Xu Siling once heard such a sentence.

To love someone with extreme extremity and determination is to kill all other people who are possible.

Whether Fei'er's feelings for him are extremely extreme, Xu Siling doesn't know.

At least Xu Siling felt firmness from Fei'er's words.

"Passionate love does touch people, but unfortunately I like to be quiet."

This is what Ella once said to Xu Siling, and he still remembers it.

The biggest difference between Ella and Phil is this, they both have demonic horns and have the ability to seduce people.

But one loves quiet, and the other loves Lie.

Quiet, you don't need to deliberately feel it, whenever you stop, you can always be the first to find that there is a caring warmth around you.

Fierce, you don't need to deliberately feel it, whether you decide to move forward or not, you can always find her with a hot heart in front of you.

Fei'er saw that Xu Siling was stunned and didn't reply, she was very satisfied with this, she just liked to see Xu Siling's expression.

"Xu, no matter what others think of your character, at least I don't hate it, but I think your biggest charm is your character." Fei'er laughed, "Your personality is very complex, and your appearance seems simple, because each side of your personality has the same advantages, it is very eye-catching, that is, your stability." Even if you are full of murder on the battlefield and show a hideous side that you didn't have in the past, there must be someone or something behind you who you want to protect, so that people can ignore your hideousness, and I won't be afraid. ”

"Thank you for complimenting me."

Xu Siling never felt how good she was, especially when facing the relationship between Fei'er, Ella, and Farina.

"I'm telling the truth, and I've rarely boasted about it like that."

"I know it all."

Fei'er was like a child, hugging her shoulders and chirping, looking squeamish, or rather, she was a child.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Siling bypassed the topic of emotion, and then exchanged questions about the title with Fei'er.

For this trip to the north, Fei'er also has other thoughts of her own.

Her devotion to the kingdom will only increase, and if Philip VI really values her so much, in order to prevent her from being on the side of the Holy See, he will only use sugar-coated cannonballs to smash her.

The reason is simple.

After Fei'er becomes a saint, she will use the means and soup recipes brought by Xu Siling to save the kingdom.

At that time, the nobles and people of the entire kingdom will know that Fei'er is a saint, and they will all inherit Fei'er's love.

The people will be even more grateful to God for sending them to save their Phil.

At that time, Fei'er's voice in the kingdom will only grow, and the people's trust in her will become more and more enthusiastic.

If Phil chooses to side with the Holy See at some point and chooses to defect to the side of the Pope, as long as the Holy Maiden is willing to open her mouth to condemn Philip VI, then Philip VI's royal power will be greatly affected.

And Fei'er's defection will not be spurned by the nobles and the people.

The Holy Woman is the Holy Woman of the Holy See, not the Holy Daughter of the royal family, and when God Jesus says that you Philip VI are guilty, then you are guilty.

Since she chose to go north, Fei'er has her own ideas.

She is now a viscount, and her title is not big, and the territory of Raya Town, including Tamu Fort, is still not big.

Now that the Black Death is raging, many parts of the kingdom have been emptied and fallen into dead silence.

Philip VI saw that Philip was willing to choose to go north to support him first, plus Philip wrote a letter to pay taxes and rescue his wife Jeanne.

Phil thinks that she will most likely be rewarded by Philip VI.

As a nobleman, her rewards are nothing more than fiefs and titles.

Fei'er didn't care about the fiefdom.

The main Raya town and Tamu Fort were enough to give her a headache, and she didn't bother to go over the fief far away, even if Philip VI wanted to give it, she might not want it.

And the nobles of the territory near Raya Town, although they are all plagued by the Black Death, they are not dead, and they want to come over to fight enough.

Since he didn't want a fief, then Fei'er's title would definitely have to be upgraded.

Above the intermediate titles of the nobility are the senior titles and the top titles.

And there are only two top titles - king, crown prince, and there is nothing to discuss about top titles.

The senior titles are Duke, Marquis, and Earl.

Duke is the most glorious and authoritative title after the crown prince.

In England, the Duke was regarded as the highest title among the nobility, not the Crown Prince.

In France, the duke has the meaning of being a commander in war.

Whether in England or France, those with the title of duke often killed the enemy bravely, commanded battles well, and often made great contributions in war.

In France in the current period, there are only two dukedoms in France.

They are the Duchy of Gascony and the Duchy of Normandy.

The same is true of England, where there are only two dukes, but both dukes are in the hands of the royal family.

During the Norman dynasty in England, the title of duke was awarded to only one person, and it was not awarded to anyone else for a long time.

In 1106, Henry I, the youngest son of William the Conqueror, received the title of duke from his brother Robert.

Since then, the English royal family has completely controlled the title.

So before, there was only one duke in England, and now there are two.

Edward III, now King of England, made his son, Edward, the Black Prince, a duke.

So this is the difference between the dukes of France and the dukes of England.

One is not controlled by the royal family, and the other is firmly controlled by the royal family.

It can be seen from this that whether it is France or England, the duke will only be canonized to the great nobles and members of the royal family.

The word marquis, in English, means the ruler of the frontier region, and the French word derives from Latin, which also means frontier.

Therefore, most of the nobles who were canonized as marquis were in the national border areas, and there were many owners of marquis titles in England, Germany and France.

In fact, in the Middle Ages, it was not clear which status was higher or lower than that of the marquis, but because the land held by the marquis was mostly in the frontier area, he took on more border guard duties than the earl, and faced the threat of foreign enemies more directly, so the status was usually slightly higher than the earl's by default.

"So, do you think that this time you will go north to meet Philip VI, you will be promoted to the rank of earl?" Xu Siling was a little surprised, because he had always felt that the earl was still far away from Fei'er.

"Almost, probably, I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, it is unrealistic to be promoted to a duke, and now the king has difficulty controlling the only two dukes and nobles in the kingdom, and it is unlikely that he will be promoted to an outsider duke, not to mention that my territory is so small that I can't support a duke title. "As for the Marquis. Unless the king is willing to divide a large piece of territory on the frontier to me, it is not realistic. Even if he really wants to divide it for me, I don't want to go to the frontier, and I'm used to living in Raya Town. ”

The earl was the upper class of nobles with more power and a larger number of hereditary titles in Western Europe in the Middle Ages.

The counts also played an important role in socio-political and military life.

There were more than 40 independent counties in the Kingdom of France.

The power of the earl is very important, but with the increase of royal power, the power of the duke and the earl has been suppressed a lot.

However, the conferral of earls has also received greater attention, and ceremonial procedures have become more complicated.

Among them, the tiaras, costumes, swords, etc. are becoming more and more high-end and elaborate.

If the recipient has a previous title lower than that of a baron, he should first receive the title of baron before he can receive the title of count.

Of all the counts, the most glorious is the 'Earl of Court'.

Court Counts are an authoritative title above court officials, and their judicial trials within their own realm have royal authority.

In other words, if Phil was already a court count at the time of the attack on Tamuburg, then she could have convicted Khamis directly on behalf of the royal family.

In fact, the quality of French counts is much worse than that of England and Germany.

Because some of the new counts of France were self-appointed, and their descendants inherited the title, neither the king nor the duke was powerless to prevent such acts from happening in the present tragic phase of the war.

The hereditary officials left over from the Carolingian period strengthened the local power, causing the local earl title to lose royal control for a time.

In England and Germany, however, the situation was different, and the monarch was largely in control of the granting of the title.

Why the Flophon family is in the manor, mocking the Adler family from the west as barbarians, the reason is also here.

Because most of the places where France arose were in the west and southwest, most of the counts there were self-appointed, and the strength and quality were not high, which led to an increase in the number of counts.

The Middle Ages was a place where ceremonial culture was highly valued, and some viscounts in the West became vassals and appointed themselves earls when they were not personally awarded by the king.

This kind of behavior is called barbarism, that is, uncultured.

The Kingdom of France also has regional blackness, and the self-proclaimed behavior of the western counts of the kingdom has caused people in other parts of the kingdom to treat the Western nobles and people as uneducated barbarians.

In fact, the etiquette culture in medieval Europe was very strong, and there is a saying about it.

Chinese food is for eating, Japanese food is for watching, and Western food is for torturing people.

Because it is not delicious at the same time, it is not very good-looking, and the etiquette of eating is more flowery.

It is also because there are many self-appointed counts in France, although the counts are high and powerful, their power and status are not the same, the size of the land they occupy, the size of their jurisdiction, and the distance of their close relationship with the royal family all determine their prestige and status.

Anyway, there are not many counts in England, and compared to the number of counts in France, it is a drop in the bucket.

The standard of the French count's title is somewhat low, and it does not depend on the size of the territory and the level of power.

Therefore, it is possible for Fei'er to be promoted to the rank of earl.

Especially when Phil was promoted to the rank of earl, Philip VI was not without benefits, and even more beneficial.

After listening to Fei'er explain everything, Xu Siling was surprised.

"According to what you mean, there is a high probability that Philip VI will canonize you as an earl, especially when we say so, he has too many benefits to canonize you."

"yes." Fei'er couldn't help sighing, "Although it is very gratifying to be promoted to the earl, but when I think of the reason why the king made me an earl, I can't be half happy. ”

"Rewarding you, on the one hand, is to thank you for your dedication to the royal family, and on the other hand, it is also to stabilize you and prevent you from defecting to support the Pope." Xu Siling was a little helpless to support his forehead, "If you are really canonized as an earl, all the noble fiefs near Naraya Town will be divided into your earldom, and then these nobles will be under your control." ”

"yes, that's where my head hurts. Count Raya shouted nicely, there are many nobles in the fiefdom near Koraya Town who are good friends with Hamis, how can they be so obedient after they are under my jurisdiction? ”

Fei'er shook her head helplessly: "Xu, you must know that we are crusading against Hamis, they have nothing to say, after all, Hamis's support for witches' remarks is dangerous in itself. But after the battle of Tamuburg, Khamis and all his family died, and these nobles did not have much affection for me, and when I became a count, they were divided into my county, and I wanted them to be obedient. It's too hard. ”

Xu Siling chuckled: "Especially after you become an earl, the taxes of the entire county belong to you. This is a good thing to say, and Philip VI would not have been unaware of how difficult it was to collect taxes from the nobility during the Black Death. And canonize you as an earl, the tax of this count, Philip VI doesn't have to ask the nobles one by one, he only needs to ask you Phil for it alone. ”

"That's right, not to mention that we set an example in front of us, taking the lead in paying taxes to Philip VI, and the king thinks it is easier to collect taxes from me than others. Moreover, we have written to support the legitimate authority of the king, and to support his war with England to regain his territory, and if he wants to impose a tax on me on the grounds of war, do you say I will give it or not? ”

Give, as a matter of course. Because you are a holy woman, God and Jesus have asked you to support me, and there is no reason why you should not support me.

If you don't give it, that's your fault. You promised to support me in your letter, but now you are backtracking?

"Xu, through your understanding of the king, I have thought about it a few times, and I think that he will most likely not divide the fief to me. There are not many fiefs in the king's hands, and most of the fiefs are also fiefs that have just been taken back not long ago. ”

"But if I am made an earl, several large territories near Raya Town will be included in my earldom, and these territorial nobles have not completely fallen in the Black Death because of my influence, and then I will be responsible for the taxes they owe to the kingdom. If you knew the king so well, then according to your understanding, the king would have canonized me as an earldom. ”

"Because there are too many benefits, it can show that it will reward me, and by the way, it will stabilize my heart, and prevent me from defecting to the Holy See, and it can also reduce a lot of troubles for the king and help him collect taxes."

At this time, Xu Siling realized that his decision to go north was not wrong.

Perhaps it should be considered that going south to meet Clement VI first, and then going north after obtaining the status of a saint, would definitely reduce the possibility of being canonized as an earl.

Now head north and face the sugar-coated cannonballs of Philip VI.

It's really a knife to stretch out your head, a knife to shrink your head, and it's uncomfortable to connect or not.

However, Xu Siling's thinking was not limited to Fei'er's worries, because a terrible thought came to his head.

Since Fei'er canonized the earl, the nobles of the earldom are all troublesome, why don't you slaughter them all? (End of chapter)