A messenger descended the River Lane, and after three days, finally reached Schönbrunn and delivered a letter to Lomin.

The letter was written by Charlotte, and it started with something cute like "I helped you convince Vicky, don't hurry up and thank me" - of course Luo Ming will smile heartily, and then silently write it down in his heart, and just return this favor in the future.

However, I really didn't expect that she and the princess would still use each other's nicknames. Should this be called a so-called close minister?

I don't know when she will come back, whether she will be involved in court intrigues, or accused of being a villain who bewitches the king...... Although the princess is certainly capable of protecting her best friend and female official, it is unknown whether she will protect her or make a profit from it.

Unconsciously, he thought too much, Luo Ming laughed, and stopped thinking about it.

Although he somewhat regarded Charlotte as a sister who needed to be taken care of, in fact, the other party was also an adult, and she was also a nobleman who ruled over thousands of people, so she naturally had her own judgment and knew what to do.

In terms of being a nobleman, Luo Ming is actually not as good as her - although Luo Ming relies on Aya to help cheat and can be regarded as learning a lot of aristocratic etiquette, there are still many big articles in dealing with people that he lacks.

If he hadn't planned to become a prince from the beginning and develop independently (to put it mildly, there was a suspicion of secession and anti-thief), so it would have been difficult for him to mix well in the original principality system.

So, it's okay to trust the other person a little bit to take care of themselves.

Luo Ming turned his attention back to the letter.

First of all, Charlotte asks Lockin in the letter if he will retain his allegiance to her as a knight now that he is much stronger than the average baron.

The knighthood is not in conflict with the barons and viscounts - to the extreme, when Britain and France were in hostility, the English king William the Conqueror also served as the Duke of Normandy in France by the way.

As a knight, Luo Ming will pay a lot of obligations and contributions. As a friend, he will also help Charlotte.

But if he wants him to use the power of other territories as a baron or viscount, then he will not say that he will refuse on the spot, at least he will think twice, and depending on the situation, he may refuse or ask for payment.

He had long thought that he would develop and grow, and he had already had such an awareness, so this question did not make him hesitate.

Just keep this identity for the time being - the original territory is one of the cores of his rule, and naturally it is impossible to hand it over again. It's a big deal to help Charlotte find another piece of land to exchange.

However, the next question really made him hesitate for a moment.

"Vicky is reluctant to admit you as a viscount if you don't have enough merit for the Duchy, so I thought about it for a moment and persuaded Vicky to give you this mandate.

But whether you accept it or not is up to you, and it's best to do what you can. Charlotte wrote.

Next, two letters of appointment were attached to the letter.

The letter of commission is written on fine parchment, with hand-drawn patterns at the corners of the paper, and the paper alone is worth two or three gold coins.

Above, Princess Victoria, Charlotte's Vicky, wrote his appointment by hand.

——Viscount Schönbrunn, and the head of Schönbrunn New District.

-- Take charge of the border defense of Meiquan New Area, arrest thieves, resist mountain barbarians, and deal with all emergencies.

Just sign your name at the bottom and send one of them back to the royal capital, and you're done.

"Schönbrunn New District?"

With doubts, he continued to read.

Originally, the so-called Schönbrunn New District was drawn by the princess herself—including not only the area that Lomin now governs, but also the Karlow Mountains on the northwestern border of Van Shee County, which are collectively known as Schönbrunn New District.

He didn't know much about the geography here, so of course he chose to ask if he didn't understand, and Aya immediately told her everything she knew.

The Carlo Mountains, known as the Three Hundred Miles of Carlo Gorge, are one of the natural borders in the north-west of the Principality. But in fact, it is more than 30 kilometers wide and 50 kilometers long, and the so-called 300 li probably refers to the circumference.

Of course, even if it's not as big as it sounds, it's actually about 1,700 square kilometers – considering that the entire county of Vanshey is only about 2,700 square kilometers.

Of course, after all, it is mountainous, unlike the habitable county of Van Shei. It would be very difficult for the population to reach 10,000, and it must be scattered all over the mountains, in groups of thousands, and it is impossible to gather all together - with the backward production technology and harsh natural conditions of the mountains, there is no place in the mountains that can support so many people.

Although the population is small, no matter how few mosquitoes there are, they are still meat, not to mention that there are probably 10,000 people. It stands to reason that someone should have been eyeing these barbarians a long time ago. Whether you catch them as serfs to farm, or simply sell them as slaves, you can make a lot of money.

But this basically didn't happen – because the mountains were so rugged that there was no way to walk at all.

Those mountain barbarians have lived in the mountains for generations, and if they are careful, they can safely enter and exit the mountains.

But it is quite difficult for those from outside the mountain to enter the mountain - and even more difficult to get out of the mountain with those who are caught.

Besides, the mountain barbarians are quite hostile to outsiders, and if the slave hunters catch a few mountain barbarians and want to leave, other mountain barbarians are also likely to come after them, and who in the mountains will move faster than the mountain barbarians?

Since it is difficult and risky to enter the mountains to arrest people, as long as the mountain barbarians hide in the mountains, they can always go free.

Occasionally, when they came out to plunder, they were able to safely transport their supplies back to the mountains as long as they withdrew before they were besieged.

It's really difficult to resist such mountain barbarians.

Since the mountain barbarian problem has not been solved for so many years, it is naturally difficult to do so. Besides, there are thousands of people in the mountains who can fight, and even if Luo Ming can really pacify them, how much will he have to lose?

Taking a step back, if Luo Ming can't calm the mountain barbarian problem, he will have to crouch there dutifully to prevent the mountain barbarian invasion - otherwise it will be a dereliction of duty if they succeed in the invasion. This will be able to delay his development for a few years.

Luo Ming immediately thought that this was probably Charlotte who was also tricked by the princess, and involuntarily calculated herself together.

No matter how much the princess looked like a cunning little fox, she would not be able to see Luo Ming's excessive ambition right now, and then want to attack him in advance.

Then, there is only one explanation - the instinct of being the ruler of the country makes her naturally hostile to all the mountains in her country, and she will press it down and delay their development and growth.