Lady of the Lord From the East - Chapter 199

Since the completion of the pier of Slot, it has become another unmissable stop for merchants on the Mediterranean Sea. All fleets passing here will definitely stop here for a period of time to buy and sell goods and replenish supplies, so slowly Yes, the coast of Sloth, which originally had only two small fishing villages, has gradually prospered. Like the neighboring Princia, it has a great tendency to become a seaport city. Although this will have a certain impact on Princia, but now The cooperation between Princia and Sardinson is multi-faceted, and Princia was originally just a small pier. Now even if it is diverted, for Princia, the overall trend is still on the rise.

Princia people are very clear that without the prosperity of Sardinson, their pier will still be a small pier with few ships in normal times, and even need to close the sea and land in winter, instead of the constant stream of ships coming and going every day. Greatly stimulated the local economic development.

And because the ships coming and going belong to the Mediterranean countries, in many cases, Sloth can always hear some news earlier than others.

What has recently spread among the maritime merchants is the news of the fleet of a country in the far east called the Great Song, but more often they call it the Silk Country.

Yes, after two years, Da Song’s fleet came to the Mediterranean again.

This news was brought by sea merchants. They met Da Song’s fleet in a certain country’s seaport. They were different from other countries on the Mediterranean coast, and their special appearance was yellow skin, black hair and black eyes, which made this The fleet is so striking wherever it goes, it’s hard to forget anyone who sees them.

Along with the news of the arrival of the Great Song fleet, there was also a story that the fleet annihilated several pirates on the Mediterranean Sea, took away the pirates’ ships, and sold them to others at will.

Everyone who heard the news felt that it was unlikely. When the Da Song fleet came over the year before last, many of them had seen it. How dare the pirates rush to provoke them with such a huge fleet. ?

But whether you believe it or not, the news that Da Song’s fleet had encircled and suppressed the pirates still spread, and even spread a lot. All the pirates were wiped out.”

But no matter whether the news is true or not, it is true that the Song Dynasty fleet came to the Mediterranean again.

So after Kingsley took the messengers sent from the other side of the sea to visit Sardinson, and saw a handful of their strong troops, the attitude of these dark-skinned messengers became more friendly, and the later negotiation was also very smooth. , Satinson got a stable supply of cocoa, coffee and sugar cane, and also persuaded the other party to help them build more rubber plantations, and the other party got the annual trade exchange of Sardinson. At the same time, Sardinson also needs Send them some of the crop seeds, and send people to teach them how to farm and graze.

Originally, there was no such thing as sending personnel to teach agriculture and animal husbandry, but after seeing the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Sardinson, they became interested. After the visit, this item was listed as a key point. Even more attractive than anything else.

Their country on the other side of the Mediterranean is actually just an insignificant small and medium-sized country. Compared with the countries in the Nile River Basin, their land is not so fertile, the local agriculture and animal husbandry are relatively backward, and the population is larger. More than anything else, how to feed everyone is a bigger problem, and Sardinson is willing to provide high-yielding seeds and teach them how to plant them, and even teach them how to raise livestock on a large scale, just for this. A few, even if there is no annual trade exchange negotiated earlier, enough for the messengers to be satisfied.

The messengers who negotiated the cooperation did not leave immediately. They had already rented Sardinson’s fleet to bring a large amount of goods. It would take a lot of time to sell them in exchange for more benefits, and because Sardinson They have to prepare the goods to go to the other side of the sea again, so when they return, they can no longer rent a boat from Sardinson, and can only find another boat. These messengers are unfamiliar and can hardly speak the language here. It is not easy to rent a boat, but Kingsley helped them contact the boat to solve this problem.

Kingsley, who is already Baron Hall, will continue to follow the fleet to the other side of the sea. Considering that he will be responsible for the development of that side for a long time in the future, Kingsley thinks over and over and decides to go with Felix. Resigned as the leader of the Knights.

Although serving as the head of the knights of the duke is a more honorable status than the baron, it is equally important to deal with the rubber plantation and other issues for the duke. Since he will not be in Sardinson for a long time, the work of managing the knights will be It can only be left to others to be responsible. Kingsley is not a man of power, and he knows how to treat himself is the best choice, so although this position makes people reluctant to part, he still chooses to resign.

After hearing what he said, Felix quickly agreed to his resignation. In fact, generally speaking, after having a title, the original knights generally do not stay in the knights – he himself is so- After all, the goal of many knights is to become a true noble. Since the goal has been achieved, the knights will no longer let them be nostalgic. Therefore, after becoming nobles, knights will leave their knighthood to their descendants or land, and they will leave. The Knights, Felix himself is like that.

But this is not a direct rule. There is no rule that after becoming a baron, he cannot continue to serve as a knight. Felix can only resign because he cannot continue to stay in the capital after he inherits the title, and Kingsley can only resign. His territory is in Sardinson, so the Baron’s affairs do not affect his continued service to Felix, so as long as he does not voluntarily resign, he can stay in the Knights until he can no longer climb on horseback.

Kingsley is only 40 years old this year, and it is entirely possible to continue to be a knight for another 20 years.

And Kingsley is still in the regiment and is still the head of the knights, just because when he left, Felix hadn’t figured out who to take over the knights, and Kingsley’s heir himself passed the knighthood The assessment is already a full member of the Knights, and he wants to leave his knighthood to his younger son’s son, his eldest grandson. After all, the eldest son is now a knight and can inherit the position of a baron in the future, while the younger son They can only get some family property, and after the eldest son became a knight, they had already agreed that his knightly fief would be left to the younger son’s family.

That’s why he didn’t voluntarily leave the Knights for the sake of his grandson.

However, the knight status can be retained, and the position of the head of the regiment is not allowed.

And now that he has been away for a while, the internal affairs of the Knights have also been taken over by others, only one title is needed to be handed over. Sly himself brought it up, and naturally everyone was happy.

For the subordinate he trusted and valued, Felix acquiesced to him leaving the identity and fief of a knight, and at the same time, gave a greater return.

Inspired by the king, Felix imitated the title system of the Silk Kingdom, which he had heard from Wei Wei, and gave Kingsley the title of Viscount.

The title of Viscount was set by Felix himself, so it was not a regular noble title, nor was it recognized by other nobles. To put it bluntly, it was just an honorary title.

However, Felix himself set certain rights for the title of Viscount. Its status is equivalent to that of Baron. It seems that there is only a difference in title, but he promised that after Kingsley returns from the task, he can manage a Viscount as a viscount. City.

Of course, this city is not the new city of Sardinson. Felix will only be the lord of the city of great significance. He is now a duke. The duchy includes several counties, including many cities. The management of the cities that belong to the royal administration is now in the hands of Felix, and he has the right to accept the replacement of the city lords of these cities, so he can promise Kingsley, when he finishes his work on the other side of the sea, he can take over when he comes back. management of a city.

Cities are different from woodlands. After becoming lords, the income of nobles will no longer be limited to fields. They can collect various commercial taxes in their cities, and this part of the tax is not only the part that is handed in, but also belongs to the city lord. .

Therefore, all nobles are looking forward to having a town of their own.

And Felix believes that with Kingsley’s ability, he is fully capable of being a good city lord.

This was a pleasant surprise. After Kingsley heard Felix’s promise, he immediately knelt down to thank him. With the generosity of the Duke, the city he took over in the future would definitely not be too bad.

Kingsley, who received such a big surprise, happily took people away from Sardinson amid the congratulations.

Their fleet just happened to pass Da Song’s fleet at the harbor, and at the moment of staggering, Kingsley’s sharp eyes found that the fleet sent by Da Song had more ships than before, and he didn’t know that. Was it his dazzling eyes, he seemed to see some familiar sign in it.

Kingsley wasn’t sure because he only looked at it from a distance, but the staff at Slaughter Wharf saw it.

In the fleet of the Great Song Mission, they found a few tattered ships, like the hulls of ships that had just experienced battles, with blurry, but if you look closely, you can still vaguely see them, belonging to lions and flowers. The pattern of the combination of body and Wei characters.

Probably because the pattern is too huge and it was carved, so although it was deliberately overpainted with other paints, after the paint faded, they could still recognize it at a glance when they looked at it up close.

That is the private badge dedicated to the duke and the duchess. It is a new graphic that combines the family crests of the two of them. The duchess often has such a pattern on their clothes. It is said that the documents signed by the duchess and the duchess will also be There are such imprints.

And such a badge appeared on the ship, combined with the news they heard before that the Da Song fleet annihilated the pirates at sea, some insiders immediately began to wonder if these Far East visitors gave the pirates who stole their ships to them. Destroyed, and then took the ship back.