Not to mention, these servants' short jackets and uniforms really gave him a different temperament. Anyway, he was much better dressed than the farmer at home.
The servant's job is also very easy. He just takes care of Robert's food and drink every day.
Several years have passed, but Robert's taste has not changed. He still has cream cakes, egg tarts, spicy hotpot, etc. Sometimes he is even given a beggar's chicken, which he never gets tired of eating.
Kawendi was completely relieved when she saw Li Feng working so hard, and he didn't mind showing him many of the more important things of the nobles.
For example, asking Li Feng to study with Bachelor Bollen is actually one of the tasks of a bachelor's servant, but servants at this level generally have to pass an assessment.
After all, except for Blue Star in the 21st century, knowledge can only be in the hands of a few people everywhere in the past, so that they can have privileges.
(Actually, even in the 21st century Blue Star, the really key knowledge is still in the hands of a small number of people.)
Obviously, Li Feng passed Baron Cavendi's assessment easily.
Bachelor Bollen is an old man about fifty years old, with a gray beard, a slightly chubby figure, a round face, curly hair, and wearing a wide-sleeved robe. In his early years, he was a bachelor in the palace and taught a group of princes and princesses. He was in a high position.
It's a pity that he is not good at dealing with people, so he was ostracized by his political opponents, kicked out of the royal capital by the king, and wandered around. Now he is reduced to the predicament of being a tutor for the second son of a baron.
When people get old, they always like to reminisce about the past, especially the past of Buren, which was extremely beautiful.
Every time in front of Robert and Li Feng, this lovely old man always likes to fall into nostalgia and then start blowing.
He slapped the king, called him brother-in-law with the duke, and discussed literature with the queen late at night... The most commendable thing is that at that time, he was in his prime, invincible, and so handsome that many upper-class ladies were like him.
I like to invite him to explore the true meaning of life.
Li Feng thought it was a pleasure to listen, and he had to expose how this old man, who was not handsome at all and didn't look powerful in any way, attracted those beautiful and charming ladies when he was young.
.
What he was really interested in was how the power structure and internal disputes among the nobles were handled.
Although he had understood it before, after all, the level of contact was limited and his understanding was not comprehensive enough.
And the learned Maester Burren made up for this during this time.
This period of study greatly enriched his worldview.
"Our Kingdom of Chris is just a small country in this world. In addition to the 30 baronies or viscounties directly under the king's capital, there are also 5 duchies and 16 enfeoffed counts."
"Each dukedom and earldom has about fifteen baronies or viscounties, and each barony has 20-40 knight fiefs. A knight fief is the smallest enfeoffment unit, usually a small village.
and about two thousand acres of land.”
Li Feng listened patiently and found that it was just as he imagined. In this world, the power of the church really overrides the secular world.
"The throne of the kingdom and even the throne of the empire need to be granted by the Pope of the Holy See to be legal. The king decides the granting and inheritance rights of all dukes and earls in the country. The granting and inheritance of barons need to be adjudicated by the direct superiors of their own territories. As for the knight's
To grant the right, the territorial baron needs to obtain the consent of his superiors or obtain a knighthood granted by the king."
"Generally speaking, the baron's territory has not been expanded, and the number of knights will be limited to 20."
When talking about this, Bolan looked at Robert and did not forget to comment on the current situation of Dialand: "Master Robert, the number of knights in Dialand has reached more than thirty. In fact, this is wrong. I must be your father or
Your brother bribed Count Devensi, but in this way, the limited land of Dia territory became smaller and smaller, which was not conducive to development in the long run."
"It's a pity that dad didn't listen to me, and that guy Thomas wouldn't pay attention to me, otherwise I would have to lay off a few useless knights." A few figures of knights who didn't respect him appeared in Robert's mind, and he nodded in agreement.
.
Li Feng was noncommittal and thought of another question: "If there is a conflict between a baron and a baron, or between an earl and an earl, how should we deal with it?"
"Conflicts between the subjects are decided by the barony court, conflicts between barons are decided by the earl court, conflicts between earls are decided by the royal court, and conflicts between kings are decided by the church court.
As for the conflicts within the Holy See, let God decide them."
Li Feng: "Since there are courts, there must be supporting laws."
Knight Boren pouted: "Of course, there is a lord's decree in Dia. There are 180 decrees in total, including the obligations of the people of all classes to the lord, the taxes that should be paid, and the lord's property.
Maintenance, etc.”
"There are also detailed regulations on the punishment of homicide, rape, theft and other matters that occur among the people in the territory. When the court makes a ruling, it is enough to act in accordance with the law."
"As for the earl court and the royal court, they are jointly formulated by the church, bachelors and justices. They are more complicated and complicated. Some issues even require arbitration and voting by different factions..."
"However, when arbitration votes cannot resolve the issue, the use of force becomes the last and best way."
Li Feng nodded to express his understanding.
In fact, there were many arguments among nobles, and when they couldn't figure out who was right and who was wrong, they ended up having a fight to resolve the issue.
The so-called mess of laws under the aristocratic courts are all aimed at the subjects, so that the subjects can consciously, voluntarily and serve the aristocracy as a matter of course.
.........
As if to confirm what Bachelor Burren said.
One day in September this year, Baron Cavendi was summoned to the earldom. After returning, he urgently summoned all the knights and launched a large-scale mobilization throughout the territory.
At this time, Li Feng had just turned 20 (audience friends, please remember this age, it’s funny!)
A war is about to begin, and a tense and depressing atmosphere permeates the Dia Territory.
From Robert's mouth, I learned that the cause of this war was caused by two factions within the kingdom that had existed for more than three hundred years.
The two factions are bounded by the north and the south. The eight counties in the south are the southern faction, and the eight counties in the north, including Earl Devonsee, are the northern faction.
There were endless battles over issues such as the selection of the chief justice, the selection of the prime minister of the kingdom, and the selection of generals to fight against the enemy.
This time, there was a conflict over the distribution of the 700 horses presented to the king. The southern faction asked the northern faction to bear 500 horses on the grounds that the northern faction had more pasture and excellent war horses.