In prehistoric times, the nobility was wiped out on the land under their feet, and the people were proud of it. But the war that destroyed an era changed all that, and in the most difficult moments, the people who longed for someone to lead them out of their predicament were not willing to give up their stupid rights, but were also troubled by the constant need to decide who should lead them, so that in order to avoid trouble, new aristocrats were born, power became the private property of the family, and ordinary people enjoyed the freedom to use their brains.

In the royal capital, the formation of a new aristocracy was doped with a variety of reasons, and the reasons for their emergence were also very complex. But in the barren land of the wasteland, the original noble families did take on the responsibility of building their homes, and they did pay a great price.

For example, the Edwards family in Komsomolsk has sacrificed several generations for this, even after the end of the dark ages of the alternate times and the re-establishment of civilization, the Edwards family has not been able to recover, it is said that Alec, the head of this generation, once had a brother, but disappeared mysteriously in adulthood, so Alec's generation is the only one, and among his three children, there is only one son. In this sense, the Edwards family is actually about the same, if not a single generation.

The formation of the Djugashvili family in Salt Lake City is similar to that of the Edwards family, and in fact it is the basic process of the emergence of the nobility in the remote areas of the United Kingdom.

As for the other three towns in the wasteland, because they are so poor, although there have been people working hard for this, there is no way to produce people who can compete with the above two families, and even if someone has worked hard for this goal, then he has already failed.

The previous generation of Lancaster family heads was one of these losers.

Oaktown is a resource-based town that sits on the edge of the Plains of Death, where the conditions of survival are the worst in the wasteland, and the reason it can't get closer is that it can't survive, and the reason it can't go further is that it can't survive.

Because the Plains of Death are filled with deadly radiation, it is said that the worst places can melt steel, and humans cannot set foot on it at all, but the vast majority of people in Oak Town depend on this radiation to survive, so they can't go too far from the Plains of Death.

Because radiation on the Plains of Death was also a resource in this era, and a very important resource, there were not many lands in the entire territory of the United Kingdom that could possess such resources, and this part of the wasteland was the largest and the most radiometric of them.

Since Woodpecker developed a machine that could collect and store energy from rocks and soil in a radiated environment, all areas of intense radiation that existed above the surface of the earth became a new natural resource. Oaktown exists to more efficiently harvest radiant energy from the Plains of Death and feed it for a variety of applications in the city.

It is this energy source used in Glowa's nuclear-powered trucks, which is commonly referred to as "X-Energy".

Because of the year-round work in areas of high radiation, the average age of the residents of Oak Town has been well below the average for the wasteland.

It is interesting to note that the original Oak Town was founded in Komsomolsk, but after Komsomolsk had passed through its initial stages of development and completed capital accumulation, the previous generation of Edwards family heads, rulers of Komsomolsk, and Alec's uncle, decided to renovate Oaktown, a polluted place, at least to improve the working conditions of the workers, at the cost of having to raise the price of the "X energy" produced.

Soon after, the Lancastrians, who worked for the Edwards family in Oaktown, betrayed Komsomolsk and rebelled against other forces who did not want the source of "X Energy" to fluctuate and affect prices, resulting in the death of Alec's cousin.

Later, Oak Town became a battlefield between Komsomolsk and Salt Lake City, where both sides consumed a lot of manpower and material resources, and at the same time, the collection of "X energy" came to a long standstill.

Although it is in the interests of the royal capital to consume each other among the forces in the wasteland, in contrast, the nobles of the United Kingdom are even more unable to bear the "X energy" and the price rises sharply, so under the mediation of many parties, the war between the two cities ended, because of their own rebellion, the current head of Lancaster, who accidentally caused the death of the next generation of Edwards' family head, committed suicide and apologized, and even more on an agreement to supply Komsomolsk at a fair price indefinitely, and promised not to fall to Salt Lake City. The Lancasters were rewarded with the Edwards family relinquishing control of Oaktown.

The three parties involved in the war were not satisfied with this result, and the head of the Edwards family, who signed the agreement at the time, publicly said that it was not peace, but a truce.

Unfortunately, soon after, the Archon of Komsomolsk, who had lost his beloved son and then commanded the war, fell ill and died, and Alec became the new Lord of Komsomolsk, another way in the wasteland, and it was precisely because the Archon felt that his life was short, so he signed this peace agreement to buy time for his successor.

Because this consul no longer has a living direct descendant, the position of consul of Komsomolsk fell to Alec, who was only twenty-six years old at the time, and Alec at that time lacked both qualifications and prestige. Although he later married his widow's cousin, the daughter of his uncle's right-hand man, he barely secured the position of lord of the city, but he was not able to directly confront Salt Lake City for a while.

More than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and many people who remember that period of history suddenly remembered what the old Edwards had said after hearing about the assassination of the head of the Lancaster family, and it was obvious that the new head of Edwards' family had full wings and could begin to get back what once belonged to his family.

Alan is not a native of the wasteland, so he doesn't know much about the grievances of the wealthy families in the wasteland, but he is from the royal capital, compared to the chaotic love and hatred between the nobles of the royal capital, the relationship between the various families in the wasteland is simple and clear, as if doing a Fourier transformation, so after hearing Gloix's reminder, he immediately woke up.

He looked at Glova in surprise and said, "If that's the case, I suggest you leave Maple Leaf Town as soon as possible." ”

Glois sighed, to be honest, when the war broke out, he was a little kid who didn't know anything, and all he thought about every day was to peek at the servant's little daughter taking a bath, and now he had no interest in getting involved in the disputes that followed.

With his current strength, no matter who wins or loses, it is absolutely impossible for him to take advantage, on the contrary, when two big families collide, a person like him who is not up to the top is the most suitable to act as cannon fodder.

"I will." He said to Allen, "I will, but not now." ”

He said, "You can find a way to send Rebecca back first." ”

According to Glova's idea, as a member of the Djugashvili family, and he happened to be in Maple Leaf Town at this time, he shouldn't turn around and run anyway, at least he should look at the direction of the wind, maybe he can rely on his status as a commercial consul of SOD to absorb some benefits?

Unfortunately, he soon regretted it, because after nightfall, a ghost appeared in his room and woke up Glois, who had fallen asleep with great difficulty.