The Middle World.

Fort Akford.

While the attendants and servants were setting up the room for Wu Qingchen, Tines, the second son of Baron Akford, was standing by the window and was quietly distracted.

Tiness, you're 17 years old......

The second son of the baron silently reminded himself.

It was already dark, and the moonlight was dim, but I looked out the window at the dark territory, and at the contours that could only be faintly undulating...... The cheerful streams, the busy farmers, and the heavy wheat fields were immediately imprinted in Tiness's mind.

At the age of 17, in a year or two at most, I will have to leave the castle, and I will no longer be able to look down on this fertile land in the open.

Tines sighed softly.

The biggest factor in determining the future of the lords and sons of the Akford, or most of the realms of the medieval world, is the order in which they pop out of their mother's womb.

Under the primogeniture system, most of the wealth of Akford's lordship was destined to belong to his brother, a second son like Tinis, who was raised to adulthood, and according to the attitude of the lord and the thoughts of the eldest son, he faced several different ways out:

One of the more desirable situations is to become a minister of the elder brother, for example, the current captain of the guard at Fort Akford is the second brother of Baron Akford;

It is safer to be appointed as a steward, get most of the power of a village, and have a world of its own;

The worst thing is that the lord and his brother are not pleasing to the eye, and they are thrown away with a small amount of property, and they are sent far away to some remote village, where they become clerks, police chiefs, etc., and they are entangled with inferior people all day long, and they are ruined for the rest of their lives.

Tines asked himself, since he was sensible, he has always been diligent, and his father is usually kind to him; I have always respected my brother.,I've never revealed any undesirable thoughts.,It shouldn't be deliberately targeted.,I don't think I'll be sent to a small village.,All day long, thinking carefully about how many times the parchment roll in his hand can be scraped.。

However, he knows best in his own heart about his own affairs, and in terms of equestrian and combat skills, five little thin seedlings like himself are no match for Uncle Carterus; In terms of skill and ability to handle affairs, he is also quite immature, not to mention veterans such as the chief steward and agricultural officer, even if it is a more senior attendant, he can easily play with himself in the palm of his hand.

will not be sent to a remote village, and the more ideal position of the minister is not daring to think......

It's a pity......

Tines sighed deeply: When I was ten years old, the priest of the village of Mercier, Barron, wanted to take me out, why did I happen to be sick?

Joining the church is naturally one of the choices of the lords, but compared with the traditional channels, joining the church is the most risky way: if you are lucky, you can of course be like the priest Praia, who has already seen the divine product beckoning before the age of thirty, and will be able to take charge at least one side in the future, and if everything goes well, it cannot be said that there is no chance at all to compete with the priest who can compete with the Baron of Akford; Luck is generally mixed with Pastor Paul's hitting the streets, although he has to suffer a lot of idleness when he is old, but after all, he has a certain status; I am afraid that if I am very unlucky, I will have to stay up until my hair and beard are gray, and then I can find a church to preside over comfortably for a few years.

In normal times, Tines would not have thought back to this little incident when he was ten years old.

However, in the past two days, seeing Wu Qingchen/Luos's mighty, beautiful, and radiant appearance, Tiness really couldn't suppress the envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart.

Lord Los, only 16 ...... No, if the manager guessed correctly, he is estimated to be only 14 or 5 years old!

In my case, not to mention having this opportunity at the age of 15, even if it is a few years later, at the age of 20, I will be able to get the position of acting presiding over the church, plus the status of the second son of the baron, the future achievements ......

From the thinking at this moment, it can be seen that the second son of the baron has subconsciously placed his position below Wu Qingchen; On the other hand, at the dinner the day before, the attendant who was in charge of arranging the seats ranked Wu Qingchen's seat several times in front of the baron's second son, and indeed distinguished the positions of the two quite accurately.

It was at this time, when the second son of the baron was imagining, that the sound of "tuk tuk" sounded from the wooden door of the room.

Tines opened the door.

A guard stood in the doorway.

"Lord Tines, Lord Baron is looking for you."

His father summoned, and Tines quickly put down his thoughts, straightened his robe, rubbed his face, and followed the guards to the spiral staircase.

Follow the spiral staircase, climb to the third floor, and knock on the door.

The door opened, and Tineth was taken aback.

Near the window, Baron Akford was leaning in his favorite wolfskin armchair, with three smokeless beeswax lamps lit on the table in front of him, and a little farther away stood Chief Edmund, Captain Carthus, Brother Ehlers, Officer Balles, Officer Balles, Officer Bafengtelin, and Officer Kert Water.

Father, elder brother, and the five most important lords of the realm are all in this room......

This......

"Father, I'm here......"

Tines didn't think much about it, and when he entered the room, he hurriedly greeted everyone: "Your Excellency Edmund, Your Excellency Carthus, my brother, Your Excellency Balles, ......"

"Hmm......"

His Excellency the Baron nodded, and with a casual gesture, Tinas immediately stood obediently in the corner where the Baron was pointing.

Even though he was just standing in the corner, Tiness's heart was beating fast.

Looking at the atmosphere, you can know that this must be the most important matter of the territory, the most core discussion, on such an occasion, my father let himself be involved, this is the first time!

Despite the excitement in his heart, Tiness suppressed himself with all his might, and with a face of humility and deference that he had already mastered, he quietly listened to the conversation.

"In the case of Floran's village, the place is very large, and you really need to go to two ......," said Edmund, the steward, "but the village of Ou Rui is so small, one is enough, right?" ”

"The village of Ou Rui is very small......," said Barles, the agricultural officer, "but next to Ou Rui, there are many forests, and there must be a lot of honeycombs, can one person take care of them?" ”

"It's not a big problem." The forestry officer Ba Fengte said: "On Ou Rui's side, although there are more forests, they are all flat land, there are no mountains and forests, you don't need to climb up and down, and the work is not difficult." ”

"Hmm......" The farmer muttered slightly, "I was a little wrong just now, and His Excellency Baffont is right. ”

"Yes." The steward nodded.

"Yes, I remember it too." The water officer nodded as well.

"Okay, that's one." His Excellency the Baron made a decision, and the second son, Tines, noticed that as His Excellency's words landed, his brother immediately drew a few strokes on a parchment scroll.

After nodding, Baron Akford continued, "That's it for Ralphlan and Ou Rui, what about Adovi Village?" How many people do I need to move the cell? ”

Hearing this, Tiness understood, and the group was discussing how to distribute the serfs in the village of Akri who had mastered the art of moving honeycombs.

This was the topic that had begun to be discussed the night before, when the priest of Los had visited the castle, and Tines had listened from afar.

The city dwellers of the earth, who have long been far away from farming, have figured out the relationship between buckwheat flowering and serfs, and the old people of Akford have of course seen it very clearly: after the specially selected clever people failed to move the honeycomb, the skilled serfs in the village of Akri became the only option.

When Tines thought of this, the topic of the distribution of serfs was nearing its end.

"Two, one, three...... A total of eighteen ......" pressed the parchment roll and calculated the total number, and the eldest son Ehlers frowned deeply: "Father, it's too much, right?" ”

"Eighteen? It's a bit much...... Hmm......" The baron muttered slightly, "remove one each from Tico and Hobro." ”

"That's sixteen ......" the eldest son painted two strokes, still a little hesitant: "It's still a little ......"

"Sixteen will be fine!" The agricultural officer, Barles, smiled and said, "Sixteen out of twenty-six, the number of people left for the parish is still in double digits...... Not bad. After all, it was His Excellency the Baron who gave them the status of a freeman. ”

"Freedmen...... Actually, it's nothing. Edmund, the steward, shook his head suddenly: "With the craftsmanship of this group of people, it is inconvenient to be a serf. ”

There was a slight silence, and everyone nodded slowly.

All the people present are veterans who are proficient in territorial affairs, and even Tiness can think of it: the increase in buckwheat production, such an important thing is pinned on this group of former serfs, if the status is too low, maybe they will be killed by the coveted guys below, and when the time comes, delay time, or fail again, and finally bear the loss of the territory.