The South Gate of Blackcastle is a special gateway for caravans to enter and exit, and the roads here are wide enough for four horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side, and the supplies of Blackcastle are flowing in and out of here.

It was the middle of the morning, and there was a bustle outside the South Gate, with a large number of convoys waiting for the Blackcastle guards to inspect the goods and collect taxes, so that they could be eligible to enter the town. The process is slow, and some convoys have to wait for several days outside the south gate before they are allowed to enter. So many people built stables and inns nearby to provide various services for these convoys, and after a while it became a small town.

Several coachmen were resting under a shed, their convoy had been waiting outside for two days, and it should be their turn to go into town today.

"Hurry, hurry, you guys hurry up and set up the car!"

A middle-aged man, who was the steward of the caravan, hurriedly greeted several coachmen.

The coachmen ran excitedly towards the carriage, and they skillfully put their harnesses on the horses' backs and pulled up the reins, only to hear the steward shout again.

"Move the carriage to the side of the road, get out of the way!"

"Master, are we being crowded by other caravans?" asked a coachman in amazement, he had encountered this kind of giving way many times, sometimes letting others go first, sometimes letting others go first, sometimes letting others go first, depending on the background of the caravan.

"What nonsense! Pull to the side. ”

Reprimanded by the steward, the coachmen did not dare to delay, and soon led the carriage to the side of the road, and when they were done, they found that the other convoys had already given way to the side of the road, and even the convoy that was about to enter the city quickly gave up its place.

"What's going on?" a young coachman poked his partner next to him, who had come out for the first time to catch the car.

"Hehe, it must be a big man who wants to enter Blackcastle, maybe a noble lord. The older coachman chuckled.

Sure enough, after a while, a group of men and horses came in the distance, and ten well-armored cavalrymen surrounded two carriages towards the south gate of Blackcastle.

When the convoy came to the front, the young coachman gasped, and he saw that the carriage at the head was actually covered by a majestic beast.

The coachman stabbed his companion with his elbow again, but before he could speak, he heard the old coachman shout, "Bow your head and salute, don't you see that this is the frame of the baron?"

The young man then found that the arrogant stewards were also saluting the carriage, and he bowed his head in panic, but when the carriage approached, he could not help but look up quickly, wanting to look at the giant beast again, but a beautiful face came into his eyes through the window.

"It's beautiful!" muttered the young coachman, a little stunned for a moment.

"Eh, he's gone, what's the fool about, Miss Noble, too?" said the old coachman, mockingly.

"I。。。。。 I'm curious! I've never seen a beast like that, and I've never seen such a beautiful carriage!" explained the young coachman with a blushing face.

"I don't know! It's a giant rhinoceros beast! It was used by the noble lord to pull the cart, and one cost 3,000 gold soles. ”

The old coachman despised that this young man had a good carriage and was diligent and willing to work, and he was deeply liked by the old man in charge, so he had to strike him at the opportunity.

"Have you ever seen that kind of carriage, if you can tell me the style of the carriage, I will obey you!" the young man stiffened his neck, and was always taunted by the old coachman, which made him a little angry.

"This 。。。。。 I've never seen a carriage like this. Have you seen it again?"

"I haven't seen it either, but I know that the carriage must have been steered with small front wheels and large rear wheels, and that the wheels don't seem to be made of wood. If only I could ride that carriage once!"

It would be better to carry the noble lady, the young man added in his heart.

Victor didn't know what the young driver was thinking, he only saw Lilia staring out the window in a daze, a little distracted.

"What are you thinking?" asked Victor with a smile as he asked Lilia.

"I didn't think about anything, but it felt a little strange to ride in a noble carriage for the first time. Lilia smiled sweetly at Victor.

"The first time I saw the aristocracy traveling, it was the same thing, with other convoys and pedestrians getting out of the way and people saluting the convoy, including me. I really wanted to know what it was like in the aristocratic carriage, and I wanted to sit in the aristocratic carriage and see what it was like outside."

Especially the first time I saw Sister Nicole and adults sitting in a carriage, I really wanted to go in. Lilia thought silently.

"Now, do you notice anything different?" asked Victor with interest.

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to be any different, but I feel very different. Lilia shook her head in confusion.

"The strength and mentality have not changed, but the status is different, and the most important thing is that the carriage is different!" Victor explained lightly, and then moved the topic to other aspects, he has never been interested in such things as feelings.

Sure enough, Lilia tilted her head and looked left and right at the carriage and asked Victor.

"What's the difference between a carriage?"

"I've ridden the noble carriage countless times, and only this one is the smoothest and most comfortable, do you know why?"

Lilia couldn't answer, she hadn't experienced the bumps of the noble carriage, so Victor said: "The carriage of this carriage has not changed much, but the base and wheels have been improved by the freefolk carpenter, especially the outer part of the wheel is wrapped in a layer of lizard skin, and the inside is also filled with golden grass, so this carriage is better than all the noble carriages." ”

"What's the difference? Isn't it the same sitting person?" Lilia was puzzled.

"The difference is that the improved carriage is faster, the load is larger, the steering is more agile, and the livestock pulling the cart is more labor-saving. This means that the transportation efficiency will be greatly improved, and we will arrive in 10 days when it was originally a 15-day journey. ”

"It doesn't matter if it's 10 days or 15 days, we'll always be there. So saying, the girl sat down on Victor's lap and traveled with Victor, wishing that she would be as slow as possible.

Victor sneered and adjusted his sitting position, and held the sticky Lilia in his arms, which was really playing the piano to the cow.

In this way, before he knew it, Victor's car arrived at the Rose Manor.

The white-glazed walls are still as smooth as white jade, but the trees behind the walls have grown large young leaves, and they look vibrant. Victor straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and walked towards the gate of the Rose Manor, thinking that he was about to meet the beautiful and wise Sylvia, and his heart was actually on fire.

Before Victor could reach the gate, the meticulously dressed housekeeper of the manor came over, bowed to him and said, "Lord Baroness Victor, the Countess is on lunch break and is not a guest today. ”

Victor's eyes froze, and he said softly to the old butler, "It was my presumptuous come, please convey my greetings to Lady Sylvia, and I will come back tomorrow." ”

"I will certainly convey your greetings to Madame, but I suggest that you first go to the Black Castle and meet the Earl. With that, the old butler bowed to Victor and said goodbye.

Victor returned to the carriage, his face sinking as water, and he commanded in a low voice, "Go to Black Castle in the east." ”

Seeing that the lord's face was not good, the atmosphere of the convoy became dull, and Lilia no longer dared to bother Victor, so she sat obediently on the side, and soon the convoy drove to the front of Black Castle.

Victor looked up at the Black Castle, which was more than 50 meters high, and couldn't help but admire its majesty and heaviness, not knowing when he would have his own castle.

When Victor walked into the Black Castle, the guards at the gate did not stop him, and a young man in a high-class waiter's uniform was waiting for Victor at the gate, he was Max, the clerk of the Earl of York.

"Lord Victor, please come with me. Max smiled in a standard aristocratic manner, bowed slightly, and gestured for Victor to follow him.

Victor also politely greeted Max, saying that in the homes of the great nobles, both the butler and the clerk were vassals of knightly blood and should be respected.

Max led Victor to a break room and turned to speak.

"Your Excellency Victor, Your Excellency the Governor is on official business, and I will inform you first, please wait a moment. ”

"Please. Victor replied lightly.

Victor looked at the lounge a little and sighed with emotion. He had stepped into the Black Castle for the first time in a few months, and his mentality was completely different from the first time he was reborn in the Black Castle.

At the moment when he was just reborn, although he had no power to speak of, as a time-traveler in the modern civilized world, Victor believed that his insight and wisdom were far superior to those of these natives, not to mention that he had X-3. It is this psychological advantage that makes Victor look down on the nobles here from the bottom of his bones, and even despise it, he thinks that he can play with others, which is actually a kind of arrogance.

But in the past few months, the reality of his frequent mistakes has forced Victor to admit that he is not as smart as he imagined, and the nobleman he considers to be a turtle is more adapted to the world, and is also more intelligent, even smarter than him.

This realization made Victor put away his arrogance, began to look at himself again, and also aroused a stronger fighting spirit.

Victor closed his eyes, meditated, and silently operated the Golden Toad Secret Form. The anxiety, anger, and anxiety born of the cold reception gradually sank from his heart. He abandoned the adjustment of X-3, let his mind move with the blood, slowly, Victor entered the state of mind of forgetting things and self, as the visualization deepened, Victor seemed to see the blood circulating in the body, and his breathing naturally fit the key points of the golden toad's secret form, if there was no breeze around him, Victor sat motionless for three hours.

Unbeknownst to Victor, a pair of eyes were quietly watching him through the dark holes in the wall.

"How long has you been sitting, boy?" asked the chubby Earl of York, sitting in a wide-backed chair without armrests.

"My lord, it's been three hours. Max wiped the sweat from his head and looked back to say that he only felt a sore back, and he had been staring at it for almost three hours.

"Haven't moved?"

"Haven't moved!"

"This kid must be asleep, can't let him be so comfortable, go wake him up, I want to see him. The Earl of York gritted his teeth.

Max hurriedly walked to the lounge next door, he really didn't want to keep an eye on it anymore.

"In the end, it is the nobles of the royal capital, so heavy-handed. The Earl of York muttered, his voice so low that only he could hear.

"Dimension。。。。。 Your Excellency, Your Excellency summons you. ”

Victor suddenly opened the door of the lounge, startling Max, who was about to knock on the door, and he wondered, wasn't the little baron asleep?

"Let's go!" Victor said to the clerk with a smile.

Under Mike's guidance, Victor meets the Governor again, who is getting fatter and fatter.

"Good day, Earl, I haven't seen you for many days, and you've lost weight again. Victor saluted the Count.

"Hehe, I've lost weight. The Earl touched his fat face in surprise and said proudly.

"Hmm!" Max coughed dryly, intending to warn the Earl of York, who had gotten carried away, not to be stunned by the sycophants.

"So, Baron Victor, is there anything you have done when you come to see me this time?" asked the Earl of York, clearing his throat and majestically.

"My lord, I'm here for help. Victor bowed.

"Aid, hehe, is there no food?" said York, smiling.

"Yes, a few days ago, my men went to Blackcastle to buy food, but they only bought a small amount, not even enough for a month's worth of the territory. Therefore, I would like to ask the adults to help me with a batch of food. ”

The Earl of York, however, pushed a parchment scroll in front of Victor across the table.

"Sign this, it's easy to say anything. ”

This familiar scene made Victor a little funny, but last time he signed it, and this time he will never sign it, because this is a vassal paperwork!

"Your Excellency, this is not legal, you know, I am the lord of House Wimbledon, not your vassal. ”

Victor's slender fingers tapped lightly on the parchment scroll, and the instrument slipped in front of York.

"Wimbledon, hehe, your surname is noble, but your family has long been broken apart and scattered in various kingdoms, do you know how many Wimbledon nobles have become vassals of other lords now?"

"Your Excellency is right, but the nobles of the royal capital of Gambis know that it was my wife, the Marquis of Sophia, who paid for the purchase of the territory of the Centaur Hills, and if I betrayed her, I would be despised and ostracized by all the nobles. ”

At this time, Victor could only pull the banner of a cheap wife, and he said: "Why don't you listen to my plan? Perhaps, we will both be satisfied." ”

"Except for signing this paperwork, nothing else is to be discussed. The Earl of York waved his hand domineeringly, and then exclaimed, "Otherwise, you will starve to death!"

Seeing that Victor was silent, the clerk Max stepped forward and said, "Lord Victor, you may have forgotten that in the season of the wind, you will also have to pay the kingdom food and annuity, and at the same time pay the eleven tax to the Radiant Church. As far as I know, you have only cultivated 2,000 acres of arable land, and the season of sowing water has passed, when you could face huge fines or even repossession of your territory. And if you sign this paperwork, we will solve your problems. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I'll take my leave. Victor stood up, bowed to the Earl of York, and walked out the door.

"Victor, don't expect Sophia to help you!"

Seeing that Victor was about to leave the room, the Earl of York roared angrily: "You don't know yet, do you? Sophia is pursuing Andre, the Golden Knight, and she won't care about you at all!

Victor paused and left the room firmly, only to have a cold murderous aura flash in his eyes.

When Victor walked out of Castle Black, his expression was calm.

"Victor, how have you been talking for so long?" said an anxious Lilia.

Victor smiled and shook his head, wrapped his arms around the girl's thin waist, and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Central Cathedral!"

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"How's it going? Where did the kid go?"

A waiter walked into the governor's office, and the Earl of York asked urgently.

"My lord, the little baron has just come out of the central cathedral, and he was sent by the father of God, the presiding priest of the church, and they seem to be very happy. I have inquired and the little baron has just donated 2,000 gold soles to the church. The waiter replied respectfully.

"2,000 Kinsol, that's my money, it's money swindled from me!" said the Earl of York, furious.

"My lord, now the little baron has moved into the Aster Flower Hotel, and he has a whole floor of hugs. The squire said again.

"Aster, that's the most expensive inn, and there's a whole floor! How much does that cost, and that's with my wallet!" said the Earl, even more angrily.

"Well, my lord, the aster flower is your property. Max stepped forward and reminded.

Before the Earl of York could calm down, the squire said, "That's the money of the adults." ”

"Fili, what do you want to say?" asked Max in displeasure.

Filip ignored Max, but said to the Earl of York, "My lord, that boy is showing you that he is not short of money, and that he can buy food elsewhere." Even if he can't buy food, as a pioneer lord, he can seek support from the church. ”

"What a cunning fellow!" the Earl of York took a breath of cold air as he listened to the squire's words.

"Yes, this kid is too cunning, and because Madame is too kind, if he had only given this kid a few thousand gold soles according to the wishes of the adults, he would have to obediently sign the vassal documents today. Filip said flatteringly to the Earl.

The Earl of York sat expressionless for a moment, and then said to his attendant, "Filip, you are right, come here, I have something for you to do." ”

Filip was overjoyed, and he glanced at Max triumphantly, and walked over to the Count.

"Come and see, what is this?" the Earl of York said, nodding to a document on the table.

When Filet looked down to see clearly, the Earl of York grabbed Filip by the hair, pressed him to the desk, picked up a purple gold cup, and smashed it on the back of Fili's head.

Filip didn't even snort, and collapsed on the table, and the Count still slammed his head again and again, red and white, and splashed everywhere.

The Earl of York, covered in blood, pushed Filip, who had a broken head, off the table, looked around coldly at the attendants around him, and said in a cold voice: "You all have to remember! Without Madame, we are a pile of shit!"

"Clean up this place. Send this crumb to my dear brother, Viscount Fred, and tell him to stop!"