The Extraordinary Earl

Looking at the confident and high-spirited eldest son, he left. Old Sol turned his eyes to look at his wife and asked, "This son is more promising than me."

Mrs. Sophie smiled and nodded, with pride in her eyes.

"My son is very capable."

Immediately, Mrs. Sophie stood up and said, "I'm going to recruit workers to expand the winery." At this point, Mrs. Sophie had a headache again.

"It's just that now that there are cattle, farmers are very enthusiastic about farming. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to recruit them to come to the winery to make wine."

"Increase the workers' wages." Old Sol said with a smile.

Mrs. Sophie rolled her eyes at Old Sol, if only things were so simple. Immediately, Mrs. Sophie twisted her slender waist and left the study to get busy.

Old Sol stared at his wife's leaving back with a bit of intoxication in his eyes.

After all these years, her figure is still as good as ever.

Old Sol thought to himself. Soon Old Sol gathered his thoughts and began to think about recruiting wandering knights.

Otherwise, Old Sol only needs to write a letter.

For example, the members of the five major families living abroad, as well as the members of the Tiema family living abroad, there are always people who are not doing well in life outside and want a stable job.

Old Sol only needs to write to these family leaders, ask for Magellan, and ask them to find someone on their own.

I believe they are also happy to help foreigners living in exile.

But in the Pompeii family, old Saul had to write letters himself.

As the lord of Pompeii and the leader of the Pompeii family, Old Sol still has great feelings for his people.

In order to recruit the tribesmen who are living abroad, Ston and Pompeii are the top priorities. Because of Ston, Pompeii was not only an intermediate knight, but also a mercenary.

The world is very confusing.

Even though the Kingdom of Prussia is relatively stable at present, there are still rebellious parties causing chaos, bandits and thieves are entrenched in remote places, and there are also some monsters and cannibals.

So a profession was born, mercenary.

The duty of mercenaries is to protect businessmen and travelers from these dangers. Even kings or lords will recruit some large mercenary groups to plan and destroy some bandit forces, warcraft, and even giant dragons.

All in all, mercenaries are an important part of the military force in the Kingdom of Prussia and even in the world.

"Dear Cousin Stone."

Old Sol made a rough draft in his mind, then picked up the pen and started writing furiously.

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The Kingdom of Prussia is a typical kingdom of human knights on the road, located at the southern end of the continent. The territory of the Pompeii family was the southern tip of the Kingdom of Prussia.

In fact, although the Pompeii family is said to be the smallest real aristocracy, in a certain sense it is not.

Because the structure of the Kingdom of Prussia is like this, the king is the well-deserved supreme master. He owns a large territory in the entire Kingdom of Prussia as the king's private territory.

In this private land, there are many palace nobles serving the king. The other part of the power is the king's vassals, that is, the nobles with titles.

People like Baron Barton are the real nobles on the ground. The Pompeii family were actually just vassals of vassals, belonging to the lower end of the aristocracy.

As for these nobles with real titles or palace nobles, their titles are divided into five levels.

They are Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount and Baron.

But one thing to note is that although in official status, a duke is higher than a marquis, and by analogy, a viscount is higher than a baron.

But in aristocratic circles, this is not necessarily the case.

Moreover, the Marquis is not a subordinate of the Duke, and the Baron is not a subordinate of the Viscount. Regardless of whether they are Dukes, Barons, or Viscounts, they have only one subordinate, and that is the Field Knight Lord, who has the same status as the Pompeii family.

Dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons have no affiliation. They are all vassals of the king, and they are equal, just with different titles.

In the aristocratic circle, a count with noble and ancient blood is more popular than a duke who has just been promoted and has no background.

A count with huge power is not even as popular as an ancient baron.

This is a rule based on bloodline and family status.

Take the province of Orange, where the Pompeii family is located, for example. There are twenty or thirty nobles with titles in the province, all of whom are intertwined with each other and are all vassals of the king.

Titles range from duke to baronet.

But the ruler of Orange is a count. This family is called the Libyan family, and its leader is the Earl of Libya.

His full name is the Ruler of Orange, the leader of the Libyan family, the earl, the grand knight, and your lordship of Libya.

The direct ancestors of this family were the eight nobles under the command of the first King of Prussia, Michio, and their bloodline was extremely noble.

Compared to some new dukes and marquises, they are obviously more popular among the aristocratic circles. Although Orange has greater power than the Libyan family, the rulers of Orange are Libyan counts in every generation.

If Orange is compared to a tribal alliance or a city-state organization, then Libya is the elected leader within the city-state.

The headquarters of the Libyan family, Golden City, is also one of the largest cities in Orange. It is located on a plain, with a natural barrier to the north and large mountains stretching for hundreds of miles.

He guarded a large trade route leading to the hinterland of the kingdom and prospered as a result.

The entire mercenary group in Orange Province has its headquarters or branches here. Among them, the headquarters of the Saber-Tooth Tiger Mercenary Group is located in Golden City.

As for the Pompeii family's collateral clan member, Ston, Pompeii is an intermediate knight under the Sabre-Tooth Tiger mercenary group, a knight with very powerful combat ability.

In addition to its headquarters in Golden City, the Saber-Tooth Tiger Mercenary Group also has a large camp outside the city. A paramilitary mercenary group has a large camp outside the Golden City.

The Sabretooth Tiger Mercenary Group provided the Libyan family with a very huge price.

And if something happens to the Golden City, the Sabretooth Tiger Mercenary Group is also obliged to help the Golden City defend it.

For example, if a circling giant dragon appeared on the Golden City that day, then the Sabre-Tooth Tiger Mercenary Group would bite the bullet and get there.

At this moment, Pompey's knight, Pompey, was sitting in a tent, sitting on a chair, leaning on the back of the chair, with one leg on the ground and the other on the table in front of him.

Wearing a Prussian-style black round hat on his head, he looked very relaxed.

His face was obscured by his hat, but judging from his physique, he was a strong and tall man.

"Dad, I have your letter." A little loli ran in from outside, waving an envelope excitedly.

She was extremely cute, and her skin was as white as snow, as white as real snow. The eyes are big and watery.

Wearing a pink dress, she looks like a little lolita walking out of a painting.

"Who will send me a letter?" Pompeii paused and took off his hat, revealing the cheek of a middle-aged man. This face was not very handsome, but it had cold lines and looked very tough.

It's just that there was an awkward smile on his face, which ruined the tough guy feeling.

Suddenly, Pompeii shrugged, hugged his daughter, and kissed her little face, causing the little Lolita to twist around.

“The beard pricks people, it pricks people.”

The little Loli struggled down and ran away.

"Hahaha." Pompeii laughed loudly. Looking at his daughter's running figure, deep love flashed in his eyes.

His father was the uncle of Old Sol. Because he was the younger brother, he did not inherit the Pompeii territory. I can only be a descendant of a noble family and make a living outside.

Despite having the strength of an intermediate knight, the life of a mercenary is still precarious.

He had a wife, but she died of illness and left behind this daughter. When it comes to life, Stone has nothing to look forward to. The only person he still cares about is his daughter.

Stone sat down on the chair, opened the letter and started reading.

“Dear Cousin Stone….”

Stun, Pompeii narrowed his eyes.

"It's that old Sol guy."