Your Mightiness

Raphael took up residence at Fort Bristol.

August was no longer afraid of him, instead, he took the initiative to get close to him every day, and the two whispered head to head.

The old butler didn't know what happened in the middle, which caused a 180-degree change in August's attitude. After he couldn't figure it out, the old butler could only classify this as "truly worthy of being the most important thing in the empire." The eloquent Earl March's ability", as long as Raphael thinks, he can easily get anyone's sincere love.

The young man with long black hair sat quietly by the fireplace, with a golden thread book spread out on his knees, chatting with the blonde beside him.

In order to move to London, His Excellency Duke August has completely become a busy man.

After all, this time it is not just as simple as going to London to attend the king's wedding, but more similar to a more formal move to live in London.Although it is said that August must return to Bristol every year, inspecting the territory, promoting knights and so on, but after all, the focus of life will be transferred to London.

For a nobleman like August who "has plenty of money", the most important thing for him to relocate is not objects, but people.

The furniture in Hampton Court Palace has better ones, the most popular clothes can be remade in London, and the expensive handwritten books that even the rich may not be able to buy can also have a more complete set... But what about people?

Let’s take the simplest servants as an example. The big butler and the small gardener around August are all carefully selected by the Black Prince for August. August almost became a cheating son, one can imagine how rare the remaining loyal servants are now, and there is no way to successfully replicate such a team in Hampton Court Palace in a short time.

In other words, if August wanted to move away, he had to take most of his servants with him.But the servants are basically people with families. They left, what about their families living in the nearby villages?Pack together?How to settle down after going to London?

Although the old housekeeper and professional consultants will consider these things for August, they still need to be finalized by August himself.

In fact, it’s okay to say that the servant is similar to Cook Li. Taking his wife and daughter away together can solve the problem. Cook Li’s wife and daughter can live in Hampton, which is more than twice the size of Bristol. The palace finds suitable jobs for them. In the future, Li's daughter's mate selection criteria can look at London from the countryside.Everyone is happy.

But knights and trainee knights can't be so one size fits all.

The knights are August's mercenaries, and they have left their hometown. There is not much difference between working for their employer in Bristol and working in London.But the point is how these knights, also known as armed forces, should be placed.Hampton Court Palace is very big, but it is not suitable for military training. You can't let others enjoy the mermaid line of the knights with August, right?

The trainee knights are even more complicated. Most of their parents are small lords in the three counties of August, and they are noble vassals of August. Sending them to study here in August is somewhat similar to I live in a prefecture-level city, and I don't feel that it is far away from the feeling of sending my children to a key middle school in a provincial capital city.

But suddenly moved to London, maybe the cruel aristocratic parents didn't care about the second son, but from the child's point of view, it mattered a lot.

Raphael is a good example.As his mother, the Queen Mother treated him badly?impossible?But Raphael still developed his current temperament.Most of the trainee knights are basically in the sensitive period of rebellion in the second year of secondary school. If they are not handled properly, there will be a lot of foreseeable chain disasters.

August was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night, and he had blue dark circles under his eyes. Moving house was really a hassle.

Raphael let out a long sigh, hugged August naturally from behind, and made as much physical contact with him as possible: "I want you to move to London to take better care of you, not to add more value to you. trouble."

"I want to go to London with you too..." Take care of you.August didn't say anything later, because between him and Raphael, it was obvious that Raphael took care of him more.With this friend, what more can I ask for? ! "Although it's a bit troublesome, I think it's worth it." I won't regret it either.

"Then you work hard, and I support you mentally."

Raphael is not going to take the initiative to provide too much help to August, not because he doesn't want to, but because he also agrees with Miss Mary's point of view, for example, August needs to learn and grow on his own.

August will experience these troublesome things many times in the future, even more serious. It is just right to use the first move today as a practice.

Of course, Raphael didn't just watch the show, he would also give August some advice: "Do you know Windsor Castle?"

Of course August knew.He has always felt that the name Windsor has a very elegant feeling.Since the first half of the twelfth century, Windsor Castle has become one of the main palaces of the English royal family.Windsor, the borough where Windsor Castle is located, is actually only about 20 miles away from London, and it can be reached by carriage in an hour.

The Knights of the Garter of the Black Prince was established at a tourney at Windsor Castle when he was still the King of England.

Speaking of which, the Knights of the Garter got its name because of this gathering of nobles.

The Black Prince was originally going to be called the Knights of the Round Table. Since he is a fanatic of knight novels through and through, he has always imagined that the legendary King Arthur would command the best knight order in the world.He felt that only a meaningful title like the Knights of the Round Table could be worthy of his Knights.

But something happened at the ball before the competition, which made the black prince change his mind.

At that time, the black prince was dancing with a countess, and when he spun hard, the garter worn by the countess suddenly fell out of her skirt, and all the nobles and knights who saw it laughed at the countess.When the black prince got angry, he picked up the garter and put it on his sword, saying that "those who have evil thoughts should be ashamed".This sentence was later specially engraved on the blue and gold badges of the members of the Knights.

Therefore, the Black Prince decided: "Don't worry about the Knights of the Round Table, I will form the Knights of the Garter."

Garter is the meaning of the garter.

Later the Countess became Queen of England and gave birth to August.The ladies in London once all the rage hoped that they could also meet such a romantic love in their lives.

Cough, that's a little far-fetched.

Speaking of Windsor Castle, it used to be the place where the Black Prince trained his troops. It is definitely a castle suitable for raising knights.After the abdication of the Black Prince, Windsor Castle was handed over to Richard II. At that time, Richard II was still in the honeymoon period with his first queen, Catherine. In order to please the queen, Richard II was rebuilding Windsor Castle At that time, the pomegranate logo representing "Catherine of Aragon" was engraved on the most conspicuous drawbridge door.Later, the emperor and the queen fell out, and the former queen Catherine moved out of the palace, and died of illness a few years later. Before that, she managed to get Richard II to agree to hand over the management of Windsor Castle, which symbolized their feelings, to Miss Mary.

Nominally, Windsor Castle still belongs to the king, but its actual owner is Miss Mary.

And Miss Mary...

"She is more suitable for training soldiers and raising knights in border castles. But she can't let go near London. If you understand what I mean." Raphael further introduced.

"!!!"

August immediately understood that Miss Mary was actually very afraid that Richard II would fear her.Because now that Miss Mary can get along with Richard II in a "peaceful" way, it is entirely dependent on Richard II's chauvinism that he doesn't take Miss Mary seriously. He always thinks that Miss Mary is a little girl. A little bit more stubborn, love to contradict him a little bit, but it doesn't pose any threat.So he can pamper Mary and won't be really angry at Mary arguing with him again and again.

But once Richard II felt that Miss Mary was already an adult and had her own thoughts, then Miss Mary's quarrels would rise from father-daughter feuds to challenges to the royal power.That's a big deal.

August doesn't have to worry about this. He is still a long way from growing up to be a threat. In addition, his knight order actually holds the title of reserve of the Garter Knights. For Richard II According to the world, it is the armed force of his brother who depends on each other for life. He will not feel threatened, but only have the sense of security of being protected.

"I can exchange my castle on the border with Mary privately!" There are many properties under August's name, and he can still afford a bigger castle on the border.

Raphael was taken aback for a moment, what he actually wanted to say was that Mary of Windsor Castle was useless anyway, she loved August so much that she would definitely be willing to lend it to August.

Unexpectedly, Auguste learned to exchange benefits without a teacher.Compared with playing the emotional card, it is obviously better that this kind of method where everyone does not suffer, is mutually beneficial, and does not hurt feelings.From the perspective of Miss Mary's brain circuit, she would not feel that she was being divided by August in this way, but would only be pleased with August's increasing communication skills.

Why is Raphael so sure?Because he happened to think so too.

The place to live is solved, but it is only the first step.

The real trouble is yet to come.

August, the local social circle, also didn't want to be left behind.

The noble class is very contradictory, fighting fiercely, but united at critical moments.It is impossible for August to let the network of contacts he has built up with great difficulty return to a state of being unfamiliar with him again.August is not stupid, he knows that these are the capital for him to gain a firm foothold in London in the future.

Therefore, Bristol must leave some henchmen and knights here to serve as a bridge of communication for August and manage his fief for him.

Cambridge is relatively far away from Bristol, and August can clearly feel that his control over Cambridge is a bit powerless, far less than Bristol and Gloucester.He absolutely can't wait for Bristol to become a second Cambridge when he moves to London.

However, who to keep has become a big problem.

Some people were dragged down by their families and couldn't follow August; some people wanted to go to a wider space.But no one would or would dare to speak their minds to His Excellency the Duke, Auguste.It's easy to be self-defeating and breed unnecessary resentment.

He's only nine years old QAQ why would you consider such a question!

The author has something to say: The origin of the name of the Knights of the Garter is true, but the protagonists are not the Black Prince and her wife.Hope everyone knows.