Back in the city, Ning Yu went home first and changed into decent clothes, because what he had to do next needed a little decoration, otherwise people wouldn't even let him in.

The city lord's mansion, which is also the baron's mansion, is responsible for registering the identity of the important place called the noble registry, which is said to be the noble registry, but in fact, it also controls the rank and fall of commoners.

The promotion of the civilian level is very simple, just pay the money, the third class to the second class 10 silver coins, the second class to the first class 20 silver coins.

As for how to promote the noble knight, from now on, the carp jumps over the dragon gate, in addition to paying 100 silver coins, there must also be 100 points of imperial merit, meritorious deeds can be donated to the local city lord's mansion or other management offices to buy directly, but the cost is very high, 100 gold to buy 1 point of merit, people are stupid and have no place to spend money to buy.

In addition to spending money, there is another way, and that is to contribute to the empire in a down-to-earth manner, usually by donating a sufficient amount of magic cores.

For example, to be promoted to a third-order knight, Ning Yu calculated, the magic core of a first-order demonic beast can be exchanged for 1 point of merit, and 100 magic cores are enough to be promoted to a third-class knight, and then no matter how many first-order magic cores are taken to come, it is impossible to exchange for even a little merit, if you want to improve your merits, and then improve your identity, you have to kill higher-level demonic beasts, obtain higher-level demonic cores and give them to the empire.

Ning Yu never thought about upgrading the knight nobles before he got the black crystal, because it was too far away, and if the commoners wanted to become nobles, it was no less difficult than sailing against the current, and the commoners themselves were on this small boat, and they couldn't help themselves, rowing forward desperately every day, just to be able to advance a little, but more often than not, they retreated more, if the boat retreated, at most it rushed into another river, and if the commoners retreated, there were only two results: become a slave or die.

This is one of the reasons why Ning Yu chose to dig out the black crystal at the bottom of the pond knowing that he had no ability to resist danger when he first encountered it, and it is also the reason why he came here today.

Since having the black crystal, Ning Yu's vision is no longer limited to this small boat, if it is stable and safe, it is more reliable than a big ship, and he will be 16 years old in half a year, 16 years old is an age full of disasters and opportunities, the imperial law stipulates that men must serve in the military when they reach the age of 16.

He didn't want to serve in the military, not because he was afraid of going to the battlefield, but because he couldn't let go of his sister Ning Xiaoyu, besides, such a bloody empire had nothing worth guarding him.

There is only one way to escape military service, and that is to reach the rank of nobleman to become a viscount, which is impossible in any way, he can only settle for the next best thing, set a small goal first, and become a knight.

A family with knights is called a knight family, and the knight selects a person who is particularly valued from the family, usually an heir, similar to the existence of an heir, and reports it to the city lord's mansion, then the city lord's mansion will issue a "quasi-knight" badge to this person according to the imperial law.

Strictly speaking, a quasi-knight is not a nobleman, but he enjoys the basic rights of a knight, including basic personal safety, Ning Yu values this basic personal safety, he wants to leave the quota of this quasi-knight to his sister Ning Xiaoyu, so that even if he goes to the battlefield, he can feel at ease, no matter how bad he dies on the battlefield, the identity of this knight can also be automatically inherited to Ning Xiaoyu's body, if there is no accident, Ning Xiaoyu can spend this life peacefully and happily.

Civilians don't have much money, not many people come to upgrade, and soon it was Ning Yu's turn, Ning Yu first put a cloth bag containing scattered copper coins on the table at the registration office, the people in the registry office got benefits, and their attitude towards Ning Yu was naturally much better, and they poured a cup of tea for Ning Yu, but Ning Yu didn't dare to drink it, the unspoken rule here, the tea was left there and not moved at most, and it was poured out at most, but if it was drunk, then he had to give tea money, he didn't have so much money to waste on this kind of thing.

The person in charge of registration was a middle-aged man with a melon skin hat, lean and lean, with two mustaches, not looking like an official, but like a businessman, Ning Yu had already inquired when he came, and knew that this person's name was Wang Shengcai.

"Ning Yu, the villager of Village No. 32 ......" Wang Shengcai flipped through the population book and frowned slightly, "You inherited your father's first-class civilian, and you fell to the third-class in two years, which is a bit fast." ”

"I owed a lot of money for my mother's treatment before, but I have only recently recovered. Ning Yu said half-truthfully.

"Well, it's reasonable, if you want to be promoted, do you have any money?" Wang Shengcai nodded and asked.

"Brought it. Ning Yu took out a cloth bag and put it on the table, and said with a smile on his face: "Here is 20 silver, except for the 10 silver for the promotion of status, the remaining 10 silver please ask the adults to divide a stall for the small ones." ”

Second-class civilians can set up stalls, and with a stall, they can sell things at their own prices, such as the seven-star leaf he sold before, sold to the stall owner for 100 copper plants, but the market price is 150 copper plants, and the stall owner sits there and does not move and turns his hands to 50 copper.

"If you want to do a small business and have a future, I like businessmen, young men are really young and promising. Wang Shengcai showed a deep meaning, looked at Ning Yu with a smile and said.

How could Ning Yu not understand what Wang Shengcai meant, since ancient times, the official business has been a family, Ning Yu has made a lot of money, naturally he can't forget Wang Shengcai, otherwise he won't want to do this business.

For Wang Shengcai, the businessman is a long-term and stable meal ticket.

"Thank you for your appreciation, the small ones will definitely work hard, and I'm afraid there will be many places to trouble you at that time. Ning Yu said with a smile.

The two looked at each other, and everything was silent.

Perhaps because of Wang Shengcai's favor or some other reason, the booth badge was quickly completed, and it happened that it was the same as the number of the village where Ning Yu was located on the population book, which was No. 32.

With the stall badge, Ning Yu returned home, and her sister Ning Xiaoyu was holding a handful of almost withered weeds and stuffing them into a hole in the wall.

The hole is made by rats, and the rats in this world are relatively large, each one is the size of a fist, and a hole in the wall is a big hole.

When Ning Yu got 30 silver before, he had the idea of repairing the house, but then he still chose to buy a stall, because the laws of the empire stipulate that civilians do not have permanent residency, and even knights do not have permanent residency, which means that your house is not yours, no matter how well it is repaired, the empire will requisition it if it wants to, dare to say half a word, at least it will be arrested and questioned, and at worst it will be punished as a major crime of rebellion and harm to the family.

Compared with the two, the stall is more cost-effective, at least the stall will not be taken away if it is said to be taken away, right?!

"Xiaoyu, do you want to eat roast chicken?" Ning Yu crossed his arms in front of his chest and looked at Ning Xiaoyu dotingly.

As soon as he heard that there was roast chicken to eat, Ning Xiaoyu's eyes seemed to glow, threw away the weeds in his hand, threw himself into Ning Yu's arms in three steps and two steps, raised his little head and asked, "Where, where is the roast chicken?"

"Look at your little glutton, be careful to become a big fat man if you love to eat so much, no one will dare to raise you in the future. Ning Yu habitually poked Ning Xiaoyu's forehead and said with a smile.

"No one dares to raise it, so I can rely on you and never be separated for the rest of my life. Ning Xiaoyu pouted and said.

"Little fool, you are a girl's family, and sooner or later you will get married. Ning Yu said with a smile.

"I'm not going to get married. Ning Xiaoyu's small mouth pursed even higher, but he was afraid that Ning Yu would be unhappy, so he immediately compromised: "Unless he has a brother, you are half as good to me." ”

"It's sweet in your mouth. Ning Yu couldn't help but poke Ning Xiaoyu's forehead again, "Quickly pack up and follow me, it's up to you whether you have roast chicken to eat tonight." ”

"Understand, it's all about roast chicken. Ning Xiaoyu raised her hand high, looking extremely excited.

The two came to the nearby stall area, Ning Yu used four stones to enclose a quadrangular clearing, then sat on the ground, and began to take out the contents of the cloth bag.