The butler bowed beside him and said nothing. As a butler, he is just a servant compared to family members. If he is just a junior in the family, or a side branch of the family with no strength and status, he has some status. But as Jefferson said,
Although he claimed that he wanted to break away from the family, the old head of the family did not remove him from the family genealogy and took charge of the family.
Holding 15% of the family property equity, he is regarded as the real powerful elder of the family. Even if this real power will return to the patriarch after his death, it is not something that a person of his status can control if the family leader is not at odds with him. After all, his attitude to the outside world
Equivalent to the count's attitude, even if he wants to launch a war, he still needs clear instructions from the count, and he cannot overstep his authority.
It’s not that Javier doesn’t understand, but if he wants to find someone to vent to, he can only be the housekeeper. What makes him most frustrated is that he really has no way to deal with Jefferson.
The family property is divided into four parts. As the patriarch, he owns 40% of the shares, 20% of which is in the hands of Jefferson, 20% of which is in the hands of Jody, his third uncle, and the remaining 20%, of which 15% is in the hands of the other family elders.
The last 5% of the money is used for charity and to take care of the education and life of minors in the family branches.
Although he does not hold more than half of the shares, these people only have the right to pay dividends and have no management rights. But one thing is very fatal. They have the right to audit the financial affairs, just to ensure that the patriarch does not cheat and destroy the public for private purposes. The shares cannot be inherited.
After death, the family will return to the hands of the patriarch and be distributed. There have been times when the family patriarch only had the right to receive dividends from 5% of the shares. If a branch wants to obtain family shares, its strength must reach at least mid-level.
In addition, in order to prevent the family patriarch from being incompetent, nine people other than the family head are elected as elders among the family members who own shares. If there are less than nine people who own shares, there will be no vacancies. The elders have the right to question the behavior of the clan leader and can initiate
The meeting voted to deprive him of the management rights of the family industry and hand it over to one of the elders.
Javier was angry here. As long as Jefferson did not give up this part of the shares, he would belong to the family elders and be eligible to enter the castle. The elders had not liked him since he was a child, but because of the primogeniture system, there was no way, as long as it did not harm their
They were too lazy to take care of their interests. However, Jefferson was closely related to these elders in the clan. Once he proposed it, the result was unknown. Moreover, some companies and projects had special purposes and needed to be kept secret and continued. He could not lose the right to manage the industry.
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Hilda didn't understand these deep-seated things, she was just ignorant. To simplify the complex, she understood that there was nothing Earl Javier could do against this Jefferson.
She had just met Jefferson when she was visiting the castle. She didn't know who he was and had a brief chat with him. She didn't like Count Javier. He was too pretentious and always had a arrogant face, which made her sick to his stomach.
On the contrary, this Jefferson gives people a very interesting middle-aged uncle. What loli doesn't love uncles?
Seeing his appearance, Jefferson was very happy and sarcastically said: "You are still the same as before. Whenever something goes wrong, you take it out on your subordinates. Whenever you make a mistake, you throw it all to your subordinates. You don't have the courage and responsibility to be a patriarch at all. That is,
Good birth."
It was like poking Javier's Achilles' heel. The domain instantly expanded, appeared next to Jefferson, and punched him.
Jefferson was only beaten to the side of his head, his slightly narrowed eyes looked at his nephew with contempt.
"There has really been no progress at all in all these years!"
If you use an animal to describe the current Javier, it would be a fried rooster. Both the image and the mentality are exactly the same. Just now he was just out of anger and wanted to punch Jefferson, but now he has completely lost his mind.
A transparent cover trapped Jefferson in it, which was square and square, like a cage. The cage continued to compress inward, and Jefferson opened his hands to support both sides to prevent the internal space from shrinking further. Javier's fist transformed into thousands of shapes.
, falling like raindrops, hitting the cage, causing ripples in circles...
At first, Hilda thought the scene was pretty good-looking, but then the passively diffused energy hit her, and she quickly ran into the shadows, quickly escaping into the distance. She could clearly feel that Count Javier was stronger than
The mid-level ones who chased her yesterday were strong
There were too many, and she just couldn't bear the aftermath of this mid-level battle.
At this time, several middle-aged and elderly people walked towards the entrance of the hall, and they all frowned slightly as they watched this scene.
One of them shouted: "Stop!"
No matter how much he hated in his heart, Javier had to stop attacking. There were seven people who came in, seven elders in the family. If he attacked Jefferson like this, if it was interpreted maliciously, it would be disrespectful to the elders and would arouse the resentment of other elders. But it didn't
He wanted to disable his own abilities, want to humiliate this second uncle, and show his strength to these elders at the same time.
Part of it is his own strength, and part of it is the strength he has mastered, such as the men he brought back this time. They were closest to the door. When the elder appeared, he immediately stood in front of them vigilantly and quickly to stop them.
Keep going. They don't know these elders of the Javier family, let alone give them face.
"Conrad, what are you doing? I need you to give us an explanation."
He hates these old guys and always calls him Conrad. Now that he has inherited the title of earl and is the patriarch of the Javier family, don't they know how to honor him as Earl Javier?
After adjusting his hair, Javier returned to his reserved and elegant aristocratic demeanor. He deliberately ignored these unscrupulous relatives. If it weren't for their direct lineage, how could they live so richly? He wanted to tell these people that for the family, they
Be grateful and reverent. Turn around and walk in, pretending that you didn't hear anyone talking at the door, just as his men blocked everyone outside.
An old man raised his crutch and stamped it on the ground several times, and said angrily: "Conrad! Are you contemptuous of us?"
"What are you doing? Conrad, why don't you let people get down and remove the ability?" A middle-aged man stepped forward to smooth things over.
To be honest, among the nine elders, no one likes Count Javier of this generation. But he is the patriarch after all, and the middle-aged man does not want conflicts within the family and wants to act as a peacemaker. But looking at Count Javier, he still ignores him.
, and continued walking inside, even the peacemaker's face became a little confused.
The old man squinted his eyes and took a closer look at the people blocking him. There were no signs of the Javier family on their bodies. The direct line of the family, that is, Conrad and his wife and children, can wear the full family coat of arms, which can highlight the status of the direct line and the collateral line.
Or servants can wear the family's coat of arms with a slight difference. According to the rules of the nobility, such internal disputes within the family do not allow external forces to interfere.
"This is an internal matter of the Javier family. Anyone who stands in my way will die."
In fact, the old man had already saved a lot of face for Conrad. He specifically reminded the people who were standing in front of them and pointed the coat of arms of a certain knight order at them. If you want to stop them, you must at least show your family coat of arms. He is still full of confidence in his family.
In order to be loyal, these young people are all very capable, and with a little training they can become the mainstay of the family.
This can be regarded as a certain rule among the nobility.
Just when Conrad was secretly thinking about how this bunch of idiots could be the opponent of his elite subordinates, especially the elders of his grandfather's generation, who were almost dead and still showing off their power. Then there was another figure.
When he was about to disappear into the hall, he received a surprise from Jefferson, and the elders immediately presented him with a large gift.
"No need, it's just this layer of crispy skin, it won't break when touched."
Before Conrad could change his expression, he felt that his field was a little out of control. A large slit was opened inexplicably, like a sharp dagger gently cutting through a cowhide sandbag. The process was as smooth as satin. It was just one step away.
Just a little bit, it was divided into two halves, and he felt as if he was being torn apart. Jefferson walked out of the cage calmly.
There is also a skill to slapping someone in the face. The most enjoyable time is just before the other person reaches the highest point of pleasure and is about to fall. Here it means that he is going to disappear in front of them with this energy, and is about to release the shackles and enjoy
The pleasure of being dominated by power and strength knocked him to the bottom of the cliff.
The old man was a little confused. Was it because the people in front of him had not changed at all and did not understand the rules? He also found a reason for these people. But reason told him that it was not the case. As an old man, whether in the supernatural side or in the aristocratic circle,
They are all well-informed and know that they use the coat of arms of the Eighth Knights.
Sometimes the old man represents stubbornness and conservativeness, and has a low tolerance for anything that breaks the rules. In addition, the count's use of external forces to participate in family issues made him completely murderous, regardless of whether these people were controlled by the count or not.
Power. The patriarch can represent the family, but there are more than just patriarchs in the family. Old guys like them don't have some external power. If anyone can let these powers intervene in the internal affairs of the family, then the Javier family will not be far away from extinction.
The middle-aged man who wants to be a peacemaker has not been an elder for long, and the other old guys have worked together for more than ten years, or even decades. Regardless of their previous relationship, at this moment they have a perfect understanding, and the field and space are instantaneous.
Release. The huge power made Conrad feel a chill on his back.
The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. When the external force dies, it dies. The winner always wins everything. Even if the Holy See comes, they can't say anything unless they launch a holy war again. This is the world of the aristocracy, the rules of the aristocracy, there is no such thing.
Warmth is all naked respect for strength.
Moreover, in the eyes of all the nobles, the number 7 in the God's Lord Sutra means completeness and perfection. It took God the Lord seven days to create the world, and he rested on the seventh day. There are seven angels in heaven. There are seven seals, seven trumpets, seven...
Bowl, bringing down the seven plagues, etc. The main force of the Holy See is the Seven Holy Knights named after the Seven Virtues. Who is your eighth Knights?
