Chapter 17(1/3)
It was already late at night, but the night sky of Serthburg was still full of light.
Like Nangang, the Beacon of Serth is lit everywhere at night, and the square in front of those majestic and huge buildings is even more lit.
There is an oil lamp every five or six meters on both sides of the street. The lamplighters push small cars filled with lamp oil and patrol the streets. They are the people who bring light to Serthborough, and they are the busiest people every night.
The evenings in Serthburg are also extremely busy like Southport.
It is a habit for residents of Laire, Peaton and Barth to go to bed early as the night is the habit of living in Laire, Pitton and Barth, but for many people in Serthborough and Southport, the beginning of the day is the official beginning of their day.
Sitting on a luxurious carriage, Rebe leaned tightly against Miss Lanty's arms, their intimate actions did not affect their careful reading of the thin information held in Miss Lanty's hand.
"The Tornam family is very influential in Sethborough. They have been in charge of many affairs of Pitton for centuries. The Tornam family was originally merged into each other through marriages by six scattered families. During these hundreds of years, these six families have always been intermarried in an extremely narrow range, and finally formed an indivisible whole. This family has more than a dozen viscounts titles, and their power in the south of Franx is deeply rooted."
Miss Randy was so detailed that she instilled everything she knew into Rebow.
"Does the Tornam family have any advantages compared to the three major families in Serthborough?"
Ruibo asked.
"They are two completely different situations, and even the three major families of Sethburgh have huge differences."
"The Fesnan family is the oldest family among the three major families. The ancestors of the Fesnan family were originally the deputy of the ancestors of the Meiding family. The descendants of the Fesnan family have assisted each generation of lords of the Meiding family for generations. Therefore, it can be said that the Fesnan family is nominally the most noble family besides the Meiding family."
"Unlike the Fesinan family, the Laiwei family was sent by His Majesty to the Fort Serth in charge of military affairs by His Majesty Serth. Because His Majesty himself appointed, this family has an unshakable position for hundreds of years. Even the Medin family cannot interfere in military affairs. However, there has never been a war in the Fort Serth, and military affairs are just a tool to maintain order and execute rulings. Although the Laiwei family has a weight, its actual influence is not much."
"The real influence of Seth Fort Serth Fort was the Mathir family. The Mathir family was originally the local nobles of Seth Fort Serth, and they settled here before His Majesty the Fifth reclaimed Franx South. Seth Fort was originally cultivated by them."
"The Mathir family has made great contributions to the current scale. It is precisely because of this that the Mathir family almost controls all the powers of the top leaders of the Sathir. They are the actual lords. Before the prosperity of South Port and Lai, all the government affairs of Sathir were controlled in the hands of this family because they controlled the taxes of Franx in their hands." Miss Lanty introduced.
At this time, Ribo suddenly interrupted and asked, "Does the taxation department not care about the Mathil family now?"
"It can be said yes, or not, Ruibo, you must know that Nangang and Lai are the private territories of the Medin family. The property in Francis, private territories belongs to the lords who own this territory. The lords only need to pay a certain proportion of taxes according to the size of the land."
"The only exception is that gold mines are found in the territory must belong to His Majesty the King, who will set a certain percentage of the money from the gold mines as compensation and hand them over to the Lord."
"Nangang is not a gold mine, but a money tree richer than any gold mine. However, there has never been a precedent for the Medin family to hand over all the taxes to His Majesty the King. However, the old Earl Medin is not a greedy and stingy person. He still handed most of the taxes to His Majesty the King according to the same method of discovering gold mines. However, the responsibility for tax collection is controlled by the old Earl. It is precisely this way that the financial power originally in the hands of the Matier family has returned to the Medin family in the past few decades, and the old Earl redistributed the power. As far as I know, the Matier family is extremely dissatisfied with this. Therefore, the most likely commander behind the scenes, according to my aunt's guess, is the Matier family."
Miss Landy said.
"Is there any way for my aunt to deal with the Mathil family?" Ribo asked.
"It's hard. The Mathir family not only has great power in Sethburg, but also has a great influence in the court. You don't know that the Mathir family's original aristocratic rank was just a viscount. However, because they held the financial power of Sethburg, the Mathir family was the richest family in Sethburg for hundreds of years. Therefore, they also had enough money to manage the court everywhere. This is how Viscount became an earl. In fact, the Mathir family and many families in the capital have close marriage relationships, which further consolidated the family's status in Sethburg." Miss Lanti said.
"What did my aunt think?" Ruibo asked.
"I don't know this. She just wants me to help you get familiar with the nobles of Serthborg, because although the Mathir family is strong, they are not very good at hand and have completely controlled everything. Especially in recent decades, their strength has been greatly weakened. If they are properly controlled, we can completely undermine the Mathir family." Miss Lanti said.
"It is precisely because of this that we must win over the Tornam family, as well as the Relta family and the Pifoley family we visited before, is that true?" asked Rebow.
"The Relta family is in charge of the Knights of Sethburg, which is the most powerful weapon in the hands of the Medin family. Moreover, the Relta family and the Lavi family are mutually restricted. The Pifole family is in charge of agriculture and transportation. Although their status and power are not high, they are extremely important. This family is also quite large and has hidden strength that ordinary people cannot imagine. Moreover, as far as I know, this family is the richest family in Sethburg besides the Medin family and the Mathir family. The Tornum family is in charge of Piden County, and they have a huge connection. What's more, these three families have inseparable connections from generation to generation and are the most loyal supporters of the Medin family." Miss Lanti said.
"It can be seen that when the old Viscount Relta saw me, he looked extremely excited, and his son was the same. Viscount Pifolai's family was so polite that I couldn't bear it. I don't know what the Tornam family would treat me." Ribo said with a smile.
"Of course, Viscount Relta watched your mother grow up. He was full of fatherly love for your mother Miss Lisa. You don't know that your mother was a very playful girl when she was a child. Once again, she accidentally fell into the river. The river was extremely turbulent. It was the son of Viscount Relta who jumped down the rushing river to rescue your mother. His left arm was broken by a big tree that flowed down the river. You should see that his hands were not very flexible."
Miss Landy explained with a smile.
Rebow felt a little uncomfortable about Miss Lanty's intentional or unintentional reminding herself that Miss Lisa was his mother.
"However, the Tornam family may not be so polite to you." Miss Lanti said with a slight smile.
"Why?" asked Ruibo.
"The Tornam family has always had a deep view of Mr. Byrndit. The Bayerdat family has not had a good reputation. At the same time, the Tornam family is Ding Xingwang, and many of them have secretly loved your mother. Now, several of the main characters of the Tornam family are those who were secretly in love at that time." Miss Lanti explained.
"I hope they don't know what Li, my mommy became, later." Ribo gritted his teeth and called out Mommy. Fortunately, this was not as hard as he thought.
"It's a pity that they know." Miss Lanti said regretfully: "And, your reputation is not very good. Of course, I don't mean that the little secret between Miss Lisa and her children is already known to everyone, but because Baron Lonna is closely related to the Tornum family, Viscount Telbo is a member of the Tornum family, and you should know what he thinks of you."
"Vissue Terbo?" Rebow was indeed shocked.
"Yes, you will definitely meet many people who are quite familiar to you in the Tornam family today." Miss Lanti said with a smile.
Now Rebow had a headache, and the relationship between him and Miss Fanny was originally the thing he felt most guilty in his heart, and he was always avoiding not thinking about it.
However, it is obvious that there is no way to retreat now.
On the way to the next road, Ruibo was always frowning and wanted to find a way to untie the knot.
Miss Lanti smiled and looked at the little husband arranged for her by the old lady Medin sitting beside her, and looked at the boy who was highly anticipated. She didn't know how he would face emotional entanglements. No one could give him guidance except himself, and everything must be made by him.
The carriage drove through the streets and alleys quickly, and street lights flew behind him one after another. After a short while, the contemporary patriarch of the Tornam family's residence in Sethburg was approaching.
From the carriage, we can clearly see that an ancient house with a vast area appeared in front of us. The mottled dark red brick walls covered with green vines, and the slightly rusty iron fence painted with black paint all show the long history of the family.
An iron fence gate separates the inside and outside of the mansion, and two Taoist emblems are inlaid on the door, one on the left and one on the right.
Through the iron fence gate, you can clearly see the lush and lush trees planted in the garden.
These trees obviously do not have as long history as this house, otherwise they would have turned into towering trees.
A corner of the blue brick and red wall was faintly exposed between the trees.
At the gate, the servants had already been guarding there respectfully, and they were quietly waiting for the arrival of the distinguished guests.
Ruibo's carriage shocked everyone because this carriage was the special carriage of Miss Medin, and everyone knew it in the entire Serth Fort.
Obviously, the noble heir of the lord has arrived.
The servants were diligently approaching and serving Ruibo out of the carriage.
The person who reported the news had already run to the hall where the owners were waiting for.
Not much time passed, a bunch of people came from the courtyard.
The leader was an extremely wide-minded old man, but disproportionately short.
The old man was wearing a blue-gray tweed dress and a red belt draped from his left shoulder to his right waist.
While the vicissitudes of time have taken away his youth, they have also taken away his hair. Under the light, the old man's head is particularly eye-catching.
What was very disproportionate to his big body was his tiny eyes and invisible eyebrows.
A big nose is the most eye-catching feature on the old man’s face.
Two mustaches on the thick lips.
The old man shook his body and walked towards Ruibo and the others.
Behind him was a long list of people, including men, women, old and young.
As Miss Lanty said, Viscount Terbo was also among the crowd, and he followed behind him, and it was obvious that meeting him was not something he willingly wanted.
However, his father-in-law and mother-in-law seemed extremely enthusiastic, and the two old men followed closely behind the fat old man.
The old couple followed their granddaughter tightly beside them. The lady had a sweet smile on her face and her big shiny eyes showed an anxious and longing expression.
What was beyond Ribo's expectations was that Baron Lona's beautiful and charming daughter was also among the crowd. She seemed a little hesitant, as if she was eagerly looking forward to this meeting and was deeply worried about the embarrassment between each other when they met.
After all, the Ribo she loved was no longer the Ribo at the dance.
The status of the lord's heirs has drawn a deep gap between the two of them, which is almost an insurmountable gap.
"Oh, dear Mr. Ruibo, welcome you to my home and treat it as your own home. Your father and uncles have always been my most popular guests here." The old man came over and hugged Ruibo with warm embrace.
According to what Miss Lanti told her in advance, Rebbo certainly knew that the old man was the patriarch of the Tornam family, Viscount Tornam.
Ruibo dared not be rude to this old man. He bowed slightly and said, "Sir Viscount, you are one of my grandfather's best friends. I really don't have the reason to let you come out to pick me up. You can call me Ruibo, just like my aunt."
"What a polite child, Henred is not wrong. That Lord Hyde is the best guardian in the world." The old man said with a smile.
The old couple standing behind the old man also seemed extremely happy because there were at least three reasons to make them feel good about Ruibo.
First of all, Rebow is Miss Lisa's child. The couple always love Lisa like they love their daughter.
Secondly, at the banquet held at Baron Lona's house, Rebe left a deep impression on them, and these impressions were obviously positive.
Finally, the old couple knew quite clearly that their granddaughter and Baron Lonna's cute little daughter had a crush on Ribo.
The old couple's views on this relationship are completely different from their son-in-law.
In their opinion, this is not Ribo's mistake.
It is not possible to blame all this on the bloodline of the playboy who came from his father's family.
Although the old couple also had a lot of opinions about Mr. Bairdit, they believed that Rebbo's noble bloodline inherited from his mother's side obviously played a more obvious role in this child.
As for their little granddaughter's love affair, this can only blame Ruibo for the infinite charm inherited from his mother. Lisa also made countless young people in Sethburgh back then fascinated him. This cannot be blamed for Lisa himself.
In fact, the Baroness Henred and his wife had long attributed the view of son-in-law Viscount Terbo to the result of the combined effect of jealousy and prejudice.
In their opinion, the son-in-law was still resentful of not pursuing Miss Lisa back then and even took his anger on Lisa's son.
"Ribo, you are finally here. Sister Fanny and I have been looking forward to meeting you again." Viscount Terbo's daughter said with a smile.
"Yes, they both hope you come. I tell them that you must wait until dinner is over before you can get here, but they don't listen and don't even have dinner. Ruibo, you finally arrived now. Why are we still standing here if that's the case? Come in and go inside, Ruibo, our Tornam family is an extremely large family in the south of Francs. I have to introduce you to the members of our family in a while, which will definitely surprise you." Viscount Tornam said, pulling Ruibo into the house.
Viscount Terbo's daughter no longer follows her grandfather and grandmother this time. She quietly walked to Ruibo and stood with Ruibo.
All of this made Viscount Telbo very dissatisfied. He wanted to pull his daughter back, at least not let the little girl get too close to that little demiscible embryo.
For Viscount Terbo, the Byndiet family is the most dangerous existence for girls. Speaking to the descendants of the Byndiet family is enough to make the pure virgin lose their virginity, and kissing with the descendants of the Byndiet family may even make the girl pregnant.
The blood vessels of the descendants of the Byrndit family were flowing in their blood vessels. There was no brain matter in their brains at all, and another milky white and viscous liquid filled it.
To be continued...