The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

After thinking about it for a while, Renn initially leaned towards the third option, which was to serve as the governor and peace officer of Fishing Port Town.

The reason is simple, there will be enough battles waiting for him there!

And through fighting, he can get a big enough improvement.

But Renn's hesitation is that he still doesn't understand the strength of the enemies facing Fishing Port Town.

As for why the appointment is mainly made by consuls and supplemented by magistrates?

Hamilton mentioned this before when chatting with Renne.

Generally speaking, the sheriffs of imperial towns are mainly knights, and occasionally they may be quasi-knights or knights. For example, Hamilton belongs to the latter.

However, it is actually relatively rare for a knight to serve as the peace officer.

And if a baron serves as the sheriff, it has an obvious derogatory meaning.

Therefore, as Baron Wren, a normal appointment cannot be just the Sheriff of a small town.

However, the consul is different. He is responsible for all the affairs of a small town and is the top leader.

It is not uncommon for a baron to serve as the consul of a small town.

However, Renn was thinking about another question now.

Although it is not difficult for him to make a choice when faced with the three options proposed by Earl Habs, the problem now is that he actually wants to continue to be Hamilton's adjutant in Goldshire.

Because Renn's next step is to go to the Gold Coast, learn swordsmanship from Gundar for a period of time, and continue to serve as deputy security officer of Goldsmith Town. This will allow him to fish as much as possible, and Hamilton will help him handle many things.

But if he chooses to work in Fishing Port Town, it means that he will not be able to leave for the Gold Coast in a short period of time.

After thinking about it, Ren decided to tell Count Habs directly:

"Lord Earl, I hope to postpone my appointment for a while. I am currently in a period of rising strength, so I want to go to a swordsman master to practice swordsmanship. So..."

When talking about this, Renn felt his scalp numb, because Count Habbs's eyes were staring at him at the moment.

After all, from a certain perspective, Renn could be considered as violating the will of his superiors.

Especially when the other party gives you face and gives you a choice.

After a brief silence in the room, Count Habbs finally spoke.

"Okay, then I will give you a month. However, in this case, I will directly arrange an appointment for you. In one month, Ren, you will serve as the consul and sheriff of Harbor Town."

After hearing the last sentence, Renn's face became happy. Unexpectedly, Earl Habs finally helped him decide on this position.

"Of course, thank you Lord Earl for your understanding and support."

After talking about this, Earl Habs suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile: "Ren, I heard that you and Claire have known each other for a long time?"

"Huh?" Renn immediately realized that the Earl in front of him should have checked himself thoroughly.

Come to think of it, the Habsburg Manor is also under the name of this Earl, whether it is the manor's steward Knight Lloyd, Perez's swordsmanship instructor or even the head maid Xia Dia.

If he knew that it was Earl Harris who wanted to know his situation, I'm afraid no one would dare not to report it honestly.

From this point of view, the other party agreed to go to the Gold Coast, and he might have benefited from Claire.

"Well, that's right, Lord Earl, in fact, to a certain extent, Miss Claire is my guide on the path of knighthood." Ren said calmly.

"Haha, very good, Ren, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me. Remember, Meister County will always be your hometown."

"That's it for today. I still have some things to deal with. Regarding some trivial matters, my butler Henry will take you to deal with them."

"Of course, thank you Lord Earl for your understanding and help." Renn bowed slightly.

I saw Earl Harris shaking the bell on the table.

"Jingle Bell!"

Soon, an old man in a tuxedo walked in and took Ren to a room on the first floor.

Henrik, the butler of Earl Habsburg, is actually a nobleman with the title of Lord.

Ren nodded politely.

This can't help but remind Ren of an old saying in his previous life, 'The prime minister's servant is an official of the seventh rank'.

It seems that as long as it is human society and the power class is solidified, the situation is basically the same.

When the butler Henry opened the door, Renn raised his eyebrows and was quite surprised.

He did not expect that there was actually a model similar to a huge sand table placed in the room. The sand table clearly showed the terrain undulations of the entire county, and even the main streets were marked in detail.

Especially the aristocratic mansion area is simulated with small wooden houses, which are so lifelike that they can almost be seen as being scaled to the same proportion.

"Baron Wren, here are some free mansions. You can choose on your own." The butler Henry pointed to the three cabins with white labels on the tops and said.

"Thank you!" Renn nodded and looked at it carefully.

The areas of noble residences are also divided into different levels.

The outermost categories are knights and lords. In the eyes of some upper-class nobles, these two categories are not really aristocrats. They are the largest in number, but in the county where land is precious, the area of ​​the mansion is also the smallest. of.

A circle further in, there is the baron level. In the county town, this is considered the backbone of the force, and the number is much smaller than that of knights and lords.

Further inside, there is the Viscount's mansion, which only has five or six holes. The cabin simulates a villa that is larger and more luxurious.

And in the center, like the stars looming over the moon, is naturally the residence of Earl Habbs, which is the land under Ren's feet at the moment. It occupies the largest area, is the largest, and is also the most luxurious.

Within the Baron's circle, Ren's eyes slowly swept across. Soon, he saw the mansion marked with the words 'Crawley Family'. He saw it not far away, about three mansions apart. , there is a white-labeled baronial mansion that is temporarily vacant.

After thinking for a moment, Ren pointed to this building and said, "Lord Henry, is this building OK?"

"Of course, as long as you like it, Lord Baron."

"Just this one!"

"Okay, by the way, Lord Baron Wren, since you don't have a fief for the time being, I will register it as the residence of the Baron Wren family, okay?"

"Of course." Ren nodded.

In the empire, male nobles who do not yet have a territory are generally addressed as "name plus sir" or "name plus title". For example, Renne, others can call him "Lord Renne" or "Baron Renne".

However, once there is a fiefdom, for example, the name of the Rennes fiefdom is 'Normandy', the official title is mainly 'Normandy Baron'.

Of course, there is no problem in using the two titles mentioned before in informal situations.

Regarding fiefdoms, this is different from Ren's impression in his previous life. The titles of Dragon Kingdom are divided into duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron, lord and knight.

When a noble is first ennobled, he or she does not have a fief unless it is by inheritance.

If you want to have a fief, you need to exchange it with corresponding merit points. The purpose of this move by the empire is to encourage the noble class to continue to serve it.

At the same time, in order to strictly limit the annexation of land by nobles to common people.

The empire has strict area exchange restrictions for noble territories at all levels within the empire's territory. In other words, assuming that the empire's earldom has a maximum limit of one thousand hectares of land.

Then when a certain earl's fief reaches the upper limit, he can no longer exchange for land through meritorious deeds.

For example, the fiefdom of Earl Habsburg is a large area to the north of Habsburg and Goldshire. It is said that it has reached the upper limit of one earl.

But this area is not really big for a count, because this area does not even include a small town.

However, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of this part of the nobles, the empire promulgated pioneering regulations. Merit points can be exchanged for pioneering orders at different levels. That is, outside the empire's territory, basically as long as there is a pioneering order, a large piece of land can often be encircled.

"In addition, Lord Baron, you will also receive 1% of the income from the Elim Mine every year, and you will be exempted from the Empire's public security management regulations, as long as you are not killing people." Butler Henry said one by one.

Ren listened and nodded.

He finally has immunity too!

It feels like a serf turning over and singing.

Also, don't look at just 1% of the annual income from the Elim Mine, which is almost a thousand empire gold coins.

"Because you are a baronet, you automatically get a seat in the Meister County Noble House." Butler Henry continued.

Renn is not very interested in these.

His goal is very clear, to obtain resources more conveniently by improving his position or noble rank within the empire.

This resource includes the resources he needs to go further on the path of wizards and knights.

"That's all. If Baron Renne has any questions, you can ask me at any time." Butler Henry said.

"Thank you, Lord Henrik, for the information."

"By the way, Baron Wren, do you need to go to your mansion to have a look now? If there is any problem, I can help you change it in time."

"Eh, that's fine!" Renn nodded.

Coincidentally, Baroness Crowley and Jenny should still be waiting for him in the carriage at this moment, so it would be perfect to ask them to help him check.

The group soon arrived at the baron's mansion chosen by Renne and started to visit.

This is a single-family villa located almost in the middle of the noble residence area. It has three floors. The villa itself covers an area of ​​about 300 to 400 square meters. The front yard is more than 300 square meters, and the backyard is an exaggerated 1,500 square meters.

The reason why the backyard is so large is mainly because it has a training ground and a stable that can accommodate ten horses.

Therefore, the total area of ​​this villa is about 2,000 square meters.

What Renn valued most was the training ground in the backyard similar to the one he saw at the Crowley family last time.

Unexpectedly, he now has a private training ground so soon, which makes him feel quite happy.

As for the stables, they are also very needed for Renn now, especially since he is currently feeding the dark horse with mutant growth potion.

On the clean and tidy training ground, Renn couldn't help but enthusiastically pulled out the shimmering giant sword behind his back, and performed an impromptu set of giant bear sword skills.

"Whirlwind!"

"Cleave!"

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The brave and resolute movements and flowing moves made the beautiful eyes of the two women on the side sparkle.

After viewing the training ground, several people entered the interior of the villa and walked around from the first floor to the third floor. Renn discovered that the county administration office did a very good job in the daily maintenance of the mansion.

Basically, everything that needed to be repaired had been repaired. Renn touched the wooden handrail and found that it was as smooth as new.

The butler Henry couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene, and said: "Baron, the county administration office has arranged special personnel to clean it every three days. So, you can check in at any time."

Renn nodded and said: "It is indeed well maintained. Lord Henry, thank you for bringing me here. I am sure this is the building."

"Okay, Lord Baron, Baroness Crowley, Miss Jenny, Lord Count, there are some things that I need to deal with, so I'll take my leave first." Butler Henry bowed slightly and said goodbye.

Before leaving, he gave Ren a smile that every man could understand.

This left Ren quite speechless, but he was very innocent.

"Your Excellency Renn, when do you plan to move in?" Baroness Crowley said, brushing her hair around her ears.

Ren thought for a moment and said: "As soon as possible, I plan to leave Meister County for a while after settling my family here."

"After all, the security in the county is relatively better, so I will feel more at ease."

"Huh? Are you leaving again, Mr. Ren?" the beautiful woman asked in surprise.

"Well, I'm going to Rossby County to train with a sword master. I'll be back in about a month."

"By the way, Madam, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, you can contact me. This time, I will bring the blue-helmeted pigeon that Jenny gave me last time." Ren said with a smile.

When she heard that Ren was going to improve her own strength, the beautiful woman's eyes lit up and she nodded, seemingly in agreement, and said with a smile:

"I finally know why Mr. Ren is so powerful at such a young age. In addition to your extraordinary talent as a knight, your efforts are also beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"Yes, I heard that Little William of the Stander family has also passed the canonization assessment. Before the empire was officially promulgated, Little William has already held a banquet at home. It has been held for three days." Jenny was quite excited at the side. Said contemptuously.

After looking at the villa up and down, Renn, along with Baroness Crowley and Janey, returned to the Crowley family not far away.

"Your Excellency Renn, it is already dinner time. I have just asked the servants to arrange the dinner. Please be sure to enjoy it." At this time, the beautiful woman invited with a smile.

"Wouldn't this be too intrusive?" Renn raised his head and glanced at the sky. Sure enough, the sun was already setting.

He also planned to take some books related to armor casting and return to his home in Goldsmith Town, but now it seemed that it was a bit late.

This morning, I first helped the Crowley family get back the stolen Bordeaux wine. In the afternoon, I visited Earl Habsburg and visited his future baronial residence. I didn't expect that time passed so quickly.

"Yes, Lord Ren, you have helped the Crowley family a lot this time, please be sure to appreciate it." Jenny on the side also said with a smile.

"Okay then!" Renn nodded.

It was just a dinner, and the host had already invited her repeatedly, so it would be inappropriate to refuse, so Renn immediately stopped refusing.

Immediately, Renn followed Baroness Crowley and Jenny to the Crowley family's banquet hall, the restaurant.

There are several shields, antlers and other decorations hung around the walls of the banquet hall. More than ten mountain-shaped candles illuminate the entire banquet hall brightly. On a simple long dining table, various kinds of items are placed. Food, wine and a huge bouquet of flowers.

Although there were only three people dining, Ren, Baroness Crowley and Jane, the dishes were extremely rich.

The beautiful woman seemed to know that Ren was an extraordinary knight and had an unusual appetite for food, so she specially arranged for the kitchen to prepare two kinds of expensive ferocious beast meat.

After Renn finished eating a whole roasted red crown turkey and a pot of stewed cliff-spiked boar, a warm current slowly rose in his stomach and spread to his limbs.

"Your Excellency Renn, this is the 20-year-old Bordeaux wine you helped bring back. Please try how it tastes." The beautiful woman smiled and gestured to the wine glass.

Looking at the amber-like red wine, Renn could already smell the wine mixed with a hint of aged oak barrels, which made him want to taste the red wine in this world.

"Thank you, madam." Renn raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

Immediately, the rich and mellow fruity aroma and wine flavor flowed in the mouth, and the taste was actually very good.

So, accompanied by Baroness Crowley and Jenny, Wren had a hearty meal.

During the dessert period after the meal, Renn asked: "Madam, I want to borrow this book about armor casting. I don't know."

"Of course, Sir Ren, please come with me." The drunken beauty, with a charming face, stood up and led the way.

In fact, at this time, the beautiful woman was quite nervous about what she was about to do.

Ever since her husband, Baron Crawley, passed away a year ago, she has been coveted by many people for her stunning beauty, including wealthy businessmen and nobles.

At first, she thought that with the Crawley family background and her business ability, she should be able to pass smoothly.

But soon, the beautiful woman discovered that although she was quite capable in business and family management, in this world where strength surpassed all else, the Crowley family without the support of its core strength was like a A sailing ship without a mast.

Once encountering strong winds and waves, there is a danger of capsizing.

For example, the robbery of old Bordeaux wine is a typical example.

The beautiful woman feels more and more that there seems to be a hidden behind-the-scenes hand in Meister County that is controlling some people and forces, and intends to gradually eat away at the Crowley family.

Now, she is powerless to resist this black hand!

But when she saw the lost and recovered goods this morning, she instantly felt that the tall and burly body of this young man, who was about the same age as her own daughter, was like a strong shield that could protect her and the future of the Crowley family.

From that moment on, the beautiful woman made up her mind to find a way to be 'tied' to this promising young man.

The other party is currently just the guardian knight of the Crowley family, which is not enough!

But unfortunately, the other party seemed to be completely uninterested in aristocratic ladies like Jenny from the beginning.

Especially when Jenny mentioned that she asked her best friend Agatha to accompany her to visit the library, but the other party was also not interested in Agatha.

And after the other party was awarded the title of baron, the plan of marrying into a wife was completely unfeasible!

This gave the beautiful woman quite a headache.

It wasn't until today, when she lost her composure and hugged him, that she realized that the boy seemed to be quite interested in her.

This made her a little hesitant for a while, firstly because Ren was too young, and secondly because of her daughter Jenny.

Therefore, when Wren went to visit Earl Harris, she clearly mentioned Wren's importance to the Crawley family and the actions she might take with her daughter Janey.

But what the beautiful woman didn't expect was that she unexpectedly received strong support from her daughter Jenny.

In fact, Jenny had already seen how her own mother struggled to keep the Crowley family running during this year.

As the saying goes, difficulties make people grow!

Over the past year, Jenny has grown rapidly.

She knew that if the Crowley family wanted to continue to stand on the stage of Meister County in the following days, they must find a strong figure to support them.

This person can be Baron Alonso or other nobles, but now, there is one more Baron Wren.

If you have a choice, everyone knows that the best candidate must be the young and promising Lord Ren.

Therefore, although Jenny felt sour in her heart when she heard her mother's plan, she knew what was more important. Her mother's overall situation was the most important thing.

Of course, the main reason is that the promising Baron Wren is not interested in her, but is interested in her mother.

This made the girl look down at her own chest, feeling quite discouraged.

Looking at the two people walking up the stairs, Jenny slowly lowered her pace.

Ren followed the beautiful woman to the second floor of the villa.

But when he followed the beautiful woman into a room, Renn realized something was wrong.

Because this is just like a bedroom, there is a luxurious bed in the center of the room, with bedside tables, dressing tables, etc. on both sides.

It was obviously inappropriate for him to enter Baroness Crawley's bedroom in the middle of the night.

But when he turned around, he discovered that Jenny, who was originally following him, was no longer there at some point.

At this moment, he and Baroness Crowley were the only two people in the room.

Just as he was thinking about how to speak, he saw the beautiful woman bending down, with her back to Ren, and lifting up her loose cashmere tunic. Suddenly, the beautiful woman's huge buttocks were outlined like a ripe peach. Tempting, on the contrary, is the slim waist that the other party can grasp.

Under the strong contrasting visual impact, Renn's mouth went dry instantly.

The beautiful woman suddenly turned her head, her cheeks were red, she brushed her slightly messy hair around her ears, and said softly: "Sir Ren, can you do me a favor?"

"The armor-making skill you want is in this cabinet, but it should be at the bottom."