"Being a knight?" Asker was a little surprised.

After the two of them finished sparring, Ludwig walked into the training ground, and after a moment of greeting and greeting the two, he suddenly threw out an offer.

"Yes." Ludwig said with a smile, "We, the Weissbach family, have always been hungry for talent. Since Captain Asker has such strength, of course he is qualified for the position of knight. ”

"Hey, what the hell are you doing, brother!" Eleanor said dissatisfiedly, "He is my leader, and you want to be his lord, so aren't you my big leader?" ”

Who is interested in being your leader, sister! Ludwig was speechless. Am I not doing this for the two of you? As long as he becomes my vassal, my father will have no way to attack him, you don't understand my good intentions!

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Viscount." Aske said, "But I'm the leader of the mercenary group after all......"

"That's fine, if you don't have time to stay in the territory, you can leave the matter to my cabinet members." Ludwig explained with a smile, "In terms of territory, it is tentatively the village of Berg, which is a small village on the shores of Lake Stenberg, and the scenery is extremely beautiful. ”

"That place is very close to Mingxing City." Eleanor added, "If I remember correctly, many of the nobles in the principality had private estates there. ”

"That's right." Ludwig thought to himself, sister, that you finally understood, and continued, "So, as the lord of Berg Village, the monthly fief tax alone is a lot of wealth, and you can also have more contacts with other nobles, which is also quite beneficial for you to make high-class connections. ”

"It's weird." Eleanor squinted at him and said, "Are you really willing to seal that piece of land?" It's not like you, man! ”

Ludwig was silent, if this wasn't for your dowry, how could I have sealed it out!

Through the sparring he had just observed, Ludwig also realized that the strength of this Asker leader was probably not as simple as the leader of an ordinary mercenary group. Judging from the swordsmanship he showed, being a knight lord was indeed more than enough.

However, what is required to become a lord is not only one's own strength, but also connections, prestige, and relationship with the feudal lord.

If you follow the normal path, the Asker commander needs to first become a landless knight, and then accumulate seniority by collecting military merits during the war, and win the approval of other vassals and the appreciation of the feudal lord, in order to obtain a fief after the war.

The first fiefdom, and it is impossible to come up, is a good plot like the village of Berg, which is usually located at the junction of the Duchy of Bavaria with other principalities, or in the small mountain villages at the foot of the Alps, which are inaccessible and impoverished.

Then run a fiefdom, slowly accumulate wealth through taxation and trade, and spill it out through gatherings and socializing, gaining a better reputation and connections in the high society of the principality, so that you are eligible to change your fiefdom.

Of course, it's just a qualification, in fact, you have to wait until there is a vacancy in other fiefdoms, which is the so-called "one turnip and one pit", other lords die and have no heirs, or rebel and are stripped of power by the feudal lord, before it can be your turn to take the top.

The promotion cycle of the lord is so long, how else can it be said that marriage is the fastest means of leapfrogging?

Ludwig gave the village of Berg to Aske at this time, just to quickly improve his status, otherwise he would have to wait until he slowly climbed to a position where he could ask the Duke of Bavaria to marry Eleanor, which would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey!

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Viscount, for your appreciation." Asker groaned, "I ......"

"Since it's a name, then you can hang it." Eleanor blinked, "You don't need to handle government affairs yourself anyway, do you?" ”

Aske smiled wryly. Indeed, the work of the aristocratic lord of this world is to death, and it is easier than the landlord of more than a dozen suites in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the real world, and the latter has to collect rent one by one every month, and the former has his own professional tax officer to help him collect money and take care of it.

"Well, it's my pleasure." Aske finally agreed, anyway, he already had a lot of nicknames, and no matter how many "Lords of Berg Village" there were, it didn't hurt.

"Then do you want a canonization ceremony?" Eleanor drew her sword in a rage.

"No need, what's the point of doing that cumbersome etiquette in your own family." Ludwig waved his hand.

Elinor:???

Asker: ???

What does it mean to be self-contained?

Ludwig did not carry out the canonization ceremony, so naturally he also had his scheming in it. There was no formal ceremony, no associated feud deed, and Aske had to entrust Ludwig's cabinet to help if he wanted to work as a lord in the village of Berg.

This is equivalent to saying that he just hangs the empty title of a lord, or the kind that is not justified, and the actual territorial power is still in the hands of Ludwig.

If he broke up with his sister one day, Ludwig would be able to strip him of his lordship, and he would have no power to resist. If the two do establish a relationship, and Asker is ready to propose, Ludwig will be able to immediately change Asker from a fictitious title to a full lord, and thus be eligible to ask the Duke of Bavaria to marry his daughter.

This is a trick that belongs to the aristocratic class, and everyone can play it. Eleanor has no experience as a lord, of course he doesn't understand, as for Asker...... Even if he understood, so what? A lord's virtual title is also a title!

Ludwig was confident in this, though he didn't really guess that Aske didn't care about the title of nobility.

"Lord of Berg Village, that can be regarded as entering the aristocratic system, right?" Eleanor pondered, "Can the head of the regiment have a knighthood?" ”

"Nope." Ludwig explained to his sister, "I am the Viscount of Gotting, and in terms of title I am the deputy of my father, the Duke of Bavaria, and the Viscount cannot be divided into other titles. Therefore, after Lord Asker became the lord of the village of Beg, his position was considered a knight's class, as my vassal, and the fiefdom could not be hereditary. ”

"If his father approves of him in the future, then maybe he will be given the title of a baron, and then this title and fief can be hereditary." Ludwig winked at his sister, meaning "Got it?" The point is whether you will marry him or not".

Eleanor frowned, not only did she understand the superficial meaning of Ludwig's explanation, but she was also keenly aware that there seemed to be some special meaning to what he meant by "recognition......

Could it be that my brother has already discovered that the head of the regiment is an extraordinary person? Eleanor was shocked.

If this is the case, then it is completely reasonable for the elder brother to suddenly throw out such a fiefdom as Berg Village.

With the unfathomable terrifying strength of the head of the regiment, let alone being a village chief, even if he gives him the title of Viscount Gaoting of his brother, it will be completely worth it for the family!

In other words, when my father comes back and verifies his strength with his own eyes, he will come up with more favorable conditions to completely draw the head of the regiment into our Weissbach family?

If that's the case, then wouldn't I, as a transcendent who was only the head of the regiment, be more deserving of my own fiefdom and title?

"I see." Eleanor clasped her palms together and groaned, and said slowly, "Asker, I firmly believe that my father will definitely approve of you, and before that, I will first wronged you to be the lord of this Berg Village." ”

"Oh." Asker frowned.

I always feel that these two people have something to say, is it my delusion?