On the night of March 21, eight o'clock, the Abraham family estate in Oshelin.

This time the dinner was organized by the Abraham family, and invited the nobles and nobles who are currently in Oshelin, including the Osmond family, Lorrell and Prudence, the three top families in the Lorraine region, of course, whether to come or not is up to them, but since the invitation is sent, it naturally means that the Abraham family itself attaches great importance to the banquet.

Because at today's banquet, Abraham will hand over the honorary restoration document issued by the empire to the current ruler of the Affleck family, Kylot Affleck, this relationship of reputation restoration means alliance or dependence, which is normal, in the eyes of the public, a declining nobleman, if he wants to regain his honor, finding a backer is the only way.

And as far as the Afraham family is looking for a backer, they also don't think that the Aphleck family is a capable family.

Such an association may be a little inappropriate, how can it be that it is also an earl-level family, and it was once a royal family, how can it be called rich, but in the current Sambia region, it is indeed the case, because Abraham was rejected by the real high-level aristocratic circle.

The royal family of the Lorraine Empire received benefits and rewarded the Abraham family with a noble position and a piece of land, which is normal, and everyone is very supportive, but if this land suddenly appears on their side, it will be difficult to make people happy.

It's not that the imperial royal family has set aside the land of some nobles, Abraham's current territory was originally the land under the control of the empire, so there is no such thing as grabbing land, but this is just the surface of the situation, to give a simple example, there must be someone in the Abraham family's territory, right?

In the long run, an invisible rule has been formed, the towns and cities under the jurisdiction of the various empires in the Sambia region, in order to have a good relationship with the great nobles such as Osmond, not only have all kinds of money handed over every year, but also often entrust their family property to their own place to engage in business, and the land rent price is the lowest kind, which has a lot of hidden benefits.

Well, now, as soon as the Abraham family comes, the place where they are located, these things are almost gone, because the land is now owned by others, and all kinds of affairs now of course depend on the wishes of others, and in turn, the Abraham family is of course also on the upper path, and they don't plan to move these underlying interest chains, the rent is still the same, and they will suffer some losses.

However, sometimes concessions will not stop greed, on the contrary, it will make some people think that your family is easy to bully, and then continue to press, the major nobles in the Sambia region demand, the previous sacrifice money can not be less!

Everyone is a high-ranking aristocracy, you want commercial concessions, give you, isn't it some land rent, everyone is easy to say, the next time I come to you to open a store and give us some benefits, but now you want us to give you money every month, and use us as cows, it is inevitably a bit excessive, Abraham immediately refused, so it caused the rejection and alienation of the top aristocratic circle.

The most intuitive manifestation is that if the three major families of the Duke and Earl in the Sambia region hold a banquet, they basically do not invite Abraham, and it is clear that they don't want to take you to play, unless you pay money, as long as you pay money, then everyone is still good friends.

"Yue Yong is still hard, he doesn't participate in the private transactions and alliances between any top nobles, he just develops the territory under the pressure of the outside world, he has backbone, but he is a little aggrieved, if it is me, he will directly send a team of people to the territory of these guys to grab things, isn't it an alliance without me, then I will come directly to pick the fruit, grab the bank to rob, just find a rich family to rob, and then come to ask three questions. ”

Kylot was listening to Femia talk about Abraham's situation.

"We're not nobles now, and our territory is overseas, of course we can do that, but when we have our own territory on the mainland, we probably won't be able to do this kind of thing ourselves, if we are discovered, the noble alliance alone can directly sanction you. ”

Becoming a nobleman has a lot of privileges, but it will also have a lot of troubles, especially after having a territory on the mainland, unlike the Qingshu Islands, the retaliation of hostile forces can find a definite target and have conditions for implementation here.

"Also, let's go, hurry up and take the aristocratic papers, and set off tomorrow to return to the Qingshu Islands, the island's preparations have been more than two months, and the local exploration has also made a lot of progress, now is a good time to advance, in March, if it goes well, maybe it can catch up with the end of this year's spring ploughing." ”

Opening the car door, Kellot and Femia are both wearing dresses, and his external identity is currently the vice director of the Aoki Foundation, so there is no problem with Femia.

"Scarlett said in yesterday's report that it seems to be in line with some homeless people over there, and the other party really wants someone to help them build a new home, but there seems to be some resistance, and there are underground groups in this chaotic place...... I heard there are slave catchers?"

"Normal, there won't be much of a problem in this regard, when I bring people over, that place is mine, they don't like it, you can go, I will "send" them a ride...... That's the end of the topic, don't mention the plan when you enter the door, let's find a place to wait for a while, how about we go to find Yueyong? Mina and Beatrice should be there for her. ”

Beatrice's relationship with Latisse has developed rapidly recently, and it has become a relationship like a best friend, Yue Yong did not stop and acquiesced to the development of this relationship, and it doesn't matter if Kailott is in the alliance, the two sides are now an alliance, and it should not change for a long time in the future, so this kind of intimate relationship in private still helps to improve the trust between the alliances.

"You're finally here, let's go, don't go to the hall yet, the ceremony will have a process later, I have to tell you first, so as not to make a fool of yourself." ”

The two were chatting when Mina came out of nowhere to stop them.

"Ahh

Kylot and Femiah looked at each other.

"Of course there is a ceremony, you don't think the nobles have anything, but this is the Lorraine Empire, there is a hierarchy between the nobles, yes, but no matter how low-level the nobles are, they are completely two worlds with the commoners, the Lorraine royal family also sent people down this time, there must be a witness, if you have a problem during the ceremony, maybe you go back is a bad evaluation." ”

Covering her forehead, Mina suddenly realized that the two people in front of her were illiterate in this regard, and the etiquette and rules of the nobility were probably invisible to them.

"Evaluation? What is that, and does it have any additional effect on the granting of instruments?"

Hearing that there was also a circumstantial evidence sent by the royal family to make an evaluation, Kailott couldn't help but think of a situation similar to an interview, if he is not qualified, he will not be given an honor or something, which he can't accept, he has waited for so long, if the plan is aborted because of someone's subjective evaluation, he doesn't guarantee that he will do anything bad to that person.

"The paperwork will not be affected, after all, they have all been applied, and they are the lowest-ranking barons, and they are the guarantee made by the Abraham family for you, so they will not deprive you of your name on the spot, but if you leave a bad impression on them, it is very likely that the subsequent imperial taxes will rise a little, and the promotion of the noble name in the future will also be hindered. ”

The witnesses entrusted by the empire are equivalent to the eyes of the royal family, they consider the situation of the nobles and write some good or bad comments and store them in the file, I don't know if it has any effect, but this kind of thing itself is not afraid of 10,000 in case, if the comments are too bad, what will happen in the future, the royal family will turn over the comments on a whim, maybe they will have a preconceived bad impression, this is something to avoid, prevent it from happening.

"It's good that it doesn't affect the paperwork, and at present, what we are going to do next is not in the territory of the Lorraine Empire, and it is unlikely that we will deal with the nobles of the empire. ”

"You think too simply, it's not that you can turn those people away without dealing with them, if the territory you choose is really down, you don't have to think about how many benefits there are, the empire has regulations, and the nobles who pioneered have tax-free time to recover the land outside, but after all, it is still a rule they set, if your performance is too eye-catching, who can guarantee that they will not be tempted?"

Mina walked between the two and led them into the manor through the door on the other side, first going to the third floor, where Yueyong was waiting for them.

There was still half an hour before the banquet began, and before the three of them reached the door, they heard the sound of Yueyong scolding inside, looked at each other, and knocked on the door.

"What's the matter, it's a good thing today, why are you still angry?"

Mina has a better relationship with Yueyong, so it's up to her to ask.

"The invitation to the dinner was sent to several families on Osmond's side......"

"It's normal for them not to come, I haven't seen them come to the dinner party a few times before, and at this time, it's better not to come, those people are here purely to make trouble." ”

"You're right, so the troublemakers came, and the Osmond family and the Lorrell family unexpectedly ignored my invitation, but the Prudence family said that their own people would attend, saying that they wanted to observe the honor given this time, and express their congratulations by the way!"

For the first time, Abraham recruited other nobles in front of the current nobles, even if it was just a baron, maybe others thought it was nothing, it was nothing more than that there was one more nobleman after Oshelin, and it was also an old nobleman who existed before, which was considered an inheritance, not a new one, but for some families, this was a signal, a signal that the Abrahamic family was ready to expand its own power.

The Proudens family is not a good person, and some people will ask if it is better not to invite them in the first place? This is not good.

The hierarchy between the nobles is also strict, dukes, marquises, don't invite the earl to the banquet, no problem, don't go if you don't invite, but your earl's dinner party does not send invitations to the upper nobles, that is disrespect, if the other party has the intention to rectify you, you can use it to make a fuss, and casually fine you thousands of gold coins, which will not hurt your muscles and bones, but can vomit your disgusting overnight meal.

"Do you mean someone is going to make trouble later? Then I'll contact Scarlett and ask her to bring someone over to help, we still have some manpower here, and it's inconvenient for me and Kailot to make a move, just leave it to our men." ”

A high-level heart refining is enough to shock many people.

"No, if I want your help here, what will our Abrahamic family take to gain a foothold, and you think too directly about the battle between nobles, they pay attention to civilization and intellectuality...... To put it bluntly, it is to disgust you with all kinds of rules, make you make a fool of yourself at the banquet, and then oppress you in all aspects, so that you have nowhere to be powerful, until you finally break down, and I don't know who is behind you......"

It is rude to fight at a banquet, even if there is any hatred between the two sides, it must be resorted to duel and other means, and if you do it directly at the banquet, you will only be regarded as a barbarian, this kind of behavior is more despised by other nobles than assassination, and for these people who regard the honor of the family as more important than their lives, there is only one premise for doing this kind of thing, that is, when the family is about to be destroyed, it is usually the next policy.

Prudence obviously didn't come to this point, and it is very likely that their people are just here to make trouble, but these people's troublemaking is not to throw a cake and say a few unpleasant words, and if their response is slightly wrong, they may be caught by them and chased and beaten.

What was supposed to be a celebratory dinner turned into a battle without gunpowder, and no one could be happy.

"I don't know what they're going to do later, so the best thing to do is to complete the paperwork as quickly as possible, so that they don't find a gap in this most critical place, originally we prepared some more complicated ceremonies, and now ...... Directly simplify to the last step to pick up the paperwork, there are fifteen minutes left, and I'll go out first to briefly talk about the situation later, and then Kylot will come out with Beatrice and take the paperwork, and there will be a sworn allegiance in the middle, to the royal family...... This part has to be done well, and it may take ......"

In the second half of the conversation, Yueyong said a little hesitantly, but Kailott understood what she meant, and when it came to it, it was nothing more than a show of loyalty, and it was very necessary for the nobles to show their respect to the royal family during their inauguration.

Yue Yong's worry is here, others may not know Kailot's identity, but she knows very well that letting such a strong man do those actions with a surrendering nature is likely to go wrong, and then it will naturally give Prudence a handle to offend the royal family, or in full view of everyone, this is not okay in any country.

Some things are like that, even if you take a portrait of a member of the royal family to wipe your ass in private, but in public, if you dare to roll your eyes at a portrait of a member of the royal family and be discovered, the consequences can be several years in prison!