Chapter 103 Strength matching status
The chatter that could still be faintly visible, seemed to be paused in an instant. Everyone present looked at His Majesty the King and Earl Sutton Stewart, and only the melodious and melodious music continued.
Two seconds later, the surroundings returned to normal, and the collective loss of voice at that moment just now seemed to be an illusion.
But David could feel that, compared to just now, more eyes were focused on him, and in addition to curiosity, there was also a bit more hostility.
"Will Winter Village be Sophia's fiefdom?" Abelson seemed to want to say something, but suddenly changed his mind, and turned to ask his daughter: "What do you think?"
"I don't know." Her Royal Highness has milk-white skin, long golden hair shining in the sun, big round eyes and a small face with baby fat. She is beautiful and playful.
Women in the Kingdom of Tilan come of age at sixteen, and men at eighteen. That is to say, Princess Sophia, who has not yet celebrated her birthday, is still a fifteen-year-old girl: "But according to the introduction of the village head David, it is a very good place."
Her Royal Highness looked at David with round eyes. Her tone of voice and expression at this time did not conceal her appreciation for David.
Seeing his daughter's reaction, Abelson's first reaction was helplessness. He turned around and glanced at Earl Stewart, feeling that this unreliable brother-in-law had caused him some sort of trouble.
"Send someone to Rinwinter Village for an assessment to determine whether it meets the conditions for upgrading to Rinwinter Town." Abelson gave the order casually, and he was not going to make a decision right away: "As for Sophia's fiefdom..."
"Your Majesty." Before Abelson could speak, some people could not stay any longer, and immediately walked out from the crowd: "If Rinwinter Village is upgraded to Rinwinter Town, as an important town on the border of the Kingdom, we need a A truly capable knight sits..."
David turned his head to look at this young man. Judging from his gorgeous attire, he could tell that this person should be a child of some powerful person. He should have been brought out by his family to socialize when he appeared here today.
It's just that this person came forward and didn't ask whether Lindong Village was qualified to be upgraded to Lindong Town. Instead, he began to question David, the village head's ability, which made him realize something.
He turned his head and looked at Earl Sutton Stewart who was not far away. The Earl was also looking at him, and nodded to himself with a smile, and reminded himself with a more obvious mouth shape: "The next thing is to see you performance!"
"..."
The young people in the field were still talking, and quickly explained their point of view: I don’t want to mention what is the situation of Lindong Village, since it is the current de facto border of the Kingdom of Tilan, and it will be upgraded to a town, then Is the de facto 'frontier town'.
It is reasonable and logical that the important border towns need to be guarded and managed by more powerful people!
All in all, David, a village head of civilian origin, is no longer suitable to continue managing such an important town.
"This is the youngest son of Baron Baker, Jeremy Baker." Someone beside His Majesty reminded him who was talking loudly in the field at this time, so as to avoid the embarrassing situation that His Majesty the King did not know who this person was.
Because he was standing close, David also heard these words and knew the identity of the young man who jumped out first.
Probably glanced at the surrounding crowd, and the young people in front of them were not the only ones who were eager to try, and they might still regret that their movements were too slow.
"Jeremy, do you think Village Chief David is not qualified to be the mayor of Cold Winter?" Abelson didn't seem surprised by this situation, and looked at the third son of Baron Baker, Jay, very flatly. Remy Baker: "Don't forget, Village Chief David established the village with a development order, and he came to Wangdu in a short period of time to submit an application for upgrading to a town."
His Majesty's intentions are very clear. With the support of the development decree, and the fact that David has developed the village in such a short period of time, it has proved David's ability in a certain way. Under such circumstances, David's village cannot be dismissed casually. mayor, or the mayor of the town.
"Your Majesty, you must have sufficient strength to be stationed on the border of the kingdom." Jeremy Baker finally said the key point that he had been brewing for a long time: "Village Chief David is very capable in building and managing the village, but in the face of These abilities may not be of much use when foreign enemies invade."
"So, you are questioning the bravery of Village Chief David?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Is that so..."
Abelson pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly looked at David who was still not far in front of him: "So, Village Chief David, do you think you can protect the border of the Kingdom of Tilan well?"
"Of course." David stood by and observed for a while, listening to the conversation between the king and the young man from Baron Baker's family, he had already figured out Earl Stewart's intention for him to wear leather armor.
Glancing at Earl Sutton-Stewart, who looked like he was "exciting", he made a final decision: "Very well, as a Tilan, you must have the courage to not be afraid of challenges. I am looking forward to it." Your next performance."
His Majesty the King even deliberately walked down the steps, stood next to David and patted him on the shoulder: "Go and prove your strength, prove that you are worthy of being the mayor of Cold Winter Town."
Immediately facing the crowd, he ordered loudly: "Clear the venue and give the two young people some time to prepare."
After finishing speaking, His Majesty the King walked aside to talk to his wife and daughter, while the surrounding dignitaries consciously gave way to the shallow pit-like dance floor in the center, and stood on the periphery one after another.
Several knights also brought weapon racks. Various weapons were placed on the two weapon racks, which were placed at both ends of the circular shallow pit.
David looked at this posture, and suddenly realized why he felt that this place had an inexplicable sense of sight. Isn’t this a reduced version of the Roman arena?
Looking back, only Sharon, Bellam, and Earl Sutton Stewart stood beside him.
"You expected this to happen?"
"Yes." Earl Sutton Stewart held his wine glass and gently raised it to David: "This is your best chance, if you want to thank me, remember to give me more gifts, just like a few days ago The kind you gave me."
"..." David was speechless. Today's incident looked like Earl Sutton Stewart kicked David into the pit with a few words. As a result, this guy still said with a shy face that he remembered to send more gifts as a reward. grateful. For someone with a bad temper, the earl would have to be given two electric cannons on the spot.
Maybe it was because David's eyes were too oppressive, or maybe Earl Stewart was really worried that this country young man didn't understand his kindness, so he sent himself two electric cannons on the spot. Even if his life was not in danger, he couldn't afford to lose that person, after all, there were so many nobles around him watching.
So, he explained a little bit why he did it.
The development decree of the Kingdom of Tilan did give ordinary people a channel to ascend, but it is one thing to have this channel, and another thing to be able to go through it.
The dignitaries in the kingdom have enough means to deal with various situations.
Of course, considering the remote location of Rinwinter Village, before it really develops, it cannot be seen by the nobles in the royal city. What they really want to do, they will wait for Rinwinter Village, or Rinwinter Town to become More valuable later.
This also led to another problem, because it was too worthless, and everyone was too lazy to pay attention. David's idea of attracting attention and attracting the king's interest was difficult to realize.
Earl Stewart, who is very familiar with various situations in the royal city, is different. He only made a slight suggestion, and he successfully aroused the interest of countless descendants of the rich and powerful in the city.
"Let Cold Winter Town become the fiefdom of Her Highness the Princess?"
"That's right!" Sutton Stewart took a sip of the fruit wine in his glass: "There are many nobles in the royal city, and there are also many noble children. For various reasons, there are naturally many young nobles who are eyeing Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia."
So when Princess Sofia was involved, these most provocative young people couldn't sit still.
The fiefdom of Her Royal Highness the Princess? Direct allegiance to Her Royal Highness? Whether it is becoming a knight of Her Royal Highness or something else, the relationship with Her Royal Highness must be much closer than it is now. With the opportunity of frequent contact, it is not impossible to go further!
In addition, the stumbling block that these noble children have to solve is just a young country bumpkin from a remote place. Is it difficult?
Jeremy, the third son of the Baker family, was the first to jump out, but if David couldn't deal with the other party neatly, then he would definitely not be the last.
"Are you so confident in my strength?" David understood Earl Stewart's intention, which was to attract young nobles to take the initiative to challenge David to prove that he was strong enough to manage the border towns of the Kingdom of Tilan: "If I really Can't beat these people?"
"What does that have to do with me? If you want to sit in that position, you must show the corresponding strength." If you have strength, you will naturally get everything you want. If you don't have enough strength, don't think about good things all day long.
Even if there are no challenges from these young people today, someone else will come to trouble you tomorrow: "At that time, it may be infinitely more dangerous than today. At least in today's competition, you don't have to worry about your own life."
"Isn't this a life and death fight today?"
"Of course, His Majesty the King, His Royal Highness the Queen, and the Princess are all here, and there are so many dignitaries in the royal capital. How could such a cruel and **** thing happen?"
"Understood."
(end of this chapter)