After leaving the church, Isabel asked her mother's two maids to return her elderly mother to the estate. Later, when he came to his father's side, he turned his head and glanced at Anne and Dorothy, the two maids who were following him, and several saber guards who followed his father, "You follow from a distance, I want to talk to my lord." ”

The two then walked from a path outside the boundary on the left side of St. Michael's Church to the south of the manor. The servant and the guard followed the two from a distance, and as Baron Walton walked slowly towards the garden with his hands behind his back, he whispered to the eldest daughter, "Son, do you want to talk to me about your marriage?" ”

Isabelle's eyes widened and she winced at her father, "Lord Walton, do you think I'm talking to you right now as your daughter?" ”

The baron sensed that his daughter's words were a little amused, and glanced at her, "Well, I think so, today is the Lord's Day, a day of rest. ”

"Your Excellency, even if I want to talk to you about my marriage, I am afraid that for some reason I will not be able to facilitate my marriage."

"Son, it did cost a lot of money to build the manor, so ......"

Isabel tore off a dry twig in her hand, "I'm thinking about it too." Sir, is there any way you can get back the money spent? ”

Baron Walton looked a little surprised, "Son, what else do you do but rent the land, collect the rent, and sell the surplus crops?" ”

"Well, there is also the increase in the rent of cultivated land, the sale of timber in the domain, the income from official positions, the king's bounty, and the engagement in trade."

"Kid, I know what you're talking about. It's just that our family has just been given a land, and raising the rent may cause the tenant farmers to file a complaint with the magistrate. There are not many trees in the territory, and there are not too many official positions and kings' rewards. As for trade, I've never done it before. ”

Isabel pursed her lips and spread her hands, "In that case, you can only go to London to buy property for rent." ”

Baron Walton was a little helpless, and raised his head to look at the winter sky, "This... Let's let Ernest think about buying real estate in Duncheng. ”

In fact, Isabel still has two other ways to make money that she has not said, one is to go to war, and the other is to pirate as a privateer captain. These two methods can be said to be a profitable means of making money, with short time and quick results. The cost depends on the scale of the war, the number of armed civilian ships used in piracy, and the quality of the sailors.

She wanted to make her family rich quickly by participating in a war or a career as a pirate. A month later, a war between England and Scotland came true. However, some of the people she knew and liked were all involved in the war.

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Prior to becoming the political entity of the United Kingdom with Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Scotland had been a weak and sparsely populated country. It is very poor compared to its neighbors, England and continental European countries across the North Sea, and it has large sparsely populated tribal areas to the west and north.

During the reign of James V, there were no spice-filled and gold-grabbing docks in Scotland, nor did there be banks and exchanges that sprung up in other port cities. On the other hand, in this desert-like meadow-like country, there is a group of greedy nobles like leeches, who are trying their best to exploit the serfs; On the one hand, due to the coercion of interests, he betrayed and betrayed the king of Scotland.

In 1503, Henry VIII's sister Margaret Tudor was married to Scotland in order to bring Scotland into the English territory. However, as soon as James IV died, his queen of England married the Earl of Angus, the leader of the pro-English faction, a marriage that aroused strong opposition from the Francophile faction in Scotland.

What happened in Scotland can be summed up in a few words: Queen Margaret, regent of her son James V, was preoccupied with her own love and neglected to discipline her son. His son was influenced by Francophiles from an early age and eventually became a staunch Francophile.

When James V came to power, Scotland was out of English control. In 1536, James V expelled his mother from the Scottish court when he discovered that his mother Margaret had betrayed state secrets to his uncle Henry VIII.

In 1536, James V's two marriages to the French royal family and nobility proved that he was a pro-French king through and through. During this period, the Scottish court was presided over by the Francophile leader Archbishop Beaton, who began to actively prepare for war with England, posing a serious threat to the dynasty of Henry VIII. When Queen Margaret died in 1541, Scotland and England entered a state of pre-war hostility.

At 8 a.m. on Monday, September 10, 1542, Isabel arrived at Sharif Hatton Castle with six armed guards wearing the coat of arms painted with the coat of arms of Baron Walton (the predecessor of the military uniform). Last year, Henry VIII and the new queen tacitly approved her position at the Duke's Court of Richmond as they toured the north. As a result of this, as an aristocratic woman, her position was recognized in northern society and among the aristocracy.

Dressed in knight's casual clothes and wearing a handguard sword at her waist, Isabel was summoned to her side by the Duke of Richmond, who was sitting on the throne, as soon as she entered the hall of the castle. The Duke casually handed her a letter, "Isabel, this is sent by His Majesty. ”

Isabel, of course, did not know what Henry VIII had said, so she stretched out the rolled letter and read the contents carefully, and then rolled it up again. After handing it over to the Duke of Richmond, he pondered and said, "His Majesty wants to eliminate the Scottish threat to the kingdom?" ”

The Duke of Richmond looked ahead with distraction, "It seems that this war is inevitable. ”

"Who does His Majesty intend to send? How many people to send? ”

"Your Majesty has decided to send the Duke of Norfolk. However, I want to go. ”

Isabel looked very surprised, "Henry, the two dukes went to Scotland to fight together?" What if you and the Duke of Norfolk are killed or wounded? ”

The Duke of Richmond slowly stood up and turned to look at her affectionately, "Isabel, do you remember what I said?" ”

How could Isabel remember what he had said, he had said so much to himself over the years. Blinking his eyes, he recalled the contents of the letter he had just seen, and said tentatively, "You want to be a knight like your father?!" ”

"Isabel, you remember it very well." The Duke of Richmond walked down the stairs in front of the throne and turned to look at her with a serious expression, "Yes, I'm going to be a knight!" ”