After strengthening his physique, Bran was drunk, but he quickly removed the anesthetic sensation of alcohol.

Woke up about six in the morning.

After that, wash and eat.

The village of Rabi now has a population of 700 people.

And more than half of them are strong laborers.

This is due to the turmoil on the peninsula, when many people lost their land and were recruited by the village of Rabi.

Another nearby village, Latan, also has more than 200 people.

The local estate has 400 people.

The total is nearly 1,400 people.

If you add the hired labour, it is even more, close to 1,600 people.

The Teutonic mercenary group currently has 470 members.

They were divided into five teams, which were divided into five teams to protect the industries in Rome and the raw materials in the north.

Dursley wasn't drunk and got up earlier than Bran.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Bran came to the stable, and Ichisu and the others were already waiting.

Desley was beside them, and had already conveyed all of Bran's words.

"From now on, you must learn Italian in order to communicate with Your Highness."

After Desley finished speaking to them, he said, "Men, if there is no marriage match, you can marry a woman from the manor, so you can learn faster, and if you are a woman, you can do the same, but in the manor, no matter who is married, you must first ask Your Highness about your wishes." ”

The other lords have not yet controlled the marriages of the freedmen, but at the very moment, Howard gave such a set of orders, from the birth of the lord to the death of old age.

In fact, now the birth, old age, sickness and death of the mercenary group and the villagers, Howard is equivalent to taking full control.

Howard paid for all kinds of shops needed by the people, and if he couldn't open them, he would send people to the city to buy them, and then come back and sell them to the villagers, from taverns to bakeries.

The villagers and the mercenaries took the Grand Duke's rubles and went to buy everything the Grand Duke offered.

They were nurtured by Chaman's bread before they were born, and covered by Chaman's noble banner when they died.

"Good day, Your Highness."

When Bran appeared outside, Desley was ready.

He also took good care of his whole body.

The leather armor he had worn for a long time had been removed, and he had been replaced by a silk suit as clean as Bran.

And yesterday Bran also rewarded him with some dragon treasures, and asked him to go back to his wife and children.

There are more than twenty horses in the stable.

Bran picked the one that was most pleasing to the eye.

He thought of House again......

Then he took the twelve people who came, and a team of mercenaries who were going back to the manor on duty.

Depart from the village of Rabi.

A day and a half later, the outer extent of the estate had appeared.

Looking at the farmers, Bran asked, "Are these newly opened farmland?"

"Yes, it started a business a few months ago, and there are more and more mouths for eating, and the Grand Duke has bought a lot of land nearby."

The mercenary replied.

When the outside mercenaries came to check their identity, Bran said in the car, "Don't make a noise, I'm going to surprise my grandfather." ”

Bran walked through the exterior and slowly approached the enclosure in the center of the manor.

That is, the "High Court Palace" of the manor.

From the outside, there are no changes from before leaving, but there are four more stone houses, and the walls are a little more extended.

Bran dismounted and stepped on the freshly paved stone road, and at this moment, he really returned.

"Your Highness?"

Desley reminded him from behind, Bran understood, he picked up his fingers, and showed the ring, "Be quiet, grandfather is taking a nap at this time, you go see your wife and arrange for them all......"

Next to the High Court Palace there is a row of stone houses, which is for Marlene and Carol to live in.

To the right, there are several rooms, which are the family of the former Earl of Drow.

Laura also lives there, but her husband, Jack, never comes back.

Bran was timid and his footsteps were soft, and he slowly walked into the bedroom and shouted to his men to retreat.

There are dozens of rooms inside, and Bran weaves through the maze as if he were a child.

Finally, he went to his grandfather's bedroom, took out the key, and gently opened the door.

The old man was asleep, and Bran approached and covered the quilt slightly

The furnishings in the room have not changed.

A map of the largest territory of the Duchy of Venice still hangs on it.

I don't know how long it took, but the old man woke up and slowly opened his eyes.

The two grandparents and grandchildren met......

"Bran! My grandson!"

"Grandfather!"

Bran stepped forward and knelt down.

Both of them had so much to say, but they couldn't say it.

When the Archduke lost his territory and fled from Venice, he did not shed tears.

Now, the grandson has returned, and he has shed tears of relief and emotion.

The same goes for Bran.

"Grandfather, what happened to you after you fled from Bavaria?"

When his mood eased slightly, Bran asked.

"After we were separated from you, we fled all the way east and out of the border.

Listen to you, and go to Austria, but not to find your friend Hoffmann, but to other Austrian nobles.

Our family has a distant relative in Austria.

After sheltering for a while, we retired, but then the news of the Alain princess was with us leaked, and the Grand Duke Heti himself brought men to chase us.

Carol was burned on the face by fire oil to protect us, but she managed to save her life......

When you arrive in the Aegean, I will give your right to trade paper to a Byzantine nobleman, and he shall be provided with the paper he needs every year, without any profit, and will receive their help before returning home.

It's also up to you, I didn't expect you to spend so much investment at that time, and in the end it really brought us a good return, you are right, Bran, so now I put in the construction of the manor, invest more, and your craftsman Yones is extremely well protected by me. ”

"Grandfather, why don't you trade Alain out? In my mind, Carol is like my uncle. ”

"Carol disagreed, he said, this is our recovery capital, so I'd rather be injured than we trade Alain, Alain is now being watched by someone I sent, and I'm waiting for you to come back and dispose of her."

Then Howard spat out another question, "Your eyes, your hair, ......."

Bran told the truth, and then took out the seven-star sword at his waist.

The Seven Star Sword that devoured the Roland Sword was more powerful than ever.

Holding it in his hand, the Grand Duke felt that this was an all-encompassing holy weapon.

"Good, good, God bless Venice, God bless Chaman!"

"I will definitely kill everyone, including their family!"

Bran thought of Carol and coldly spat out the words.

Howard lowered his sword and comforted, "I used to tell you our enemy, Reece Owen.

But in the naval battle, he was killed by Ashclay.

In this life, there will be enemies, benefactors, lovers, etc., time will take away everything, don't be covered by hatred, just like my grandfather, who has lived a few decades of regret. ”

"I see, I'd like to meet Marlene and Carol."

"Carol just went north to transport a batch of gray bamboos, but Marlene is there."

"Okay, grandfather, you rest first, I'll go find them."

Then Bran handed over the seven-star sword, "The thing is returned to the original owner, and grandfather is still in this seven-star sword, so let grandfather keep it." ”

The two ancestors and grandchildren have one heart, regardless of each other.

Howard took it slowly, but this light weight made his shoulders lower, and he couldn't help but sigh to himself, "I'm old too." ”

"Ten years, no, five years, five years, I will definitely get Venice back!"

After Bran finished speaking, he slowly exited the room and closed the door.

Then she went to Shelley's room.

It's also not accurate to say it's a room.

It's more like a big yard.

It was built not far from the Kotei Palace.

The lighting and topography are one of the best places in the estate.

It's the same as Bran's loved ones.

As a child, Bran sat on Marlene's lap and asked her to feed herself.

When I was a baby and couldn't take care of myself, I helped myself wipe my body and tell stories to sleep.

Bran's hands trembled, and the door opened just as he approached.

The eyes met, and Marlene's tears couldn't stop flowing.

Bran was full of her, but when he saw her belly bulging, he immediately asked, "This is your and Carol's children!"

Marlene nodded, Bran was about to go crazy with joy, "Marlene, you give birth to two triplets, no, triplets, not quadruplets, I will give them the best of everything, they will all be nobles of the principality in the future......"

Marlene looked at the childlike Bran, crying and laughing, and she who was crying also laughed.

She didn't ask Bran why her hair and eyes had become the way they were, she knew it wouldn't be easy to come back.

"I'll call Carol back immediately, it's nothing to earn less rubles, I'm coming back this time with a dragon treasure, do you know, the metal that the dragon has bitten will have ambergris on it, made into jewelry and hung on the body, and it can also repel insects......"

Marlene just smiled, then took out her handkerchief and wiped Bran's tears and sweat.

At this time, the chapel of the manor came with the sound of the priest's prayers.

Marlene said, "Jack...... Did you come back? During this time, I took care of Laura, but she kept praying for Jack to come home, and her face was not good. ”

He ...... He's dead...... Iron Mountain betrayed me!"

Angry purple pupils were bloodshot, and it wasn't until Marlene's gentle voice came to her ears that Bran recovered.

"I'll go and tell her personally, you have a child, rest well, don't do chores for your daughters, I sent someone to help you, I brought it back from Huliga, and it can be regarded as a small noble, I can speak a few languages, and I can communicate with you."

"Your Highness, if not, I'll go tell her."

"It doesn't matter, people went out with me, and I was the one who facilitated their marriage in the first place, and I came here."

Bran straightened his appearance, and went back to his own study, which was not a speck of dust.

It was very clean.

Bran asked Laura to get him.

He sat in his chair and looked at the hourglass in the room.

After a while, the news that Bran had sent someone to call Lola spread, and everyone in the manor knew that His Royal Highness had returned.

Laura, who was praying to God, put on a cloak and went to Bran's study.

When Laura opened it and saw Bran, her eyes were originally happy, but they were darkened because she didn't see her husband Jack in the room.

"Sit down."

Bran pointed to the chair.

Lola declined, "So...... He's not coming back?"

After a long time, Bran sighed, and Lola held back her broken emotions, "Thank you...... Your Highness. ”

Then Lola, who was unsteady on her feet, passed out.

Bran stepped forward to help him up, only to see Laura's body trembling.

"Maybe I'm an ominous person? If I had gone to the monastery, I would not have passed on my bad luck to him. “

Bran was relieved, and when Laura regained her spirits and went out, Bran sat for a while, and then ordered that all the people he wanted to see in the manor be gathered in the main square of the manor.

The princess of Alain also heard the news of Bran's return at this time, but her person was extremely restricted, and she was placed under house arrest in a large room in the High Court Palace, where enough food and supplies were brought every day.

There is also a cat to accompany her.

But other than that, nothing.

She was suffocating.

At this moment, she wanted to rush out, but the lock outside the door made it impossible for her to get out.

There was no one next to this room, and it was Marlene who brought food on weekdays.

Marlene wasn't there at this time, so she could only wait for Bran to come.

"Come on, Bran, I have ...... of the whereabouts of your Roland sword"

……

There is a fountain lake in the square, and there is a statue.

Whenever there is a big announcement, people are brought here.

When everyone he wanted to see gathered in the square, Howard slowly arrived.

He was in his chair, thinking about how to speak to Bran.

He had one more important thing that he hadn't told Bran just now......

Bran looked at the people, one by one.

First of all, I briefly brought my experience during this time, and said that the change in face and hair color is the will of the Lord, and there is no need to explore it carefully.

Then the first person he spoke to was Desley.

Bran pointed him out of the column, and Dursley strode out of the column under the gaze of his wife, who was holding his son.

"Desley has protected me many times in his past actions and made meritorious deeds, and I now grant you the title of Baron of the Duchy of Venice and the head of the Teutonic Knights in accordance with the Duchy Conferral Law."

Being named a baron or viscount is not much different for others, because there is no real collar, and it is not all Bran who has the final say, at most it is the difference between the two people.

But the mercenary regiment was changed to the knights? This was not quite understood by the mercenaries, and even Howard stretched his ears.

I saw Bran slowly speak, "The development of our forces has reached the point where we need to change, and we need to go up again, the so-called mercenary group is doing all kinds of fighting, killing and killing, after today, it is still called a mercenary group to the outside world, but it has actually begun to be restructured, and Desley is the head of the knights." “

Let a North African be the head of the regiment, some people have opinions, but Desley has also made a lot of achievements, so he can still serve the public.

Then Bran added, "Carol was reappointed as the chief of the guard of the duchy (manor), and after the establishment of the Knights, the deputy was the chief priest, and this seat was given to Simon and one to Hilde. “

Both Hilde and Simon were made barons.

During this time, Hielde's credit is obvious to all, and Simon is also an old man of the manor, so no one has an opinion on this distribution.

Iron Mountain rebelled and Jack was killed, and Bran revealed it one after another.

And said, "Tie Shan is gone, and he is not to blame for his friendship, but if you see him again in the future, you will definitely be killed." “

The mercenaries immediately nodded yes.

Bran then calls out Laura's younger brother, Alan, the son of the former Earl of Drow.

Now he has grown into a young knight, and he is not bad-looking.

Bran stepped forward, and Allen, under the gaze of his parents and sister, walked out with his sword in hand, and then fell to his knees.

Bran asked him to bring the sword in his hand, and when Bran took it, he put it on Alan's hand, on his head, and on his shoulder.

After a while, he read out the award speech.

"I grant you the sword, and I defend the glory of the Lord,

"I bestow your life, loyal to the Lord I,

"I give you my name, Knight Allen."

"From now on, you will be a knight of the principality."

"I, Alan Ralph, have spent my life defending the honor of my lordship."

Bran took out some of the dragon treasure gold and gave it to Allen.

Then he glanced at everyone and shouted "Ambu".

"Long time no see, Ambu."

"Your Highness!" Ambu saw that Allen had been ordained, and that he had no sword with him, so he walked out empty-handed.

Bran looked at Ambu, who had been an enemy and was on his own, but now he was wounded.

"In Bavaria, you dodged Carol's sword, right?

As I said, you didn't abandon me, you deserted Chaman and fled, you will be honored, I will now make you a baron, and you will return to the territory of your former master, Oz, and take back your former fiefdom. “

As he knelt down, he thanked Bran in a very deep voice, he had a scar on his throat, and when he fled, he was wounded by a sword, and he did not die, but his throat was also useless.

Fourth, Bran picks out Ichisu, and the Rose horse thief also straightens up.

At this time, the sun shone on the fountain on the lake, and also reflected on the statue, and Bran stood in front of the statue, as if it coincided with the statue, and his voice and momentum were more majestic.

"You are a knight, you have also done business (robbery), although you are engaged in a business without capital, but it is much better than those nobles who do not know how to read, my goods go from the northeast, and you will dispose of them later.

In the gray bamboo raw materials around the Alps, you take someone to take care of it. “

Izisu nodded and stepped back.

Ulle and Arnold were called out by Bran at the same time, "You two, learn Italian well, and I will find a wife for each of you, and learn it when you wake up, and learn it when you sleep!" Ulle you are a knight, Arno you are my knight. “

Bran reorganized his position in the manor and gave Agatha to Marlene.

It would be too shabby to change the title of so many people at once, and if you use a few more villages to conquer the territory, Bran will come back this time, and he will soon provoke a war, and the target is Duke Never in Northern Italy.

When he was ordered by Aschucle to unseal the territory, it was a time of weakness, and not only him, but also Florence would change its lords.

When the order was given, everyone retreated, and Howard made up his mind to tell Bran about it.

He leaned over and asked the servant to stay away, and said, "You have just come back, and you are going to get so big, I think, you have your plans, you are old, let it go." “

"Grandfather, I'll be careful."

"But there's one more thing to tell you right now, and it can only be you."

Bran was puzzled, only to see his grandfather say again, "We need to welcome a kiss!"

"What? Who's with whom"

"People of the Chaman family, marry a Byzantine noblewoman, I will tell you slowly."

After Howard cleared his thoughts, he said to Bran, "Didn't we promise the right to trade paper to a nobleman of the Purple Chamber in order to return to the territory?" A few months ago, when Aschucle cleared the opposition in northern Italy, we were also affected, so I went to the nobleman of the purple family, and he agreed, but said that he would marry a woman from the family.

You weren't there at that time, so I agreed, and the person who wants to marry an Oriental lady can only be me.

However, I had my mind in mind at the time, and it was written in the marriage letter that the head of the Chaman family, who was legally and had all the rights of the family, would come to marry.

I was going to find a fake heir to come out.

But the other party also saw it, and added another one, it must be an adult male, and if there is an heir, whether male or female, he will get everything from our manor.

If there are no heirs, if the male spouse dies, half of the income is given to the woman as maintenance.

If the woman also dies, she will be succeeded by her relatives in the East. “

There are pros and cons to such a treaty, the Grand Duke can be exempted from Aschuklai's accountability, and the other party can get a large amount of wealth from a family.

There was even a claim to the Duchy of Venice.

There is no need to have children, even if this noble girl marries and is poisoned by Chaman, her relatives can enjoy all this immediately.

So I'm not afraid that Howard has bad intentions.

Even when Howard died, he had to divide the family with her immediately.

"Who is this man? There is so much power. "Blandau.

"It's also a member of the Purple Family, but it's a distant relative, the ancestor six generations ago was the Purple Emperor, and later he was released to a local military town and became the governor.

It was now an earldom to the west of the empire, near the peninsula of Asia Minor. “

After hearing this, Bran said, "When is the time to greet you?"

"In two days, if you don't come back this time, I'll send someone."

"So grandfather, you're going to let me marry her?"

"My body, I will leave one day, maybe it will cause them to beg for a tongue at that time, but I can't turn my face now, I can rely on them for many things. But according to my suspicion, they will send an old woman of the family, and she will die sooner. “

Howard's words were both self-deprecating and helpless.

The thought flashed through Otya, Vesta.....

But I also thought of Lola, who lost her husband, and her husband was burned by fire for the principality, and Marlene, who had a big belly.

In this life, there are too many helplessness.

Not being able to freely choose one's origin, wife, career, or even death may not necessarily come according to one's own heart.

Howard consulted with Bran, not that he didn't want to marry, but that he was afraid that he would die suddenly, which would cause another kind of trouble.

He had decided to give the Grand Duke to Bran.

The ruler of the principality should take the principality as his wife, his children, and his parents.

Everything in the principality is above all else.

"Fifty?"

"Bigger, I guess."

"Sixty?"

"Not necessarily."

"It won't be so naked, send an old woman with only one breath left, right? Grandfather, don't worry, others have helped us, that's a blessing. The Charman family, if there is a favor, there will be repayment, and if there is a debt, I will deal with all this. “

"Then send someone to hurry up the preparation of gifts, and agree to pick them up at a port in the Aegean Sea."

So Bran took out the dragon treasure gold and created a gold bracelet.

It reads Bran of the Charman family. The name of Chaman.

The wife carries her husband's ornaments, which is a tradition of the nobility of the principality.

At this time, in a noble mansion in Byzantium, an old woman passed away peacefully in her sleep.

He was seventy-two.

She was the one she was going to marry Bran.

"What to do?"

"Let's change the family girl?"

"How do you change it at this time? The marriage document clearly states that it is my aunt's name. “

"Then change to a legal woman with the right to inherit."

"Do you want to find a young one?"

"It is written on the marriage document that as long as we are born in our family, baptized by Orthodox priests, and included in the royal family tree, it will be fine, in that case, let's find another one."

"That's all there is to it."

A royal earl consulted with his people, but at the end of the day, he found that there was no suitable person.

Originally, there was, and the earl still had an unmarried daughter, but when he heard that he was going to marry an old man far away, he couldn't do it.

Finally, a young girl who was raised by a dead woman since she was a child, and a distant niece of the earl, was willing to replace her.

But the girl was mute, and some people were afraid of being picked on by Howard.

But the Earl didn't care so much, and said, "That's it." “

The girl's background is extraordinary, both maternal and paternal lines are royal, and after the marriage of close relatives, his mother and the royal sister Zoe, who was snatched by Gramiyan, have a cousin relationship.

However, the girl's parents were not very good, and died early, and later the girl was raised by the old aunt and fostered in the earl's house.

Although she has no purple blood, she is also a royal family, and she should have suitors, but she also has a fatal flaw, she can barely speak.

Only a little bit of sound can be made.

When she was born, her tongue was burned by the assassin who assassinated her parents, and she couldn't make a single sound

But the girl has a cheerful personality and always says, "Everything will be fine."

She also used the name "Zoe".

The royals called her, 'Cheerful Zoe'