Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 899 The Victor's First Celebration

Having experienced too many northern capitals in a short period of time, they have slowly recovered.

At least, the families on the winning side have begun to tentatively hold various banquets... Formal banquets of nobles, except for those involving life-and-death feuds, will send invitations to people of similar status.

Even if the other party doesn't want to come, they will find a suitable reason to send an apology gift.

After all, they are all from the same country. No matter how much they fight amongst themselves, they will unite against external forces when it matters.

Of course, there are definitely guys who don't do that, but their fates are almost all the same as those that just happened recently.

They left only a mess for the living.

No matter how much they entangle themselves, it's not like everyone who gets involved with them will follow them down a dead end.

Those families who have some connection with them and seem to be quite close have been living in constant fear lately.

Leon's previous tolerant and indulgent nature vanished instantly under his decisive command.

The new king's bottom line is even higher than Travis's.

Their temperament also became more strict.

Everyone then realized that Leon only needed to be impartial and didn't need to show any leniency to the families related to him... No matter how extensive his connections were, he couldn't get close to His Majesty.

Even some families that were quick to take sides didn't have much say in front of His Majesty Leon.

This is the most terrifying thing for nobles who have conquered the world by relying on 'allies'.

Although Leon wouldn't easily target any family because of someone else's framing, are the nobles afraid of that?

His Majesty Travis once said that the new King Leon might reign longer than him!

If a new power circle cannot be formed, then the nobles' survival strategies of seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and bullying the weak and fearing the strong, will completely lose their meaning.

This could very well lead to their complete defeat in the struggle against the monarchy.

A king who shows no favoritism is more terrifying to nobles than a tyrant.

The capital was plunged into confusion.

At this point, being able to tentatively extend a banquet invitation already shows considerable courage.

The Edwards family was the first to make a move.

After all, they have a free spirit in their family... Wyatt, who's always having a blast, has been appointed as the captain of the capital's guard.

As a reserve force of the King's Army, the Guard Force may not have a high status and only has about 10,000 soldiers under its command, but they are responsible for the daily security of the capital.

Only those trusted by the king would be given high positions, not to mention that Wyatt was one of the three squadron leaders.

Besides the commander, two deputy commanders, and several scholar staff members responsible for managing the guard formation, there was only the company commander.

And the company commander is someone who directly controls the troops!
The position of deputy commander is often not filled by one of the other two company commanders, but by the deputy of the company commander who becomes the commander, and does not have much real power.

Of course, this also means that only one of the three squadrons will completely obey the commander's orders, while the other two will inevitably disregard them to some extent.

But this ensures His Majesty's control over the guards.

Therefore, Wyatt's rise to fame can be considered a meteoric one.

Of course, his easy rise to power was also related to his birth into the Edwards Marquis family.

Wyatt, the youngest and most unruly son of a marquis, is exceptionally talented but prefers a carefree life. He had some connection with Leon many years ago.

Even his decision not to work within the system was a result of his resentment after witnessing those messy things firsthand.

Anyway, his biological father was strong enough to live to be two hundred years old, so Wyatt wasn't worried at all that his old-fashioned older brother would cut off his source of enjoyment after taking power.

His older brother is a good person and loves his younger brother, but he won't spoil him as much as Wyatt's father did. However, he certainly won't take back the money that Wyatt is entitled to.

Moreover, over the years, the Marquis of Edwards has been slowly adding to his youngest son's wealth under various pretexts.

For example, you could give him a farm as a birthday gift.

The farm itself may only be worth a few thousand gold, but the livestock raised there are top-quality items that were snatched back from Qingfeng Territory.

The price of a few cows might be more expensive than the farm itself.

In addition, the various plants needed to raise these poultry and livestock also amount to a large sum.

You can imagine how delicious this carefully selected meat bun is.

Almost every year, the Marquis of Edwards would create a similar business for his poor youngest son, who suffered childhood trauma and was still struggling to recover. The value of these businesses might not be as high as the farm, but they would generally not be less than ten thousand gold.

As the eldest son of Edwards and the heir, it was impossible that he hadn't received the news.

But he had no intention of saying anything about it, casually acquiescing and even trying to help his father and brother cover up these little things... Even if they wanted to, this matter could not be exposed to the public.

The principle of primogeniture is an extremely sensitive issue for many, especially when both successive kings ascended the throne through royal will rather than legitimate succession. No one knows whether the king will grant them immunity if another family suddenly adopts a system of survival of the fittest, where the strongest ascends to the throne, just like the royal family.

After all, he himself has taken this path, so he is unlikely to publicly oppose it.

This is really scary.

Therefore, Wyatt knew very well that although his brother did not care for him as much as others, and even often criticized and disciplined him for various reasons, he still loved him very much.

It was precisely because of his family's love that Wyatt abandoned his carefree and decadent lifestyle when his family needed him, and returned to the scheming and plotting he once despised.

Fortunately, his immediate supervisor was an old acquaintance who had been wrongly accused and forced to leave years ago, which made him feel that it wasn't too embarrassing.

Otherwise, it would truly be a slap in the face.

Because of the youngest son's willing return, the Marquis Edwards family immediately became the new elite of the capital.

As long as Wyatt doesn't do anything wrong, their family can maintain their wealth for at least fifty years.

For a noble family, fifty years is enough to ensure the prosperity of the family for generations.

What happens after that is no longer their concern.

Just like the once prosperous and thriving Edwards family, which declined until no one cared about it anymore, and then fell into the hands of the current Marquis.

Although this marquis was unable to turn the tide and bring his family back to the top, his excellent business acumen and relatively smooth methods led the family from the brink of bankruptcy to immense wealth.

Of course, this good fortune was also due to the trade routes that His Majesty Travis had built for the mining areas scattered throughout the land, and the fact that no one dared to provoke the caravans of the Northern Kingdom.

Even ordinary caravans can obtain a Dragon-Summoning Whistle by paying 10% to 30% of their profits to His Majesty the King.

When encountering irresistible bandits in the wilderness, simply blow the silver whistle, and the nearby white dragon will respond and come running.

Regardless of how His Majesty the King and the white dragons divided the spoils, the caravan itself only needed to pay the money.

It's really reliable.

However, even though the Marquis of Edwards managed his family business very well, without sufficient power to support him, he could only be relegated to the second tier of nobility.

No matter how hard you try, you can't reach a higher position.

He could use donations to join some higher-level circles, but the Marquis of Edwards had no such intention.

The titles passed down from their ancestors are enough to ensure they won't be exploited, so there's no need for them to grovel before those who are only temporarily in the limelight.

Isn't it better to be a good person?
However, when the new King Leon extended an invitation, the Edwards family would never give it up.

Isn't it only natural to work for His Majesty the King?
It's not like I'm asking you to kneel down and do it.

His Majesty Leon's attitude was so sincere that Marquis Edwards could not possibly allow his youngest son to act recklessly.

After sixty years of this, it's time to settle down.

Wyatt certainly lived up to his father and brother's expectations, quickly building a bridge between the family and Leon.

Then, under Yuri's special attention, Wyatt's old-fashioned older brother, who was very sensitive to money, or rather, numbers, was also recruited into the Treasury Department.

The king's money, the king's army... the Edwards family naturally became the first noble family to hold a family ball during this oppressive period.
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Wyatt, dressed in a suit that best complemented his handsome face, stood at the reception desk with a smile on his face.

Of course, the person primarily responsible for these matters was his older brother's biological son, who was not young and was only the heir.

Wyatt is standing here just for show... his main purpose is to demonstrate his closeness to his family.

After all, when two noble families are still brothers, all sorts of provocations and instigations will quickly emerge.

Wyman was accepting of all the unusual gifts, since outsiders would never know what was inside those seemingly ordinary birthday presents that were no different from those of other family's youngest sons.

When he needs to win over his own people in the garrison, someone will inevitably bring up money.

Although his family gave him a lot, the vast majority of the property was definitely inherited by his older brother.

His father never intended to violate the primogeniture system; even when he gave money to his younger son, it was all his own money—money earned through his own savings.

The Marquis Edwards never touched any of the profits he had made using the family fortune.

This is an old trick, and Wyatt simply can't be bothered with it.

But he truly loathed those people who, in order to persuade him to marry into the family, claimed that his elder brother had allowed him to remain single so that he could eventually reclaim his assets.

Isn't this just plain crazy?
He's dead, so his money should naturally go to his nephew!
Could it possibly be given to an outsider?

Every gold coin he had enjoyed before was a gift from his father and brothers.

It's not like he earned it through hard work.

(End of this chapter)