The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"And I'm helping you because the Lipton family is too weak, so weak that it's not even worth a glance from others."

"So, the family needs to become stronger!" Carlo continued to talk to himself.

"You have never attended the receptions or dinners of those great nobles. You have never seen the way those great nobles look at us, the little nobles from remote places without titles!"

"I've seen it. It's a look of extreme arrogance, contempt, and even disgust! It's like looking at dog shit on the side of the road!"

"My brother, you don't know how wronged and humiliated I was at that time, and how miserable I felt!"

"I really wish there was a crack in the ground that I could crawl into! So from then on, I swore: I must make the Lipton Family develop and become powerful!"

Ha ha!

Soran thought to himself: My dear brother, how do you know that I have not experienced it?

The scene of the dinner at the Lonely Mountain Castle in Saladin County is still vivid in my mind!

But so what?

Both the Lipton family and himself were at the bottom of the entire aristocratic social chain.

And being despised by those self-righteous nobles is only normal!

And this is actually the reason why Sauron keeps improving himself and wants to climb up.

It's not pleasant to be looked down upon.

Especially for Soran who has memories of his past life.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, but the family really can't come up with more funds."

"My father and I both know that in this era, land is the foundation and heritage of a family. So we used our family's savings over the years to buy a large estate and many slaves in the countryside of Connat City to strengthen the family's heritage."

“However, although this method has lower risks, it is very slow and takes a long time to generate benefits.”

"So, generally speaking, the family doesn't have much savings now." Carlo explained to Soran patiently.

"You have become a hereditary noble of the kingdom and obtained a hereditary territory. My father and I were very surprised and happy when we learned about this."

"Unfortunately, if this wonderful news could have come one or two years earlier, we would definitely not have done this."

"Instead, invest all the money into the construction of your territory, so that you can create a real territory for the Lipton family!"

"After all, you still have the blood of the Lipton family flowing in your veins, right?"

Carlo spoke so eloquently and excitedly that Sauron felt it was quite good.

But when it comes to bloodline, he can't help but shake his head in denial.

As we all know, bloodline is one of the least important factors in the connection between nobles.

As far as the royal capital, Midburg, is concerned, most of the homeless people and beggars in the city can be related to the high and mighty nobles.

Including the royal family, it’s just a matter of whether it’s far or near, more or less.

Among nobles, what matters most, after all, is the connection of interests.

There are many nobles who force their sons to fight each other and their brothers to kill each other for various interests!

It’s not like Sauron hasn’t seen it before!

Carlo suddenly looked straight into Soran's eyes and said word by word: "Soran, I was wrong before, but I won't feel guilty and apologize to you. After all, I also lost my biological mother."

"But now, we don't have a conflict of interest, do we?"

"From now on, you will mainly be active in your own territory, while I will mainly run the family in Connat City. As members of the Lipton family, for the glory of this family name, I hope we can unite, work together, and share what we have!"

"This is the only way to make the Lipton family stronger and stronger, and to make those nobles who look down on us take notice of us, right?"

Carlo's voice became louder and louder, his voice full of emotion, vividness, and brilliance, as if he had seen how powerful the Lipton Family would become!

"Yes, brother, we must unite, we must quickly become strong, and make those who look down on us pay the price!" Sauron answered firmly, his eyes also shining.

But I didn’t think like that in my heart: Everyone can act. Everyone has won an Oscar!

This was mainly because Soran didn't know how true or false Carlo's words were.

But I really need his help now, so I might as well just go along with what he says!

Anyway, there is no substantial loss to myself.

Just be careful and cautious!

But thinking about it, it is indeed as Carlo said. From now on, the two of them will be farther apart, and there will basically be no conflict of interest.

By uniting with each other, it can indeed play a role in the development of one's own territory.

So, why not do it?

Of course, these are things to follow.

Sauron felt that his main task now was to think carefully about how to get more start-up capital from here and then run away!

"Sauron, the family really can't help you with funds right now. But don't worry, I will do my best to raise more funds for you at the celebration party. This is equivalent to my sincerity to you!" Carlo expressed his thoughts.

He also noticed that his brother didn't seem to believe what he said!

"Also, in terms of the people, the family can provide you with fifty slaves, and also help migrate some of the Lipton family's side branches over there."

“No need, brother!” Soran refused without even thinking: “Although I have never been to that territory, I am not completely unfamiliar with it.”

"As far as I know, there are more than a hundred households in my territory. It is not an uninhabited wilderness."

"Besides, the family's development is in need of a large number of laborers right now. How can I take them away?"

joke!

Who knows what this cheap brother's intention is when his attitude suddenly changes 180 degrees? Maybe he has spies or something?

Carlo seemed to have seen through Soran's thoughts, so he said directly: "Don't worry, the people assigned to you are all selected by you, and my father and I will not interfere."

Now it was Soran's turn to be embarrassed.

But if you don't take advantage of the opportunity, you're a fool, so he whispered back: "Then I'll take it, thank you brother and father!"

Carlo shook his head and sighed imperceptibly.

He knew that Soran had misunderstood him deeply and did not completely believe what he said.

But he had no choice but to talk about it later.

After that, the two brothers chatted for a while and then went to bed.

After all, it is late at night and everyone has work to do tomorrow.

Perhaps Carlo really wanted to ease the relationship between the two brothers during this conversation.

But Soran wouldn't completely believe it.

We are all adults, not so childish.

The misunderstandings and prejudices over the years cannot be resolved by just a few words!

How is this possible? I, Sauron, am not the naive and innocent character in idol dramas.

The truthfulness of Carlo's words remains to be discussed, but Soran also understands that the two can cooperate with each other.

The reason is that there is indeed no substantial conflict of interest between the two.

As for secretly harming Sauron and then inheriting Sauron's territory, this is absolutely impossible.

According to the continent's ancient traditions and the laws of the kingdom, as the first generation of hereditary baron, if Soran dies unexpectedly without a successor, his title and territory can only be taken back by the feudal lord.

The younger brother inherits the throne after the elder brother dies. This can only happen among the descendants of Sauron.

This is actually equivalent to protecting the first generation of hereditary aristocrats.