Aristocracy and Domain

The owner of the territory is generally a feudal nobleman with a title, such as duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron, etc. These titles are hereditary, and the titles and domains of each country are primogeniture, but non-primogeniture or other untitled people can often earn the title of knight by serving in the king's army, and can also receive a portion of the domain. Thus, the knightly class became the base of the basic ruling of feudal rule. Later, some untitled people were able to run businesses and donate money to the royal family to buy the title of horseman, and some new nobles were created in this way.

Territories are further divided into several types.

The hereditary domain of the great nobility is often called: the fief.

Most of the fiefs were an effective incentive for the founding emperors to divide their vassals, and the nobility had absolute rights within the fiefdoms.

In addition to the fiefs, there are also manors.

Manor generally refers to the territory of the nobility that is not designated by the king, most of which are acquired through legal or illegal purchases, where the rights of the nobility can no longer be equated with law.

Many aristocrats like to buy estates abroad for many reasons.

The History of the Development of the Mainland: Discussions of the Princes

Chapter 45 New Companions

With the help of the Snow Wolf Cavalry, the journey back was smooth sailing.

The wind had turned from south to north, almost as if the citizens of Snowfield City were sending off the plague god on behalf of the city.

After walking out of the ice and snow forest, it was already a month, and the black longing in front was the forward sentry post of the imperial border guards, and several imperial veterans escorted Lin Yushang forward to make a simple negotiation, and the gate of the sentry post was opened.

Amy and Daqingshan are both leaving the kingdom of the Hami people for the first time, and the moment they step into the border line of the Amy Empire, they can hardly believe that they have come to another country, and the two young people also make a bet: whether the land of the Amy Empire is the same as the land of the Hami Kingdom, whoever loses the bet will sleep with Lu'er at night.

In the end, Amy hugged the quilt and scratched her head and muttered curses and squeezed together with Lu'er, seeing that someone was sleeping with it again, Lu'er excitedly drilled her head into Amy's arms, and soon the snoring of the young dragon sounded in Amy's stomach.

That night, Lin Yushang and Sha Ruo went to the camp hospital to visit the seriously injured envoy in bed-the Imperial Foreign Minister Minister, his injuries have improved a lot, but the doctor thinks that he is still not good at walking, in addition, the cold winter of the Frozen Continent can fully kill all the germs that are easy to be infected, so it is recommended that the Foreign Minister Elder can be treated in the Ice and Snow Continent until the summer of next year. Lin Yushang and Sha Ruo both advised the vice minister of foreign affairs to relax, the task has been completed, and what the doctor said is still very reasonable. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs is Lin Yusheng's father's old subordinate, who has served as Earl Lin's chief of staff for the past 20 years, and was sent back to the border guard garrison in a coma. On the way back, I was escorted by the border guards, so nothing should happen, so I can rest assured that I am recuperating.

Early the next morning, 500 escorted snow wolf cavalry left the border post and returned to the Hami Kingdom, and the task of continuing the escort was undertaken by the Imperial Border Guard Cavalry Brigade, and several veterans who accompanied them to the Hami Empire also made a request with the Glacier Infantry Brigade to escort Amy and his party to the northern capital of the Northern Federation of the Amy Empire - the Ice Fortress. After the current captain of the glacier brigade learned that Amy was the only son of the previous captain, he also paid a special visit to Amy and agreed to their request.

In the past twenty days, Amy has also developed a strong friendship with these veterans, and he loves to hear their stories about his father, especially how he defeated 24 Imperial Colonel officers in three days with a guide to win the position of Glacier Captain. Of course, he encouraged these veterans to tell negative rumors about Captain Chi Hanfeng, and sorted them out one by one, which was said to be used to set up a monument for Mr. Chi Hanfeng.

In the end, it was confirmed that a total of four Imperial soldiers went to the Ice Fortress together, Mo Ye, who was originally the escort of Lake Haber and later the leader of the second detachment of the glacier brigade, Wu Lanfu, the current captain of the third squad of the second detachment of the glacier brigade, Balbas, the leader of the second squad of the third detachment of the glacier brigade, and the soldier Long of the engineer brigade of the glacier brigade.

200 cavalry escorts are also considered extraordinary, generally in the empire, even if it is an earl-level escort, it is only escorted by about 100 warriors at most, which can be regarded as the preferential treatment that the black knights bring to the envoys.

The cavalry team was just about to set off, when there was a sudden rush of footsteps in the distance, and someone shouted the names of Amy and Daqingshan on the side of the border post that had just opened.

A dwarf appeared panting and rushed from the outpost.

There are many kinds of dwarves, and no matter which type of dwarf, they are all natural strongmen and warriors who are intimidating to all opponents. There are two main types of human areas: mountain dwarves and forest dwarves.

The mountain dwarves are world-famous craftsmen, the world's well-known divine weapons are all from the hands of the mountain dwarves, they generally live in the mountains rich in all kinds of minerals, and cooperate with the dwarfs to develop mineral deposits, once a rare color sè metal or other rare minerals are found, it is conceivable that a magnificent magic weapon will come out again. The most handy weapon of the Mountain Dwarves is the Iron Sledgehammer, and a hammer force of Mountain Dwarves is a nightmare for any heavily armed samurai or heavy knight.

Forest dwarves also have a talent in weapon making, but compared with mountain dwarves, forest dwarves are taller than mountain dwarves, about 1.2~1.4 meters, the best weapon to use is the car ** axe, most of the axe blades are 50 cm long, and the more courageous forest dwarves can reach 1 meter long. Forest dwarves are almost natural warriors.

Dwarves can generally live 800~1200 years old, and it is not the upper limit of the life span of dwarves, this is the actual lifespan of most of them, no matter what serious trauma or seemingly incurable disease, it is difficult to really defeat a dwarf whose body is as strong as a mountain.

The dwarf in front of him, at a glance, can see that he is a forest dwarf, carrying a huge battle axe with a diameter of at least 80 centimeters on his back, and in the run, the blade of the axe reflects the brilliance of the axe, emitting a blue sè light - this kind of face can only be obtained by adding a unique rare mineral amethyst to the weapon, and the weapons with this crystal are priceless. Wearing a beast helmet on its head, it can be vaguely seen that it seems to be a large feline, if not a tiger, it should be some kind of large leopard. The dwarves have a very peculiar custom, all the male xìng dwarfs will perform the coming-of-age ceremony when they are 200 years old, they need to dúlì go to the forest to hunt a wild beast empty-handed and give it to the chief, who will make a helmet with a beast head himself. Being able to hunt big cats with bare hands suggests that the dwarf must have been very glorious when performing the rite of passage, and that few dwarves could kill a large cat in the first place.

His helmet pressed his short brown hair, his face was full of strong beard, his face looked like it was several laps larger, his eyes were slightly squinted, he wore a linen shirt made of twine and then twine from the broad leaves of a hemp tree peculiar to the tropical forest, trousers were obviously of the same material, and a wide belt around his waist was nailed with copper nails. He seemed to have been running for a long time, and the sweat evaporated into vapor and slowly floated up from his head.

Despite his modest stature, the dwarf was a very fast runner.

Amy jumped off the horse, and Daqingshan also jumped off the sleigh, and the two of them looked at each other, both of them seeing doubts in each other's eyes.

"Are you Big Brother Amy and Big Brother Da Qingshan?" the dwarf ran directly to Amy and Big Qingshan.

"Yes, are you?" asked Amy, hesitantly.

"Uncle Puppet is Locke. Although the dwarf was inarticulate, he still broke the way, and after speaking, he took out a letter from his pocket, on which the handwriting was written by old Locke.

It turned out that this dwarf was the nephew of Old Locke, the youngest son of the current head of the Silver Sè Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment: Horns. He had just finished the chéngrén salute and came out to find his father and uncle, but he didn't expect that his father and uncle didn't want to take him in the mercenary group, for fear of being spoiled, and just remembered the little mercenary group that had just left the day before, so he immediately helped him go through the mercenary entry procedures, and then kicked him out.

The dwarves were very straight, and as soon as Horns heard his uncle say that he was going to find a powerful young man to take him, and heard his uncle tell him the story of Yinfeng, he was very willing, and Old Locke gave him a magic portrait with the heads of Daqingshan and Amy, and told him the specific direction, and Horns chased him down the Longya Mountain Road.

"How old are you?" Amy knows a little bit about dwarves, and he doesn't look like his "younger brother" by looking at this guy.

"I just had a chéngrén ceremony this year, and I'm still young, only 200. ”

Coaxing--Not only did Amy and Da Qingshan laugh, but the two girls laughed back and forth, and the knights around outside also laughed loudly.

Amy shook her head while laughing: "It's so strange what I have encountered over the years, the 200-year-old is called the 18-year-old eldest brother, and the 300-year-old is as ignorant as a child." As soon as she finished speaking, Lu'er was not happy at that time, and jumped over and kept licking Amy's face with her big tongue, and everyone laughed even harder.

There was such a small episode, especially since the dwarf had just come out of the village, almost didn't understand anything, and always made some little jokes, which still made the long journey full of joy, and on the same day, the little mercenary group had a third member: the G-class mercenary Horns.

It takes 3 days to get from the border guard post to the Ice Fortress.

Three days later, the envoys arrived at the Ice Fortress.

The Ice Fortress is the northern capital of the Amy Empire, and it is also a relatively large resting point during the return journey of the envoys. Most of the homes of the Imperial border guards were here, and the homes of Mo Ye, Wu Lanf, and Balbas were also in the west of the city, and they asked Amy and Da Qingshan to go to see it together, and the two girls and the dwarf were also very interested, and a large group of people rushed to the west of the city.

Not far from the city gate is a large area of residential houses, which are completely different from the neat houses in the city, the specifications of this residential houses are very different, some are very beautiful, and some are very dilapidated thatched houses, Mo Ye, Wu Lanf, Balbas have good homes, and Balbas also has a very well-behaved little daughter, only three years old. After coming out of their house, Mo Ye discussed with Wu Lanfu and Balbas, and told Amy that they wanted to go to see the orphans of the robes who had passed away, and Amy could not go if she had nothing to do.

"Oh, are those deceased fighters my father's comrades-in-arms too?" Amy asked casually.

'Well, yes, and there were a few of them that had an accident the last time I went to complete the Beggar Tower. Mo Ye's face was very sad.

"Then I'd like to check it out, too. Amy said lightly.

The further back I went, the house became shorter and shorter, and the road became narrower and narrower, and I saw people walking by, and a few small heads poked out of some broken windows, and they were some yellow-faced and skinny children, and they looked at these soldiers curiously, and a little boy said loudly: "My dad used to be like this, he is so powerful." ”

The eyes of several veterans immediately turned red, and Lin Yusheng and Sha Ruo were affected, and their eyes were also moist.

Amy and Da Qingshan bit their lips tightly.

Several people stopped in front of a dilapidated hut, and Mo Ye softly shouted into the house: "Xiaodou, Xiaodou." ”

A boy who was a little over ten years old walked out and saw the veterans, and a smile appeared on his yellow face: "Uncle Mo, Uncle Wu Lanf, Uncle 8284, hello." ”

"Where's your mother?" Mo Ye squatted down and picked up the boy named Xiaodou.

"She's gone to work for other people. Xiaodou reached out and touched the long sword behind Mo Ye's back, revealing an envious expression.

"Winter is coming soon, and your mother didn't tell you when you were going to tidy up the house. Woollenf looked worriedly at the thatched hut that had been blown off its roof by the wind.

"My mother said: It's hard every year, it's hard every year, it's hard to endure every year, and it's good when I grow up. ”

Everyone's nose was sour.

"Uncle Mo, how much more is this situation?" Amy looked at the large dilapidated house in front of her.

"Hmm...... There are probably more than 200 such families outside the West Gate of the Northern Capital alone. Mo Ye replied in a deep voice.

"Uncle Mo, I made a bet with a rich nobleman in Snow Plains City, he lost to me a manor in the Ice Fortress, his house should not be bad, but I don't know if it is big enough to arrange for the widows and orphans of these warriors to live?" Amy whispered to Mo Ye.

"That's great. Mo Yexian was very happy: "For these orphans and widows, the saddest thing is winter, everyone can squeeze it." Heh--" Mo Ye and several other veterans all let out a long sigh: "Every year, people freeze to death. ”

"Little brother, what do you want to do when you grow up?" Amy patted the little boy on the face.

"I imagined my dad to be a brave warrior. "The boy's face was full of childishness.

"I have another idea, do you think it's possible?" said Amy, as she pondered. If these children continue like this, there will not be a good way out, Daqingshan and I still have about 30,000 gold coins in our hands, is it possible for a few uncles to help, I want to set up a small mercenary group in that manor, these children and their families are our members, I want to arrange for them to learn some things, those who are willing to continue to be warriors or magicians, hire good teachers for them, and those who are willing to engage in business, also make unified arrangements. When they are able to be self-reliant, they come and go. ”

"Not bad. Da Qingshan, who didn't speak easily, took over: "We can arrange the teaching courses arranged for us by the master to them, we will work hard outside, we can earn more money, and we won't let them go hungry." ”

"Stupid, according to Uncle Chi's teaching curriculum, they can sell chopping firewood for a living every day," a smile appeared at the corner of Amy's mouth, and she stood up and patted Da Qingshan's head: "If it is a manor, there will definitely be a large piece of land, don't worry about food." And we are an A-level mercenary group, they are considered reserve fighters of the A-class mercenary group, and they can take on simple tasks if they are a little older. Maybe you'll make more money than we do. ”

Lin Yusheng's eyes narrowed together with a smile: "Amy, you are too polite, if they earn more money than you, then wouldn't everyone else in the world live?"

Balbas, who had not spoken much, suddenly interjected: "Amy, if you do have this idea, I will leave the army, sort of join your mercenary group, and use the next few years to educate these children." ”

At that time, everyone at the scene did not expect that today's temporary idea, today's children who are struggling on the line of life and death, 5~10 years later, will become the core backbone of the world-famous small mercenary group.

The scroll of history has turned a new page here.

Mercenary World Volume 1 Volume After Volume

I would like to use this volume to commemorate some of the friends I have met since September 2000 in the Enchanted Forest of KOK.

Magic Emperor, Coffee, Ark, Dark Earl, Feng, Thousand Miles of Snow, Silver Fox, Xiaoliang...... I really miss the rìzi who ran around in a strange world with everyone when I first came into contact with this online game. I never thought that I could meet so many trustworthy friends through the Internet, and I could also experience chivalrous courage and ancient warmth in the Internet.

Of course, I also miss a Shanghai high school junior girl named Sha Ruo, my first and so far only "wife" on the Internet, I miss the feeling of just spending money to buy a house in KOK, leaving messages for each other in the house, although I still don't know her name, but that feeling is something that other girls I know on the Internet will never give me again anyway.

I also dedicate the whole book to a friend, and I started writing this book when I was with this friend, but in these rì people who got along, because I was too busy with work and writing books, I finally made some irreparable mistakes.

Whether it's 5 years or 10 years, I hope that one day this book will appear in front of this friend, and I hope that this friend can know my mood through some simple words and stories in the book.

For the sake of this friend, I will do my best to write it well and finish it.

......

When I close this volume, I would like to give him a name, and I will use the name of a city in the book as the name of this volume.

Ice and snow friendship

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