Of the original six bureaus, five were successfully upgraded to the ministry, and the Law Bureau was temporarily subsumed into the Ministry of Administration.

With the eight-part system, a new and more efficient carriage organization, Randall is confident that he will lead Grad forward!

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In the morning it was the report of the officials of the eight ministries, and in the afternoon it was the local lords.

Rickor and Webber were sitting at a long table to Randall's left, facing each other.

Attendees were allowed to bring assistants, and a few meters behind Rickdo, were two young men with the same dark skin as him, a complexion that was unsightly to look at.

In addition, E Yu had trained the two of them, and now he was on an equal footing with his subordinates, he was angry in his heart, Webber was a pure Frenchman, why did Rictor climb so fast?

He gestured defiantly with contempt in his eyes, and said in a very soft voice that Rickdo's ears could hear, "Stay away from my sister, you black carbon...... Pitch-black wild seeds. ”

"You don't have the right to command me. Rictor immediately fought back, "With layers of white powder on your face, you can wipe out the Moorish blood? ”

This year, Rickdo's promotion was extremely fast, and he was slandered and embarrassed many times, if it weren't for his sister "Frost's" face, he would have taken revenge a long time ago, but for the verbal fight, he began to not fake his color.

"Bastard, you stinky mouth who loves to lick whore**X"

"You are better at this than I am. ”

The pure-blooded Franc nobleman at the table between the two of them was very disdainful of this vulgar conversation and looked at it coldly.

After the volume gradually increases.

"Wait. Randall, who had sensitive ears, heard the noise getting louder and louder, tapped the table twice, and the lightly armed soldiers in the hall immediately raised their spears in their hands, and then fell, striking the solid ground with their bottoms, making three consecutive sounds.

Randall used to want to know the reason for the quarrel between his men, but now he gradually bothered to pay attention to it, and when he expressed his displeasure, the room was instantly filled with only the sound of wind and breathing.

"Gaffe. ”

"I'm sorry. ”

Rickdo and Eyu stood up and bowed to Randall in apology, the former feeling no shame, but the latter felt countless eyes staring, and his heart was embarrassed, and his face turned pale.

Randall made the two stand for about ten seconds before they sat down.

Amy continued, "The next one, Baron Edward from the province of Accor, Susé City. ”

It was Edward's turn to speak, and several old men, who had almost fallen asleep, cheered up, and Edward was arguably the most famous man in South Gaul lately

"Your Highness and your Excellency Sirs, allow me to report on the state of the Territory...... Edward's face was haggard, he had no beard, he was fair-looking, and his voice was very thin.

"Long Legs - Love Legs" is the nickname of other lords to ridicule him, but his height is no different from ordinary people, because he was born in the "Lags" family, generations of close relatives intermarried, four generations of lords are short, so he got this name.

Rags is a celebrity family in the province of Accor, more than 100 years have been directly under the royal family, Edward's father and brother died in the civil war, so that he inherited the territory by chance, and belonged to Adolf for just over a year, because he has never received a formal education as a lord, almost illiterate, the territory is a mess, three months ago there was a rebellion led by merchants in the territory, so far there is no possibility of subsidence, he is very afraid of being asked.

After Edward finished speaking, Hu Li of the Ministry of Commerce added, "Lord Edward, fifty-four gold coins should be paid this year, but he handed in as many as eighty, and among the lords who have fiefdoms in the territory, the contribution can rank fourth." ”

Hu Li's voice was loud and powerful, and there was a metaphor for this, no one loved gold coins, and local vassals rarely gave more for the obligations they should bear, and when he wanted to say good things, someone immediately jumped out, and this person was Homer's party.

"Lord Edward's loyalty is commendable, but he mismanaged the territory, because of the rebellion caused by the "first night power", he was unable to solve it, and the castle directly under him was once breached, and he wanted to flee to other people's territory to borrow troops, and now the situation is getting worse and worse, I heard that the royal capital also sent people to intervene, and he didn't want to let the matter settle, I don't know if he has a solution?"

"I ...... I. ”

Edward stammered, and if he memorized it, he left it all behind, and Hu Li received the benefits, and kept playing the round for him and explaining.

One after another, the nobles expressed their opinions, and the pros and cons were mostly equal.

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"Right of the First Night".

It is no longer known where it originated, but it was once prevalent in North Saxony, Rooney, and the Netherlands. At that time, the peasant family who was to marry in the territory had to sacrifice the bride so that the lord (or official) could use her honorable "water pipe" with holy light to give her blessings.

If one of the newlyweds does not want to, they have to pay the "holy light tax", which is paid in money or in kind.

The woman was reluctant to pay an iron pot bigger than her buttocks, which was filled with "food as heavy as her buttocks".

If the man does not want to, he must give away "seven sweaters" and each sweater will be accompanied by a silver coin.

The compensation given by the bridegroom was very expensive, so there were very few male farmers who did not want it, anyway, the noble seed of the lord might enable his wife to produce intelligent offspring, improve the bloodline, and the lord's literature (diary, etc.) that has been handed down to future generations has eighty-five pieces, and the groom in all the stories "accepted it with a smile" and sang with joy outside the door.

The bride is also regarded as a gift, and it is delusional that she will be favored by the lord and become a lover, preferably with an illegitimate child, and change the ordinary life.

But this is a chore for the lord, the nobles at that time, extremely obsessed with blood, the lord is the parents of the lords, so they are committed to themselves, but they think that this will pollute their "holy blood", plus the civilian women have long-term undernutrition, overwork, weak and yellow skin, full of acne marks, when they open their mouths, a mouthful of foul smell yellow teeth, with the "holy light technique" after blessing these women, often for a period of time the lords are "weak to revive", so later some lords are unwilling to use this right, and even force the peasants to refuse, as long as the "holy light tax" 。

The imposition of the Holy Light Tax and the unrest caused by it are not uncommon, and the term "tyrant" is gradually associated with the lord who wields this power.

The Church also condemned it as an offense against the "lust" and "greed" of the Seven Sins, so this ancient law has almost disappeared, and it is no longer seen in Gaul today.

Edward's subordinate subjects have nearly 5,000 people, the territory is sea, the salt and fish industry is developed, and it is located at the junction of the province of Accor and the province of Annong.

Shang'an Agricultural Province is rich in weaving, cloth merchants to and from the royal capital, often take this road to the south, the main road just passed through its territory, the flow of people is quite large, contributed a lot of tariffs, but Edward loved to drink and hunt, did not do business, the territory of the financial gradually deteriorated.

It was also because of this that Edward moved his brain to the fact that there was a commercial base in the territory, and "Wallace" from the royal capital was born.

Wallace came from a family of landless knights in Port Nice, and entered Gaul with his brother five years ago, determined to become the world's "greatest merchant".

"I was born poor, but I will never be poor when I die. With this in mind, he gradually rose to prominence and became active in Central Gaul, and at the age of twenty-three he became one of the royal merchants of the Laussé brothers, who handled seventy percent of the fabrics that flowed to the royal capital.

Relying on his status as a baron, Edward repeatedly made it difficult to ask for bribes, which made Wallace very disgusted, and Wallace's Yuan died of illness two years ago, a few months ago, he met a woman in the territory of "Long Legs" who looked very similar to his deceased wife, and his father was a local teacher, and he was about to marry, but Edward sent him a letter after knowing about this, asking him to prepare seventy-seven gold coins, otherwise he would use the "right of the first night".

Edward, who backed the Laussey party, decided not to hold back any longer.

On the day of the wedding, Edward appeared on horseback to collect the gold coins that were paid to the golden lion, and the bride was led by Wallace with a veil, and he was accompanied by many guests, including knights from the royal capital.

Wallace provoked Edward with his words, and was willing to take out seven copper plates so that Edward could snatch the bride.

But when he saw his face clearly, he found that he had been fooled, it was an old peasant woman, and he pushed the old peasant woman down, but the knights who came to help Wallace fought with the priest, and refused to give up, forcing him to fulfill his promise and activate the Holy Light Technique.

In the end, Edward left with a disgraced face and sent someone to find Wallace's sweetheart, only to find that she had disappeared from the territory.

Wallace also removed the stronghold, and the merchant took a different route, not intending to deal with Edward again. Enraged by the news, Edward sent his men to seize the caravan of Wallace, accidentally killing his brother by mistake, and even escaped by escaping the bandits, identifying the bandits with the longsword with the pattern of the Rags family.

His brother was more important than his life, and when he learned the bad news, Wallace, who was in agony, gave up his wish to be a merchant and attacked him without a white cloth, but secretly brought a well-trained samurai in plate armor provided by Lawsay.

The people, who had long endured the tyranny of the Rags family, were encouraged to join Wallace's side, and after they stormed Susie City and hanged the brutal tax collector and sheriff, Wallace's identity was revealed.

And Edward has a home to return to, or after Randall used the Knights, because he was afraid of the main force of the Golden Lion, Wallace showed weakness and gave up the castle in order to get Susie City back.

But Wallace did not retreat, did not ask for the long-legged head, and refused to give up. But even if Edward is at fault, Randall, as the sovereign, can't make him easily confess his guilt and help him, Accor Province is a new place, and the help to Edward can make other lords feel at ease.

After listening to Edward's speech, Randall said, "The whole thing is that your subordinates wanted to avenge the lord, acted without permission, and ended up killing the merchant by mistake. ”

"Yes...... Yes. Seeing Randall speak, Edward immediately stood up.

"Your Highness is right, it was a regrettable accident. Hu Li interjected.

"Your leader, sweep away the rebels and restore peace to the territory as it used to be. ”

"But...... Behind him was the Marquis of Laussa, and those soldiers were too powerful. ”

"I'm behind you. ”

"Your Highness!"

"The Knights of the Blue Lion help you, solve it in a month, and then lose, you don't have to set foot in this place again. ”