After standing in front of the tombstone for five or six minutes, Lawrence asked his adoptive father with some confusion. "Didn't you just say that my grandfather died in a glorious battle to attract the dracolich? Such a person
He sounds like he should be a hero, why would he do this to you——"
"You're saying that my father is a hero, so my marriage shouldn't be like this, right?" After hearing Lawrence's question, Mr. Lambert smiled briefly and said, "But
What I want to say is that if your grandfather was still alive, you would not like him, because he is a standard nobleman."
Seeing that Lawrence was a little confused, Mr. Lambert simply sat down cross-legged on the open space in front of his wife's tombstone. Then he motioned Lawrence to sit down and told him something about the nobles that would not be recorded on paper.
It's just knowledge that is passed down by word of mouth.
For the nobles, the interests of the family are mainly considered when entering into a marriage, and whether there is love between the two parties is a matter that can basically be ignored. Among them, the marriage of the eldest son as the direct heir is the most concerned.
, especially the other party’s family background. Because it is related to the most important inheritance of the family, and other sons will have a wider range of choices in marriage partners.
However, considering that other sons are only civilians, they tend to pay more attention to economic factors rather than political factors when choosing marriage partners. For example, Mr. Lambert's marriage was based on economic factors. After all, for a commoner,
Economic issues are very important matters.
When choosing a spouse, the daughters of aristocratic families usually choose an heir with a higher title than their own family as the best marriage partner, or heirs of various families or even the family patriarch himself. However, sometimes they
They will also marry some outstanding people from commoner backgrounds to inject fresh blood into the family.
Therefore, the brave men in popular novels who win the favor of the princess after defeating the dragon are not purely made up. It is indeed possible for the daughters of noble families to marry non-noble men. But the prerequisite is that these ordinary people
The male born is good enough.
In the past ten years, there has been another trend, that is, some nobles who have begun to decline have begun to choose the children of wealthy people to marry for their descendants, especially wealthy families from the White Eagle Federation. This is actually a trend.
It is a kind of "fame and fortune exchange" transaction, because both parties have exactly what the other party urgently needs.
With the rapid progress in productivity brought about by the progress of industrial level and the impact of a large amount of food produced from overseas and the development of more national astral planes, many people used to rely on agricultural output on the land as their source of income.
The wealth foundation of the nobles was also shaky as a result.
But correspondingly, a group of industrial tycoons who have grown up through scientific and technological progress in various places have become very rich. For example, Mr. Bass, who Saifei once helped catch the rapist, can be found on a small island near Eagle Castle.
Live a luxurious residence worth 3 million, which looks more like a small palace than an ordinary mansion.
According to Saifer, the mansion was covered with marble and expensive tapestries, and every metal was plated with gold and silver as much as possible. It looked very luxurious inside. On the whole, except for the lack of historical precipitation,
It was no less than the Coburg family palace she had seen when she came to the New World to study last time.
Under such circumstances, those nobles still need to maintain a luxurious lifestyle, and at the same time spend a lot of money to repair their castles to maintain their face as nobles and a symbol of status. Therefore, it seems quite economical
To be stretched thin.
Similarly, although those rich people have enough money, they are regarded as nouveau riche and excluded from the circle of the upper class. At the same time, they also lack the extraordinary inheritance that the nobles have.
Therefore, under this situation, which can be said to be a man's love and his concubine's intention, the emerging wealthy people easily reached marriages with these declining nobles, and each got what they needed.
Mr. Lambert's father is such a nobleman. As a nobleman of the emperor's faction, some emerging taxes cannot be collected. Therefore, it is impossible to maintain the operation of the entire family simply by relying on traditional land and part of the basic business tax.
Yes, that's why he was so eager to find another wife for Mr. Lambert.
At the same time, Mr. Lambert also told Lawrence that his father was such a nobleman. Although he died in the end to save the people, it was definitely not because he believed that innocent people should be protected. It was because he believed that as a noble lord, since he had received the lordship,
If you want to pay tribute to the people, you must provide sufficient protection, otherwise you will not be considered a true noble.
"In other words, if this attack occurred elsewhere, my father would definitely be the first to run away. Because he thinks it is more important to protect himself when it is not his duty." Lambert said here.
He shrugged and then showed a sarcastic expression.
"So a standard nobleman like my father will definitely not care about the love of his youngest son who has no inheritance rights for his wife. He will only think about getting his son to get married again quickly to gain more benefits for the family."
"Because of this, my father and I had a falling out. So I exchanged the manor that was supposed to belong to me and originally belonged to your mother in exchange for my freedom. Then I left the old continent and started a new life in the new continent."
At this point, Lambert patted Lawrence on the shoulder, "But I am no longer sad, because I know that after my death, I will definitely meet your mother in the Kingdom of God of our Lord."
"Yes, I will." Lawrence nodded and said. "But can you tell me why I have never heard of my mother you introduced before, especially the mother who loves me so much."
"Because such a selfless aristocratic life is really terrible, so I hope you won't be like me. So I hid all the information related to my previous life from you until you came of age." Mr. Lambert paused.
After a moment, he looked into Lawrence's eyes and said.
"As for my love for your mother, I do love your mother very much. I even think of her every day. But I think that the deceased spouse should be remembered in the heart instead of taking this matter away like a nobleman like my father.
He talks about sad things to everyone and uses everything as a bargaining chip to gain benefits."
"You're right, I think so too." Lawrence thought for a moment and put his hand into the space bag as a cover, then took out a bouquet of white chrysanthemums from the astral plane and placed it on this man who had never seen him before.
in front of his mother's tombstone. Lambert saw some clues in Lawrence's movements of taking things, but he said nothing.
After paying their respects to the deceased, Lawrence and Mr. Lambert left the family cemetery and returned to the Earl's Mansion in the same carriage. But unexpectedly, they found a carriage when they returned to the Earl's Mansion.
A black carriage appeared at the door of the Earl's Mansion.
"What's going on?" Lawrence looked at the golden skull with a circle of olive leaves painted on the black carriage of the carriage and felt a little strange, because this was the symbol of the Western Inquisition of the Old World.
The tribunal here is actually the same cross-border organization as the New World Tribunal, and it was also established to eradicate any threat to the civilized world. Seeing them appearing at the door of the Earl's house, Lawrence felt that the unexpected death of the Earl represented more trouble than
It was bigger than I imagined before.
"You are finally back." Steward Bayer stood at the door impatiently, as if waiting for someone. After spotting Lawrence and the others, he immediately came forward eagerly and said, "Two inquisitors from Wendobona have just arrived. I hope they will
Can we talk to the current manager of Earl’s Mansion——”