Longbottom was a baron, a hereditary noble.
Although baron is only the lowest title, if it is hereditary, it can make most nobles jealous.
When the father dies, the son succeeds to the throne, when the son dies, the grandson succeeds, and when the grandson dies, it is passed down from generation to generation to form a family.
Yes, Baron Longbottom is the current head of the Longbottom family.
There are many nobles in the entire Tianyang Empire, but families with hereditary titles are only rare.
Ordinary people usually have two ways to obtain a title.
One is to join the army and win it through military merit.
The second is to become a member of the imperial civil servants and slowly climb up the ranks.
When the official position reaches a certain height, you will naturally be granted a title.
Both approaches have their pros and cons.
If you want to win a title with military merit, you naturally cannot stay in the stable local army.
You must join the border guard army and become a member of the border guards.
The internal situation in the Tianyang Empire was stable.
Almost all local armies had become the private armies of the great lords.
Without a battle to fight, there would naturally be no chance of meritorious deeds.
But joining the border guard force is different.
The two empires are at war every year, and there are wars every year.
As long as you have enough strength, it is not difficult to build military merit.
But that's the problem.
If you have abilities, others also have them, and the enemy is no exception.
Unless your strength is extraordinary, there is no guarantee that you will not die in battle.
Some people used to be bounty hunters, and they always feel that they are much stronger than ordinary soldiers, and it is not difficult to obtain military exploits.
However, once on the battlefield, their proud strength and combat experience are of no help at all, and may instead become a drag.
Facing thousands of arrows, no matter how flexible your body is, you can't even try to escape.
There are also some warriors who are indeed stronger than others and can kill everyone on the battlefield, but often these people will not survive.
The more conspicuous you are on the battlefield, the more likely you are to be besieged and even receive special attention from enemy masters.
Once you are targeted, a cold arrow may kill you.
Therefore, if you want to win a title with military merit, in addition to strength, you must also have enough brains and good luck.
If one of the three is missing, it is very likely that you will die on the battlefield.
As for taking the civil service route, forget it.
Although it is dangerous to obtain a title based on military merit, it is relatively fair.
Nimitz was very strict in managing the army.
In the army, he only looked at the rank and rank, and did not care about his origin or background.
Even Su Zhen had no privileges at all, just like ordinary soldiers.
Not to mention, Nimitz especially hated the behavior of pretending to receive military honors or robbing others of military honors.
Once discovered, he would be executed immediately.
There was once a wealthy nobleman who thought he was smart and asked his son to join the border guard.
He also paid a lot of money to hire several masters for personal protection.
He credited their military exploits to his son, hoping to win a title for him.
No matter what he did, it eventually brought disaster to his son.
After discovering this, Nimitz specially transferred his son and the strong men who were invited to the most dangerous place to garrison, waiting for the next change of defense.
None of these people could survive smoothly, and there were not even corpses.
They all became a handful of loess in the wilderness.
Being a civil servant is indeed not life-threatening.
It seems that as long as you have the ability, you will always succeed.
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However, the fact is exactly the opposite.
No matter how capable a civil servant is, the best result can only be to become someone else's staff and a stepping stone for others.
And those who can truly obtain a title through the civil service system can always only be those children from big families.
If you don't choose either path and still want to get the title, there is only one way left: inheritance.
However, there are very few hereditary nobles.
Generally speaking, families with hereditary titles have existed since the founding of the country and were personally canonized by the founding emperor.
Or maybe his family has abilities that are irreplaceable to others, and the empire must use this method to tie them firmly to its own chariot.
If these two requirements cannot be met, it will be difficult to obtain a hereditary title even if one is extremely powerful.
The most typical example is Prime Minister Hippoly.
In terms of status, he is already the head of the civil service, and in terms of background, he is Subolai's brother-in-law, and he himself has a very close relationship with Subolai.
When Hippoly revealed his wish to become a hereditary noble, Soubole agreed.
But in the end, this matter failed, because after Subler brought this matter up for discussion, he immediately received strong opposition from Marshal Nimitz, Grand Duke Bulveda of Griffin, and even several major lords passed They expressed their dissatisfaction in various ways.
Even though Subolai was being stupid, he knew that this matter could not be done, and in the end he had no choice but to let it go.
Even Hippoly is like this, and it is even more impossible for others to become hereditary nobles.
However, there is no doubt that the Longbottom family is indeed a hereditary baron.
Of course, this also means that the ancestors of the Longbottom family were among the founding heroes, but they were less conspicuous, otherwise they would not have only received the title of baron.
Probably the first Baron Longbottom was a confidant of some big shot or something.
Although he was not prominent, he was not forgotten after all.
He still remembered to give him a piece of the cake, even though it was only a small piece.
This was enough.
When the following Barons Longbottom inherited their titles from their elders, they also inherited their character of not seeking merit but seeking no faults.
Over the course of thousands of years, other families either flourished and became members of the top class of power; or they declined completely, and even lost their inheritance; or they experienced great ups and downs, with periods of prosperity and decadence.
Anyway, they have always experienced a lot of changes. .
As for the Longbottom family, there has been almost no change.
They still guard their one-third of an acre of land and live their own life leisurely.
"I should be the last Baron Longbottom.
In a few days, there will be no Longbottom family in the world."
After driving away a mouse that had been staring at him for a long time, Baron Longbottom leaned against the wall weakly, and once again Think back to the few wonderful moments in your life.
The Longbottom family has its own territory, which is very small, just a palm-sized town with only a few hundred residents.
There are only eight thousand small lords like him in the empire, but there are not many richer than the Longbottom family.
It's not that the Longbottom family is good at experience, or that the territory is rich in resources, but simply because the location of the Longbottom family's territory is good.
Baron Longbottom's fiefdom is located outside the Imperial City, and can barely be considered a suburb.
Everything else is average, but there is a river that just flows out of the Imperial City and passes by his town.
A small town outside the metropolis, coupled with a small river with abundant water, just meets the basic requirements for establishing a cargo transfer station, making Baron Longbottom's town a treasure in the eyes of merchants.
The first generation of Baron Longbottom was very self-aware and knew that his level was limited and that doing business would only make the family decline faster, so he directly leased the entire town to those business families and let them build inns and warehouses in the town, while he himself Then he became a hands-off shopkeeper, doing nothing but collecting rent.
In addition, he also established a family rule that no one is allowed to sell the family territory no matter how many times before others come out.
Otherwise, they will immediately be deprived of their status as the head of the family and directly expelled from the family.
I have to say that the first Baron Longbottom was very wise, and the rules he set ensured the continued success of the Longbottom family.
While other families were either rising or declining, the Longbottom family relied on that treasured land and still lived a pleasant life.
Of course, there are also other big families who are covetous of this place.
If they fail to buy it, they want to take it from the Longbottom family by force.
But this is not a problem.
Whenever this happens, Baron Longbottom will put on his best and most formal clothes, bring the treasures he usually saves, and visit other hereditary nobles.
Although most of the hereditary nobles in the imperial city have declined, there are still some powerful ones, such as the Griffin family, the hereditary duke.
Because they all belong to the hereditary nobility, those big families will usually lend a helping hand to protect the territories of their smaller families.
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As long as the territory is still there, it doesn't matter even if there is some blood.
The small families still understand this.
Thinking of this, Baron Longbottom, who was dying of hunger and could barely open his eyes, miraculously smiled.
During his tenure as the head of the family, he also encountered a crisis, but he resolved it without spending any money.
That was the most correct thing he did in his life.
When Baron Longbottom first became the head of the family, the chamber of commerce that rented the family territory lost a lot of money due to poor decision-making and had to withdraw from the imperial city.
Of course, in the eyes of Baron Longbottom, this is not a thing at all.
When one chamber of commerce withdraws, more chambers of commerce will naturally be waiting to enter, and his territory will not have to worry about finding tenants.
The only headache for Baron Longbottom was choosing one of the many chambers of commerce seeking rent.
Generally speaking, it is not difficult to make a choice.
You must first choose those chambers of commerce that belong to the Tianyang Empire, because they will be protected by the laws of the empire.
Secondly, there is nothing to think about who pays the higher price.
However, after careful consideration for a few days, Baron Longbottom leased the territory to the San Siro family, a foreign merchant guild, regardless of the opposition of other members of the family.
What a wise decision this was!
Baron Barton couldn't help laughing a few times every time he thought about it.
It is precisely because of choosing the San Siro family that the Longbottom family has had smooth sailing over the past few decades.
There was once a newly promoted family who climbed into the eldest prince's path and directly sent a message to Baron Longbottom through the above, wanting to purchase his territory as their base for stationing in the imperial city.
With the face of the eldest prince there, the great nobles who had helped the Longbottom family in the past stood by and watched, even though Baron Longbottom begged his grandfather to sue his nǎǎi.
But just when Baron Longbottom had completely lost hope, the new family suddenly stopped buying it.
Afterwards, Baron Longbottom learned that the reason why that family stopped was because the head of the San Siro family, a female magician named Felin, kicked open the door of the new family and placed a contract with the new family.
On the patriarch's nose.
"The San Siro family has rented the Longbottom family's territory for a hundred years.
No one is allowed to cause trouble before the expiration date, otherwise they will bear the consequences."
This was the first sentence in the contract.
It was at this moment that Baron Longbottom understood that in the eyes of the female head of Felin's family, anyone who did not let her rent the territory would be responsible for the consequences, not just them.
Just the Longbottom family.
It was obvious that the new family was timid, and even the eldest prince did not respond at all.
Relying on tenants to keep the territory may not be so glorious, but in Baron Longbottom's mind, this can only show that he is very discerning, at least more discerning than anyone else in the family.
If he hadn't fought against all odds at that time, the territory would definitely not have been saved.
Without territory, the Longbottom family would basically be doomed.
"I can't die, I have to hold on for a few more days."
Probably inspired by the "wisdom" in the past, Baron Longbottom decided to use his last strength to stand up and choose a few relatively fresh pieces of meat from the pair of carrion. food.
After being trapped in the Colosseum for so long, even those with slightly weaker bodies would have died of starvation, sleepiness, and illness.
Only people with strong digestive abilities like Baron Longbottom could survive.
If you want to survive, you have to eat no matter how unpleasant the food is.
If you don't eat carrion, you will become a pile of carrion yourself.
However, this time Baron Longbottom failed to choose the piece of meat he wanted.
Just when he crawled in front of the pair of carrion, his body suddenly lightened, and his whole body disappeared together with the pair of carrion.
At the same time, a huge bottomless pit appeared in the arena, swallowing up a third of the residents in the blink of an eye
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