Although Kurt now has the secret help of the black market to compete with André for business profits, the speed at which they cannibalize is still limited, and Kurt's ambitions do not stop there, he wants the wealth of the entire dynasty. Therefore, Kurt hated Hammer and William even more.

After William rewarded Hammer, he rewarded the other families with large and small rewards, but the benefits were not as good as Hammer's flying army, and even then they did not dare to complain openly, and compared to Kurt, they even felt that they had received great favors. As a large family, Kurt was rewarded with nothing more than the weapons that had been eliminated by the previous generation.

As long as you are not stupid and know that these weapons are all scrap products that have been hoarded and ready to be rebuilt, Kurt's situation seems to some people to be similar to that of the dynasty, and even then, they are only sarcastic in their hearts.

Andrei exchanged the death of the old general for a small port, once again expanded the status of the water transport industry, and even the transport management agencies were almost their people, Andrei made great progress in commercial development, not only that, but the old duke was not satisfied with the commercial status, and after losing an old general whose family had achieved quite a lot of political achievements, Duke Andrei decided to put his grandson Arnold. Andrei sent him to the army, hoping that he would strengthen the family in the future with the achievements of the old general Torrix.

The families began a new round of family expansion plans, either to develop in commerce, or to the dynastic palace, or to send fresh family blood in the direction of the army. But these plans inevitably require a boost, and allies need to form factions. Kaiser Wilhelm saw it, but he didn't intervene too much, as long as it didn't touch the interests of the dynasty and the emperor himself too much, he would not punish these nobles.

Hammer's intention was to continue to develop his influence on the military side, and in the month following the Black Market War, Werking recommended Kane and Luther to Franz that they could be Hammer's truly useful henchmen. Franz. Hammer observed Luther and Kane, who had made great achievements this time, for a while. After testing their loyalty to Hammer, Franz tested their cleverness.

After confirming that they were talented, Franz finally decided to reuse the two of them. Kane also became the first figure in the Hammer family to mix from commoners to nobles, he was no longer a third-level swordsman, and was directly transferred by Franz to the village of Rand to become the barony lord there.

In fact, according to normal Harrens law, Kane was not qualified to be a nobleman with a knighthood, but because Franz made this request to the emperor just when the dynasty was in dire need of gold.

At first, Franz's request was not agreed to by William, because he did not want to use the territory of the dynasty to create another group of helpers loyal to the great nobles of Hamer, even though Hamer now won Wilhelm's heart.

However, Franz explained to the emperor what he meant, and Hammer did not want William to set aside another piece of land to be knighted, but Hammer's own family to give Kane a piece of territory, and they just needed William to recognize Kane's nobility. Kaiser Wilhelm still disagreed, and even wanted to reprimand Franz, because according to dynastic law, commoners had no chance to become nobles, and the title of nobility was inherited.

Seeing this, Franz said that Hammer could pay gold coins for it, as long as His Majesty the Emperor agreed.

When he heard that Hammer wanted to buy the title from William with gold coins, the Minister of Finance next to Kaiser Wilhelm happened to be next to him, and he suddenly had an idea, he knew that the emperor was worried about military spending these days, and this was a good opportunity to solve the military spending problem.

Although the black market not only did not need Harrence gold compensation, but also funded millions of gold coins for military expenses, the finances are still not optimistic, and the gold shortfall left by the last ice war hangs over the dynasty's finances like a dark cloud. The Chancellor, who was distressed by the gold coins, came up with a way to make money.

He thought that throughout the ages, many people wanted to break their heads and become nobles, but since ancient times, the laws stipulate that nobles can only inherit, so it has also broken many people's aristocratic dreams.

Chancellor of the Exchequer. Perhaps the rules need to be changed now, Smith thought. Since so many people want to become nobles, why not take advantage of this opportunity to make money, add them a nominal noble title, and then ask them to pay gold coins as a price. In this way, on the one hand, the number of nobles is large, and the monopoly of the nobles can be broken and the power of some nobles can be reduced, and on the other hand, the money earned can be used as military expenses.

He made a statement to the Emperor and explained the many advantages thereof, and he gave William a rough calculation that, if the proposal were feasible, the dynasty would no longer have to worry about military spending, and many of the problems of money would be solved.

William was still hesitating, fearing that the dynasty's pedantic jurists would refute it, and perhaps use it as a substitute. Even if Luffin angrily accused the group of jurists of being dynastic pests, they vetoed all the bills that were originally proposed to help the development of the dynasty, and they would not be flexible on legal issues, and would only follow the old legal system.

"Times have changed! We can no longer follow the rules of the previous king's system, Your Majesty is the master of the dynasty, what is Your Majesty going to do and get the dictates of those pedantic guys! As long as you can lead the dynasty to become strong, the original unreasonable places should be abandoned! The reform of the aristocracy may be the first step towards becoming stronger! Luffin said to William in a loud voice.

Franz was amazed to hear this, but he didn't expect that Lofen, a guy with a head full of boring numbers, could say such an insightful remark.

Kaiser Wilhelm pondered at first, then determined to listen to Loffen. He wanted to reform Harlance unreasonably in the old system, and the class issue was the first knife he wielded. He asked Lofen to set a price for the barony that Franz wanted.

The shrewd Lofin was glad that William had listened to his advice, and was grateful to Franz for the idea that inspired him, so he gave Franz a discount of 20,000 gold coins, just a baronial title, not including any territory or anything else.

Franz admired Lofen's ability to make such an assessment at once, and at the same time he was keenly aware that this reform would have an extraordinary impact.

Proficient in finance, Luo Fen quickly worked out a price list for a knighthood, and the official title of a viscount required 30,000 gold coins, and this was just a name. The price of other titles has increased exponentially.

Those who obtained the title through these methods, William would not give them the land of the dynasty as a territory at all, and if he wanted the territory, he had to find his own way, or defeat the nobles in other territories to occupy their territory and then ask the emperor for the title. Either he had to buy more gold from the Emperor or from other nobles, and these methods were also the ideas that William came up with later.

These practices would lead to an increase in the struggle between the various nobles and a certain amount of chaos in order, but this was exactly what William needed. The aristocracy fights for the blood, and the old and new nobles are replaced frequently, and the strength will be greatly weakened. The weakening of the aristocracy made it easier for the dynasty to manage, which was a great thing for William.

And it was after this incident that the dynasty bought and sold titles became a normal phenomenon, and many wealthy people from commoner backgrounds began to flock to buy titles in order to get rid of their commoner status and enter high society.

For them, this is an opportunity, a rare opportunity to change their own destiny. In Harrrens's laws, only nobles had the opportunity to enter politics and hold dynastic positions, and commoners were only allowed to serve in the military and in some lowly occupations. Many establishments were also allowed to be entered only by the aristocracy.

For some people who are born with great ambitions, this is a hurdle that can never be overcome, and they try everything to break their heads into the ranks of the nobility, but to no avail. Civilians cannot escape the shackles of the law.

Now the nobles of Harrens have become much more and more, and the price of the title is also rising, and the price of a baron in the highest period can be sold for 100,000 gold coins, and these titles are just a name, they have no territory of their own at all, because the price of the territory is frighteningly high, and it is not impossible to buy it if you are not very rich. The real super-rich are not commoners, they have long had their own titles and territories.

In this event, Emperor William became the biggest beneficiary, and his wealth continued to accumulate and his private army became stronger and stronger.

Kane rightfully became the baronial lord of Rand Village, and the gold coins that Franz gave him became a debt he owed to pay off within two years. Moreover, since Rand was invaded by dark creatures last time, the villagers have been almost slaughtered, and the current village is not much different from the ruins.

Gold coins became a huge problem that Kane had to face, and the sudden knighthood did not make Kane much happy, and now he still had to run around for gold coins, he borrowed gold coins everywhere to repair his territory, attracting some civilian producers to settle here, and he could collect taxes and make money if he had a population.

But now Kane is in a difficult situation, and the gold coin problem cannot be solved. After thinking about it for a long time, he decided to ask Vergin for help, he borrowed 20,000 gold coins from Virgin, and then borrowed 2,000 gold coins from Luther, and even Neroth, who he had not seen many times, was borrowed by him for tens of thousands of gold coins. The foreign magician had a solid family and a generous hand, and he said that if Kane was not enough, he could write to his family to borrow a little more to help Kane.

His enthusiasm surprised Kane. After the gold coin problem was resolved, the village of Rand began a major renovation. After being cleaned up by the Harrens mages, the remaining dark aura here has been cleaned up, and the traces of magic in various places have been basically erased, especially the traces of magic related to dark rituals.

Arya was one of Kane's trusted men, and after he became a baron and owned his own territory, Arya quit her previous job and followed Kane to Rand Village, bringing Kane a companion she had known during her work, the manageable Lady Carney. Kane, who is not very good at management, left the village to them, and they helped Kane manage it like stewards. Kane, on the other hand, explores his territory every day.