The county seat of Vansey.

A middle-aged pastor held a document in his hand, which was read aloud and quickly.

In front of him was a small handful of spring water, which was shining gently.

The moment the sound waves touched the spring, it caused unusually noticeable ripples in it.

Side hall of Brandon Palace.

From a sip of spring water, which was also shining, a sound came out.

The three scribes wrote down what they had heard, compared them with each other, and sent a signal to the other side of the spring, ending the communication.

The crown was able to rule more than a quarter of the country directly, and also had passable control over the rest of the country, at least half thanks to this method of communication.

Although the cost is extremely high, basically consuming supplies equivalent to one gold coin per minute, and the mana of mages and priests is limited, it is much more expensive than the early telegraphs on Earth, but it is indeed quite useful when used to transmit some key information.

For example, this series of events in Van Shee County is definitely an important piece of information that deserves to be reported through this channel.

Ten minutes later, the report appeared in front of Princess Victoria.

"Monsters are everywhere, most of the nobles are shrinking, and a small number of powerful nobles led by Baron Meiquan and the county guard are attacking everywhere, expanding their power and forming alliances.

The cultists colluded with the monsters, ambushed the county guards, and defeated them. The county guard and the inquisition court called for the formation of a coalition army, and gathered more than 3,500 troops. Among them, Schönbrunn has grown, and has sent a total of 1,200 troops with its allies, and has a new type of siege machine 'cannon'.

At the beginning, it was defeated slightly, and the re-battle led by Meiquan won a big victory. In the field battle, the 600 soldiers of the baron's headquarters stopped 800 monsters, and the thief-headed swordsman was arrogant and was killed by the baron himself.

After this battle, the vitality of the county guard was greatly damaged, and the baron formed an alliance with the county guard and obtained the land, with 260,000 acres of land and 5,000 people. ”

Looking at these words, the princess was stunned, thinking about which Baron Schönbrunn was, when Charlotte next to her reminded her: "My knight Luo Ming named his territory ...... Schönbrunn."

When they said this, the two looked at each other and were speechless for several seconds.

In the end, it was the princess who was more psychologically tolerant, and spoke first: "Oh, I remember...... It turned out to be him. ”

Not long ago, Luo Ming sent a letter asking her to recognize her identity as a baron, and she thought that she had to observe the actual situation of the other party, so she put it off for the time being.

Unexpectedly, this young man, who only became a knight in March last year, has swelled his strength by twenty or thirty times by March this year, skipping the stage of barons and directly reaching the rank of viscount.

Originally, the rank of viscount was the name of the earl's lieutenant, but now it has basically evolved into an independent knighthood rank.

Although there is no unified standard, in general, it is two or three times more than the ordinary baron, and there is a certain distance from the earl, it must be regarded as the category of viscounts.

Let such a guy whose strength is obviously better than that of the baron stay in the circle of barons and even knights, it will definitely make a big mess.

Since he had not committed any crimes, the barony had to be recognized, and even the viscount should be given to him......

Otherwise, if the other party makes a small mistake and proclaims himself a viscount or something when the central government clearly says that he does not admit it, it will be a naked slap in the face of the central government.

Although the power of the royal family can certainly settle a mere viscount, it will also be used as an excuse to attack the current ruler by those who have a good heart.

If you don't have to, it's better not to do this kind of thing, more is better than less.

Of course, although the truth of "the strong soldier and the strong horse are the son of heaven" and so on are indeed common in this era, if you occupy a piece of land, someone can obtain the qualification of nobility if you have soldiers and horses. But on the contrary, the nobles everywhere should obey the royal family to a certain extent, abide by the laws issued by the royal family, and fulfill various obligations.

Since Luo Ming wants to become a viscount, then give him this name. But on the other hand, he has to be held more responsible!

After a little two seconds of recollection, the princess spoke: "Charlotte, I remember that there is a mountain range in the northwest of Vanshei, and there are quite a few mountain barbars, right?"

"Well, that's right. There are more than a dozen tribes of all sizes in the mountains, ranging from tens of hundreds of people to thousands of people, and hundreds of strong men can be produced. Although they would not attack the city, they would take away the population, steal livestock and grain, and rob caravans.

Although it is not a big problem, as a bandit, this is a rare big gangster. Charlotte said.

Hearing this, Victoria also sighed.

As a ruler, why doesn't she really want to achieve long-term peace and stability? But this kind of thing can only be said to be simple, and after actually participating in the work, she will face countless problems.

The total area of the principality is 280,000 square kilometers, which is definitely not a small country. Maintaining the status quo without recession is something that ordinary people will never do, and it is even more difficult to make even the slightest progress on top of it.

However, these mountain barbarians don't even have a nominal surrender to her, and they won't even give a single chicken feather as a tribute every year, so it doesn't matter if they live or die.

It is better for the mountains to cry than for the people and nobles to cry.

"I see...... Charlotte, write a letter. The princess burst into laughter.

"Vicky, what's going on?" Charlotte was a little confused by the jump.

"You just write it. "The princess has always been unable to put much on her girlfriends, but just urges as she usually laughs and plays.

Charlotte was also familiar with this mode of getting along, and she had to raise her hands in surrender: "Okay, Vicky, I'll just write it...... Is it for Luo Ming?"

"Hmm. Just say two things: one of them is that, under your persuasion, Princess Ben has decided to immediately recognize his knighthood to the rank of baron, so ask him if he wants to break away from your command.

The second thing: with your hard work, he has been given a chance, and I will give him a letter of appointment, depending on whether he dares to accept it. ”

Princess Victoria grinned like a fox: "As long as he is willing to help solve the problem of the barbarians and make a little contribution to the prosperity and stability of the principality, then I can continue to raise his title justifiably, and then no one can gossip." ”

Each generation of the royal family has tried to strengthen the centralization of power, and as the heir, the princess naturally has this awareness.

The small nobles don't matter, but the big nobles have to be restricted, and when they find an opportunity, they must be weakened quietly.

And in the face of those rising stars who are rising quickly, although they will not be jealously suppressed by the virtuous, they must also delay for a period of time so that they cannot reach the snowballing speed of development.

The so-called times create heroes, and the new stars rise quickly by a certain fortune, so as long as they delay them and let them miss this luck, even if they continue to rise, the speed will return to normal and become controllable.