William Manor is located outside Mingxing City, but William Fort is in the middle of Mingxing City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWilliam's Castle is quite high, overlooking the whole city, with a series of Gothic towers pointing to the sky, and the castle is surrounded by horizontal and vertical avenues, leading directly to the Mingxing City Gate, which is convenient for the knights to gallop.

Even if Mingxing falls, Fort William will never be lost.

The only "Hofbräuhau" in Myeongheung City is barely open. Even if business is not as good as before, the double-glazed doors are still polished as if they were transparent. Inside, you'll find a lobby lined with elegant blackwood beer tables and church-style benches. After walking two steps, I passed under the railing on the second floor, and when I looked up, I could see a piano and a dusty violin on the second floor, but now that it is sluggish, no one is playing. The frescoes on the ceiling are more ornate than those in the church, and at the end of the tavern is a horizontal bar. Behind the bar is a brightly lit back kitchen, with a dense wine cabinet and tables for cooking grilled chicken sausages, while two massive casks of beer stand condescendingly on the table, boasting of the Bafarian people's booze.

The blond-haired Lady Mary stood behind the bar, wiping glasses while listening to Count Frederick chatting with his staff.

Truth be told, when the young-looking young earl walked in, Madame Mary didn't even recognize her new patron. It wasn't until four knights in bright armor came in with swords on their swords and noisily saluted the young count that she remembered: this mild-mannered young man was the new master of Fort William.

The noise emitted by the knights of Fort William was second only to that of the blacksmith. The power swords they wore were unscabbarded, the snow-white and smooth blades were naked in the air, and the blades of the swords "clanged" on the snow steel leg armor with their steps, and it was difficult for the maid to ignore them. On top of that, the maid noticed that the power swords worn by the four knights were white blades and black ridges, and the clutch on the red hilt also had an eagle's head carved into it, proving that they were canonized knights from Fort William and that their status in the army was not low.

"Your Royal Highness, Count Frederick, the war has just ended, and it is better for you to stay in the castle as much as possible. The knight at the head bowed to the hilt of his red sword, and his long snow-white cloak was attached to his back, which looked solemn and elegant, and his words were very convincing.

"Relax Lancelot. When I went to the Wiener School of Art, Lady Mary was a girl. Now she has become a girl who is a girl. Frederick smiled and beckoned to Madame Mary, "Remember Frederick? I'm an adult, you can sell me a beer to drink." ”

Lady Mary laughed, "You really make people happy." This is the first beer ever sold to you, and it has to be free anyway. She turned back and ordered, "Five liters of HB Royal Beer." ”

Sir Lancelot could not be dissuaded, sighed, and "clattered" himself into the bench, helplessly accompanying the wine. Before the other three knights had sat down, Count Frederick put his hands on the table, leaned over with his delicately haired head and whispered, "Shall I call you, Lord Lancelot?"

"I'm just a Sir of the Banner, Your Highness. The royal family will not reward defeated knights. Lancelot frowned and corrected earnestly.

The heavy cavalry was divided into four classes: Sir Fangqi, knights, squires, and warriors. Sir Banner had his own battle flag, was a battlefield commander, and was sometimes appointed to a more senior command position. This was followed by knights, who could command only 12 heavily armored cavalry. The attendants obeyed the command and had many functions, either charging with perseverance or riding and reconnaissance, each with its own division of labor. And a martial artist who does not have the noble blood of Van Knight can never be promoted to knighthood, and his daily salary is only one-seventh of that of Sir Fangqi.

With Lancelot's military exploits, he was not canonized as a lord, and the ruthlessness of the royal family can be seen.

Frederick nodded, tapped on the table with five fingers, and continued to ask, "How much Van Kwen blood is left in the Knights of William?"

"Awakened?"

"Of course. ”

"Counting me, and Lord Otto, there are 56 Awakened Knights left. I mean, able-bodied. Lancelot gritted his teeth and said, "The betrayal of the Principality of Sirisha last year caught Fort William off guard. There are too many sacrifices, Your Highness, we have lost one hundred and seventy-six excellent Van Cleek nobles. Now we can only survive crawling like bugs, Your Highness. ”

"There are more than five hundred and sixty village Van Ques nobles in Bafaria. Frederick frowned, "Assuming that 300 family heads are loyal to me and willing to fight, then we can at least raise 360 horsemen nobles." Recruit another 1,000 farmers and hire 400 crossbowmen, and you can still keep the invaders coming and going. ”

Frederick's eyes sparkled: "Bafaria is adjacent to the Habsburgs, the number of Van Karts nobles is large, and the awakening rate of nobles is as high as 36%, so it should not be defeated. ”

Lady Mary acrobatically grabbed five bottles of yellow-orange-orange beer, each one litre, and the cups were big enough to curl up a cat. Beer swayed happily in the glass, and the iced glass was covered with cold droplets. Even in the economic downturn, Lady Mary still smiled.

"Thank you. Lancelot politely took the beer, held it in both hands, and drank it without taking a sip, and waited for Madame Mary to leave, then looked at Frederick and said hatefully: "You can't count on the country Van Clac, Your Highness." The village Van Klee aristocracy was notoriously rude, greedy, and selfish, lacking neither the vision of the court Van Klee, nor the convictions of the officer Van Klee. They only had estates and serfs in their eyes. In fact, after the Duchy of Cilica negotiated peace with the enemy, the mercenary rural Van Khan ...... He evacuated the battlefield with his attendants as soon as possible, Your Highness. ”

"Fort William's domination of Bafaria has shrunk to less than thirty miles. Taxes are also getting less. Another knight interjected, worried: "The more than 500 vassals in the land of Guangmiao have become a plate of scattered sand, they refuse to pay taxes, and even devour and merge with each other, forming small lords of different sizes, and even bring their own battle flags, so they almost design family crests." ”

"Fort William is weak and can neither give benefits nor impose punishments. So the village aristocracy began to go their own way. Frederick took a sip of his beer and nodded thoughtfully, "I see." So how much does the farmer near Mingxing City pay his taxes every week?"

"Less and less. Farmers are already struggling to survive, and imposing taxes can lead to refugee waves and riots, so I've been ordering cutbacks. Lancelot stated calmly, carefully examining Frederick's expression: "Last week's tax was two ounces of gold, which could only cover one day's expenses. Taxes are now less than a hundredth of what they were before the war - in fact, after the disappearance of the Grand Duke and the death of the Marquis, the Knights are dying a slow death at Fort William. On the day when Fort William's reserves of gold were exhausted, the Order would be disbanded, and Fort William would exist in name only. ”