Chapter 90 Civilization and Savagery (Fifth Update!)
As the head of the Fischer family, Byrne still has to observe superficial etiquette.
He greeted the two calmly and gracefully.
"Baron Case, Baron Leander, I have heard of your names for a long time and I also want to visit you."
"It's just that the Fisher family has too many things to do. As the head of the family, I have been very busy and have not had the opportunity to go there. I'm sorry."
Baron Keith's orange-yellow dragon pupils moved slightly, and there was a hint of obvious hostility in his eyes as he stared at Byrne.
"Well, never mind. It's time for us to visit you, Baron Byrne."
Baron Case's voice was low and sounded unsettling.
"I didn't expect you to become a baron. I just don't know which territory the royal family will grant you. I really hope it's not one of those."
Byrne smiled and said, "Whatever the royal family chooses, the Fisher family will accept it."
Being well versed in history and law, he certainly understood where the other party's hostility came from.
The reason is simple. According to Syat tradition, the royal family will most likely choose the villages around Nasir as territory for the Fisher family.
A village was chosen from the "unowned royal lands" and granted to the Fischer family.
However, the three ownerless villages around Nasir Town are actually under the control of the Case family and the Leander family.
The Fischer family will most likely get a share of the "fat meat" from one of the families.
Byrne smiled. If he were the one who had to cut off the flesh, he would also feel hostile.
Baron Case in front of him was clearly hostile, but Baron Leander did not show it, most likely because he was more scheming.
Two barons also took their seats one after another. Both of them were powerful men at the metamorphic level and had bad intentions. Everyone stopped laughing immediately.
The atmosphere of the banquet gradually became depressing. The chubby Baron Leander squinted his eyes, hoping to have a private conversation with Byrne in the reception room.
Byrne agreed and went to the reception room with Baron Leander.
Baron Leander sat down with a smile and made a suggestion.
"I have a suggestion. What if the territory that your Fischer family obtains is the territory controlled by our Leander family?"
"Then we are willing to pay rent in exchange for continued control of the village in the future. You don't need to worry about managing it. The Fisher family only needs to collect the money."
Byrne wanted to hear the other party's thoughts and asked, "What's the approximate number?"
Baron Leander thought for a moment and said seriously, "Fifty gold coins, every year, how about that?"
Byrne was silent for a while and then shook his head. The price offered by the other party was really too low. It was basically a more respectable form of robbery.
The interests of the Fisher family come first, and he absolutely cannot agree to such a deal.
"Well, let's wait until the news from the royal family comes, and then we can negotiate."
Baron Leander was not angry either, and continued with a smile:
"You should hope that the territory you get belongs to Leander. We are different from the overbearing Case family. We are civilized people who know how to negotiate."
Byrne smiled but remained noncommittal.
Renting control of an entire village for fifty gold coins a year, is this civilized robbery?
"But I really don't want the territory you get to belong to the Leander family. I really don't want to conflict with you."
Byrne could also see that the other person's temperament was somewhat similar to that of the merchant John.
They all behave like businessmen. They don't want to fight unless it is absolutely necessary, but if they have the chance to suck blood or skin someone, they will probably never let it go.
"You don't need to worry about such things, Baron Leander."
Byrne waved calmly, and Vanessa came in from outside, poured them both a cup of tea, and then stood not far away.
Baron Leander felt a little strange. He didn't expect that their family's butler was a disabled person, which was not decent at all.
Byrne had noticed the way the other person was looking at Vanessa's legs, and the discrimination and disrespect were obvious.
Vanessa smiled calmly, with her hands behind her back, as if she didn't care at all.
While drinking a sip of red tea, Byrne said calmly:
"We, the Fisher family, originally lived outside the town of Nasir, just a stone's throw away from the jungle. It's not wrong to say that we are barbarians."
He continued jokingly:
"Dignity and elegance are just disguises of the Fisher family. If any overbearing family bullies us, they will find that our underlying nature is actually barbarity and ferocity, and we will bite the bully all over his body."
After hearing the remarks of this "self-proclaimed barbarian", Baron Leander sneered, but did not care about the threat in Byrne's words.
"Goodbye, Baron Byrne. I still hope that we are not enemies when we meet next time."
After Baron Leander left the reception room, Byrne slowly and calmly stood up. In fact, beneath their brutality and cruelty, the Fisher family had an even more terrifying side.
Keep secrets, be cautious, keep silent, and take revenge.
All power comes from the great Lost Lord.
Irene looked at the hundreds of guests attending the banquet, and a sense of fulfillment emerged in her heart. The Fisher family had finally established its foothold.
By the time Byrne returned to the banquet hall, the banquet had already come to an end.
He came over to Irene and they had a private conversation.
After hearing this, Irene's expression became subtle and she smiled:
"He obviously wanted to take away Fisher's land, but he was willing to give him fifty gold coins as a symbolic gift. He's a pretty nice guy, haha."
She actually understood why the Leander family was willing to pay this money.
In fact, they were just greedy by nature and afraid that the Fisher family would fight them to the death.
Thirteen-year-old Chris is already qualified to attend formal banquets.
He suddenly noticed a look and frowned.
Baron Case sat in his seat, staring at him silently, his eyes like those of a snake or a lizard, chilling, as if he was staring at his prey.
At this moment, assistant priest Zain, who had left early to rest, came to the banquet hall.
Baron Case and Baron Leander could no longer sit still.
The seven viscounts and twelve barons of the East Coast Province, of course, all knew Zain.
Bishop Storm himself was not in charge of much, and whenever there was a major event involving the Church of Storm, it was basically Zain, his deputy, who stepped forward.
Why is Assistant Priest Zain also here?
The two people who had seemed calm at the banquet immediately became respectful and came to Zain to greet him as soon as possible.
Zain wasn’t very familiar with them, he just nodded calmly and politely to communicate.
At the end of the banquet, Byrne, along with a dozen servants, personally escorted assistant priest Zain and two barons out of Nasir Town.
As soon as they walked out of the mansion, they saw hundreds of townspeople gathered outside the gate a few hundred meters away, blocking the gate of the manor.
The two barons looked at each other. Could it be that Fischer's subjects were rebelling?
It is actually rare for the subjects to rebel because the power wielded by the extraordinary lords is so great.
No matter how hard an ordinary person tries, it will be of no avail. Even with a flintlock rifle, it is difficult to fight against a truly strong person.
Zain was silent for a while, then asked, “What’s going on? Why are they blocking everyone here? Did the Fisher family do something too extreme?”
It was common for nobles to burn houses, kill, loot, and abuse civilians.
As long as there are no large-scale casualties, the Storm Church will not care about such insignificant matters.
Why would they care about mass casualties? Of course, it's because a large number of deaths might involve heretical ritual activities.
Since becoming a true noble, Byrne has discovered that those ordinary people who respect him also instinctively have a hint of fear in their eyes.
He had heard about the evil things that Baron Hoven had done in the town of Nasir, such as tying an entire family to the back of a horse and dragging them through the street for no reason, or suddenly taking away the daughter of a family.
The man who appeared gentle and polite in front of knights and rich people was actually a nightmare to ordinary people.
The extraordinary lords are the lambs of the gods, and the common people are the fodder to feed them. There is no way for them to resist at all.
(End of this chapter)
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