Chapter 90 Civilization and Barbarism (Fifth update!)

As the head of the Fisher family, Byrne still had to follow the superficial etiquette.

He greeted the two calmly and elegantly.

"Baron Case, Baron Leander, I have heard of your names for a long time and wanted to visit you."

"It's just that the Fisher family has too many things to do. As the head of the family, I have been very busy and have no chance to go. I'm sorry."

Baron Case's orange-yellow dragon pupils turned slightly, and there was a hint of obvious hostility in his eyes when he stared at Byrne.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Now it's our turn to visit you, Baron Byrne."

Baron Case's voice was low and sounded unsettling.

"I didn't expect you to become a baron, but I don't know which territory the royal family will give you. I really hope it's not those few."

Byrne smiled slightly and said, "Whatever the royal family chooses, the Fisher family will accept it."

Being proficient in history and law, he certainly understood where the other party's hostility came from.

The reason is very simple. According to Syat's tradition, the royal family will most likely choose villages around Nasir as territories for the Fisher family.

Choose a village from the "unowned royal lands" and give it to the Fisher family.

However, the three unowned villages around Nasir Town are actually under the control of the Case family and the Leander family.

The Fisher family is likely to get the "fat meat" from one of the families.

Byrne smiled. If he had to cut the meat, he would also feel hostile.

Baron Case in front of him was obviously hostile, but Baron Leander did not show it, probably because he was more scheming.

The two barons also took their seats one after another. Both of them were powerful men at the metamorphic level, and their intentions were not good. Everyone suddenly stopped laughing.

The atmosphere of the banquet gradually became depressed. The chubby Baron Leander squinted his eyes, hoping to come to the reception room with Byrne to communicate alone.

Byrne agreed and came to the reception room with Baron Leander.

After Baron Leander sat down with a smile, he made a proposal.

"I have a suggestion. If the territory obtained by your Fisher family is the territory controlled by our Leander family."

"Then, we are willing to pay rent in exchange for the continued control of the village in the future. You don't need to bother to manage it. The Fisher family only needs to collect the money."

Byrne wanted to listen to the other party's ideas and asked, "What is the approximate number?"

Baron Leander thought for a moment and said seriously, "Fifty gold coins, every year, how about it?"

Byrne was silent for a while and shook his head. The price given by the other party was too low. It was simply a more decent robbery.

The interests of the Fisher family came first, and he could not agree to such a deal at all.

"Well, let's negotiate after the news from the royal family."

Baron Leander was not angry, and continued to say with a smile:

"You should hope that the territory you get belongs to Leander. We are different from the overbearing Case family. We are civilized people who can negotiate."

Byrne smiled and did not comment.

Renting the control of the entire village for fifty gold coins a year, is this civilized robbery?

"But I really don't want the territory you get to belong to the Leander family. I really don't want to conflict with you."

Byrne could also see that the other party's temperament was a bit similar to that of the merchant John.

They both belong to the business style of doing things. They don't want to fight unless they have to, but if they have the opportunity to suck blood and skin, they will never let go.

"You don't need to worry about this kind of thing, Baron Leander."

Byrne waved his hand calmly, and Vanessa came in from outside, poured a cup of tea for both of them, and then stood not far away.

Baron Leander was a little strange. He didn't expect that the butler of their family was a disabled person, not decent at all.

Byrne had noticed the other party's eyes looking at Vanessa's legs, and the discrimination and disrespect were very obvious.

Vanessa smiled calmly, with her hands behind her back, as if she didn't care at all.

While drinking a sip of red tea, Byrne said calmly:

"We, the Fisher family, originally lived outside Nasir Town, only a step away from the jungle. It's not wrong to say that we are barbarians."

He continued jokingly:

"Dignity and elegance are just disguises of the Fisher family. If any domineering family bullies us, they will find that our underlying color is actually barbaric and fierce, and we will bite the bully all over."

After hearing this "self-proclaimed barbarian" speech, Baron Leander sneered, but didn't care about the intimidation in Byrne's words.

"Then goodbye, Baron Byrne, I still hope that we are not enemies when we meet next time."

When Baron Leander left the reception room, Byrne stood up slowly and calmly. In fact, under the barbaric and fierce, the Fisher family has a more terrifying side.

Keep secrets, be cautious, keep silent, and take revenge.

All power comes from the great Lord of the Lost.

Irene looked at the hundreds of guests attending the banquet, and a sense of fulfillment emerged from deep in her heart. The Fisher family finally gained a firm foothold.

When Byrne returned to the banquet hall, the whole banquet had come to an end.

He came to Irene, and the two of them exchanged privately.

Irene's expression became subtle after hearing this, and she smiled:

"He obviously wants to take away Fisher's land, but he is willing to give a symbolic fifty gold. He is a nice guy, haha."

She actually understood why the Leander family was willing to pay this part of the money.

In fact, they are greedy and afraid that the Fisher family will fight them.

Thirteen-year-old Chris is already qualified to attend the formal banquet.

He suddenly noticed a look and frowned.

The Baron Keith sat in his seat and stared at him silently. His eyes, like a snake or a lizard, were chilling, as if he was staring at his prey.

At this time, the assistant priest Zain, who had left early to rest, came to the banquet hall.

Baron Keith and Baron Leander could not sit still.

The seven viscounts and twelve barons of the East Coast Province, of course, all knew Zain.

The Storm Bishop himself did not take care of things. Whenever there was a major event involving the Storm Church, it was basically Zain, the deputy, who came forward.

Why is the assistant priest Zain here too?

The two who had seemed calm at the banquet immediately became respectful and came to Zain to greet him.

Zain was not very familiar with them, so he just nodded calmly and politely.

At the end of the banquet, Byrne brought a dozen servants to personally send assistant priest Zain and two barons out of Nasir Town.

As soon as they walked out of the mansion, they saw hundreds of townspeople gathered outside the gate a few hundred meters away, blocking the gate of the manor.

The two barons looked at each other. Could it be that Fisher's people rebelled?

It was actually uncommon for people to rebel because the power of extraordinary lords was too strong.

No matter how hard ordinary people tried, it would be useless. Even with flintlock rifles, it would be difficult to fight against real strong people.

Zain was silent for a while and asked, "What's going on? Why are they blocking everyone here? Did the Fisher family do something too much?"

It was common for nobles to burn houses, kill, rob, and abuse civilians.

As long as there are no large-scale casualties, the Storm Church will not care about such insignificant matters.

As for why they care about large-scale casualties? Of course, it is because a large number of deaths may involve heretical sacrificial activities.

Since becoming a true noble, Byrne has also found that those ordinary people who respect him also instinctively have a hint of fear in their eyes.

He has heard about the evil things that Baron Hoven once did in Nasir Town, such as tying a family behind a horse and dragging them on the street for no reason, or suddenly taking away the daughter of a family.

The man who is gentle and polite in front of knights and rich people is actually the nightmare of ordinary people.

The extraordinary lords are the lambs of the gods, and the common people are the pasture used to feed them. There is no channel for resistance at all.