Glorious calendar 1798.

Strife on the Old World intensified.

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Five Kingdoms Alliance in the north, the Alliance's navy had just failed in a naval conflict with the Empire, and the sinking of three second-class battleships was like a hammer, striking the hearts of the members of parliament of the Normanyad Kingdom, the leader of the Alliance.

At the same time, the victory of this war also completely failed the industrial reform that had lasted for thirty years in the empire, and the decades of efforts of the Great Sage were finally erased by the slogan "The Knight is not dead", and under the joint protest of the great nobles, the Storm Emperor, who was at the peak of the title of knight, was forced to execute the Great Sage himself, and the forces that had been revered as the Holy Land in ancient times failed to save the friendship between their teachers and students.

As for the colonial development of the Northern New World, the two sides have returned to the same starting line, but small and medium-sized countries such as the Desert Country and the Archipelago Merchant Alliance are still not eligible to participate in the feast, and can only swallow the scraps in the way that privateers and pirates are allowed.

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Kingdom of Normanyad.

Northwest Region, Port Fortress Cotton City, early morning.

Poor or rich, living in an apartment in the city or in a country farmhouse, the Normans were exposed to cold air once they had their way out of the bed, and the wealthy had coal-burning fireplaces and iron stoves in their bedrooms, but they were rarely lit, and the sight of an orange fire was undoubtedly a warm welcome to the guests, which some critics claimed was a "sinful luxury", and the guests should even feel guilty for having a healthy body.

The roads in the city are winding and rugged, and the city planning committee under the city council has even encountered violent intrusions from the public, who believe that the four gates of the western city wall are still too few, seriously affecting the transportation of goods at the port, and even causing congestion.

On the southernmost side of the city gate street, a traditional style three-story manor house sits here, with a square appearance, symmetrical structure, large windows and ornate decorative details, and the pure white stone pillars at the entrance are quite stylish, but the truly clever architects can always see the subtle embarrassment of the stone pillars and the triangular frieze on the top of the porch, the owner of this place has traveled to the New World, and the cost of materials has been greatly reduced by shoddy, but still does not forget to adhere to the mainstream aesthetic.

In the bathroom on the second floor, Jiang Yuan picked up the hot water from the kitchen from the copper basin to wash his face, and the corresponding tools of the Normans were not complicated, such as a horse sideburn toothbrush, tooth cleaner, cashmere towels, sewage buckets, and soap with plant flavors.

"Ansel Reincht, nineteen years old."

Jiang Yuan walked out of the bathroom after confirming his new identity and information, Reinhardt, translated as silver lion, has a bloodline that can be traced back to the Duke of Wellington in the Northern Region, and Reinhutt all have silver hair.

As for the grandfather of the new status, he was an illegitimate child, who went out to become a privateer captain in the age of sailing, became a wealthy man by plundering and transporting spices, returned to his hometown to buy land, and had a foundation for his life, and in the previous generation, he used donations to buy the status of a lifelong nobleman from the city council, and the so-called lifelong nobility could not be hereditary, and the glory of Reincht came to an end after the death of the current baron, leaving only the baron's younger brother and a pair of children.

"Mie Reincht is studying at the Classical University of the Royal Capital."

Jiang Yuan thought of his "sister", his face was a little strange, in this era education is a very solemn and serious thing, the royal capital St. Andrew's University is jointly funded by the [Scarlet Moon Church] and the royal family, with the main goal of cultivating colonial talents and naval officers, and also studying literature, history, law, etc., the annual tuition fee is as high as 1000 gold coins, even more than three or four times the normal annual income of the middle class, and it also makes the Reinhardt family financially stretched.

At present, the main source of income for Reinhet is the farmland of two large villages and towns in the north of the port fortress, as well as an old armed merchant ship, and the reason for the decline of the family as a whole is not to make mistakes, but to keep up with the times.

There was a knock on the door, and the valet brought clothes, due to the scarcity of people, the concentration of wealth made the family members live well, in Norman society, the personal servant of the opposite sex was considered immoral, and the ordinary maid would not even have any communication with the male master during the entire period of employment.

"Sir, you need to finish your work at the East Asia Trading Company this morning, and your boss, Mr. Senior Auditor, has sent an invitation in advance to invite you to have dinner in the evening."

The valet Sabine spoke in a calm tone, he looked to be in his fifties, his temples were frosty, but his body was very strong, as the first mate of the first Reincht, this old man had good physical qualities, and served for more than thirty years.

"Got it."

Jiang Yuan refused the other party's behavior of helping him get dressed, took off his pajamas and put on a long-sleeved shirt and underpants, tied the waist and trouser legs tightly to prevent slipping, and then fixed the collar and cuffs of the shirt with spikes, and covered it with printed silk vests and trousers.

Sabin looked at it seriously for a while, his serious face turned into admiration, and he said in a sincere tone:

"My lord, I see in you the hope of the revival of the Reincht family, but please also be careful of strange missionaries, there is an illegal organization called the Fallen Monks Guild, which often looks ill of evil towards those who are outstanding."

The two left the bedroom and went to the study, the personal manservant and housekeeper followed someone to the left half of the body, along the way, Jiang Yuan saw the living room maid and the furniture maid, the former is young, beautiful and energetic, is the façade when entertaining guests, the latter has a big waist and a round waist, usually needs to move and repair furniture frequently, and the annual salary of both of them is 50 gold coins.

"It seems that our economic situation is not optimistic."

Jiang Yuan walked into the study, changed his shoes on the carpet at the door, between the three windows, the sound of the two grandfather clocks was calm and powerful, and after sitting in the chair, the morning mail of the [Royal Post] had been placed on the table, and the milk brought by the milkman was heated and the temperature was moderate, and there was the brewed black tea next to it.

"It's necessary decency." Sabin bowed slightly.

According to the information, Jiang Yuan took out last year's year-end report from the drawer, the farmland area of the two villages was very large, originally wasteland, after the development of the people gathered to form villages and towns, in disguise similar to fiefdom, the annual profit is about 1,200 gold coins.

The ownership of the armed merchant ships belonged to Ansel's uncle, but according to his will, he was required to give his nephew and niece two-fifths of his income every year, which last year was six hundred gold coins.

The tuition fee of the "sister" is 1,000 gold coins, the salary of six maids, gardeners, cooks, and coachmen is 500 gold coins, the two guards stationed at the gate are from the city defense army, and the hiring price is high, and the city hall charges 200 gold coins a year, and is armed with a rear-loading smoothbore gun, and the rate of fire is about ten rounds per minute, which can easily solve the blind flow of gangsters.

It is worth mentioning that the power and toughness of white powder and black steel in this world are beyond the ordinary level, and the strong spatial hardness also limits the destructiveness of the strong.

(End of chapter)

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