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That night, just under the summer night sky, Ryan and Alfred sat on the veranda of the castle and enjoyed a hearty dinner.

Times have changed, and now the identities of the two people are different. Ryan entertained Alfred with the most standard Brittany dinner. The entire banquet procedure was strictly supervised to ensure that Ryan would not be rude as the host.

The first dish is a frozen appetizer dish, which consists of caviar, salad salmon and foie gras.

The second dish is soup, Brittanian Onion Soup.

The third dish is the hot-starting dish, and the snail baked with cheese in the famous Musilon dish plays its role well.

Only after the first three dishes were served, Ryan was able to talk to Alfred, but Duke Musilon skillfully tasted the baked snail using a knife and fork. He looked at his childhood playmate, smiled, and didn't speak.

On the contrary, Alfred had a lot of words to say to Ryan, and he didn't know where to start. Alfred, who was in his thirties, had a short beard, and thin crow's feet began to appear on the corners of his eyes. This was a proof that men were becoming mature.

However, judging from Alfred's mental state, he is still full of vitality. He is very good in his spirit. He is still optimistic and positive after suffering some setbacks. Since he was appointed as the head of the Freya Ancient Church District by Ryan, Alfred has encountered many difficulties in building and restoring the entire church district.

In fact, the war in Musilon has never stopped for a few weeks since Ryan returned to his Duke Castle.

The first one to start the war was Lucien, the baron of the Spire Palace. He led two infantry battalions supported by Ryan and launched the war of swamps. In this battle, Lucien fully utilized the powerful combat power of the serf infantry battalions. Faced with the formation that was not conducive to the knights' charge, he drove some livestock to attract undead creatures and beastmen wandering in the swamps, and then ordered the knights to dismount and disrupt the arrangements among the serfs infantry. Using the cross firepower of the pocket array and the longbowmen to cooperate with the slow movement speed of the swamp, he surrounded and destroyed the remaining undead troops and beastmen tribes near the Spire Palace.

And Ryan got the news that his father-in-law François privately issued a low-interest loan to Lucien, which seemed to have an annual interest rate of only 3%. With the money and Ryan's help, Lucien successfully overcomes the difficulties.

Baron Richard Olivier launched a war of sweeping Richard and wiped out a undead stronghold near the castle.

Baron Biocari Juan launched the Orphan Hill Battle. He didn't know how to convince the wood elves to join. This war defeated the Scarven Rats who were hiding near the Orphan Hill. The Rats Warlords were killed by the Wood Elf hero Alaros - the brave. Juan temporarily drove the Scarven Rats from Musilon into the ground through this battle.

This fully proves that under the leadership of Ryan, he has produced a large number of knights and nobles who can fight well.

So what about Alfred?

The Templar seemed to have found inspiration in the previous explosion. He used the power of gunpowder to defeat the wandering undead through a large number of grenades created by dwarves during the meeting, winning the victory in the battle to defend the church area.

"Anyway, it's more troublesome than I thought." Alfred said a lot, and he could only sigh at last: "The continuous battle is pretty good. The real trouble is that everything has to start from scratch. I don't have my tax officer, I don't have my sheriff, I only have a few paladins and ascetics. Those ascetics only know how to whip themselves all day long. Paladins are not good at managing, they make everything messed up, and I'm forced to make decisions in every detail. Good friend, you know, I'm not you, you can always come up with solutions and various fantasies, and even bypass the knight's path and there are laws, but I can't."

"But you handled it pretty well. I heard that you have solved a lot of troubles." Ryan looked at Alfred with interest.

The fourth dish was brought up by the Dark Elves, and the fourth dish was fish, the famous white wine cream salmon.

"Thank you... that's because I learned a lot from you, good friend." Alfred lowered his head and tasted the white wine cream salmon. The fish fried by Winford Court Chef brought by Suria will feel greasy. The sauce made of light cream can dissolve the greasy feeling. The creamy smoothness and the delicateness of salmon are the best in the world.

"Have you learned something new?" Ryan was very interested: "What have you learned, Ah Fu?"

"Just like you, I suddenly realized the power of authority, good friend." Alfred showed a embarrassed expression, and scratched his golden hair behind him: "I suddenly realized that I seemed to be a hero. People worship me and fear me. My words seemed to have become truth and law. Although I had some problems in handling some affairs and had a rush in the arrangement of personnel, no one questioned me. On the contrary, as long as it was my order, I was firmly executed. So, I understood that I knew how to use my personal prestige to deal with things. Although this was temporary, it was effective. Sometimes, I had some illusions. I even thought that in that ancient church area, I was the center of the universe."

"Normal, power confuses people and inflates people." Ryan nodded, and he said softly: "Afu, remember that personal prestige always runs out. Suppressing problems temporarily does not mean solving them."

"I understand, good friend, I have also been observing your policy over the years." Alfred was a little embarrassed to be said. In fact, he was indeed a little inflated by the monopoly of power in that place. But after seeing the magnificent Duke Castle built by Ryan, he calmed down again: "But I am not like you, I still haven't figured out how you created the glory of today, and the grand scene of harmonious coexistence between knights and serfs."

"This is a complex problem." Ryan nodded, his hands clasped on the long table, and the silver dining plate trembled slightly as he moved, making a pleasant sound: "But you have made great progress. When facing the problem, you neither escape nor try to solve the person asking the problem, but face the problem head-on, although relying on your personal prestige to temporarily solve the problem, this is also a positive way to deal with it."

"But that's not a solution." Alfred sighed suddenly: "You know, good friend, before that, I had written to the Justice Church several times to apply to send enough people to help me, but what awaited me was all about shirkness and procrastination. My superiors always said they needed to think about it and study it."

"But when Musilon conquered this time, my name spread throughout the old world with this battle. When I wrote another letter to the Church of Justice, Archbishop Vikma sent me an army of more than 600 people in just one sentence. With the help of the imperial bureaucrats, everything in the ancient church area immediately became orderly." Alfred sighed: "But I don't like that style."

"What style? Have small meetings for big things, and have big meetings for small things? Constantly demanding the expansion of staffing and the establishment of new departments?" Ryan smiled: "We have seen fewer situations?"

"Hmm~" Alfred shook his head and smiled bitterly: "A lot, I won't say anything about it. I actually don't like those people. They always dominate people. They regard themselves as people sent by the Archbishop's Corona and like to speak condescendingly. On the one hand, they look down on Musilon's locals and call them all day long, but on the other hand, they are very pleased with me and have a little flattering attitude."

"That's for sure." Ryan looked at Alfred across the table, and said, "Isn't this very normal? What are the positions of these people sent by the Empire for themselves? They definitely didn't come to be serfs, so they naturally have a great sense of superiority to serfs, and then who is their source of power? You who have the autonomy and property rights of the entire Freya Ancient Church District, they will naturally please you because they are just agents, and this is the bureaucrat."

The fifth dish was served by the Dark Elves and other maids. This dish was the main dish, with black truffle, wine and mixed with prepared black pepper sauce, drizzled over the 60-7 ripe sirloin steak, next to it was decorated with a few roasted cauliflower, served on an iron plate.

The Sirel steak of Sirel is taken from the ancient Brittanian language, which is the meat above the beef meat, that is, the outer ridge of the beef. The overall taste is strong, the meat is hard, chewy, the meat is fine and juicy, and the taste is tender.

A fried sirloin steak will exude a light aroma. The acetic acid sauce is poured around the steak. The steak appears a very unique dark gold color. When you cut the steak with a dining knife, the beef inside is beautiful pink and has a lot of juice.

Ryan picked up a small piece of steak and threw it into his mouth. He could clearly feel the juice spreading as the teeth chewed. The aroma of the barbecue was well transmitted to every taste bud that stretched out the mouth, circling and wandering in it, fully exerting the original taste of beef.

"So, I heard that it's been rumored outside that you like and advocate the system of feudalism and are a little disdainful of the bureaucracy? I thought it was wrong, but now I think you have your own ideas." Alfred smiled and said, "Look, after the division of feudalism, you can put down everything and rush back here, and we'll be there from beginning to end."

"No, no!" Ryan said quickly: "I have not advocated the over-feudal system, nor have I ever said that the feudal system is a better system. Don't talk nonsense!"

"But you..." Alfred wanted to speak but stopped.

Ryan smiled bitterly, and he looked at Xia Ye's starry sky: "Afu, the division of bans is a helpless move. This issue is very complicated. I want to put it simply, you won't talk about it. If I appointed the lord of the Castle, facing the current situation of Musilon, will Olivier, Lucien and Juan work as hard as they are now?"

The Fort Lord is a title in Brittany, which is somewhat similar to the guardian, that is, the noble appointed a subordinate noble to guard a castle, and the ownership of the castle still belongs to the original noble.

Alfred shook his head and smiled bitterly, he understood.

It is precisely because the land has become their own that they work so hard.

"So, the feudal system is actually a trick." Ryan smiled after seeing Alfred understand it, "This means I threw all the mess to Juan and the others, and they will definitely do their best to restore production and rebuild the territory. I don't have to worry about it, but the disadvantage of the feudal system is that the army's charity and lower tax revenue."

"But your control over the territory is unparalleled. I dare say that with just one word, all the knights and nobles will immediately lead their own troops to follow you." Alfred was still struggling with this matter.

"Hahaha~ I said, I just took a shortcut." Ryan nodded: "Yes, as long as I say, Juan and the others will definitely respond, but this is not because I am Duke Musilon, but because I am Ryan, and I am Ryan Maccado, because of my personal prestige and personal courage, not my title."

"I understand, you are enjoying the benefits of the feudal system and the cohesion brought by the lofty personal prestige at the same time! You guy! It's so bad!" Alfred understood, and the Templar pointed at Ryan and smiled, "I understand, you are not really advocating the feudal system, you are just enjoying the convenience it brings to you!"

The sixth course is a hot plate, a standard southern famous dish called Brittany, red wine stewed chicken.

The seventh dish is a cold dish, composed of Boldo octopus, salmon, Arctic shells, tuna, frozen crab, and frozen shrimp.

"So, Ah Fu, you must be careful not to see the wind and rain. When you hear the rumors outside, you must judge yourself. Do you understand this? If you tell them all about it again, it means you have a responsibility, right?" Ryan said with a smile, and then his face slowly became serious: "I have never said that the system of feudalism is superior to the bureaucracy. In fact, the bureaucracy of the empire is indeed annoying, but in any case, it is much more advanced than the system of feudalism and very necessary."

The eighth dish was ice cream, and the mango snowballs did a great job of removing the fishy smell of seafood for Ryan and Alfred's mouth.

The ninth dish is salad, fruit salad.

"In other words, you will eventually lead the entire kingdom to evolve into the system of the empire, right?" Alfred thought.

"Not bad." Ryan nodded: "But we need to remember that reforms need to be taken step by step. Too big steps will lead to the bad. In fact, based on the current Brittany foundation, the ultra-low literacy and cultural level are not enough to allow us to directly achieve change. Now is the best time, because I have obtained the highest power, but the foundation is not enough, and I still do not have the conditions for implementation. My mind must be clear about what stage to do. At present, I do not have the conditions to be reformed for the time being. I would rather delegate power. Moreover, these knights and nobles completely surrender to me, and I don't have to worry about the low level of military recruitment brought by the feudal system. The core of the problem is to restore Musilon first and restore it to its former glory. Other things are said."

"Yeah, it's reasonable." Now, Alfred nodded convincedly: "Good friend, you convinced me."

The last tenth dish is dessert, and today’s dessert is the Empire’s Black Forest Cake.

After the Black Forest cake was finished, today's dinner ended like this.

"Let's go, Ah Fu, let's go to the hot springs." Ryan stood up.

“Okay~”
Chapter completed!