woodlow to form the Eastern Knights of the Eastern provinces that belong to us; what do you think I should do to show that I believe that the loyalty of the other nobles is also worthy of my trust?"

Earl Abraham, who witnessed the birth of the Eastern Knights, still had a clue about the purpose of Bai Feng's meeting tonight, so when Knight Woodlow showed his loyalty, he was already thinking about how to deal with the next problems.

"Your Excellency, I think that our nobles of other ranks in the Eastern Provinces can form an alliance of Eastern nobles who fight for the interests of the Eastern Provinces in addition to the Eastern Knights, so as to ensure that your authority will not be provoked by any outsiders!"

"Eastern Noble Alliance?" Bai Feng, who instantly understood where the value of the Eastern Noble Alliance was, asked Count Abraham with a hint of expectation in his words: "Count Abraham, there are only seven viscounts and thirteen barons, is it too small in number?"

Earl Abraham, who had an extremely keen sense of smell, immediately said: "Your Excellency, I have found that the nobles who were unfortunately killed in the fire in the Doge's Palace last time have collateral heirs in their families who can inherit the titles of these nobles who were killed. ”

"As far as I know, the nobles who died at the beginning must have been seven counts, thirty viscounts, seventy-nine barons, and more than two hundred knights;

"Your Excellency, knights are only honorary titles of nobility and cannot be hereditary, and apart from the largest number of knights, there are still five counts, twenty-three viscounts, and fifty-seven barons, who have legitimate collateral heirs. ”

"Well, the protection of the rights and interests of the nobility is protected by the laws of the Empire, and these rightful collateral heirs deserve the titles they deserve, and you, Abraham, as the highest Count of Brojansson, I would recommend you to succeed you as Governor of Brojansson. ”

Earl Abraham, who originally thought that he would be like the Knight of Woodlow, mixed with the presiding officer of the Eastern Noble Alliance, did not expect that the position of governor of Brojansson Province would fall to him.

Although Bai Feng did not have the power to appoint the governor of Brojansson Province, the power of the Bai family and the existence of Prince Pross made Count Abraham feel that he could become the new governor of Brojansson Province tomorrow;

No matter how hard Count Abraham tried to suppress the excitement and excitement in his heart, his trembling beard and reddened eyes were uncontrollable, and there was no doubt that such a scene was exactly what Bai Feng wanted to see.

The military officer Moritz controls the 14,000 city defense troops of the province, the secretary Heinrich controls the judicial power of the province, the civil affairs officer Hess controls the millions of people in the province, and the financial officer Shalah controls the funds of the province, they are the real henchmen of Bai Feng.

The reason why Count Abraham became the governor of the province on the surface was because he had an imperial title that Moritz and others did not have, and on the other hand, because Bai Feng wanted to temporarily lurk his power in the eastern provinces to reduce the vigilance of the imperial capital.

Even the so-called Eastern Knights and the Eastern Noble Alliance were all deliberately created by Bai Feng to attract the attention of all forces in the imperial capital, and the five Eastern Legions stationed in the four eastern provinces and the Wind Fortress were Bai Feng's real core strength!