Midsummer Festival, one of the traditional festivals in the Old World human kingdom, is held around June every year. On this day, people light bonfires to celebrate the arrival of summer.

Since Ryan came to Baron Gene, the territory has undergone earth-shaking changes, with more wooden buildings being built, with well-connected roads covering the fields and communicating with five villages and towns.

Brand new canals lead clean river water from the Chinon River and irrigate the farmland.

The serfs were happy to find that even in the slack season, they still had something to do. The Knights issued various conscript orders, and as long as they were willing, there were a lot of paid work to participate in, which made their lives much easier.

More projects are still under construction. Along the Chinon River, many workshops have taken shape, and many free people have moved to Baron Gene, looking for opportunities to advance.

Tomorrow is Midsummer Day, all the serfs will go collectively to the lord's castle, and they will receive a glass of Al beer and a piece of rye bread each according to the name of the roster. This is the mercy of the knights.

In the Baron Castle, Ryan was also holding a banquet with his retainers. Those who participated in the banquet were his tax officer Gasparton, his housekeeper Katzenberg, his brother Angron, Paladin Alfred, two Rangers, Lopps and Olivier.

Before he knew it, the Baron's own team gradually became thicker. Lopps and Olivier both recruited several knight entourages. As for the big guy Angelen, Ryan explained that this was his brother, who was driven here for committing a crime and took him in.

It seems that there is no problem.

The Nords in the north were much taller, and although Angrand was indeed too tall, everyone didn't care much.

Wine and food, candlelight burned on the large wooden table and walls. Since Ryan treated the serfs differently, the serfs have indeed burst out with labor and enthusiasm. The progress of the project has accelerated a lot. Although many places of the building and spire are still being renovated and the city walls are still being built, the craftsmen have cleaned up the banquet hall as soon as possible for the baron to use.

Ryan raised his ivory wine glass and said to everyone present: "Everyone, let us drink this glass together. I wish you all good health here!"

"I wish you all good health!" Everyone raised their glasses, and the beer foam splashed everywhere. Angrand moved the fastest. He stuffed a large glass of Al beer in one sip, then burped, and continued to "cover" his head and eat and drink.

Everyone looked at him with a little fear.

At first, everyone in the territory thought that the baron's brother came here to ask for food and drink.

But since the Baron offered to train him, everyone saw the strength of this big guy.

He grabbed the hammer as the champion of the Lake Fairy's God-Chairdress. The Holy Grail Knight, who passed the stage, had no power to fight back in front of this big guy, and was beaten to the point of blue and swollen face and in a mess.

Ryan didn't care. He often had his injuries completely healed one night, so he found his brother again the next day, and then was beaten to the point of bruising and looking for teeth all over the ground.

After a long time, everyone knew that the Baron Brother named Angrand was unfathomable and they all had great awe of him.

Everyone sat down again and continued to eat.

Then, a dining cart was pushed in outside the banquet hall, and the dark spirit Olika pushed the dining cart into the banquet hall.

"Oh! Oh my God, is this smell?"

"Praise the 'female'!"

"My Baron, you are so generous!"

When everyone smelled the sweet smell, some people had guessed what was pushing in.

"Thanks to the 'female', she gave us such delicious food. I will take it out to share with you today. I hope everyone can do their best and work hard." Ryan stood up and walked to the dining car.

Picking up the dining cover, small white bread appeared in front of everyone.

This bread is very small, less than Ryan's fist. The surface of the bread is baked into a golden color, exuding a sweet smell, and is applied with exquisite milk oil.

"It's the Queen's Bread! It's really the Queen's Bread!" Gasparton stood up, the tax officer's face was very excited, and he even cried: "My baron, how can we get such a gift from you?"

"This is a reward for everyone's hard work and an encouragement for the next recruitment work." Ryan smiled.

So, the small round white bread was divided into everyone, one piece, the size of a palm, but except for Ryan's brother Angron, everyone felt as if they had a treasure, carefully divided it with a knife and fork, and chewed it carefully.

Only Angron smiled at his brother, grabbed the Gene Primarch of the World-Swallower and swallowed it, then nodded with satisfaction, and gave a thumbs up to his brother.

Ryan smiled when he saw this.

This bread is a 'selves' wheat flour sent by the lake god's 'girl' witch Mojiana, adding 'chicken' eggs, beef' milk, honey and vanilla, and using beer yeast to replace ordinary noodles. The 'milk' oil bread "Queen' bread" made after fermentation of the 'selves' heart.

This kind of bread may not be a rare thing for Ryan, who came from the Celestial Empire in his previous life, but in this world, this kind of "milk" oil bread is a truly super luxury, and even the king can't enjoy it every meal.

At least when he participated in the Holy Day Festival of the White Wolf God as a White Wolf Knight, he could only give some roasted meat and wine.

The thirty kilograms of "fine" wheat flour sent by the Lake Goddess Witch is a real high-end luxury. Many dukes may not have so much inventory at home. This not only proves the wealth of the Lake Fairy "Girl", but also proves her preference for Ryan. Ryan understands that he will only express his gratitude.

Of course, Ryan knew deeply that this kind of thing must not be given too much, nor must it be a convention. Everyone just needs to eat a little and taste it. This kind of thing is too precious. You must not make them feel that there are many Barons. Only by dividing this point is too stingy, nor can they get used to having such luxurious food.

To promote Mien, to fight Mien.

The same is true for Ryan to stop feeding the serfs and grade the labor efficiency. If you eat well, no one will be "inspiring" you. Once these serfs get used to the excellent food of the lord, the project may not be completed in the next year. There will be no such food for corvee in the future. The serfs will even riot. They will not remember that corvee does not provide food.

After tasting the Queen’s bread, Ryan coughed and said, “Speaking of this, what is the response to the recruitment news?”

"The response was very enthusiastic, my baron!" Lops smashed his mouth, as if he was still savoring the taste of the queen's bread: "The serfs rushed to join the infantry regiment, or sent their sons to the infantry regiment, and everyone was asking the lord what kind of boy he wanted."

Ryan nodded. His Holy Grail Knight's brand was strong enough, so it would be no wonder that the serfs would have such a reaction.

In Brittania, there are two ways to enter the infantry regiment. The first is that when the infantry regiment suffers serious losses, the lord will select people from serfs to enter the infantry regiment. This is regarded as a bad strategy by the serfs, because the knights will greatly reduce their salary because of their mischief, making them almost the same income level as ordinary serfs.

The second type is on the midsummer night's recruitment festival. The serfs will take all their boys to the lord's castle, hoping that the boys can be selected by the knights as part of the infantry regiment. For serfs, it is a very honor for their children to become infantry. They can not only enjoy houses that shelter from the wind and rain, but also enjoy food rations and salary that are higher than the serfs.

The militia also have the opportunity to be promoted to sergeants or even rangers. If they can reach that point, it will be gloryless. They will gain the status of free people, move into castles or towns, and completely change their lives.

Of course, the knights would not make it so easy for serfs to think. It is not unusual for a serf to become a sergeant or even a ranger. Some serfs refused to be promoted by the knights throughout their battles. Only the Holy Grail Knights will take the contribution of serfs fairly.

If you want to become a glorious sergeant and win the identity of a free people, you can only fight!

The serfs even raised their knights and men longed for war! The trophy was seized, and the reward and space for promotion of the knights were their hope for survival!

Several people talked about the recent internal affairs, and there was a sound of flapping their wings and neighing horses from outside.

After hearing this, Ryan said directly: "So please continue and drink happily. I'll leave in advance."

"Okay, my baron!" "No problem, brother."

So Ryan left the banquet hall on the first floor.

Outside the castle, under the moonlight, a proud horse stood proudly in the beautiful moonlight, with white wings stretching out completely, the silver mane and hair shining with glimmer, and the strong limbs were full of beauty.

On a horse mount, a beautiful 'female' knight with blonde hair and blue eyes was taking off her helmet. Behind her was an Emilia in Winford College summer student uniform. Seeing Ryan standing below waiting for them, the little 'female' servant waved excitedly: "Mr. Ryan! I'm back!"

"Welcome back, Emilia, and, welcome, Miss Sulia." Ryan's tall figure stood straight, and the Baron smiled warmly: "How could Miss Sulia send you back in person?"

"Uh..." The standard uniform of the college is a vest, a white shirt and a plaid knee-length skirt. It feels like Emilia is in bud. When the girl saw him having questions, she quickly said embarrassedly: "It was President Suliya who kindly sent me back. Because there are some things in the college, it was already a bit late when I wanted to come back. President Suliya was worried that I was not safe alone, so she rode a horse to send me back."

"Hey, you're so busy that you're not going to come back later." Ryan said with a wry smile. The "female" knight sent the little "female" servant back is actually just a small task. From Brenheld flying at full speed, he can cross the mountain and go directly to Gene's leader. It can be reached in fifteen minutes, which is a blessing for the "female" knight.

But Ryan had to accept this favor: "Thanks to Miss Suliya for your kindness."

"It's okay, Your Excellency Ryan, Miss Emilia hasn't returned to Gene for a long time. I saw that she was a little anxious and sent her back." The 'female' knight shook his head and signaled that it was okay.

Emilia has not returned to Baron Gene for a few weeks since she went to Winford College. She has just entered the school and has a lot of things to do. The college only has one day off a week, and she often has to come back if she has something to do.

Emilia felt a little guilty about this. There was a three-day holiday on Midsummer Day, and she felt that she was going back no matter what.

Ryan said nothing, he nodded, signaling Emilia and Sulia to follow him.

On the way back, Emilia carefully said to Sulia, "Are he angry?"

The 'female' knight smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, Your Excellency Ryan is not the kind of person with a narrow mind, otherwise he would not be able to become the Holy Grail Knight."

Back all the way to the small wine castle received by Baron Gene, Ryan took out the king's order from behind the table and handed it to the 'female' knight: "This is the order from His Majesty Richard. This year's general of the Knights' War is Marquis Anghe. Do you know him?"

Emilia was a little uneasy. Seeing this, Ryan gently patted the little ‘female’ servant on the shoulder and signaled that he had no objection to her, but was just anxious to deal with some things.

The Baron clapped his hands, and Olika brought juice and queen bread from outside for the "female" knight and little "female" servant to enjoy. Suria was a little surprised to see that Ryan had queen bread here, and the "female" knight was not polite, and she just enjoyed it after thanking her.

Seeing that Ryan had no objection, Emilia started to stutter. She seemed to be familiar with this food.

"It's really surprising that Marquis Anghi? His Majesty Richard would choose him." Today, like Emilia, the "female" knight was wearing a white "woman's" shirt, a blue "plaid skirt", a pair of slender and straight long legs wrapped in black "color" stockings, and a pair of fiery red "color" slim high heels. Hearing Ryan's words, Sulia said strangely: "Marquis Anghi is about the same age as His Excellency Ryan, and has participated in many wars, but it's the first time he personally commanded the general."

"Have you received the king's order?" Ryan felt even more strange. Did Duke Winford not receive the king's order?

The dazzling blonde hair shook, and the 'female' knight shook his head: "No, His Majesty the King generally does not issue a king's order directly to his father. It is usually an envoy who comes to negotiate with his father about the number of people participating in the Knight War and the amount of war tax."

The Baron began to realize something was wrong.

It is obvious that I am the baron of Duke Winford, why did the king's order come directly to me?

Does His Majesty the King not even understand the principle that "my vassal is not my vassal"?

No, it is absolutely impossible for the king not to understand this, otherwise he would not have been in the position of the king for twenty-four years.

Then, the only explanation is.

My recent actions have made the great nobles of the Knight Kingdom have opinions.
Chapter completed!