The Count's family became the talk of the town overnight

There may be something wrong with this, because since the time when the count first took office, it has been the focus, but the Valankovs have never felt like this the count sees himself as a master, the Valans have not felt this way for a long time, a true lord, a lord who is ready to rule them for a long time, a lord who is ready to complete his mission

The Count took over his own family and set aside a special area for the construction of the official residence, although some people think that this is more extravagant and wasteful, but after all, this brought the breath to Valankov At the beginning, the Earl's official residence was not enough for all the family members to live in, so the Count arranged for his children to live among the main families in the city

The Colewyns' trading houses, the Lucasinosino's arsenal and training grounds, the Mer family's training camps, all of these places had more or less vacant positions: clerks, adjutants, bachelors, guild assistants, in the past, these specially educated people were seldom willing to come into this poor country, but now, it seems, the Count had prepared everything for them, and these well-educated and well-mannered young men changed the opinion of the Valans at once, although it was pointed out that this was the first step in the Earl's preparation to meddle in the affairs of the town, But most of the three families felt that there was no harm in maintaining such cooperation with the Count, and that these young men would one day take charge of the Romanovs, and that the cost of establishing alliances in advance was smaller, and the gains were often unexpected

The young men of the Romanov family were specially educated in various places: they learned Kumon processing in Svadia, factory construction in Rhodok, alchemy in Salander, mining in Vecchia, these things were very useful, and these professionals were different from the experts of the past, those professionals were provided by some unknown town or guild, and no one knew what the purpose of those people was, but this time, the people provided by the Count were innocent and absolutely loyal and reliable

After these people came for more than a week, almost every one of them made friends in the three major families

As if by magic, Richard helped the Corwyns sort out the accounts that had accumulated over the years, a Vecchia miner brought back by Gregory began to sort through the records and archives of the past iron mines, preparing to go on a field trip at the beginning of the spring, and a few young men entered the Lucasino family's barracks

The town of Valankov was a small and unchanging city for a long time, and the influx of faces changed the atmosphere under the winter snow, and everything was like a dream, although the count himself did not appear, but some of the young men of the family held Western-style banquets in the center of the town, which had special bands, plenty of delicious food and wine, and beautiful young maids to serve them. There are also specially arranged games for young people to get to know each other, and these fresh gadgets quickly conquered the young people of Valan

The young lads of Valan used to love axes, but now they like razors so that they can clean themselves up;

The old Miss Valan prayed for a strong body: fat buttocks and a towering chamber, which enabled them to find a good mother-in-law, but the Romanovs presented them with a great deal of fine garments, beautiful garments of silk and linen that lit up the girls' eyes, and the slender curves that made the sturdy girls ashamed of themselves, and for the first time they hated their bodies

Mr. Goth also got an assistant, Richard's foreign servant's father was a member of the Rhodoc Water Guild, and the young man, though only an apprentice, was able to understand Mr. Goth's idea, and he brought him the news that out of vanadium earth and special clear oil, he could make a water purification potion, which could purify his own dirty water a thousand times its size

"Make water full of sand and dead worms cleaner than holy water," said the young Rhodok, "and it will only take half an hour, Mr. Goth"

Goth asked if he could get the formula, and the young man said that he could write to the Rhodoc Water Guild to buy a formula, the price was very fair, three hundred dinars was enough, which was much cheaper than the budget of four thousand dinars for the water purification pump that Goth first proposed, and it was generally used very little, as long as you did not expose your needs when purchasing, you can buy it at a very low price

The whole world was busy, and the Romanovs began to work hard to improve the city, and the three families were still silent, they did not come to show their allegiance to the Count, nor did they refuse the Count's attempt, they were still waiting, at least until now, the two forces had not yet reached the point of conflict, and everyone was happy to see what would happen next

I was idle

I haven't seen the Earl since the young masters came, the Count no longer has a banquet for me to preside over, and there is nothing to push me out, what I used to do made the Count feel at ease, took away the guests who lost his status, and helped him perfunctory allies at critical moments, but now, my role is declining, and once a serious heir comes to my side, my role is minimal, and the ones who really take the table are those who know how to be table manners, and are good at flattery and negotiation

The woman of the Meyer family was very repulsive to the Romanovs, because I obviously did not make a good impression on her, but Richard and Grigory sent her two boxes of Rhodok**, a Salander carved mirror and a Paraven cold silk dress, this woman wore a leather coat on the upper body, a shiny otter hat, and a thin cold silk dress on the lower body, shivering all the way, and swaggering in the downtown area, which made the noblewomen she didn't like jealous, and since then, the woman has become a staunch supporter of the Romanovs

She said to everyone: "Last time the Earl was not at home, that bastard boy came out to stir up the situation, do you know? That's not a real young master, his mother is a girl on the river, she is an illegitimate child."

"Huh?" The listener will feign a curious expression in order to hear the following, "Won't you? ”

"Really," the woman of the Mel family nodded, "On the river, three dinars once, and regular guests can come twice" The daughter of the Mel family giggled, "Many years ago, that Alexei left the seed, hey, who knows if it was Alexei's, anyway, when Alexei went this time, he was falsely accused by that woman, if it were me, I would have left, but Alexei looked like a kind of person who was easy to deceive, so he brought this fierce little breed back, and you also saw how rude he was at the banquet."

"I see"

"And that Tom, I heard that he used to be a pimp, you can tell me, it must have been Tom who pulled Alexei over many years ago"

"Really," the listener's eyes widened, "is that really the case with you, and the Lucasino family suffered a loss last time, you know?" I heard it all funny, the old man of the Lucasino family thought that this kid was so big, but he was bluffed, and he also paid a Burke female captive, but now they know, that Victor is an illegitimate child, and he doesn't count as a fart at home, and he must regret that he died, and they originally expected to stammer with the young master of the lord's family, haha"

"Yes," said the woman of the Mel family, smiling, "it is funny to see the Lucasino family crying and mourning."

This conversation was circulated in the tavern, in the warehouse, in the wheat mill, in the cloth guild, and later, Tom became my biological father, and Goth was my uncle, and Jack was my half-brother, and I could be everything, except for the Romanov, who was not the real Romanov, and these rumors convinced others that I was a nominal showman, a parasite of a big family, and a bastard who would never leave

Tom had made a lot of friends these days, and Goth was often on board with the craftsmen, and both of them were asked about their relationship with me, and it didn't matter if my reputation was soured by a striking degree, Tom felt at the outset that I was going to suffer a great loss by deliberately changing my identity

Goth asked me to go out less in the future and cause less controversy: "When I was in Romanovburg, you were just a stable boy, and there was no quarrel with the world, and it was really good for you at that time, you can learn what you want to learn, no one cares about you, and now you shouldn't be involved in everything, you have caused too much controversy Since you were treated as an illegitimate child, I feel that something is wrong, I will find time to drink the earl's consultation, and it will not benefit you at all if this continues"

I had to practice archery every day, riding iron feet to practice crossing fences

Jack did a better job than I did, he could climb over a five-foot-high wooden fence, but I couldn't even cross three feet, and every time I drove my horse to jump, Iron Feet would stand on his hind feet in fright, and he would tilt his head to the side, and on several occasions I would be thrown backwards, dragged on the stirrups, and dragged out for a few meters

In the month following the first snowfall, there were two snowfalls in a row

Winter in the east is beginning to show its wreaking power

When I got up one morning, now Vladimir was scolding a groom, because a horse was frozen to death, the old horse was left by the previous lord, it was already old and decrepit, and when I was in the riverland, I was frightened, as soon as there was a sound and a flash, the horse trembled, and could not move, there was no difference between early death and late death, and I knew that it was for this reason that this groom chose to reduce the forage day by day, so that the horse became weak so that he could die early, so that the breeder could end the suffering as soon as possible and reduce the loss

I even think it's a bit cruel to do this, but there's nothing wrong with that, in the winter, forage is precious

I listened for a while, and it seemed that Vladimir was intent on driving out the groom, so I was looking for his fault, and sure enough, after a while, the stuffy Valangiv bent his neck, threw his hat on the ground, and said that it was exactly what Vladimir wanted to do, and that he still had a whole team in Ivangorod, and that Vladimir, who was going to take over the Count's Mansion, would have to change all his positions to his own people by next spring, and then let his family live smoothly

The Wikiians can't just dismiss a mercenary unless the servant leaves on his own, or if the servant is an indentured slave and hastily dismisses the mercenary, these people have the right to go to the town center to ring the bell with the tribune, although I don't think the power of the tribune in Varankov is at all comparable to that of Ivangelod

The dead horse was useless, and was dragged out of the stable by the neck and hooves as if it were a pocket

The horse's eyes were still open, and I remember when I fed the iron-footed oats, and the hungry old horse leaned his nose and tried to take a bite, but the iron-footed bit bit it and drove it away, and its fur fell off in pieces, mottled like frayed linen, and I remember the horse sitting in the corner, panting, hungry, and watching the people come and go with fear

Now it is dead, pulled away by three men and two cows

When Iron Foot saw me coming, he sneezed and took a handful of oats out of his bosom and put it to Iron Foot's nose, and Iron Foot reached out and sniffed it, but did not eat it

Iron Feet kept an eye on the old horse as it was dragged out of the corner and disappeared into the yard

A large tear welled up from Iron Foot's eye socket and dripped on my hand

"It's useless," I touched Iron Foot's neck and suddenly felt a little cold, "He's useless, Iron Foot".

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