Rheinberg is located in the south-east of Kent, close to the Kingdom border. Further east is the endless Gobi Desert, while further south leads to Fort Ford, the garrison of the Southeastern Army, and further south to Bracada. Therefore, whenever a caravan needed to go to the desert to do business with dangerous aliens, or to enter Bracada through the fortress of Guòford, the Rhineberg was an important transit point and supply window. For a long time, relying on this special geographical location, the Luo Yanta family was able to harvest large sums of money from the merchants who came and went every year.

It is said that when the Rhineberg was built, the Luo Yanta family spent more than 20 years before and after, and the material and financial resources invested were incalculable. Therefore, although it is only a castle for local nobles, its shape and scale can be comparable to that of a regular kingdom-level fortress. Even Windsor Castle, which is known for its fortification, seems to be a little less than that. Therefore, some people jokingly claim that the Rhine Fortress is actually stored as a secondary fort of the Ford Fortress. In the event of the loss of Fort Ford, Rhineberg could immediately become a second strong line of defense to defend the kingdom's southeastern border.

Due to the size of the Rhineberg, the Royanta family really lived in the inner castle within the castle, and the rest of the castle was home to numerous caravans, markets, and taverns for the caravans, and of course to get more oil and water from the merchants.

And since being injured in a thief attack and sent back to Rheinberg, Fox . Luo Yanta has not been seen in public for almost two months. Whether the injury has not healed, or whether there is something else hidden, there have long been different opinions outside. However, there is one thing that cannot be hidden. Just a month ago, three shops and a tavern that had been under the direct control of Sir Luo Yanta were suddenly transferred to his younger brother Luo Yanta to manage them. And this change, for whatever reason, seems to outsiders, and even to many insiders of the Loyanta family, to have a certain clear point: there is no doubt that Lord Royanta is expressing strong displeasure with his eldest son.

As a result of this blow, the Fox faction, which had always been quite powerful within the family, immediately shrank significantly; Correspondingly, Xiao Luo Yanta, who was originally suppressed by his brother, unexpectedly got the opportunity to emerge in front of the entire family, and gradually grew up to be a descendant of his own side.

Today is an important day for the Luo Yanta family to hold their annual autumn meeting.

As is customary, at the Autumn Meeting, Lord Royanta will make arrangements for the most important autumn harvest in the coming period, and will also make pre-arrangements for next year's family plans. And for every member of the Royanta family, the Autumn Meeting was a crucial meeting to redraw the hill and define their respective spheres of influence. Therefore, no one dares to be absent. So no matter how unwilling you are, Fox. Luo Yanta must also attend this meeting.

When Fawkes, who was on crutches, firmly bandaged with gauze, and a black leather blindfold over his right eye, slowly moved into the huge circular conference hall on the top floor of the Inner Castle, the room was silent for an instant. All the vassal vassals, knights, family stewards, and guard leaders present at the meeting looked at Fawkes intently, dumbfounded.

"Hehe, it looks like you're finally getting better, brother, it's really good." As if he was happy from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Luo Yanta, who had already arrived at the venue, immediately stood up and greeted Fox in a loud voice.

It's just that compared to the little Luo Yan Tower, who was dressed in aristocratic clothes and was obviously well-groomed, Fawkes, whose image was damaged and smelled of medicine, looked pitiful.

"Thank you for your concern, 'dear' brother." Fox glanced at little Fox coldly and replied in a low voice. …,

At this time, Fox's henchman and steward hurriedly stood up, carefully supported him, and came to the seat with his name printed on it.

"Brother, do your feet still hurt? I heard Dr. Kingston say that my brother's foot injury doesn't heal so easily. Coupled with the broken ribs and the stabbed right eye, you should pay more attention to rest, big brother. However, it seemed that Xiao Luo Yanta did not intend to let his brother go so lightly, but walked directly to Fawkes in a few steps and said loudly.

"Humph!" Fawkes looked up at his smiling brother and snorted, already full of anger.

"When people are sick, it is inevitable that they will be easily excited. Since my eldest brother likes to be quiet, then I won't bother it for the time being. Come on, serve a cup of mint tea to the eldest brother and moisten your throat. After speaking, Xiao Luo Yanta, who accepted it when he saw it, said no more, and still returned to his seat with a smile.

"You!" Fawkes watched Little Royanta go away triumphantly, and was immediately surrounded by many stewards again, and Fawkes's heart was even more angry. It's just that now that Fox himself is physically damaged and reprimanded by his father, he really doesn't have enough mental strength to counter this up-and-coming younger brother. Therefore, there is only patience.

"Your Excellency has arrived!" At this moment, the manservant standing at the gate of the conference hall suddenly shouted loudly.

Immediately, everyone stood up in unison.

In the midst of everyone's respectful and fearful gazes, a middle-aged man with a strong figure and even a little obesity slowly walked into the round conference hall. Behind him, followed by a white-haired old man in a black robe with a sterled face.

"Sit down." Lord Luo Yanta walked to his seat, his gaze slowly swept over everyone's face, then sat down, waved his hand, and said.

The white-haired old man stood directly behind the Lord, with no expression on his face.

"Yes." They all bowed to the lord on the throne, and everyone sat down.

"This year's autumn meeting has two main contents: first, it is about the autumn harvest of the estate in a few weeks; The two are related to some personnel transfers within the family next year. "Lord Royanta's voice was not high, but it was very deep, so that even those sitting at the farthest end of the chamber could hear it clearly.

"So, let's talk about the second item first." Lord Luo Yanta did not listen to the reports of the stewards of the farms first, as was customary in previous years, but directly used the personnel adjustment that everyone was most concerned about as the "opening song".

And this seemingly ordinary but extremely sensitive change immediately made everyone in the conference hall take their breath away. Even, the faces of some of the participants had involuntarily changed slightly, but they did not dare to make a slight change because of the Lord's usual power within the family, and could only secretly communicate with each other with their eyes. And the vast majority of these face-changers are people who belong to the Fox family.

"Yes, Father... Please use tea. In contrast, the little Luo Yan Pagoda faction, which had just grown up, was much more relaxed, and even the little Luo Yan Pagoda himself stood up while smiling, and took a glass of warm water from the hand of the attendant on the side and placed it next to the Lord's table.

"Yes." Lord Luo Yanta looked at his youngest son with a faint look of excitement in his eyes, nodded lightly, and then took a small sip of the cup.

Immediately, Xiao Luo Yanta's smile became even brighter.

"Harold, you can make an announcement." The Lord put down the glass, leaned his back heavily on the back of his chair, half-closed his eyes, and turned his head slightly to the white-haired old man who had been standing behind him.

"Yes, sir." The white-haired old man's voice was a little sharp, and he bowed slightly, then took out a scroll from his arms and slowly opened it.

As the chief steward of the entire Luo Yanta family, the white-haired old man has served the lord for many years, and can be said to be a high-ranking and powerful person in the family system. However, he is also notoriously stereotypical and unapproachable. Sometimes, even over some family matter, the archsteward would have quite a small conflict with the lord himself. While Harold had to submit to the Lord's final decision in most cases, his strengths were revealed. Therefore, even Fawkes and Little Royanta were mostly trembling and not daring to be a little presumptuous when facing Harold's butler, almost no different from seeing Lord Royanta himself. …,

The family's personnel adjustment plan is as follows: "Like the white-haired old man, Harold Butler read the scroll in his hand word by word in an almost old-fashioned tone.

"The Rheinberg Line: Acorn Inn, Little Lace Tavern under Thomson; The Green Island Bar and the Red Skirt Cabaret are in charge of Lan Duo; The White Horse Inn, the Gondola Inn, was managed by Robles; The management of the Rhine market was taken back to the direct command of the Lord..."

"Farm line: Stone Bridge Manor and Millin Manor are managed by Master Ferdinand; The villages of Ledo and Charald are under the responsibility of Baramo..."

"Caravan line: direction Bracada..."

As the white-haired old man's harsh voice like an old organ slowly spread through the rotunda hall, everyone present was first dumbfounded and stunned, and then sad or happy and had different expressions. It's just that the sad ones are basically the people who are close to Fox, and the happy ones are the "smart people" who have always maintained a neutral posture and the little Luo Yanta family that has just begun to thrive.

After about ten minutes, Archsteward Harold finished reading all the adjustments, slowly rolled up the scroll, and fell silent.

"Did you hear you clearly?" At this time, Lord Luo Yanta reopened his slightly closed eyes, and a ray of light instantly swept through the entire venue, and asked in a loud voice.

However, he was met with a suppressed silence.

And all the eyes in the venue were all focused on Fox. Luo Yanta. There is pity, there is ridicule, there is pity, there is secret joy...

At this moment, Fawkes's face was as pale as an undead; The trembling corners of his mouth kept closing and opening, like a big salmon that had come ashore, making its last breath; A pair of shriveled palms tightly held the white porcelain cup on the table in front of him, but the mint tea in the cup kept rolling back and forth like waves at high tide, and even shallow "waves" from time to time.

"Fox. Luo Yan Tower... Finished! ”

The same voice rang out in the minds of almost everyone in the venue at the same time.

And at this moment, Lord Royanta's gaze also fell on his eldest son.

"Fawkes, what do you say?" The Lord's tone was flat and unforgiving, as if he were talking to a stranger

The fourth is more presented.

I'm so sleepy, I'm going to rest first.

Ask for a ticket again before going to bed, so that a certain elephant can have a good dream~~~