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 was simple, there would be enough battles waiting for him there!

And through fighting, he could get a big enough improvement.

The only thing Ryan hesitated about was that he didn't know the strength of the enemies facing the fishing port town.

As for why the appointment was mainly the governor and the sheriff was supplementary?

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 serves as a sheriff, it means that there is an obvious demotion.

Therefore, with the identity of Baron Ryan, it is impossible for the normal appointment to be just a 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 a governor of a small town.

However, Ryan is now thinking of another problem.

Although it was not difficult for him to make a choice among the three options proposed by Earl Habsburg, the problem now was that he actually wanted to continue to be Hamilton's adjutant in Goldshire.

Because Ryan's next step was to go to the Gold Coast to study with Master Gondar's swordsmanship for a period of time, and continue to serve as the deputy sheriff of Goldshire, so that he could fish as much as possible, and Hamilton would help him deal with many things.

But if he chose to work in the fishing port town, it would mean that he would 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 swordsmanship master to practice swordsmanship. So."

When he said this, Ryan felt his scalp tingling, because Earl Habsburg's eyes were staring at him at the moment.

After all, from a certain perspective, Ryan had already violated the will of his superiors.

Especially when the other party still gave you face and gave 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 directly arrange an appointment for you. One month later, Ryan, you will serve as the governor and sheriff of the 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 that 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 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 Count 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.

Henry, the butler of Count Habsburg, is actually a nobleman 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, the situation is basically the same when the power class is solidified.

When the butler Henry opened the door, Ryan raised his eyebrows and was quite surprised.

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 have the largest number, but in the county city where every inch of land is valuable, the mansion area is also the smallest.

A circle further in, there is the baron level. In the county, these are the backbone of the force, and their number is much smaller than that of knights and lords.

Further inside, there is the Viscount's mansion, which only has five or six holes. The cabin simulates a villa that is larger and more luxurious.

And in the center, like the stars looming over the moon, is naturally the residence of Earl Habbs, which is the land under Ren's feet at the moment. It occupies the largest area, is the largest, and is also the most luxurious.

Within the Baron's circle, Ren's eyes slowly swept across. Soon, he saw the mansion marked with the words 'Crawley Family'. He saw it not far away, about three mansions apart. , there is a white-labeled baronial mansion that is temporarily vacant.

After thinking for a moment, Ren pointed to this building and said, "Lord Henry, is this building okay?"

"Of course, as long as you like it, Lord Baron."

"Just this one!"

"Okay, by the way, Lord Baron Wren, since you don't have a fief for the time being, I will register it as the residence of the Baron Wren family, okay?"

"Of course." Ren nodded.

In the empire, male nobles who do not yet have a territory are generally addressed as "name plus sir" or "name plus title". For example, Renne, others can call him "Lord Renne" or "Baron Renne".

However, once there is a fiefdom, for example, the name of the Rennes fiefdom is 'Normandy', the official title is mainly 'Normandy Baron'.

Of course, there is no problem in using the two titles mentioned before in informal situations.

Regarding fiefdoms, this is different from Ren's impression in his previous life. The titles of Dragon Kingdom are divided into duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron, lord and knight.

When a noble is first enthroned, he or she does not have a fief unless it is by inheritance.

If you want to have a fief, you need to exchange it with corresponding merit points. The purpose of this move by the empire is to encourage the noble class to continue to serve it.

At the same time, in order to strictly limit the annexation of land by nobles to common people.

The empire has strict area exchange restrictions for noble territories at all levels within the empire's territory. In other words, assuming that the empire's earl territory has a maximum limit of one thousand hectares of land.

Then when a certain earl's fief reaches the upper limit, he can no longer exchange for land through meritorious deeds.

For example, the fiefdom of Earl Habsburg is a large area to the north of Habsburg and Goldshire. It is said that it has reached the upper limit of one earl.

But this area is not really big for a count, 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 also promulgated pioneering regulations. Merit points can be exchanged for pioneering orders at different levels. That is, outside the territory of the empire, basically as long as there is a pioneering order, a large piece of land can often be enclosed.

"In addition, Lord Baron, you will also receive 1% of the income from Elim Mine every year, and you will be exempted from the Empire's public security management regulations, as long as you are not killing people." Butler Henry said one by one.

Ren listened and nodded.

He finally has immunity too!

It feels like a serf turning over and singing.

Also, don't look at the annual income of Elim Mine, which is only 1%, which is almost an income of a thousand imperial gold coins.

"Because you are a baronet, you automatically get a seat in the Meister County Noble House." Butler Henry continued.

Renn is not very interested in these.

His goal is very clear, to obtain resources more conveniently by improving his position or noble rank within the empire.

This resource includes the resources he needs to go further on the path of wizards and knights.

"That's all. If Baron Renne has any questions, you can ask me at any time." Butler Henry said.

"Thank you, Lord Henrik, for the information."

"By the way, Baron Wren, do you need to go to your mansion to have a look now? If there is any problem, I can help you change it in time."

"Eh, that's fine!" Renn nodded.

Coincidentally, Baroness Crowley and Jenny should still be waiting for him in the carriage at this moment, so it would be perfect to ask them to help him check.

The group soon arrived at the baron's mansion chosen by Renne and started to visit.

This is a single-family villa located almost in the middle of the noble residence area. It has three floors. The villa itself 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 large 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 Renn valued most was the training ground in the backyard similar to the one he saw at the Crowley family last time.

Unexpectedly, he now has a private training ground so soon, which makes him feel quite happy.

As for the stables, they are also very needed for Renn now, especially since he is currently feeding the dark horse with mutant growth potion.

On the clean and tidy training ground, Renn couldn't help but excitedly pulled out the shimmering giant sword behind his back and performed an impromptu set of giant bear sword skills.

"Whirlwind!"

"Cleave!"

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The brave and resolute movements and flowing moves made the beautiful eyes of the two women on the side sparkle.

After looking at the training ground, several people entered the villa and walked from the first floor to the third floor. Ryan found that the county city administration office did a very good job in the daily maintenance of the mansion.

Basically, everything that needed to be repaired was repaired. Ryan touched the wooden handrail and found it was as smooth as new.

Seeing this scene, the butler Henry couldn't help laughing and said, "My Lord Baron, the county city administration office has arranged special personnel to clean it 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 Crowley, Miss Jenny, the Earl has something I need to deal with, 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 said, lifting the hair by her ear.

Ryan thought for a moment and said, "As soon as possible. I plan to leave Mayest 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'll go to Rossby County to study with a swordsmanship master and 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 Lord Ryan is so powerful at such a young age. In addition to your extraordinary knight talent, this effort is 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 announced it yet, but little William has already held a banquet at home, and it has been held for three days." Jenny said with disdain.

After looking at the villa up and down, Ryan returned to the Crowley family not far away with Baroness Crowley and Jenny.

"Lord Ryan, it's dinner time now. I have just asked the servants to arrange the dinner. Please be sure to come." At this time, the beautiful woman invited with a smile.

"This... Is it too disturbing?" Ryan looked up at the sky, and it was indeed sunset.

He also planned to take the books on armor casting and return to his home in Shining Gold Town. Now it seems that it is a little late.

This morning, he first helped the Crowley family to get back the robbed Bordeaux vintage. In the afternoon, he visited Earl Habsburg and visited his future baron's mansion. He didn't expect time to pass so quickly.

"Yes, Lord Ryan, you have helped the Crowley family a lot this time. Please do come." Jenny on the side also said with a smile.

"Okay then!" Ryan nodded.

It was just a dinner party. Besides, the host had invited him repeatedly. It would be inappropriate to refuse again. Ryan stopped refusing immediately.

Then, Ryan followed Baroness Crowley and Jenny to the Crowley family's banquet hall, that is, the restaurant.

There were several shields, deer antlers and other decorations hanging around the walls of the banquet hall. More than ten mountain-shaped candles illuminated the entire banquet hall. On a simple and long dining table, there were all kinds of food, wine and large bouquets of flowers.

Although only Ryan, Baroness Crowley and Jenny were dining, the dishes were extremely rich.

The beautiful woman seemed to know that Ryan was an extraordinary knight with an unusual appetite, so she specially arranged for the kitchen to prepare two expensive ferocious 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." The beautiful woman smiled and pointed to the wine glass.

Looking at the amber-like red wine, Ryan could already smell the wine mixed with a hint 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 and mellow 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 front.

In fact, the beautiful woman at this time was also very nervous about what she was about to do.

Since her husband, Baron Crawley, passed away a year ago, she has been coveted by many people, including wealthy businessmen and nobles.

At first, she thought that with the background of the Crawley family and her business ability, she should be able to pass the test smoothly.

But soon, the beautiful woman found that although she was quite capable in business and family management, in this world where strength is more important than anything else, the Crawley family without the support of core combat power is like a sailboat without a mast.

Once encountering strong winds and waves, there is a danger of capsizing.

For example, the robbery of old Bordeaux wine is a typical example.

The beautiful woman felt more and more that there seemed to be a hidden behind-the-scenes hand in Meister County, controlling some people and forces, and planning to gradually eat away at the Crowley family.

Now, she is powerless to resist this black hand!

But when she saw the lost and recovered goods this morning, she instantly felt that the tall and burly body of this young man, who was about the same age as her daughter, was like a strong shield that could protect her and the future of the Crowley family.

From that moment on, the beautiful woman made up her mind to find a way to be 'tied' to this promising young man.

The other party is currently just the guardian knight of the Crowley family, which is not 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 asked her best friend Agatha to accompany her to visit the library, but the other party was also not interested in Agatha.

And after the other party was awarded the title of baron, the plan of marrying into a wife was completely unfeasible!

This gave the beautiful woman quite a headache.

It wasn't until today, when she lost her composure and hugged him, that she realized that the boy seemed to be quite interested in her.

This made her a little hesitant for a while, firstly because Ren was too young, and secondly because of her daughter Jenny.

Therefore, when Wren went to visit Earl Harris, she clearly mentioned Wren's importance to the Crawley family and the actions she might take with her daughter Jane.

But what the beautiful woman didn't expect was that she unexpectedly received strong support from her daughter Jenny.

In fact, Jenny had already seen how her own mother struggled to keep the Crowley family running during this year.

As the saying goes, difficulties make people grow!

Over the past year, Jenny has grown rapidly.

She knew that if the Crowley family wanted to continue to stand on the stage of Meister County in the following days, they must find a strong figure to support them.

This person can be Baron Alonso or other nobles, but now, there is one more Baron Wren.

If you have a choice, everyone knows that the best candidate must be the young and promising Lord Ren.

Therefore, although Jenny felt sour in her heart when she heard her mother's plan, she knew what was more important. Her mother's overall situation was the most important thing.

Of course, the main reason is that the promising Baron Wren is not interested in her, but is interested in her mother.

This made the girl look down at her own chest, feeling quite discouraged.

Looking at the two people walking up the stairs, Jenny slowly lowered her pace.

Ren followed the beautiful woman to the second floor of the villa.

But when he followed the beautiful woman into a room, Renn realized something was wrong.

Because this is just like a bedroom, there is a luxurious bed in the center of the room, with 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.

But when he turned around, he discovered that Jenny, who was originally following him, was no longer there at some point.

At this moment, he and Baroness Crowley were the only two people in the room.

Just as he was thinking about how to speak, he saw the beautiful woman bending down, with her back to Ren, and lifting up her loose cashmere tunic. Suddenly, the beautiful woman's huge buttocks were outlined like a ripe peach. Tempting, on the contrary, is the slim waist that the other party can grasp.

Under the strong contrasting visual impact, Renn's mouth went dry instantly.

The beautiful woman suddenly turned her head, her cheeks were red, she brushed her slightly messy hair around her ears, and said softly: "Sir Ren, can you do me a favor?"

"The armor-making skill you want is in this cabinet, but it should be at the bottom."

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