004. Bran Goes to Rome (Revised)
Peninsula High Court Palace (Bran Manor)
Those who work hard get rich.
This sentence is famous, but Count Drow does not take it to heart.
After leaving Bayern City, the family was crammed into an ordinary stone house ten times worse than the luxury house they wanted.
For civilians, it's actually good.
Two stories high, there is a kitchen, a well, and Bran also sent two servants to help.
As long as Zhuoer is diligent and works the farmland, his life is far beyond that of most of the farmers in the manor.
But Drow left it all to his wife, and when he was fine, he went to visit Howard and dine happily in his mansion, after all, ale hurts the stomach, and only sweet wine can be eaten.
When you get to a different place, everything has to be re-piled.
Lola no longer had any rings on her hands, and although the housekeeper of Bayern City did not let the family remove the jewelry from their bodies, when they arrived at the manor, she and her mother all bought tools that could help the family for the merchants who came here to trade wheat.
She changed into a peasant woman's work clothes, learned to manage the family, and as long as Jack didn't pay attention, he would go down to help weed and lighten her husband's burden.
Bran gave Jack a month off to stay at the manor and do whatever he wanted. So Jack is also happy to bury himself in the fields and live an ordinary life.
On this day, Lola brought him food, by the way.
"Father has gone to the Grand Duke again, maybe you can persuade him."
"I know, I was there yesterday, it turns out that my father has something to do with the Charman family. And don't call me any more honorifics, okay?" Jack stopped what he was doing and smiled.
"What's the relationship?"
"It is very important that not in our house, it is not important for my father to see it, and after inspection it is allowed to take out of the castle in a small box containing a parchment invitation, it turns out that your great-grandfather once went to the Duchy of Venice to attend the grand ducal wedding banquet and was rewarded."
"What's this?"
"In this letter, my father (Drow) told the Grand Duke (Howard) that when his grandfather returned from the Duchy, he was amazed at the greatness of the Palace of the High Court and began to build and expand the city of Bayern...... In short, the Grand Duke was very happy. ”
The two gossip, just like the most ordinary couples, although they have not really "cohabited", they have been blessed by the priests in the manor, and they are no different from husband and wife.
On the day of Bran's return, the archbishop of the city of Meate, who was going to Rome, would send his assistant to preside over the marriage, as if the archbishop was coming in person, which was a very high honor for nobles.
Even when the former Earl of Drow himself got married, it was only a witness of the territorial clergy.
Before leaving for Rome, the manor was more lively than it had been when Bran had gone to the monastery more than four years earlier.
The most important two unions in Bran's life.
Marlene is thirty-two years old, wrinkles are slowly appearing at the corners of her eyes, and it will be difficult for her to have offspring in a few years.
In the past few years, she has seen the hope of revival in the principality, and her heart is excited, and she wants to give birth to a child and continue to work for Chaman.
On the day of Bran's return, after seeing Carol's injuries, Marlene agrees to the marriage.
There is no love between her and Carol, but neither of them minds it, after all, it is good for both of them.
Carol was ten years older than Marlene, and some of his hair was already showing white threads, and the maids of the manor used a harmless fruit dye to help him get black hair.
Bran's friend Alberbuk came, and as a young ruler, there was always an innumerable list of things to do until the day his eyelids were opened.
But he still sent a silver sword and a pair of pearl earrings, as well as a handwritten message.
Eleven city nobles arrived in the city with their families, and now that the manor is getting bigger and bigger, and with its performance in the north, it is worth the investment.
If a commoner or nobleman is not pleasing to the eye, he can also borrow the hand of the Teutonic mercenary group.
The manor was re-stacked, and the main building group was paved with marble, and there was a pool at the entrance and animal statues specially made by stonemasons, which was a bit luxurious, and more than enough to receive these guests.
There is also a special guest, who was met at the last jousting tournament and was not murdered by two servants, and "Pearson Duncan" is also there.
After talking, Bran confirmed that it was really related to the deputy head of the Knights that Carol had mentioned, "Fakang Duncan".
Facon had been responsible for nurturing the Templar Order, and many of the knights were his students, including the current Captain.
Pearson, Facon's own nephew, served in the Knights Templar for more than two years, but his performance was mediocre and he had no chance to get ahead, and he had to be dismissed and returned to his fiefdom.
With this in mind, Bran invited Pearson, who was staying in the Meates, to go on a trip to Rome and find him to join the banquet.
Pearson made a mess of the fiefdom, and he didn't look like a nobleman at all.
In order to avoid debts, he simply stayed in Mies, and used his noble Roman account to mix day by day.
He is greedy, gluttonous, and lustful. At the banquet, he also flirted with the manor maid.
Later, it was handled by Simon, who instructed the itinerant circus (a common name for dancers, poets, musicians, and even prostitutes) who invited to perform to serve the aristocratic Pearson.
"When we get to the City of Ten Thousand Cities (Rome), I'll introduce you to some friends, my friends."
Pearson hooked his shoulders and back, and his mouth was full of stinking. Bran had a smile on his face, a little impatient.
He was a round older than Bran, and his only children were all five years old, but Bran was so wealthy that he was worthy of his peers.
"To Rome."
"Cheers."
Bran raised his glass and returned to Shepearson.
When the bride and groom appeared on the wedding day, Marlene wore a very luxurious white gown, which was handmade by Bran with the city's craftsmen, and it took two months, and Carol did the same, and the leather master measured the size to make the most intimate garment.
Jack and Lola also looked extravagant, and Bran asked the goldsmith to make rings and earrings for the two of them.
Twenty members of the mercenary group, left and right, brushed and drew their swords, the long swords were raised, the tips of the swords were attached to each other, and the four of them stepped under the swords, and there was a maid on the side, throwing the petals that had been collected and sprayed with perfume at them.
Howard and Bran sat on the throne, and when the two walked past the sword, Carol half-knelt in thanks, and Marlene bowed her head and kissed Howard's palm.
When Marlene was about to kiss the lord's palm, she was stopped by Bran, "You today are unique, the most beautiful and beautiful existence I have ever seen. ”