The chatter, which could still be faintly visible, seemed to have been paused for a moment, and everyone present looked at His Majesty the King and Earl Sutton-Stewart, and only the melodious music continued.

After two seconds, the surroundings returned to their original state, and the collective silence that had just now seemed to be an illusion.

But David could feel that his gaze had become more focused on him than just now, and there was a little more hostility in it besides curiosity.

"Make Winter Village Sophia's fiefdom?" Ebelson seemed to want to say something, but suddenly changed his mind and turned to his daughter and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't know." Her Royal Highness the Princess has milk-white skin, long hair that shines golden in the sun, big round eyes and a small face with baby fat, and she is a little cute and playful in her beauty.

Women in the Kingdom of Tiran reached adulthood at the age of sixteen, while men were eighteen. In other words, Princess Sophia, who has not yet had a birthday, is still a fifteen-year-old girl: "But listening to the introduction of this Davy village chief, it is a very good place." ”

Her Royal Highness looked at David with round eyes, and the tone of her voice and her expression at this time did not hide her admiration for David.

Seeing his daughter's reaction, Eberson's first reaction was helplessness, and he turned around and glanced at Earl Stewart, feeling that this unreliable wife and brother had found himself a big trouble.

"Send someone to the Winter Village to assess whether it meets the conditions for upgrading to the Winter Town." Ebelson gave the order casually, he was not prepared to decide something immediately: "As for Sophia's fiefdom......"

"Your Majesty." Before Ebelson could speak, there were people below who couldn't stay anymore and immediately walked out of the crowd: "If Winter Village is upgraded to Winter Town, then as an important town on the border of the kingdom, it needs a truly capable knight to sit in ......"

David turned his head to look at this young man, and from his gorgeous dress, he could tell that this person should be the child of a powerful person, and he should have been taken out by the family to socialize when he appeared here today.

It's just that this person didn't stand up and ask if Winter Village was qualified to be upgraded to Winter Town, but began to question the ability of David, the village chief, to make him realize something.

Turning his head to look at the Earl Sutton-Stewart not far away, the Earl was also looking at himself, and nodded at himself with a smile, and reminded himself with a more obvious lip shape: "The next thing is to see your performance!" ”

“……”

The young man in the audience was still talking, and quickly finished explaining his opinion: Don't mention what the situation of Winter Village is, since it is the current de facto border of the Kingdom of Tiran, and it will be upgraded to a town, then it is the de facto 'border town'.

It is very reasonable and logical that the border town needs to send more powerful people to guard and manage it!

All in all, David, a commoner-born village chief, was no longer fit to continue managing such an important town.

"This is Baron Baker's youngest son, Jeremy Baker." His Majesty was reminded by someone who was talking about it at this time, so as not to have the embarrassing situation that His Majesty did not know who this person was.

Because he was standing close, David also heard these words and knew the identity of this young man who was the first to jump out.

Probably glancing at the crowd of onlookers around them, the young people who were eager to try it were not only the one in front of them, they might still regret that they were moving too slowly.

"Jeremy, do you think Village Chief David is not qualified to be the mayor of Wintertown?" Ebelson didn't seem surprised by this situation, and looked at Jeremy Baker, the third son of Baron Baker, very calmly: "Don't forget, the village chief of David was founded by virtue of the pioneer order, and he came to the royal capital in a very short time to submit an application for promotion to a town. ”

His Majesty's intention is very clear, with the support of the Pioneer Decree, and the fact that David has developed the village in such a short period of time, in a way has proved David's ability, and in this case Davy cannot be dismissed from the position of village chief or town mayor casually.

"Your Majesty, stationed on the borders of the kingdom, you must have sufficient strength." Jeremy Baker finally said what he had been thinking about for a long time: "Village Chief David is very capable of building and governing the village, but in the face of foreign invasion, these abilities may not be of much use. ”

"So, you're questioning Village Chief David's martial arts?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"That's ......"

Ebelson pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly looked at David, who was still not far in front of him: "So, Village Chief David, do you think you can guard the border of the Tiran Kingdom?" ”

"Absolutely." David stood by and watched for a while, listening to the conversation between the king and the young man from Baron Baker's house, and had already figured out Earl Stewart's purpose in making him wear leather armor.

Not only did he figure it out, but His Majesty the King looked at David's outfit and knew that this young man had come prepared.

Glancing at Earl Sutton-Stewart next to him, he made a final decision: "Very well, as a Tilan person, you have to have this courage not to be afraid of challenges, and I am looking forward to your next performance." ”

His Majesty even deliberately walked down the steps, stood next to David, and reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "Go and prove your strength, prove that you are worthy of the status of the mayor of Winter Town." ”

Then he faced everyone and ordered loudly: "Clear the field, give the two young men some time to prepare." ”

After saying that, His Majesty stepped aside and talked to his wife and daughter, while the surrounding magnates consciously gave way to the shallow pit-like dance floor in the center and stood on the periphery one after another.

Several knights also brought weapon racks, on which were placed a variety of weapons, arranged at the ends of the circular pit.

Davy looked at this posture and suddenly realized why he felt that this arena had all kinds of inexplicable immediacy, wasn't this a miniature version of the Roman gladiatorial arena?

When he looked back, he saw only Sharon, Beram, and Earl Sutton-Stewart standing beside him.

"You expected this to happen?"

"Yes." Earl Sutton Stewart took the wine glass and gently raised it to David: "This is your best chance, if you want to say thank you, remember to give me more gifts, like the one given to me a few days ago." ”

"......" David was speechless, today's incident, it looks like Earl Sutton-Stewart kicked David into the pit with a few words, but this person still said with a shy face that he remembered to send more gifts as a thank you. If you change your temper, you will have to send the earl two electric cannons on the spot.

Maybe David's eyes were too oppressive, or maybe Earl Stewart was really worried that the young man from the country didn't appreciate his kindness, so he gave himself two electric cannons on the spot. Even if his life was not in danger, he couldn't afford to lose that person, after all, there were so many nobles around him.

So, he explained a little bit why he did it.

The Frontier Decree of the Kingdom of Tiran did give ordinary people a channel to rise, but it was one thing to have this channel, and it was another thing whether you could walk through it.

The magnates of the kingdom had more than enough means to deal with all sorts of situations.

Of course, considering the remote geographical location of Winter Village, before it really develops, it will not be able to enter the eyes of these nobles in the royal city, and what they really want to do will wait for Winter Village, or Winter Town, to become more valuable.

This also led to another problem, because it was too worthless for everyone to pay attention, and David's idea of wanting to make a splash and arouse the king's interest was difficult to achieve.

Earl Stewart, who was well versed in the city's affairs, was different, and he succeeded in piquing the interest of the descendants of countless powerful people in the city with just a few suggestions.

"Let Winter Town become the fief of Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

"That's right!" Sutton Stewart took a sip of the fruit wine in the glass: "There are many nobles in the royal city, and there are also many children of nobles, for various reasons, there are naturally not a few young nobles who are eyeing Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia. ”

So as soon as it came to Princess Sophia, these young people, who were most easily provoked, couldn't sit still.

The fief of Her Royal Highness the Princess? Direct allegiance to Her Royal Highness the Princess? Whether it is to become a knight of Her Royal Highness the Princess or something else, the relationship with Her Royal Highness is definitely much closer than it is now. With frequent contact, it's not impossible to go further!

In addition, the stumbling block that these noble children have to solve is just a young hillbilly from a remote place, is there any difficulty in this?

Jeremy, the third son of the Baker family, was the first to jump out, but if David couldn't solve the other party neatly, then he would definitely not be the last.

"You are so confident in my strength?" David understood Earl Stewart's intention, which was to attract the young nobles to take the initiative to challenge, so that David could prove that he was strong enough to manage the border towns of the Kingdom of Tiran: "What if I really can't defeat these people? ”

"What does that have to do with me? To get into that position, you have to show the strength of the match. "If you have the strength, you will naturally get everything you want, and if you don't have the strength, don't think about good things all day long.

Even if there is no challenge from these young people today, there will be other people who will come to you tomorrow to trouble: "At that time, it may be countless times more dangerous than today, at least in today's competition, you don't have to worry about your own life." ”

"It's not a life-and-death fight today?"

"Of course, His Majesty the King, Her Royal Highness the Queen, and Her Royal Highness the Princess are all here, and there are so many powerful people in the royal capital, how can such a cruel and bloody thing happen."

"Understood."