"My father has decided to retire and inherit the title of earl to me. This is a document signed by him personally. You can take a look at it. This is also the main reason why I summoned you tonight!" Ronan asked from the attendant beside him.
As a result, a circled document was thrown to Viscount Will, the old nobleman who just questioned Ronan.
Viscount Will dubiously took the document and looked through it. After carefully reading the contents and seeing Lavin's signature and the official seal stamped with red paint at the signature, Will had to admit it.
"It's true!" Will was the most prestigious nobleman present. Hearing what he said, the nobles below became even more confused.
LaVine is in his prime, and it can be seen in recent years that he intends to train Andre. Many things have been left to Andre to handle. How could he suddenly announce his abdication and let Ronan succeed? Moreover, LaVine and
Andre didn't come to the scene either. Generally speaking, LaVine should be the one to announce this matter.
"Where is Sir Raven now? You couldn't be..." Will was keenly aware that something unexpected must have happened, and Raven might even have suffered an accident at this time.
"My father is unwell and is recuperating. He has a new type of infectious disease that he has never seen before. So in order not to affect others, he has isolated himself. We can only talk to him through the wall when delivering food every day.
A few words, this is also the reason why he passed the throne to me, he is very ill!" Ronan started to lie.
"I want to see Lord Raven, and where is Andre? Why isn't he here?" Will still refused to give up easily.
"I said that my father has an infectious disease and cannot see people. You will be able to see him after he recovers. As for my eldest brother, he heard that there are doctors in mainland Slovakia who know about this disease. He went to sea early this morning with his escort.
." Ronan continued to talk nonsense.
"Ha, so you are the only one left here now? What a good plan! I must see Lord Raven today." Will did not believe a word of Ronan's words.
"Sir Will! I know that you have a good personal relationship with your father, and we studied together at the Royal Academy of Nobles, but don't forget that I am now Count Fernando and your superior!" Ronan looked pale.
Yue was very annoyed with Will's pressing step by step, but he had anticipated this situation before. After all, Raven still had a few die-hard loyalists.
"If I can't see him, how do I know if something happened to him? How do I know if what you said is true? Lord Ronan, don't forget that the noble council has the right to intervene in the succession of titles.
"Will was not at all intimidated by Ronan.
"Oh, Sir Will, do you doubt me again about me seeking power and usurping the throne to harm my father?" Ronan sneered, revealing Will's hidden meaning.
Will said nothing and just looked at Ronan. After a while, Ronan smiled softly:
"Okay, I'll take you to see him. Everyone, wait a moment. I'll ask the servants to serve the meal now. I'll tell you a few other things after I bring Sir Will back."
"Come on, follow me!" Waved to Will, Ronan turned and walked towards the door. Will was really brave, maybe he was relying on the fact that most of the nobles in the earl territory were here, Ronan
Nan didn't dare to do anything to him. When he saw Ronan walking out, Will followed him directly.
Ten minutes later, Ronan and Will returned to the banquet hall again. Will looked thoughtful, thinking about whether there was any hidden information in what Raven had just said to him.
The next few processes went smoothly, after all, Will, who took the lead, no longer spoke out against Ronan. But when the banquet reached the last process, these nobles became uneasy.
"Okay, everyone has eaten, drank, and played. Now let's start the first noble meeting since I took office."
The nobles were all surprised, because no lord had ever held a meeting right after the banquet. Ronan became the first to eat the crab.
"Then I will simply announce the upcoming personnel appointments and dismissals. Don't interrupt me. If you have any questions, please wait until I finish announcing them. Do you understand?" Ronan sat on a comfortable big chair, holding a list in one hand and the other.
He leaned on his head and started to read.
"First of all, Baron Teda is no longer in charge of market management and Fengming City's material storage. I will leave this matter to Sir Walter. By the way, Sir Walter is my newly conferred baronet. Walter, please
Say hello to everyone." A smiling Walter immediately walked out of the crowd and said hello to the other nobles.
The resigned Sir Teda was about to say something when he was frightened by Ronan's look. Remembering Ronan's words not to interrupt him just now, he didn't dare to say anything for a moment.
Next, Ronan announced several appointments and dismissals. All the nobles who originally belonged to Andre's faction were dismissed by Ronan and replaced by people who were now loyal to him. Walter and Sean picked up a noble for nothing.
The identity also gained real power, and everyone was almost crazy with excitement.
In the past, no matter how big businessmen or gang leaders they were, they were still civilians, and their sons still had to serve in the military, and had to pay a large amount of taxes and "protection fees" to the nobles. But it is different now.
, and Ronan also let them see the opportunity for him to go further in the future.
After Ronan made the announcement, the situation exploded, because Ronan had dismissed almost all the powerful nobles. Without these convenient and lucrative positions, many of them did not have fiefs.
It almost cut off their source of income.
Without those black incomes, how can they maintain their luxurious life? If a nobleman lives like a poor person, he will be laughed to death by other nobles, and the family may soon decline, and may even be banned by the noble council in the end.
Deprived of identity.
"Then what will we do next? Lord Ronan, my family has been in charge of the market and warehouse since its establishment. Why should we be dismissed?" The nobles below were all clamoring, obviously very dissatisfied.
"It's so noisy! Say it one by one!" Ronan slapped the armrest of the chair vigorously and said after shocking the nobles.
"Lord Ronan, the appointment and dismissal of noble positions cannot be such a trivial matter. According to the content of the Kingdom's Noble Law, there must be sufficient reasons to remove a noble from his position or deprive him of his noble status!" A middle-aged noble stood up for justice.
Said verbally.
"Your name is Tyrek, right? If you want some evidence, you can. Okay, then let's move on to the next agenda item! Come on, read it to him!" Ronan confirmed the name of the noble and called to the judge next to him.
He waved his hand and signaled him to start reading out the evidence.