Chapter 58: Matthew's Castle Vault
On the way back, Lord Marshall and Abel went to Matthew's Castle first, and from then on, the territory around Matthew's Castle belonged to Abel. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
This piece of land bordering the knightly domain of Bennett in the east and the knightly territory of Harry in the west, a range of up to 100 miles, along with everything in Matthew's castle, has lost its owner because all the heirs of the Matthew family have died, and was given to Abel by the principality, so that Abel can have a coat of arms, and the design of the coat of arms can start now, but after going to Gangba City to participate in the award ceremony, it will be handed over to the Noble Administration Department for final approval, and then sent to all the noble management departments in the whole continent for filing.
The carriage came to the gate of Matthew's castle, where Ken the butler was already waiting, behind him stood several guards and a group of servants, all of whom had eyes full of confusion about their future fate, since all the members of the Matthew family had been killed, these people had been waiting for the decision of the principality.
And yesterday the city lord's mansion has sent someone to announce that Lord Matthew has changed its name to Lord Abel, and everything in the castle and the land belongs to Lord Abel, and the castle has changed to a new owner, and these servants, guards and even steward Ken who make a living from the castle are worried that the new master will drive them out of the castle.
Lord Marshall did not get out of the car first, but said to Abel, "This is your castle, you should go and meet them first." ”
Abel smiled and said, "This land is the land of the Harry family, and although it will have two coats of arms, it will always belong to the Harry family. ”
In this world, the lord of every noble territory, regardless of the size of the territory, will have a coat of arms, and when the territory is lost, the coat of arms will be withdrawn, and every nobleman must learn heraldic knowledge and know all the coats of arms.
Those nobles who do not have a territory, although they are respected as much as the nobles of the territory, but they have no territory and no coat of arms, and they are inherently inferior in front of the nobles of the territory.
Abel now has a coat of arms, and as Lord Marshall's heir, he will also have another coat of arms, allowing Abel to inherit two of his own children when he has children.
The smile on Lord Marshall's face was even bigger, Abel was his adopted son and the son of his best brother, Abel had clearly defined the territory as the territory of the Harry family at this time, which made him twelve points happy.
The coachman opened the door, and Able stepped out of the carriage first, and the butler Ken quickly stepped forward and bowed to Abel, "Dear Lord Abel, your castle welcomes you. ”
"Ken, it's nice to see you again. Abel smiled and continued, "Take me to see the castle, I'm in a bit of a hurry." ”
"It's my pleasure!"
Butler Ken then saw Lord Marshall get out of the carriage, and hurriedly bowed, "Honorable Lord Marshall." ”
Lord Marshall waved his hand, turned to Abel with a smile and said, "Let's visit this castle together, Matthew didn't invite me to come." ”
Hearing Lord Marshall say this, the butler Ken did not answer, because Lord Matthew had not had much contact with Lord Marshall before, and he also looked down on Lord Marshall, who was a knight at the time, and the butler Ken did not cater to the former master because he was facing the new castle master.
Abel had a very good impression of Ken, the housekeeper, and even more appreciated Ken's current attitude.
A few days ago, it was already dark when rescuing Matthew's Castle, some of the castle's buildings had been burned by fire, Abel found that everything in the castle had been restored today, because the castle was made of huge stones, so the fire did not burn down the house, and it can be seen that the servants have worked very hard these days, except for some traces of fire on the outer wall, there is no longer a disaster that day.
Looking at the satisfied look on Abel's face when he inspected the castle, Ken couldn't help but feel refreshed, his efforts these days have been recognized by the new owner, and his voice introducing the castle was more humble, and when Abel inspected the interior of the castle, he said to Abel: "Dear Lord Abel, all the property here has not been touched, and the city lord's mansion requires all the property to be sealed, and you will accept it after your arrival." ”
Abel understood that this was a gesture of favor to himself by the lord of the city, Viscount Dickens, as the lord of a big city, he did not care about the property of a lord, and it was a very cost-effective thing for him to befriend Abel.
In the treasury, Abel saw several huge wooden boxes made of ironwood, and on the boxes were the seals of the City Lord's Mansion, he didn't look closely, and directly turned back to Ken and said, "Ken, can I trust you?"
Hearing Abel's words, Ken knelt down on one knee and said with a solemn expression: "Yes, Dear Lord Abel, I give you my loyalty!"
"I accept your loyalty, you are the steward of my castle, and we will be a family from now on. Abel reached out and helped Ken up.
"Thank you, master!" Ken was in tears at this point, thinking that he was going to lose everything, and now he got it again.
"The servants and guards are all in charge of you, who are willing to stay, who want to leave, and those who can stay are up to you, and those who leave are 5 gold coins each, which is considered the severance pay I gave to Lord Matthew for them. "Abel doesn't want to bother with the trivial things in the castle, and it is the right choice to leave professional things to professional people.
"Master, I will arrange these things properly, and the final result will be reported to you. Ken is very grateful for Abel's trust, the relationship between the steward and the master in this world is very close, and to get a position as a steward is equivalent to living with the master for the rest of his life, as the manager who is second only to the master in the castle, this position is very high, plus working for such a young nobleman and blacksmith master, the future is bright.
Lord Marshall watched Abel deal with these things, and did not speak, this is Abel's castle, he does not want to meddle in the affairs of Abel's castle, in this regard, he is very clear, and at the same time he is very appreciative of Abel's ability to deal with things, and is also happy that Abel can find a suitable housekeeper.
When a few people walked into the study, Ken took a wooden box from the bookshelf and said, "There is a secret room here, and the way to open it is in this box, so I will avoid it for a while." ”
After Ken retreated from the study to the door, Lord Marshall was also about to exit the study, but was stopped by Abel and said with a smile: "Uncle Marshall, let's visit Lord Matthew's collection together." ”
"Well, it's a rare opportunity, and I'd like to know what the other nobles' collections are like. Lord Marshall did not refuse.
Opening the wooden box, Abel opened the mechanism according to the record above, and on the wall of the study, a secret door was opened, and the two walked into the secret room.
There was a long staircase down the staircase, which was dark, but it did not affect the two official knights, Abel and Lord Marshall, and along the staircase they entered a particularly large room, which was 20 meters wide and 50 meters long, and the roof was inlaid with five night pearls, which reflected the whole room very brightly.
In the middle of the room are two neat rows of wooden display cabinets, which are filled with various items, the surface of these items is very clean, indicating that the owner is very caring for these items and often cleans, when Abel stepped forward to take a closer look, he found that each item has its own description written on the parchment paper in front of the item.
Looking at the display cabinets with 10 rows on the left and right in front of him, Abel couldn't help but smack Lord Matthew's family collection, if the city lord Viscount Dickens saw so many collections, it was really hard to say whether he would be tempted, not to mention anything else, just the five night pearls on his head, if Lord Matthew dared to put them in the hall of the castle, it is estimated that all the robbers on the continent would be attracted to it.
Although Abel doesn't know much about the history of this world, the huge historical collection here also opens his eyes, whether it is the treasures of a certain country or the weapons of famous generals.
"Look at people's collections, look at our castle collections, look at people's collections, look at our collections!" Abel said to Lord Marshall.
Lord Marshall glanced at Abel with his eyes, then looked at the collection room and said, "My collection is only a collection of how many years, and this family has been collecting for hundreds of years, how can it be compared?"
After saying that, Lord Marshall secretly decided in his heart that he would definitely rebuild his own collection room according to this collection room when he went back, which was too embarrassing in comparison.