"Aldington is here?" Before anyone could enter the door, Autumn's voice had already been heard.

Aldington, who was chatting with Mrs. Fran on the couch, stood up and answered, "Uncle." ”

Oldm stepped forward, hugged Aldington, and gave him a strong hug: "I saw your swallowtail flag in the yard, good Aldington, I'm proud of you, and your father will be proud too!" At the age of sixteen, he cultivated his fighting spirit, and he has the hope of impacting the Phantom Beast Knight in the future. ”

The apprentice knight is the entry point for the cultivation of Dou Qi, and with the qualitative change of Dou Qi again and again, he will be promoted to Knight, Elite Knight, Phantom Beast Knight, and finally Dragon Knight.

Legend has it that dragon knights can even be promoted, touch the realm of the gods, and become demigods with incredible powers.

Of course, the shackles of talent are heavy.

Ten people cultivate, maybe only one cultivates the fighting spirit, and then a hundred trainee knights can probably have one promoted knight. In the future, elite knights, phantom beast knights, and dragon knights will be more and more difficult to promote. In the Plantagenet Kingdom, for example, the number of dragon knights does not exceed three all year round.

The dragon knight who can leave a bloodline heir is born in about 500 years, and the demigod has not yet appeared in the 5,000-year history of the founding of the country.

Aldington cultivated his fighting spirit at the age of sixteen, and his talent was okay, if he spent a lot of resources to cultivate, he theoretically had the possibility of impacting the Phantom Beast Knight. In the Iris family, he is the legal heir, and Baron Aureno will definitely do his best to train him to impact the Phantom Beast Knight.

"You haven't eaten dinner yet, Mr. Morris, and let Mrs. Morris prepare dinner for Aldington and his servants." ”

Mrs. Fran said, "It's already been arranged, you talk to Aldington, and I'll go to the kitchen and have a look." ”

"Of course, of course, take out the golden rum from the cellar for me, and I'm going to have a good drink with Aldington." Oldem sent his wife away and asked enthusiastically, "How are you doing in the Grey Iron Castle, is this swallow-tailed flag prepared for you by Viscount Dolick?" ”

"It was Durontan Bomber who prepared it for me."

"Wow, that's good, Lord Bomber still values the Iris family. Also, Iris is a blood nobleman, and he needs Orenor's vote in the Baronial Council, as well as Iris's influence. ”

The Plantagenet Kingdom implements a feudal knightly system, that is, the set of "my vassals are not my vassals", but at the same time there is a noble parliamentary system. It is divided into a council of counts and a council of barons, and the council of counts is the kingdom that brings together all the imperial counts, marquises, and dukes to discuss important matters.

Under normal circumstances, several dukes and marquises with relatively high independence do not participate in the Earl's Council.

The Baronial Council, on the other hand, expanded the scale of the meeting to the imperial barons to decide on major national affairs. There are only eighty-two imperial barons officially canonized by the Plantagenet Kingdom, counting all the big nobles, the Barons Council is only more than a hundred people, and the vote in the hands of each nobleman is very important.

"The situation in the Danube province is both an opportunity and a danger for the nobles in it." Aldington had a personal opinion.

The original owner is an ignorant boy who learns etiquette every day in addition to cultivating fighting spirit, and is not sensitive enough to politics.

But now Aldington, bombarded by the Earth's information explosion, still understands a lot of political struggles, even if it was just the soul of an office worker. Combined with the memories of the original owner, it is not remarkable to distinguish the complex situation in the Danube Province.

But for Ottem, it was like discovering a new continent: "Wow, Aldington, tell me what you think, what are the opportunities and dangers of the Danube Province?" ”

Compared with the apprehension of meeting his "father" Orenor, Aldington was still very relaxed about the communication with his uncle Oldem: "Plantagenet and Macedonia have been fighting for thousands of years in the golden Danube plain, many families have risen, many families have declined, and in the face of this torrent, the Rock family cannot be detached. ”

"Go on, say more."

"In the previous decades, Durontanbamper had made great achievements in wars, and the Rock family had grown stronger, and the limestone mountains were used as a barrier to cut off the kingdom's connection with the Danube provinces...... The Kingdom of Macedonia has changed its strategy, as evidenced by Viscount Duric's marriage to the daughter of Nubis Bianbo three years ago. ”

Nubis Bianbo, whose full name is Nubis Red-capped Falcon, is a border count of the Macedonian kingdom, and his title is simply called Bianbo. The Earls of the Frontier, like the Earls of the Feudal States, belonged to the rank of Marquis and had their own earldom.

Although cross-border marriages are not uncommon, Plantagenet and Macedonian nobles rarely marry, and this marriage between the two marquises' families will undoubtedly cause a lot of speculation. And no matter how much King Plantagenet values Durontanbumber, he will inevitably feel that there is a thorn stuck in his throat.

"Why don't you think that this is my Plantagenet transformation strategy, ready to complete the invasion of the Blue Danube Plain in another way?"

"So I said, it's an opportunity and a danger, but no matter what, the Rock family bears the brunt, the protagonist on the stage, the gladiator in the political game. No matter how he performs or fights, he can't ignore the external forces around him, and our Iris family is an external force. ”

Aldington took a sip of coffee and smiled slightly: "But this external force, whether it is a help or a resistance, has to be decided by my father." ”

Ottem gave a thumbs up: "I don't care if what you say is right or wrong, I'm just a farmer's trade official in little Versailles, and I can't participate in the game between nobles." But I seem to see from you the demeanor of Oreno's youth, my brother, who can definitely bring the Iris family to more glorious heights. ”

Oldem Iris is the younger brother of Oreno Lun Iris and Aldington's own uncle. As the second son without the right of inheritance, Oldem did not receive a title of nobility, but belonged to a "Junker" - Junker was a noble child without a title of nobility.

Such Junkers usually have three paths, the first is to cultivate fighting spirit, become a knight, be knighted with military merits, and regain nobility.

But the difficulty is quite enormous.

The second path is to practice magic, believe in the three gods, and take the route of magicians and priests, although they cannot be knighted, they also belong to the composition of high society.

It's a pity that Ottem can't cultivate his fighting spirit, he can't learn magic well, and he doesn't have the patience to believe in the three gods.

You can only take the third path, that is, to serve as an official, and if you do a good job, you can get an honorary title. Although honorary titles are not hereditary, and there are no fiefs, they are ultimately noble. If you are lucky enough to gain the appreciation of the great nobles or the king, and share a little of your military exploits, you will become a real nobleman.

Of course, most of the Juncker officials are still middle and low-level officials, and the real high-level officials, important ministers of the kingdom, have been monopolized by the nobles with titles.

After all, in this world, strength is the foundation that determines everything.

The heir of the nobility, who received the best education and resources since childhood, coupled with the blessing of family genes and bloodline, will definitely be stronger than the second son who neglects to cultivate. As for those civilians, unless they rely on mutation, there is basically no possibility of getting ahead.

The uncle and nephew had a good conversation, and the dinner was very rich.

Aldington had already fallen in love with this new world, and the golden rum in his glass made him slightly drunk, and the fighting spirit in his body was running, as if a great force was sealed in his body.

It's a beautiful feeling.