Chapter 368: Generous Bezos, Remains of the Knights of the Lion
After a moment of silence, Zong Shen slowly spoke.
"Sir, you are right."
"It does take a lot of time and effort to develop a state city."
"But we still have to have goals. What if we achieve them?"
He began to test Baron Bezos's attitude.
For some reason, when Baron Bezos heard that he was determined to develop a state city, the smile on his face never disappeared.
The two chatted for a while, and Baron Bezos and Zong Shen became familiar with each other.
He also came out of his previous nostalgia and sadness.
Now, he treats Zong Shen like a promising junior.
"Dear Zong Shen, I'm glad you have this idea."
"Although you are not a noble of the kingdom."
"But I see many qualities in you that today's young nobles do not have."
"As your friend, I will promise something."
"That means Bosbon is willing to fully assist your development!"
"And provide you with some conveniences within my scope of authority."
"But I still have to remind you that you must obtain the canonized nobles of the kingdom before developing it into a state."
Baron Bezos said earnestly.
The meaning of his words was similar to what Howie said in the territory before.
Without a noble title, one is not qualified to run a state.
Even if the territory is developed into a state-level city, it will still be interfered by the local kingdoms and families.
If you take a tougher stance, you may even be surrounded and suppressed by the kingdom's forces.
After all, this is in the territory of the kingdom. Once a fight breaks out, the territory will not only have to face a state city or a giant city, but even the entire kingdom.
Unless Zong Shen can have the strength to deal with the kingdom in a short period of time.
The best weighing strategy is to obtain a knighthood and buy time for development.
As long as Zong Shen has a stable period of half a year to a year, according to the current development progress, it will be enough for him to have strong strength.
As a lord, especially as a cheating lord, as long as the overall development rhythm is on the right track, Zong Shen's territory will definitely take off quickly.
The difficulty is that the foundation of the territory needs to be formed, which is also the difficulty for all lords.
"Lord Bezos, I would like to know how to become a canonized noble of the kingdom?"
Zong Shen humbly asked for advice and learned that Baron Bezos was a descendant of an established Kingdom family.
Although he was unable to be promoted to a noble title due to his recklessness in his youth, he must know many things about the nobility.
Baron Bezos was not surprised that Zong Shen would raise this issue.
He pondered for a moment, seemingly sorting out some of the information he knew.
After half a minute, he slowly spoke.
"The easiest way for a commoner to become a noble is to accumulate military exploits."
"Although the foundation of the meritorious nobles is weak, they are the same as those of the hereditary nobles and authorized nobles in the laws of the kingdom."
"There are very few wars around the kingdom now."
"I heard that there are some wars on the southern border of the kingdom."
"An evil dragon nicknamed the Black-winged Tyrant and his army of servants tried to occupy the Hanlubu Forest in the southern part of the empire."
"But unfortunately, there are three border fortresses nearby, guarding the third and fifth legions of the Kingdom's Dragonborn Legion."
"But this can only be regarded as a small-scale war."
"It's expected to be over within three months."
"The kingdom's current wealth has reached a terrifying level."
"Just like Bosbon, putting aside my personal wealth, the warehouses in Bangcheng alone have enough food to feed millions of people for half a year..."
When he said this, Baron Bezos paused proudly.
This pause is just right, right before some more sensitive information.
For example, the financial revenue of the city.
Howie once said before that when he was at Goti Castle, the annual sharecropping tax for seven villages alone amounted to more than 200,000 mainland dinars.
This does not include the income from the factories and caravans in the castle.
Goti Castle is a fortress-type city, and its degree of openness and development is not as good as that of a semi-open city like Bosbon.
There are at least 20 to 25 villages under Bosbon's jurisdiction, and there are seven or eight villages along the dirt road that Zong Shen took.
Therefore, it is completely conceivable that Bosbon is wealthy.
Based on these economic and material indicators, it is indeed very difficult to turn a settlement into a state.
This is the so-called foundation, this is the so-called foundation.
It is this kind of morbid affluence that allows the nobles of these kingdoms to live a life of extravagance and extravagance.
This is true even for emerging aristocratic descendants like Evans.
After a short pause, Baron Bezos continued.
"The nobles with meritorious service are also called emerging nobles."
"In addition to obtaining military exploits."
"There is another way, which is to take the soldiers under your command to defect to the earls or marquises in the giant city."
"Or you can join a certain kingdom family. As long as you are strong enough and have enough chips, you can still get a title."
After hearing what Baron Bezos said, Zong Shen couldn't help but frown.
These paths are not easy to follow, and they basically block the channels for common people to advance to the nobility.
These aboriginal forces seem to be wealthy, just like big fat pigs raised for the lords.
In fact, it is also a test for the development of the lords.
It was a big mountain pressing on the heads of the lords.
Of course, in addition to the approaches mentioned by Baron Bezos, there are many more sideways approaches.
For example, establishing a good relationship with a certain prince or prince, or being attracted by a certain lady.
But these non-mainstream development routes are not Zong Shen’s first priority.
"Sir, what is the difference between a knight of the kingdom and a noble?"
Zong Shen remembered that he still had two knight trial badges from different kingdoms, and couldn't help but ask Baron Bezos.
"Knight is a title, it is different from nobility."
"During the kingdom's troubled times thousands of years ago."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Whenever a kingdom war breaks out, the governor of the state city will issue a summons order."
"Each subordinate village will pool its efforts to build several sets of knight armor to arm the strongest young men and horses in the village."
"These are the prototypes of knights. They will gather in the city and become stronger through battle."
"In the end, the knights also formed an independent system."
"And the current National Knights were all created during that period."
"Knight itself not only refers to a type of military service, but also an honorary title."
"The status of this title is higher than that of commoners, but not as good as that of nobles."
"Not even as good as me, the Baron."
Baron Bezos said with a smile.
"Thank you for your answer, sir. I understand."
"I hope you can protect me for a while so that the development of my settlement will not be affected."
Zong Shen nodded and made his last request regarding the territory.
Baron Bezos smiled and clapped his hands gently.
"Pah, pah, pah."
"I understand what you mean."
"Dear Zong Shen, I wish you good luck no matter what."
"Your settlement will be specially marked."
"In addition, I will give you a magical flag representing Bosbon."
"As long as you hang it up, I believe your settlement will not be affected in any way for a period of time in the future."
After a few seconds, the door of the living room was gently pushed open.
A butler came to Baron Bezos and leaned over to listen.
"Osvid, go get the magic flag from the city."
The butler nodded respectfully, stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, go to my study and bring down the leather file bag in the sixth drawer."
"And bring down the Bosbon regional atlas, which is the sixth one in the first row on the bookcase."
Baron Bezos seemed to remember something again and quickly added.
The butler stopped, listened patiently, and paused for a while to make sure that Baron Bezos had not missed anything before leaving the living room.
Not only is this living room large, but there is also a map of Bosbon's city hanging on the back.
As can be seen from this map, the entire Boss State is actually an irregular circular area.
However, Bosbon's zoning method is different from that designed by Zongshen Territory.
With the central area as the center of the circle, different circles are drawn in the entire Bosbon.
The first is the central area, followed by the upper city, middle city, lower city, and outer city.
The closer the circle is to the central area, the more developed it is.
As for those workshops and factories, they are distributed in several villages not far from Bosbon.
Agricultural areas such as farmland, pastures, and orchards, just like what Zong Shen saw before entering the city, are distributed on the periphery of the city.
Everything was taken care of by tenant farmers.
In addition to these layouts, strictly speaking, the entire Boss State covers hundreds of kilometers within its jurisdiction.
All villages are actually part of Bospan's resource supply chain and production chain.
The city is not the main body of material production, it is just a central point.
The materials produced by the villages under its jurisdiction will still be collected in Bosbon.
For example, the horse farm in Oka Village and the grassland cattle ranch in Citano Village.
A complete system has been formed throughout the jurisdiction.
Zong Shen chatted with Bezos for a while.
When Bezos learned that Zong Shen wanted to buy a small courtyard in Bosbon.
He stood up directly and took off the map of Bosbon City hanging on the wall of the living room behind him.
He spread it out on the round table and drew a dozen small circles in the middle city and lower city with a wave of his hand.
These circles are Baron Bezos's own properties, and they are basically entire buildings of residences and shops.
He also said that Zong Shen could choose any area within the circle he drew.
Zong Shen directly asked the strategy system to make recommendations.
Finally, I chose a shop with a small courtyard in Zhongcheng District.
The location of this shop is not very good, but the area is not too small.
There are three floors, an entire residential building.
There is also a small yard.
For Zong Shen, whether the location is good or not is not important.
As long as it is big enough, in addition to installing the teleportation array, some small businesses can also be done on the first and second floors.
The most important thing is that this thing is given to you for free. Don’t ask for it for free.
Although he didn't know the price of land in the middle city of Bosbon, Zong Shen estimated that it would cost several hundred thousand dinars.
Baron Bezos is really rich and willful, and through the chat just now, Zong Shen has already figured out his character.
This guy is not the kind of person who is proficient in calculations, even though he has not gone on an adventure in more than thirty years.
But he still retains the casual and generous character of an explorer.
This kind of industry is beyond the reach of any civilian in a lifetime.
However, for Baron Bezos, it is just a drop in the bucket.
Don't let the kindness of such a big dog go in vain.
After Zong Shen selected the real estate he was satisfied with, Baron Bezos rolled up the map.
"Besides real estate, does Zong Shen need anything else?"
He said with a smile, and his title changed from Your Excellency, Xiao Zong, Dear Zong Shen, to Brother Zong Shen.
Baron Bezos doesn't feel at all that he is spreading his wealth.
For him at this stage, the joy of giving is far greater than receiving.
Zong Shen thought about it and found that there was really nothing needed.
It would be too embarrassing to ask for money directly, why not ask for some people?
Thinking of this, Zong Shen began to talk about the territory's urgent need for population.
After hearing Zong Shen's request, Baron Bezos thought about it.
He actually actually agreed.
"The population is really quite large."
"Some time ago, we happened to receive a group of refugees from the east."
"There are more than 400 people in total, and the nearby villages are not willing to accept them."
"If brother Zong Shen doesn't mind, I can make the decision."
"Send these refugees to your territory for resettlement reasons."
Zong Shen was immediately overjoyed. This trip to Bosbon was worth it!
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Among these aborigines, their behavior is completely different depending on their personalities and experiences.
At least Quinnier is definitely different from Bezos. Compared with Bezos, Quinnier is like a piece of shit.
Quinnier is not only more proficient in calculations, but also has persecutory delusions.
In comparison, Bezos is much easier to get along with.
Just when Zong Shen was about to say a few polite words.
“Bang bang bang”
There was a knock on the door outside the living room, and then the housekeeper just pushed the door open and entered.
In his arms he held a leather document bag, an atlas and a rolled-up flag.
The butler respectfully placed all these things on the round table.
Then he bowed and left.
Baron Bezos first handed the flag to Zong Shen.
"Brother Zong Shen, this is the magic flag representing Bosbon."
"This flag is enough proof of belonging."
"As long as it is hung in a settlement, it means that it is the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the city."
"There are only three such magic flags in the city, and this is the last one."
Baron Bezos said solemnly, looking a little distressed in his tone.
This magic flag seems to be more important to Baron Bezos than the Bospan real estate and the refugees.
Zong Shen stretched out his hands and took the magic flag into his hands.
"No matter what, thank you for helping me."
"You are a respectable person."
He said sincerely that after tonight's contact, he has understood that this is the character of Baron Bezos.
This is a person who doesn't have much scheming and is worth getting to know.
His power comes from gifts from his family, so there is no need for intrigues and intrigues.
In addition, he has the feeling of an explorer, which makes him naturally feel very close to Zong Shen.
Baron Bezos just smiled when he heard this, and looked at Zong Shen with a hint of relief.
Although he was the same generation as Zong Shen in terms of title, he still regarded Zong Shen as a junior in his heart.
In addition to being grateful to Zong Shen for sending back his pocket watch and pendant, he also admired Zong Shen very much.
Zong Shen took the magic flag and unfolded it on the table.
The front flag has a black background with gold edges, and a blooming redbud flower embroidered with red silk thread in the middle.
The city is not eligible to choose its own emblem and flag, so it uses the characteristic redbud flower of the Kingdom of Avalon as its symbol.
As the flag is unfolded, light and shadow will appear on the surface, forming the three characters Bosbon.
This flag is also a very special magic prop.
[Bosbon’s Magic Flag (Purple)]
[Quality: rare grade]
[Passive effect: territorial authority (this flag represents Bosbon’s territorial authority and has unique significance. The area under its jurisdiction will be protected by the laws of the kingdom)
Territory halo (territory influence increased by 15%, caravan, refugee, and mercenary attraction rate increased by 10%)】
(This flag can help you resolve the troubles you may encounter among the indigenous forces in the future. It can serve as a perfect cover before the territory becomes a state-level city.)
No wonder Baron Bezos is reluctant to part with this magic flag.
Because this flag is not only a rare special magic flag.
It also represents Bosbon’s authority to a certain extent.
As long as this flag is hoisted, the nature of the territory can be changed to the direct jurisdiction of Boss State.
Of course, this is just a cover. With this relationship as a cover, Zong Shen's territory will not be targeted by the aboriginal forces in the kingdom until it reaches the state level.
Let’s not mention Bosbon’s strength for now, but it is a serious state city in the kingdom. It is protected by the laws of the kingdom. Whether it is the kingdom’s family or other nobles, without huge profit trends,
Next, we will never offend settlements where territorial flags are hoisted.
Zong Shen rolled it up and gave the flag to Vereesa for safekeeping. This flag can be of great use!
Vereesa took the flag and placed it flat on her lap.
At this time, Baron Bezos opened the leather file package.
A simple-looking silver-white rune key was taken out from it.
There are also some old documents and drawings, as well as a broken badge with only half left.
The pattern of this badge seemed to be a lion, which seemed familiar to Zong Shen.
At the same time, Baron Bezos opened the atlas again.
The situation within Bosibon's jurisdiction is plotted above, down to each village.
"This atlas was drawn by my fathers."
"Many villages were completely delisted back then."
"Most of them were destroyed by bandits, heretics or those evil mercenary groups."
"A village can involve many interests."
"Population, materials, money..."
"Nothing comes faster than pillaging a village."
Baron Bezos casually introduced it to Zong Shen while flipping through the atlas slowly.
"Wherever there is destruction there is new life."
"There are also many new villages born in these years."
"Even more than the destruction."
"It's easy for a settlement to become a village."
"But it's not easy for a village to become a state."
He said with emotion again, still wanting Zong Shen to be mentally prepared.
Young people must not only have ambition, but also have the ability to compare.
Although he fully supported Zong Shen, he wanted to take Zong Shen under his wing.
The development of Bangcheng also requires talents.
Zong Shen just nodded and looked like he was listening seriously.
"By the way, brother Zong Shen."
"Odo Village was attacked by heretics a few days ago."
"Bangcheng sent out a squadron of Bangcheng troops, but the entire army was wiped out."
"Later, I sent a letter to Jucheng via a flying harrier to ask for help."
"Just the day before yesterday, my son Harold Chebman led the light cavalry in the city and spent most of the day rushing to Odo Village. To this day, he has not returned."
"Even a squadron of the Blue Owl Knights active nearby went to support."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Odo Village is very close to the mine. I wonder if Zong Shen knows the fighting situation there."
Baron Bezos finally turned to the page he needed, turned his head and asked Zong Shen casually.
"I'm sorry, Lord Bezos, my settlement is some distance away."
"I don't know much about what happened in Odo Village."
"I have not been harassed by heretics."
"Normally I go to Sitano Village to purchase supplies."
Zong Shen shook his head calmly.
"Oh, any village targeted by those damn heretics."
"They will all be destroyed in the end."
"There are all kinds of churches throughout the continent."
"All churches claim that their side of the doctrine is righteous."
"Actually, their essences are the same."
"Even those Holy Light forces who seem to hate evil are actually like this."
"Of course, there are a small number of people who do have feelings of compassion for heaven and humans."
"Because we no longer need to rely on gods."
"That's why those churches become extreme and crazy."
Baron Bezos expressed his views on the church.
Then he took out a quill pen from the stationery table nearby.
A small circle was marked on the map he opened.
The map on this page is a map of Bosbon's jurisdiction.
The location he marked was just north of Bosbon City.
Because there is no specific scale, Zong Shen doesn't know how far this point is from Bosbon.
I can only wait quietly for what Baron Bezos will say next.
"I'd like to invite you on an adventure."
"This was once the headquarters of a branch of the ancient Knights of the Lion."
"Back then, the Knights of the Lion sent an entire elite group of knights to support Azshara."
"This was a garrison back then."
"Although all the elite knights of that year died in Azshara, there are definitely many ancient gadgets preserved in this ruins."
Baron Bezos said with his eyes shining.
He hasn't gone on an adventure in more than twenty years.
Although the love in my heart has been suppressed, it has never been eradicated.
In his study, there is also a lot of relevant information about various ruins within the jurisdiction of Bangcheng or areas where there may be ruins.
After meeting Zong Shen, the desire for adventure in his heart began to burn brightly again.
So he sent an invitation to Zong Shen and wanted to join forces on a ruins expedition.
Zong Shen first glanced at Baron Bezos, and then at the map.
"I am very interested in your invitation to explore."
"But I don't have much time these days."
He thought for a moment and realized that in less than 36 hours, a new round of challenges would officially begin.
Even if he wanted to go on an adventure, this time was not suitable.
Seeing that Zong Shen was very interested in this operation.
Baron Bezos waved his hand generously.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you are willing."
"The departure time is entirely up to you."
"I don't need to make any preparations at all, all the personnel and materials are ready."
How could Zong Shen refuse such a generous attitude and conditions?
"Then Mr. Bezos."
"In that case, I'll come find you after I'm done."
The two people reached a consensus and couldn't help but smile at each other.