Chapter 887: Family Trivia
It must be admitted that the Vyas Commercial Federation is a highly developed commercial country, and their efficiency in commercial services is even much stronger than that of the Blood Qin Empire. After all, the Blood Qin Empire was a traditional Eastern Empire, and the status of merchants in the Blood Qin Empire could even be said to be humble.
But here, the merchant is a qiē, and commerce has been integrated into the soul of all.
In addition to the three officials who had just received Lin Qi, more officials of the House of Nobles rushed back in a hurry, and at the same time, a pretty little maid was transferred back from the banquet scene next door, and everyone began to be busy around Lin Qi.
When Lin Qi slowly lined up the ten golden tickets with a denomination of one million gold coins on the conference table in front of him, the atmosphere in the House of Nobles suddenly became fanatical—this was an honest customer with great strength and a sincere desire to restore the glory of the Fù family!
Nine million gold coins to buy the title, seal, personal seal, genealogy, family lineage map and other identity information of the Earl of Longshan, as well as the title deed of the family fief of the Earl of Longshan located in the northwest of the Federation and bordering the Harran Empire.
Seventy years ago, when the family of the Count of Longshan fell into dispose, his family had three medium-sized cities, each with a population of nearly 200,000, 37 villages and towns with a total population of more than 1 million, and a total area of nearly 10,000 square miles, several small mines, and several wineries of excellent quality.
After 70 years of development, the total population of the territory increased by almost half under the administration of the Vyas Commercial Federation, and the number of towns did not increase, but the number of villages increased by more than 20 natural villages. What was originally a small mine has become two large mining complexes, and those wineries have been united into one famous wine brand in the southern part of the Western Continent - Dragon Wine!
This fief can pay more than 200,000 gold coins in taxes every year, and half of the total tax revenue for 70 years is used to pay off the debts once owed by the Earl of Longshan, and the remaining half is put into the federal treasury.
Lin Qi bought the title of Earl of Longshan, and he became the master of this 10,000-square-mile territory. Of course. The tax revenues of the past 70 years have nothing to do with Lin Qi, except that the financial, administrative, and military rights of the three cities and all villages and towns in the territory belong to Lin Qi.
He signed his name on dozens of covenants made of demonic beast skins in smooth aristocratic floral characters, and the chief elder of the House of Lords and several other elders present signed one after another, and stamped their personal seals and the official seal of the House of Lords. Lin Qi legally inherited the title of Earl of Longshan, inheriting all the power and glory that this title represents.
When signing his apocryphal name, Lin Qi used fancy flowery characters, but he did not use the flowery characters that are popular among the current mainland nobles, but in the dark era thousands of years ago, the masters of those city-states and the ancestors of those mainland nobles were the most proud. Nowadays, it is known as the 'Glory Type' in ancient flower style.
The education in the Black Abyss Divine Prison for several years made Lin Qi's handwriting unusually familiar and smooth when using this font, and each stroke was full of refreshing beauty. Several elders of the House of Nobles couldn't help but be amazed, they glared deeply at the officials of the House of Nobles around them, and the chief elder even reprimanded a young nobleman beside him in a low voice.
"Glory font, the real noble font!" said the chief elder with a bare scalp and abnormal aging, "Only the nobles who are proficient in the glory font are the real nobles recognized by the upper class. You kids don't learn much. Your letters will be despised by people and by the nobles of other countries on the mainland, and you will regret it when the time comes!"
Those young aristocrats. Officials large and small watched in shock as Lin Qi signed his name on official documents.
Turing, Andlem Longshan, that's the name Linzi made up for himself. Turing is the name that Lin Qi chose for himself, Andelm, the name of a famous and powerful city-state on the continent during the Dark Calendar, and the royal family of the current Caesar Empire, which is the Andolm family, and Longshan, which is the name of the family, is the name of the family.
When signing the name, Lin Qi played with his glorious font to his heart's content, and he was not only very fancy in the font. The script he used was even more ancient during the Dark Calendar. A script that is close to the sacred script used in the church, but is more secular and complex. The lexical and written style of this script is very different from the lingua franca of the continent today, and there are only some extremely old ones in the western continent today. The old aristocracy, which has a long tradition and is extremely old-fashioned, would apply this complex ancient script like a headache.
But in the eyes of the old nobles of the House of Nobles, Lin Qi was able to write such a long list of gorgeous ancient characters, and they had already recognized Lin Qi's identity in their hearts. Even if Lin Qi was not the descendant of the Earl of Longshan's family, then he must have come from an ancient family in the Dark Calendar Period!
After signing all the documents, a middle-aged nobleman in golden armor stepped forward and bowed to Lin Qi in a reserved manner.
"Your Excellency Count Yongsan, I am Baron Wihan, the Chief Military Officer of the House of Nobles of the Vyas Commercial Federation. During the seventy years that the House of Lords has been in charge of the Longshan Territory for you, the Military Department of the House of Nobles has stationed a standing army of 5,000 men in the Longshan Territory. ”
Baron Weihan looked at Lin Qi seriously: "You can choose to dismiss this army, but you need to bear their severance expenses. Of course, you can also include them in your family's bodyguard, and according to the laws of the Vyas Commercial Federation, as long as you have sufficient financial resources, you can develop your army as you like!"
After thinking seriously for a minute, Lin Qi stretched out his hand to Baron Weihan: "So, I will take over this army! 5,000 men? I just need manpower to help me maintain the law and order of the place, and ...... I don't think the borders of the Harran Empire will be very peaceful recently, right?"
The faces of the officials of the House of Lords changed drastically, and Baron Weihan glanced at Lin Qi deadly, and then nodded seriously: "You, you need to be more careful! But I personally think that your territory will not receive too much attention from the Harran Empire!"
Lin Qi nodded, the Longshan Territory is located in the northwest corner of the Vyas Commercial Federation, although it borders the Harran Empire, but it is indeed not an important place for soldiers to fight. Of course, then again, if the recent changes in the Vyas Commercial Federation were all handled by Yun Jun behind his back, Lin Qi would turn the Longshan Territory into a military stronghold!
Taking out another million-dollar gold ticket from his sleeve, Lin Qi handed him to Baron Weihan: "Then, as the Earl of Longshan, I entrust Baron Weihan to recruit an elite escort army of 30,000 people for me in the name of the House of Nobles! I think in Vias, this is not difficult?"
Baron Weihan glanced at Lin Qi in surprise, and then nodded to Lin Qi: "Then, you need to sign an additional military commission agreement!"
Lin Qi completely agreed with Baron Weihan's opinion, and he quickly signed an agreement with the Military Department of the House of Lords that the Earl of Longshan family entrusted the Military Department of the House of Lords to recruit guards. The Military Department of the House of Nobles and the major mercenary groups of the Federation have a good cooperative relationship, and Lin Qi can save a lot of trouble by entrusting things to them.
Although he didn't expect these mercenaries to be able to exert much combat effectiveness, Lin Qi needed a mercenary army so that he could explain the origin of some of the other special troops in his territory - such as the 30,000 heavily armored dwarf warriors he brought from the Valley of the Heavenly Soldiers.
Baron Wehan stepped aside, and another middle-aged man stepped up.
"Your Excellency the Count of Longshan, this is all the seals of the Longshan family that keeps the seal department of the Zài Noble Court. Among them, there are nine official seals belonging to the family, three personal seals representing the Earl of Longshan, and 27 power seals used in other places. ”
This is also a step that must be strictly implemented, Lin Qi legally has the ownership of the Longshan territory, but he must have these seals inherited from generation to generation by the Longshan Earl family, so that Lin Qi can really give orders as the Earl of Longshan, and he can use the name of the Earl of Longshan to communicate with other big nobles on the mainland at the so-called aristocratic level.
After signing the paperwork and identifying all the seals into the storage ring, a viscount from the honor guard of the House of Lords stepped up again.
He asked Lin Qi if he needed the honor guard to act as an agent for the Longshan family, the family flag, the family military flag, the family badge, etc., these things all need a special casting process, and the workshop under the honor guard department is a big expert in manufacturing these things.
Lin Qi only thought for a while, then took out another million gold ticket and entrusted this viscount to use the best materials to customize the items needed for various ceremonial guards for himself. The family coat of arms hung in front of the house, the family crest inlaid on the door of the carriage, the family logo used on the buttons of the house, and even the logo on the horseshoe of the family livestock......
As a true ancient nobleman, even his own toilet should be engraved with the family coat of arms!
And if Lin Qi was left to handle these things by himself, he would go crazy. Professional things are left to professional people to do, and the officials of the honor guard department of the House of Nobles will take all the details into account.
Just a quarter of an hour later, Lin Qi, who was sitting in the office, received ten dozen and one hundred and twenty silk handkerchiefs embroidered with the family crest of the Longshan family! Both the material and the craftsmanship were first-class, and no one could find fault with them.
In the end, when Lin Qi walked out of the gate of the House of Lords, surrounded by many officials of the House of Lords, he spent millions of gold coins in exchange for a complete set of earl's honor guards.
A four-wheeled carriage driven by twelve snow-white one-horned horses was already waiting quietly at the door of the noble house.
On the door of the carriage, a two-foot square, pure gold cast, inlaid with various colored gemstones, is shining brightly. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the www.biquge.info of Qidian to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )