Chapter 82: Preparation
On the way back to Silverstone after saying goodbye to Baron Leo, Baron Duke pretended to inadvertently ask Miss Winnie what she thought of talking about Leo, and when she talked about the handsome young man just now, Winnie's eyes lit up, and she said bluntly: "It's completely different from the imaginary image, I didn't expect it to be such a handsome person before, and he is quite good at talking, but the aristocratic etiquette is a little awkward, but it also looks cute." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info”
Baron Duke sighed in his heart, it seems that this niece has a good impression of Baron Leo in her heart, and it seems that she will have to discuss it with her brother after returning at this time. Winnie has grown up, and is no longer the little girl who only knows candy and coquettishness before, and it is time for her to get in touch with some young talents.
Miss Winnie didn't seem to notice her uncle's expression at all, and talked about what she had seen and heard along the way, completely unaware that Baron Duke had thought about it for a long time.
As soon as Duke left, Leo asked Sean about the harvest festivals in Silverstone over the years. When it comes to things between nobles, Sean is enough to be called an encyclopedia of aristocratic studies.
"Baron Leo, this harvest festival is almost the most important festival on the road. At this time, the major nobles in Silverstone City will take turns to preside, and it is estimated that this year it is hosted by the Brontë family, so they will be so active in inviting the nobles of the fiefdom to participate. ”
The festival is divided into three parts: a harvest celebration to praise the goddess with thanksgiving, a festival ceremony to pray for good weather in the next year, and a competition to protect the land with a strong body. After the celebration, the nobles usually hold a drinking party and other activities. Sean introduced Leo to the process of the harvest festival one by one.
Those thanksgiving, sacrificing what Leo was not interested in at all, and when he heard that there was a competitive competition, he pricked up his ears.
"Harvest ceremonies are usually presided over by the elders of the villages with the highest crop yields in the surrounding villages, and the nobility is generally not interested in attending, but the harvest crops displayed in the celebrations are full of novelties, often with pumpkins as large as wheels or extremely heavy and plump ears of wheat. The ritual is presided over by the priests of the Temple of the Goddess of Harvest, and all the nobles who participate in it are dressed in costumes to pray for a good harvest next year. Sean told him again and again, very solemnly.
As soon as he was about to hear what he was interested in, Leo naturally nodded his head in agreement.
"Athletic tournaments are held by families or lords after a sacrificial ceremony. The main purpose is to solve some frictions and contradictions between nobles during the year, and to eliminate conflicts or show family strength through a competition or competition. Regardless of whether he wins or loses, if he pursues it privately afterwards, he will become the public enemy of all nobles and be spurned. ”
"This kind of competitive competition is relatively safe for many people in the southern provinces where the literary style is flourishing. But in our northern Xinjiang, it is a real competition, so there is a certain danger, Your Excellency Baron, please try to be careful not to be deliberately instigated by others, and go to participate in it on impulse. Sean also did his best to ask about this, but Leo was only the new lord, and there was basically no conflict with the surrounding nobles, so there was no need to worry too much.
Leo laughed a few times and nodded, but if Shaun knew what he was thinking, he would probably be shocked and try his best to prevent Leo from participating in the harvest festival.
Of course, Leo doesn't know, since he knows that there is such a competitive event, of course he has to participate, otherwise he will be bored in the territory all day, where will his god pleasure come from?
As for the person who accompanied Leo and his party, Leo decided after thinking about it for a while, it was still Feng Xifan and Gleman, and at the same time a few Cossack cavalry were drawn to accompany him to support the scene. The security of the castle caused by Dominic and his Spartan warriors, coupled with the presence of Vikings, made it difficult for anyone to look for trouble, and Sean was in need of a temporary replacement for the political affairs.
As the lord, Leo patted his head and decided, and the butler Sean Ke was busy. This is the first time that the new baron has gone to a noble party, and it is such a big celebration, just for the costumes, Sean prepared a series of dresses, noble dresses, hunting costumes, etc., which are enough to cope with various occasions, as many as more than ten sets, so that Leo can't stand this cumbersome and cumbersome etiquette.
From the fiefdom to Silverstone City, of course, you can't go there on foot, that would be too disrespectful. Horse-drawn carriages are essential, and they must be at least four-wheeled carriages so that they are not looked down upon.
Fortunately, the original lord, Baron Cullen, only sold the horses when he raised money to pay the commission for the mercenaries, and the carriages were still in the castle, and they only needed to be repainted and replaced with the family crest.
The horses that were left to pull the cart were ...... Our shrewd steward struck the Cossack cavalry with an idea, and after a series of earnest and friendly consultations (coercion) from the steward, the four Cossack horsemen watched with great reluctance as Sean strapped their precious companion to the wagon.
Not to mention, the butler's vision is absolutely convincing. The war horses of the Cossack cavalry are all mixed horses from the Russian Altun horse and the Mongolian horse, which belongs to the heavy war horse, the tall and powerful horse, both the docile and intelligent of the Altun horse and the hard-working Mongolian horse, and the coat color is extremely smooth and shiny, although it is a bit wasteful to use in the carriage, but it is enough to add some brilliance to the owner of the horse.
Clothing and transportation were solved, and as for food and housing, the housekeeper gave Leo an idea.
After arriving in Silverstone, the first stop is to visit the Brontë family. As the host family of this celebration, they took the initiative to invite Leo to participate, and Viscount Brontë had to entertain and provide accommodation, and it was not the kind that did not satisfy Leo. In this way, there is no need for Leo to pay half a gold coin himself to enjoy the luxury tour of Silverstone.
For the arrangement of the housekeeper Sean, Leo was deeply impressed, and sighed that he deserved to be a professional butler, if it weren't for Sean, I am afraid that Leo would really go to Silverstone City by himself, and then stay in a hotel, and then ...... I'm afraid it will become a laughing stock in the aristocratic circle!
From the fiefdom to Silverstone City, there are trade routes along the way, but when you enter the suburbs of Silverstone City, there is a scene that is often seen on earth: traffic jams.
The Brontë family is bent on making this celebration more grand, so basically the fiefdom lords and nobles around Silverstone City have been invited, and the carriages that have come to participate in the celebration have filled the gates of Silverstone City, and I am afraid that they will not be able to enter for a while.