In addition to Viscount Bernard, there are four barons in the hall. They are Baron Balk of the White Stone Territory, Baron Julian of the Green Grass Territory, Baron Butz of the Fishing Territory, and Baron Currit of the Iron Stone Territory.
Among the four, except for Baron Currit, who was the baron that Allen met after traveling through time, Allen recognized the other three through memory.
White Stone Territory, Bicao Territory, Fishing Territory and Qinghuang Territory are four coastal territories within Musen Territory. The four territories are next to each other and connected in a line. Among them, Qinghuang Territory is on the far left and Fishing Territory is on the far left.
On the far right, the white stone collar and the green grass collar are adjacent to each other, the white stone collar is close to the green wilderness collar, and the green grass collar is close to the fishing collar.
Baron Balck of the White Stone Collar is tall and thin, about the same age as Viscount Bernard. His hair is already graying, and he is the kind of person who has half his feet in the ground.
Baron Julien, who is wearing a green grass collar, is thin and middle-aged. He is chatting happily with Viscount Bernard, and his smile is a bit flattering.
Baron Butz, who was the catcher, impressed Allen even more. He looked like a middle-aged man, with darker skin, scars on his face, and a broken left arm, giving him a tough temperament.
Allen had heard about the reason for Baron Buzz's broken hand. Compared with the Green Wasteland Territory, the White Stone Territory and the Green Grass Territory did not develop coastal territories and gave up coastal territories to avoid the invasion of sea monsters. However, the Fishing Territory developed the coastal areas vigorously.
Territorial interests, earning a share of the ocean, have also resulted in a very powerful fishing community and prosperous business.
It's not that the other three territories don't want to develop coastal trade. There is countless wealth in the ocean. Who doesn't want to get rich? It's just that the other three territories don't have a natural small port like the fishing territory, which can be used for maritime trade. In addition, the Kraken
Invading the territory from time to time, the other three territories gave up on this idea, and the gain outweighed the loss.
Baron Butz's left hand was bitten off by a sea monster when he was resisting it. The scar on his face was also caused by this. If you want to get more benefits, you have to pay a price. In order to develop sea trade, the fishing leader
, you will be able to withstand the attack of the sea monster.
Since Allen was not familiar with the others except for Baron Currit, and had nothing in common with them, he was ready to leave first.
"Sir Viscount, Allen has a gracious request!" Allen said slowly to Viscount Bernard.
"Oh! Please tell me, Baron Allen!" Viscount Bernard asked curiously.
"I heard that the Viscount's family has a rich collection of books and that the boy is very interested in reading. I specifically asked the Viscount to give Allen a chance to take a look." Allen said very piously.
After hearing this, Viscount Bernard smiled, thinking it was not a big deal, and immediately agreed to Allen. The other barons just looked at Allen curiously and said nothing.
"Butler, take Baron Allen to the library of the castle for a look." Viscount Bernard ordered.
"Yes, Lord Viscount."
Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Allen left the hall and walked toward the library. The reason why he made this request was because Allen really didn't want to listen to them chatting about some unnutritious topics and complimenting each other, and secondly, Allen
I really want to take a look at the viscounty's library.
There is a lack of books in the Qinghuang Territory. Allen's understanding of the world is only the memory of his predecessor and a few travel notes. He knows too little about the world. He happens to be in the castle of Viscount Bernard now, and the Viscount Territory's collection of books is definitely better than Qing Huang's.
There is so much in Huangling, why not take a look!
After going around for a while, Allen and the housekeeper came to the library. When they entered the room, what struck Allen was the three-story high bookshelf. The bookshelf was filled with thick books. Looking at
Allen was also very happy that there were so many books.
After taking Allen to the library, the housekeeper left, but asked a servant to wait outside.
Since there are three floors of bookshelves, you have to go up the wooden spiral staircase to get books from higher places. Looking at the densely packed books, Allen picked out the books he wanted at a glance.
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"A Brief History of the Mainland"
"Travel Notes of Noel"
"War brings peace"
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"The Glory of Charlemagne"
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Allen seemed to be fascinated. He read one book and took out another one from time to time, one after another, until the dance started in the evening. At the reminder of the servant, Allen finally put the book in his hand back to its original place with difficulty.
Return to your residence.
Through the books in the library, Allen also gained a basic understanding of the mainland.
The continent now has two major empires, the Charles Empire and the Luo European Empire, which are hostile to each other. There are also some powerful kingdoms in the continent, and there are also a large number of principalities.
Allen learned that the Principality of Kane is to the east of the Principality of Blue, to the north is the Principality of Linton, and to the northeast is the Principality of Side.
There are alien forces in the continent that are hostile to the human race, such as the Balrog tribe in the east of the continent, the Kraken in the Black Sea, the jackals on the other side of the Black Dragon Mountains in the Principality of Kane, and the wilderness barbarian tribe in the north of the continent...
There are also many forbidden places for life in the continent, places that are difficult for life to enter. Legend has it that they hide great secrets, which are mysterious and daunting.
There are also some forces that Allen is more curious about, such as the giant dragon clan, the seven pirates in the legend of the Black Sea, the hidden troll clan that rarely appears, etc.
At this moment, Allen discovered that the Scarlet Continent is really big, with many kingdoms on the continent. For example, according to Allen's estimation, a principality is probably similar to a province on the earth, not to mention that the Scarlet Continent has a large number of principalities, many kingdoms, and two empires.
There are also large areas of land occupied by alien races.
The Qinghuang Territory is just a very small and inconspicuous place on the mainland. Allen, who was a little complacent after just making some achievements, withstood a head-on blow.
I understand that I am indeed a little proud and complacent these days due to the development of the territory. I feel that the strength of the Qinghuang Territory is already the first in the Musen Territory, but I don't know how big the world is. I have only made some achievements, and I unconsciously began to reflect on myself.
There are many powerful people in the mainland. A principality needs to have a national-level knight and an elemental knight to guard it, not to mention what kind of powerful people there are in the kingdom and empire. Allen, who is only a middle-level knight and a high-level knight, is simply not enough.
If Allen is offended! In that principality, others don't need to dispatch elemental knights at all. Only tens of thousands of troops can swamp Allen.
After Allen reacted, he began to demand himself more strictly. Not being proud and complacent was just one of them. For Allen who wanted to become a viscount, earl, or duke.
"Dong dong!" The knock on the door pulled Allen back, who was lost in thought. It turned out that it was Baron Baird who came to inquire after seeing that Allen had not come to the ball for a long time.
No longer thinking about the things in his mind, Allen changed into his ball clothes and came to the ball hall under the guidance of Baron Baird.
In the magnificent hall, beautiful music was flying, men and women hugged each other and danced. Some people were talking to each other, and others were sitting on their seats drinking wine. Allen was not interested in the dance, but it was not good either.
After losing face to Baron Baird, I found a place to sit down alone.