A grand banquet was once again held in Dortmund Castle, and he could not remember the first banquet he had held, and he finally understood why the nobles liked to hold banquets so much, except for a few people who really liked it, and the rest was probably forced to do so......

"My subjects, welcome to my castle." Karl raised his glass, this time he was going to entertain the chiefs, village elders, and patriarchs of his domain, and he wanted their allegiance so that his rule in Dortmund would be unshakable.

"This is our honor, the Earl."

"May the Lord bless you with your incomparable count."

Fortunately, all the people who came here understood the language of the Diermans, and Karl would not listen to it reluctantly, and the banquet had the appearance of a banquet.

"I'm sorry, I'm late."

A crisp but seemingly seductive voice came from the door, making Carl frown every day, and his face was faintly dissatisfied.

It's just that when he saw the visitor, he was stunned, it was a beautiful shadow, the graceful figure was irresistible against the backdrop of the red dress, and the long and silky hair fell naturally after a simple combing.

"I'm Teresa, the leader of the town of Sigato, I'm sorry I'm late......" Theresa smiled, a smile that gave a sense of disgust and reproach.

"Take a seat, we will always be more tolerant of beauties." Carl also chuckled and gestured very gentlemanly.

"It's an honor." Teresa stepped aside gracefully, her presence eclipsing the crowd around her.

The bards on the second floor of the hall plucked the strings and began their chanting, and the flute players played their flutes, and the two voices alternated with each other to form an incomparably beautiful sound.

"It's really fine music."

"The Earl's taste is not inferior to his bravery."

The members of the banquet did not hesitate to praise them, and praised almost everything that could be praised, especially the merchants in the towns, and the new ruler would make a lot of money for them if he was kind to them, and that was why they were so positive.

Carl also knows what this is all about, but I have to say that it is indeed a very pleasant thing to hear other people's flattery, perhaps the ancient emperors were lost in the flattery and finally couldn't tell whether it was right or wrong.

When the music reached its climax, the maids took out a plate of food at the right time and put it on each long table, and the delegates and small nobles began to taste all kinds of delicacies, this is an era of food shortage, many representatives and village elders are not nobles after all, and it is already a good life for them to be full, and where is the good treatment, so they all eat very seriously.

After the feast, a allegiance ceremony was indispensable, and everyone carried out their allegiance under Karl's arrangement, swearing an oath, and no one was in conflict or rebellion.

In fact, the rebels had already gone to accompany their gods, and the people who could come here were Christians and those who were willing to pay allegiance and pay taxes and military service, which would be the basis of Karl's rule.

Teresa walks inside the castle, where cold stone walls and arrow towers guard the historic castle.

The banquet was over, and Karl did not force them to leave, allowing them to wander around the castle for a while, as long as they did not go to some particularly forbidden places.

But this is enough for Teresa, she has a strong ability to analyze and judge, it is not difficult to know the autumn, but the more she walks in Dortmund Castle, the more frightened she becomes, those guards wearing iron helmets, with maces like sculptures and the cavalry that occasionally patrol by show the strong military power of the Count of Dortmund, this is not a Sigatu town is qualified to touch porcelain, Sigatu town is desperate to pull out hundreds of soldiers is already the sky.

Dortmund Castle has been repaired by many generations of lords, and the defenses are basically very perfect, and Karl has made full use of these measures, which has made anyone who has been here stop wanting to take his territory.

"Heh, that's interesting." The corners of Teresa's mouth rose slightly, a nobleman who was just a small knight not long ago actually had such military strength in a short period of time, I heard that because Carl had won the favor of the Knights of St. John by converting the chief of Fort Norma to Christianity, he had already been wholeheartedly attached to him, and the complete participation of the Knights of St. John made the knights under Carl's command suddenly more and more than he was, and he was already worthy of his status as an earl.

This is indeed a great achievement, and presumably other bishops will express their generosity when they know about it, even the bishops with small bellies will be generous under the gaze of others.

"Chief, I think we can grow the villain's guild here!" Victor's voice came from the side, he did not follow Teresa to the banquet, but stayed in the town of Dortmund Castle, he was ordered by Teresa to investigate the place and have some information.

"Chief Dortmund is a violent man, he only cares about finances and taxes, under his rule there are many villains in the town of Dortmund Castle, even if it is now under the rule of the Count of Dortmund, but it is impossible to change this situation for a while, those are all we can absorb, our villain's guild has a very good soil here!" Victor looked excited, and nothing made him happier than seeing that the villain's guild would have room to grow further.

Besides, if the Guild of Villains can develop here, it will be much better than in the town of Sigatu, and he is confident that in the shortest possible time, the Guild of Villains will become like in Winterburg, and secretly rule the entire castle!

"You're doing a great job Victor, but we can't do that right now, in fact, I'm not asking you to investigate this place so that you can develop the Villain's Guild here right now, I just want to know what's going on here." Teresa shook her head.

"Why? Lord Chief, now is our best chance for development, and the living environment of those villains may be much smaller in the future, and it will be much more difficult for us to meddle in the affairs of Dortmund Castle at that time! Victor was puzzled, and he almost wondered if Teresa was unconscious.

"Karl guy just took this castle, and it's when he focuses on this territory, any slightest disturbance will attract his attention, and if we do, it will be a surprise!" Teresa would rather have a harder time in the future than take the risk.

"Well, I'll listen to you." Victor shrugged his shoulders, he was just an executor, unconditional obedience was fine, since Teresa said no, then don't use it, and let him save some effort.

"This beautiful young lady, seeing you sightseeing here, are you satisfied with my castle?" Carl, who was also in Xunyou's own territory, happened to meet Teresa, after all, the long dress was still very eye-catching.

"Ha, Lord Earl's castle fascinates me, this is a wonderful land, worthy of your noble blood, and I would like to live here if I can." Teresa smiled and gave Carl a response, not the slightest hint that she was still thinking about what would be bad for Carl.

"Ha, I'm relieved to have your words, who is this?" Carl nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Victor.

"He's my squire." Theresa didn't explain much.

"Oh." Carl nodded, this kind of little figure was not enough to get his attention.

"May I have a drink, so beautiful lady?" Carl invited.

Theresa's eyes flashed with a little disgust, these nobles are essentially the same greedy and lustful, and I thought that Carl Díaz would be a different nobleman, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

But it's good that you can have more time when you kill him.

"Of course, my honorable Earl, it would be an honor to have your invitation, but I think this outfit is a bit sloppy, and I want to go back to the inn to change into a dress, what do you think?" Teresa asked, tilting her head.

"Haha, of course, all this is your freedom, you can go and change your clothes at any time, then I will wait for you in the castle, you just need to come in when the time comes, no one will stop you." Carl smiled and nodded, and then walked away, apparently in a good mood.

Teresa spat at her feet, looking disgusted.

"Chief, this filthy nobleman clearly has bad intentions!" Victor said eagerly, and the blind man knew what Carl meant by that.

"Hehe, don't worry Victor, since Lord Earl invited me, then I will definitely go, this is a great honor." Teresa smiled gently, and people who didn't know saw this look and thought it was a lady somewhere.

"But?" Victor frowned, in his impression Teresa was not such a good talker, could it be that he coveted the power and money of the earl? Victor shook his head, although he was not some of the old subordinates who had followed Teresa to lay the foundation in the first place, but he knew that Teresa was not interested in these things at all.

"Our kind Lord Count has allowed me to go back and change my clothes, let's go quickly, Victor, I have to dress up carefully, lest the last person this count see in the world will not be beautiful." Teresa took a stride in the direction of the inn.

Victor's frowning brow stretched out, this is the Teresa he knows!

The count was going to be unlucky, and it was estimated that he would be the shortest-lived count in the history of the Dillmans, so short-lived that he had not even had time for the actual knighthood ceremony.