Just when the Duchess thought the assassination story was over, Duke Horsman actually said again.

"Brian has grown up and has his own career. It's time to arrange a well-matched marriage for him.

As his mother, you should be responsible for this. I heard that your cousin's daughter will be an adult next year, so she is a good marriage partner."

After hearing Duke Horsman's words, the Duchess, who had always behaved calmly and calmly, showed an expression of astonishment for the first time on her face.

My cousin is also married to a duke. There seems to be no problem if the duke's daughter marries the duke's son, but Brian is just the second son.

Brian, who has mediocre cultivation talent, may only achieve the highest achievement in his life by becoming a viscount.

The daughter of a duke must at least marry an earl. Do you think everyone is Viscount Horton?

Even if Duke Horsman is proud enough, if he wants the marriage to succeed, his family will have to pay a huge price. This is obviously difficult for me.

"I will mention this to my cousin-in-law, but I can't guarantee whether it will happen or not?"

Duke Horsman did not force him. He waved his hand and several guards immediately came over and took away all the people kneeling on the ground. The duchess knew that these confidants would never be seen again.

Brian certainly didn't expect that his father was already worried about his marriage and that his stepmother would also have to contribute to this.

During breakfast, Butler Carl reported to Brian the situation in the castle.

At this time, old Carl has been appointed as the new steward of the castle, and the previous deputy steward continues to serve as deputy steward.

Lansberg has been built for nearly a hundred years and has experienced countless storms. Even though it is located within the Frankish Kingdom, it has not experienced several wars.

However, after the Horton family's continuous reinforcement and expansion, it is considered a strong city in this area and can station tens of thousands of soldiers to defend it for half a year.

Moreover, it had just been overhauled half a year ago, and the whole castle had a brand new look. If it weren't for the fact that Aunt Lina was the daughter of a duke, she always liked to live in a big city.

Lanesburg is really a nice place to live, at least much better than Brian's previous manor.

Carl took out the account book again and reported the financial status of the castle to Brian.

Brian was not in the mood to pay attention to the account book that Carl handed over. He just asked him to briefly describe it, but the content of the report made Brian's good mood sour in the morning.

The few gold coins left by Aunt Lina could probably only keep the castle running for less than a month.

If he hadn't just brought the 5,000 gold coins sponsored by the Duke, there would also be the pocket money of 300 gold coins that Brian had saved.

If the tax collection does not come in next month, they will run out of food.

Of course, Aunt Lina didn't do it on purpose. Who would have thought that Brian also brought 300 armored knights. Elite troops are not just trained, and daily maintenance is also a huge expense.

Even though the Duke is responsible for the wages of the armored knights, the usual maintenance of horses and weapons and the food of the soldiers are also indispensable, which again falls on Lansburgh's financial expenditure.

Of course, the training of those ten middle and low-level knights with fighting spirit is also a big expense.

Therefore, even a powerful noble like Duke Horsman only has 5,000 standing armored knights.

Brian still didn't know that his stepmother had promised to compensate him with 5,000 gold coins, and that two small caravans had already arrived at Lansburgh, which would further relieve his financial pressure.

Brian asked Butler Karl to add the 5,000 gold coins funded by Duke Holman to the public account and use the money to pay for the daily consumption of the castle. As for his own 300 gold coins, he should keep it.

After all, a good leader should be able to distinguish between public and private matters.

In order to avoid having nothing to do, Brian must find new sources of wealth as soon as possible. If he follows the traditional farming development model, he will not be able to become a great nobleman for hundreds of years.

Maybe the conscription order will come in two years and the family will be wiped out again.

Who said that on this continent, there is only a period of war and a period of preparation for war.

After breakfast, Brian inspected his reorganized escort team.

There are only 40 ordinary soldiers left in the castle, and the other elites have been taken to the royal capital by their aunts.

Including the 20 guards he originally had, there were only 60 people in total, which was barely enough to ensure his safety when traveling alone.

The safety of the castle also needs people to guard it. Brian, who has no money to recruit more people, can only leave this task to the 300 armored knights.

Yesterday, Knight Horton was appointed as his captain of the bodyguard, commanding all the bodyguards.

And Sean Black, the down-and-out nobleman who was originally Bryan's chief of guard, became the deputy chief of guard.

Sean Black was not dissatisfied after being demoted. Anyway, instead of reducing his salary, Brian doubled his salary.

He always believed that he was Brian's confidant, and his main task was to monitor the knight named Horton.

Looking at the reorganized escort team, Brian nodded with satisfaction, selected 20 people to change into civilian clothes, and took Horton Knight, a local, out to inspect the territory.

The entire territory is located in the north of the kingdom, and the Frankish Kingdom is located in the north of the mainland.

Therefore, there are both hot summers and cold winters here. It is impossible to harvest twice a year like in the south. Fortunately, the land here is relatively fertile.

After leaving Lansberg and walking southeast for thirty miles, we encountered a large river called the Lem River. Across the Lem River was the territory of the Viscount of Fez.

I heard from Knight Horton that the Viscount of Face was a very kind and benevolent nobleman. When he recruited the expeditionary force last time, he asked his son to go to the battlefield for him because he was too old, and he did not come back this time.

But he has a second son who can inherit the title, so there is no need to worry about the inheritance. Unlike Viscount Horton, Knight Horton shut up at this point.

Brian didn't mind, and rode north. The other party had just lost his heir, and it was inconvenient for him to come and disturb him. Maybe he could pay a visit to Viscount Fez after a while.

Walking north along the river, we came to a hilly area.

The Lyme River here flows eastward, so the entire hilly area is not irrigated by river water, and local farmers can only dig wells to obtain water.

Fortunately, the water resources here are relatively abundant and there is no need to worry about drought, but food production will inevitably be affected.

There are several knight territories under Lansburg here, and the territory of Horton Knight is here.

Knight Diers Horton's castle is not big, probably only the size of the main building of the manor where Brian once lived.

Further north is the territory of the Merovingians, an ancient family whose surname can even be traced back to the Holy War 5,000 years ago.

When it was strong, it once ruled most of the Frankish Kingdom.
Chapter completed!