Start as Inherited Baroness

Simon looked at it carefully and looked up at Winness, who was staring at the Lord's Crown with a smile on her face.

The common people of the Eagle Kingdom yearn for nobility, and almost no one does not dream of becoming a noble.

And this dream is now in front of Winness, and she can't help her mood.

"Go get some ink." He smiled.

"Hey~" Winness responded with a sweet smile, and then asked the servants to find it.

Not long after, the servant brought a small box of red ink.

Winness took it, opened it and placed it in front of Simon. He dipped the Baron's seal in it and then printed it on his palm.

In addition to the text mark of the Courageous Territory, there is also a badge mark of the sun and the moon shining together, which is similar to the decoration on the side.

Simon wiped the seal on his hand, packed up the Lord's Crown and the Baron's seal, and put them in the storage column when Winness was not paying attention.

"We will set off for White Owl Port tomorrow." He said.

"Okay." Winnies responded obediently.

For the rest of the day, they didn't run around, but stayed in the room to explore each other's physiological structure.

In addition, they chatted a lot of gossip.

During this conversation, Simon learned that the headquarters of Fengjian Chamber of Commerce and the War Spear Mercenary Group were both in Baiou Port.

No wonder Kelley went there directly when he arrived.

The next morning, after Simon and others had breakfast, they left the Golden Eagle Mansion and went out of the city.

In fact, he originally wanted to buy body chain mail here, but he heard that it would be cheaper in Baiou Port, so he didn't buy it.

In addition, there are several magic and alchemy shops in Golden Eagle City that sell magic-related things.

Simon also visited them, but apart from a few bottles of healing potions, he didn't buy anything else.

They are all a bit expensive. Although he has a lot of golden eagles, he still has to use them to develop his territory, so he dare not spend them carelessly.

One of the more basic spark staffs costs six hundred golden eagles. It is only for arson, but it is not very powerful and has a short range.

Six hundred golden eagles can buy one hundred slave-bend trained foot soldiers.

Simon and his party left the city and came to the town of Young Eagle. With a large army, he bought a lot of food privately and put it in the storage pen, and then headed to White Owl Port.

Everyone has eaten well these days. They are all greasy and strong. Judging from their complexions, they live a comfortable life.

Since everyone has a horse, Simon's team is moving fast and arrived at White Owl Port before noon.

This is a small town built by the sea, about half the size of Golden Eagle City, but it is indeed a real city.

A road extends next to the small town to the seaside, and many ships can be seen docked in the port from a distance.

There are also more than a dozen sailboats in the sea, either heading to the distance or heading to the port.

"We are at White Owl Port." Winness smiled.

Simon nodded slightly, without saying anything, but rode forward, and the others followed closely.

Soon they entered the city. The city did not prohibit the use of weapons, and everyone could enter and exit freely. The streets were full of people wearing armor and carrying weapons.

However, the city guards were very strong. The archers and guards on the city walls were stationed every five steps and every ten steps.

Soon, three teams of patrolling guards passed by the city. They all looked tough, and it was obvious that they were all soldiers who had seen blood.

There were eighteen people in one team, well-equipped, all wearing iron armor, lined with a single layer of full-body chain mail, and wearing conical iron helmets.

Either holding a sword and a shield, or carrying a sharp spear, it was obvious that they were not easy to mess with.

Not long after, Kelley led people to meet them. He saluted respectfully and said, "Meet Baron Simon!"

"Well, where are the slaves?"

Simon smiled slightly and nodded and asked.

"A shipload of slaves arrived at the port earlier, and I only bought more than 800.

Now slaves are in short supply, and they will be snapped up as soon as they arrive. There are too many nobles who buy slaves.

Most of them are nobles in Xisaidi." Kelley said.

"Will there be more slaves arriving at the port?" Simon had expected this situation, so he asked.

"There should be a few more batches. The 300 foot soldiers I ordered from Slave Bay have not arrived yet. They should be here in the next few days."

"Are 100 of them mine?" Simon laughed unceremoniously.

"That's right, Baron." Kelley also laughed.

"Okay, just wait a few days, and go see my slaves now."

"Lord Simon, let's use these few days to hold the wedding, right?" Kelley said suddenly.

Simon, who was about to turn around, looked back at him and smiled, "This is a good idea. Your daughter is really good."

Run.

Wennis heard the words and looked at him with a sweet smile, seeming to be quite looking forward to it.

"Lord Simon, thank you for keeping your promise!" Kelley smiled sincerely.

"I'll leave it to you to arrange it." Simon said like a hands-off boss.

He then recalled something, glanced at the team behind him, and shouted: "Hilt! Come here!"

At the end of the team, five young men in leather armor rode over on horses.

"Sir!" Hilt dismounted, bowed his head with a look of six parts respect, three parts humility, and one part fear.

"Hilt, go to our hometown to bring my mother and sister here.

In addition, spread the word that any villagers who are willing to develop in Yongyi Territory can bring them here.

Here, only 40% of agricultural taxes will be collected in the next 20 years, and whoever reclaims the land will have the right to use it. Remember this!?

Sarit, take twenty soldiers with him. "

Simon ordered, and then gave them both a golden eagle as travel expenses.

Naturally, the five Hilts will not need so much, but he intends to let these little brothers go back to their hometown to show off.

His hometown is called Qingshui Village, which belongs to Green Forest Castle. There are more than 300 households in the village, which is not small in size, and all of them are free citizens.

Most of the human slaves in the Eagle Kingdom come from Middle-earth.

And if a noble buys it, it will basically be placed in his own manor to work on, and will not be placed in a free village.

"Yes, sir!" Salit responded loudly after saluting, then pointed out the man's hand and followed Hilt.

They all have horses and war horses for traveling, and they can come back in three days at most.

Simon looked at their figures fading away and thought to himself: "I hope you can bring me some useful help."

The prevailing tax rate in the Eagle Kingdom is 50%, and some barren areas charge 40%. In other words, most free people have to turn in half of their harvest.

Among them, the royal family only needs 20%, and the local nobles take 25% into their own pockets, and use them to reorganize their armaments and develop their territories.

In addition, half of it has to be handed over to the Holy Spirit Church, but this amount is not mandatory, it is just traditional.

There are many aristocrats who do not follow tradition.

Simon's condition of a 40% tax rate for twenty years is somewhat attractive.

Afterwards, Carlisle did not let them enter the city, but took them to a manor not far outside the city.

This is a manor he built, but it is land rented from local nobles. The payment is made once a year, which is not very stable.

Maybe one day, the local earl would be unwilling to renew his lease, and all Carlisle's investment in this land would be in vain.

So he tried his best to please the local lords and almost became a tool to make money.

But after all, the nobles couldn't figure out how much money he could make, but their appetite has grown bigger and bigger over the years.

Carlisle felt that he could no longer stay in White Gull Harbor, which was also an important reason that prompted him to spend a lot of money to marry his daughter to Simon.

At least I found a way out.

In fact, he could also try to be loyal to Simon and become a knight.

However, this man was very ambitious and felt that the knight was too young to stand out among the baron's subordinates. No matter what, the whole baron would have to be satisfied.