Quick Transmigration: Losing All Standing and Reputation - Chapter 71

[Chapter 71 Glory Recovery (3)]

Gertrude asked her father to go to school, and Viscount Brain responded by hiring her a governess to teach her Latin, grammar and rhetoric.

Gertrude complained to the Palatinate about this matter for a long time. She wanted to see what the current school was like, but she never thought that she would still study at home in the end, and she still studied these subjects. In her own words: “I don’t think grammar, rhetoric and Latin are useless, these are good things that ‘raise my identity and make me marry a good man’. But I still want to know, the science here How far has it developed?”

Palatinate was amused by the way she quoted Viscount Brian’s words, and gave her some popular science. Most of them are now religious schools, and it is a way for some lower-class people to advance to the class. As for the sciences she wanted to know, she might have to go to a university, where some math, geometry, and astronomy would be taught.

As the familiarity of the two increased, Gertrude spoke more and more casually to the Palatinate, and Rhine could see that she had a lot of dissatisfaction with the world. Although she was an aristocrat and had a much better life than many middle- and lower-class people, she was still deeply dissatisfied. Material superiority does not bring her happiness, and spiritual inequality makes her even more miserable. These letters of hers are letters that cannot be circulated at all. Once they are seen by others, her eccentric reputation among the nobles will go down to the next level, and it is not necessary to be regarded as shame and heresy.

Gertrude seemed to completely trust the Palatinate, venting his emotions recklessly in the letter, handing over his life and death to the Palatinate.

Rhine saw something else, and what Gertrude was doing was more like a bold gamble than deep trust. If Palatinate could accept her deviance, she would have some solace in this miserable world. If even the Palatinate couldn’t accept her thoughts, I’m afraid she couldn’t find another person who could understand her. So even if she was treated as a shame, regarded as a heretic, and died without the care of her family, she didn’t care. Maybe her heart is still quietly looking forward to death and escape to the world, but because she has no willpower to try it directly, she adopts this roundabout way, trying to embrace death while longing for the last bit of hope.

Fortunately, she met the Palatinate, and the two people’s identical attitudes towards cleanliness made them good friends. Palatinate had irresponsible parents, and the so-called nobility of the nobility was not instilled in his mind through systematic education. Because of his compassionate nature, he was often depressed by seeing others suffer. Palatinate may be shy and cowardly, but he is a good man with a very high tolerance.

Although he was a nobleman, he could not fully agree with many of Gertrude’s extreme views, but he felt that she was right, so he tried very hard to cover up this eccentric person. noble lady.

Seeing this, Rhine sighed. Going back to these past letters when you already know how the two of them ended was like watching them die in front of him. He put away the remaining letters and kept them for the next time. Through these letters, the image of Gertrude and the Palatinate became more and more vivid in his mind. Like two friends, he did not want to read all the letters at once, but wanted to keep the two friends for a while. .

After the inspection of the farmland that time, Rhine and Hillier made an appointment to visit several other places. The entire Cannon belonged to Rhine, and it was not easy to inspect the past one by one, but Rhine insisted on doing so. After coming down several times, even as a knight, Hillier couldn’t take it anymore. But seeing that Rhine was still in high spirits, Hillier couldn’t tell if he was suffering. As a knight, he is more tired than a thin earl. Saying it out will make people think that he was hollowed out by wine, but in fact, because of the earl, he has not seen those beautiful ladies for a long time. .

Rhine and Hillier went out to inspect again.

Palatinate is not a temperament that likes to go out. As a nobleman, he has nothing to do by himself. Everything can be done by stewards, servants and knights. He even has an army.

The aristocracy often passed the time through various pleasures, while the Palatinate preferred to read. Over the years, his body was thin and fair, and he completely turned into a weak noble.

After Rhine came, the housekeeper Joseph was a little worried about his abnormality by going out frequently. It could be seen that his health was getting better day by day and his expression became more determined, so he kept silent. After all, the influence of Miss Gertrude on the Count is well known to the entire castle. Although that young lady’s behavior is very inconsistent with the nobility’s code of conduct, how many servants she really cares about will really hate such a young lady? No matter what goal Rhine set to cheer up, as long as he didn’t get involved in dangerous things, Joseph would not easily dissuade his master from his actions.

The entire Canno area is flat and suitable for cultivation. In recent years, the harvest is not high, except for the reason of solar terms, the cultivation method is not good. Not to mention the meticulous things like watering and fertilizing, the entire Canno is still using the simplest rotation farming system. A piece of farmland is divided into two halves, half of the land is planted with grain during the year, and the other half of the land is fallow, and nothing is planted. Livestock such as cattle and sheep are stocked in it, so that they feed on the stalks left after last year’s harvest, and the manure produced as fertilizer for the land. This planting method can preserve soil fertility better than the previous year-round cultivation, but the utilization rate of the land is limited, and only half of the land is cultivated every year.

Rhine already had an improved method in mind, but he did not rashly propose it. He was still inspecting the territory, and then repeatedly deleted the plan in his mind.

Naturally, he could see Hillier’s tiredness, but he still insisted on keeping people by his side. First, he was too lazy to re-contact a knight with unknown details, and secondly, he wanted to evaluate Hillier’s character and ability.

With the handsome face that the upper class aristocrats love, Hillier himself is from the bottom people. He was promoted through military exploits, and finally won the honor of knight. He wandered in the upper class as a non-upper class person, trying to find someone with great wealth. The young lady or widow by her side is the marriage object.

There is no doubt that Hillier yearned for the glory of the nobles, and he did not consciously imitate the appearance of the nobles in his words and deeds. As for his background, he is inferior. Although his face is sunny and positive, he is a very cheerful person, but when it comes to related things, he always inadvertently reveals some unnaturalness.

Even so, Rhine did not feel like giving up on him because of this. Hillier is just a microcosm of this era, and those slightly hypocritical qualities in him are social and public qualities. On this basis, Hillier was hard-working and would not be too self-assured. He was still a rare friend of the Palatinate and knew Gertrude. These points alone were enough for Rhine to keep him.

What Rhine did these times also made Hillier’s heart change a little bit, and Hillier unconsciously became more respectful of this once weak earl. Although he was still addressing the name directly in his speech, every word Hillier said could not help but go over it in his mind first, so as not to offend the earl. The Earl is not as soft and easy to talk as before, he has his own opinions on many things, and he is firm in his own ideas.

“Rhine, what are you trying to do with these lands recently? Do you really want to reduce the rent? Or is this something related to the Holy See?”

Rhein already knew what the Palatinate did on the day Gertrude was executed. So, this was probably the bravest moment in the timid nobleman’s life, but it was a pity that it was wasted. If it weren’t for the Palatinate being an earl, I’m afraid that Rhine wouldn’t be able to stand here well now.

No wonder Hillier repeatedly asked about this matter, he was really afraid that Rhine would provoke the Holy See again.

Rhine said: “Hillier, I’m not afraid to tell you, I will use the Holy See to operate sooner or later.”

Although Hillier was already prepared, his heart jumped when he heard this. Rhine’s tone is too serious. Although he is an earl, he is only an earl. Even the past emperors and the Holy See have not been able to win arm wrestling. What can an earl do?

Rhine continued: “But don’t worry, it’s not at this moment, not at this moment. I just want everyone to fill their stomachs. What is the importance of how the Holy See sees me and how the nobles see me? It is the peasants who cultivate the land for me. It is the craftsmen who weave my clothes. The merchants who bring me all kinds of goods are merchants on the merchant ships. My life is maintained by the people of my land, and I do not care about their lives, but Do you care about how the nobles who worry about how to maintain their decency all day think of me? Hillier, you may have been longing for the life of the nobles, so you cannot understand what I am saying now, nor my determination to fight against the Holy See. If Really when that day comes, I will not bind you with the loyalty and glory of the so-called knight, I will set you free, and release the pledge of allegiance I made. But now, I need your help.”

Hillier Throat rolling, I don’t know if I should believe it or not.

Concerned about his people?

An earl wants to care about his people?

It even made him feel a little ridiculous. After all, when he was young and hungry, no aristocrat cared about whether he could eat enough. My father and mother were working every day, and when it was time to hand over the food, they were still miserable, not knowing how to live in the next year. It is precisely because of this that he yearns to become a knight, and would rather fight for his life than live in a dirty and poor lower class.

Hillier didn’t believe it, but he still said, “I am willing to serve you, my Count.”

After Rhine returned to Blandings Castle, he wrote all the methods he could think of and the methods he could use in this era. came out. After thinking again and again, and after editing and editing the paper several times, Rhine handed the things over to the housekeeper.

Joseph has always been the external clerk of the Palatinate. In the past, the collection of rent and taxes was handed over to Joseph. Now it is most suitable for him to notify him.

It didn’t take long for the entire Canno region to receive the news. Lord Earl gives all farmers who lease land two options: First, adopt the new farming method proposed by the Earl, which will be rent-free this year. 2. Refuse to adopt a new type of farming method and terminate the contract in the following year. The Earl will take back the land and no longer lease it to these farmers who are unwilling to change, but will give them a year to prepare.

[End of This Chapter]