Chapter 38 Nobility and Royal Family (These chapters are all settings~)
The upper city of Lu Gaoyin is populated by nobles and officials from Lu Gaoyin.
The desert kingdom is neither big nor small, so there are also a number of dignitaries and dignitaries in the country.
The large dome-style buildings that Xue Hua saw outside the city before were basically the residences of these powerful people.
Of course, since the system implemented by the Lugoin Kingdom is the "federal governor system", the nobles here do not have any fiefdoms.
At most, there are one or two mineral veins in the desert or manor in the oasis as an industry.
Otherwise, he has one or two medium-sized caravans under his command, or he has taken shares in some large business groups.
Most of the profits from these industries are used by them to maintain the living expenses of the so-called "upper-class people". Therefore, although the entire Shangcheng District is full of singing and dancing all day long, in fact, when it comes to the real things in hand,
In terms of actual capital, any big businessman in the business district can throw those small nobles ten blocks away.
However, there are three large aristocratic families in the upper city that are as old as the royal family. The power of these three aristocratic families cannot be compared with that of ordinary businessmen.
Two of these three great aristocratic families are purely professional families, and two of the three legendary professionals recruited by the Lu Gaoyin royal family came directly from these two families.
Although the remaining great noble is not a professional family, its current head's status in the kingdom is no worse than those of the two legendary professionals.
This family has been the financial minister of the Lu Gaoyin royal family for generations. They control more than 70% of the various trade channels and economic lifelines of the entire kingdom.
Especially maritime trade.
Eleven of the more than twenty large maritime trade caravans in the entire Lugoin Kingdom are directly or indirectly controlled by this family.
The current king of Lu Gaoyin, Jehaine, has great trust in the current head of the family. He not only handed over the taxation power of the kingdom to him, but even asked him to help handle some of the government affairs.
King Jehain's current wife is from this family. She is the eldest daughter of the family and a benevolent queen with a reputation for virtue.
In addition to these large and small noble families, three of Lu Gaoyin's four guardians also live in the upper city.
They are respectively the president of the "Lu Gaoyin Mage Guild": the legendary mage - "Meteor Storm" Drognan Grace.
And Farah's daughter: the legendary paladin-"Holy Hammer" Farah Tate.
In addition to these three guardians, there is another guardian among Lu Gaoyin, but this person's temper is a bit weird, and he does not live in the upper city area, but in the harbor area.
He is a legendary druid named Turner Joseph.
His legendary title is also very strange, it is actually called "The Strait Monster".
The reason why he has such a strange title is said to be due to his original prototype.
But how exactly it happens, no one can fully understand it yet.
Because no one has ever seen what his original prototype looked like.
People only know that what Turner is guarding is the sea area of Lu Gaoyin, and he will ensure that the city of Lu Gaoyin will not fall due to attacks from the sea.
This guy has a withdrawn and cold personality, and has no concern for anything that has nothing to do with the scope of his protection.
He arrived at Lugaoin earlier than the other three guardians, but he never had any intention of searching for Tal Rasha's tomb.
For an unknown number of years, he had lived alone on a sea cliff next to the harbor area, living a life almost completely isolated from the outside world.
Lu Gaoyin's royal family once sent a legendary assassin to recruit him, but the legendary assassin finally came back empty-handed.
And it is said that his face looked ugly at that time.
After the legendary assassin returned, he warned the Lu Gaoyin royal family not to provoke that druid again.
The other three guardians don't know much about this mysterious legendary druid. They only know that Turner seems to be from the front line of the second world's fight against hell, but for some unknown reason he voluntarily quit, and then
He took over the position of guardian of Lu Gaoyin and returned to the first world.
Drognan once sent a letter to the front line of the Second World to confirm this matter, but in the end he was told not to care about anything about Druid Turner, not to take the initiative to approach him, and to maintain the status quo.
After receiving such a reply, Drognan seemed to suddenly understand something, so he stopped mentioning this mysterious legendary druid, and even sealed his information completely.
Except for Druid Turner, the other guardians of Lugoin all live in the middle area of the upper city of Lugoin, which is now also the main activity location of the Lugoin Mages.
Further back in the upper city area, located in the most central area of the entire giant city, is the royal fortress built on the highest point of the entire Lugaoyin City - the Royal District.
It is the residence of all members of the royal family, the royal palace, and the original birthplace of the entire city of Lugaoin.
The terrain of Lugaoyin City is constantly getting higher from the outside to the inside. The highest area is the royal area where the palace is located. From the terrace on the top of the palace, you can overlook the scenery of the entire Lugaoyin City, where the current king is also located.
Jehain's favorite place to stay.
The current leader of Lu Gaoyin, Jehaine, is a very powerful king.
Of course, this is not surprising at all. If the king of a country has no desire for power, then he is not worthy of being the king at all.
But the current head of the Lu Gaoyin Kingdom seems to have too strong a desire for power.
He firmly holds everything that can demonstrate his authority and majesty in his hands, and will never allow others to have the slightest interference.
He always lamented that he was born at the wrong time, and he has made statements at royal meetings more than once such as "If hell had not invaded, I would have led Lu Gaoyin across the world and established a super empire spanning two continents."
of bold words.
Admittedly, this vision cannot be said to be bad. As a king, having great ambitions is something that all his subjects like to hear.
But the king forgot that his ability was not consistent with his ambition.
Even his own throne was not obtained through his own efforts.
The throne he is currently sitting on should actually belong to his brother, the crown prince known as the "reincarnation of kings" - Rehein.
It's just because the crown prince made some remarks that were unfavorable to the current finance minister's family before he officially ascended the throne.
As a result, the crown prince "encountered an attack by a large group of flying monsters" during a "personal adventure and explored a new trade route", and eventually "unfortunately the ship crashed and everyone died."
Then, naturally, as the only remaining one of the two sons of the old king, Jehain successfully ascended the throne with the full support of the Minister of Finance.
Therefore, the king's ambition was actually completely inconsistent with his ability, but he himself did not realize this at all.
And the wise ministers around him gradually alienated him because of his irritable temper that increasingly refused to listen to advice.
This also led to him becoming increasingly arrogant and feeling good about himself.
In the end, he made the NC act of seizing the research results of Lu Gaoyin's Mages Association, and forcing Lu Gaoyin's two guardians to "sell" all subsequent research results to him.
This stupid and chilling behavior made Drognan and Farah feel very angry and sad. However, as guardians of mankind, although their status is very transcendent, it also means that they cannot make any impact on the internal affairs of any country.
put one's oar in.
Therefore, they could only choose to ignore Jehein's order and change the location of the research site.
But there was no way to get back the King's Staff that had been hidden by Jehein.