I kissed the statue at the beginning and I vomited all over the floor

Chapter 240: The Past of the Royal Capital Nobles

The human kingdom seems to have the largest area and the largest population, but in fact most areas are governed by their own city lords.

The royal capital is not so much the political center of the human kingdom as it is the largest of all human cities.

Unlike border cities like Huiyao City, which has a population of about 200,000, the royal capital is said to have a population of three million.

And because it claims to be tolerant of all races, nearly 500,000 of its population are elves, dwarves and gnomes from other regions.

After humans inherited the legacy of the Third Age and began to develop outward, the territory of the entire kingdom expanded too quickly.

Especially compared to other races.

For example, the Moon Elves. The entire Elf Courtyard has been developed for nearly ten thousand years, but it is still just a pocket-sized city in the haze forest.

And Huiyao City, in just a few hundred years, developed into the largest gathering place for intelligent creatures in the North.

This phenomenon is common across the territorial borders of human kingdoms.

There are some races that have no ambition to dominate the world and are not very opposed to racial intermarriage, and they are very happy to integrate with human city-states.

Nield is a typical example - even though he had just had a big fight with Shining City, it has to be said that after the Lightfoot Halflings joined human civilization, they lived a much more comfortable life than when they worked alone before.

At least when various giant monsters from the main plane come to attack the city, there are tall humans to lead the way.

Besides, human society is truly tolerant of different races.

In many cities’ municipal agencies, many important positions are already held by people of different races.

In many slave traders' warehouses, humans are the main cargo, with other races as a supplement.

Since there is no racial discrimination, there will naturally be no excessive resistance to the invasion of human civilization.

Everyone wants to make their life better, right?

The human kingdom, which had emerged in the Third Era and was officially established in the Fourth Era, developed too quickly. As the center of political power, the capital's ability to control the various city-states became increasingly weak.

The amount of taxes paid each year is pitifully small, and some remote places haven't paid taxes for a long time.

Therefore, the ruling party in the human kingdom came up with a plan to strengthen centralization of power - the plan to infiltrate the royal capital nobles.

These second-generation nobles from the major families in the royal capital can apply to leave the royal capital and go to other cities to take up positions related to military, economy and politics, as long as you are not the first heir to the family.

As compensation, you will automatically have the title corresponding to your position, and when you return to the capital at the end of your term, this title will still exist.

If you are willing to pay a considerable amount of taxes, this title can be hereditary.

Undoubtedly, such a move gave the second-generation rich people in the royal capital, who had previously been able to live a life of luxury, a chance to turn their lives around.

At the same time, in order to surpass their father's title, the second generation will work very hard during their tenure - of course, for the work of the royal capital.

This can be said to be a powerful weapon for the kingdom to strengthen its rule.

In less than twenty years, the power of the royal capital's nobles had penetrated into most cities and regions, with the most extensive involvement being religion and economy.

But not every second-generation rich man without inheritance rights wants to leave his hometown to fight for a title.

Ruiwo didn't want to, not at all.

Sir River is from a side branch of the family. Not only him, but also his brothers and sisters have no right of inheritance.

Having grown up in such an environment and atmosphere, he has no interest in any counterattack or a makeover.

Of course, after all, his father is a nobleman, and Ruiwo, who has never had to worry about food and drink, finds it difficult for him to have any ambition.

Originally, Ruiwo had planned to stay in the capital, become a businessman or politician, and earn a living by talking.

As a result, that year, he got a girlfriend who was unwilling to be ordinary - Nordman Guanghui.

Compared with Ruiwo's family, the Glorious Family is not much better except for its nice name.

Although Nordman also has no right of inheritance, this girl is very ambitious and is still trying to revive the family and make it glorious again.

So, the two young men at that time rushed around studying the situation in the kingdom and investigating the development potential of each city-state to see where it would be most cost-effective to invest half of their lives.

Finally, Huiyao City, a city on the northern border, was chosen by the two young nobles as the place to spend their youth.

"So one of you went to Nield to take a break, and the other one played dress-up in the Tyr Church?"

Nordman, who had regained his appearance, sat in the recliner, crossed his legs, poured a lot of granulated sugar into the lemon tea in front of him, and sipped it lazily.

“I became an old man to save myself some trouble.

At that time, I felt that I couldn't let someone down, and there were too many perverts among the local nobles in Huiyao City - no offense - there were too many perverts.

If I show my true appearance, the entrance of the Tyr Church will probably be filled with noble carriages."

“It’s really curious…

Okay, let’s not talk about irrelevant topics anymore. What on earth are you two trying to do by doing this?

Are you going to switch to arms sales?"

Alvin had just been unable to eat due to Xiling's biting cold, and now he was munching on a plate of pastries.

"It's not an arms sale, Lord Ivan."

Nordman shook his long legs, which made Revo stunned.

“Huiyao City is a border city. If it encounters an attack or invasion, it is a way to quickly accumulate merit.

But you also know that with the overall armed capabilities of Huiyao City now, let alone the more than 10,000 half-dragons mentioned in your intelligence, even if there are only 500 of them, Huiyao City will probably be completely wiped out."

Nordman swatted away a dirty hand that had stretched out to do something wrong, rolled his eyes at River, then turned back to Ivan and continued.

"But if my temple knights had weapons like yours, I'm sure I could stop these half-dragons north of the Radiance, or even counterattack with you deep into the Spine of the World."

“But why don’t I just work with Xiuman.

You should also know that I have a pretty good relationship with him."

Nordman, who was drinking lemon tea, raised his eyebrows, as if he was very sure that Ivan would not make such a choice, and said in a very calm tone:

"Human? Don't be ridiculous.

You wouldn't be stupid enough to get too close to a politician who sent someone to assassinate you...

Besides, even I don’t know what Shuman is planning in private, who would dare to cooperate with such a character.”

"But you are not the military leader of Huiyao City. You don't seem to have the power to mobilize the army..."

"You underestimate me, little Alvin."

This beautiful big sister with big legs leaned close to Ivan, with a dangerous look on her mature and beautiful face.

"In the name of the Chief Judge, I will ask the Radiant City troops who believe in Tyr to join me in judging those half-dragon heretics.

After more than ten years of development, most of the military and administrative personnel in Huiyao City are followers of Tyr. "