The Sun King's Evidence

It is impossible to arrange to live in the Fairy Tower in the Lake for a week in one go. There are many things accumulated in the entire territory waiting for Ryan to solve. In the past, Ryan went out to fight, Sulia helped him with internal affairs at home, and Morgiana was responsible for taking care of things. , it can be regarded as a clear division of labor, but this time Ryan left and took Sulia with him, leaving only Morgiana alone.

In addition, Ryan left Morgiana with a group of three retainers, including the original Musilon butler Katzenberg, Goffin from the empire's Reikland, and Steve, a noble from Musilon. Assist Morgiana in handling internal affairs, but as courtiers, the three of them can only provide suggestions. In the end, Morgiana still needs to make a decision, and the special identity of the Lake God Witch and the spokesperson of the mortal will of the Lake Fairy determine that she cannot Too arbitrarily meddling in Ryan's internal affairs, the result is that Morgiana has been troubled by this aspect in the past year.

After Ryan came back, he had a lot of things to deal with. He simply called all his subordinates to have a meeting and talked about the next plan.

The first is the possible conflict between the Empire and the Brittanians. Lane immigrated from Brunswick, the capital of the Empire, about 300,000 people, including 120,000 young men. The number of these people has exceeded Mousilon. If the indigenous people are not handled well, conflicts are very likely to occur.

Lane's method is to live together + encourage intermarriage, and at the same time strengthen publicity. These imperial immigrants from Brunswick brought advanced crafts, various technologies and many rare things that the Musilon natives have never seen. They will It will help the indigenous people of Mousilon get out of the current difficulties.

The indigenous people of Mousilon also have to take the responsibility of integrating the imperial immigrants into the local area and getting used to the fertile swamps of Mousilon and the environment where monsters appear from time to time. They teach the imperial people how to deal with these monsters and how to build strong villages and barriers. What are the activities and habits of the swamp monster, and what taboos does Mu Xilong have that cannot be touched?

In this way, both parties can understand each other.

The gap in race and belief between the Empire and Britannia is not so large that it is unacceptable. Everyone believes in the gods of the old world. The Freya Ancient Church District to which Alfred belongs accepts immigrants from the Empire. , the two castles replaced by Noor were named "Charlemagne Castle" and "Noor Castle" respectively, and garrison troops from two companies of the empire have already moved in.

After solving the immigration issue first, the second issue that was brought up for discussion was the awarding of honors to the old guards. In this decisive battle at Noor, many old guards had made military exploits. Ryan said at the meeting that it was time to start from these old guards. Some of the Guards were promoted to knighthoods. The old Guardsmen who received knighthoods had the status of knights errant. From then on, they were real nobles.

No one objected to Lane's decision, or in other words, his subordinates, including Count Dulin and Count Larot of the former Lyonnaise South and now Mousilon, all expressed their approval.

As for whether they can continue to rise after receiving the knighthood, Ryan did not say this, and no one asked, because it is not necessary. In the eyes of the knight nobles, it is already a problem for the old guards to obtain the knighthood as serfs. They were promoted beyond their qualifications. As for fiefdoms or even titles, these soldiers who were born as serfs probably couldn't even think about it.

Ryan also feels that the title of knight can satisfy this generation of old guards and serve them to death. If there is really great merit, there will be a knight of the kingdom or even a baron title.

The divinely chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake silently set the Baron as the ceiling for the Old Guard's promotion. The Baron level is the highest level of the knight class and the lowest level of the great nobles. This will help Ryan control the Old Guard as his own direct line troops.

The first batch of old guards who will be awarded the title of knight is set to be thirty, and the time is scheduled for this year’s Winter Veil Festival celebration. Ryan will personally celebrate this year’s ceremony with his wife Sulia and the Lake God Witch Morgiana. Thirty old guardsmen were awarded knighthoods.

After the two matters were explained, Ryan first asked the newly appointed Baron Merovingian and the flag-bearer, the Holy Grail Knight Armand: "How is the public security in Mousilon City now?"

"We spent a year reorganizing the entire city, but the situation is not particularly ideal. It will take at least six months for the entire city to completely remove the corruption left by vampires." Armand told about his difficulties: "Especially It is a shanty town with many deep secret passages, some of which even go as deep as lower than the sea level. Only the lady knows what the city of Mousilon went through after it fell into the hands of vampires."

"Very good, it seems that we can't move the headquarters from Jean to Mousilon City for the time being." Ryan nodded, and then asked: "Juan, is there anything unusual in the direction of Orphan Hill?"

Juan Carlos Sungazer, who was wearing the uniform of a Knight of the Sun, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If the wood elves hadn't occupied that place now, maybe we would have been annoyed to death by the Skaven hiding underground. Since then, I have been dealing with the wood elves a lot, and His Excellency Araloth-the Hero promised to help us eliminate the threat of the ratmen, on the condition that the territory of their current observatory will be doubled!"

"Then give it to him!" Ryan immediately made a decision: "Our current goal is to try our best to create an environment where we can develop and recuperate with peace of mind. Since the wood elves can help us, as long as it is not too much, we can agree. First Let’s resume production!”

"Yes!" Juan received Ryan's promise and responded loudly to express his understanding.

"As for attracting investment in the industrial belt along the Grays Murray River, Katzenberg, I'll leave this matter to you. Don't care too much about the immediate interests. The merchants in Nuer know what to do." Ryan continued. : "At least let them stay first. Everything can be discussed. Our efforts in the Nuer Battle will not be in vain, and their demands will not be excessive."

"Understood." Katzenberg still maintains his usual appearance, with a bald head, a monocle and no beard. He is in his thirties this year and looks much calmer. The original agreement with Francois It has no meaning anymore, everyone knows this.

"Then...where is the canal built now?" Ryan asked Count Dulin. As a former nobleman of Lyonnais, he knew this best.

A canal that runs from north to south will connect the Sannes River in the north, the Grismoray River that originates from Palaon and flows into the sea at Mousilon, and then the Charon River in the south, and finally reaches the Burm River that originates from the Athel Loren Forest. The Leon River completes the connection between the north and the south.

"The northern section of the canal was built starting from the Sandnes River in Curona. It has been built close to the Grismoray River and should be navigable before the year." Count Dulin replied: "Temporarily, digging There are still enough manpower for the canal, but that is because there is a famine in Lyonnais, and the serfs are willing to dig hard for a mouthful of food. But after digging to the Graysmoray River, how can we maintain this speed is also a problem. After all, Most of the serfs were unwilling to leave their principalities; they were the property of their lords."

Ryan frowned when he heard this. The serfs in Bordeaux are not Lyonnaise. The serfs there must live a richer and more knowledgeable life. Being richer means higher labor costs, and being more knowledgeable means that It’s harder to recruit.

We can only take one step at a time and wait until the canal from the Sandness River to the Graysmoray River is opened to navigation.

After the meeting, everyone received tasks to implement. Ryan originally planned to see how Veronica and Teresa were doing. He soon learned from the attendant that Veronica was currently in seclusion to attack the sanctuary. , her wizard tower has been closed, and for this period of time, flames and bright lights are constantly coming out of the top of the tower.

Theresa rushed back to the Gloria Council for a meeting and would not be back for a few weeks. She left a message to Ryan, saying that she would return to Ryan's territory before the Winter Veil Festival.

After thinking for a while, Ryan finally decided to go to the Lake Fairy's tower and detail his plan to Morgiana and the Lake Fairy herself.

If he wants the serf redemption system to be implemented smoothly, Ryan must get the support of the goddess, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

.........I am the dividing line entering the tower......

Ryan's entry into the Lake Fairy Tower was the happiest thing for Morgiana. Morgiana's previous dissatisfaction disappeared when she saw Ryan settling all the matters and immediately came to the tower. The Lake God Witch personally cooked for Ryan. Cooked a large table of dishes, including a new dish she had recently researched.

This dish is called "Haggis", which is a dish passed down from Obien Island. It looks like a giant sausage, with all the sheep's heart, liver, lungs and other sheep internal organs chopped into pieces. It is a hodgepodge that is minced, mixed together, stuffed into the sheep's stomach, sewn shut, and various vegetables are added together.

Ryan looked at this watermelon-sized haggis. Its shape was like a giant egg that gave birth to a demon. When opened, all kinds of unknown particles were densely packed. Black ash mixed with feces yellow water and milk. He held the knife and fork in his hand for a long time and didn't know how to eat it: " this……"

"Don't you know how to eat it?" Morgiana approached from a distance with a wisp of fragrant wind. Today she was wearing a retro rose evening dress with layered gauze with snowflakes and a unicorn velvet waistcoat. The beautiful legs wrapped in white unicorn velvet pantyhose are graceful, slender and straight. They are in a private area in the Lake Fairy Tower. The Lake God Witch only wore a pair of ordinary open-toed high heels. Mo can be seen through the translucent white stockings. Gianna's smooth white skin and round toes painted with pink nail polish.

"I really don't know where to start." Ryan sat at the dining table, holding a knife and fork in his hand.

"Haha." Morgiana sat gently on Ryan's lap and reached out to take the knife and fork from his hand. She reached out and cut open the sheep's stomach, revealing the ingredients of the chowder inside, and then gently forked a piece: "Ah~"

"Ah~um~" Ryan reluctantly opened his mouth and ate.

"Huh?!" The taste was quite surprising. Although the color was yellow and black, it tasted excellent, soft and had a special aroma. After tasting it, Ryan nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious, Morgiana, it's so good. eat!"

"As long as it tastes good to you." Seeing that Ryan liked it, Morgiana's face lit up brightly. She took out a bottle of Corona whiskey, poured a full glass for Ryan, and said softly: "Mutton Damn it, this dish needs to be paired with whiskey."

"It's delicious, Morgiana. I'm sorry to trouble you during this time." Ryan was eating the delicious food (although it didn't look good). He adjusted his sitting position to make Morgiana sit more comfortably: "How did you learn Who made this dish?”

"There will be some fiery-red-haired Obien people in the north of Curona and Leonese. They have immigrated several times in their long history. The knight kings at that time saw these fiery-red-haired Obien people. The benefactor was not corrupted by Chaos and was brave and good at fighting, so he chose to accept them. Haggis is a special dish passed down by these Obien people. I think you might like it." Morgiana continued: "You know Duke Connet Lawn’s subordinate, Holy Grail Knight De Leones? He is a descendant of the Obiun people.”

"So that's it." Ryan thought to himself that the Kingdom of Brittany is not entirely composed of Bretons. The northern part of the kingdom is mixed with the Obienne people, the eastern part is intermarrying with the Imperial people, and the southern part of the Kingdom includes the Duchy of Carcassonne and the Bethany people. The Principality of Leon also intermarried with Estalians and Tyrells.

After a long dinner, Ryan and Morgiana cleared the dishes and dining table and returned to the bedroom. At this time, the fireplace in the bedroom was already burning brightly. The two of them were sitting on the sofa in the bedroom. On the way up, the Lake God Witch was so tired that she didn’t want to move a finger. She whispered: "You must have something to ask me for when you come here this time, right? It's the serf household registration redemption system that you mentioned to me in your letter before. ?”

"That's right." Ryan took Morgiana's hand and said softly: "This step must be taken, otherwise what I did will only temporarily alleviate the conflict between the serfs and the nobles. If there is a fundamental change, it won’t take long for my reform results to be gradually swallowed up by the great nobles, and the treatment of serfs will not be fundamentally changed.”

"I know this." Morgiana was a little confused: "But haven't you already solved this problem through the Old Guard system?"

"The Old Guard is one way, but we cannot hope that all serfs will be as brave and good at fighting as the Old Guard." Ryan shook his head and explained: "People have a division of labor. Facing those who are not good at fighting, Serfs, we must also give them the opportunity to break away from their serf household registration."

"What are you going to do?" Morgiana thought about it carefully and felt that what Ryan said made sense, but she couldn't understand what Ryan meant for a while: "Let the serfs pay a large sum of money, and then they can break away from the serf household registration and gain personal freedom. , buy a piece of land from the lord and cultivate it yourself? Just like the free people now, they are subject to the management of the original lord?"

"No, if we change it this way, it will just turn the serfs into tenant farmers. It will not fundamentally change the relationship between the serfs and the lords." Ryan shook his head violently, and he revealed his plan.

The core of the serf household registration redemption system planned by Lane is redemption, not that the serfs just changed from serfs enslaved by the lord to tenant farmers dependent on the lord after spending a large sum of money.

The core of Ryan's plan probably has the following three points.

1. As long as a serf participated in the knight's conscription as a conscript and participated in the war, he would be eligible to redeem himself and his family.

Second, after meeting the conditions, the serf can propose a redemption to the Lake Fairy Church. By paying a large sum of money, the Lake Fairy Church will notarize and extract a small amount of notarization fees. The ransom will be handed over to the lord, and neither party will regret it. .

Third, after the redemption is successful, the serf will be separated from his household registration and become a "free citizen". From then on, he has nothing to do with the territory. He no longer needs to bear any obligations, taxes and corvees to the lord. He can go wherever he wants and farm whenever he wants. Farm, work if you want to work, and be a soldier if you want to be a soldier. He enjoys personal freedom and property freedom, is no longer dominated by others, and enjoys all the rights and interests of Brittanian citizens. If the lord wants to hire these people, he must pay real money. silver.

After Ryan finished speaking, Morgiana fell into deep thought. Ryan's idea had a great impact on her, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

At this time, the voice of the lake fairy came from the door. The goddess was wearing a cinnamon gardenia white off-shoulder and hip skirt with black velvet tights and white strappy high heels today. She was holding a golden Holy Grail in her hand. , walked in from the door, and said to Ryan with a half-smile: "My champion, I listened to your proposal. Here, I have a question to ask you."

"How much do you plan to set the ransom? And how do you convince the nobles of the kingdom to agree to this proposal?"

"I'm planning to……"

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