Bright Era

It must be admitted that the Vias 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 is a traditional Eastern Empire, and the status of merchants in the Blood Qin Empire is even humble.

But here, businessmen are everything, and business has been integrated into everyone's soul.

In addition to the three officials who had just started receiving Lin Qi, more officials from the aristocratic court rushed back in a hurry. At the same time, a pretty little maid was transferred back from the banquet next door, and everyone began to busy around Lin Qi.

When Lin Qi slowly lined up ten gold tickets with a denomination of one million gold coins on the conference table in front of him, the atmosphere of the aristocracy suddenly became frenzied-this is a man with strong strength and sincere desire Honest customers who restore the glory of the family!

Nine million gold coins to purchase the title, seal, personal seal, genealogy, family pedigree 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 Haran Empire.

The Earl of Longshan family fell 70 years ago. At that time, there were three medium-sized cities on his family territory, each with a population of close to 200,000; there were 37 villages and towns under its jurisdiction, with a total population of more than one million; the total area was almost close to There are several small mines and several wineries of excellent quality in the ten thousand square mile land.

After 70 years of development, under the escrow of the Vias Commercial Federation, the total population of this territory has increased by nearly half. The number of towns has not increased, but the number of villages has increased by more than 20 natural villages. The original small mines have been transformed into two large mines, and those wineries have been unified into a well-known wine brand in the southern part of the western continent-Dragon Wine!

This fief can pay more than 200,000 gold coins in tax each year. Half of the total tax income of 70 years is used to repay the debts owed by the Earl of Longshan family, and the remaining half is put into the federal treasury.

Lin Qi bought the title of Earl Longshan, and he became the master of this ten thousand square mile territory. Of course, the tax revenues of the past seventy years have nothing to do with Lin Qi. Other than that, the financial, administrative, and military rights of the three cities and all villages and towns on the territory belong to Lin Qi.

He signed his name on dozens of agreements made of beast skins with fluent aristocratic swashes. The chief elders of the Noble House and several other elders who were present signed their names and affixed their personal seals and the Noble House After the official seal, Lin Qi legally inherited the title of Earl of Longshan and inherited all the power and glory represented by this title.

When signing his own fabricated name, Lin Qi used fancy squiggles, but he didn’t use the swashes popular among mainland aristocrats, but in the dark age of thousands of years ago, the masters of those city states, The ancestors of those mainland aristocrats are most proud of the ancient swashes that are now called "Glory Fonts".

During the years of education in Heiyuan Shen Prison, Lin Qi was very familiar with the handwriting when using this font, and every stroke was full of refreshing beauty. Several elders in the aristocratic house couldn't help but exclaimed. They stared deeply at the officials of the aristocratic house around them, and the chief elder even whispered a few words to a young aristocrat beside him.

"Glory fonts, true noble fonts!" said the chief elder with a polished scalp and an abnormally old age: "Only nobles who are proficient in glory fonts are truly aristocrats recognized by the upper class. You kids are not easy to learn, you will eat them later. It's a big pain! Your letters will be despised by people and nobles in other countries on the mainland. You will regret it then!"

Those young aristocrats, officials large and small, watched Lin Qi signing his name on each official document in shock.

Turing Andelm Longshan, this is Lin Qi's name for himself. Turing is the name Lin Qi gave to himself; Andelm, the name of a famous and powerful city-state on the continent during the Dark Ages, and the royal family of the Caesar Empire today is the Andelm family; Longshan, this is the clan name, It is the name of the family.

When signing the name, Lin Qi showed off his glorious font to his heart's content. Not only was the font very fancy, the text he used was also ancient text from the dark period. One is similar to the divine text used by the church, but is more secular and complex. The morphology and writing of this kind of writing are very different from the current mainland lingua franca. Today, in the Western continent, only some extremely old, long-lasting, and extremely conservative old nobles will apply this kind of complexity to the Ancient writing for people headache.

But in the eyes of the old aristocrats in the aristocracy, Lin Qi was able to write such a long series of gorgeous ancient characters, and they had already recognized Lin Qi's identity in their hearts. Even if Lin Qi is not a descendant of the Earl Longshan family, then he must have come from an ancient family with a dark history!

After signing all the documents, a middle-aged nobleman in golden armor came forward and bowed to Lin Qi with restraint.

"Your Excellency, Earl of Longshan, I am Baron Weihan, the chief military officer of the Vias Commercial Federation Noble House. In the seventy years that the Noble House has managed the Longshan Territory for you, the Military Department of the Noble House has stationed a team of five thousand people in the Longshan Territory. Standing army."

Baron Wihan looked at Lin Qi earnestly: "You can choose to demobilize this army, but you need to bear the cost of their demobilization. Of course, you can also include them in your family's guards, according to the Vias Commercial Federation As long as you have sufficient financial resources, you can develop your army as you like!"

After thinking about it for a minute, Lin Qi stretched out his hand to Baron Weihan: "Then, I will take over this army! Five thousand people? I just need someone to help me maintain the law and order of the place, and...I think haha. The border of the Orchid Empire will not be very peaceful recently, right?"

The expressions of the officials in the aristocratic court changed drastically. Baron Weihan gave Lin Qi a stern look, and then nodded seriously: "You need to be more careful! But I personally think that your territory will not Too much attention from the Haran Empire!"

Lin Qi nodded. The Longshan Territory is located in the northwest corner of the Vyas Commercial Federation. Although it borders the Haran Empire, it is indeed not a battlefield for the military. Of course, I have to say that, if the recent changes of the Vias Commercial Federation were all handled by Jun Yun behind his back, Lin Qi would make Longshan territory a major military area!

Taking out another one million gold ticket from his sleeve, Lin Qi handed him to Baron Weihan: "Then, as the Earl of Longshan, I entrust Baron Weihan to recruit me a 30,000 yuan in the name of the noble house. An elite guard of people! I think it’s not difficult in Vias?"

Baron Weihan gave Lin Qi a surprised look, then nodded to Lin Qi: "Then, you need to sign an additional military commission agreement!"

Lin Qi completely agreed with Baron Weihan's opinion. He quickly signed an agreement with the Military Department of the Noble House to entrust the Longshan Count Family to the Noble House Military Department to recruit guards. The Military Department of the Noble House and the major mercenary regiments of the Federation have a good cooperative relationship. Lin Qi entrusts matters to them, which can save a lot of trouble.

Although he does not expect these mercenaries to be able to exert much combat effectiveness, but Lin Qi needs a mercenary so that he can explain the origins of other special arms in his territory-for example, the ones he brought from Heavenly Soldier Valley , Thirty thousand heavy armored dwarf warriors.

Baron Wihan stepped aside, and another middle-aged man came up.

"Earl Longshan, this is the seal owned by the Longshan family preserved in the Seal Department of the Noble House. Among them are nine official seals belonging to the family, three representing the private seal of the Earl Longshan, and twenty power seals used elsewhere. Seven, please compare the numbers on the list to sign for."

This is also a step that must be strictly enforced. Lin Qi has legal ownership of the Longshan Territory, but he must possess the seals passed down by the Longshan Earl’s family for generations to give Lin Qi the command as the Longshan Earl, and he can use the Longshan Earl. In the name of the so-called noble-level exchanges with other great nobles on the mainland.

After signing the paperwork, identifying all the seals one by one and putting them into the storage ring, a viscount from the honor guard of the aristocratic courtyard came up again.

He asked Lin Qi if he needed the guard of honor to represent the Longshan family's guard of honor. The flag of the family, the flag of the family, the emblem of the family, etc., all of which require specialized casting techniques, and the workshops under the guard of honor manufacture these things. Great connoisseur.

Lin Qi just thought about it for a while, and then took out another one million gold ticket, and entrusted the Viscount to use the best materials to customize the items needed for various ceremonies. The family crest hung in front of the house, the family emblem inlaid on the door of the carriage, the family logo used on the buttons of the family, and even the logo on the horseshoes of the family animals. . .

As a true ancient nobleman, even his toilet should be engraved with the family crest!

And if these things were let Lin Qi manage by himself, he would go crazy. Professional matters are left to professional people, and the officials of the Honor Guard of the Noble House will take all the details into consideration.

Just a quarter of an hour later, Lin Qi, who was sitting in the office, received ten dozen 120 silk handkerchiefs embroidered with the Longshan family crest! Whether it is material or workmanship, it is first-class, and no one can fault it.

Finally, when Lin Qi walked out of the gate of the aristocratic house surrounded by many officials in the aristocratic house, he spent millions of gold coins in exchange for a complete set of honors for the earl.

A four-wheeled carriage with twelve snow-white single-horned horses was already waiting quietly at the gate of the Noble House.

On the carriage door, a two-foot-square, pure gold, shield-shaped coat of arms of Earl Longshan, inlaid with gems of various colors, is shining brightly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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