Chapter 108: Soaring Yellow (Part II)

Fang Xin went to this world, and after actual observation, he gained a lot of knowledge.

In the previous life, on the earth, many Chinese wrote about the West, which can be called ignorant.

This is because they are accustomed to the authority of the Chinese-style monarchy, and there is a kind of European skin and Chinese heart title system prevailing - the monarch modifies the hereditary system in order to stimulate the advancement of the nobility, and the inherited titles will be downgraded, and when they reach the lowest level, if they do not establish a meritorious title, the territory will be withdrawn after death.

And in the process, there are also many such descriptions - the king decrees canonized nobles, granted territories, or stripped titles and reclaimed territories, and those who resist are plotting rebellion.

This kind of description shows that there is a deep understanding of the Western aristocracy.

In fact, this is the essential difference between the Chinese national system and the European joint-stock country system.

The so-called joint-stock state system is that the aristocracy owns the country, each has its own territory (shares), and the king is only the chairman of the board of directors - who has heard that the chairman can deprive shareholders of their shares?

Strictly speaking, the king has no right to deprive any nobleman of his territory, and the king who violates it will be defeated and executed by the nobles!

In the history of Europe on Earth, there have been many hanged kings, but the king cleansed the entire aristocratic class, but he has never heard of it once.

In this world, the process is the same, so there is a difference between the court nobility and the actual nobility - the court nobles canonized by the king also have knights, knights, men, sons, uncles, marquis, and men, but in fact there is no territory, or only one manor is decent.

And the world, which has come to the present, is quite mature.

Originally, the kingdom had no officials, and there was no basis for officials, or rather, the county governors that most Chinese are accustomed to, as well as a large number of officials, all of which did not exist - because the territory was all divided among the nobles, there was no room for public management at all, who did you officials manage?

People's territories of hundreds or thousands of square kilometers and the people above them are completely private, and your king does not even have the right to intervene in his voice, which is the original meaning of the so-called "wind can enter, rain can enter, and the king is not allowed to enter" - as for those democrats on the earth, it is simply nonsense to use this sentence to prove human rights.

However, with the needs of economic development, there were a large number of public affairs even if they did not involve territories, so the royal power and state functions were expanded, and the official system was established.

Although the authority of the lord was still entrenched, the king's authority was strengthened after all, and the king was compensated for limiting his power to collect taxes and canonize the nobility of the court.

One of the privileges of the king was to crown knights and collect a sum of money, rather than by the lords themselves.

This policy of canonizing knights, two hundred years ago, was intended to increase the king's income, but now it has become a political power of the king, and the subordination of knights to the nobility has faded, and the nature of the subordinate state has increased, which has made the nobility more and more reluctant to canonize knights.

Wendila. The hereditary knight of Fix, of course, has the right to nominate the king, and upon payment of a sum of money, he can canonize Fang Xin as a knight, but Fang Xin does not belong only to Sir Fang, although he has a good interest in Wendila. The hereditary knight Fixes also had certain obligations.

However, Wendila. The intention of the hereditary knight of Fix was not just to add a subordinate knight, so it was not very important to consider this - it was in the interests of the entire water tribe to increase and strengthen the descendants of the water tribe.

Therefore, after the conversation between Sir and Fang Xin, he told him that he had submitted an application for knighthood to the king, but it would not be approved until the end of the year, and Sir also generously gave Fang Xin a manor of his own as a miner, which was not uncommon before, but now, it is a very, very rare thing, and Fang Xin of course expressed his gratitude.

Although the king has not yet approved it, it has been registered in the county, which means that Fang Xin can now act in the county as a knight - not yet.

Needless to say, after the canonization, Fang Xin went to his newly acquired manor - according to the rules, he could choose his own name.

And Fang Xin went out of the city this time, taking Luo Li and Pooley with him, and Tavern, who he had recruited, followed on horseback, and the carriage behind was the hereditary knight's butler and notary.

The manor was outside the city, and after leaving the city gates, the carriage reached the country road.

The road outside was not easy to walk, so the carriage moved slowly, but in the distance were rows of green and neat fields, and it was June, and the wheat in the fields was green, swaying in the wind, making the viewer feel refreshed.

Because of the carriages and cavalry, it was obvious at a glance that they were nobles, so the tenants who were working in the fields along the way stopped and bowed their heads.

The manor was not far away, about ten kilometers from the city gate, and through a field of farmland, there was a jungle, and a small river was winding through it, which brought not only drinking water, but even some small boats.

"My lord, this is your manor." The butler said quietly.

"Can you show me the realm?" Fang Xin said inquiringly.

"It's my pleasure." The butler and the notary both spoke, and then the group dismounted.

"My lord, your territory is bounded by this river, and this piece is your territory, because your territory is quite fertile, so there is a good harvest every year." The notary said courteously.

Fang Xin swept his eyes and looked over, indeed, this place is flat, basically no hills can be seen, except for rivers, lakes, and jungles, farmland has been reclaimed, just a little look, it can be estimated that this manor is about 2 square kilometers, and the developed farmland area is about 1,500 acres.

However, there are no patches of forest in sight, and they are probably all cut down and transformed into the most fertile farmland.

The peasant's small house, dotted among them, probably because there was no foreign enemy, so that the whole estate was not fenced, except for the natural river, and only a few fences divided the boundary.

But there was still a lord's residence in the manor, so the group went to see it, and found that some people were welcomed inside.

At the head, a man of about thirty years old, he bowed and saluted: "My lord, I am your butler Balu, and you are welcome to come." ”

The steward is the direct person in charge of the manor, and he does not need to seek the lord's advice and instructions on everything, and he decides many things. Therefore, the ability and wisdom of the steward directly determine the quality of the manor's operation, and also determine the fate of the steward himself.

In this era, the position of steward has actually begun to be managerized, and many of them are outsiders, who are naturally quite familiar with the operation of the manor.

Fang Xin nodded and smiled, and said, "Okay, you lead the way!" ”

Balu bowed again, and then took a tour, this house, made of stone, relatively solid and tall, covers an area of about twenty acres, with quite a few rooms in it, and a basement, enough to accommodate hundreds of people.

Balu walked slowly with the people, listening to him introduce the house, the history, warehouse, servants, and use, all described one by one, which gave Fang Xin a relatively good first impression.

"My lord, this manor of yours can get you an income of 1,000 silver lakes every year, as well as some grain and meat." Finally, the butler Balu summed it up.

Fang Xin looked at it and saw that the attitude of the sir's butler and notary was quite approving of it, so he said, "Okay, I hope you can continue to serve me and manage this manor." ”

"Yes, willing to serve you." The housekeeper Balu breathed a sigh of relief, and his rice bowl was saved: "I have prepared Chinese food, so, do you want to eat now?" ”

Fang Xin nodded, let everyone eat, eat, and transfer the property, the notary and the housekeeper took their leave, and Fang Xin became the owner of the manor.

Of course, this manor, with an annual output of only 1,000 silver lake, is still quite fertile territory, and in the city, it is possible to surpass this by doing a little business, and now is the era when land is cheap and flocking to commerce!

Fang Xin suddenly remembered that the nobles at this stage on the earth had sold their land to invest in industry and commerce - if in the past, it was impossible for any nobles to sell land, and after the 20th century, land was gold, and real estate was extremely expensive.

Although the situation is different, the world is different, but there are many experiences to learn from, and now, it is a good time to buy land, Fang Xin thought of this, he decided to buy the land, and he was also ready to convey this suggestion to the island.

The stone dwellings, built by some unknown lords, were very spacious, almost like a small castle, but many places needed to be renovated, for example, the sewer system and the ventilation system - there was not even a single glass of glass here, so the whole room was dim, even during the day.

But if you want to study something, it's a great place to find plenty of free and private rooms to use.

Thinking of this, Fang Xin looked at Luo Li, Poelney, and Tavern with envious expressions, and decided to build an alchemy room, which should be one of the cornerstones of the territory's take-off.