After the palace envoy left, Karillin Man called Ryan to the room and said, "Ray, there is one thing I must tell you, before you return, three noble ladies have already expressed their desire to marry me, and I want to hear your opinion.

After all, your father was already a father at your age. Your title hadn't been decided yet, so I didn't dare to agree to it, but now I can start thinking about it. ”

Ryan frowned, he said that marriage is a grave, he didn't want to talk about marriage so soon, but he didn't expect the legendary marriage urging to come so soon.

In this world, the marriage of nobles often cannot be done according to personal will and preference, and marriage is just an exchange of interests between two families.

His father and mother were also the result of marriage, and Lane's maternal grandfather was a wealthy businessman, who brought the most powerful financial support to the development of the Black family.

As for Ryan, as the only man in the family now, it is necessary to marry a wife and have children, and the object of marriage may be a noble lady or the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

In short, there is a high probability that it will not be Ryan's own choice.

Of course, he can also choose his beloved willfully, after all, he is the boss now, and he has the final say.

Ryan's brain teaser was quick, and he said in a hurry: "What my mother said is that this is what I should do for the continuation of the family.

But, as you know, my territory is in the south, and that's the center of gravity for future development, and I think we should settle down there before we think about it. ”

"What you said is also true, after you arrive in the south, I will definitely find you a beautiful and capable noble lady, so that you can match the current status of the family." Kariman smiled happily, and was quickly persuaded by Ryan.

"Of course you have to be capable, you can't do what I married and came back for." Ryan muttered to himself.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, no mother. I want to say that we are ready to leave for the royal capital in just a few days, would you like to witness this moment together? Ryan came back to his senses and immediately diverted from the subject.

"Of course." Kai Lin Man readily agreed, her family was just a low-status businessman, and now, her son was going to tear the ground and be knighted!

She naturally wanted to witness such a glorious moment, after all, she also had a little vanity.

Soon, under Ryan's instructions, the old butler Deman immediately began to prepare, in his opinion, his master will soon be a baron, this trip naturally must not be shabby, otherwise he will lose face.

So after consulting Ryan, he bought a few luxurious carriages overnight, and Lane didn't know how much it cost, but it must have cost him a lot to see that the housekeeper and his mother were satisfied.

I suddenly felt a little heartache, grandma drops, he still has to raise such a big wave of people, and he can't make it like this if he has money.

After everything was taken care of, Ryan, Allen, Delai, Amy, Susan, Karillinman, Deman, ten guards, and six servants set out in a majestic manner.

Ryan sat on the cushions of the carriage, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, the young maids were waiting for him. As the carriage passed, the voices of the people saluting and greeting were endless. I couldn't help but sigh: "Ah...... This evil aristocratic life is really fascinating. ”

But soon Ryan could not enjoy it, because in this world, except for a few roads to the border that the king presided over, the roads were all at the mercy of the nobles.

As soon as the carriage left the Black family's domain, the avenue (if it was indeed a road) was full of mud and potholes, with occasional protruding rocks and large weeds.

Although the carriage was luxurious, it did not have the function of shock absorption, and the potholes along the way tortured Ryan to death, and finally he simply gave up the carriage and rode a horse, and then he felt alive again.

"This road is really terrible, don't you understand the truth of building a road first if you want to get rich?" Ryan grumbled with a grumbling heart.

"Ray, not all the little nobles have the strong foundation of the Black family, and all the roads are built smoothly and solidly.

For those nobles who are not wealthy, building roads is actually a very loss-making thing, not to mention that it cannot produce any economic benefits, and it has to be maintained all year round, and these money are not as cost-effective as feeding a few war horses or recruiting a few guards. ”

When Delai heard Ryan's complaints, he couldn't help but explain to him that although he didn't have a fief, he had a lot of experience in what he had seen, heard, and said, in one word, he broke the mentality of the low-level nobles.

Ryan just complained casually at first, but he didn't expect so much, but then he understood after careful consideration.

There is a saying in this world that the place where the knight can reach in three days is the most powerful ruling range of the nobles, and the control beyond this will become weak.

As a result, vassals appeared, and those territories that the great nobles could not control would be assigned to their own retainers or vassals, who would manage them on their behalf.

Transportation was a major factor in restricting the scope of aristocratic rule, so the great nobles were keen to build roads, such as the royal family, which built four wide avenues to the border.

This can be used for rapid troop dispatch, post station communication, transportation of grain, grass and baggage, and so on. Because of the existence of these four avenues, the ruling power of the royal family has risen more than one level.

But this is all a trouble that only the big nobles have, for the small nobles, they can cross their territory in a few hours on foot, so why spend that unjust money to build roads? Brain w?

"That's what they don't know, the importance of a good path." Ryan said with confidence, he had already begun to ponder the cement formula in his mind, this is an infrastructure artifact, but I don't know if there is limestone in this other world?

Delai didn't know what Ryan was thinking, but he just sighed that it was good to be rich, and he was tough to speak.

The territory of the Black family is not very far from the royal capital of Swano, and after a week of turbulent fatigue, the mighty group finally came to the city of Swano.

Although Svano was the royal capital, it was built to the standards of a fortress, and the walls were so tall and strong that they could not be seen at a glance.

Looking to the back, there are several layers of walls.

In times of war, if the enemy breaks through a layer of walls, they will be desperate to find that there is another wall waiting for them.

It is true that Svano has been besieged several times, but no one has ever breached it head-on.

It's just that although such a line of defense is impregnable, it also restricts the development of the royal capital, as a thriving country, the scale of this city can be said to be the first in the eastern continent, but there is no possibility of continued development.

The permanent population is hundreds of thousands, even in such an extraordinary world, this is a very large number, in order to support this giant, a huge amount of resources must be consumed every day.

Ryan put his hands on the pergola, looked at the mottled city walls, draped in stubborn soldiers, and fluttering flags in the wind...... An ancient and heavy aura came to his face, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Svano, here we come."

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