Chapter 230 The Wedding (Part 1)
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For this wedding, Raven's entire territory, from the Eagle Territory to the Snow Maple Territory, was at full capacity.
The number of guests was too great for the Eagle Castle hall to accommodate, so Old Gordon paid a high price to hire urban laborers, and just grabbed time during the busy farming season to build a brand new auditorium.
The entire auditorium is built of granite with a floor height of 5 meters. Due to its exquisite design, there are no pillars inside, so you can see the end at a glance.
When you walk inside, no matter how crowded there are, you will not feel depressed at all.
Today is the day when the Fox family's bride-to-be team arrives, so the nobles gathered here early to wait.
Although there are 214 noble families in the Nord province gathered together, except for a few who are open-minded, most of the nobles still gather together based on geographical relationships to communicate and discuss with each other.
The nobles of Xuefeng County are no exception.
Ms. Doreen was wearing a light brown dress, took a sip of Angel Tears and said with emotion: "Before, everyone thought that Baron Raven was the one who wanted this wedding. Now it seems that Miss Nancy has found the right person."
"In the entire Nord province, except for the Slater and Fox families, I'm afraid no one can prepare the wedding so thoroughly."
All the nobles nodded in agreement.
Marriage with the earl family is of course a good thing, but if the barons and viscounts present are given such an opportunity, they may not be able to take it!
What was originally an opportunity to show off one's face may turn into a humiliation.
Not every family has the financial resources and strength like Raven.
Although the place where everyone lives was built with overtime work, in terms of specifications and luxury, it is no different than when they were at home.
In the entire Nord province, there are more than 200 barons and viscounts. Not counting servants, there are 3 or 5 people in each family. After counting, there are more than 1,000 nobles alone.
In order to satisfy the arriving guests, the Griffith family is not only generous in terms of living and entertainment conditions, but also extremely luxurious in terms of food.
There are 35 kinds of cold dishes for self-service, which can be changed and replenished at any time, enough to satisfy the tastes of nobles from all over the Nord province; in terms of drinks, in addition to unlimited Angel Tears, Refreshing red mist tea is also provided.
Even if these are produced by the Eagle Territory, the daily cost is at least 3,000 gold coins!
This amount is enough to drag down a baron's finances.
The Griffith family not only bears this cost for one day, but also for at least 20 days or even a month.
After all, that’s 60,000 to 90,000 gold coins. This amount is beyond the reach of most viscounts!
"The wealth of the Griffith family comes from my heart." Baron Kate, who once fought alongside Raven, said: "Everyone has used the Book of Magic and the Skyhawk Platform. Baron Raven What a genius in business!”
This sentence immediately aroused more resonance. Baron Sereva, Lord of TEDA, said: "Yes, everyone has heard of the magic circle used for communication; everyone also knows more or less the operation of the Mage Guild. "
"But Baron Raven can think of extending something that only mages can enjoy to our noble circle. Not to mention whimsical, he is also breaking the rules and being creative!"
There have been very few Baron Hudson, the mountain lord who communicated with others, also came. His focus was more practical than practical: "Not to mention big designs like the Skyhawk Platform, Baron Raven also has a lot of ingenuity in small things."
"Glass bottle Everyone has seen it. Wax is not a rare thing, and fish is even more common. But these three things are added together to create the gift of angels. It’s hard to accept it.”
This sentence can be said to be true! into the hearts of the nobles.
There was no such thing as copyright in this era. They thought of copying Raven's idea, and the simplest way was Angel's Gift.
They can’t get Beacon, but there are plenty of fish.
But everyone who sets their mind to it all ends in failure.
Glass production is not a big secret, but if you do it yourself, discoloration is a big problem; if you spend money to buy it, it is just like wax, the cost is high and there is no profit.
Even if no expense is spared in these two steps, there is still one last problem - sealing.
The Angel's Gift sold by Raven has not changed at all after being stored for half a year, and is still as fresh as half a year ago; the imitations they made themselves will become rotten and deteriorate in a month or two, and even directly burst the wax seal.
"Ingenuity is nothing but ingenuity. In our Xuefeng County, Baron Raven is not the only one who is good at managing money." Baron Sereva chuckled: "Don't you think so, Viscount Broca?"
This sentence drew everyone’s attention to Viscount Broca.
He smiled slightly and acted quite modestly: "Without Baron Raven's Skyhawk Platform, I would not be able to achieve what I have achieved now."
This sentence is not polite.
Viscount Broca originally worshiped a magician, specializing in the production of enchanted arrows, but he had been unable to open up sales, so he had been half-dead.
But since joining the Sky Eagle platform, an unprecedentedly broad market has been opened up. The sales of enchanted arrows have been rising steadily. This alone has an income of tens of thousands of gold coins every month. The territory’s finances are even higher than those of his father. It was much better when Viscount Fisher was in power.
Baron Wessassin only thought that Broca was talking: "The Viscount is in his prime, and now he is running the territory in full swing. He will definitely be able to restore the glory of the Leiden family."
"Perhaps in a few years, the position of Sheriff of Xuefeng County will return to the Layton family."
Baron Sereva then echoed: "Yes, it's not that Baron Raven did a bad job as the county chief. It's just that as a nobleman of Xuefeng County, on the Skyhawk Platform, he Nobles in the county and outside the county are treated equally, and even lowly merchants can use it. It is really unruly. ”
"When you become the county chief, you must urge Baron Raven to correct this problem."
Viscount Broca looked solemn: "Baron Vesazin, Baron Sereva, as Nobles, you have to know how to measure yourself.”
The flattery was not successful and was poked back. The faces of the two people whose names were called were a little ugly.
“Baron Raven has been conscientious and conscientious since he became the county commissioner. I am not the only one who has benefited from him.” Broca continued: “Not to mention the Sky Eagle Platform, is it business? You two haven’t gained anything from the establishment of the alliance?”
“That means Baron Raven is open-minded. If it were me, I would have kicked out the person with evil intentions!”
Vesazin and Sereva looked at each other, both a little angry.
They didn’t expect that even though they had good intentions and supported Broca, it didn’t matter if the man didn’t accept it. Instead, they didn’t even know it was enough and pointed at the two of them and scolded them.
Dignified Viscount, how come you have no ambition at all and are so obedient to Lei Wen? What about your dignity! ?
At this moment, a burst of noisy discussion suddenly sounded, attracting everyone's attention, and it was considered a solution for the two of them.
Weissasin turned around and saw that Raven was slowly walking out of the hall, surrounded by more and more nobles.
You don’t need to guess to know that this is the arrival of the Fox family’s wedding party!
After exchanging glances with the surrounding nobles, Wessassin also followed Raven.
When the door opened, the first thing that greeted him was the slightly cold spring air, and then he was shocked.
As far as the eye can see, there is the endless fleet of the Fox family.
Soldiers in silver helmets and holding spears and shields stood neatly on both sides, like a city wall made of steel.
On the opposite side was the Eagle Army who came to welcome the bride.
Everyone is wearing black armor, and the formation is even more strict than the Fox family's Firefox Army, like a giant dragon dormant on the ground, ready to rise into the sky at any time.
Obviously it is just the Baron family, but this time they met, the Griffith family’s army was on par with the Fox family’s, or even faintly superior!
Montreal is sitting on the back of the 3-meter-tall third-level monster "Fierce Mane War Horse". The molten embers of his fourth-level armor like flowing lava are as invisible as a torch in the dark night.
Archbishop Thomas walked alongside him. One position behind the two, Gul'dan followed.
Leaven rode on his clawed yellow flying lightning and walked up to him unhurriedly. His back was straight, and although he was solemn, his expression was quite relaxed.
As he approached, Raven saluted: "Earl of Montreal, Archbishop Thomas!"
"There is no need to be polite in the relationship between you and me." Montreal showed a satisfied smile: " Along the way, it belongs to Your territory is the most prosperous and your army is the most powerful. It seems that giving your daughter to you is the right decision!"
"Archbishop, look, is my daughter's husband young and promising? Huh?”
Thomas nodded with a smile: "It is true. Baron Raven not only made great achievements in the world, but also made great contributions to the church..."
Before he finished speaking, suddenly the Fox family's team became noisy. .
Immediately afterwards, a ray of fiery red bloomed in the silver-white army, and came to the three of them with rapid horse hooves.
"Raven!" Nancy's eyes were full of joy: "This journey has been really depressing, but now I can see you."
Leaven's appearance has not changed much, he is still the same. With black hair and black eyes, his eyebrows, eyes, lips and teeth were all as handsome as she remembered.
If there is a difference, it is that compared to two years ago, Raven's temperament is more elegant, and his movements are a little more calm.
Nancy looked at Raven, and Raven looked at Nancy.
After two years of not seeing each other, Nancy has become more and more beautiful.
Perhaps in order to appear more mature, her long fiery red hair was combed back, but it backfired and could not suppress her lively and energetic temperament at all.
The facial features are somewhat stretched, but the round face is still pink, especially the pair of tiger teeth brought out by the smile, which is cute and playful.
She is still wearing her favorite red color, but the cuffs are tightened tighter; her legs are close together, riding diagonally on the horse in a lady's way, the fluffy skirt is pressed into a morning glory, and her delicate round scalp is The toes of the boots are facing each other.
According to imperial tradition, the newlyweds are not allowed to meet each other before the wedding. Nancy's move can be said to be rude.
Montreal frowned and reprimanded in a low voice: "Go back quickly, you are about to get married, what do you think you are like?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so harsh." Raven smiled and looked at Looking at Nancy: "She has always been like this."
Looking at Nancy, Raven recalled every bit of the time when they got along.
At that time, Nancy was the same as now, regardless of her status as a noble lady, she insisted on going to the bloody highlands.
"Yes, I have always been so willful!" Nancy rode her horse to Raven's side, turned to look at Montreal, and stuck out her tongue.
Seeing this, Thomas smiled and joked: "As the old proverb says, a married daughter is like a strong horse out of the stalls. My lord, it seems that this horse no longer belongs to you. ”
Montreal was not originally Really angry: "Indeed, but at least there is one advantage - I don't have to worry about whether I have grandchildren."
The words were cryptic, Nancy looked away with a blushing face, Archbishop Thomas laughed, Lei Wen pursed his lips and said nothing.
After Thomas had smiled, Raven said: "Your Majesty the Count, Your Majesty the Bishop, and Mr. Guldan, we have prepared wine and food for you in the auditorium. It has been a hard journey, so please take a break."
Montreal Laughter In response, he handed his order to Gul'dan and ordered him to lead the army to find a place to garrison before following Raven into the auditorium.
The size of the wedding party was huge, not only for grandeur, but also to demonstrate the strength of the Fox family.
The effect can be said to be immediate.
At least, those originally wavering vassals temporarily gave up the idea of betrayal; and those who looked down on the Fox family had to re-evaluate whether their perceptions were accurate.
Raven, Montreal, and Thomas sat together, and Nancy sat next to Raven. Of course, nobles would inevitably come to salute, toast, and establish relationships, but the one who was qualified to come to toast was at least a viscount.
Nancy looked at Raven quietly.
In the two years since she returned to Hovey City, she has always heard news about Raven, which always made her very concerned. However, out of a small pride, Raven did not contact her, and she never contacted her. Raven.
Now that she is sitting with Raven as her fiancée, she only has Raven in her eyes.
And Raven also paid attention to her feelings, pouring wine for her, introducing each dish to her, and the electric waves emitted between the exchanges of eyes always made her heart tremble.
It quickly became dark.
Montreal and Thomas both wanted to go back to rest. Although Nancy wanted to be alone with Raven for a while, she was not married yet, so she had no choice but to leave.
The next day, April 26, Nancy did not show up, Montreal and Bishop Thomas also stayed in seclusion, and Guldan attended the reception on behalf of the Fox family.
Denise and Vesdon returned to the Eagle Territory under the protection of Manseni.
On the same day, Viscount Hyde of the Slater family arrived.
On April 27, the head of the Slater family, the Earl of Tyrone, and His Majesty the Emperor's special envoy, the Marquis Anthony, arrived at the scene.
The Slater family, the Fox family, Marquis Anthony representing His Majesty the King, and Archbishop Thomas representing the Church of Light, all four parties gathered together.
Did not show any conflict, but got along very harmoniously, like old friends for many years, leaving the nobles who wanted to see the signs only to be confused.
The time comes on April 28th.
Noble weddings have always been complicated, and the higher the rank, the more so.
The wedding parties have been busy since early morning.
Leaven didn't get a good night's sleep either. The party ended at 8 o'clock the night before, and he went to bed at 10 o'clock. He was woken up from the bed just after 12 o'clock and started to put on his wedding dress.
This dress worth 3378 gold coins is indeed worthy of its price. The whole dress is made of silk produced by the third-level magic beast "Human-Faced Moth". It is deep black with a hint of solemn green and dotted with gold. Threads, jewelry, and various accessories.
Even with three maids serving together, it took a full hour and a half to get dressed.
Another half hour passed, at 2 o'clock, Nancy, wearing a wedding dress, came to the castle and acted as a model with Raven, asking the painter to record their appearance.
It can be considered a wedding photo of this era.
Weddings in any era are inevitable.
Raven and Nancy stood in the same position for at least 3 hours, and the servants of both families were also very busy - —Exchange of bride price and dowry.
The nobles who came to congratulate were also awake, and sent their men one after another to inquire and calculate the value of the betrothal gifts and dowry from both parties.
Every detail of such a grand wedding can be talked about for more than ten or decades.
Around 5:30 a.m., Nancy left.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, Raven mounted his war horse and rushed to the Eagle Town Church.
The wedding officially begins.
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(End of this chapter)