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The happy time of the day is over quickly.

Afterwards, the news that Zhao Kun became a Titled Douluo spread throughout the entire Star Luo Empire as quickly as possible.

The birth of Titled Douluo was tantamount to the universal celebration. In order to win over Zhao Kun's connection, the emperor personally named him the prince of the Star Luo Empire in the name of the empire, with a high position and authority.

Logically speaking, the duke and the prince are equal, but changing the status to a prince will imperceptibly bind him more closely with the royal family, and the benefits he gets are often self-evident.

Not only that, Zhao Kun's original Grand Duchy of Xiyang was also led by him, including the two surrounding duchies, and the number of troops under his command increased by a full [-]!

The Star Luo Empire has a total of fourteen duchies and 23 subordinate duchies, plus two to three hundred other large and small counties and marquis states, most of which are enfeoffed by nobles, while the rest are controlled by the empire itself .

Basically, 80.00% of the Star Luo Empire can be pieced together if the areas of the fourteen duchies are organized together.

Zhao Kun controls a principality and two dependent states, and there are hundreds of large and small cities under his banner. Within his territory, he is the Grand Duke, who has the right of independence and the power of life and death.

If his principality becomes completely independent, then he himself can call himself the king, of course... This approach is feasible in extraordinary times, and if it becomes independent now, it will be a joke.

Generally speaking, the territorial division of the Star Luo Empire is a bit similar to the enfeoffment system in ancient China, it is a large system of layer-by-layer selection.

The biggest advantage of this system is that it can continuously expand the land outward, has a strong military strength, and has a deep foundation of the empire.

The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, there are too many territories, and the nobles who entrust the land, dukes, earls, marquises, etc., have great autonomy and cannot effectively centralize power to the center, causing management chaos, and even shaking the foundation of the country in severe cases.

The most important thing is that within the territories entrusted by the nobles, those subjects only need to be loyal to their respective lords, and do not need to be loyal to the central government of the empire.

To put it simply, in one sentence, my vassal's vassal is not my vassal.

In terms of blood relationship, it can also be summed up as my son's son, not my son.

A son only recognizes one father, which is equivalent to the person in Duke Zhao's territory. He only recognizes him and is loyal to him, like a cow and a horse.

And Duke Zhao, like all other dukes and marquises in the empire, is loyal to the Xingluo royal family.

But it turns out that with the passage of time, the inheritance of nobles from generation to generation, and the weak blood relationship, later people in the duke's territory only knew that the duke was the biggest existence, thus ignoring the royal family, resulting in political marginalization, So that it is not an exaggeration for the major fiefdoms to claim their own kings.

This is also the biggest drawback of Star Luo Empire's enfeoffment system, and the same is true for Heaven Dou Empire.

In the event of a war, the major principalities will operate independently, which will easily cause inevitable disasters.

To put it simply, as long as you control the lives of half of the leaders of the Star Luo Principality, you basically control the lifeblood of the Star Luo Empire.

It was also when Zhao Kun was granted the fiefdom of the principality that Jiang Li gradually went over the general structure of the Star Luo Empire, in order to be able to better see the situation when the war broke out and speed up the battle to the greatest extent.

Thinking about it here, he did not dare to relax for a moment in the progress of the soul power injection of the Underworld Sword. He sent soul power three times a day in the morning, noon and evening.

If the sleep time is reduced by half, he can do it four times a day, but his body will not allow it after a long time, and the gain outweighs the loss.

In addition, he sent Tian Feng to find some reliable auxiliary system soul masters. The soul skills and martial arts don't need to be outstanding, but the character must be guaranteed, and the most important thing is not to leak military secrets.

Even if he suppressed the progress of the seventh test of the underworld, he would not rush to reveal any rumors in a hurry, especially when Zhao Kun broke through the Title Douluo. In every move and every move, we must not make mistakes at this juncture.

In addition to finding some reliable auxiliary soul masters, he has two candidates, Yao Li and Fang Xiaocao. Yao Li's side must be fine, and the nine people brought in must be led by Yao Li.

As for Fang Xiaocao, he has asked Tian Feng to inquire about the situation, and if it is reliable, he will also take it in.

As expected, Tian Feng has been in the Cloud Cavalry Army for more than ten years, and his work efficiency is very fast. He learned that Fang Xiaocao's parents are also in the Cloud Cavalry Army. , The captain of the 17th team, powerful.

Moreover, Fang Xiaocao is bright and reliable, a little careless, but people around her say that she is a warm and cheerful little girl, and she is already a soul sage at the age of 26, which is enough to prove it.

"Young master, take a look. These are the twenty soul masters I selected from the personnel information of our entire auxiliary legion. They are absolutely safe and reliable."

Tian Feng handed Jiang Li a thin-skinned file, and said with a smile, "Actually, you can trust our Yunqi Army. They are all brothers and sisters of our own family. There are no other principalities, or the emperor's undercover agents."

Jiang Li looked at the personnel information recorded in the file with a serious face, and nodded, "Of course I understand, but now is an extraordinary period, so it's better to be careful."

"Yes." Tian Feng nodded, in a good mood.

Because after assisting Zhao Kun to become a Titled Douluo, he also obtained his own ninth soul ring and gave himself the name Demon Willow Douluo. He is in a happy mood now. If it wasn't for his inability to reveal his strength to the outside world, he would definitely be even better. happy.

Zhao Kun, on the other hand, hunted a 9-year-old violent-clawed dire bear and the power accumulated from the ginseng fruit. His strength broke through to level 93, and the effect was remarkable!

I don't know if it's because people are in good spirits on happy occasions, or if it's double happiness. The soul beast that was killed also exploded with a right arm bone, which happened to be Zhao Kun's. It just absorbed it, but it didn't announce it to the public.

As an adult, Zhao Kun obviously knows how to deal with power, and at his level and age, he is much more cunning than the old fox.

After the candidate was confirmed, Jiang Li led a nine-person auxiliary team into the relic space to help him stimulate his soul power to the greatest extent.

During this period of time, Ling Yin was also accumulating a lot to complete the test of the double god position.

As for General Zhen Guo, Zhu Shengshuo still mobilized the army in an orderly manner. In the name of drills, they moved back and forth between the principalities. Basically, no one could resist his authority, even if there were, they would not dare.

Cultivation has no time.

In a blink of an eye, four months have passed.

At this time, the progress of the Underworld Sword has broken through to 90.00%, and it is moving towards the final mark.

But today, Yunqijun welcomed a special friend, which made Jiang Li overjoyed and almost couldn't believe it.

"Hahaha, Brother Jiang, I haven't seen you for a year, and you look more and more unfathomable!" When Wang Jian came riding the Nine-Life Cat, he was full of smiles, like an old friend who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Even though the time has faded, it seems that we parted only yesterday, and we haven't seen each other for many days, but it is a kind feeling that is always by our side.

At least, when Jiang Li saw Wang Jian walking over, he couldn't believe it at first, but then he was relieved, walked over and gave Wang Jian a bear hug, and said with a smile.

"Master Gretel told you?"

Wang Jian took off the hat on his head, showing a mature face, "Yes, but even if he doesn't tell me, I will go to you, brother."

"Go to me?" Jiang Li was taken aback, "You mean, you also want to stay in the Star Luo Empire in the future?"

"Of course, your brother, I will not only stay here, but also help you make meritorious deeds, just kidding, such a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, I must come here, and when your business is completed, maybe I can be named the founding minister to enjoy Enjoy!"

Wang Jian smiled teasingly, patted Jiang Lie on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "I've taken care of my parents' affairs, and besides, I'm an orphan, and I don't have any sense of belonging to the Heaven Dou Empire. Here, I will follow you."

"Thank you..." Jiang Li stared at Wang Jian in front of him, feeling quite grateful, and thousands of words eventually turned into a simple thank you.

Now that Wang Jian has made a choice, as a good brother, he should respect and support his decision.

"By the way, having said that, what's going on with you and Meng Yiran?" Jiang Li couldn't help but smile.

Wang Jian spread his hands, "Wait a little longer, after your business is completed, I will persuade Meng Yiran and his family to come to Xingluo to develop, don't worry, I am now the door-to-door son-in-law, and I have taken care of all this. .”

Jiang Lie nodded, "This is the best. I don't want to wait until the Star Luo Empire unifies the mainland in the future, and face to face with my former friends."

"Tsk, brother Jiang, I haven't seen you in a year, your ambition is growing!" Wang Jian smiled and raised his eyebrows, "But I like it."

"Does anyone else know about me? Yu Shi, Su Xuan, Li Yi..." Jiang Lie asked.

Wang Jian scratched his head, "I should know, I don't know, isn't there a three-year agreement? We all came here separately."

"That's fine." Jiang Li nodded secretly, "After the matter is completed, I will find everyone to get together."

"I think so too, let's go, take it to meet my sister-in-law."

"Hiss, after all, you're really my big brother?"

"Nonsense, I'm two years older than you, and among the seven of us, I'm still the oldest!"

Laughter all the way.