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A good start did not affect the fierce competition behind. From the beginning of the second territorial dispute, the scene was no longer harmonious.

It’s not that we don’t want to coordinate, it’s just that we can’t. Once the fiefdom is determined, there is almost no possibility of changing it. If you give in now, you may regret it for the rest of your life in the future.

In the same barony, the annual income gap between the best fiefdom and the worst fiefdom may be as high as tens of thousands of gold coins.

Of course, that is a theoretical number, and the current two counties will definitely not reach it. Without ten years and eight years of careful management, there would be no hope of returning to the peak level.

For example, the Salam mining area selected by Hudson almost monopolized the pig iron supply in the entire county, and its products also had a high market share in surrounding counties, making it a high-yield area.

However, the labor cost of mining is high, part of the charcoal used for smelting needs to be purchased from outside, and local grain production can only meet part of the demand, which dilutes the mining income.

The most important thing is that the mine will eventually be exhausted, but food production can be recycled indefinitely, which invisibly reduces the value of the territory.

However, this is the opinion of the outside world. For Hudson, industries that can be monetized in a short period of time are the best quality industries.

It takes too long to complete the primitive accumulation of wealth through farming. For most nobles, the first twenty years of establishing a domain were very poor.

Of course, Wright and Wyton counties are both well-developed mature areas, and the situation is much better. As long as the labor force is replenished, the strength will soon be restored.

Especially for the local snakes, after decades of peace, most noble territories have a certain amount of labor wealth, which undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of developing new territories.

It is more tragic for migrant households, who can only purchase slaves on a large scale to serve as labor force. As for the migration of people from northern Xinjiang, the kingdom was the first to refuse.

For the sake of national defense and security, the kingdom exiles a large number of criminals every year to guard the border. It has always been that only the inflow of people is allowed, and the outflow of people is not allowed.

Each province has the task of forcibly transporting the population every year. If the number is not enough, a group of nobles will have to spend money to buy slaves to supplement the number.

Including the prisoners captured in the recent suppression of the Skull and Bones rebellion, they were all escorted to the northern Xinjiang border guard in batches. There are orcs in the back who are responsible for drawing hatred, which can be regarded as resolving the conflict once and for all.

The Alpha Kingdom is relatively peaceful, because it shoulders the important task of resisting the invasion of the Orc Empire, and does not dare to have too much fun with internal and external fights.

A group of human countries without foreign threats would be different. How could they be so happy? A small war every three months and a big war every five months. War is the mainstream in the mainland.

In every war, a large number of prisoners are produced. According to the rules, they are released after paying a ransom. After a certain period of time, if no one pays them, they will be sold into slavery.

Seeing everyone arguing, Hudson has become just a spectator. In the middle and later stages of development, not only the parties involved came out to fight each other, but also the supportive relatives and friends joined the battlefield.

The scene was extremely chaotic. If Earl Pierce hadn't been pressing down on it, I guess these guys would have been able to perform a full show of martial arts on the spot.

The ruling of the noble council is also full of gunpowder. It's okay that the strength gap between the two sides is huge. What worries them most is that their own strength and personal connections are evenly matched.

If you can't get the result out of the argument, let's vote. According to the Kingdom's "Nobles Act", all nobles who own fiefs are members of the Noble Parliament.

According to the rules: a knight counts one vote, a baron counts three votes, a viscount counts ten votes, an earl counts thirty votes... With the accumulation of multiple fiefs, voting will be conducted directly on the spot.

At this time, the advantage of having more people is reflected. Including several nobles who did not participate in this war due to special reasons, the Koslow family has a total of two barons and nine knights with voting rights. The total number of votes for their own members alone is as high as fifteen.

It is a pity that Hudson, Adrian and the other two members of the same family who inherited the title do not have the right to vote for the time being because they have not completed the legal procedures. Otherwise, eight more votes could be added.

The most direct consequence of the lack of eight votes was that the plans of the Knights of Leicester and Baron Crone were defeated by a narrow margin of two and three votes respectively.

Looking at the upset two people, the Hudsons didn't know how to comfort them, so they could only pretend not to see it.

Failure is an inevitable result, even if there are eight more votes, nothing will change. The difference in votes was small, and it was Earl Pierce who was steering the situation.

As the vote king of the southeastern province, Earl Pierce, who held many positions, had fifty-four votes alone. With the nobles influenced by him, he could control even more votes.

Out of the need for political balance, pie-in-the-sky matters are destined not to fall on the Koslow family this time.

If you can't participate yourself, you can only watch others perform. Hudson had personally seen Baron Redman fill in different names on three ballots.

Judging from the calm expression on his father's face, he seems to be supporting multiple candidates at the same time. This kind of coquettish operation is nothing new in the aristocratic circle.

They are all friends of the family, or they have received many gifts. In order to feel at ease, such a scene usually occurs.

Only family friends and relatives will vote for it with all their votes.

What seems like a funny scene is not a kind of political wisdom. Hudson, who originally thought he was already a qualified nobleman, suddenly found that he still had a lot to learn.

The noisy banquet lasted until the next morning, and the partition feast was finally completed.

The final result is that some people are happy and some are sad. As one of the winners, Hudson was in a good mood.

On the carriage, looking at his high-spirited son, Baron Redman said earnestly: "Hudson, determining the fiefdom area is only the first step, and the subsequent specific implementation is the key.

I just got a piece of news from Adrian. His Excellency the Governor is eager to implement the fiefdom, mainly because of the group of outsiders.

It is said that this time there was a serious quarrel between the Governor's Mansion and the Royal Capital. Although the king agreed to Earl Pierce's proposal that the highest title be baron, he gave Dadir City and Fenghuang City to others.

The three sons of the Dalton family who served in the Northland only received one barony and two knighthoods, which made Earl Pierce very dissatisfied.

The Dalton family will definitely not give up after being deprived of their food. There will definitely be a counterattack next. It is unknown what exactly they will do, but there is a high probability that it will be related to the fiefdom.

The Koslow family is not ranked high in the kingdom and is unable to participate in the competition between major forces. If a conflict breaks out next, you must be careful not to get caught in the storm. "

Nodding cautiously, Hudson immediately promised: "Don't worry, father. It's too late to hide from this kind of thing, so how can I take the initiative to participate.

The nobles who can jump out of the quagmire in the North and seize food from the Dalton family's mouth will definitely not have a simple background.

At the risk of offending the first noble of the Southeast Province, a mere barony would definitely not be able to satisfy their appetite, and there would probably be a fight between dragons and tigers.

However, they are outsiders after all, and the family's power in the two counties is not small. As long as our territories watch each other, it's enough to protect ourselves. "

He sounds relaxed, but in fact, Hudson is not at peace in his heart. Although he knew that there were northern nobles going south, he did not expect that these powerful dragons could directly steal food from the Dalton family's jaws.

If the county seat is taken away by these guys, then there will probably be no suspense in the subsequent battle for the county head.

It is clear that the reshuffle of the two counties has just begun, and we are ready to use this as the foundation of the county and slowly make plans.

Next, it depends on how strong the support behind them is and whether they can withstand the Dalton family's counterattack.

No matter who wins in the end, the little nobles in the two counties will not have an easy time in the future for a long time.

Although the Koslow family has four fiefdom nobles that can unite, two of them have been severely damaged by the previous Skull and Bones rebellion, and the other two have just set foot in this area.

What worries Hudson the most is Adrian Knight, who has been following Earl Pierce and has too much of the Dalton family imprint on him.

If there is a conflict between the two parties, everyone else can find a way to avoid it, but Adrian cannot retreat.

Once the situation escalates, you may be passively involved. However, Hudson still had no choice. If he wanted to gain more from the division of fiefdoms, he could not do without the support of the Governor's Mansion.

The troubles are ahead, but the benefits are within reach. I have truly experienced that people cannot help themselves in the aristocratic circle.