Chapter 20: The Black History of the Empire

"Your Excellency, you are a hereditary nobleman, and as long as you are alive, this kind of thing will continue to find you! According to the tradition of the empire, you should accept them, and keep them, so that you can be called a 'hereditary nobility'! ”

Ted thought that the monogamy of the aristocracy of faith in the Middle Ages ~ was at the forefront of the system, but he didn't expect them to be like this in private... It's still a tradition? "Where is this? Do I have to accept it? ”

"My lord, no one says you have to accept it, but you shouldn't refuse an invitation to a beautiful woman's true love ceremony~ People go crazy for love, and you have to be more or less indulgent..."

"What ritual?"

Chris stood up, walked slowly to the window, and explained, "It's a euphemism, you know what it means." ”

"Ahh

"Don't be surprised, I have a piece of your ancestors' history, I'll explain it to you...", Chris took a notebook from his satchel, flipped a few pages forward, and pointed to the record to look at Ted.

"My lord, the last time the tax was reduced in the North, it was only five percent! Just let your ancestors have 232 times in 1 year..."'Trouble'" Chris changed some of his vocabulary in order to conform to Ted's thoughts.

"In the eyes of most nobles, 'trouble' is a gift to women, and it is also a 'tribute' prepared by commoners in order to repay the noble lord, and the nobles usually support them after the trouble, and the commoner families who can't afford to eat will even be proud of such a promising daughter, because the reward given by the noble lord is enough to feed the family!"

Hearing this, Ted frowned, human imagination is always insufficient, his ancestors are so bad? For his own selfish desires, he actually threw morality into the sewer: "I didn't expect that the ancestors would actually..."

"My lord, listen to me first, you have rejected 49 times this week, plus the previous time, it is 50 times, and from this data alone, you are 'more respected' than all your ancestors."

Ted leaned back in his chair helplessly, raised his hand and complained, "I'd rather not be so respectable and make me uncomfortable!" ”

"My lord, you were really not respected at first, and after you distributed food, the people hid their daughters at home for a while, and waited for a few days before letting them out..."

The more Ted listened, the more confused he became, Chris's observation ability was terrifying, he couldn't guess at all, and he couldn't see the true psychology of the people around him, so he had to ask: "Why is this?" ”

"A small favor will let 'trouble' find you, but such a big favor has never been seen before, and it is estimated that there will be no one to come, everyone! People are panicking, they think you're going to re-promote the long-abolished 'Right of the First Night'... That's not a good thing! When the time comes, it will be difficult for a three-year-old child to a 180-year-old man to escape your clutches! ”

Such an explanation made Ted want to cry without tears, he had never had such a thought, not at all! He's just a bit of a collector, but he's also a girl of different races, and he doesn't waste time on a single race!

"Am I like that? I have spent my wealth to feed my people in order to lead them, and they doubt me so much? ”

"No... My lord, they are afraid, after all, these things have happened in history. And most of the executors are hereditary nobles like you, who are well-dressed, clean-eyed, clean, and handsome, so according to most people's concepts, you should be very perverted, even to the point of being sick! ”

"But the good thing is... These are 'ifs' and not facts, and now the lords know that you are a good lord and worthy of respect. ”

Ted was dumbfounded, he couldn't tell if Chris was joking, comforting himself, or stating the facts, "Is it a mistake to be honest, handsome and clean?" ”

"My lord, you can look at the aristocratic history of the empire, which is all about the collection of desires and powers, and people like you have never existed! It is simply a clear stream of the imperial aristocracy, there is no emotion, love is clean, the fragrance is wafting, love wife and love the people, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are Jesus alive! ”

"Huh?"

Chris closed the notebook and slowly turned his head to look at Ted: "My lord, in other parts of the empire, it is a very common thing to rob people's daughters, and nobles will do anything hurtful in order to satisfy their sick selfish desires!" As long as you are on top, even if it is a mother, wife, daughter or cousin, it will not be able to escape the clutches of the devil, let alone inconsequential civilians~"

Hearing Chris continue, Ted couldn't help but clench his fists, he didn't expect things to be so bad! Moral collapse is not a good thing, when people's ** hopes are infinitely magnified, unregulated will make the whole country fall into the abyss: "Won't they feel guilty about it?" ”

"My lordship..."Chris opened his bag and took out a crumpled paper coupon from his bag and placed it on Ted's desk: "As long as you buy the church's indulgence, any sin can be forgiven!" The commoners have the law, and the nobles have indulgences~"

"Oh my God!" Ted was stunned, he should have thought that there would be such unreliable things in this world, paralyzing himself with a worthless piece of broken paper, evil would break through the cage, and in the end, everyone would become Zhang San!

"It seems that we have an obligation to pass on better values to the people..."

"My lord, it's good that you have this kind of thought, but don't rush it, we are only a poor and weak nobleman in a corner of the border, only 600,000 people, and there is no way to overthrow the entire empire... The top priority is to increase productivity and arm yourself! ”

Hearing these words, Ted was stunned, he slowly stood up, looked at the man in ancient clothes in front of him, and suddenly had a modern sense of closeness.

In just a few days, his way of thinking has completely changed.

"Looks like the book has helped you a lot, Chris~"

"Of course~ And now, I can do things with peace of mind, because your concept and self-control ability far surpass all nobles! At least... I don't have to drown your illegitimate children in the water..."

Ted didn't know how to deal with these dirty things, and the housekeeper in front of him, as a vassal of the family for generations, knew these things very well~ It was not troublesome to ask them: "What's going on?" ”

When the matter was mentioned here, Chris let out a long sigh, opened the book, and found a string of cold numbers: "My father, a total of your father, drowned with his own hands... 162 babies, all of them illegitimate children of your father..."

Ted's three views have been shattered, and he doesn't mind breaking them a little more: "You mean, I once had 162 brothers and sisters?" ”

"My lord, according to imperial tradition, they are not counted as your brothers and sisters, your brothers and sisters are only from your parents, and as for those illegitimate children, they should not have come to this world, so they should be drowned..."

"Alright... I know... I'll read these documents, and you can take them tomorrow morning..."Today's conversation made Ted even more determined to change the empire, he didn't want to listen to Chris talk about the sordid history of the aristocracy anymore...

"No problem, my lord, I will always solve your problems, please rest assured~" Chris closed the curtains and walked slowly out of the office.

If you want to change, you have to change your mindset completely! First mission! It is to remove the cancer of the church.

"Ding!"

[Congratulations to the host, unlocking the first main quest in this continent!]

Phase 1: Change the minds of the people in the territory!

Reward: Mall Add-on: Pets!

PS: After completing the first stage, you can buy pets and pet supplies in the shop! 】

"Finally... I've passed the novice period, and I have a clue about the total task! Ted picked up the pen on the table, opened the file and flipped through it...

The successive tasks have rekindled his fighting spirit!

Now, let the people eat all the meat, eggs and milk! And then solve the problem of elf refugees!

It's just that... Ted still wants to complain about this system...

The task or something, it all depends on chance encounters and accidents, or it depends on imagination, and you don't have the initiative at all!

The thought flashed, and the system seemed to have received this signal, so a line of words immediately popped up, mocking Ted: "Life is full of surprises, and your embarrassment will be recorded by the Time Management Bureau throughout the process~ Please don't be shy!" ”

“... Whatever..."

This line of words gave Ted a new idea: if the technology reaches a certain height in the future and breaks through the time barrier, I can go to a parallel world...

Ideas are still available here~

It's just that a strange idea came out of nowhere: if I found myself in a parallel world... If you're still a woman... Am I...