"You don't have to go to church?" Albert's face was sad, and the juice of the tea leaves became bitter.

"You can't even hold a bow steadily, and you ride a horse slower than you walk, do you still want to make a name for yourself by force? It would be different if you were to finish your studies in the church with me and send to the Holy See to become a secular aristocratic official trained by the Holy See.

Every year, aristocrats from all over the continent send people on pilgrimage to Rome (the capital of the Papal State), and we can get to know many people and cultivate contacts.

The political enemies of your Quake family are the 'Pavi family', and although there are many adult males, they are all rude barbarians, and the most noble objects of their marriage are only a few northern earl families, not the children of heirs, but other children.

Albert, take a quill as light as paper and you will be able to marry a duke, an archduke, the daughter of a king, or a high priest, or even a pope, and you will be the standard-bearer of justice. ”

Bran is talking about the Tao.

"I don't understand what you're saying, I'm afraid."

At this moment, a bolt of lightning struck down, like a sharp sword, and flashed outside, and the frightened Albert hid under the table.

"I'll take care of you, Albert."

Bran drank it all and drank it all.

"That'...... It's agreed. ”

Thin Albert stretched out his hand, this is a game of hook played between aristocratic girls, Bran looks sincere, but actually absent-mindedly copes.

The Quake family is currently the only patron who supports his grandfather, and Bran knows all too well about the problems they are facing.

Bran saw Mrs. Meghan's love for him, so he asked Mrs. to be good friends with Albert and let Albert come to the manor to play with him.

It is not too easy to get along with a six- or seven-year-old child, tell a few fantasy stories in your head, perform a majestic side, and listen to Albert's children's words.

Within a few months, Albert treated Bran as a brother, and even Bran asked Jack to get a non-venomous little snake and put it in the room, which frightened Albert half-dead, and was finally rescued by Bran who rushed into the room.

Bran casually made some fake wounds, and Albert cried to death.

This completely subdued Albert's heart, and he regarded Bran, who was only a few dozen days older, as his own brother, and when he left the manor, he cried even more.

The goal was achieved, and every year after that, Albert would come to the manor to play, and when Bran turned ten years old and broke the rule that premature babies should not be too far from home, Albert was very happy, because Bran was going to come to the manor to study, but he did not expect his grandmother to let both of them go to the convent......

The thunder and lightning became more and more ferocious, and at its peak, several silver snakes flew in the air, and Bran looked at all this, and said in his heart, "The road to recovery has begun......

When Marlene returned to the manor, it was dinner time, Bran and Albert were seated at the table, and the two elders were in the room.

Candlesticks, cups, square tables, curtains, all scattered on the ground, one and a half pierced...... A top......

……

The housekeeper and servant outside Mrs. Meghan's bedroom, and the two old men waited outside, and they asked twice, but they always responded in a fierce voice.

After another ten minutes, the two elders ended the hot battle, and several maids and male servants entered, helped clean, changed into wide robes, and then the two appeared one after another.

It's nothing just now, nobles, once Carol drank too much, and secretly told Bran about Howard's bed, saying that the Grand Duke once had a whim to pick up a gun when he was receiving foreign envoys......

……

"Bump!"

In the banquet hall, wine glasses are tapped.

"To Chaman (Quake)."

Bran and Albert were both full of wine, and at the age of ten they had already entered the "juvenile" stage among the nobility, and there were not a few who even began to talk about marriage, and some large families would let these young children start to contact the sexes.

Although the restoration of the country is now the main task, the family is thin, so Bran also needs to work hard in this direction, but it can only be the daughter of a nobleman, if it is an illegitimate child, Howard will not admit it, otherwise counting the illegitimate child, he himself has at least eight descendants scattered all over the place.

Albert pinched his nose and took a sip, drawing a smile from Howard, and took an eagle ring as a gift to Albert.

"I'll be your godfather."

A noble child will also choose a "life mentor" to follow after deducting his birth parents, the position is uncertain, usually the family is close to the elders, but there are very few male adults in the Quake family, so Meghan has never chosen for him.

Albert stood up and saluted Howard respectfully at the signal of his grandmother's eyes, and in this way, the relationship became more and more close.

The meal was hearty, with foie gras and crab and musicians playing on the side, which was more advanced than dining at the manor.

Three hours later, the banquet was over, Bran was in the same room as Howard, and so was Carol.

The three men were discussing the conversation between Howard and Mrs. Meghan just now.

"Grandfather, you said to set up mercenaries?" Bran came interested.

"Yes, I was surprised when Meghan made this proposal."

"Two highnesses, it is not a trivial matter to set up a mercenary, not to mention the huge cost, and there is also a base for activities, why is Mrs. Meghan in such a hurry?" Carol was puzzled.

Mercenaries have a long history, and today they have evolved into an "armed profession" created by defeated soldiers, nobles, peasants who fled their territories, bandits, and opportunistic merchants.

Pulling a flag, relying on the large number of people, to carry out "no capital" robbery business.

The attitude of the lords to them is between legal and illegal, after all, they are good recruits when they can afford to pay gold, and if they are hired by their opponents first, it will be troublesome.

Over time, this system became more and more perfect, and there were many imitators, for example, some local lords would also send troops to help others fight in exchange for money, but this was only when the monarch's control of the domestic authority was not high, and the domestic law allowed "foreign wars".

The current mercenary system also has a "rank", and many lords agree that the mercenaries in the south of the Italian peninsula are the most "shameful", they are used to corruption, only look at gold and silver, often do not do their best, and even deliberately miss in order to ask for a second reward.

……

"Meghan confessed that she was assassinated, and she ...... when she went out for a meeting in a car 26 days ago."

Howard slowly spat out the secret.

It was because of the failed assassination attempt that Mrs. Meghan was injured in the waist, which made her sick, and when she showed the wound to Howard just now, the two were confused for a while, and then they misfired.