After all the arrangements were made and a day of rest, Gawain and Amber left for Kant, while Knight Philip and two accompanying soldiers stayed behind for the time being, where he was to oversee the aftermath of the aftermath, to ensure that everything went according to Gawain's orders, and to build a center of power in the lost castle of Kant in case of emergency to ensure that the knights, farm owners, and representatives of trade associations in the Kant Lord's canonized knights, farm owners, and trade associations would not fall into chaos.

This is a difficult and tedious job, and it may be difficult to complete with Philip's personal ability, but the affairs advisor Padraic and the chief knight named Wald Perridge have sworn that they will lead all the knights and supervisors to fully cooperate with Philip's work, coupled with the great prestige of Duke Cecil and the unprecedented weakness within Kant's realm, Gawain believes that Philip can control the situation.

After all, the management of the territory in this era is really not that complicated - there is no complicated personnel structure, there is no elaborate and complex administrative model, most of the daily affairs of the lord are handled by people such as stewards and advisors, and the end of the territory has always been controlled by various knights, in other words, as long as these people do not cause chaos, then the order of the territory can be maintained.

After the rain had passed, the light of the great sun was once again sprinkled on this land free from the darkness, although the wind from the north was still cold, but in the cold there was no longer that oppressive and unsettling strange atmosphere, and the light would sooner or later dispel the uneasiness in the hearts of the people, and in this sunshine that had not been seen for many days, the carriage with the coat of arms of the Cecil family drove through the gravel path, through the town that was gradually waking up, to the south.

Since Knight Philip and his entourage remained in the castle, at this moment in addition to the driver of the carriage, only Gawain and Amber were left, the latter opened the baffle of the carriage, watched the hurried Kant people outside walking in the direction of the castle, and couldn't help muttering: "Do you think they can understand what is happening?" ”

Gao Wen said lightly: "Most of them will use their superstitious thoughts to reprocess it, and what happened in the castle will be more bizarre and dark by their self-explanation, but these are irrelevant, they will accept this fact, and how they should live their lives in the future." ”

"That Viscount Kant has a high prestige among the people," Amber pouted, "but now these people suddenly know that their Viscount died thirty years ago and that a ghost-like being has been ruling over them all along...... I really don't know what these people think. ”

"For most people in this era, it doesn't matter who the lord is, even if it is a good lord who is admired, it is difficult to leave a lasting impression in the hearts of the people at the bottom," Gawain sighed, "You can see rich commoners in the tavern, but the territory is supported by eighty percent of the poorer poor and serfs, and how many of those people will have the leisure time to think about the complex issue of the change of lordship?" So the only answer is that a small number of people will panic, but will soon be appeased by Padraic and Wald Perridge, while the majority will continue to live in a state of dazed melaity, occasionally drinking low-quality moonshine in the fields to discuss the affairs of the old lords, and forgetting about it until the next farm work comes. ”

Amber looked at Gawain and couldn't help frowning, "When you're talking about these things...... It's always a little scary, calm like an outsider. ”

Gawain just smiled and didn't explain too much, but Amber couldn't be quiet, she was stunned for a while, and then a new question popped up: "Anyway...... It's time for you to explain to me, why did you refuse that Padraic offer? This is an opportunity, Kant has the right to speak and the people are supporting you, you just need to go one step further...... Kant can be in your name! It's so far away from the royal city, even if that Francis II knew the news, he could only pinch his nose and acquiesce to this fact......"

Gawain didn't expect Amber to be still struggling with this problem, let alone that this shameful head could think about such a complicated matter for a long time without crashing, considering that he was idle now, he smiled and said, "Do you really think it was a good idea for me to accept Padrak's invitation on the spot yesterday?" ”

"Or else? You're kind of a duke, duke! Is there a problem with receiving a tiny viscounty? ”

"As I said, the Kant Territory is a small piece of land - although he is wealthy and a well-known grain producing area, it is still a small land compared to the two ribbon plains on either side of the Dark Mountains and the vast surrounding annexed lands, and it would be a loss to my reputation to take such a small piece of land - but this is only for Padraic," Gawain smiled and shook his head, "Have you ever thought about if I accepted the Kant Territory?" How much pressure will the position of 'Acting Lord' put on the aristocratic system of the entire southern region? ”

Amber is honest: "Who understands what you say!" ”

"There are countless pairs of eyes watching the Cecil family, watching what I, an ancient legend who crawled out of the coffin, wants to do in this era, especially our neighbors in the south, each of whom has been on high alert since the day of my resurrection—they are only worried about their own land, because more than eighty percent of the noble fiefs in the south have been divided from the old estate of the Cecil family," Gawain said unhurriedly, "and in this case, I visited Kant, As a result, in just a few days, the family of the Kant lords died, and they did not have any qualified heirs, so I turned around and became the vicarious lord of the Kant Lords - in the absence of controversy, it will not be long before the so-called vicarious lords will become de facto lords, what do you think the neighbors who are guilty of anxiety will think of this fact? ”

Amber blinked: "...... They're stupid, you didn't come for the position of lord of Kant, and you didn't kill Viscount Kant—he died thirty years ago! ”

"But the southern nobles don't know this fact, or even if they know it in the future, they will refuse to admit it in their hearts," Gawain shook his head, "People will refuse to believe what they don't want to believe, and they only have a simple cause and effect in their eyes: Gawain Cecil went to the Kant Territory and became the lord of the Kant Territory, who cares what exactly happened in the middle?" ”

"So you're just a good guy for nothing? And when you left, you even left behind the property that Viscount Kant gave you in his personal name, and asked Knight Philip and Padraic to divide the property among ......" Amber muttered resentfully, but her tone slowly changed halfway through the muttering, she suddenly stopped and looked up at Gawain, "Wait, then you are ......"

"Padraic invited me to become the lord of the Kant Domain, I will definitely refuse, but soon everyone will know that the Duke of Cecil will be the protector of everyone in the Kant Domain," Gawain leaned back on the carriage and changed his posture to a more comfortable position, "The knights and stewards in the castle will still be paid, and that salary will be paid by the Duke of Cecil, and the servants in the castle who have nowhere to go will still have a way out, and this way out will be provided by the Duke of Cecil, and the commoners of the Kant Territory will still receive charcoal for the winter, And when they go to the town square to collect these things, the decree posted on the bulletin board in the square will be signed with the name of Gawain Cecil, but even if all this happens, I will not be the lord of the Kant Lord. ”

Amber didn't say anything, just watched Gawain continue in a daze.

"Then I will build a passage from the north bank of the Whitewater River to the Consort, which is the new Cecil Collar As part of the North Shore Development Plan, before the King's decree is issued, the Cont and Cecil will be de facto connected, and then I will provide jobs to the people of the Kant's Territory, allowing them to trade and move freely between the two lands of Cecil and Kant, and every Kantian who is willing to serve the Cecil family will be treated with the same justice as the Cecil people, of course, in exchange, they will have to learn Cecil's laws in the process to prevent violating Cecil's interests, and after that, I will lay a magic net in the Kant's Territory and recruit those famous scholars and craftsmen to build togetherrenovate the old facilities in the town, and try to spread the night school system that Cecil led to the city. Every Kantian will realize that their lives will not change for the worse with the death of the old lord, but will get better under the protection of Duke Cecil, and every southern nobleman will clearly see that Gawain Cecil has never coveted the rule of Kant, he is only selflessly helping his neighbors......"

Amber's eyes widened, and after a while, she finally held back a sentence: "And then ...... If the king does send a new lord to take over Kant's domain, then you ......"

"After I'm done with this, do you think there's room for a new lord to live?" Gawain smiled and said, "Francis II is not stupid. Of course, if he insists on sending someone over, I don't have a problem - in the border realm, you should know how low the royal family's control over this place is, a royal nobleman here can only serve as a not very good eyeliner for Francis II at most, but he can be a good steward of the Cecil family and help me manage ...... Kant District. ”

Amber listened to it in a daze, and it wasn't until half a minute later that she came up with what she thought: "You nobles really have a darker heart than anything else......"

"No, my heart is not black at all, everything I do is above board, I have no plot to assassinate anyone, nor will I take property from any innocent person, if you think about it, have I harmed anyone's interests in the process? Will anyone be poor because of my help? Someone will starve and freeze because of all this? On the contrary, everyone is benefiting, even the 'new lord' who I don't know if it will appear, I can guarantee that he will live a better life than ever before in the rapidly developing Kant Lord, far beyond the 'life of a frontier aristocracy' that he imagined. ”

Amber thought about it carefully and found that it was really as Gawain said, but this only made her more confused and entangled: "Then why are you tossing so much?" Isn't it true that ordinary people rack their brains so much to trap people and harm others? How are you ......?"

"I've also benefited from this process," Gawain laughed happily, "I'm just doing whatever it takes to make everyone's life better—have you heard of the Helping Demon King?" ”

Amber looked at Gawain suspiciously: "What the hell, you have a good plan, I now have a little doubt that you have ill intentions towards Kant from the beginning......"

"Don't make a fuss, I came up with this all on the fly - what else can I do? I want to help the people of Kant, but I can't let myself be involved in right and wrong, so I can only twist and turn like this. ”

"Really?"

"Of course it's true!"