Struggle in the Steam Age - Chapter 667

“There are so many nobles willing to participate in your banquet.” Saifeier looked a little surprised at the nobles who came to the banquet from various residences in the city and said with surprise.

“I remember you told me that you held a similar banquet in the Holy Visby Empire, but basically few nobles were willing to participate.”

“This is obviously caused by the difference in countries.” Lawrence said with a shrug.

“You know, because the nobles of the Holy Visby Empire have pure blood, orderly inheritance of titles, and a long history, they look more at the rules of those nobles than heaven.”

“For example, they are very much pursuing the purity of the noble lineage and the orderly circulation of the titles within the family. And collectively despise those who do not meet their feelings in this respect.”

“Like me, who is the collateral owner of the family and the identity of the adoptee, they naturally look down on us. In their eyes, I am at best insignificant than those nouveau riche who spend money on knighthoods in some countries A little bit.”

“So I think it would be difficult for your emperor to reform.” After hearing Lawrence’s words, Syfiel shrugged.

“It is undeniable that the quality of the nobles and descendants of nobles in this era is indeed significantly higher than that of ordinary people, but it is obviously not enough for a country to rely on nobles alone.”

“Actually, only the nobility can be used, otherwise the old empires or kingdoms will not be as strong as they are now.” Lawrence, who has studied this aspect, explained to his fiancée around him.

“It’s just that, like the Holy Visby Empire, an atmosphere where nobles can only be monopolized by the descendants of nobles is obviously not feasible, because it will seriously affect the atmosphere of the entire society.”

“Obviously, the emperor of the Holy Visby Empire also realized this, so he initiated the reform. Whether it was the last rebellion or the subsequent canonization of me, it is obvious that the emperor’s determination to reform.”

“So at this point I prefer Briton.” Saifeier looked at the Briton nobles who came to the banquet and said.

“Although some old nobles always feel that the new nobles of Briton lack inheritance, and even slightly modify the extraordinary inheritance of those nobles directly using the country as their own inheritance method as a laughing stock.”

“But this kind of promotion of outstanding people among ordinary people into nobles is obviously more beneficial to the development of the country, because it can ensure the flow of classes within the country and bring vitality to the entire country.”

As Syfiel said, unlike the old aristocrats from the Holy Visby Empire, these aristocrats from the disadvantaged will not look down on Lawrence because he is only an adopted son and not a direct lineage.

At least during the time of welcoming the guests, Lawrence could feel that these pioneering nobles who belonged to Briton basically came with kindness to themselves in their hearts.

This kindness is certainly not a small part because the trade proposed by Lawrence before is a thing that can bring benefits to everyone present, and no one wants to be in trouble with money.

But there is another very important reason, that is, the Briton nobles themselves pay more attention to those things related to reality, rather than just staring at a person’s origin and blood.

In the eyes of the group of Briton nobles who came here today, an important feature of Lawrence that attracted them is that he has established his current position as a non-primary family and adopted son.

. More importantly, after obtaining this title, he was able to develop a barren territory to the present level in a short period of time.

Although Briton’s special aristocratic policy has made some outstanding people of ordinary people appear among their aristocrats, these aristocrats have never seen such a young and capable aristocrat even in the local area.

To be honest, if Lawrence hadn’t taken Sefei and clearly stated that she was his fiancée, maybe this group of people would have begun to test Lawrence’s ability to marry.

“I’m glad everyone can visit this party.” When it was time for the scheduled opening time, Lawrence, in a formal dress, stood on the stage in the auditorium and said to the guests below.

“The main reason for this gathering is that I think everyone is the lord on this island, but I have rarely met before. So I think that since everyone is here now, we should take this opportunity to get together.”

“Yes.” “That’s right.” “I’m only 50km away from a neighbor’s territory, but we haven’t seen each other for three years…” After Lawrence said this, the nobles immediately said something to you. That said.

Don’t think everyone is a noble Briton, and they live on the same island. However, because of the terrible local traffic level and the scarce number of monsters, the exchanges between people and the local people are more than with the neighbors around them.

“That’s right, so today’s party is for everyone to have a good communication together.” Lawrence said loudly with a smile.

“In addition to sharing with you some of the specialty products from the tropics, I also hope to share with you some of the information I have collected about this island before—”

After hearing what Lawrence said, everyone immediately refreshed. Then everyone looked at Lawrence standing in the center of the stage seriously. Some even took out the notebook and pen to record what Aurence was going to say for a while. thing.

After all, they also learned through their own channels during this time that Lawrence was not only a nobleman and lord, but also a scholar. So they all want to hear what Lawrence found in this place is important to him.

“Okay, okay, everyone doesn’t need to be so nervous.” Looking at the serious expressions of the nobles below, Lawrence pressed his hands down and made a gesture to relax everyone.

“In today’s gathering, I just want to chat with you and talk about what I saw on the island as a foreigner, so you really don’t need to be so formal.”

“Of course, as I said, I am only a foreigner, so my perception of many things may not be correct. Therefore, if there is any mistake in the conclusion drawn in a while, please bear with me.”

After saying these things, Lawrence took out a form of production in various fields that he had obtained from statistics on various territories a few days ago, and then read it.

At the beginning, many nobles below felt that these things were all public and trivial data and looked disapproving, but as time passed, the faces of the people present slowly showed a look of surprise~www.mtlnovel .com~Because this table of Lawrence is not just a simple record of the products of the various territories on the island, but also a simple summary of the data in addition to these simple records.

And through these summaries, the lords suddenly realized that they might have a vague feeling before, but they have always ignored a fact because of this and other reasons.

After hundreds of years of development, although this island in the cold polar region still looks as desolate as it was hundreds of years ago, it has actually become much richer than in the past.

To give the simplest example, the catch of a simple fishery is now more than 30 times what it was a hundred years ago. Not to mention that the total population has doubled dozens of times compared with the past.

In other words, the important reason why the output is so small now is that a large number of new populations have appeared on the island, and these new populations consume those new items.

Therefore, what each lord perceives is naturally the seemingly insignificant growth every year. The magnitude is so small that everyone subconsciously ignores them.