Chapter 54: Knighthood
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The ranch camp was particularly lively that night, with hundreds of campfires set up in the camp and the smell of roast beef and lamb and fresh ale in the air. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe dust has settled at the end of the game, and the result is already doomed, so many families who usually have a good relationship take this opportunity to get in touch, so that the children of both sides can get close to each other, maybe the friendship formed now can become a helping hand at a critical moment in the future.
For hundreds of years, the major families fought and united with each other, and under the coordination of the royal family, they jointly drove the huge carriage of the kingdom forward, and it is foreseeable that this kind of struggle and union has not stopped before, and will never stop in the future.
As a member of the Han family, Han Fei was not clear about his position in the family, because his soul did not belong to this world, more often than not, he was like a spectator, which made him never really integrate into this huge family, and he was a little arrogant and unsociable in the eyes of others.
However, Han Fei himself may be more satisfied with his current life, but a person like him is not destined to be ordinary, just one day, he rescued the little princess of the Su family in the hunting forest and received Su Mu's personal thanks, and even Han Tianli came over to ask him about the details of the matter.
At the same time, I don't know where a rumor came out, saying that Su Mu was going to marry his seventeenth princess to Han Fei, and the rumor was so conclusive that those young children who knew Han Fei would look at him with envy and jealousy whenever they met him, and there were some sour words.
Later, Han Fei was also a little angry by those sour and prickly eyes, and Suo hid in the tent, and played checkers with the culprit who caused all this for a full day, killing little Lori to almost cry when she lost her armor.
On the fifth day when everyone came to the Wang's Ranch, the results of the annual Royal Family Autumn Hunting Competition were finally announced, and the top 50 were decided.
Today's tournament had one of the biggest upsets, with a 23-year-old blonde warrior named Kirstine topping the list with 231 records and taking the top crown.
What is even more surprising is that this originally unknown warrior came from a family named Hansel, and the Hansel family was undoubtedly the last few in terms of strength and prestige among the twenty-one families invited by the Su family.
It is said that Kirstin's strength has reached the realm of the top earth warrior, and he is only one step away from being promoted to the sea warrior, and his record includes two fourth-order spirit beasts, which can be called a genius born out of thin air, showing a great face for his family.
Although Han Fei ended the competition early, he still ranked twenty-third with seventy records, and the best performance in the family was only fifth, and there were only eight people in the top 50, including Han Fei.
After the results were announced, there was a very grand award ceremony, the Su royal family was extremely generous, and the top fifty sons of the samurai were all named honorary royal knights, although it was only an honorary title, but the royal knights were equivalent to the nobles among the samurai, and the identity represented by this title was of great significance.
In addition, the royal family also took out a full 500,000 gold coins, and distributed rewards according to the different rankings, and Kirstine, who won the first place, got 50,000 gold coins.
But it was nothing of great value, and it was the knighthood that King Sumu personally bestowed, Kirsteen received the title of Lord, and the second and third samurai were given the knighthood of knighthood.
This is not an ordinary family title, even the smallest lord of the kingdom, as long as it is not an honorary surname, all have a territory. When Kirstine obtained the title of lord, he also obtained a fief of ten square kilometers, with a fief of 100 families, and it was inherited for three generations, and this reward was enough to make countless people's eyes turn red.
You must know that in peacetime, it is extremely difficult to obtain a kingdom title, the territory of the kingdom is always limited, and under normal circumstances, the royal family would rather give a large reward than give an official title easily, and in previous years' autumn hunting competitions, the top three rewards were all knighthoods.
The quasi-knighthood of the knighthood is much inferior, and it needs to be meritorious in the future to be considered for a formal knighthood promotion, which can only be regarded as a preparatory noble.
At the end of the ceremony, Su Mu announced an unexpected but reasonable reward, Han Fei, a son of the Han family, ended the competition early to save the nineteen princesses from the hunting grounds, and in recognition of his bravery and samurai spirit, the royal family also gave him a knighthood and a territory of ten square kilometers.
To be honest, this reward was completely unexpected by Han Fei, and it was definitely an unexpected surprise. You must know that the kingdom title with a territory is much more precious than the family title of the same level, in a sense, after being knighted, he has surpassed his father Han Mutian in status.
But then again, if it weren't for Su Xiaoxiao's matter, Han Fei's strength might not have been able to win the first place in the competition, and he would have been at ease with this reward.
Under the gaze of countless people full of envy and jealousy, Han Fei knelt down on one knee in front of Su Mu and accepted the title and fief map, and from then on he could be regarded as a small lord.
Finally, King Su Mu announced a grand bonfire dance in the evening, which reinvigorated the young warriors who had not been rewarded for their poor performance, because according to the custom, all the maidens of the Su clan would participate in the ball, and many would choose their own wishful lord at the ball, and if they were lucky enough to be favored by a princess, it was not a legend to ascend to the sky in one step.
After the award ceremony, the first to congratulate Han Fei was Han Tianli, this sea warrior who had always been unsmiling rarely showed a cordial smile, he patted Han Fei on the shoulder and said, "Good job, worthy of our Han family's children! This time you have won a great honor for the family, and the elders will be very happy to know it!"
"Thank you, Mentor, for the compliment, it's all up to you to give me this opportunity!" Han Fei smiled, it was right to maintain proper humility in front of this family elder.
"Okay, you prepare well, if you can win the heart of a certain daughter of the Su family at night, it will be perfect to marry a princess back!"
Back in the tent where he was staying, the first thing Han Fei did was to open the map and paperwork of the territory sealed with fire wax, and he was a little eager to see where the territory he had accidentally obtained would be.
After reading the map and the corresponding document description, Han Fei couldn't help but be stunned, because this territory was actually on the outskirts of Xishui City, and it was also next to his own manor, including a small town and two villages!
Maybe for others, the territory is sealed in such a remote place as Xishui City, but for Han Fei, the meaning is different, his own family is in Xishui City, with such a territory, the Han family can be regarded as the real nobles in the local area, and the baron city lord of Xishui City is also qualified to be on an equal footing, and it is very likely to become a local noble family after three generations of management.
All kinds of thoughts came to Han Fei's mind, at this moment his heart was completely thinking about his own family, with the path he was pursuing now, a small lord in a place was obviously not what he wanted, the best thing was to let Han Li's younger brother take over the inheritance, with Han Li's talent, he was fully capable of managing this territory well.
After thinking about it for a long time, Han Fei suddenly came to his senses, and he suddenly found that what he was thinking just now was not completely from his own heart, to be precise, it came more from Han Fei's thoughts before, the result of soul fusion, some things were obviously engraved in the new soul and could not be separated for a long time.
Han Fei exhaled a long breath and put the title certificate and the territory map into the Treasure Ring, and at the same time, he also cleared the complicated thoughts out of his mind, and his mood regained his peace, and he had already made a decision in his heart—of course, it was definitely the best choice.
......... The last night at the Wang's Ranch was also the most lively, with hundreds of servants working during the day to ensure a spectacular, lavish open-air ball.
The large meadows were covered with a smooth cashmere carpet, and the long rows of tables were filled with silver plates and flowers, all of which were filled with exquisite food, and beside the flowers, a band of a dozen or so played cheerful and elegant dance music.
The atmosphere of the party was so relaxed and enthusiastic, people could enjoy the craftsmanship of the Wang family's chefs and the cellar wine, and the young warriors mustered up the courage to attack the beautiful and touching daughters of the Su family, inviting them to the makeshift dance floor to dance to the music.
This is the real point of the Autumn Hunting Tournament, and many family marriages are born out of such exchanges.
It's just that most of their invitations were refused, and the Su family's daughter's reserve and vision are not ordinarily high, they get together in twos and threes, and their bold and critical eyes and a few chuckles are enough to make the inexperienced teenager blush-faced and defeated.
Han Fei didn't join in this courtship feast, he just held a crystal wine glass, standing in the corner with great interest and watching the clumsy performances and embarrassing failures of those teenagers of the same age, with a bit of a bad taste that could not be suppressed.
"Don't you want to invite some beautiful young lady to dance like this?" a familiar voice suddenly came from behind Han Fei.
Hearing this, Han Fei couldn't help but laugh.
(To be continued)