Sunlight shines through the windows of the senate, leaving a row of bright spots on the birch floor. There was only one young nobleman sitting in the meeting room of the University.

He had pure amber eyes, was about 25 years old, and sat leisurely in his place in the exclusive seat of the Solim family, dressed in a new marquis' dress. Perhaps it was a reminder of a beautiful and interesting past, and the handsome face with a warm smile made the slightly rigid facial features become kind and easy-going, like a young scholar with an elegant temperament and approachability.

However, his body was surrounded by a brown air flow that appeared and disappeared, and the light in his amber eyes shone with each other. An invisible force field enveloped the young nobleman's side for a meter in a radius, and the air in the room was stagnant due to the manifestation of the Void Earth element, but whenever the brown air flow touched the solid wood tables and chairs, it would crash into a cloud of dust, and disappear without a trace. The heavy earth element seemed to be a mere phantom of nothingness.

Only the Earth Knight, who resonates with the 36 elemental bits, can make the lazy and heavy Void Earth element become lively and agile, and the void and reality are from the heart, like the command of the arm.

A majestic lion-like figure burst into the conference room, and the heaviness in the room immediately disappeared, and the stagnant air resumed its flow. The two pairs of amber eyes collided, and the force field vision around the young nobleman also disintegrated, as if nothing had happened.

If the Silver Earth Knight is the lord of the Void Land Element, then the Golden Earth Knight is the King of the Void Land Element. When the king comes, even the most powerful lord must put away his arrogance and pay respect.

Marquis Goron furrowed his heavy eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Solim, can't you even control the Void Element?"

"Not really. The first time I attended a Senate meeting, I couldn't help but want to play with it. The young nobleman smiled and smiled, his smile calm and sincere, and his amber eyes had turned brown.

Marquis Goron nodded and said, "Your Excellency Solim, you are in good shape. I sincerely hope that this will not be the last time Your Excellency will attend the Senate session. So aren't you going to arrange a clerk for this meeting?"

The Senate does not welcome transcendent knights to the conference, they have a strong sense of oppression for mortals and ordinary knights, and can even influence the will of the participants.

If a patriarchal family appoints a transcendent knight to attend the meeting, other families can only send a strong person of the same rank to attend the meeting. The content of the Senate's deliberations was related to the fundamental interests of the lord group, and quarrels and insults against each other were inevitable. Ordinary aristocrats pounding the table and smashing the bench are not a big problem. Transcendent knights are not so rude, they only mobilize the void element, and express their strong dissatisfaction. The venue was full of elemental torrents, so the meeting was not opened, everyone just had to make a fist gesture.

Who can compare to Sylvia with a fist? And how can an extraordinarily strong represent the full strength of a political group?

Mortals are the protagonists of the Council of Patriarchs. In order to avoid mistakes, participants generally arranged the family think tank in the lounge of the senate, and their respective clerks recorded the content of the meeting and passed it on to the think tank to help the participants make the right decisions.

Respecting Senate traditions, Sylvia sat in the York family's lounge. But the old Marquis of Solim had little time, and he had to attend the Senate meeting in person, and it was difficult for everyone to say anything. The Marquis of Goron had to stand up and suppress the situation and ensure that the meeting could take place normally.

"The family affairs should be arranged. As a descendant of Solim, I have a clear conscience. I'm now more focused on whether I'll be able to take the last step. ”

Marquis Solim stood up, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, although I am 22 years older than you, you are the forerunner on the path of knighthood. I hope to have His Highness's advice. ”

"I would love to see one more His Highness from Gambis. The Marquis of Goron returned a knightly salute, nodded and said, "If Your Excellency has any doubts, just ask." ”

"About three years ago, I felt a call from the Elemental Sea. As time passed, the urgency of the Void Land elemental became stronger and stronger, and my appearance began to become younger, and my body and fighting spirit reached a peak state that I had never seen before, but I could not find the door to enter the elemental sea. Marquis Solim shook his head and muttered, "His Royal Highness of the Solim family once said the importance and method of building a knight's faith, but he didn't elaborate on how to communicate with the elemental sea. I would like to learn from Your Highness about the issues that need to be paid attention to in the trial of life and death. ”

Marquis Goron said, "The root of a knight's strength is perfect control inside and out. The balance of the four elements of earth, fire, wind and water brings about a perfect cycle. However, the structure of the perfect cycle is quite stable, which greatly limits the improvement of capabilities. Therefore, the promotion of knights is actually a process of breaking the balance and rebuilding perfection. ”

"The Golden Knight Ancestors of House Solim belong to the Silver Bloodline. They are naturally capable of perturbing the Elemental Sea, and use the Perturbation of the Elemental Sea to break the balance limit from bronze to silver. Therefore, the key to the promotion of the silver bloodline to the golden knight is only his own belief. ”

"And we, the bronze Golden Knights, have faced two problems, breaking the balance and building faith. To put it simply, we don't have a door, so we can only get the attention of the elemental sea by hitting the wall, and let the elemental sea help us open a door, then go in, and then come out alive. ”

"Breaking the balance is not a simple thing, only the thrill between life and death can break through the limitations of perfection. Goron sighed: "I was forced to go through the test of life and death in the knighthood stage, and I survived by luck to get to where I am today. In reality, the higher the level of the knight, the more terrifying the object of the trial. Therefore, very few silver knights can survive the trial of life and death. My advice to you is to forget everything, conform to the characteristics of the earth element, be calm and persistent, and never retreat!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice. The old marquis gave a solemn salute.

"Then, the meeting can begin. ”

Marquis Goron found a chair and sat down in the corner of the conference room.

Attendees from the senatorial family entered the hall one after another, each with five or six clerks. Once everyone was seated, the spacious conference room instantly became quite crowded.

This is a very important meeting that is at stake in the long-term interests of the Kingdom of Gambis. The Golden Knight sat in the venue, the regent presided over the meeting, and the Powerful Lord personally attended, not to mention, he also brought the family's scholar advisory group. The outer lords of the patriarchal family were waiting in the common room, and whenever the industrious clerk like a wild bee ran into the lounge to read the proceedings of the meeting, they would join the scholar advisory group, discuss it one by one, and then watch with amazement as the clerk passed on the advice to the suzerain.

In the beginning, the powerful lords were able to maintain the grace of nobility in front of the Marquis of Goron and the regent. But as time went on, the argument grew louder and louder, mixed with the "bang" and "bang" of slapping the table. This is probably the reason why the Senate only uses cheap tables and chairs.

Finally, the roar of the Duke of Embither York ignited the enthusiasm of the venue, and all kinds of insults, ridicule, and greetings for the nobles came one after another, and even the honorable Prince Regent Williams erupted wildly. The industrious clerk of wild bees shuttled back and forth between the meeting hall and the family lounge, with an astonishing flush on his face, and said excitedly: "The Duke of York scolded his master for being a vile, shameless villain, and knew how to imitate the goods of Goldwater City. He also referred to the owner as a curly sheep. ”

"Curly sheep? The curly sheep follow the leader's ass all day long, and he doesn't know that he has fallen off the cliff. He scolded his master for being stupid and brainless!" One scholar spat and shouted, "Tell the master to ask the Duke of York to eat less cake, and the large turf-filled balls are especially popular." ”

"What do you mean?" asked the clerk

The scholar angrily rebuked: "Stupid! Don't you understand this? The Yorke family made turf balls out of pig stomachs...... It's tantamount to scolding the Duke of York for being like a fat pig and a big straw bag greedy for money!"

It was destined to be a long meeting. The meeting room of the Senate is now not fundamentally different from the noisy market.

There is only one reason why the market is noisy, and that is money.

The port has not yet been built, and it is too early to talk about the distribution of benefits for the development of the southern continent. The lords quarreled only for money.

In fact, before the meeting, everything that should be discussed has already been discussed.

Sophia regretfully told Victor that she had chosen to build the port in Chebman. Because Randall's budget for the construction of the port was more than 2.4 million gold soles, which was 600,000 more than Chebman's. In addition, she has to pay 800,000 military expenses for the fish-man war. The total expenditure exceeded 2.6 million, which is half of her total wealth.

2.6 million gold sol is a big piece of fat meat that everyone wants to nibble on. But the centaur hills could only stare dryly.

The reasons given by the regent are very good. The Marquess of Wimbledon financed the construction of the port, and she had the right to choose where it was built. If you want to build a port, you can only pay out of your own pocket. If the House of York had the money, they should have built those three forts first. After all, the kingdom exempted the Yorkist family from taxes for 20 years, and also allocated 1.2 million gold soles to the collection, processing and transportation of stone for the fort.

Of course, the regent still saved a little face for Sylvia. The House of York received a share of 20,000 gold soles in the Fish-Man War. Whoever made the Yorke family's riverbank line cleaner than the dog's gnaw, there are only three or two groups of big fish and small fish, even if they want to send more troops, there is no excuse.

The other families divided the remaining 2.58 million gold soles, and it was too late to be happy. Who will speak for the centaur hills?

Everyone agreed that the main army guarding the western border of the kingdom should always be on guard against the surprise attack of the ant tide. Leave the trivial matter of the fish-man war to them.

The Chebman family got the biggest share of the pie. They were responsible for the labor and raw materials for the construction of the port, and could earn at least two or three hundred thousand gold soles in profit. Strangely, the rest room of the Southern Lords group is even more deserted than the rest room of the York family. The Marquis of Solim did not bring a clerk at all, and it seemed that he was not prepared to participate in the discussion. At this time, the Southern Lord family should discuss the details of cooperation at the Earl of Chebman's mansion.

The Joshua family is the second largest beneficiary. As the masters of Waterdeep, they are well-versed in port and dockyard building. Sophia paid Joshua's family 100,000 gold soles for the design of the port. Moreover, the shoreline of the river controlled by the Joshua family is close to Lake Fez, where the fish-man population is quite dense, and it is the main battlefield of Gambis. Therefore, in addition to making a military fee, the Joshua family can also sell supplies to the armies of other lords and make a lot of profits.

In Victor's eyes, Sophia is undoubtedly the biggest loser.

For 2.6 million gold soles, he didn't catch anything except to send the barbarians across the river.

What a loser...... Even if you can't get the ownership of the port, you can get the permanent lease right of 4 port berths...... The fishing industry in the Jinshui River is an inexhaustible source of income.

Victor is saddened by Sophia's missteps and pounds his chest at the immature business rules of the human kingdom. But his assumptions have no basis in law.

The wealth of the realm goes to the lord. Whose territory the port is built on, that is, who's it. If this law of lordship is to be overturned, Victor will never agree to it.

It was precisely because of this provision in the Radiant Code that the clergy of the Church avoided secularization, and the interests of the knightly nobility were safeguarded. At the same time, it also constrained the power of the feudal monarch, forming a game rule of "can only be taken by skill, not by grabbing".

In Auguste's eyes, the wealth in Sophia's hands belonged to the Kite Castle. The royal family left her 1.9 million gold soles, all for the sake of the face of the legendary barbarian elders. Sophia is well aware that if she loses her trust with the barbarians, she loses her greatest political capital. Therefore, she did not hesitate to spend more than half of her wealth to fulfill the barbarian's entrustment.

The Chebmans paid too little and too little to deserve the port. But if the kite castle wants to get the port territory, it can't be too ugly. Marriage is the legal basis for dividing the territory, and the exchange of benefits is the unspoken rule for seeking the territory. The dying Solim family fell victim to the Kite Castle's game with the local lords. But even so, it was not a simple matter for the regent to hand over the copper city to the Chebman family.

Two months ago, Sylvia invited the future Archbishop and the Marquis of Solimm to a tea party. Williams immediately asked the current archbishop to strip the Solim family of their coinage rights, thus cutting off the church's ties with the Solim family, and turning the Copper City into a lamb to be slaughtered.

However, instead of killing the sheep, the kiteburg wanted to protect the lamb.

The king, as a feudal lord, cannot interfere with, nor can he allow others to interfere with a family's legitimate inheritance. This is the bottom line of the rules of the game.

If the old Marquis of Solim is promoted by blood, the copper city will still be the copper city of Solim. If he falls, the lamb himself will seek refuge from the Chebman family. The kite castle was just a foreshadowing in advance, and it did not violate the obligations of the feudal lord.

This meeting of the Senate seems to have nothing to do with the House of York and the House of Solim.

The Duke of York did not think so. Just when everyone was hotly discussing the proportion of troops to be dispatched, he threw out the key question.

How many ships can take a port? Without enough ships, how can we transport enough soldiers to the southern continent? Without enough soldiers, how can we gain a foothold in the southern continent? The 70,000 pioneers of the Borui Kingdom have been pushed back by the barbarians on the southern coast. Gambis didn't have a pioneer army of 120,000, so there was no need to take the risk.

So the Centaur Hills needed to build a port.

The development of territories was the basis for the Senate to convene its meetings. When it came to pioneering, the lords nodded their heads, but Williams's words left everyone speechless.

If you want to do it, you can do it yourself, there is no money in the kiteburg. If you have the money to support the construction of a port on the hills, let's talk about the new tax by the way.

The issue of the Senate changed from the establishment of a port to the discussion of a new tax. The lord and the regent quarreled into a pot of porridge.

The busy Duke of York duly took out a handwritten letter from Viscount Randall, which read: Raven Town welcomes the tax collector of the royal capital to settle in.

Everyone can see it. Sylvia and Williams take what they need, and they have a tacit understanding.

Sophia disregarded the overall strategic situation of southern expansion and was unwilling to invest in the construction of a second port in Renma Hill. Kite reprimanded her, then removed her from her title, and re-established the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce. Sophia, as Viscountess Randall, the remaining 1.9 million gold sol is not your money?" Sylvia said with a sip of coffee.

Victor couldn't be happier.

The Viscountess has a lot of money, noble blood, extraordinary strength, and a group of loyal knights under her command, and behind her are a gold-rank barbarian berserker and two barbarian weapon masters...... If she becomes the owner of Silvermoon Manor, the Randall family will really change.

"My money is your money...... Your money is still your money. Victor put down the fragrant snow fungus tea and said with a sad face.

Sylvia was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, hugged Victor's head, kissed him on the lips for a long time, and said with a smile: "My dear, your love words are so beautiful...... I'm going to reward you well tonight. ”

Victor licked his lips and looked up and asked, "Have you thought about Nicole?"

"My problem is your problem, your problem is still your problem. ”

Sylvia smiled and said slyly, "I believe that with the charm of my love, there is no female knight you can't handle, including our Queen Mother. ”

Victor touched his nose in embarrassment and muttered, "What do I think, you seem to be saying the opposite......"

Sylvia knelt in Victor's arms, laughed wildly, and said after a long time: "My love, you are really self-aware. ”

Victor was just about to laugh a few words, his ears moved, and he frowned: "The Senate has become quiet, what's going on?"

Sylvia brushed her scattered hair behind her ears and said lightly, "That old guy from Solim has finally fought back...... He had just raised an interesting topic...... Hehe, really interesting......"