my age of magic

Chapter 550 48. Field of View
Wanting to be promoted to a Lord in the Grimm Empire actually has very strict requirements. Many aristocratic families have been worrying about maintaining the glory of their own families. The immortal feats made the family more prosperous and stronger under his leadership.

During the reign of Charles the Great, he made a very specific contribution to the promotion of the nobility of the Green Empire.If you want to be promoted to the title, there are currently two easiest and most direct ways. The first is to hunt foreign invaders, just like hunting barbarians in Sloitt Province, because you are worried that someone will pretend to be the leader of the army. So, when counting military merits, the barbarian's left ear will be used to calculate the contribution value.

Of course, in Haiyinsi City, hunting the Naga Sea Clan to obtain the dorsal fins of Naga warriors can also receive military merits from Haiyinsi's Southern Army Logistics Department.But now that the Green Empire and the Naga Sea Clan are in a truce, if someone dares to hunt and kill the Naga Sea Clan fighters at this time, he will spend several years in prison waiting for him.

Humans and barbarians are sworn enemies, but whether to fight or make peace with the Naga Sea Clan depends on the game of the upper nobles.

The second way to promote titles is simpler than the first way, that is, nobles can expand their territories and fiefdoms.

As we all know, at the beginning of the awakening of the magic pool, the magician noble will get a third-class baron title, which is the lowest rank in the imperial lord. Magician aristocrats have their own fiefdom, and now on the main plane of the Roland Continent, every piece of land is owned by famous flowers, and it is impossible for Emperor Charles to give a single piece of land to the new magicians of the empire them.

The territories allocated to new magicians today are actually land on some barren planes. Some of these resource-poor planes are originally very barren. Except for land and basic resources, other resources are very scarce. , and some were plundered and looted by powerful nobles before, and the remaining entire piece of land was distributed to the newly promoted magicians by Emperor Charles the Great.

The land owned by a third-class baron is only about ten hectares in size, and the population under the jurisdiction is about a hundred people. Now I have become a first-class baron, and the land owned has grown to one hundred hectares, and the population under the jurisdiction is about 1000 hectares. The population has also increased to [-]. These are the rewards given to me by the Grand Duke of Sloitt. I got them in exchange for my achievements in hunting barbarians. Of course, the left ears of those barbarians can even fill five seals. magic box.

The nobles can't expand their territory through buying and selling transactions. The nobles' replacement of land will be strictly limited to their own titles. For example: a third-class baron has no right to buy land that exceeds the upper limit of his title, such as Marvin is already a third-class baron, and he already has ten hectares of land. Before his ten hectares of land is cancelled, he has no right to buy new land. If found, he faces a hefty fine.

Nobles want to expand their own territory, they can only rely on their own strength to go to those undeveloped planes, plunder and occupy the original indigenous residents on those planes, and drive them away, hunt them or capture them, The new territory opened up in this way is the expanded territory.

Many minor nobles had only a few followers and followers in the initial stage, and they would bring their followers and followers to fight in some planes that were not completely under the control of the empire.These planes are usually the private property of some wealthy families in the empire. These wealthy nobles will organize some powerful private armies, gradually develop these planes, and plunder the resources in the planes.

These wealthy families usually also welcome some minor nobles to attach themselves to them, and they will open the door of convenience, allowing these minor nobles to bring their own teams to fight in the private property plane of the wealthy families. Of course, these campaigns are not without cost. They lead their knights to fight in these planes that still belong to the barbaric world. The land they occupy will be divided into ten parts, of which the Grimm Empire will take 17.00% of the land as tax, and the rest of the land will be divided according to the amount of the small nobles and the land. The previous agreement of the wealthy family was split.

This is how the minor nobles expand their territory. Once their own territory and the number of residents on the territory reach the upper limit of the next title, they can apply to the empire for promotion to their title.

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Sunlight shines through the carved patterns of vines on the camphor wood window, casting a series of cloudy shadows on the floor of the room. Bunches of sunlight shine in through the clear and transparent glass, causing the temperature in the room to rise rapidly.The oil in the oil burner on the writing desk has been burned out, and the clear water in the round beaker on the iron frame is no longer boiling. Dennis and I seem to be a little at odds with Noah’s explanation about the promotion of nobles to lords. Still not finished.

Dennis made no secret that he came from an ordinary noble family. If he hadn't acquired the status of a magician, he would have stayed in his fief honestly, inherited his father's title in obscurity, and lived an ordinary life without worrying about food and clothing.But now Dennis has become a magician, and he is the most promising person among this year's graduates in Salta Province, so this is the source of his own confidence.

Dennis really wants to build some meritorious service by himself after finishing his studies. Magicians are usually very popular in the army, so Dennis' ideal is to become a military magician in the North Wind Legion, yearning to fight the barbarians , in his subjective consciousness, this kind of battle can allow him to quickly accumulate merit and be promoted to Lord.

Before I came to the imperial capital, I never cared too much about whether I was a noble or not. In the city of El, the people there looked down on the nobles. Maybe the nobles are very unpopular in the city of El, and the other is the free status of the city of El. The large number of civilians in the country made everyone overlook the importance of nobles.But after I came to the imperial capital, I realized that I couldn't avoid the vulgarity after all, and there was also a desire for honor in my heart.

The reason is that it is still difficult to ignore the level gap. In El City, I can ignore Yingli's princess status, yes!I can treat her as an ordinary aristocratic girl living in the wealthy area of ​​El City without any pressure, and I will feel very easy to get along with her.

But when I saw Yingli again in the imperial capital, the feeling she gave me was completely different. Although her original intention had never changed, she was tainted with a strong aristocratic atmosphere. I seem to be very restrained, but the strong aura of being a princess still makes me feel a lot of pressure.

I would even ask myself when I was lying in bed at night and couldn't fall asleep: Jijia, what are you doing, you are pursuing a princess from the Green Empire, do you just want to live a life of mediocrity?Even if Yingli will resist all the pressure to marry me, will I listen to those ironic words with great calmness and remain indifferent?

I think that the mountain between me and Yingli is not Yingli's relatives, but the hierarchy of the Green Empire. Even if Yingli and I don't care, we are not from the stone It popped out of the cracks, we still have our own relatives around us, after all, we have to take their feelings into account. I can't imagine that if there will be such a day in the future, Leonte and Fanny will be at the same dining table with Yingli's parents What kind of scene will it be like to eat at the restaurant.

The oily and fat face of the logistics officer at the supply and logistics department of El City Town Hall emerged in my mind, and said to me with utmost hospitality: The greatest authority of El City Town Hall can only promote me to first-class baron. The third-class viscount must go to the material logistics headquarters in Sloit City, only the quartermaster there has the right to be promoted to a noble viscount.

He sighed softly, thinking that the nearly thousand achievements required by the third-class viscount cannot be gathered in a short time. It seems that the road to promotion is by no means an easy task.

Dennis rummaged through the magic pocket for the oil stove, and kept complaining, "I heard that there is a kind of fuel that becomes corpse fire oil on the Pai Plateau. It is said that the only kind of oil stove is..."

He paused for a moment, as if he was concentrating on thinking, and then gestured to his chest with his hands and said: "It's like an oil stove as big as a log stump, and the whole furnace of corpse fire oil can burn continuously and uninterruptedly." Last month, my God, if there is such a stable fire source, then the difficulty of alchemy will not be reduced by many times. Look at this kind of oil stove produced by our empire. The lunch box is so big that a small oil stove can only burn Just boil two pots of water, the bigger ones, and the heat is not enough. I guess there must be an elder shaman who is good at alchemy in a certain orc tribe. Would you like to go to the market in the imperial capital this afternoon? Go shopping, I think there should be shops selling that kind of oil stoves in the imperial capital."

"Is there no store in Salta Province that buys this kind of oil stove? I have heard of this kind of oil stove. I saw it in the magic shop in the provincial city of Palestina, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. The thing is natural. There is a bad smell, which is very bad," Noah said.

"Well, even if it was available, it was snapped up by those adventure groups and solo demon hunters. I went to the magic store a few times, but I still couldn't buy it." Dennis said helplessly.

I didn't expect that this kind of oil stove with corpse fire oil would have a certain market in the imperial capital, and the final audience turned out to be some alchemists.

"I want to go to the library. A few days ago, I managed to find a copy of 'Concentrated Black Oil Art' from the library. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough points at that time. I redeemed some points yesterday, and finally I was able to borrow it in the library. There are books, do you want to go together, if you have any books you want to borrow, I can help!" Noah said.

"The points can still be exchanged? What can be exchanged? Magic crystal?" I was very interested in the information provided by Noah, so I hurriedly asked.

"Oh, it's a magic crystal... Actually, it's not. I used the merit points of the empire to exchange for college points. Speaking of which, I bought those merit points with the magic crystal." Noah hesitated , obviously this kind of thing is hard to say.

Noah mentioned that he used magic crystals to buy merit points. In fact, this kind of thing is most common in the city of El. Many falcons make a living by this. Single savages, captured their left ears.Anyone can hold these left ears and exchange them for merit at the material logistics office of the city hall in El City. For the nobles, these achievements can promote their titles, and they can also be exchanged for corresponding magic materials or materials at the material logistics office. Magic equipment and more.

Many nobles like to buy the left ears of some barbarians to add some merits to themselves. I think what Noah said refers to exchanging merits in this way!
The merits of the empire can be exchanged for the points of the academy. If this is the case, I think I still have more than 300 points of merit. I got it from hunting barbarians during winter hunting. So these can be exchanged for points!

"Integrals, I'm okay with this. I joined a club of alchemists. Every time I participate in club activities, I can get a certain amount of academy points. I can also receive tasks in the club. After completing them, I can also earn a certain amount of points." Points, so I don’t need it!” Dennis spread his hands and said proudly, it can be seen that he has some sense of superiority for his status as an alchemist, of course, magicians who can come to the Royal Academy of Magic, All have some proud capital.

"Then if it's merit points, how will they be exchanged for points?" I asked Noah curiously.

"One to ten, a point of merit can only be exchanged for ten points, and the cost of borrowing books in the library is still very expensive!" Noah said to me.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of Dennis's dormitory, and a maid who looked very beautiful and well-proportioned stood at the door, gave a deep salute to Noah, and then said softly: "Master Noah, The things you have explained have been completed, do you have any other orders?"

"Forget it, that's it, you can go. If you stay here again, my brother will come from Palestina province and scold me." Noah stood up and walked to the door of the dormitory , reached out and took out a handful of gold coins from his pocket, stuffed them into the maid's pocket, and sent her away.

Along the balcony of the dormitory, I saw more than a dozen maids walking out of the dormitory in an orderly manner. Noah and I stood on the balcony to watch them walk away. Ask me: "Is there anyone who is attracted to you, why don't you tell me that those female slaves have been trained and are very docile..."

(End of this chapter)