After bowing respectfully to see the emperor off, Lawrence's mind became almost like a blur. He didn't know what the purpose of the series of things the emperor just did was, especially the gift the emperor mentioned at the end was a bit out of his reach.
mind.
"Didn't you realize that you and the king both have white hair and blue eyes?" When Lawrence was puzzled, Nora's voice rang in his mind, "Maybe he thought there was some blood relationship between you and him.
What? If I remember correctly, there should be power related to unicorns in the royal bloodline of the Holy Visby Empire. If you don't look carefully, it feels similar to your Baize bloodline."
"What you said makes sense!" Lawrence also reacted after being reminded by Nora. "The most powerful wisdom and prophecy of the Bai Ze bloodline cannot be seen in the external aura.
If others were to look at it, the first thing they would probably see is Bai Ze’s unique sacred aura as a mythical beast, and indeed he has some similarities with unicorns.”
At the same time, he also remembered what the gold medal that was handed over to him just now was. If he guessed correctly, that thing was used to awaken the power of blood, so he tried to touch Lawrence's soul.
I don’t know if it’s the magic prop itself or the Bai Ze blood in Lawrence’s body that doesn’t belong to this world, so the pattern displayed on the gold medal just now is very blurry. And Bai Ze’s sheep-like head has a single horn in the middle.
It does look like a unicorn, but fortunately the lion's paws should not be confused.
Of course, Lawrence had no intention of asking the emperor to explain these things. Anyway, he didn't say anything before. How the other party got to know him was up to him. For Lawrence, it was better to take this opportunity to get more benefits for himself.
valid reason.
Unlike the Jackals who had been bound to Lawrence in some way in the astral plane before, the relationship between Lawrence and the emperor was not very close. Not to mention that this time his actions did interrupt the second prince's possible outbreak in the future.
The stronger conspiracy saved the emperor from huge losses. So there is nothing wrong with wanting to get more benefits.
After considering these things, Prince Eugene walked in. As a nobleman, he did not ask what the emperor and Lawrence had just said. Instead, he continued to discuss various aspects of the use of the new weapon mortar in the army.
content and showed great interest in this new weapon.
After discovering this, Lawrence tried to promote his new weapon, and this played into Prince Eugene's plan. For Prince Eugene, who needed to be on the front line and faced batches of attacks by barbarian races, mortars like this
Weapons that are cheap, highly mobile and have good lethality can be very effective when facing those wilderness races that have a huge numerical advantage.
In particular, this kind of artillery can be directly strengthened into the infantry to provide firepower for the infantry, greatly liberating the original artillery and allowing resources to be further optimized.
At the end of the ball, Lawrence not only discussed the use of mortars and grenade launchers with Prince Eugene, but also agreed on technology transfer and authorized production. As the most important young general in the royal family in the army, You
Prince Jin can naturally decide on the purchase of this new weapon.
Not to mention that Prince Eugene had several arsenals of his own, and the first batch of factories he and Lawrence agreed upon were exactly these arsenals under his command.
Although all previous agreements were verbal, for people with the status of Prince Eugene and Lawrence, there is no difference even if their verbal agreement is written on paper, even if the occasion is informal.
But this is just because Lawrence is not used to it. In fact, for people like Prince Eugene, they don't even need to discuss business in formal occasions.
After finishing this banquet that made Lawrence feel a little baffled, he returned to the Inquisition and began research on magic. As the power of Bai Ze's bloodline was constantly being discovered, Lawrence found that he was becoming more and more interested in this kind of research work.
like.
For example, I used to feel irritated and boring when I sat at the table studying or researching for more than half an hour, but now I still feel unsatisfied after sitting for a whole morning. After discovering the changes in himself, Lawrence felt that the most regretful thing was that he did not master this ability in his previous life, otherwise he would not be able to do it.
It’s not like I had to read an ordinary book after rereading it for a year.
Of course, Lawrence's state of being dedicated to studying did not last long. On the third day after the ball, an attendant came to the Inquisition in a carriage to find him and told him that he needed to go to the Imperial Heraldry Academy to handle something.
As Lawrence knew before, the emperor has now approved his inheritance of the earldom of Sauer, and it is very fast. According to the normal process, this is equivalent to being approved as soon as the application is submitted. Of course
Approval alone is not enough, Lawrence also needs to go to the Heraldry House to register and confirm.
So this royal equerry came to Lawrence and accompanied him to the Heraldry Hall with documents to complete the formalities. Fortunately, Mr. Lambert happened to have sent a bunch of documents to Lawrence in the past few days, otherwise he would not be able to do this today.
thing.
The reason why the inheritance of the title of Lawrence was approved so quickly is because, on the one hand, Earl Sauer is a noble of the emperor's faction with royal blood, and the emperor also has a certain say in the ownership of the earl title. And the previous dance
The emperor seemed very satisfied with Lawrence's inspection, which was why he approved the title succession document so quickly.
On the other hand, it is because it is different from the very complicated transfer of inheritance rights within members of some noble families. The title of Earl of Sauer naturally fell to Mr. Lambert, Lawrence's adoptive father, after the death of Uncle Lawrence's family.
However, according to the contract between gods and humans, no clergy is allowed to hold secular positions or titles except for a few designated ones, unless the clergy is the first heir of the family. But even so, this person
The heir only has the right to appoint another heir who meets the requirements.
According to this rule, Lawrence, as the adopted son recorded in the family genealogy, will naturally become the successor of the next earl. Other potential successors are not only too distant in blood relationship, but also have no way to compare with Lawrence in terms of achievements.
Than, naturally he cannot be Lawrence's opponent in the competition.
On the other hand, this title is just a palace title after all, and its gold content is not very high. Therefore, other people's desire to own this title is not that strong.
However, judging from the letters that Lawrence finally received from his adoptive father in these two questions, in order to ensure that the title was 100% legal and avoid any disputes in the future, his adoptive father gave most of the property in the Earl's Palace to
Those tribesmen were killed, leaving only the Earl's Mansion and the things in the Earl's Mansion treasury.
Of course, this is not a huge loss. Compared with the extraordinary inheritance and extraordinary treasures in the Earl's Mansion, the Earl's Mansion properties, which together are equivalent to three times the size of the weapons factory that Lawrence previously opened in partnership with the dwarves, are very harmful to him.
That said, it doesn't have much appeal.
After all, most of his things and wealth are now in the New World, and it is impossible to stay in the Old World to take care of these industries that do not have as good prospects for the development of industries in the New World. Instead of leaving it to a group of unreliable relatives to take care of it.
It's better to give it all to them now to make an end.
Of course, at this time, Lawrence also gained a group of loyal retainers, although there were only more than 30 people, including Steward Bayer, Knight Joseph, Deputy Steward Owen and Housekeeper Reina. They were all willing to give up
Everything about the Old World, follow Lawrence to the New World.
In short, inheriting the title this time is a huge good news for Lawrence himself. He has now begun to think about sending these people to his own industry. After all, both his lighter factory and weapons factory are booming. The original