In this context, Rigolav still agreed to provide aid to the River Bay Territory, which was an unwise move even in the eyes of the two beneficiaries, Leo and Ulyan. "The old man is getting anxious." As soon as Knight Roman left, several small leaders in the village gathered together, drooling over the aid list while discussing the problems they were about to face. Blacksmith Valeri, Quartermaster Rusev, Financial Officer Olivia, Agricultural Supervisor Rashka. As for the militia leader Leo, he was called by Urian to send Knight Roman away. "You don't know that the Petukhov family now has four knighthoods. The head of the family, Rigolav, has one, his second brother has one, the second brother's eldest son has one, and the third brother has one." "Ligolav was late in having sons. His second brother's eldest son is now thirty years old. In addition to running their own knight territory, the father and son used their military merits to exchange for a development certificate a few years ago. Now they have developed a territory south of the western sentry tower and support more than 500 people." "The old man is also worried. When he dies, who will inherit the Petukhov family? Will it be Roman? Or his second brother?" The level of civilization in the North is far less than that in the South, and there are still strong clan traditions. The law of the jungle and survival of the fittest are ingrained in everyone's bones. No one would be willing to work for the family all his life just because he thinks he is the second son.
Who doesn’t want to be the boss if given the chance? Even if the second son of the Petukhov family has no idea, Rigolav will try his best to improve his strength and shut up the others. Valeri, the chief blacksmith and "engineer" of the river bend, stroked his big bald head and asked in confusion: "But what does this have to do with us?" "You don't understand this," Rusev said, tapping his pipe and boasting, "They are just dreaming. They want Knight Roman to come and marry Olivia. When Ulyaan dies, won't the name of this river bend be changed to Petukhov?" Wu Liyang nodded and said, "That's probably what I mean. That's why it's a bit difficult." As he said this, he looked at Olivia and said worriedly, "Why don't you just marry Roman? That boy is from my group, he's a good breed, and he's a proper knight now. If you marry him, you'll be the knight's wife!" Olivia rolled her eyes and ignored him. Lashka at the side said with a smile: "Your daughter has someone in her heart, you can't persuade her." Wu Liyang said angrily: "What's so good about that kid Leo? He has no parents and is just a reckless man. If a war really breaks out, he will be the first to die!" Olivia couldn't help it: "You know he's reckless, but you still let him fight and kill everywhere? Do you want him to die?" As he said that, he pulled Uliyang's ear. "Stop!" Uliyan shouted, briefly shocking his daughter. "This is training him! If he can't handle even the smallest things, how can he guard the river bend in the future?" "You are so incompetent. If you die, then die!" Rusev quickly tried to reconcile: "Leo is much more sensible now. Look at what he has done during this period. Which one of them is not beautiful?" "What a bullshit! He is so lazy and unruly all day long. If you give him a little power, he will be so arrogant. He even cares about other people's shit!" Ulyaan's scolding resonated with people, and Lashka took the opportunity to complain: "Olivia, don't do anything about it. Don't let your Leo stare at the big butts of the women in the village every day. He's corrupting my little grandson!" Rusev immediately thought of the last time he was poked in the ass by Leo's Boy Scouts when he was taking a shit, and nodded, "I take back what I said before." He changed the subject and said to Uliyan, "At your age, it's not impossible to find a mother for Olivia when you become a knight. But it will be a bit too late to wait until you give birth to a son and train him to be a knight and inherit the family business." "No matter how much you dislike Leo, you still have to rely on him in the end. Listen to me and get them married as soon as possible to avoid any trouble."
After hearing this, Uliyang's old face wrinkled into a ball, but he couldn't refute. According to the laws of the empire, a knight's fiefdom is a fiefdom granted by a noble lord to a loyal knight to ensure that the knight has sufficient finances to maintain his warhorse, weapons and armor, so that he can fight for the lord. In some special circumstances, you have the right to recover. For example, the feudal knights rebelled and committed crimes. Another example is the extinction of an heir, or the heirs being weak and unable to assume the duties of a knight - accepting conscription, serving in the military, etc. Therefore, if one wants to ensure the inheritance of the fiefdom, one's offspring must be outstanding enough, and the safest way is to become a knight. Because logically, this is equivalent to the noble lord taking back the fief from the previous knight and giving it to the next knight who has no fief. If you don't have knighthood and want to continue to inherit land, you will have to pay a large amount of land inheritance tax. Those who were unlucky might even have their land taken back by the lord and transferred to other feudal knights. For a civilian promoted person like Uliyang who has no background, facing a large number of competitors who are eyeing him covetously, it is naturally very difficult for him to pass on the pioneering territory to his descendants. If it were up to him, Ulyaan would rather marry his daughter to a Roman knight who had both good family background and ability. As for who will take over the river bend after he dies, it’s none of his business. But he knew in his heart that his daughter had set her mind on Leo and it was probably impossible to persuade her. If he didn't marry his daughter to Roman and wanted to pass on the River Bay Territory, he would have to train a knight himself. Uliyang felt uncomfortable at the thought of throwing his precious daughter to that rascal to be ruined. He was willing to treat Leo as his own son, but he hoped that Olivia would have a better home. Valeri didn't think too much about it. He looked at the list that he couldn't understand and was in a dilemma: "Should we accept this aid or not?" Olivia had just read it to them. The first batch of supplies above was enough to open his blacksmith shop. After two modifications, his furnace had successfully melted molten iron and started producing pig iron ingots. However, the conditions at the Riverbend Camp were too simple. Even the only anvil was moved from the Gnoll Valley. Many tools and equipment were needed to make farm tools. "I want the supplies, but you can't give me the people!" Uliyang made the decision. "I will go to Isenpol tomorrow and explain things to Rigolav in person, and try not to hurt any feelings." The reason why he kept Luo Meng in the dark all night and prevented him from proposing his conditions was that he wanted to go and negotiate in person. It's easier to negotiate if you don't put forward any conditions, but it would be a bit hurtful if you wait for the other party to put forward any conditions and then reject them outright. Although the three hundred people retreated into the wilderness and felt isolated from the world, the most unbearable risk for Hewan still came from human society. Rusev nodded in agreement, "That's right. Besides, we've recovered now. Even if we can't come to an agreement, we can still get by without the supplies, but we can't let this relationship become strained." Just after they finished discussing, Leo came in from outside and asked casually, "What are you talking about here? Aren't you going to sleep?" A group of people glanced at him, none of them had a good look on their faces.