Chapter 279 Knight's Novel
"Just wait here. The Earl will summon you when he has time." The staff member said to Shay and then left the room, leaving only Xie. Yi was waiting in the room nervously.
He came to wait for the summons of Purficott. As the only noble knight among this group of pioneering immigrants, after Shay revealed his identity, he was naturally summoned by Purficott.
To be honest, this made Shay feel somewhat flattered. After all, he was just a noble knight. Even when he was still in the army, he could not easily be summoned by a noble like Perficott.
Not to mention that now he was kicked out of the army because he killed the son of his immediate boss, and he could not stay in the empire and had to come to the north to make a living.
Regardless of whether he is a noble knight, in fact, when you say that a knight's title is a noble, it is indeed considered a noble.
But strictly speaking, the empire's current purely honorary title, which does not even have a fief, is really difficult to qualify as a true aristocrat.
After all, it was okay in the past when knights still had fiefs and fiefs. Those who could be hereditary, even if they were just knights, were serious feudal nobles, and they were the cornerstone of feudal nobles.
However, with the reform of the imperial aristocratic system, the feudal nobles in the past have lost their power to enfeoff, and the status of noble knights has become a lot more embarrassing.
Because there is no longer the right to enfeoff, the great nobles will naturally no longer enfeoff their territories to knights, and the empire itself will only award titles and will not grant fiefs, which leads to most situations The title of Noble Knight is just an empty title, without much actual content.
To put it bluntly, this is not even as good as the knighthood sold in Scotland in the original world before Perficott traveled. At least he can hold a piece of land in name, even if it is just a piece of land that may be less than 100 square meters and cannot be transferred to him. Used woodland.
So in Shay's opinion, the title of noble knight he received after becoming a transcendent knight was just an identity mark that allowed him to knock on the doors of some nobles at certain times. Other than that, It's of no great use outside of that.
When he came to the North, he was ready to start from scratch and start his new life as an ordinary person.
In fact, this was indeed the case along the way. He didn’t have much money left, and he even bought the lowest-class cabin for the ticket at the beginning. Apart from a knight’s sword, he had nothing but a knight’s sword. Apart from that, he was already in a state of poverty and had no other property.
His eldest brother couldn't stand it anymore and bought him a third-class cabin ticket, allowing him to have his own cabin on the ship. Although he still lived with others, at least he only lived with one person. People live together instead of crowding into the lower deck where there are no cabins at all.
In Shay's original expectation, he would first find a job after arriving in the North. It would be great if he could join the army of the Northern Lords as a knight, but that was his best idea. .
He never thought that after he showed his identity and strength, he would be received by Perfectcott as soon as he came up.
This is like a penniless poor boy walking on the road, and suddenly he was hit by a piece of gold, and it was gold in the literal sense, not the night fragrance falling from the sky.
Although the living habits of people in the old world have changed a lot as they gradually entered the era of the industrial revolution, in some remote cities in the old world, you can still encounter people walking down from the second floor on the street The matter of pouring Yexiang, so being hit by "gold" is not an impossible thing.
But being summoned by Perficott, the Northern Lord, for a poor knight like Shay who now has a cleaner pocket than his face, is really worth his happiness more than picking up a piece of gold. and feel lucky. Because if he is lucky and gets the favor of Perficott, then he will have a chance to make a comeback.
Not to mention anything else, just being able to enter the Northern Territory Lord’s army, starting from the most junior officer, Shay has turned over. As long as he works hard for a few years, he can make a name for himself in the Northern Territory. Earn your next family fortune.
Speaking of luck, if he gets a reward from a pioneer knight, it will be much more valuable than the baron title passed down from his family.
If you have better luck, Shay heard that there is a knighthood in the north that belongs directly to the Earl of the North. All members are equipped with steam knight armor. If they can become steam knights...
This is the best situation that Shay can think of. As for the young man who was in the cabin on the way here, he imagined that he would win the heart of Perfectcott and become the husband of the Earl of the North. of...
Shay can only say that it is good to be young and have ideas, but they are too unrealistic.
It is true that the Earl of the North is a teenage girl, but it would be unfair to think that such an empire-developing Earl who can make such a big splash in the empire is just a little girl who is inexperienced in the world. Thinking of the nobles of the empire is too simple.
Indeed, just like those knight novels and other stories, some innocent noble ladies will fall in love with poor boys, and even elope because of so-called love. This is not unprecedented in the history of the empire. As a result, the poor boy jumped up and became an example of being superior to others.
But these are rare cases, and in most cases you can’t even find out the names and specific details of the protagonists of these stories.
For nobles, this kind of thing is usually just a family scandal. Most of the noble ladies who run away with poor boys for love will be expelled from the family, or in the worst case, they will be sent to prison. The monastery ended its remaining years.
Only when that kind of poor boy is really talented and can show his value, those big nobles will pinch their noses and admit it under forced circumstances.
But put this case on the Earl of the North? It's a little bit too disrespectful to take the earl seriously.
In the story, only those aristocratic ladies who have been unable to contact the outside world for many years, who are curious about everything but ignorant of the world, are interested in poor boys who would never appear in her original world.
And the Earl of the North? Xie Yi didn't think that an ordinary person could win the earl's favor. It was already rare to be looked upon by her.
Xie Yi knows very well how much he weighs. Even if there is such a chance, he will not have such a dream, because if he is not careful, it will be worse than death. He does not want to be The old butler, who was said to be a knight of the Order of Merit, pursued him.
If you kill the son of your immediate boss, you will be exiled overseas at most. If you really offend the Earl of the North, you will be hunted down by the entire empire.
(End of this chapter)