This is not the first time Archmond was called a nouveau riche, but the outbreak of the Gorton period was completely different from that of the Richard period. Gorton started from scratch almost from scratch, and gradually built the marquis' foundation with miraculous battles. Such expansion speed was enough to subvert the common sense of ordinary nobles. That is, the era when the three empires were in full swing and heroes emerged. Gorton's expansion speed was equally famous as Archmond's poverty. Ordinary knights in the wealthy families lived a better life than the Thirteen Knights. As for Gorton himself, it was exactly the same as the living standards of the Thirteen Knights.

However, in the Richard era, Archmond's outbreak had a new meaning. Richard's philosophy was completely different from Gordon. He attached more importance to equipment, materials and logistics supplies. In his hands, in just a few years, the treatment of Archmond's soldiers was catching up with the wealthy family, and the equipment level of the core troops was even above ordinary wealthy families. It can be said that Richard used gold coins to build a powerful army. Archmond's soldiers were fierce and fierce, fearless, and the mother's combat unit was cruel and ruthless. With these two excellent sources of troops, combined with Richard's gold coins, the one that came out was not inferior to the elites of any wealthy family.

The basis for building all this is Richard's unparalleled talent in construction and the speed of wealth accumulation from it. Now Richard's followers have gradually grown up, and have established close contact with the Eternal Dragon Palace and have received jealous support. Although the relationship between the Eternal Dragon Palace and Richard is so good that it is jealous, other wealthy families cannot say anything. If they can also maintain the highest number of sacrifices in the entire Holy Alliance in the past few years like Richard, they can also get a different look from the Eternal Dragon Palace. For great priests like Nolan, the priests during sacrifices are equivalent to their salary. Even those who are detached will naturally be close to those who pay, especially the salary is particularly generous. If they are the priests of other temples, they will even go further, such as the priests of the Three Goddess Faro,

Whether it is Gundun's outbreak or Richard's outbreak, they are flawed and lacking in background. They are not a simple vicious curse, but have their true meaning. This glory is like building on the beach. Once it encounters a big shock, it is easy to collapse. Gundun mainly relies on his extraordinary personal charm and invincible miracle to maintain Archmond's centripetal force, but this cannot last long. In the period of fierce expansion, the contradictions can be covered up, but once the expansion is frustrated, the accumulated contradictions will all erupt. When Gundun suddenly died in Luoqi's battle, Archmond left behind immediately became apart, and the giant crocodiles peeked at the side, and the clowns jumped out one after another, trying to bite the meat on the fresh corpse,

On the floating island, there were even rebellions by infantry knights and branches. If Alice had not suppressed the situation on his behalf and Richard's timely return, the floating island belonging to Archmond would have been taken away. If it were a wealthy family like Joseph, this would have never happened. Once such a betrayal occurs, all betrayers will be beheaded, and their families will even be killed. Any stability of the throne requires a lot of bones and blood like a pond.

Moreover, as soon as Gordon died, the Thirteen Knights immediately became semi-free. Until now, the boxing fighter Wald refused to recognize Richard's inheritance status.

After Richard took over Archmond, the first thing he did was to stabilize the floating island situation first, and then gradually took over the mess left by Gordon. It was not until now that Richard's weakness was obvious, and he lacked top-level powerhouses as a pillar. In addition, there was too few territory in Norland, and it was not much directly belonging to Richard's territory except for the traditional territory of Yashan. It was very difficult to gather a marquis together, and it was a long distance from the Duke.

Moreover, during the expansion period, Archmond was bound to stand up enemies. Among the floating island wealthy families of the Holy Alliance, if you calculate carefully, half of them were Archmond's enemies. The only ones who had the better relationship were the royal family and the Iron Blood Duke on the fifth floor. However, Richard was only in good relationship with some of the second generation of these two giant families. This was still several planes away from the real relationship.

When Richard returned to Ukiyo-Ye, he first locked himself in his study and began to read the history of Archmond and the Holy Alliance. In one day and one night, Richard had read all the history through, and then began to deduce the current situation of the Holy Alliance with his talent for wisdom.

The House of Lords reviewed the title of Duke of Richard this time, after all, it was a conspiracy to take out Richard's family and show it. Everyone knows the characteristics of Archmond. For example, Marquis Sauron and Earl Goliath could not become vassals of Richard, and their territory would not be counted as Richard. Alice was indeed close to Richard and had disclosed her relationship with his partner, but she was essentially an ally of Richard, nor was she a vassal of Richard. Over the years, the territory she captured was still her own and would not be transferred to Richard. Even if she wanted to do this, the vassals and generals under her would not agree. Even within the scope of her own territory, the lord could not do whatever she wanted.

After thousands of years of development, the human aristocratic system has formed a very strict and complete system of rights and obligations, and at the same time it has formed a huge interest group born on this system. If Richard wants to challenge this system, it is equivalent to declaring war with all the nobles. He is not a real madman.

So the problem now is that Richard does not have enough territory to belong to him. The existence of wisdom and real talents has made Richard form a calm and rational side. At the same time, the pressure of the environment also forces him to choose the path to expand his strength as quickly as possible. Therefore, Richard has always focused on the Faro plane where his mother's nest is. Only the plane can provide the most resources and the fastest development speed. Although Norland's territory also has great practical significance, for Richard at this stage, its symbolic significance is greater than its substantial interests.

But now, the issue of the House of Lords is to put symbolic meaning on the table.

Richard closed the thick aristocratic heraldry in his hand and began to ponder. The title page of the book reads a sentence: The glory of aristocrats is innate,

This is an ancient motto and a true portrayal of the Nolander human aristocrats. For the sake of family glory, the nobles can make duels without hesitation and even launch wars. In the founding era of the empire, glory had a deeper and broader meaning. At that time, on the battlefield, especially in some desperate battles, the casualty rate of noble knights was far higher than that of ordinary warriors, because most of the knights who rushed to the front and left behind were knights of noble origin. When a unit was assigned a arduous task, such as blocking the pursuers, the nobles in that unit were never allowed to leave, and they would not leave. Death in glorious battle would make the family flag shine more. It can be said that the territory and glory of the nobles in that era were completely made of flesh and blood.

After the founding era, glory inevitably became weaker under generations of inheritance. The political stage is not only on the battlefield, but also on conspiracy, rumors and poison. More and more noble children live on the foundation laid by their ancestors. They only have wealth, women and privileges in their eyes, but turn a blind eye to the responsibilities they should bear.

Fortunately, Noland is still a war-torn continent, and plane wars are going on all the time, and the strong have unrestrained power, which means that the current aristocratic system does not have enough power to maintain its own operation. For example, when Gordon just fell, if Richard was not decisive and strong enough and could not get enough support, then Archmond would be directly cleared out of the Ukiyo-Yu. There is no room for negotiation. If it is under a stable system, for example, in a thousand-year-old empire with a long history, even if the head of the family suddenly died in battle, the heirs could inherit the family smoothly, at most they would lose some interests to protect the people. Therefore, a stable and refusal to change is the breeding ground for all kinds of second-generations who have failed to cultivate talent.

If nothing unexpected happens, Richard will definitely not get the title of Duke, or the honorary duke, which is also based on the status of the Royal Grand Constructor. This kind of title is stronger than the court Count without territory. If Richard returns with an honorary duke, it is better to be a real-field count. In fact, even if Richard cannot get the Duke, it is no big deal. He still occupies the floating island. Moreover, because it is the position obtained by the sacrifice, no one can move the floating island in the next six months. After half a year, if Richard wants to give up the floating island, he has to go through a war. With half a year to prepare, Richard is very confident that he will beat the guy who has the idea to find the North.

But the unspoken rules are also rules. If Richard did not get the throne of duke but still occupied the floating island, he would become like a countryman sitting on a gorgeous throne. The magnificent environment would not only not enhance his momentum, but would instead make him look like a monkey. Therefore, the real purpose of the guy who made the motion this time was to slap Richard in the face. This slap would at most make Richard lose face, and his real interests were not much damaged.

However, is this really the case?

Richard opened the aristocratic heraldry in his hand again, looking at the line of words on the title page: The glory of aristocrats is born with,

Glory is a complex proposition. If this link is not handled well, it seems that Archmond is not damaged, but the secret losses cannot be calculated. Richard asked himself that even he himself was unwilling to deal with a family that did not care about credibility, did not abide by the rules, and only knew how to seek profit and avoid harm. Interests were not only tangible matter, but also many intangible things.
Chapter completed!