Chapter seven hundred and ninety-eight the past is over
When the Red Dragon Lord came to Port Pophy again, this time they were greeted by the ministers of Heigal and John's entourage. Klaus and his two men took the airship to the famous City of Gold.
San Jose, the capital of Hygar, set off again after John dealt with the issue on Hygar and returned to the long-lost Sands Port.
As the current Speaker of Sands Autonomous Prefecture, Klaus's uncle and the current patriarch of the Heisencel family's Beilu branch, Lucian Van Heisencel will certainly bring officials and nobles at all levels to welcome John, the crown prince and the future.
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When the two sides met, Klaus did not show any strangeness. Disguise or performance was the basic skill of the nobles. Moreover, Klaus felt more emotional than excited about meeting relatives, so it was easier to maintain his facial expression.
After all, his relationship with Lucian and his son was not completely considered to be a family.
If you want to talk about Lucian's behavior of taking over the head of the family after Klaus's parents died, Klaus had no grudges in his heart, that would be too hypocritical.
Especially when Klaus was rebellious when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, his relationship with Lucian and his son was very tense. For this reason, Klaus chose to take John to study in the east, which was not just to stay away from them.
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So when Lucian was able to let Klaus and John go independently after they became adults and allocate their wealth, he could definitely be considered a generous and qualified uncle in anyone's opinion.
If it were the cold-blooded person who did not care about family affection at all, they probably would have been killed by random excuses, and then disguised as accidents. Now the bones are rotten.
Therefore, Klaus's relationship with this father and son is very complicated. Now that he has lived a life of rebirth, he has already thought about it, and has given up recognizing Lucian and his son, determined to get rid of the past that he had once struggled and prepare to live a new life.
But when John's arrival was just happy, Henry was just happy, but Lucian felt complicated.
Heisencel was a real-power family that was born in the old nobles. Although he was rejected by the capitalists in the east, he successfully established a foundation in the west.
That's why Klaus and John were arranged by him and easily obtained important positions such as the sheriff and the deputy sheriff. Lucian actually paid a considerable price back then.
After all, in addition to the income of two gold pounds per month, the sheriff and the deputy sheriff can also get the benefits of local merchants, etc. Don’t underestimate the small amount of two gold pounds. This is the gold issued by the Brook Empire in the Old Continent.
The local currency of the White Eagle Federation created by pound contains real gold, making it valuable. One gold pound is enough to keep a family of three for three months. The average income of a civilian family is about five to ten gold pounds a year.
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So becoming a sheriff is definitely a fat man, especially in a wealthy commercial market town in Rem, which is located at the key point of the smuggling chain.
If the Heisencel family had not controlled a lot of power in Sands and Lucian himself was a Sands State Assemblyman, otherwise even if he paid some interest, it would be difficult for ordinary wealthy businessmen to obtain the position of Sheriff of Rem Town.
Looking back now, Klaus, who was once regarded as a playboy, has become the monarch of several countries, and his relationship with his father and son has become weakened, Lucian can't help but sigh in his heart.
But he did not think that he had done something wrong at the beginning, although he could have pushed Klaus to the position of patriarch and assisted himself wholeheartedly, becoming an unknown patriarch, and then retreating to the second line after Claus grew up.
But people are selfish, and Lucian also has his own desire for power, and he also hopes that his child Henry will become the next patriarch, rather than a non-heir who can only obtain part of his property.
Now he has successfully become the Earl of Real Power and the Speaker of Parliament. He is already the number one figure in Sands State, and his power is much greater than when he was still in the federal era.
But he didn't expect that the "nephew" came here to bring him another surprise.
Without going to spy on the complex mood between the two uncles and nephews, John announced an explosive news in front of the powerful people in Sands, which surprised and envious.
"What? Henry also got a title?"
For Lucian, this news was a huge surprise.
The elegant and handsome middle-aged nobleman did not care about the others present and pulled John over to the side and asked.
John explained with a smile:
"That's right, His Majesty William III feels that the family is sparsely populated, so he is ready to re-assign Uncle Lucian and Henry to royal family members, and to enfeoff Cramento to Henry as a fief, so that Henry can inherit separately if he has descendants in the future
The two earls have scattered the royal family and strengthened the influence of the big family in the local area."
Lucian naturally understood the reason why the royal family did this. What surprised him was that this good thing fell on the heads of their father and son. Now he was just waiting for Henry to go to the royal capital to accept the official enthronement. They were two counts in one family, and they were recognized formally.
Members of the royal family.
His fief is located in Sands Port, the largest city in Sands, while Henry's fief directly cut Cramento. What is Cramento? Although it is not large in size, it is the nominal capital of Sands.
Cramento's status is completely different, which is basically equivalent to handing over the entire Sands State to their father and son to control.
The father and son suddenly became the uncrowned kings of Jinshazhou.
Lucian was also very moved by the trust of the old king and the crown prince in this regard.
On the other side, Klaus also let go of his last obsession. He understood that the reason why John fought for Lucian and his son in this way was actually to repay the care he had done back to Lucian and his son in the past.
Even when he was the most rebellious, Klaus thought of running away from home and going to study in the east. In fact, he did not have much hatred for Lucian and his son.
The reason why the Western aristocratic faction attaches so much importance to family and family affection is also said to be the influence of the general environment. Because of their aristocratic faction that they were coveted by wealth and their position after the War of Independence, they were shamelessly oppressed by northern capital and had to do so for seventy years.
After many hardships, it was only after establishing a foundation in the three western states. Therefore, the old aristocratic forces of the White Eagle Federation reported to the outside world to keep warm and harmonious. The disputes between the rights and property within the old continental families cannot be said to be missing in the west, but they are relatively rare.
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Furthermore, because they are facing dangerous environments, even underage children will go through a lot of training in order to survive better. Therefore, their abilities are more outstanding, and they are more elite and knowledgeable than the children of the old continental aristocrats and the northern capital families.
Unity.
Now that he has removed his former obsession, Claus, who is now re-willing, suddenly feels different, and he can see a cheerful and at ease with the naked eye.
After completing the main purpose of this trip, John began to truly inspect the people's livelihood, public security and other situations in Sands State.