Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 233 Unexpected Title

At night, Rhodes sat on the wine table in the tent and listened to the Nord nobles beside him happily celebrating the victory just now.

Although the King of Nord has not announced his reward, he is still allowed to sit with these nobles.

"Who came up with this crazy idea today? You haven't seen those imperial people howling and panicking. It's really fun!" Duke Ulver laughed loudly while sitting on the long table.

"Of course it is our wise and mighty king, may he live long!" a nobleman raised his wine glass and said loudly.

Others in the tent echoed "Long life to him."

They drank a toast to the king sitting at the front of the long table, and King Nord returned a glass with a smile.

While drinking, Rhodes looked at the Nord King who was not far away. He was also a burly barbarian with a height of more than two meters.He wore a black keel crown on his head, and sitting there gave people a sense of dignity and deterrence as a king.

The soldiers outside the tent were also celebrating. They sat around the bonfire and ate roasted horse meat and horse meat soup, but they didn't drink, not because they were not allowed to drink, but because the army didn't bring much wine.

These horse meat were the horses of the cavalry of the Roman Empire. The flames and thick smoke only killed the cavalry and horses, but did not turn them into ashes.

Except for the burnt horse, the horse meat inside is only half-cooked, and it can be eaten with a little processing. These Nords don't care if it is delicious, as long as it can be eaten.

After cleaning the battlefield, they marched towards the fort for a certain distance before setting up camp. The place where the army was before was too humid, and the other side was covered with ashes from weeds, which was not suitable for the army to rest.

Rhodes felt a little bored sitting in the tent, and he didn't know many people here.

The nobles of Nord, like commoners, start bragging when they drink, and become crazy when they drink a little more. Rhodes just saw two nobles fight like street gangsters after they were drunk.

But before the winner was decided, he was pulled away.

After this simple dinner, Rhodes left the tent.Instead of sleeping with normal Nord soldiers, he had a separate tent.

Just as he was about to rest, Duke Ulver found him.

"The king has arranged your fiefdom and title, and now I will call you the earl." Duke Ulver said with a smile, "but you still have to think about a family emblem. As for the surname, the king allows you to use his name." surname, or you can think of a surname yourself."

Hearing the Duke say that the king allowed him to use the king's surname, combined with Baron's previous performance, Rhodes doubted whether he was actually the king's illegitimate son, and Baron was the king's brother.

But since they allowed themselves to use his surname, why not directly admit his identity?

An illegitimate child will not have any serious impact on the king, except for damaging his honor.

However, there does not seem to be much difference between such an approach and public acknowledgment.

"Since the king is willing to give me the honor of using his surname, then I will use his surname as my own. As for the pattern of the family emblem, I have to think about it." Rhodes replied after a little thought, using the king's surname It's only good for him, the most important thing is that he can't think of any nice and domineering surname.

The surname of King Nord is the same as that of the province directly ruled by him, which is called Dragon Fire.

"Where is my fief?" Rhodes asked again.

"Well, it is said that in that newly established province, it is the land between Winterfell Fortress and Glory Fortress. The king should give you the most affluent location. If nothing else, it is the Riverview Plain next to the White River. Or bigger than this. The specifics will be announced by the king himself." Duke Ulver thought for a while and answered.

Hearing the river looking at the plain, Rhodes remembered something again. Although it felt like a long time had passed, it was actually less than a year.

He feels that he has changed a lot in less than a year, and seems to have lost his original intention...

After Duke Ulver left, Rhodes lay in the tent thinking about the family emblem. He didn't know whether it was better to use Dongfang dragon or panda, or was it funny?

In the end, after thinking about it, Dongfang Long is the best, and the other two are not very serious.

If you choose funny as the family emblem, how will the descendants of the family think of him in the future?

But at that time, it is not certain whether the noble class will still exist...

A few days later, Rhodes returned to the fortress with the army. A few days ago, the king of Nord announced the reward for Rhodes in front of the nobles.

Now Rhodes is also a nobleman.

Similar to Duke Ulver's guess, Rhodes' fief is the Hewang Plain and a small half of the Rocky Mountains. This piece of land is almost half the size of the municipality directly under the Central Government of China.

Rhodes had been to that area before, and although the environment was not bad, due to the long-term war there was not much population.

If he wants to develop the territory quickly, he must solve the population problem. Whether it is the development of agriculture or industry, people are inseparable.

Now that it's winter, Rhodes may have to consider the issue of food. He feels that the residents of the territory probably don't have enough food to survive the winter.

There are many ways to increase the population, such as plundering people through war, or buying them directly from slave traders.

Rhodes felt that when he got the territory, it was necessary for him to buy people from slave traders to develop the territory.

Although buying slaves is also a wrong thing in his heart, if there are no buyers, slave traders will not go around arresting people and selling them.

However, he can guarantee that the slaves he buys will live more comfortably in his territory than in the territories of other lords. At least he will help those slaves get rid of their status as slaves and let them live a life without worry.

Rhodes returned to the castle of the fortress, and Duke Ulver told him that someone had come to the castle to help him make the family emblem and flag.

Following a castle guard, Rhode came to a room on the second floor of the castle.

Rhodes knocked on the door lightly. He felt that he needed to learn the etiquette of nobles in the future. Many nobles are very particular about all aspects, even the rhythm of knocking on the door.

The door opened by itself, and Rhodes knew that the people in the room must also have some magic.

Rhodes walked into the room, and an old man with all white hair and a bald head in a gray shabby robe was sitting in front of the desk writing something.

The old man turned around and looked at Rhodes. Rhodes noticed that the old man had no eyes, only whites.

"I came to ask you to draw the family emblem and flag." Rhodes said, he thought it would be better to respect the old man, and he always reminded himself that even if he had the status of a nobleman, he couldn't ignore anyone.

"Come closer." The old man said, and Rhode walked to the old man.

Rhodes felt that this might be the oldest person he had ever seen. The wrinkles on this old man's face were like bark, and it wasn't that he didn't have white eyes, but that he was too old and his eyes were completely cloudy.

It's hard to imagine how such an old man can help him draw the coat of arms and flags
"Close your eyes and imagine the pattern you want." The old man stood up and put his hands on Rhodes' shoulders, and a blue light appeared on his hands.

Rhodes felt a little strange, but he still did as the old man said...

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(End of this chapter)