The human civilization of the world of Yber is similar to that of Europe in the Middle Ages on Earth, and its system is based on feudal feudalism. The four city-states became the four kingdoms of mankind on the continent, and the king of the kingdom would give a portion of the land to his vassal nobles, who would then divide some of their own land into their own subordinate nobles. Thus, the territory of the four kingdoms of the world of Yber was not entirely centralized, but was divided into thousands of large and small regions, ruled by their respective lords.

For example, the kingdom of Tristram, the southern city-state where the people are now located, has a total land area of about 4 million hectares ('hectare' is the unit of the area of the world of Iber, and one hectare is equivalent to one square kilometer on the earth), divided into forty-five counties. Thirty-one of the counties were directly under the administration of the royal family, while the remaining fourteen counties were under the control of three dukes in the kingdom. Even among the thirty-one counties directly under the royal family, only nineteen of them belong to the royal family, and the other twelve counties have more or less allocated some land to all levels of nobles, and there are three or five towns in the county, and the most divided are all divided except for the central county of one county. Carefully calculated, the royal family actually controls just over half of the territory in the entire kingdom.

The nobility of the kingdom was strictly hierarchical, and apart from the 'knights', who were not hereditary, and the 'knights', who were not so much nobles as vassals, the formal aristocracy was divided into six grades, from the highest to the lowest, called 'dukes', 'marquises', 'counts', 'viscounts', 'barons', and 'lords'. Among them, the first three grades of 'duke', 'marquis' and 'earl' are also called 'upper nobles', and the last three grades of 'viscounts', 'barons' and 'lords' are collectively referred to as 'lower nobles'.

Of the three grades of the upper nobility, the count was the least powerful. But it was the highest title that the non-founding nobles of each kingdom could get. In the kingdom of the southern city-state of Tristram, only those who have made extraordinary military achievements or made great contributions to the kingdom have the opportunity to be made hereditary earls of the realm. There is no strict standard for the size of a nobleman's domain, and it varies depending on the merit he has made and the mood of the king at the time of the reward, but it is usually not less than twenty or more than fifty villages. At any time thereafter, the Count could transfer a portion of the land to his subordinate nobles and knights as he pleased, in exchange for their allegiance and service.

According to the rules of the kingdom, the upper nobles could have the right to canonize a certain amount of lower nobles and vassal knights. In the case of an earl, a count has the right to canonize five lords and up to sixty knights. In other words, if this is the maximum number of places that the earl can canonize, he can attract up to 115 people to pledge allegiance to him (including the number of subordinate knights that the lords under his command have the right to canonize, and one lord has the right to canonize ten knights).

Of course, if you want to canonize so many subordinates, then the earl, as a feudal lord, must at least ensure that you can afford to support your subordinates.

The living room of the Kashya's house was now filled with five lords and at least seventy knights. In this way, the power of the Leopold family of Kasha is still in the middle of the upper part of the kingdom's counts.

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"When I was not in the territory, I worked hard for you to take care of your homeland." Kasha greeted the guests with a glass of wine. "I wonder if our old adversary, Earl Bilgard, has come uninvited in my absence?"

"Miss...... Oh no, it's the Earl. A tall middle-aged lord said with a big grin. You're too proud of Bilgard's guts, and he's been hiding in his territory licking his wounds for more than a year since we kicked him in the ass last time. Not to mention that he dared to attack the territory of a lord who was carrying out a mission issued by the kingdom? In that case, you will be labeled as a rebel. At that time, it will not be just us who will trouble him. ”

"Brother Langam is right!"

"That old fellow of Bilgard hasn't had the guts to provoke again since the last time we beat him up!"

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The other lords and knights who had stayed behind in Prailly also responded with a smile.

While Kasha was chatting and laughing with her subordinates, Yang Qianyu heard a lot about the 'Bilgard' that everyone was talking about from Lord Neo, who was close to the Crossing Crowd.

The relationship between the nobility and the nobility was complex. They are close to each other, and there are many people who can help each other at critical moments. But more of it is a harmonious atmosphere on the surface, but intrigue secretly. Even the two sides put their contradictions on the surface, and there are quite a few who fight against each other endlessly.

Unfortunately, the Leopold family of Kasya's family has an enemy who can be called 'unattainable', and he is the lord of the Manchado clan adjacent to the Prairly Lord, the 'Bilgard' family.

According to Neo, the conflict between the Leopold and Bilgard families seems to have existed since the first patriarchs of the two families were divided into counties of Brettnia after receiving meritorious service. However, no one can tell the specific reasons why the two families became mortal enemies, but to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than some specious and far-fetched excuses to start a war for the sake of their own power expansion.

Since the second and third generations of the Leopold family were killed in the battle to eradicate demons a few years ago, the only direct descendants of the Leopold family are Kasha, a girl who was not yet twenty years old at the time, and her brother's ten-year-old son.

When Earl Bilgard learned of this, he thought he had an opportunity to mobilize the troops of his own realm to declare war on the Leopold family again. intends to wipe out the Leopold family, which has been hostile to his family for more than a hundred years.

Unfortunately, Count Bilgard underestimated the loyalty of his subordinates to his lord and the strength of his own troops. What's more, he didn't expect that Kasha Leopold, who was less than twenty years old at the time, was already a high-ranking warrior. As a result, in the decisive battle between him and Kashya's respective troops, Kashya took the lead in defeating several of Earl Bilgard's good men one after another, and then led his Roger Knights to defeat Earl Bilgard's troops in a charge, capturing nearly a quarter of the opponent's knights and more than half of the soldiers, and won a great victory.

Beaten to the ground by what he thought was a yellow-haired girl, and trying to redeem the captured knights under his command, Earl Bilgard lost all his face and lining. For this reason, Count Bilgard even simply wrote a letter to the king to sue the Leopold family, on the grounds of questioning the legitimacy of Kasha, who did not inherit the title of Earl of his father and brother at that time, to have a Prairly domain.

According to the tradition of succession to titles of hereditary nobility in the kingdom, it is generally the eldest son of the current patriarch who is the legal heir to the title. However, the Leopold family died early due to the early death of Norman Leopold, the third patriarch of the family at that time, that is, Cassa Leopold's brother, and his son 'Brett Leopold' was too young to inherit the title (according to the law of the kingdom, the children of nobility have no inheritance rights until they reach the age of fifteen). Although the barony he held at that time was awarded by virtue of his own ability to win the king's appreciation, it was not enough to fully inherit the domain of his brother's earldom.

In order not to let the continuation of the family be cut off in his own hands, Kasha also wrote a letter begging his father's and brother's friends in the royal capital to ask for help. Fortunately, some of Kasha's father's brothers and former colleagues and friends were somewhat influential in the capital of the kingdom, and Kasha was also a well-known figure when he was in the noble academy in the royal capital, so that the royal family gave Kasha a series of opportunities to obtain meritorious service.