Chapter 48: The Royal Family Worries

The gate of Oshevido Castle was opened by the guards, and the court members of Schwab at the gate collectively welcomed Schwab, the owner of Oshevido Castle. Old Lauke stood respectfully at the gate, wearing a gray monk's robe. Although he had been appointed as the bishop of Stockington, he was still dressed in a simple dress, without the decoration of jade like other bishops. In fact, the position of bishop is still a fat man. You must know that the appointment rights of priests in the villages of the entire county are controlled by the bishop. A little ambitious priests would use various gifts to please their superiors.

"Sir, thank you for your hard work." Old Lauke saw Schwab and others who were guarded, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to Schwab. When he came to the outside of the castle, the Mark Legion completed his task. So the disbanded square formation entered the continuous military camp outside the castle in an orderly manner under the leadership of the sergeant commanders. On the bonfire in the middle of the tent, fragrant bacon was cooked in the stew pot. Many peasants would come to the barracks to use small knives to peel carrots for the soldiers, and then put them in the stew pot to make the food inside more delicious. Of course, these peasants would also enter the tent with soldiers who were in love when they volunteered. As for what they did, it was self-evident. As long as they did not violate the law of military discipline, the sergeant commander turned a blind eye. This is also the characteristic of this era. They must stay away from their families for a long time, and the soldiers also need to relieve some emotions.

Schwab and his group entered the Oshevik Fort through the narrow gate. Several servants immediately stepped forward to lead the horses for Schwab and Prince Masimirk and others, and helped them get off the horse. Adele in a linen dress and red-haired Sari in Ruvid costume, two beauties of different poses are pretty and charming. Adele may have been born at the bottom and always lowers his head, but he has a loving and mysterious temperament. Sari, the red-haired princess, is always majestic, like a female war god from the ice and snow world.

"What are these two beautiful ladies?" Prince Masimilke and Devire immediately stood up and began to show their respect when they saw the two beauties in front of them. This was probably the habit of the nobles.

"This is my guest, His Highness, Princess Deviro, and the other is my maid Adele." Schwab briefly introduced the identities of Princess Sari and Adele. Hearing Schwab's introduction, Princess Sari lowered her head slightly, then clenched her fists and hit her chest. This was the rude etiquette of the Ruvider, while Adele lifted up her skirt and performed the etiquette of the curt-beating etiquette.

"So this is the Queen of Ruvede." Princes Masimilk and Devire looked at each other. You should know that Schwab had abducted the Queen of Ruvede, but it seemed that the Queen of Ruvede was not bad.

"Great adults, we have prepared food and wine in the hall. Please go there to enjoy it." Adele, the maid, made an invitation gesture and said to the two guests who were full of noble temperament.

Under the leadership of Adele, Prince Masimirk and Devier followed the narrow castle road towards the direction of the hall tower. In addition to the close guards, their servants went to the room arranged for the prince and Devier. They would move their luggage there and arrange the rooms suitable for their masters to live in. This was also the reason why these nobles with status brought a large number of entourages, but because Prince Masimirk had a patrol without authorization, otherwise, according to the royal etiquette, the royal servants would make the entire Oshvedo Castle crowded.

This hall decorated by the Bank family for generations is much more luxurious than the lord's hall in the Fort Marque. It not only uses white marble pillars, but also has several master-level sculptures between the stone pillars. As for what sculpture Schwab was, he did not understand. He only knew that it was a sculpture of several men and a woman. However, unlike Siba goods like Schwab, the well-educated princes Masimirk and Devire stood in front of the third statue with serious expressions.

"What's wrong? Two adults?" Schwab also looked at this man curiously. Although he often looked at him, he never looked at him carefully. This was a middle-aged man's whole body like a sculpture. The facial features of the bearded man with prominent facial features and white plaster material sculpted the man's powerful muscles as if he had lived. The chain armor and sword belt on his body were very detailed, and many heralds on it could be seen, but Schwab didn't know that it was actually a royal herald.

"We are paying tribute to him." Deviere looked at Schwab calmly and said with a reverent attitude.

"I'm sorry, who is this person?" Schwab looked at the sculpture and asked in confusion.

"Mr. Schwab, don't you know? Oh, maybe it's because your family is in the border area, so you don't know this kind of herald. This is the greatest hero of our empire, the grandfather of His Highness, Frederick the Great." After Deviger said that, he lowered his head and paid tribute to the hero carved in plaster. Schwab opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that there was a sculpture of Frederick the Great in his castle. This famous emperor was a person who almost unified the entire empire and also abolished the Pope's power. He swept the pagans in the jihad in the Eastern Expedition and was called the well-deserved first king, but he was drowned in a stream, which led to a huge decrease in the power of the Empire in the Eastern Expedition and the authority of the royal family was severely defeated.

"Mr. Schwab, if you want to sell this sculpture one day, you must notify me as soon as possible. This is really a master-level sculpture, really like my grandfather resurrected in front of me." Prince Masimirk met this mighty emperor when he was very young, but all this made him even more sad. If it weren't for his grandfather's death, his father and empire would not have been humiliated by the damn King of the Kate Kingdom.

The banquet was a bit heavy because of the sculptures of Frederick the Great, but Schwab's original brandy was indeed a good thing. After drinking this distilled liquor, Prince Masimirk and Devire felt that this liquor was really a delicious taste that had never been drunk. In this era without much entertainment, the nobles were almost all drunkards, and of course they praised the good liquor.

"Mr. Schwab, do you know? As a prince, although it looks very glorious on the surface, who can know the difficulties of the royal family?" After drinking a few glasses of high-concentration brandy, Prince Masimilk poured bitter water out with his tongue. The things suppressed in his heart finally broke out with this opportunity.

"As the most noble royal family, what are the difficulties?" Although Schwab knew that the royal family's direct territory was actually less than half of the entire empire, the royal family with the highest political status was still very appealing, and the remaining power of Emperor Frederick the Great was still there.

"Hmph, nobility, that's just the surface. I regard you as my closest friend, so we agreed not to hide anything from each other. The royal family is no longer the time of my grandfather's time, and the hearts of the princes have long since dispersed. They ignored my father's harshness, fought for trivial matters, and started private wars. Many vassals who tend to be royal were annexed in private wars, but the royal family was powerless because we could not command the army of the princes, except for the loyal ones in the northern territory.

Who else is loyal to the royal family, except for Duke Han Ruowei and my father-in-law, Duke Bergende? But now even my wife's dowry and the lords in the lowlands have rebelled, but I can only be anxious and cannot produce any army. As a man, it is really a shame, especially when thinking of the glory of my grandfather, it makes me feel even more heartbroken." Prince Masimilk may have drunk too much and cried. Schwab had to constantly comfort the excited young prince. His mood was not unreasonable.

However, the royal system is based on feudalism, which has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the feudal system can buy the hearts of local nobles who hold real power, which is conducive to the rapid establishment of a regime. However, Schwab, who has memories of his previous life, knew that this backward system that seemed to be in the Spring and Autumn Period of China would sooner or later be eliminated. It was because the local tail was too big and weakened the authority of the central government. In the end, it could only be either the central government turned into a puppet, or the local princes were eliminated. In the late Middle Ages, Louis XVI of the Sun King of France used the most wonderful method to successfully resolve the contradiction between the princes and the royal family, that is, to establish the luxurious Palace of Versailles, and use a luxurious life to attract the nobles to give up their territory and come to the place controlled by the royal family to live. However, that was because the royal family had a large amount of funds because of the industrial revolution, so it was certainly impossible for the royal family to have no money and no military power. No wonder this young prince was so depressed.

"Actually, there is no way, but I don't know if His Majesty the King is willing to try it." Schwab's eyes turned and decided to make a major political speculation and adventure. Prince Masimirk stopped crying curiously. Even Devire, who was beside him, raised his ears and sounded carefully. Because the royal family was weak and the power of the princes was strong, it was almost impossible for people of this era to solve, but Schwab said there was a way. Of course, Schwab was also because of the different time travel experiences of ordinary people, which had more than a thousand more experience than them.

"Oh, Count Schwab, do you think there is a way?" Prince Masimilk said in disbelief. This is also a human love. You must know that Schwab is not much older than him, and the prince's complaints are just because he has no partner to talk to.

"Well, there is a way," Schwab said.
Chapter completed!