The arrival of Count Eugen caused quite a stir in the Lebor region. His achievements in the Kassel region and his conferment ceremony at Schönbrunn Palace are very good things to talk about.

Since the Dukedom of Caniola was reclaimed by the Empire, it has been leaderless for a long time. Most of the remaining nobles in the dukedom are viscounts and barons, and there are various surnames, each of which has a wide range of implications.

There are seven Electors in the Empire, and they control eight of the most powerful vassal states in the Empire. The surnames of the eight Electors were the most prominent, and they represented powerful families that even had the power to elect emperors.

Among these eight families, the Habsburgs are undoubtedly the most powerful, and the emperors of the empire for hundreds of years have been served by members of the Habsburgs, controlling half of the southeast of the empire, which can be called a monstrous power. It's just that this emperor, Charles VI, has weakened the power of the family for various reasons.

In addition to the Habsburgs, the Hohenzollern family of the eastern Brandenburg-Prussian monarchy undoubtedly occupied the second place, and the family's power was mainly concentrated in the Berlin area, and the power was not much greater than that of the Habsburgs.

The strength of the other six families is all in the middle of the match, and the strength of a single family may be inferior, but the strength of any alliance of two families will surpass the Habsburg family.

For example, the Vetina family, who controlled the electoral state of Saxony, had its capital in Dresden in the northeast of the empire, and had an extremely formidable Saxon cavalry force, which was the strongest military force among the other five princes.

Then there was the Wittelsbach family of the Duchy of Bavaria, whose capital was Munich, and the area controlled by the family was at the center of the empire, controlling the country's transportation arteries, and arguably the center of commercial trade. The Wittelsbach family was far more financially powerful than the other major families, and even the Habsburgs borrowed money from the Wittelsbachers.

To the northwest of the empire was the Electorate of Hanover, whose capital was Hanover, controlled by the Welf family. The monarch of the country, who had also served as King of Great Britain since 1714, had a huge influence on the island, and the family could be said to have strong foreign support.

In addition, there are three major church electors, whose families are inextricably linked to the church, and the strength of the family is mainly reflected in the influence on the church. And each family has at least one archbishop, and these archbishops have the power to choose the emperor.

For example, Margaret's Medici family had an elector of the church, and the city where the archbishopric was located was Florence.

Duke Caniola's domain has great economic potential, but the Duke himself does not have enough power to control the land. This made several major families focus on this piece of fat, and they arranged for the outstanding members of their respective families to come to this land to occupy a corner, and use them as spokesmen to expand their strength here.

It can be said that this is a gladiatorial arena for the major families of the Holy Roman Empire, and it is a microcosm of family strife. On the surface, all the nobles are harmonious, but behind the scenes, they do everything to suppress each other to strengthen themselves.

The original Duke of Caniola could not stop all this at all, and could only gradually eat away at his power and take away his land. Later, the Habsburgs reclaimed the land in the name of the emperor, and this form of contention eased somewhat.

Now that the emperor has thrown Eugen to this place, the implicit meaning is that he hopes that he can sweep away the chaos here as a member of the Habsburg family, and it is best to establish a sufficiently stable countdom to enrich the power of the entire Habsburg family.

Eugen knew nothing about this, however, and was still looking forward to the evening feast, fantasizing that the nobles and wealthy merchants of the Lyber region would be able to support him sufficiently.

"Hehe, there are so many nobles here, and the surnames are very prominent. Let me see...... There's Welf and Hohenzollern, tsk, I'm sure they're going to have some great gifts for me, hahaha. ”

Eugen sat on his bed in the hotel, with a list of guests invited tonight, imagining what kind of congratulatory gifts he would get.

"Gold coins are the most affordable, but a bit cheesy. If it is jewelry, it is not unacceptable, after all, the value of jewelry is higher, but it is more troublesome to sell it when the time comes. But don't be a celebrity calligraphy or painting, I can't appreciate it, and I'm embarrassed to take it out and sell it. ”

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The avenues of the Leibre region are like intricate spider webs, with the city of Lebor as the center, radiating all the way to the surrounding areas, connecting dozens of cities and hundreds of villages along the way.

At this moment, on these roads, two or two richly decorated carriages, guarded by heavily armed cavalry in front and behind, were speeding towards the city of Leibul.

The people in these carriages were rich and noble, all nobles who had come from all over the world to attend Eugen's dinner, and the highest title of them was no more than viscount.

However, these viscounts were even more powerful than the earls and marquises, and there was no doubt that they were all powerful viscounts, with a large amount of land under their control, and at the same time a strong enough army.

Their military and economic strength far exceeds that of a viscount, and of course, the most important thing is the power of the family behind them, which is a huge family that will shake the entire empire with a stomp.

Among these carriages, there was a white and chubby young man sitting on it, his cheeks were like two white duck eggs, and this man looked to be in his twenties and thirties, so to speak, quite young. However, there was a hint of shrewdness in his eyes, and his shallow lips with a faint smile made the whole person seem a little sinister and untrustworthy.

Across from this man sat a man in his fifties who looked like a butler, fanning the young man with a small fan with a respectful face.

"Butler, do you know what kind of person this Count Eugen is? And whether he had some secret relationship with that Prince Eugen. The young man had been thinking about something all the way, but apparently he hadn't come up with any answers.

When the butler heard the young man's words, he kept fanning his hand, shook his head slowly, and said, "I don't know, Young Master Pigard. The news from the family side is very general, it seems that this Count Eugen has appeared out of nowhere, and his past and rise trajectory are so short that it is speechless. ”

Viscount Pigarde nodded, he knew what the butler said, and he didn't expect to get an answer to that question just now.