The little white-faced knight is the most special, his family is not only loyal to the Lancaster family for a long time, his loyalty is guaranteed. Of course, there is no permanent loyalty, only permanent interests, but for the time being, the Martins are more loyal to the Tudor royal family.

Speaking of which, we have to mention Edward's grandfather, Henry VII was a side branch of the Lancaster family, a minor nobleman from Wales. The matrilineal ancestor of the Tudor family was John Beaufort, the illegitimate son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress, Katherine Swynford, Prince of England in the 14th century, and the Duke of Lancaster's father was none other than King Edward III of England.

Normally, it would not have been possible for an illegitimate child to claim a succession to the throne, but this was complicated in 1396 when the Duke of Lancaster and Catherine were officially married when John Beaufort was 25 years old.

Both the Pope and the Parliament of England issued their respective proclamations the following year retroactively recognizing John Beaufort as the legitimate child of the Duke of Lancaster. King Henry IV, the Duke of Lancaster's other legitimate son, also recognized John Beaufort's legitimate children, but declared that they had no right to the throne.

John Beaufort's granddaughter, Lord Margaret Beaufort and heir to the throne, married Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond. That is, the father of Henry VII.

While Henry Tudor was in exile in Brittany, his mother, Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Edward's grandfather, remarried in England and lurked in rival York England to plan for her son's future.

So when the Lancaster family became extinct, Henry VII declared himself the heir to the throne of the Lancaster royal family. Eligible for succession to the throne of England.

Henry VII soon landed successfully in England and defeated Richard III of York at the Battle of Boswal in 1485, and then proclaimed the throne as King Henry VII of England.

And by marrying Richard III's niece, Elizabeth of York, the debate over the legitimacy of his succession was quelled.

It ended the War of the Roses with this marriage between rival families, and started a new dynasty with the descendants of the combination of the Lancaster dynasty and the York dynasty, and merged the red roses of Lancaster and the white roses of York to form the royal emblem of the CD Duo dynasty, the red and white "Tudor Rose"

Let's sort it out: John. Lancaster – John Beaufort – Gretel. Beaufort (Edmond. Tudor) – Henry VII – Henry VIII – Edward VI. In this way, it can be said that the Tudor family can become the royal family of England is very taken care of by Lady Luck.

It can be said that the House of York must have been dissatisfied with the Tudor royal family, and after the Lancaster family became extinct, the Tudor royal family replaced the Lancaster family and became the object of their knights' allegiance.

"Knight Devereaux, take the liberty of asking!" Edward saw that he was relatively young and close to his family, so he used him to pry open the gap between the three of them.

"I wonder how much your family spends each year?" Hearing Edward's question, Devereaux's first reaction was that the Forren family, who often opposed him, were looking for someone to find out the secrets of their family, ready to deal a blow to themselves.

However, he remembered that it was his feudal lord His Majesty Edward who came to inquire, and he could not be willing to be a spy, and even if he was, not many people would invite him.

"Dear lord, your poor knight counts every shilling every month to live!" As soon as he talked about the cost, Knight Devero's eyebrows had wrinkled into a hill, and his young face suddenly became a bitter melon.

"The monthly expenses for banquets and hunting drain almost every shilling in my pocket, and I have to make a knight's suit for my brother Pete, and my sisters have to buy those beautiful clothes that are fashionable in France every month......" Don't look at Knight Devero as a man, but he nagged no less than those fifty or sixty-year-old aunts.

"Stop, my dear knight, I already know your condition! Say no more! Edward hurriedly stopped Devereaux's tirade and saved Knight Bruno and Knight William, who were already on the verge of collapse. And Steward Howard has begun to close his eyes and recuperate, please ignore him.

In the face of Edward's stopping, Devereaux closed his mouth very interestingly, but seeing that he was still unsatisfied, fortunately he stopped him, otherwise there would definitely be a big story behind. Edward couldn't help but pat his chest in rejoice.

"Damn! He said such a long paragraph and still didn't say the specific number? is not honest in the face of the feudal monarch, it seems that those who can be knights are not stupid! Edward sighed in his heart.

But luckily there's Butler Howard, he's such a usable talent!

"Your Majesty! The Cavaliers de Vreaux spend almost a hundred pounds a month, which is my most conservative estimate! Butler Howard quietly came to Edward's side again, and whispered a word. Then he left Edward some distance away, pretending that nothing had happened, and was there as a sentry as if nothing had happened!

Edward estimated the annual income of the knight of De Vreaux, and assumed that 1,500 acres of land were planted with food, at most 900 pounds a year, so how could he spend 1,200 pounds?

It seemed to see Edward's doubts, and the elusive butler had also come to Edward's side, explaining as if no one was around.

"Beginning with his father, the old knight de Vreaux, the Martin family has subleased the estate to those copper-smelling merchants to raise sheep, and it is estimated that it has been eighteen years, and every year they will take a thousand two hundred pounds!" What Howard said shocked Edward.

Unexpectedly, the current knights have subleased the symbol of knights, the fiefdom, for eighteen years!

Think about it, you can live happily in the world of London, who wants to stay in the countryside, and you don't have to manage the estate, you can get more money every year than you can earn from your hard work, why not?

Edward didn't know that at that time, the Knight Devere was not bad, just renting it year after year. There are also nobles who rent out for almost 99 years or hundreds of years, and the consequence of this is that when your family is not in the manor for a long time, the manor will gradually become his, and some are the heirs of their own family, and your manor is his. What's even more pitiful is that when I met a loser, I spent all my savings, and the manor was pawned.

This was also a reason for the collapse of the feudal economy and the rise of capitalism.

"And what about Knight Bruno and Knight William?" "William Knight is still running his own business, and Bruno Knight has also subleased!"

Edward didn't expect that the eldest Rough William Knight, who was most likely to sublease, ran it himself, while Bruno Knight, who liked to read, subleased it!

Edward then said something that surprised everyone.

"So, knights, I wonder if you're willing to sublet the manor to me?"