The Viscount of Tieleburg has been a little irritable lately. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Tiele family uses iron thorns as their family emblem, with a short history of several decades, and among a group of nobles, they are considered newcomers who have just entered the circle.

However, relying on the return of many meritorious deeds after following the conquering king Rongma for half his life, the father of the contemporary Viscount of Tieleburg, an original groom, became a legend of a general, and was generously canonized by the conquering king, rewarding him with Tieleburg and a territory along the coast, and obtaining the high position of viscount.

The old horseman was immediately grateful, and swore that the entire family and its descendants would always be loyal to the conquering king, shedding the last drop of blood for him.

But when he was succeeded by the new Viscount of Tieleburg, he discovered a glaring shortcoming in his own domain.

Poor! It's so poor!

Because of its proximity to the sea, even though the fiefs obtained are larger than those of ordinary viscounties, most of them are uncultivable saline land, making it difficult to harvest.

And the fishermen in a few fishing villages?

The liquidity is too strong, in addition to forcibly collecting a tax when they sell fish, even the usual poll tax can't be made up, after all, their belongings are on the ship, and they are really in a hurry, so they drive the boat and leave, and the Viscount of Tielebao really has no good way except to stare dryly.

Of course, even so, he did not have the slightest intention of giving up this territory and rights.

In order to compete for this piece of family property, he and his two half-brothers both broke their heads, and now they have almost become red-eyed enemies when they meet.

He wants to do only one thing, collect taxes! Collect more taxes and invest them in the business of the royal capital!

The entire continent of Thor has been peaceful for fifty years, and has produced prosperity that is unimaginable to the people who lived here before.

Anyway, this Viscount of Tielebao, after going to the royal capital once, was completely shocked by the prosperity there and the price of land every inch of land.

Don't look at him as a local tyrant in the countryside, but when he goes to the royal capital, he is a complete poor man!

This sense of disparity stimulated his desire to work harder.

When will you be able to buy a mansion on the Conqueror's Avenue of the Kingdom, and you can see the Blue Castle every day when you open the door, where Your Majesty lives in the palace, then it can almost be regarded as a glorious ancestor, right?

It's a pity that the Viscount of Tieleburg knows that he is still far, far from this ideal.

"Lord Viscount!"

At this time, the old butler, who was wearing a tuxedo, his silver-white hair was meticulously combed, and his neckline was tied with a bow tie, came quickly and bowed elegantly: "Bishop Melk asks to see you!" ”

"Bishop Melk?"

The Viscount of Tieleburg muttered: "Are these gods here to raise donations?" Oh my God, I was slaughtered by them during the New Year's celebration, but they still won't let me go......"

"As far as I can see, it doesn't seem that the Bishop is here for this!"

The butler replied solemnly.

"Well, let's invite him to the living room!"

Hearing that he didn't need his wallet to bleed, Lord Viscount immediately replied happily.

"Okay!"

The butler secretly smiled bitterly and turned to leave.

It wasn't long before the Viscount of Tierleburg met Bishop Merkel in the drawing-room.

He is a middle-aged man with an old-fashioned and solemn face, and his carefully sewn robes are meticulous, and the gold thread embroidered on his underwear is faintly visible.

"Bishop Melk! I don't know what you came to me for today? ”

The butler brought two cups of black tea, and said goodbye with a very good look, and the Viscount of Tieleburg exchanged a few words of greeting, and finally asked the topic.

"Our church, in your territory, found heretics!"

Bishop Melk is serious.

"Heretics? This is impossible, there will be no cultists and devil worshippers among my people! ”

Viscount Tieleburg immediately said sternly, and there was a little resistance and malice in his eyes when he looked at Bishop Melke: "Don't you know what era this old antique is?" ’

Ever since the conquering kings revised their doctrines so that the gods would be to God and the men to men, the influence of the church on the secular world has been decreasing day by day, almost a downward trend.

This naturally caused a lot of old-fashioned heartache, and the so-called hunting down of heretics or something was a kind of passive confrontation they had created.

However, even if the heresy was confirmed, because the Church had no law enforcement power, it was still necessary to consult the landlord of Viscount Tieleburg.

And the Viscount has already taken Bishop Melk as a blackmailer.

After all, this matter is also a scandal for the lord, and if it spreads, it will be bad for his reputation, especially if he has just inherited the title and has two brothers who are eyeing him.

"Lords?"

Bishop Melk was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Lord Viscount, I think you have misunderstood, those heretics are not your people, but a group of devil believers from hell on a huge ship!" ”

"Devil believers?"

The Viscount suspected that it was just an ordinary group of maritime merchants, who had been slandered for not giving enough money to the Bishop.

"Yes, devil's believers!"

This time, Bishop Melk answered categorically: "Because the color of their hair and pupils is pure darkness...... The color of the devil! ”

"Okay!"

Lord Viscount shrugged his shoulders.

In this rural place, he still has some knowledge, and naturally knows that the races in the kingdom are not the same, and there are subtle differences.

For example, the color of the pupils, burgundy, sky blue, and even silvery-white, the storm warriors of Storm Cape are famous for their blood-red pupils, which are said to be the influence of their berserker blood.

It's just that in the entire kingdom, there is really no one who has heard of a pure black race with a pure hair color and pupils.

Just imagining it, Lord Viscount couldn't help but feel excited.

And ...... They have entered your territory illegally and have not yet paid your duties! ”

Bishop Melk naturally knew what kind of person this viscount was, and he immediately grasped the key: "Without the consent of your master, they tempted your people with gold and silver, and traded with them without paying a single copper plate tax!" ”

"That's right!"

Hearing the words gold and silver, Lord Viscount's breathing became a little heavier: "These maritime merchants...... No, infidels! Are they rich? ”

"That's for sure!"

Without hesitation, Bishop Melk replied: "They sailed a very large ship, probably three stories high!" ”

"A three-story ship? That's pretty much the standard for Imperial warships, right? ”

Viscount Tieleburg recalled the shock of seeing the warship in Emerald Harbor, and a kind of greed emerged in his heart, which continued to spread.

……

At this time, the treasure ship, which was being discussed by the viscount and the bishop, was moored outside a small fishing village.

Captain Zhang Fan is looking at everything in this new world with curious eyes:

Low, run-down little fishing village.

Fishermen in ragged clothes and weather, and children running naked in the mud with barely clothes......

"Alas...... How difficult is the livelihood of the people, even the most dilapidated fishermen along the coast of our country have a much better life than them, right? ”

After a long time, Zhang Fan sighed leisurely.

"My lord, I've almost gathered the information."

At this time, one of his men laughed and sprinkled a handful of sugar, and then he escaped from the bare-bottomed fishermen and came up to tell him what was going on.

"The name of this place is the continent of Thor, and it is said to be ruled by a powerful king, the Ageless, the blue dragon, William Wallace."

"This country is divided into feudal systems, and there are princes, uncles, male knights, and sixth-rank knights, all of whom are real feudal ......"

"The area is vast, and it can be roughly divided into five parts, with the Wind Firefly Plain as the center......"

……

"Layer by layer, overhead each other?"

After some information was finished, the magician next to him just smiled: "So you are not afraid of the disaster of the feudal town?" As early as 800 years ago, the empire abolished the actual seal, and only the income from the mining was equivalent to the principal of the city...... In this way, the right to collect the place can be taken away and the tail can not be lost! ”

"One side of the water, one side of the people!"

Zhang Fan didn't care about this: "I heard that Western countries seem to be practicing this method, it seems that maybe this continent is still our world's ......."

He still has a hint of the idea of going home, so he naturally doesn't want to wander in another world like this.

After all, apart from those immortal mages with great powers, there are very few masters who can travel to other worlds.

Once you are in another world, the hope of returning is really slim.

Speaking of this, the sorcerer's expression also became puzzled: "My lord, I have also made other discoveries. ”

"In the past few days, I have been watching the stars at night, and although I have found many strange star fields, there are also a few pieces, which are very familiar with the Twenty-Eight Nakshatras and the Zodiac Star Palace...... In addition, several low-level priests on the ship, especially the priest of the god Mazu, can also sense the power of the goddess, all of which shows that we are still in the original world, but there seems to be a change ......"

He touched his forehead, obviously distressed.

After all, the promotion of the universe and the expansion of the world are too advanced knowledge for him.

Want to figure it out? Go back and study hard for a hundred years, and then upgrade to the Golden Immortal!

"It's barren, but there seems to be some business opportunities...... Let's rest for a few days, replenish our food and water, and then walk along the coastline......"

Zhang Fan said, and there was a hint of mystery in his eyes: "I can't say, I can also go to the Fengying Plain and see the demeanor of the conquering king!" ”

"Huh? Sir, do you want to ......?"

The sorcerer rolled his eyes, as if he had guessed something.

"Not bad!"

Zhang Fan smiled proudly: "Those Fanbang barbarians have pretended to be envoys before, under the pretext of paying tribute, and took advantage of the boss from the empire...... Some even go so far as to be insatiable again and again, and today we will give back to others in the way of others, how about it? ”

In this era, there are actually no good people who dare to go to sea to beg for a living.

Even, in Wu Ming's previous life, during the Western Age of Discovery, at the beginning, those ships were almost concentration camps for scum from all over the world, and for the sake of interests, there was nothing they didn't dare to do.