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He found a relatively well-preserved stone house. Before he could open the door, he smelled the stench of rotting corpses. The fuming Hudson quickly covered his nose and backed away.

It was so disgusting that even the nervous cub had a look of disgust on his face. Even if such a house is built, Mr. Hudson will not move in.

After checking several houses in succession, similar odors appeared. It was so unlucky that Hudson gave up the idea of ​​picking it up off the shelf.

The noble castle, as the face of a noble, must be arranged. Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench near thirst.

Traditionally, building a castle often takes years, even decades, to complete.

Either build a wooden house and make do, or continue to live in a tent. There is no doubt that Hudson chose the former.

The military tent in my hand has too little space. When marching and fighting, it's okay to make do; but for daily living, it's too frustrating.

The weather in summer is like a big stove, and the sweltering tent is like a big steamer. Hudson, who doesn’t want to be reduced to Xiaolongbao, has another night where “heaven is the quilt and status is the seat”.

The first night of officially moving into the territory is still very memorable. It's a pity that I don't have a picture of the magic stone in my hand to record it. Otherwise, it would be the best material to encourage future generations to "difficult starting a business".

Looking at the stars in the sky, Hudson was filled with emotions. Fortunately, God is generous enough, and the weather has been sunny since the beginning of the expedition.

It's a little hot, but it's better than the pouring rain. If you really catch it in the rainy season, the muddy road can make people collapse.

However, this year's weather is still a little unusual. In the southeastern province, which has plenty of rain, Wyton and Wright counties have not had a drop of rain in the past two months.

What the situation was like in other parts of the kingdom, Hudson did not know. But if this situation continues, drought will be inevitable in Wyton and Wright counties.

It seems that I am overthinking the crops in the fields. Talking about crops in the two counties this year is just nonsense.

The spring plowing has started, but when the rebels led by the Skull and Bones Society move, the nobles who are caught off guard rush into the streets one after another. Who can care about the crops?

In unattended fields, weeds grow much better than wheat seedlings, and the harvest can be 1/20% due to the blessing of the Lord of the Dawn.

Especially in Hudson's territory, the tree seeds that fell in the wind have taken root in the fields. If we come here a few months later, we will directly return farmland to forests.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that drought is not so terrible. As long as the tributary of the Nucang River that passes through their territory does not dry up, everything is a small problem.

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In the Felix Province of the North, in a super luxurious mansion, facing the resentful eyes of his lover, the Grand Duke of Kavadia felt numb.

Chaos in private lives in aristocratic circles is nothing new. As long as no one is killed, everything is fine.

Grand Duke Kavadia thought the same way. As a famous romantic figure in the North, he had many lovers when he was young.

But if you often walk by the river, your shoes won't get wet. At a banquet, the Grand Duke of Kavadia hooked up with the noble lady in front of him.

To be precise, she should be a noble lady. At that time, the lady Linna in front of me was still Yunying before she got married.

Originally it was nothing, just a one-night fling. Do you still want to take responsibility?

The gap in status destined the two of them to have no outcome. Even if Kavadia is the ultimate good man, he still has to go back and accept the family marriage, instead of playing free love.

The strange thing is that the young Miss Linna has no experience and Kavadia's hit rate is too high. She actually got pregnant after a one-night stand.

In order to avoid the scandal from breaking out and not having the heart to get rid of the child, under the arrangement of Kavadia, Miss Linna quickly found a foreign knight to be her successor.

Not long after the marriage, the unlucky knight died in battle, leaving the widowed Lady Lina to raise her children alone. Everything went smoothly.

The parties involved are all dead, and the child's date of birth is wrong. Naturally, no one will go to find out more.

Under the care of the Grand Duke of Kavadia, all the blind flies and mosquitoes were swatted to death. No matter how shameless others are in their hearts, no one will say it out loud.

The life of mother and son can be regarded as getting by. However, with the entry of the Duchess and the birth of the legitimate son, there was still a lot of fire in the paper.

Illegitimate children are extremely common in aristocratic circles. Even if he was betrayed, Grand Duke Kavadia would not give up.

As long as you don't admit it, it doesn't exist. If anyone dares to chatter, he should first check whether his neck is strong enough.

As the children grow up, the situation gradually changes. Just because most people don't dare to cause trouble doesn't mean that no one dares to cause trouble.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a plot. By chance, the legitimate son and illegitimate son of the Grand Duke of Kavadia bumped into each other.

Because of an elf slave girl, two young and energetic boys had a fight on the street.

Needless to say, the result is that an illegitimate son will suffer a loss if he bumps into his legitimate son.

Counterattack and ascendancy, that only exists in novels and picture books. In the continent of Aslant, I have never heard of an illegitimate child succeeding in becoming a leader.

The law of inheritance is not a decoration. A shady illegitimate child is not within the scope of the heir at all. Even if he is very popular with his father, he can at most inherit some property and not even think about a title.

Unless the illegitimate child has a clear identity and inheritance rights, there is no possibility of counterattack.

This kind of thing, even if it does happen, is rarely exposed.

If you mess around within your own family, it will be a shocking scandal. If you can't handle it well, the family will fall apart.

The Grand Duke of Kavadia was obviously a smart man. Even if he arranged for a successor, he chose outsiders with no foundation and did not mess around in the local area.

The plan was very successful at the beginning. Under the arrangement of his good father, the adult Sith successfully entered the army and won a series of military exploits.

Everything was fine originally, but unfortunately, following a conflict between the legitimate son and the illegitimate son, the situation of Lina mother and son, who were embarrassed by their identities, became even more embarrassing.

The palms and backs of the hands were full of flesh, and it was not right to stand on any side. The Grand Duke of Kavadia was also helpless.

It has been delayed for ten years by means of reconciliation. Although the two sides have no more conflicts on the surface, the conflicts have become deeper and deeper as time goes by.

The most direct impact was that Sith's marriage was delayed. With a reputation for having illegitimate children, no upper-class noble would choose such a marriage partner.

Although the minor nobles wanted to flatter the Grand Duke, they were also unwilling to offend the future Grand Duke and avoided such things like tigers. What's more, if the conditions are too bad, Lina and her son will not look down on them.

Under the arrangements of the Grand Duke of Kavadia, the Sith knight who accumulated a lot of military exploits soon made great progress and obtained the position of viscount.

Of course, you can have a title, but forget about the territory.

The land of Northern Xinjiang is basically monopolized by the five major families. It is not difficult for the Grand Duke of Kavadia to arrange a fiefdom for his son. The trouble is that Sith's status as an illegitimate son cannot be recognized by the family.

It is not impossible to forcefully arrange fiefdoms. But then you have to be prepared to lose your son in a certain orc invasion.

The nobles of the fiefdom have the responsibility to protect their land, but they cannot run away. Even if you can't win, you have to hold on hard. If the reinforcements are just a little bit delayed, it will be a fate of death.

The original small and medium-sized nobles in Northern Xinjiang were tricked to death one after another in this way, and finally five major families were formed to jointly dominate Northern Xinjiang.

"Stop crying, Lina!"

After all, he is not a heartless person, Kavadia reached out and hugged his lover to comfort him.

"Northern Xinjiang is not a kind place. The Felix family seems to be extremely prominent, but in fact it is a raging fire.

In recent years, although there have been constant wars in the North, they have only been minor conflicts. If you really encounter a full-scale invasion by orcs, you will know that the five major families in Northern Xinjiang are nothing.

After so many years of peace, it is estimated that the next large-scale invasion by orcs will not be too far away.

At this time, it is also a good thing to let the Sith jump out of the cage. Although the title is a little lower and the fiefdom is a little smaller, the land in the southeastern province is fertile and there is no threat from foreign enemies.

As long as you manage it carefully, a barony in the south may not be worse than a viscounty in the north.

Nobility and rank are all illusory. In this world, strength must speak for itself. Don't be blinded by illusory things.

The five great dukes in Northern Xinjiang sound indeed majestic. But if I had a choice, I would rather become the Earl of the Twelve Lands of the Kingdom. "

This is true. On the surface, the five major dukes in Northern Xinjiang have the largest fief area, the highest title, and the strongest strength. They are far superior to the nobles in other regions of the kingdom. In fact, they know their own suffering.

With their good neighbor, the orc, they lived in fear every day. I'm afraid that one day war will break out and everything I'm doing now will be ruined.

Back then, the ancestors drove out the small and medium-sized fiefdom nobles in the North regardless of their appearance, essentially to enhance their own strength.

Although judging from the current situation, it is indeed a mistake, but it is also a sign of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

There is no regret medicine in the world. With the departure of small and medium-sized fiefdom nobles, the five major families have obtained large tracts of land. Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more difficult to defend it.

Castles once stood criss-crossing the land of Northern Xinjiang. In order to defend their homes, the nobles always fought bloody battles to the end. Even the orcs were afraid of them.

It's different now. Although the castle was preserved, the nobles responsible for its defense had changed.

Back then, they were working hard for themselves, and everyone was risking their lives. Now it has become a matter of working for the five major families. It is too natural to want to buy everyone's lives with just a little military salary.

If you can win, fight; if you can't, run away. Desperate efforts do happen, but they are always under forced circumstances.

It's not like the five major families have never tried forcing everyone to fight to the death. But the final result was so touching that people simply stopped coming.

In the end, the five major families had no choice but to compromise. On the one hand, he worked hard to change his own image; on the other hand, he offered better conditions to induce nobles from other regions of the kingdom to join the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang.

In addition, for the sake of the overall situation, other major forces in the kingdom did not want the northern Xinjiang defense line to collapse, so they provided them with a large amount of support, and then the situation was slowly stabilized.

"What you said is very nice! If we really go to the south and are unfamiliar with the place, how do you want the Sith to gain a foothold there?

Don’t forget, there are quite a few small and medium-sized nobles who have been brought down by you in the past two hundred years.

Not all of these people died. Many families slowly revived after going south.

Although time has passed, the hatred has not dissipated. Once you let them know that Sith is your son, I'm afraid..."

Mrs. Linna didn't buy it and directly exposed the truth.

Kavadia is also very helpless because of the troubles laid by her ancestors. It's not that the Felix family has never thought of eradicating the root cause, but the problem is that the nobles in the world are all related, and a single move can affect the entire family.

What happened back then had caused their family to become notorious and ostracized by the kingdom's aristocratic circle. If he continues to do things to perfection, he will become the public enemy of the nobles.