Heroes of Silver Moon

The richest forces in the Silvermoon Kingdom are the royal family and the church, but the richest people in the Silvermoon Kingdom have never been the king or the pope.

The annual income of the royal family and the church is of course quite a lot, to maintain the operation of a country requires various expenditures, and there will not be many gold coins left by the two parties every year.

Most of the nobles in the Silvermoon Kingdom have no money. Although most of the nobles live a life of luxury, they need to travel around to maintain a decent appearance.

So here comes the problem, the common people have no money, the church has no money, the royal family has no money, and the nobles have no money, so where does the money of Silvermoon Kingdom go?

The answer actually lies with Simon, the lords of the Silvermoon Kingdom!

Take the Hawke family as an example. In the family treasure house of the Hawke family, there is a backlog of tens of thousands of gold coins alone, not including those antiques, weapons and equipment, and various collectibles.

There are hundreds of lords like the Hawke family, large and small, in the Silvermoon Kingdom, and the financial situation of the Hawke family can only be regarded as mid-to-low among this group of lords.

These hundreds of lord families add up, at least they have amassed a wealth of tens of millions of gold coins!

Simon vaguely remembered that someone put forward the 28 theory on Blue Star, that is, 20% of people control 80% of the world's wealth.

There is really nothing wrong with this theory, but it is basically limited to the modern and modern times of Blue Star.

In slave society and feudal society, this ratio will be enlarged without limit.

Take the current Silvermoon Kingdom as an example, the sum of all the lords' families across the country will definitely not exceed a thousand people, and this is the case regardless of direct or common lineage.

If according to the actual situation, the lord has absolute ownership of the wealth in the family, in fact, this number should drop to about a hundred or so.

There are nearly four million people in the Silver Moon Kingdom, and just these one hundred people control half of the wealth of the whole kingdom.

This ratio is much scarier than the 28 ratio!

But what can people do in this situation? Take up arms and fight the lords? The lords control nearly half of the armed forces of the entire kingdom.

What can the nobles do? The lords are the core force among the nobles, and those nobles who have no territory wish to become lords themselves.

What about the royal family and the church? The church does not have an established armed force, and when the church was founded, it promised not to interfere with secular power.

The royal family needs to maintain the stability of the entire kingdom. Once it fights with the lords, it will only allow foreign enemies to seize the opportunity to attack the Silver Moon Kingdom.

And the most critical point is that the royal family still needs the existence of the lord group.

Let’s take the Hawke family as an example. The Hawke family is close to the Gru Mountains, and the barbarians in the Gru Mountains would come out from time to time to grab one!

They won't fight protracted battles with humans, they basically just grab a wave and leave, so the duration of the riots is very short, usually about a month.

If the enfeoffment system is abolished and there is no lord like the Hawke family, this will happen.

The barbarians in the Gru Mountains ran out to rob—the militiamen in the human towns asked the county for help—the county asked the king for instructions what to do—the king gave instructions—the county chief began to mobilize after receiving the instructions The army - and then the barbarians ran away!

Not only is the distance long, but the roads are basically dirt roads. In this case, the speed of information transmission is pitifully slow.

Therefore, in this case, the role of the lord is highlighted.

Anyway, the land belongs to your family, you can settle small wars by yourself, and you should stand up to big ones first, and our royal family can have a buffer period to mobilize the army.

In short, the current situation is just a word, the Silver Moon Kingdom has no conditions to abolish the enfeoffment system for the time being.

Simon doesn't have the ability to change this situation now, so he can't answer Irina's question.

Seeing that he was silent, Her Royal Highness did not ask any further questions. The two of them are neither the king nor the pope, and their abilities are limited after all. It is impossible to improve the lives of these low-level people today.

The two continued to move forward, and when they crossed an invisible boundary, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly changed.

Simon stopped straight away and grabbed Irina who wanted to go further.

Her Royal Highness turned her head with some doubts: "What's wrong?"

Simon didn't know how to answer. Anyway, he just felt that something was wrong, and he always felt that there was a strong malice scanning them.

Cirillo stood up at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Master Simon, Your Highness Irina, if you go any further, you will enter the slums."

Erina's body froze immediately, her face full of disbelief: "The place we walked just now, isn't it a slum area?"

Cirillo shook his head, and said again: "That's just the border between the poor area and the civilian area!"

Ai Ruina's heart sank, the people outside the slums live in such a difficult situation, what about the people in the slums? Is it going to be worse?

Simon's face was a little ugly, and he persuaded: "Your Highness Irina, don't go any further."

The invisible malice was getting stronger and stronger, which made Simon feel like [all over], he always felt that nothing good would happen after he went in.

Erina thought for a while, then shook her head firmly: "Let's go in and have a look!"

Seeing that Her Royal Highness insisted on putting himself in danger, Simon felt helpless, walked up to the princess, and directly held the princess' beautiful hand.

"What are you doing?" Irina withdrew her hand in an instant, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she looked at Simon suspiciously.

Oh oh! Cirillo was also a little surprised, and his face looked like he was watching the show.

Simon's face twitched slightly, and he firmly grabbed Irina's right hand again, and said righteously: "There may be danger in the future, we must not get separated!"

Taking advantage of it is also addictive, right? Resisting the thought of blowing away this pedant with a punch, Irina took a deep breath and suppressed the shyness in her heart.

She also knew that what Simon said had some truth to it. A place like a slum must be mixed with fish and dragons. Once the three of them separated, she, a mid-level mage, might not be able to protect herself.

Thinking of the consequences of being caught by someone, Irina shuddered all over, she didn't want to be humiliated in every way.

If she was caught in danger at that time, she would definitely commit suicide immediately, but she was afraid that she would not even have the chance to commit suicide at that time.

After glaring at Simon in embarrassment, Irina warned, "Only this once!"

Simon shrugged helplessly, then intertwined with Her Royal Highness's beautiful hands, and walked slowly towards the slum area.

For Irina's warning, he didn't take it to heart at all, anyway, it's not the first time holding hands with the princess, and it won't be the last time either.

Simon can fully guarantee that Her Royal Highness the Princess will definitely invite him to dance at the dinner party during the Luna Festival in January next year.

Ahem... No, the Son of the Moonlight Church has nothing to do with me, Simon.

As the three of them went deeper, the scene they saw was constantly changing. At first, it was no different from the outside of the slum area, but the further they went inside, the dirtier the roads and houses became.

There was mud and garbage everywhere, and the disgusting smell floating in the air made Simon's stomach curl up continuously. This smell directly reminded him of the sewers on Blue Star.

Irina frowned slightly, obviously unable to bear this breath.

Cirillo was completely unmoved. He had been on demon hunting missions all these years, and he had dealt with poor areas all over the country.

The slums on the Wangdu side are fairly good, and in some places the slums are completely inaccessible.

There were fewer and fewer beggars on the side of the road, and the number of passers-by gradually increased, but these passers-by looked at them with malicious intent, especially at Irina.

Seeing this scene, Irina also felt a little scared, and her body subconsciously tensed up.

Clasping the ten fingers of Her Highness the Princess, the strength of the gradually clenched hands made Simon aware of her nervousness, so Simon also slightly squeezed his direct palms to remind her that there was him beside her, Simon.

Sure enough, feeling the strength coming from the palm, Irina's tension eased a little.

But looking at the malice in the eyes of passers-by, Simon felt a little heavy, he miscalculated, he should have asked Irina to change into ordinary clothes before going out~www.wuxiaspot.com~ What Irina is wearing now is still her That princess dress, the gorgeousness of this kind of clothing, far surpassed the long skirts of ordinary noble ladies.

Although I don't know that Irina is a princess, even passers-by in these poor areas can guess from this gorgeous long dress that she is definitely a young lady from a noble family.

With an impeccable appearance, a gorgeous princess dress, and a noble status, Simon has seen greed and **** in the eyes of many people.

If it weren't for the consideration of the big trouble that might be caused, and Cirillo, who knew at a glance that he was not easy to mess with, I am afraid that these people would have rushed forward, like a big bad wolf seeing a little white rabbit.

Going deeper, the ragged and filthy passers-by gradually disappeared, replaced by young and middle-aged men in thug costumes with weapons hanging around their waists.

Most of them are men, but occasionally women can be seen, with bright eyes, and the scars of swords can be vaguely seen on the face or body.

If the passers-by I met before could be called the common people, then these people are not part of the common people at all.

They are thugs, they are gangs, they are gray forces, and they are the underground masters of the capital.

Seeing Irina passing by, the excitement and malice in these people's eyes were completely undisguised. Some even whistled at Irina, causing the people around them to burst into laughter.

It seemed to be mocking Irina, such a beautiful noble lady, dared to enter their place.

It also seems to be mocking Simon, do you think you can protect this beautiful chick here?

At this point, Cirillo was also a little vigilant, and never took his right hand from the long sword on his waist.