Chapter Twenty-Five: A New City, A New Aristocracy
The Lord's Mansion in New Brown is largely a five-storey square stone castle with a protruding semicircle in the angular position. In the conference hall on the first floor, Li Chenglong, who was sitting on a high-backed wooden chair, met with the nobles and representatives of various industries who were summoned by the bell, and made clear to them the obligations of both sides.www.biquge.info
Lee Seung-ryong is responsible for the security and military forces of the city, while the people of Brown City will pay taxes, and all the resources handled by the market and port warehouses will also be taken a part, and the resources and taxes belonging to the city lord will be handed over to the city lord's warehouse every week.
Then there are some more specific matters, such as the most critical tax collectors. Li Chenglong specially inquired about the tavern, but unfortunately was told that there was no tavern in Brown City.
This led to a debate among the delegates about the fact that the drawings for the construction of the tavern should be purchased from the headquarters of his own union, and Lee Seung-ryong, who felt that the terms offered by everyone were unacceptable, decided to put the issue on hold for the time being.
The rally lasted until sunset, and the people on their way home apparently chose to put the issue on hold for now, urged by hunger and the fear of the night.
Li Chenglong, who slept in a random room and was exercising in the open space in front of the castle the next morning, was forced by the nobles who came one after another to have a unified meeting with them in the council hall.
Most of the nobles who came yesterday wore medium armor, and a few even wore heavy armor, and today's nobles have given up their armor and instead wore gorgeous aristocratic pullovers and came with all kinds of gifts. "Looks like I've played a wolf joke on these people. Li Chenglong, who was sitting on the chair, looked at the people standing below and thought.
There are many kinds of gifts, some are a few sets of velvet clothes, some are a cart of exquisite food, some are fine wine and ale, some are some maids between the ages of 15 and 35 who are good at housekeeping, and even a few nobles who wore heavy armor yesterday brought their beautiful daughters, hoping that they can become the maids by Li Chenglong's side.
Li Chenglong, who had long fantasized about a corrupt life, accepted all the gifts to everyone except the aristocratic girl. In terms of the choice of maids, Li Chenglong chose the four most beautiful girls as maids from the aristocratic ladies who were brought, and left a noble lady who looked only about twenty years old as the chief maid. The father of the chosen girl seemed to be very happy, and the husband of the noble lady did not seem to be dissatisfied with his wife's recruitment to work in the castle lord's mansion.
When the four maids were called, they briefly introduced themselves. Among them, Adelaide Coombs, who wears a black dress and has black hair, looks the most noble, and Rachel Kane, who is tall and has blonde hair, and Caroline Kane, who is also blonde but slightly shorter, are a pair of heroic sisters. But if you want to say that you want to say the most beautiful, you have to say Kenna Stasi, who has wheat-colored skin against the background of a snow-white dress.
The newly appointed chief lady-in-waiting, with a reluctant expression on her face, immediately went to work, entertained the other noble ladies who had not been selected to rest in the side hall, and organized the servants to sort the gifts and place them in the right places.
Li Chenglong, who saw these for the first time, was very curious to sit on the chair and watch these people busy. Li Chenglong found that the nobles were still standing there until the four newly arrived maids also gave their salutes, and left the hall to take care of the bedroom of the city lord's mansion, and had no intention of going back at all.
"I have accepted your loyalty, and now you can go back. “
After the nobles exchanged glances for a while, the father of Sister Kane, who had just been chosen as a lady-in-waiting, spoke: "Your Excellency Lord Brown City's farmland is still mostly barren, and the workshop is almost unmanaged, and your loyal vassals hope to share your worries. “
"If you can protect your own property outside the city, I can give you a reward for those lands. Now introduce me to yourselves, your King. Li Chenglong, who thought that these nobles were no different from ordinary civilians, also had no combat effectiveness, said with a straight face.
"As you know, we have obeyed God's will and have just left our lives at sea to come ashore to join your Frank captain. While God's personal direction glorified us, the Frankish lads who followed us needed land, and we longed for wealth. Mylord.”
When I heard it, this was not the kind of nobleman who had a vegetarian meal, but a group of good pirates. Li Chenglong, who was distressed by the lack of manpower to guard the town after sending out the hilichurls, immediately came to his senses. "How many decent fighters can you provide me?"
The old Kane, who was almost 1.9 meters tall and had a round waist and a beard, struck his chest with his right hand and said, "I don't know about others, but all the three hundred Franks under my command are good, and I guarantee the reputation of Torrance Kane." Most of the nobles present also boasted about their men, and the hall became noisy for a while.
Sitting on the chair, Li Chenglong and the other nobles quarreled for a while, and suddenly flew into the air with the air dance technique and shouted, "Quiet!"
The council hall on the first floor was designed for the lord of the city to handle government affairs, and not only had a slightly higher platform with a high-backed wooden chair symbolizing the status of the ruler, but also a wide space of about 200 square meters and a ceiling height of 6 meters. This gave Li Chenglong an upright body, floating on the heads of all the nobles and looking down on them. The aristocrats, who were already about to quarrel, subconsciously shut up their mouths when they saw Li Chenglong, who obviously had no wings, quietly floating above his head, yes, his feet were higher than our heads, and he subconsciously closed his mouth according to Li Chenglong's request.
After the hall returned to tranquility, after waiting for a while, Li Chenglong said slowly: "Tomorrow at noon, I will take the map of Brown City to review your men at the city gate, and then whoever is strong will also get more land in the city than the weak, and all elite soldiers can get a small piece of land outside the city." All soldiers present will receive their salaries for the month. I will set up a martial arts platform near the city gate, and if I feel that it is unfair, I can go on the stage and compete with the warriors I have designated, and the winner will be compensated for the land. Now go back and polish your weapons and restrain your men. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Frank nobles, who were shocked by Li Chenglong's god-like posture, said this sentence unanimously. The neat voice tamed the last bit of rebellion in the hearts of several powerful captains.