The question raised by the Marquis of Yuke made all the nobles present at the meeting worried. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Without the addition of settled adventurers, there will be a shortage of grassroots talent. "But," said one of the counts, "but...... What are the conditions we need to attract adventurers?"

"Fiefdom?" asked the other earl.

"Impossible!" said another earl at once, "it is easy to grant a fief, but it is difficult to deprive it." Settled adventurers are often only available for one or two generations, and most of them have not performed well since the third generation, so how can they be granted fiefs!"

"Yes, if it's a high-level adventurer, it's fine, a middle-level adventurer really doesn't deserve to be granted a fief. ”

"But if we don't have a fief, the conditions we can give are no better than those of the merchant faction. It is impossible for us to give every mid-level adventurer the status of quasi-knight, and as for those low-level adventurers, it is even more likely that they will not even be able to give the status of an official...... In contrast, the merchant faction can at least give them a hope of family inheritance. ”

"What kind of bullshit family inheritance! I don't even have a fiefdom, what kind of family is it? It's just funny!"

"But those mid- and low-level adventurers don't think so, for them, having a stable industry and a family with an inheritance is considered appropriate in this life. ”

"It's disgusting! Can't these guys be a little more demanding!"

"If you have more pursuits, you may go to the Northwest Republic. ”

“...... That country is terrible!"

After a lot of verbal criticism, everyone still couldn't come to any good conclusions, and they couldn't come up with any seemingly effective methods.

In the final analysis, the position of power of the nobles is really not binding on the adventurers.

Of course, the adventurers also respect the power of the nobles, but they are free, even if they turn their faces, it is a big deal to pat their butts and leave, can the nobles still run to other nobles' territory to hunt them down?

Although in general, the nobles still have an advantage when facing adventurers, but when it comes to individuals, there are often cases of nobles being killed by adventurers and then not being able to catch the murderer.

One only has to look at the wanted lists of the Church of the God of Nobles and the Church of the God of Law to see that this is really not uncommon.

Adventurers are brave, the so-called murder weapon in hand and murderous intentions, in the face of unfair treatment, the weak may swallow their anger, but the strong often choose to face the front, with their fists to fight for a justice for themselves back.

As a result of this conflict, most of the adventurers suffered, but there were also many cases where the nobles suffered losses. In the past five years alone, the entire main plane has lost five or six barons, as well as one viscount. As for the knight level, there are even more, and the big nobles are too lazy to count.

In the event of a head-on conflict, a high-level adventurer could risk his life and threaten an earl. And those nobles who died, the ones who killed them were just middle-level adventurers.

Therefore, if you want to rely on a position of power to oppress adventurers and force them to submit, this method really does not work.

Since it can't be threatened, it can only be inducemented. But the nobles were reluctant to come up with enough benefits, and the method of inducement did not work.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, and in the end, of course, everyone can only do nothing and look after each other.

"Perhaps...... After all, it is still necessary to rely on war to solve the problem. After a long silence, one of the counts said.

He was a member of the local nobility, and had always united with other local nobility against the central nobility consisting of two marquis and their vassals. Unlike the central aristocracy, the local aristocracy did not want to fight with the merchant faction, because they knew that if they went to war, they would definitely lose a lot.

Not to mention, their territory is adjacent to the territory of the merchant faction.

Fight in your own house, break some bottles and cans, that's for sure.

However, in the face of the obvious crisis, he had no choice.

"I think we can wait a little longer. The Marquis of Gordon preempted the Marquis of Yuke and said, "War is not a trivial matter, and it only makes sense to fight and win it." So we have to be prepared first and make sure that we will win. ”

"It's hard to lose against those who can only recruit mercenaries. One of the counts smiled and said, "Mercenaries can't fight hard battles, if they really fight hard, they will soon collapse." ”

"But that would be a great loss...... said the other earl worriedly.

"I can't care about the loss at this time!" Earl House's eyes flashed, "If you approve of it, I'm willing to do it first!"

"Huh, didn't you already make peace with them before? ”

Earl House sneered: "Talk about peace and make peace, my side has been preparing for war, and now I am almost ready." If it starts, I'm absolutely sure that I can have the upper hand. ”

Ladies and gentlemen, you look at me, I look at you, and they are all silent.

After a while, the Marquis of Gordon said, "Let's wait a little longer, at least a few more people are ready...... Then get your hands dirty together. ”

"Well, you'd better hurry. "Opportunity waits for no one, and the merchants of the north are not fools, and they can think of anything we can think of." ”

The nobles nodded their heads, and after the meeting, they prepared to go.

When the Marquis of Yuke returned home, he first went to a secret chamber deep underground.

His eldest son is still imprisoned here to this day, unable to go out.

"Have you figured it out?" he didn't enter, only asked outside the door.

"That's for me to ask you. A tired but firm answer came from the door, "Father, have you figured it out?"

"Even if the noble lady can win the golden crown, we will be indispensable to rule this country in the future, so why take such a big risk?" Marquis Yuke sighed, "If our family is just an earl, then I have no objection to you fighting and gambling, but our family is already at the top of the Gold Coin Federation, how far can it go?"

"King!" his most outstanding eldest son's tone was a little hot, "royal power is the ultimate goal of the nobles!"

"It's not so easy to be a king. "First of all, we don't have the power to overwhelm others." ”

"The Church of our Lord can provide such power. ”

"What's the point of a royal power that is subordinate to divine power?" the Marquis of Yuke sneered and asked rhetorically.

"The subordination of mortals to the gods is a matter of course. We will all die, and the fate after death is far more important than the glory of life. ”

"It's just a deal, and I didn't think about who I believed in. Marquis Yuke said lightly, "If you donate a large sum of money before you die, most of the kingdom of God can go." Fate after death is not a problem for us at all. ”

"How can a place that is not suitable for you be called a home?"

Marquis Yuke sighed: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have let you be a priest......"

"No, I want to thank you, if it weren't for my faith, my life would still be in a state of confusion. His eldest son smiled and said, "Father, you have been confused for too long, and it is time to turn back." ”

Marquis Yuke shook his head: "Think about it again, I'll come to see you tomorrow." ”

He had no intention of continuing to argue with his son, and the argument between faith and interest would not be fruitful. (To be continued.) )