Warlord: King of All Clans

In the living room, Rigolav was instilling some common sense of the circle of small lords into Ulyan.

For example, at least two banquets should be held every year, inviting some celebrities from Isenbol to socialize and feast, expand personal connections, and increase visibility.

For a remote territory like River Bay Territory, it would be best to rent a manor on the outskirts of Isenbol to hold the event.

You must attend the Lords' Conference at least once a year. Even if you don't have the right to speak, you must at least raise your hand and stand in line.

Attend as many temple festivals and church masses as possible, and frequently appear in the stands of the arena.

There is no mobile phone network in this world, and Isenbol does not have fashionable things like news newspapers. Communications are extremely backward.

If a nobleman does not appear in the eyes of high society for a whole year, it is no different from being dead.

Participating in these social events can tell other people in the circle that you are still alive and have money and power.

It is also worthwhile to contact, cooperate and share what we have.

Marriages, alliances, and transactions between nobles were gradually developed in this way.

After all, a pioneer lord is not just a village leader. He cannot gain a foothold in the ruling class by just developing himself.

In the eyes of the empire's hereditary nobles, the knights are not even considered aristocrats. Only the knights take themselves seriously.

This is even more true in the North, where the living conditions of the fiefdom knights are far from as good as the common people imagine.

To some extent, they are just the upgraded version of the village chiefs and the high-level soldiers in the earl's hands.

Every earl in the north is a small king who has absolute ruling power in his own territory.

They could easily deprive a knight of his title and fiefdom, after all, these were originally gifts from the earl.

Individual knight lords could not disobey the earl's orders and could only stick together for warmth.

Like the impoverished Miswitch family, with few members and lack of support from relatives and allies, the efforts of two generations of father and son were in vain in the end.

The change of the name of the Miswich Knighthood to the Solovy Knighthood did not cause any ripples among the knight class in Isenpol.

But if Count Freilov wanted to deprive the Petukhov family of their knighthood and transfer it to someone else, he would have to consider the attitudes of Rigolav's relatives, comrades-in-arms, and allied lords.

Even the knight families that were hostile to the Petukhov family, under the overall public opinion of the knight class, either chose to keep silent or stand on the side of the Petukhov family.

Any knight lord who dared to accept the earl's gift and occupy the ancestral property of the Petukhov family would also have to consider the wrath of the Petukhov family.

Rather than face the wrath of the Fangqi family, the knights would rather go into the wilderness and open up new territories on their own.

If we explain it using the rules of the game, the Earl's family needs to use its own influence points to offset the influence points of the Knight's family.

As long as the influence of the Knight family is great enough, the Earl family will hesitate when making decisions to avoid losing more than they gain.

The River Reach Territory seems to be thriving, with powerful military force, catching up with the Viscount of the South in all aspects, but in the eyes of the powerful Earl of the North, it is still a little Karami.

Up to now, Ulian has only one ally, Rigolav, so it is easy for him to deal with other knight families.

But if one day, Lord Tariq of Isenpol sets his eyes on this land and wants to get a piece of it, the River Bay Territory will definitely not be able to disobey the orders of the Earl's second son relying solely on its own strength.

However, he did not have enough influence among the knight class and it was difficult for him to get help from others.

If no one takes you seriously, there are no connections or interests involved, and they don't even know you exist, there is no way they can provide practical help, let alone express support.

Leo walked into the reception room and greeted them with a playful smile: "Godfather, Wu Laoden, what are you talking about?"

Rigolav was in the middle of talking about sex, so he wanted to take the opportunity to give Leo some advice.

But when he thought of Leo's inhuman performance last night, he suddenly felt that his words were probably useless.

He held back his words and shook his head. "Nothing, just chatting. What do you want?"

Leo took the opportunity to make his own request, "Godfather, do you have any way to send a letter to the imperial family in the imperial capital? It would be best if it could be delivered directly to the emperor."

Rigolav was so angry that he laughed, "What are you thinking? I am just a banner. I don't even have the ability to deliver a letter to the Duke of the North. How can I deliver a letter to the Emperor of the Empire?"

Leo's hopes were dashed, and he muttered, "Your flag is not that good, is this all?"

Rigolav automatically filtered out his trash talk and suggested, "Why don't you go find Solovy? He is a Knight of the Northern Wind and has the right to directly meet with the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory. Perhaps he can help you. As long as your letter is important enough, there is always a way to pass it to the Emperor of the Empire."

Leo suddenly realized and said happily: "That's right! Let my uncle help me deliver the letter to the Grand Duke, and the Grand Duke will pass it on to the Emperor of the Empire. It's so simple!"

Although he had written a letter to the little mouse early on, and the other two members of the Riverbend Three Idiots had also left messages on it, Leo could not find a way to deliver the letter.

Although there has not been a large-scale war between the South and the North at present, it is still a tense Cold War period.

There were constant small-scale conflicts between the earls of the two territories on both sides of the Fabrados Mountains and the Dome River, and news of troop movements was often heard.

In this situation, even the Earl of the North might not be able to deliver the letter to the Emperor of the South, let alone the small square flag under the Earl.

If the Earl of the North is compared to the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then Rigolav is a scholar-official in the remote mountainous area of ​​Wu and Chu.

The most promising person in the entire North is the Grand Duke of the North, who is almost equal to the Emperor of the Empire and the father-in-law of the Emperor of the Empire.

After finishing his morning tea, Rigolav stood up and said, "Let's go to Stonebreak Castle."

He had already planned his itinerary before coming. In addition to attending Leo's wedding and accepting Leo as his adopted son, he would also visit Gravel Castle and take a look at the scale of the wilderness city.

The current Gravel Fort occupies only the southern half of the pass, and between the two walls, it covers less than two square kilometers.

Apart from large dormitories for refugees, there are only a few medium-sized buildings such as barracks, warehouses, markets, and cassava flour processing workshops. There are almost no large buildings.

During the time when Leo was away from Gravel Castle, the chief craftsman of Gravel Castle followed Leo's instructions and led the surplus labor to build a stone castle on the inside of the north wall of Gravel Castle.

However, no matter how small a stone castle is, it still requires a lot of manpower and stone materials, and it cannot be completed in just one or two months.

Even so, a city of the size of Gravel Castle is considered a majestic city in the wilderness, and it is worth Rigolav's visit to learn from it.

Fifteen Hewan cavalrymen led by Leo and Vichi, and fifteen Petukhov family cavalrymen led by Romon, protected Rigolav's mount and Olivia's carriage, and slowly drove towards the Gravel Castle.