Lord Harland

Chapter 80 Richard's Marriage
As long as Li Cha nods, there are hundreds of noble ladies in Beijiang who are willing to marry the Harland family.

If Richard grows into a high-level magician after waiting for a few years, even members of the Grant royal family may be willing to marry him.

Now Li Cha is very popular in the aristocratic marriage and love market in the northern part of Grant Kingdom.The most popular young man in Gerda Province, the matchmaker broke the threshold. Every day, old comrades and old officers approached William to spread the word that he wanted to marry the Harland family.

On the Chenxi Continent, the low-ranking aristocratic families basically get married around the age of 20.

Ordinary people also consider love when they get married, while marriages among nobles are mostly determined by interests.

Although monogamy is also said in this world, the teachings of the Goddess of Dawn also persuade everyone to be loyal to their partners and treat their families well.

But in a world where extraordinary power belongs to oneself, the system of monogamy is simply impossible to implement.

Male nobles have court ladies, and female nobles can also have guardian knights.

Powerful professionals, regardless of gender, can have multiple legal partners.

If Richard marries the two barons Sophia.

Li Cha can find a court maid, and Sophia can also find a guardian knight.

The children born have the right to inherit the territory of direct blood relatives, but the order of inheritance is lower than that of the legitimate son.

The combination of two barons involved very complicated issues, which related to the interests of everyone in the territory.

Marriage between lords is essentially a merger of territories. In the history of Chenxi Continent, there are very few marriages of hereditary nobles with titles.

William is not optimistic about their relationship, and this is the main reason.

After returning from Black River Fort, Li Cha went directly to Vic Fort. When he met Sophia, he directly raised the topic.

"I went to Black River Castle the day before yesterday, and my father asked me to attend a party and marry a noble lady from Earl Martins' family."

Before Li Cha finished speaking, Sophia interrupted: "What do you mean by saying this to me?"

"I want to tell you that I rejected William on the spot and told him that I have someone I like. You know, the person I like is Ni. If you don't object, I will come to Vickburg to get engaged as soon as possible."

Li Cha's directness caught Sophia a little off guard.

When she was in Makholm Kingdom, Sophia had a crush on a talented magician.But she needs to take on family responsibilities, and this secret love ended without a problem after inheriting the territory.

During the time spent with Li Cha, Sophia also had some affection, but it was not to the level of love.

It wasn't until Richard led the troops to defeat the orcs and rescued Vickburg's plight that Sophia had a different feeling for him.

The subsequent relationship between the two, although not made explicit, feels like a pair of lovers.

Sophia grew up in an aristocratic family, so of course she understands marriages between aristocrats.

The relationship between her parents is a combination of interests, and they don't have much affection.

The father also had four court maids who competed with the mother for favor.

Of course Sophia is a powerful magician, just like her father in status.

She can also choose to marry a nobleman who has no inheritance, and then find a few guardian knights. This is completely in line with the laws of the Grant Kingdom and also in line with the conventions among nobles.

But the days with Li Cha were so sweet, emotionally she couldn't let go of her sweetheart.

Li Cha is mentally mature, not a love brain.

Although Sophia is a few years older than Li Cha in terms of physical age, she takes feelings very seriously.

Facing Li Cha's proposal, she readily agreed without discussing it with other people in the territory.

The Territory of Stopa was severely damaged in the last orc invasion, and Sophia started from almost nothing.She personally compiled and trained the army, and she personally purchased the people in the territory. Her prestige in the territory is very important.

Even though some members of the Stopa family objected, their marriage was quickly settled under Sophia's insistence.

After the marriage was settled, Sophia took out some of the medium meritorious service she had accumulated, and added the medium meritorious service accumulated by Sophia, Harland's territory could get another piece of barony.

After obtaining the territory, William hurried to Wrightburg to find someone to clear it up, hoping to obtain the unclaimed land in the east of the Harland territory and the north of the Stopa territory.

If the activity is successful, the three territories can be connected into one.

When Richard and Sophia's children inherit the territory, they can be merged into a Viscounty.

If it is in other areas of the Grant Kingdom, this kind of event is difficult to operate.

The royal family has always been committed to suppressing the influence of the great nobles, and is very disgusted with the merger between territories.

Every time a territory is merged, it takes a long time to shirk, and it is only when I can't stand it that I agree to the promotion of the title.

But in the northern region, the royal family needs the big nobles to take on important responsibilities, so naturally it will not limit the influence of the big nobles, but will support the development of the small nobles.

After the orc invasion, the royal family directly sealed two hereditary earls in the north.

The current situation in northern Xinjiang is far from the time to restrict hereditary nobles.

As long as William persuaded the high provincial officials, this matter could be done.

William not only found the old chief Martins, and asked Martins to help clear the way in the noble council, but also found Zachary, the new commander of the Northern Legion, and asked him to be a middleman, and sent a gift to the provincial governor Jerome Holland. A generous gift.

Jerram is a court baron with a low family background and comes from an ordinary baronial family in the eastern part of the kingdom.

But his younger sister is a court lady of the Grant royal family, very favored by King Charles, and gave birth to Prince Felix.

With this relationship, Jerram could reach the high position of governor of the province.

However, to serve as the governor of the province in northern Xinjiang, you must get the support of the commander of the main army.

The relationship with the noble lords should not be too rigid.

Not capable enough, not competent at all.

Zachary is the head of the Northern Legion, the most powerful person in Gerda province.He and Jerram are also old acquaintances in the capital, and both are close friends of King Charles.

Please moved Zachary and it went very well.

More than [-] square kilometers in the northeast of Harland's territory was granted to Richard, an area equivalent to a viscount in the south.

The Richard family has three territories, and the Stopa territory covers an area of ​​[-] square kilometers.William's territory covers an area of ​​[-] kilometers.Richard's territory is [-] square kilometers.

The land of 2 square kilometers adds up to less than [-] people.With such a small population density, the development of the territory is naturally difficult.

There are a series of cumbersome procedures in the wedding ceremony of the nobles in the Dawn Continent.

But Richard and Sophie are both hereditary lords, so they don't need to worry about messy things. The new housekeeper, Bernard Luca, has arranged them in an orderly manner, and they don't need to worry about tedious things.

Although it seemed rushed, Li Cha and Sophia were willing, and they didn't care about the eyes of others. They decided to hold a simple wedding. There were no outsiders in the invited guests, only blood relatives and in-laws of both parties.

The nobles in the Chenxi Continent like to talk about ostentation, and the waste of weddings and funerals is astonishing.

Although Sophia and Li Cha have made war fortune and have a lot of money, they have already decided to invest in the territory and will not waste gold coins on the wedding.

Richard's worldview is a modern person, and he is very good at weighing the pros and cons. Sophia has studied magic in the Makholm Kingdom for many years.The study of a magician consumes a lot of gold coins, and Baron Stopa's funding alone is not enough. This kind of experience has led to her habit of careful planning. The cruel war in northern Xinjiang, and the responsibility of the Baron Stopa's territory, make her have to be pragmatic. vanity.

Therefore, regardless of the criticisms of other nobles, the two behaved a little maverick.

On August [-]th, the day when the two got married, Li Cha and Sophia came to the Chenxi Church together.Exchange tokens of love, get the blessing of the church, complete the wedding, and become a family.

(End of this chapter)