Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 141 The Prestige of the Pompeii Family (Part [-])

Prestige is something you can't see or touch, but you can feel it.

The most prestigious family in the entire Kingdom of Prussia is of course the Prussian royal family.Although the royal family's reputation has plummeted after the blow of that big incident.

But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and no family in the whole country can match the royal family in prestige.

And which one is the most prestigious in Orange?

Marquess Parker?

A certain grand duke?

No, the most prestigious in Orange is the Count of Libya.

Because the title of earl of Libya is the oldest, and the title of earl comes from one of the eight knights under the command of the first king Mixiu.

To be old among the nobles is to be famous.

Of course, there is another important factor, that is, the Libyan family is powerful, and it is the most powerful family in Orange.

Ancient, lineage, strength, the combination of the three is equal to the prestige of the nobility.

Compared with the reputation of the Earl of Libya, the reputation of Baron Barton belongs to the middle and lower reaches of Orange.

The two things of ancient times and bloodlines are not something that can be achieved at a pinch. As a rising nobleman, or a rising nobleman, the thing that can increase your prestige the most is to show your strength.

Although in the eyes of the awkward nobles, relative to the two factors of ancient and blood, the strength is the last.

But awkward nobles occasionally bow their heads because of their strength.

All in all, in the absence of ancient blood, strength is visible prestige.

Strength is divided into financial resources and force.

If you have money, you can recruit knights to expand your force, and if you have force, you can bring wealth.

The two are complementary existence.

To show off one's own strength is to show off one's financial power and force. If there is something worth boasting about, that would be even better.

The Marquis of Parker, the main city, Sparta City!

This is a large city with a population of more than [-], and it is also the leading city in Orange.

At the beginning, the Knights of Ston used this city as their base camp, recruited many farmers from the Marquis Parker's territory, entered Pompeii and became the New Pompeii people.

The title of Marquess Parker is "The Executioner".

He attacked the landed farmers in his territory, seized the land through forced purchases, killings, and various dirty means, and introduced serfs to cultivate them, and finally achieved the goal of amassing wealth.

This also had a certain impact on the city of Sparta, because although the farmers were the direct victims, the reputation of the executioner, like a dark cloud, weighed on the hearts of the residents in the city.

In the entire territory, the real nobles are equivalent to the king.

If the king wants to attack the peasants today, there is no guarantee that he will not attack the residents tomorrow.

Credit is something like a bird making a nest, pieced together bit by bit.But to collapse, all it takes is a gust of wind.

Apparently the executioner Marquis Parker has negative credit.

Therefore, people in Sparta were panicked, and even part of the middle class had begun to move out of Sparta to live in other aristocratic territories.

However, although the Marquis Parker's ship had holes, it did not sink after all, so the entire city of Sparta was still full of people and people, and it was quite prosperous.

In the eastern civilian area of ​​Sparta City, there is a tavern called "Knight and Gun Tavern".

Very cheesy name.

The owner of the tavern is quite nice, and he is quite powerful in the neighborhood, so the sound of this tavern has always been very good, and it is the tavern that the residents of the neighborhood mainly consume.

The taverns in this world are very distinctive, and they often have a pimp business attached.

It was the first half of the night, around eight o'clock, which was the busiest time for the tavern.

Inside the Knights and Guns tavern, there was a lot of voices, all kinds of men were drinking happily, and some beautiful women were getting drunk.

There are also very hot bartenders wearing revealing clothes and carrying wine trays. These bartenders wiggle their buttocks from time to time, looking very aggressive.

This is the pimp business in the tavern. If you are interested, it is not a problem to have a hair in the toilet in the tavern, as long as you can afford it.

The smell of alcohol, sweat, women.

This is a typical civilian tavern.

The owner of the tavern is a man in his 40s, tall and strong, well-dressed, and with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, he looks like an elegant gentleman.

Not only is he the owner, he is also one of the bartenders inside the bar.

At the moment the boss is wiping his glass and chatting with a regular customer.At this time, the door of the tavern was opened again, but the boss didn't care. There were a lot of people coming and going to the tavern at this time.

"Have a glass of dark blue wine." A man in his forties came to the bar and sat down, put a gold coin on the bar, and said to the boss.

This man is very handsome, if he dresses up, he will definitely be a stunner in the bed of some noble ladies.

And the man was indeed a canary raised by a certain lady.

The man's name is John, and he is a bard.

The recent reputation of bards is not very good, because those noble ladies often keep young and handsome bards, and there have even been scandals about having children with bards.

But the existence of such a profession is naturally justified.

Because there is a supply and demand relationship.

Bards were often very chic when they were young. They lived in a luxurious villa and were served by maids. If they were inspired, they would write down poems to please the lady.

Of course, their greater capital is themselves, and they themselves know this, so they work hard to exercise their ability in bed and become a stunner.

When they are older, with old age and lack of energy, they will often be kicked out by the lady and become a down-and-out bard.

A shrewd bard saves some money when he is young and spends it when he is old.

If you are stupid, you can get by when you are young, but you will be poor and useless when you are old.

John is the latter.

Now he is relying on his charming face and superb skills to take some orders and satisfy some women who are in urgent need.

And the sad reminder is that they are often very old women.

But not many people laughed at John, after all, there are many such examples around.

"This old man is so extravagant that he drinks "dark blue wine"." The boss was a little surprised, but he readily accepted the gold coin and quietly identified it, really.

So the boss poured John a glass of "dark blue wine."

This kind of wine is a mid-to-high-end wine in Orange. The price of a bottle is often more than a dozen gold coins. In a good year, it is even worth fifty gold coins.

The boss doesn't have much stock here, and there are very few people drinking.

And it's a cup, but it's only half a cup.
"John, have you made a fortune?" Compared to the calmness of the boss, a regular customer next to him was very uneasy and asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)