Chapter 539 Violet and Fernand
The Fernand family, one of the founding fathers of the Violet Empire and one of the eight highest nobles; the main family members are dwarfs, their territory is located in the north of the empire, and their family emblem is the black vulture Heraldic shield; in the first few hundred years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was known as the Iron Gate of the Empire.
Of course, that was a long, long time ago. The current Violet people, including other families with the same status as the Fernan family, have long forgotten this long-standing title. In their eyes, The Fernand family is just an honorary noble with little economics or strength. Although each heir will become one of the most powerful grand dukes in the empire, they have no corresponding influence at all, and no influence. , naturally means that there is no right to speak.
Since more than twenty generations ago, 'Archduke Fernando' has been a decoration of the Supreme Council of the Violet Empire. No one cares about their opinions, no one is willing to ask for their ideas, and they are happy to be free.
Of course, there are not many people as good-for-nothing as Fernando Fernando. Most of the Archduke Fernandoes in history were very aristocratic. During meetings, they seemed to have nails under their butts instead of cushions. Yes, it is estimated that the mercury core is the only one.
But after excluding factors such as temperament, conversation, and psychological quality, the performance of these Archduke Fernandoes is actually not much different. Overt struggle, secret fighting, games, containment, cooperation, and factions have nothing to do with them. The one who did these things may be Marshall. , there is Hussein, there is Dantes, there is Baroka, there is Crystal Wolf, there is Violet, there is Simon, but there is absolutely no Fernand.
This family just managed their own territory in an ordinary way, reluctantly fulfilled their noble obligations, and contentedly enjoyed the corresponding power and benefits without showing any ambition.
In fact, the Fernand family does not have the slightest ambition. For them, being able to eat and clothe without worrying about food and clothing, and even being able to eat and clothe them well is already very satisfying, and in On this basis, if you can study engineering for free, or if you have spare money to open a chamber of commerce to earn some gold coins, it will be a magical life.
The other lords are too lazy to pursue the Fernand family's ideas. Even if they cooperate, they are limited to some ordinary businesses. After all, there is really no money to be made in the northern territory where they are located. Even the Fire Claw Territory in the southern territory They are all richer than Fernando.
But this is only relatively speaking. For ordinary people, Fernando is still a pretty good place. After all, it is part of the great empire of Violet. It is definitely not backward or anything like that. At best, it is not. It's just that the land is not that fertile, the area is not that large, the commerce is not that developed, and the specialty products are not that many, so life will definitely be no problem.
At least that's the case now...
In the past nearly a thousand years ago, living in Fernando was quite problematic.
Unlike now, the Fernan Territory, located in the northern border of the empire, faced too many threats.
The short-lived dark empire, the various cults that have sprung up like mushrooms, the vicious bandit groups, the lawless dark mercenaries, the dark jungle where monsters are everywhere, the Fernan Territory is located between the northeast and southeast continents. There are many good neighbors who are very aggressive and want to kill but not bury them.
At that time, the Violet Empire, which had just been reborn from the ruins of the previous dynasty, was far from as powerful as it is now. Those who finally got rid of the gloom and saw the light urgently needed a long period of recuperation.
Contrary to the current turbulent times, the Violet Empire, which was founded only a short time ago, is very united. Although it is still divided into nine territories, those surnames that have established a strong comradeship are like a family. Helping each other is the norm, which is far from what it is now. Such intrigues.
In fact, those tortuous rules only came into existence later. As for the Violet at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were not so leisurely at all. They were just focused on gaining a foothold.
As the leader, the Violet family tried their best to deal with all the major forces, lobbying the Holy Church to establish a church in the ruined Violet, gaining widespread followers, and developing in-depth cooperation with the equally weak Principality of Sri Lanka. , but also to appease the people and preach to the people many bright futures that they themselves did not believe in. The first emperor even set a record of not sleeping a wink for seven consecutive days and nights because of those trivial things.
The Hussein family, the most prosperous, has almost wiped out all their wealth. In addition to helping the royal family manage various relationships, the initial construction funds for many territories were provided by the Hussein family. Contemporary Hussein The Grand Duke provided huge interest-free loans to all the lords, and the repayment date column was left blank. In his original words: When you have the money to pay back, you can fill in the date yourself.
The Marshall family, which had accumulated a large amount of food, was frantically trying to win over people for the empire. To put it simply, it was lending a helping hand to those war refugees in the name of the Violet Empire, which not only saved hundreds of thousands of people from death, but even He also worked hard to arrange a means of livelihood for them, led the people to reclaim wasteland, open shops and workshops, and worked hard to establish a basic self-sufficiency system for the empire.
Not just these families...all the 'big nobles' at that time were like this...
The brave Baroka family turned into an arsenal, training ordinary people who were recruited into the army day and night, and turning them into soldiers. They were transported to various families who needed to be armed, and they would go to the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild, which had only two guilds in the entire empire at that time, to join each other every now and then...
The smooth Dantes family attracted gold for Violet. The Coin Merchant Association and the Steam Consortium settled in and formed a large number of consortiums. They teamed up with the Hussein family to sell anything that could be converted into money, and then exchanged the money for materials accumulated by the empire...
The Simon family is like The intelligence departments of the entire empire not only have to wipe out the remnants of the brutal previous dynasty, but also suppress the riots instigated by all kinds of people. They also have to guard against the infiltration of other forces. They wish that one person could be used as ten people.
The Crystal Wolf family is responsible for logistics, mining and education. These people with no relevant experience almost learned while doing it. The patriarch, who is generally gentle and elegant, eats and lives with the miners and blacksmiths every day. Later, he unexpectedly turned into a muscle The macho man, the father of the patriarch who could not read a word, mixed with the scholars to study how to teach people knowledge, and finally became the founder and the first generation dean of the highest academic institution in Violet, where Simon and the Grand Duke of Marshall had attended. The reason is just that he can't dig the mine.
The Fire Claw Clan, which is more powerful than the Baroka Family, is stationed in the far west, always on guard against the threats in the dark forest and the threats behind the forest. At the same time, they can also deter the Principality of Skarlan and the others. The mission of escorting the United Holy Cult volunteers is ironic. When the Fire Claw warriors were busy with these miscellaneous things, it was the Marshall family who was solely responsible for building their territory.
The first Crystal Wolf Grand Duke Elanwolf Christ once said with a smile: In the entire Violet Empire, if you want to find a pair of friends who are better than Godric Bresne and Phineas Dantis, Then the only candidates would be Kargos Fire Claw and Newt Marshall. When they sing together, it will always make people want to just grab something from hand and throw it at them.
As for the Fernan family, their mission is very simple, similar to the Fire Claws, but more arduous than the latter. That is to guard the northern border of the Violet Empire and keep away the piles of threats. Outside the country.
This matter has been decided from the beginning when the territory was divided. From the very beginning, it was a given that Fernando would guard the northern part where the situation was most dangerous. This was not because the first Archduke Fernando was not popular. The reason is very simple, that is, only the Fernand family can withstand the threat that will last for who knows how many years.
No one else can hold it, not Fire Claw or Baroka! It's not because of issues such as strength or weakness, but in terms of defensive battles, if the Fernan family believes in second place, no one in the entire Violet would dare to believe in first place.
In fact, without Fernan's group, the entire empire might not have been established in the first place. At least half of the current nine major families would have been killed by the counterattack before the collapse of the previous dynasty.
So, the first Archduke Fernando Fernando happily led his family and army to the north, and turned it into an impregnable iron gate to guard it for sixty years.
The second Archduke Fernando lasted for sixty-four years, the third Archduke Fernando for seventy-two years, the fourth Archduke for thirty-five years, and the fifth Archduke for fifty-one years. Year...
Then, a group of people with everything, driven by various major forces, established the Free City hundreds of miles away from the northern border of Violet.
Many years later, with the continuous entry of speculators, desperadoes, wanted criminals, major holy sects, major cults, desperate people, bohemians, and chuunibyou, the Free City quickly turned into a complex place. , a behemoth without any control, and developed a set of tacit rules that only exist on the table, and people are happy to abide by this set of rules.
This is a very interesting thing, because various accidents and accidents occur every day in many seemingly orderly places, but the Free City, the most chaotic place in the continent, where countless lawless elements gather, There was not even a single person eating the Overlord meal, at least on the counter.
The reason is not complicated. To put it simply, if you eat a meal in the City of Light, you will get an education at best. If the boss is a devout believer, you might pretend to repent. Two sentences can be worth the price of a meal, and at most it will allow you to wash dishes for two months.
In the City of Freedom, if you eat a Overlord meal today, it may be made into a 'meal' and served out tomorrow...
Of course, these are the rules on the 'table'. As for those 'under the table' things, after all, no one has fled to the Free City yet, we will talk about it later~
All in all, with the establishment and growth of the Free City and the rules it established, the bad situation in the Violet North was quickly alleviated, and those low-end criminals were killed by a lot of evil gods in just a few years. It's all clean. Those who were lucky enough to survive didn't just run away. He became a member of the Free City. As for the dark jungle where a large number of magical beasts were entrenched, making life miserable for the people in the surrounding areas, it was found by a resident of the Free City who was good at dragon breath and had some trouble with the red dragon clan. The unknown dwarf wizards were all burned to death.
Before the Free City cleaned up those weeds that were an eyesore in their eyes, and helped the Violet Empire solve a lot of serious problems, the Fernan family stayed in the North for 483 years. , it was not until the tenth Archduke Fernando was over fifty years old that the northern border of the empire finally stabilized.
In the nearly five hundred years of history, the Fernand family did not allow any existence that could pose a threat to the Violet Empire to enter the country. They were like an iron gate that would never collapse, protecting Keeping the country under your feet and behind you, isolate the threats in front.
In Fernan's family motto, the word 'guard' appears most frequently, and it is this empire that they want to protect, even if it is no longer simple, even if it is Aging and corruption, even if it gradually becomes disgusting, even if it has long gone off the right track, we must keep it.
This is the lifelong mission of the name Fernando, and it is also the bounden duty of every generation of Archduke Fernando.
They don't care about the intrigues, and are not willing to participate in them, but if the empire is threatened or is about to fall apart, then Fernan will stand up and become the iron gate of the empire to continue to guard the land of Violet.
"And after understanding this..."
Mo Tan, who walked over from behind at some point, looked at the 'battlefield' with a smile, and looked at the mercury core Fair Grand Duke Nan laughed leisurely in his one-man show: "As long as you tell this Mediterranean about the series of bad consequences that the death of Clairvaux Bresne will cause, he will naturally not ignore it at the risk of the collapse of the entire empire, and there is nothing he can do about it. Keep pretending Grandson."
"And others will get a wrong signal."
The girl standing behind Mo Tan yawned and said lazily: "'Fair. Nan is on the side of Xubresian. Although this is not the case, since the mercury core has been involved in this situation, it is completely impossible to stay out of it. Hehe, he must be very suffocated now~"< br>
"I am definitely a little unhappy, but holding my breath is not a problem."
Mo Tan raised the corner of his mouth and looked at the Mediterranean dwarf in the distance who had begun to throw out the seventh shield, and said playfully: "Since Xiu I have already let him know the short-term consequences of Clairvaux's death. The bald man will definitely be able to guess who the final winner will be. I will give it a try later, even if he doesn't know who the winner is yet. The news of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's death does not prevent him from making the right choices in the future. As for other people's opinions...ah, how can a person who cares about other people's opinions pretend to be a grandson for so long?"
"Hey, isn't it? You must be bald..."
"It's just a few hairs, isn't it?"
"Well, that's true."
"Yes."
Chapter 536: The End
(End of this chapter)