Chapter 176 Baroness Crowley's Request (Two chapters in one)
After a little thought, Ryan initially preferred the third option, which was to serve as the governor and sheriff of the fishing port town.
The reason is simple, there will be enough battles waiting for him there!
And through fighting, he can get a big enough improvement.
But Ryan hesitated because he didn't know the strength of the enemies facing the fishing port town.
As for why the appointment is mainly the governor and the sheriff is supplemented?
Hamilton mentioned this when chatting with Ryan before.
Generally speaking, the sheriffs of the imperial town are mainly knights, and occasionally they may be quasi-knights or knights, such as Hamilton.
But it is actually rare for a knight to serve as a sheriff.
And if a baron is the sheriff, it means that there is an obvious demotion.
Therefore, with the identity of Baron Ryan, it is impossible for him to be just the sheriff of a small town.
However, the governor is different. He is responsible for the affairs of a small town and is the top leader.
And it is not uncommon for a baron to serve as the governor of a small town.
However, Ryan is now thinking of another problem.
Although it is not difficult for him to make a choice among the three options proposed by Earl Habsburg, the problem now is that he actually wants to continue to be Hamilton's adjutant in Goldshire.
Because Ryan's next step is to go to the Gold Coast to find Master Gondar to study for a period of time, and continue to serve as the deputy of the police in Goldshire, so that he can fish as much as possible, and Hamilton will help him deal with many things.
But if he chooses to work in the fishing port town, it means that he will not be able to leave for the Gold Coast in a short time.
After thinking about it, Ryan decided to tell Earl Habsburg directly:
"My Lord, I hope to postpone my appointment for a while. I am currently in the rising period of strength, so I want to go to a swordsman master to practice swordsmanship. So."
When he said this, Ryan felt his scalp tingling, because Earl Habsburg's eyes were staring at him at this moment.
After all, from a certain perspective, Ryan has already violated the will of his superiors.
Especially when the other party still gives you face and gives you a choice.
After a brief silence in the room, Count Habsburg finally spoke.
"Okay, then I'll give you a month. But in this case, I'll arrange an appointment for you directly. One month later, Ryan, you will serve as the governor and sheriff of Harbor Town."
Hearing the last sentence, Ryan's face lit up. Unexpectedly, Count Habsburg finally helped him decide on this position.
"Of course, thank you for your understanding and support, Lord Count."
After talking about these, Count Habsburg suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile: "Ryan, I heard that you and Claire have known each other for a long time?"
"Huh?" Ryan immediately reacted. The Lord Count in front of him should have checked him out.
Come to think of it, the Habsburg Manor is also under the name of this Lord Count, whether it is the manor steward Knight Lloyd, Perez's swordsmanship instructor, or even the head maid Shadiya.
If he knew that it was Count Harris who wanted to know about his situation, I'm afraid no one would dare not report it honestly.
From this point of view, the other party agreed to let him go to the Gold Coast, and he might have benefited from Claire.
"Yes, Lord Earl, in fact, Miss Claire is, to some extent, my guide on the road of knighthood." Ryan said frankly.
"Haha, very good, Ryan, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me. Remember, Mayest County will always be your hometown."
"That's it for today. I still have some things to deal with. Regarding some trivial matters, my butler Henry will take you to handle them."
"Of course, thank you Lord Earl for your understanding and help." Ryan bowed slightly.
I saw Earl Harris shaking the bell on the table.
"Ding-ling-ling!"
Soon, an old man in a tuxedo came in and took Ryan to a room on the first floor.
Earl Habsburg's butler Henry is actually a noble with the title of lord.
Ryan nodded politely.
This reminded Ryan of an old saying in his previous life, 'The prime minister's servant is a seventh-rank official.'
It seems that as long as it is a human society, when the power class is solidified, it is basically the same.
When the butler Henry opened the door, Ryan raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He didn't expect that there was a model similar to a huge sand table in the room. The sand table clearly showed the terrain of the entire county city, and the main streets were marked in detail.
Especially the noble mansion area, which was simulated with small wooden houses, which was very lifelike and could almost be regarded as proportional.
"Baron Ryan, these are several vacant mansions. You can choose them yourself." Butler Henry pointed to the three small wooden houses with white labels on the top and said.
"Thank you!" Ryan nodded and looked carefully.
The noble mansion area is also divided into levels.
The outermost is the category of knights and lords. In the eyes of some upper-class nobles, these two categories are not considered real nobles. They are the most numerous, but in the county city where every inch of land is valuable, the mansions occupy the smallest area.
Going inward, it is the level of barons. In the county city, this is considered the backbone, and the number is much less than that of knights and lords.
Further in, there is the Viscount's mansion, which only has five or six holes, and the villa modeled after the cabin is larger and more luxurious.
And in the center, like a moon surrounded by stars, is naturally the Count Habsburg's mansion, which is the land under Ryan's feet at the moment, covering the largest area and the most luxurious.
Ryan's sight slowly swept through the baron's circle, and soon he saw the mansion marked with the words "Crawley Family". Not far away, about three mansions away, there was a white label, which was a temporarily empty baron's mansion.
After a little thought, Ryan pointed to this mansion and said, "Lord Henry, is this one okay?"
"Of course, as long as you like it, Lord Baron."
"This one!"
"Okay, by the way, Lord Baron Ryan, since you don't have a fiefdom for the time being, I will register it as the Baron Ryan Family Mansion, okay?"
"Of course." Ryan nodded.
The Empire generally calls male nobles who do not have a fiefdom "name plus Your Excellency" or "name plus title". For example, Ryan, others can call him "Your Excellency Ryan" or "Baron Ryan".
However, once there is a fiefdom, such as the name of Ryan's fiefdom is "Normandy", then the official title is mainly "Baron Normandy".
Of course, there is no problem with using the two titles mentioned above in informal occasions.
Regarding the fiefdom, this is different from what Ryan remembered in his previous life. The titles of the Kingdom of Dragun are divided into dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons, lords and knights.
When a noble is first enthroned, he has no fiefdom unless he inherits it.
If you want to have a fiefdom, you need to exchange it with corresponding merit points. The purpose of the empire's move is to encourage the noble class to continue to serve it.
At the same time, in order to strictly limit the nobles' annexation of civilians' land.
The empire has strict area exchange restrictions for noble territories at all levels within the empire's territory. That is to say, assuming that the earldom of an imperial earl has a maximum limit of one thousand hectares of land.
Then when a certain earl's fiefdom reaches the upper limit, he can no longer exchange land further through merit.
For example, the fiefdom of Count Habsburg is a large area to the north of Habsburg and the town of Shining Gold. It is said that it has reached the upper limit of an earl.
But this area is not really big for an earl, because this area does not even include a small town.
However, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of this part of the nobles, the Empire promulgated the pioneering regulations. Merit points can be exchanged for pioneering orders of different levels, that is, outside the territory of the Empire, basically as long as there is a pioneering order, you can often enclose a large piece of land.
"In addition, Baron, you will also receive 1% of the income of Elim Mine every year, and obtain exemption from the Imperial Public Security Management Regulations, as long as it is not murder." Steward Henry said one by one.
Ryan nodded while listening.
He finally got the exemption!
It feels like a serf turning over and singing.
In addition, although it is only 1% of the income of Elim Mine every year, it is almost an income of one thousand imperial gold coins.
"Since you are a baron, you automatically get a seat in the House of Nobles of Meister County." Steward Henry continued.
Ryan was not very interested in these.
His goal was very clear, to obtain resources more conveniently by improving his position or noble level in the Empire.
Such resources include the resources he needs to go further on the wizard path and the knight path.
"That's all. If Baron Ryan has any questions, you can always ask me." Butler Henry said.
"Thank you, Lord Henry for your advice."
"By the way, Baron Ryan, do you need to go to your mansion now? If there is any problem, I can also help you change it in time."
"Okay!" Ryan nodded.
Baroness Crawley and Jenny should still be waiting for him in the carriage at this moment. It's perfect to ask them to help him check.
The group soon came to the baron's mansion that Ryan chose and visited it.
This is a single-family villa located almost in the middle of the noble mansion area. It has three floors. The villa covers an area of about 300 to 400 square meters, the front yard is more than 300 square meters, and the backyard is an exaggerated 1,500 square meters.
The reason why the backyard is so big is mainly because it has a training ground and a stable that can accommodate ten horses.
Therefore, the total area of this villa is about 2,000 square meters.
What Ryan values most is the training ground in the backyard, which is similar to the one he saw at the Crowley family last time.
He didn't expect that he would have a private training ground so soon, which made him feel quite happy.
As for the stable, it is also quite necessary for Ryan now, especially since he is currently feeding the black horse with mutation growth potion.
On the clean and tidy training ground, Ryan couldn't help but draw out the glimmering giant sword behind him with great interest, and improvised a set of giant bear swordsmanship.
"Whirlwind Slash!"
"Cleave!"
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The brave and resolute movements and the smooth and flowing moves made the two beautiful women on the side shine.
After looking at the training ground, several people entered the villa and walked around from the first floor to the third floor. Ryan found that the county city administration office still did a very good job in the daily maintenance of the mansion.
Basically, everything that needed repairing had been repaired. Ryan touched the wooden handrail and found it was as smooth as new.
Seeing this, the butler Henry couldn't help laughing and said, "My Lord Baron, the County City Administrative Office has arranged special personnel to clean every three days. So you can move in at any time."
Ryan nodded and said, "It is indeed well maintained. Lord Henry, thank you for bringing me here. I'm sure this is the one."
"Okay, my Lord Baron, Baroness Crawley, Miss Jenny, there are some things that I need to deal with with the Earl, so I'll take my leave first." Butler Henry bowed slightly and said goodbye.
Before leaving, he showed Ryan a smile that all men understand.
This made Ryan speechless, but he was innocent.
"Sir Ryan, when are you going to move in?" Baroness Crawley lifted the hair by her ear and said.
Ryan thought for a moment and said, "As soon as possible. I plan to leave Meister County for a while after settling my family here."
"After all, the security in the county town is relatively better, and I will feel more at ease."
"Huh? Sir Ryan is leaving again?" The beautiful woman asked in surprise.
"Well, I'm going to Rossby County to study with a swordsmanship master, and I will be back in about a month."
"By the way, Madam, if you encounter something you can't solve, you can contact me. This time, I will bring the blue-helmeted pigeon that Jenny gave me last time." Ryan said with a smile.
Hearing that Ryan was going to improve his own strength, the beautiful woman's eyes lit up, nodded, and seemed to agree, and said with a smile:
"I finally know why Sir Ryan is so powerful at such a young age. In addition to your extraordinary knight talent, this effort is also beyond the reach of ordinary people."
"Yes, I heard that little William of the Stand family has also passed the canonization assessment. The empire has not officially promulgated it yet, but little William has already held a banquet at home, and it has been held for three days." Jenny said with contempt on the side.
After looking around the villa, Ryan, Baroness Crowley and Jenny returned to the Crowley family not far away.
"Sir Ryan, it's dinner time now. I have just asked the servants to arrange a dinner. Please come." At this time, the beautiful woman invited with a smile.
"This... Is it too much of a bother?" Ryan looked up at the sky, and it was indeed sunset.
He also planned to take the books related to armor casting and return to his home in Shining Gold Town. Now it seems that it is a bit late.
This morning, he first helped the Crowley family to retrieve the robbed Bordeaux vintage, and in the afternoon he visited Earl Habsburg and visited his future baron's mansion. I didn't expect time to pass so quickly.
"Yes, Lord Ryan, you have helped the Crowley family a lot this time, please come." Jenny on the side also said with a smile.
"Okay!" Ryan nodded.
It's just a dinner, and the host has invited him repeatedly. It would be inappropriate to refuse again. Ryan immediately stopped refusing.
Immediately, Ryan followed Baroness Crawley and Jenny to the Crawley family's banquet hall, or dining room.
Several shields, deer horns and other decorations were hung around the walls of the banquet hall. More than ten mountain-shaped candlesticks illuminated the entire banquet hall. On an ancient long dining table, all kinds of food, fine wine and large bouquets of flowers were placed.
Although there were only three people dining, Ryan, Baroness Crawley and Jenny, the dishes were extremely rich.
The beautiful woman seemed to know that Ryan was an extraordinary knight and had an unusual appetite, so she specially arranged for the kitchen to prepare two expensive and violent beast meats.
After Ryan finished eating a whole roasted red-crowned turkey and a pot of stewed cliff spiked wild boar, a warm current slowly rose in his stomach and spread to his limbs.
"Sir Ryan, this is the 20-year-old Bordeaux vintage that you helped bring back. Please try it and see how it tastes." The beautiful woman smiled and gestured to the wine glass.
Looking at the amber-red wine, Ryan could already smell the taste of aged oak barrels, which made him want to taste the red wine in this world.
"Thank you, ma'am." Ryan raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
Suddenly, the rich fruity aroma and wine flavor flowed in his mouth, and the taste was surprisingly good.
So, accompanied by Baroness Crawley and Jenny, Ryan had a hearty meal.
During the dessert, Ryan asked, "Madam, I want to borrow this book about armor casting. I don't know."
"Of course, Sir Ryan, please follow me." The beautiful woman after drinking, her face was delicate and charming, and she stood up and led the way.
In fact, the beautiful woman at this time was also very nervous about what she was about to do.
Ever since her husband, Baron Crawley, passed away a year ago, she, who was extremely beautiful, had been coveted by many people, including wealthy businessmen and nobles
. At the beginning, she thought that with the background of the Crawley family and her business ability, she should be able to get by easily.
But soon, the beautiful woman found that although she was quite capable in business and family management, in this world where strength was everything, the Crowley family without the support of the core fighting force was like a sailboat without a mast.
Once it encountered strong winds and waves, it was in danger of capsizing.
For example, the plunder of Bordeaux aged wine this time was a typical example.
The beautiful woman felt more and more that there seemed to be a hidden behind-the-scenes hand in Mayster County, manipulating some people and some forces, and intending to gradually erode the Crowley family.
Now, she is powerless to resist this black hand!
But when she saw the goods recovered this morning, she felt in an instant that this young man, who was about the same age as her daughter, had a tall and burly body like a strong shield that could protect her and the Crowley family's future.
From that moment on, the beautiful woman made up her mind to find a way to "bind" with this promising young man.
The other party is currently only the guardian knight of the Crowley family, which is far from enough!
But unfortunately, the other party seemed to be completely uninterested in aristocratic ladies like Jenny from the beginning.
Especially when Jenny mentioned that she had asked her best friend Agatha to accompany her to visit the library, but she was not interested in Agatha either.
After the other party was awarded the title of baron, the plan of marrying into the family was completely unfeasible!
This gave the beautiful woman a headache.
Until today, she lost her composure and hugged the other party, only to find that the boy seemed to be quite interested in her.
This made her a little hesitant for a while. One was that Ryan was too young, and the other was her daughter Jenny.
So when Ryan went to visit Earl Harris, she clearly mentioned to her daughter Jenny the importance of Ryan to the Crawley family and the actions she might take.
But what the beautiful woman did not expect was that she unexpectedly received strong support from her daughter Jenny.
In fact, Jenny had seen how her own mother struggled to keep the Crawley family running as early as this year.
As the saying goes, difficulties make people grow!
Jenny has grown rapidly in the past year.
She knew that if the Crawley family wanted to continue to stand on the stage of Mayster County in the future, they must find a strong person to support them.
This person could be Baron Alonso or any other nobleman, and now, there is another Baron Ryan.
If they can choose, everyone knows that the best candidate must be the young and promising Lord Ryan.
So, although Jenny felt sour when she heard her mother's plan, she knew what was more important, and her mother was focusing on the overall situation.
Of course, the main reason was that Baron Ryan, who had a promising future, was not interested in her, but was interested in her mother.
This made the girl look down at her chest and was immediately quite discouraged.
Looking at the two people walking up the stairs, Jenny slowly slowed down her pace.
Ryan followed the beautiful woman to the second floor of the villa.
However, when he followed the beautiful woman into a room, Ryan found something wrong.
Because this was a bedroom, with a luxurious bed in the middle of the room, and bedside tables, dressing tables, etc. on both sides.
It was obviously not appropriate for him to enter Baroness Crawley's bedroom in the middle of the night.
However, when he turned around, he found that Jenny, who had been following him, had disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, there were only him and Baroness Crawley in the room.
Just as he was thinking about how to start, he saw the beautiful woman bend down, with her back to Ryan, and lifted up her loose cashmere tunic. Suddenly, the beautiful woman's big buttocks were as tempting as ripe peaches, and on the contrary, the other party's slender waist was slender.
Under the strong contrast of visual impact, Ryan's mouth was dry in an instant.
The beautiful woman suddenly turned her head, her cheeks flushed, and she lifted the slightly messy hair beside her ears, and said in a delicate voice: "Sir Ryan, can you do me a favor?"
"The armor casting technique you want is in this cabinet, but it should be pressed at the bottom."
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