As long as Richard nodded, there were hundreds of aristocratic ladies in Northern Xinjiang who were willing to marry the Harland family.

If it takes a few years for Richard to grow into a high-level magician, even members of the Grant royal family are probably willing to marry him.

The current Richard is very sought-after in the aristocratic marriage market in the northern region of the Grant Kingdom. The most popular young man in Geda Province said that the matchmaker had broken the threshold, and every day old comrades-in-arms and old chiefs came to William to spread the word that they wanted to marry the Haaland family.

On the Dawn Continent, low-level aristocratic families basically get married around the age of twenty.

Ordinary people also have love considerations when they get married, and most of the marriages between nobles are determined by interests.

Although there is a monogamous saying in this world, the teachings of the goddess of dawn also advise everyone to be faithful to their partners and be kind to their families.

But in a world where supernatural power is attributed to itself, the system of monogamy is simply impossible.

Male nobles were surrounded by court ladies, and female nobles could also have guardian knights.

Strong professionals are both male and female, and can have multiple legal partners.

If Richard marries two barons Sophia.

Richard can find court maids, and Sophia can find guardian knights.

The children born have the right to inherit the territory of the direct blood relatives, but the inheritance order is lower than that of the son-in-law.

The union of the two barons involves very complex issues that affect the interests of everyone within the domain.

The marriage between lords is essentially the merger of territories, and in the history of the Dawn Continent, there are very few hereditary noble marriages with titles.

William is not optimistic about their relationship, and this is the main reason.

After returning from Fort Blackriver, Richard went directly to Fort Vic and met Sophia, who directly picked up the topic.

"The day before yesterday I went to Fort Black, and my father asked me to attend a party to marry a noble lady from the Count Martins' house."

Before Richard could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Sophia: "What do you mean by saying this to me?" ”

"I want to say to you that I rejected William on the spot, telling him that I have someone I like. You know, the person I like is Ling. If you don't object, I'll come to Vikburg as soon as possible to get engaged. ”

Richard was so direct that Sophia was a little caught off guard.

While in the kingdom of Makholm, Sophia had a crush on a talented magician. But she needs to take on the responsibility of the family, and after inheriting the territory, the crush ends without a problem.

During the time she spent with Richard, Sophia also had some good feelings, but not to the extent of love.

It wasn't until Richard led his troops to defeat the orcs and save Vicburg from its predicament that Sophia felt different about him.

The next relationship between the two, although it is not specified, feels like a pair of lovers.

Sophia grew up in an aristocratic family and certainly understood marriages between nobles.

Her parents are a union of interests, and they don't have much affection for themselves.

His father also had four court maids, who competed with his mother for favor.

Of course, Sophia is a powerful magician, just like her father.

She can also choose a nobleman who has no inheritance of the territory to marry, and then find a few guardian knights, which is completely in line with the laws of the Grant Kingdom and the conventions between nobles.

But the days with Richard are so sweet, emotionally she can't let go of her sweetheart.

Richard is mentally mature and not a love brain.

Although Sophia is a few years older than Richard in terms of biological age, she takes feelings very seriously.

In the face of Richard's proposal, she did not consult with others in the territory, and readily agreed.

Stoppa's territory was devastated in the last orc invasion, and Sophia started almost from scratch. The army was trained by her own hands, and the people were also purchased by her, and her prestige in the territory was very important.

Even though some people in the Stopa family objected, at Sophia's insistence, the marriage between the two was quickly decided.

After the marriage was decided, Sophia took out several of the medium skills she had accumulated, and with the medium skills accumulated by Sophia, Haland's territory could get another barony.

After obtaining the territory, William hurriedly went to Fort Letterte to find someone to dredge up, wanting to obtain the borderless land in the east of Haaland's territory and the north of Stoppa's territory.

If the event is successful, the three territories can be connected into one.

When Richard and Sophia's children inherit the realm, they can be merged into a single viscounty.

In other parts of the Grant Kingdom, this kind of event would be difficult to operate.

The royal family has always been committed to suppressing the influence of the great nobles, and is very disgusted with the merger between the domains.

Every time the territory is merged, it takes a long time to shirk, and it is really unbearable to agree to the promotion of the knighthood.

However, in the northern region, the royal family needs the big nobles to take on heavy responsibilities, so naturally it will not limit the influence of the big nobles, but will support the development and growth of the small nobles.

After this orc invasion, the royal family directly sealed two hereditary counts in the north.

The current reality of the northern Xinjiang is far from the time to restrict the hereditary aristocracy.

As long as William convinces the provincial officials, this can be done.

William not only sought out the old prefect Martins and asked him to help him clear up in the noble council, but also found Zachary, the new commander of the Northern Legion, and asked him to be a middleman, and gave a generous gift to the provincial consul Jeram Holland.

Jerram was a court baron, not of very high origin, from an ordinary baronial family in the eastern part of the kingdom.

But his sister was a court lady of the Grant royal family, very favored by King Charles, and gave birth to Prince Felix.

It was with this relationship that Jeram was able to reach the high position of provincial consul.

However, as a provincial consul in northern Xinjiang, he had to be supported by the commander of the main army.

The relationship with the noble lords should not be too stiff.

Not capable enough, simply incompetent.

Zachary is the commander of the Northern Legion and the most powerful man in the province of Geda. He and Jeram are also old acquaintances of the royal capital, and both are close associates of King Charles.

Please, Zachary, it went very well.

More than 1,900 square kilometers of territory in the northeast of Haaland's territory were given to Richard, an area equivalent to a viscounty in the south.

The Richard family has three territories, and the Stoppa territory covers an area of 1,200 square kilometers. Wilhelm's domain covers an area of 1,400 km. Richard's territory is 1,900 square kilometers.

Of the 4,500 square kilometers of land, there are less than 20,000 people. With such a small population density, the development of the territory is naturally difficult.

The wedding of the nobles of the Dawn Continent has a series of cumbersome processes.

But Richard and Sophie are both hereditary lords, so they don't have to worry about messy things, and the new butler Bernard Luca arranges them in an orderly manner, and they don't need to worry about tedious things.

Although it seems to be in a hurry, Richard and Sophia are willing, and the two don't care about the eyes of others, and decide to hold a simple wedding, and the invited guests are not outsiders, only blood relatives and in-laws of both parties.

The nobles of the Dawn Continent like to talk about pomp and circumstance, and the waste of weddings and funerals is very amazing.

Now Sophia and Richard have made war money and have a lot of money in their hands, but the two have already decided to invest in the territory and will not waste gold coins on the wedding.

Richard's worldview is modern and good at weighing the pros and cons, and Sophia studied magic in the kingdom of Makholm for many years. The study of a magician is very costly, and Baron Stopa's funding alone is not enough, and this experience leads to her habit of careful calculation, and the brutal war in the north and the responsibility of the Baron of Stoppa's territory make her have to be pragmatic and not vain.

So the two of them didn't care about the criticism of other nobles, and they behaved a little maverick.

On August 13, the day of their wedding, Richard and Sophia went to the church of Dawn together. They exchanged tokens of affection, received the blessing of the church, completed the wedding, and became a family.

(End of chapter)