The Mesfil family is the most famous military family in the Kingdom of Augustus, and the family crest is a family with a golden one-horned lion, and a large number of knights trained for the kingdom have made outstanding contributions to the defense of the kingdom.

As the eldest daughter of the Lion family, the Countess did not inherit the family's innate talent for war, but she had an extremely keen business sense.

When she was young, the Countess was known as the flower of Augustus, and had many suitors, including the duke's own brothers, and even the prince once bowed down under her pomegranate dress.

But to the surprise of the whole kingdom, this coveted flower ended up choosing the most mediocre and incompetent heir of the Eleanor family.

Many lamented how many suitors wept drunk on their wedding night, and no one understood the Countess's original thoughts.

Almost everyone, including his father and brother, thought she was crazy and chose to stick it in a lump of cow dung.

Only she knew in her own heart, because she was not willing to be reduced to an appendage of men, to be taken around to show off at parties, or to be locked in a castle all day, pressed on a goose-down bed by those nobles with a bright appearance and a dirty brain.

Although Eleanor is a little mediocre, even as the eldest son of the family, the eldest son raised by the concubine, lost the inheritance in the competition for the heir of the family.

But in her eyes, he is the most suitable person to be her husband.

In fact, Count Eleanor did a good job, except for the arrogance and vanity that nobles should have, he did not drink too much, did not gamble, did not have all bad habits such as boys and young girls, including concubines.

has loved her for more than ten years, never lost her temper, loved her daughter, and treated her subordinates well.

So, mediocrity is mediocrity!

The Countess turned a blind eye to her husband's short-sighted act of immediately taking the porcelain into his arms.

The Countess was deep in thought with a porcelain cup, and her business instincts told her that the porcelain was worth a lot of money and would surely cause a sensation among the nobility.

After a while, she spoke, "Theodore, do you know what these porcelains are made of?"

Theodore's expression was gloomy and he was ashamed, "Sorry ma'am, please forgive the incompetence of the old slaves, I don't know how they made this porcelain, although we are free to move around on the island, but the pirates keep it strictly secret. ”

The Countess nodded: "So, how much of this porcelain did you bring back this time?"

Theodore thought for a moment: "The total number of large and small pieces is about three or four hundred, and the specific types and quantities are recorded on the vellum paper, which is kept by the pirate's steward. ”

"Plus, it's how the pirate boss told him to sell it. With that, Theodore handed the countess a roll of vellum.

The Countess spent about a cup of tea, carefully read the auction procedure, closed her eyes and thought for a moment, and said, "Just do what he says!"

"Yes!" Theodore bowed and exited the living room.

"Slaves, pirates, so funny!" muttered the countess.

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In the afternoon, a long line of more than a dozen cars slowly drove from the port all the way to Count Elinor's estate, and at the same time, a news spread quietly in Manhill City.

"Have you heard? Count Elinor's ship has found the Pirate King's treasure in the sea, and has returned home today with a lot of treasures. ”

"You're talking about the mediocre count of the Eleanor family? Is this true?

"I heard that the countess is planning to take out this treasure, and what kind of auction will be held in three days, and the city lord has been invited?"

The news spread ten, ten and hundred, causing huge waves among the nobles, and many curious nobles posted to visit the Count of Eleanor's manor, wanting to see the treasure.

Theodore's butler brought wave after wave of nobles into the manor with a smile on his face, and Theodore only replied humbly to some nobles' inquiries about the Pirate King's treasures: "My lord, this is a rumor, and the rumor is not credible!"

The nobles who received the response, not knowing if they had made up something in their brains, showed meaningful smiles and expressed their understanding.

Looking at the guests who stepped one after another, Theodore couldn't help but sigh, how long has it been since the Earl's Mansion has been so lively?

Last time it was Lislu's coming-of-age ceremony, right?

As a loser in the family struggle, and married to the Flower of Augustos, Count Eleanor has always been criticized.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the nobles of the entire city of Manhill do not look down on this mediocre earl.

Secretly, many people ridiculed sourly, thinking that without the shadow of the family, it would be impossible for their lord to obtain the title of earl.

This kind of news has even reached the dirty slums, and it has become a joke on the lips of those lowly civilians, which is damned.

Wave after wave of guests, after the nobles who had seen porcelain returned, they once again rendered the news, saying that these treasures had never appeared in the mainland, and said that they were very much looking forward to the auction banquet the day after tomorrow.

The night before the auction, the Earl's Court welcomed a special guest.

The high priest of Manhill Church walked into the Earl's Mansion with a serious expression and asked in a deep voice, "Where is the Earl?"

Theodore smiled politely, but muttered in his heart, a mere high priest is qualified to let the Earl come out to greet him, unless it is the Bishop.

However, there was no disgruntled look on his face: "The Earl has rested, and the priest should tell the contemptible people if he has any orders." ”

"I heard that you brought back a batch of treasures from your trip to sea, can you let me see it?" asked the high priest.

Theodore nodded: "The priest also listens to these rumors, this is just a special batch of porcelain!"

"But if you want to see it, the priests, please come here. Theodore bowed and made a gesture of please.

The high priest followed Theodore to the warehouse in the manor, and the butler opened the door.

The high priest walked into the room, looked around, and fixed his gaze on a porcelain statue of the Angel of Mishgao on the round table.

The celestial stone statue is as white as jade, reflecting a soft white light under the light of an oil lamp.

The high priest's breathing became heavy, he walked over quickly, carefully examined the angel porcelain, and then suddenly turned around and said: "The angel is a servant of the goddess of holy light, you dare to hide something from the gods, in the name of God, I ask you to immediately dedicate the angel statue to the church, she belongs to the Holy See." ”

When the high priest heard that there were angel statues among the treasures, he hurriedly dared to come to the earl's mansion.

After he saw the real thing, his heart suddenly became greedy, if this statue of no material was given to him, and then presented to the cardinal archbishop of the royal capital, he would definitely be appreciated, and maybe he would be promoted to the position of bishop.

Theodore smiled and said, "The high priest is really joking, the Earl's Court does not want to keep it private, the angel will appear at tomorrow's auction, only the apostles who are devout to God are worthy of her." ”

"How dare you sell angels as goods? "Are you blaspheming God?" the high priest exclaimed, "You must present the statue to the church immediately, or you will be judged by the goddess." ”

When did a mere high priest of the Holy See dare to threaten the Eleanor family?

Theodore pursed his lips and did not take the priest's words into account: "Priest, you said that if I pushed the angel off the table, would she be broken?"

"How dare you?" said the high priest.

"The cardinal often talks to the old duke about wine?" Theodore's meaning is obvious, the cardinal is a guest of the Eleanor family, and you, a high priest, dare to talk nonsense here?

"If the High Priest wants to have this god-given thing, the contemptible man should remind your Excellency to hurry up and prepare the gold coins!" Theodore smiled, "I have already informed several High Priests of the other castles, and there is even a Bishop, who is very devout to the goddess, and has said that he will definitely participate in tomorrow's party." ”

"Good, good!" the High Priest left the Earl's Court in disgust.

Theodore looked at the back of the high priest with disdain, and muttered, "I really thought this was the Western Continent!"

Moreover, you must know that the Countess's maiden family, the golden one-horned lion family rich in generals, has never had a good impression of the Holy See.

It is even more abhorrent to criticize the Holy See for the affairs of the Kingdom.