Chapter 67, Involuntarily
The good start did not affect the fierce competition behind it at all. From the beginning of the second territory, the scene was never harmonious again.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t want to coordinate, but they really can’t coordinate. Once the fiefdom is confirmed, there is almost no possibility of replacement. If you make a compromise now, you may regret it for the rest of your life in the future.
The same baron leader, the best fiefdom and the worst fiefdom, may have an annual income gap of up to tens of thousands of gold coins.
Of course, that is a theoretical number. The two counties are definitely not in reach now. Without ten or eight years of careful management, you can't expect to return to the peak level.
For example, the Salam mining area selected by Hudson almost monopolizes the supply of pig iron in all counties, and the products also have a high market share in the surrounding counties, which is a perfect high-yield area.
However, the labor cost of mining is large, and the charcoal used for smelting requires purchase of part of the amount of the local grain output can only meet part of the demand, which dilutes the mineral income.
The most important thing is that the mine will be mined one day, but grain production can be infinitely circulated, which invisibly reduces the value of the territory.
However, this is the outside world's view. For Hudson, an industry that can monetize in a short period of time is the best quality industry.
It took too long to complete the original accumulation of wealth by farming. For most nobles, the first twenty years of opening up the territory were poor.
Of course, both Lait and Wyton are well developed and mature, and the situation is much better. As long as the labor force is supplemented, you can quickly recover your vitality.
Especially for a group of local snakes, after decades of peace, most of the nobles' territories have a certain amount of labor power, which undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of developing new territories.
It is a tragic thing for foreign households to purchase slaves on a large scale as labor force. As for the population migrating from northern Xinjiang, the first thing that does not agree is the kingdom.
For national defense and security, the kingdom exiled a large number of criminals to guard the border every year. It was always allowed to inflow people and not to outflow people.
Each province has a task of forcibly transporting people every year. If there is not enough, a group of nobles will have to pay for slaves to recharge.
Including the prisoners captured in the suppression of the Skeleton and Bones rebellion not long ago, they were all escorted to the northern border in batches. The orcs behind them were responsible for raising hatred, which can be regarded as a one-time and for all resolution of the conflict.
The Alpha Kingdom is relatively peaceful because it is shouldering the heavy responsibility of resisting the invasion of the Orc Empire. It is not too exciting to play internal or external fights.
The nations of the people without threats from foreign races are different. How can they be happy? Three months a small battle, five months a big battle, and war is the mainstream of the mainland.
In every war, a large number of prisoners were born. The ransom was paid according to the rules and released. After a certain period of time, no one would pay the money and be sold as slaves.
Seeing everyone quarreling, Hudson has become a spectator. In the middle and late stages, not only the parties involved came out to argue with each other, but even the supportive relatives and friends groups joined the battlefield.
The scene was extremely chaotic. If Earl Pierce hadn't been pressing on it, I guess these guys would have performed a full martial arts on the spot.
The ruling of the noble parliament was also full of gunpowder. The difference in strength between the two sides was not bad, but what they feared most was their own strength and their network of personal connections were evenly matched.
If you can't make a comeback, then vote. According to the Kingdom's "Aristocratic Law", all nobles with fiefs are members of the noble parliament.
According to the rules: the Knights record one vote, the Baron record three votes, the Viscount record ten votes, and the Earl record thirty votes... With a cumulative number of fiefs, the vote will be conducted directly on the spot.
At this time, the benefits of being crowded were reflected. Including several nobles who did not participate in this war due to special reasons, the Koslo family had voting rights, with two barons and nine knights. The number of votes alone was as high as fifteen.
Unfortunately, Hudson, Adrian and two other tribes who inherited the title did not have the right to vote for the time being because the legal procedures have not yet been completed, otherwise eight more votes can be added.
With eight votes missing, the most direct consequence was that the plan of the Knights of St. and Baron Crohn was defeated by a slight disadvantage of two and three votes respectively.
Looking at the annoyed two people, Hudson and his son didn't know how to comfort him, so they could only pretend not to see him.
Failure is an inevitable result. Even if these eight votes are added, it will not change anything. The difference in votes is small, so it is Earl Pierce who is guiding the situation.
As the vote king of the Southeast Province, Earl Pierce, who serves as multiple positions, has fifty-four votes per person, and with the nobles influenced by him, the number of votes that can be controlled is even greater.
Out of the need for political balance, the matter of falling from the sky was destined to be unable to hit the Koslo family this time.
If you can't participate, you can only watch others perform. Hudson personally saw Baron Redman, and filled in different names on three ballots.
Seeing his father's calm expression on his face, he seemed to support multiple candidates at the same time, this kind of sexy operation is nothing new in the aristocratic circle.
They are all friends of their own, or have received multiple gifts. This usually happens to be at ease.
Only family friends and relatives will vote for all the votes in their hands at once.
The seemingly funny scenes are not a kind of political wisdom. Hudson, who originally thought he was already a qualified aristocrat, suddenly found that there were many places he had to learn.
The noisy banquet lasted until the next morning, and finally the division feast was completed.
The final result was that some companies were happy and some were sad. As one of the winners, Hudson was in a very good mood.
On the carriage, looking at his energetic son, Baron Redman said earnestly: "Hudson, determining the fiefdom area is only the first step, and the next specific implementation is the key.
I just got a piece of news from Adrian that the Governor was anxious to implement the fiefdom, mainly due to the outsiders.
It is said that the Governor's Mansion and the King of the Kings were in a stalemate this time. Although the king agreed to the proposal of Earl Pierce to be the limit of the highest enthronement of the baron, he gave Dadir and the city of fertileness to others.
The three children of the Dalton family who played in the North only obtained one baron and two knights, which made Earl Pierce very dissatisfied.
The Dalton family will definitely not give up when they are snatched from the tiger's mouth. They will inevitably launch a counterattack next. It is unknown what they will do, but it is likely to be related to the fiefdom.
The Koslo family is not in the lineup of the kingdom and is unable to participate in the battle between major forces. If a conflict breaks out next, you must be careful and never get involved in the vortex of the storm."
He nodded cautiously, and Hudson immediately promised: "Don't worry, father. I can't even hide in such a thing, so how could I take the initiative to participate?
The nobles who can jump out of the quagmire in the north and seize food from the Dalton family have no simple background.
At the risk of offending the No. 1 nobleman in the Southeast Province, a mere baron leader would definitely not satisfy their appetite. There would be a battle for the next one.
But they are outsiders after all, and their families have a great power in the two counties. As long as we watch over each other, it is enough to protect them."
He said it lightly, but Hudson was not calm in his heart. Although he knew that there were northern nobles going south, he did not expect that these powerful dragons could directly seize food from the tiger's mouth of the Dalton family.
The county town was taken away by these guys, so there would probably be no suspense in the subsequent battle for the county chief.
It is clear that the reshuffle of the two counties has just begun, and we are preparing to use this as the county town as the foundation and plan slowly.
Next, it depends on how strong the power behind them is and whether they can withstand the counterattack of the Dalton family.
No matter who wins and loses in the end, the little nobles in the two counties will not be able to live a good life for a long time in the future.
Although the Koslo family has four fiefdom nobles to join, two of them were already seriously injured in the previous Skeleton and Bones rebellion, and the other two have just entered this place.
What worried Hudson the most was the Knight Adrian. He had been following Earl Pierce, and the Dalton family mark was too strong.
If there is a conflict between the two sides, everyone else can find a way to avoid it, but Adrian cannot retreat.
Once the situation expands, he may also be passively involved. However, Hudson has no choice but to gain more from the division of fiefdoms, he cannot do without the support of the Governor's Office.
Chapter completed!