This time, the convoy from Castel consisted of about 300 people, escorting a full forty wagons.

Of these, one hundred were knights in armor from the Castel family, three were mages, and the remaining two hundred were retinues and coachmen.

The leader of the convoy was Baron de Chalon, whose full name was Châlons de Lien-Castel, a veteran knight of the first order of the stars.

Charlotte was a little surprised after knowing the other party's full name, but she didn't expect to see half of her family's surname in the other party's surname.

However, after Quasimodo's introduction, Charlotte learned that the original Ryan-Castel family was a branch of the Castel family.

Just as the Castels were a branch of the Boulder family, there were also many branches of the Castels in the Countdom of Castel, but some of them kept Castel's name in their surnames after the separation, while others changed their names entirely.

A similar family branch is quite common in the Miriaya world.

This is determined by the inheritance law of the Miria aristocratic system, and the origin is also the Yunette Empire, which laid the foundation of the current basic political structure of Miria, and the Yunette Empire advocates divided inheritance, except for the eldest son who receives the main title, each son of the nobility will receive a second-class noble title and domain.

It is also for this reason that in the past thousand years, various aristocratic families have branched out, and in addition to the main family, the side branches have also branched out, forming more and more large aristocratic surnames.

In other words, the ancestor of Baron Chalons was also a direct member of the Castel family.

However, success also divides inheritance, and defeat also divides inheritance.

While the division of inheritance maintained a certain degree of fairness and allowed the noble families to grow, the division of inheritance also brought wars, especially the struggle of the heirs over the right to inheritance.

In addition, the continuous partition and succession also weakened the centralized power, and many feudal kingdoms, including the Yunette Empire, weakened the royal power with the continuous partition, and eventually the central government lost control over the local areas, and even led to the demise of the state.

Of course, this is already the old yellow calendar.

People have a long memory, and so do nobles.

Today, a thousand years later, the vast majority of aristocratic families have long since abandoned the division of inheritance, and instead chose the more "advanced" primogeniture.

Heirs other than the eldest son may receive fiefs, not for inheritance reasons, but for the gift of the liege.

As for the Castel family......

In addition to the branch family that branched out more than a hundred years ago, the main branch of Castel has been passed down for five generations for more than 100 years, and it has been repeatedly tested on the edge of extinction.

When I got to Charlotte, I was seriously about the same as the heir.

For this reason, although there was a branch of the Castel family in the county of Castel, they were not even as closely related as the other families in the kingdom and principality they married, and the same was true of their claims and inheritances.

Even if they have a blood relationship, even if they are still a member of the Castel clan, the nobles of these territories are already almost the same as those nobles who are divided.

In addition to Baron Chalon, among the 100 armored knights escorting the convoy, there were five ranked, including a hereditary nobleman and four extraordinary knights who had entered the rank through the seed of source power.

Although the rest of the knights are not ranked, they are all transcendental.

As for the three mages, there is also one star, and the remaining two are apprentices.

Obviously, the ratio of mages among the transcendents is much lower than that of the transcendent knights.

But that's normal, too.

The conditions for becoming a mage are already harsher than those of the Extraordinary Knight, not to mention that the Extraordinary Knight can also be mass-produced through the seed of source power.

Although the strength of the mass production level is a little worse, it is also an entry level.

Seeing the strength of the escort knights, Charlotte almost had a more intuitive idea of the strength of her family.

You must know that in the Demon Hunting House in Bord City, there are no more than forty advanced Demon Hunter Knights in total, but here, the Castel family has a team of transporting supplies, and there are seven advanced people!

However, the knights escorting the convoy were not the strongest force of the team.

The strongest force was a middle-aged man standing next to Baron Chalon.

Unlike the armored knight, the equipment on his body looks much more vicissitudes, and the whole person also has a kind of recklessness.

And in him, Charlotte felt a clear sense of threat, although not as strong as Sebas, but already quite strong.

Silver Moon!

This is a Silver Moon Second Order Transcendent!

Realizing the strength of the other party, it is difficult for Charlotte not to cast a curious gaze.

There is no doubt that compared to the majestic armored knight, this Silver Moon Second Order is the real escort.

I'm afraid he alone can easily defeat these knights!

Noticing her gaze, Sha Long hurriedly and respectfully introduced:

"Miss Charlotte, this is Lord Carlisle."

After speaking, he introduced Charlotte to the transcendent of the second order of the silver moon:

"Lord Carlisle, this is the little master of our Castelles, Miss Charlotte."

Carlisle...... Excellency?

Her heart fluttered.

As a baron of the first order of the stars, Sha Long did not call the other party an adult, indicating that the other party was not a nobleman.

Yinyue is the second order, but he is not a nobleman, coupled with the vicissitudes of life and rough dress, the answer is already about to come out.

Counterpart...... I'm afraid of being a freelance mercenary!

And as if to verify Charlotte's guess, the middle-aged man just couldn't help but look at her a few more times before looking away, his gaze stopped on Sebas at most, and then said to Baron Chalon:

"Your Excellency Chalon, Boulder has arrived, and I should go too."

"Lord Carlisle, don't you stay and rest? Let's do our best to be landlords. ”

Baron Chalons said in a deep voice.

However, the transcendent named Carlisle only shook his head:

"Thank you for the invitation, but I have other things."

After some excuses, the Silver Moon Second Order Transcendent left.

Before leaving, Baron Sharon ordered a knight to hand him a beautiful bag, and Charlotte glanced at it and found that it contained a lot of silver and shiny metal, like the legendary Mithril.

It dawned on her that the mercenary was not Castel's retainer, but had been hired to help escort supplies.

However, being able to hire a Silver Moon Second-Order escort for a month was enough to show Castel's financial resources and the value of the items he transported.

According to the price of Nice for hiring transcendents in the black market, I am afraid that I will not be able to hire tens of thousands of Quintanas!

And this ...... It also made Charlotte more curious about the supplies the convoy carried.

After all, the cost of this transportation alone will probably cost tens of thousands of quintana!

As the children chased after each other, the Castel family's motorvoy drove into Boulder City, while the knights on the periphery scattered silver tanas on both sides to open the way, to the applause.

Sitting in the carriage, Charlotte couldn't wait to order the knights of the escort to bring the list of supplies to Xiankangkang.

Following her orders, Baron Chalon, although hesitant, finally complied with the order.

After seeing the list, Charlotte finally knew why she wanted forty carriages.

It turned out that the convoy they escorted was not only to finance the estate, but also to provide goods for the family's shops throughout the Duchy of Boulder.

Forty wagons, the vast majority of which were cargo!

They were not only convoys for carrying supplies, but also a caravan.

As for the supplies they delivered...... There are high-quality textiles from the Kingdom of the Falling Stars, elven trinkets and magic items from Luna Island, and minerals and gems from the Castells.

And when Charlotte saw the column of funds transported to the manor, her eyes lit up.

500,000!

The convoy was transported to the estate to finance the family's activities, and it turned out to be half a million quintana!

Oh my God, that's a month's worth of money!

That's six million quintanas a year!

Is Ye's family so rich?!

Charlotte felt her little heart tremble, and she felt that she was underestimating her family's wealth.

And at this time, the old servant Quasimodo couldn't help but knock on the car window:

"Master, the funds brought from the family domain...... How many are there? ”

"Five hundred thousand Quintana!"

Charlotte took a deep breath and said with a red glow.

However, after listening to her words, Quasimodo frowned slightly:

"Fifty...... Ten thousand? ”

Seeing his expression, Charlotte was a little strange:

"What, there's a problem?"

Quasimodo hesitated for a moment and whispered:

"It seems that there is something wrong ......"

"Master, I haven't been involved in these family affairs for too many years, and I don't know what the current territory is."

"But only half a million ...... It seems too little. ”

Charlotte: ......?