Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

At this point, three-fifths of the territory in the entire county of Brittany belonged to the Stewart family. Christine also sent Lord Pierre Legrand to the capital of France to submit an application for the title of earl to the Parliament of Nobles.

If there are still new ones like the Stewart family in the past thousands of years, the Marquis of Field has never changed. Because the standard for a real marquis is to have a territory of a county, which is the so-called "splitting the soil to enfeoff the marquis". Basically no one can do it now.

You must know that there are a total of seventeen counties in the entire Kingdom of France, of which five are directly under the king. The three field marquises each have a county territory, and the remaining nine counties each have an earl. It can be said that the field earls are placed on the mainland. He is also a big noble.

The next step for Christine is to make unified planning for the new territory.

The first is to adjust the tax rate. In addition to the tithe tax paid to the church by the people in the territory, the lord tax is set at two-tenths, and all other miscellaneous taxes that may or may not be collected are also exempted.

Doing this can bring the people back home in a short period of time. When the Earl of Renne ruled, the tax rate was four-tenths, and the excessive levies and miscellaneous taxes were even higher. Now that the Stewart family has replaced them, it has been reduced immediately. Naturally, the people will no longer think about the previous situation. Lord.

Besides, this is also conducive to Christine's plan to develop the handicraft industry. When the citizens have money, people will buy the things produced by the workshops in the territory. When the workshops make money, they will expand production and occupy the markets of other nobles.

Of course, this is not in vain. The village chiefs of each village should lead the villagers to repair the village walls and the roads between villages and towns. The walls of all towns including Dominaria, Rennes, Dragon Claw, and Lorient have been built to a height of seven meters and three meters thick. The walls of other villages have been built to a height of five meters high and two meters thick, and are all made of stone. quality, a wooden watchtower was set up.

The nearly 1,000 prisoners of war still followed the previous practice, serving three years of hard labor first, and then they were converted into formal soldiers if they performed well. Because of the previous examples, everyone was very motivated. With this group of labor force, it is no longer a problem to build two new mage towers, expand Dominaria City and Dragon Claw Town, or build water conservancy projects in various villages.

As the territory expands, the army will naturally expand as well.

First, the standing infantry was expanded to one thousand men. They usually live in the barracks and are provided with daily food, clothing, weapons and equipment by the lord, and are trained by the knights. These soldiers received no military pay but were each granted additional land for their families to farm, so morale was high. In terms of organization, a team of ten people is equipped with a two-horse carriage, and five teams are divided into a squadron, with a knight squire as the squadron leader.

Secondly, a cavalry force of 200 people was formed. This was the mobile force of the territory. It patrolled various villages and towns on a daily basis to eliminate bandits and monsters to maintain the safety of trade routes.

Finally, Dominaria City, Rennes City, and Dragon Claw Town each formed a city guard of 200 people. This was learned from the capital city of France. Its members are all locals or people with special skills. It is equivalent to a police force. Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular army, it is very useful in maintaining public order.

The biggest change was Christine's guard, which originally consisted of seven fourth-level professionals and forty cavalry, but now five more knights were added. Of course, according to the rules of the nobility, the time a knight can serve the lord is also limited, but now that there are more knights in the territory, there is no pressure to rotate them.

The next step is to reward the knights and soldiers according to their merits. The rewards for knights and soldiers are as usual. The biggest reward is the magic items from the seven mages including Master Gottfried.

Among these people, there are at least three magic items. The stored ones are mainly practical spells such as first-level "Mage Armor", "Shield", "Magic Missile", and second-level "Invisibility" and "Levitation". , but got a "Fireball Technique" and a "Human Holding Technique" magic ring from Master Gottfried.

So Olivia, Mage Ramos, and Ronny Druid were each equipped with four magic items, which was considered a shotgun exchange for a cannon.

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On the day that Christine signed an agreement with the eldest son of Count Rennes and the new Baron of Lorient, the major churches reported the matter to the headquarters. After all, the birth of a new field count was a big event.

You must know that many noble families have people serving as pastors in major churches, so if this matter is spread back to the church, it means that the noble circle of the Kingdom of France knows about it.

It was not difficult for the nobles to really want to know something. It didn't take long for the whole incident to be sorted out, and the result shocked them.

The focus of the whole thing was how Baron Stewart defeated and killed a master mage, but there were no witnesses to the entire battle except from the very beginning.

First of all, they ruled out the help of the two elves who had been staying in Stuart because they were guests at the Dragon God Church headquarters when the incident occurred.

Secondly, the suspicion of the involvement of evil forces was ruled out, because after the battle, Baron Stewart went to the temple in Dragon Claw Town to pray. In order to thank the Dragon God for blessing her victory, those who have contact with evil cannot escape the eyes of God.

The remaining reason is the secret of the Stewart family.

The Mages Guild is the most concerned about this matter. After all, it is related to the death of a master mage. However, it is impossible for them to inquire about the family secrets of a field baron. They can only visit the person involved.

At that time, everyone saw that Baron Stewart was wearing a suit of armor and holding a long sword. From the style of the armor and its ability to reduce the damage of "Fireball", it can be inferred that it should be with the "Arcane Knights" of the Church of the Goddess of Magic. "Same armor.

This type of armor was indeed given by the goddess of magic, but there were many great arcanists who mastered the technology of manufacturing this kind of armor during the ancient Netheril Magic Empire, and they also customized many sets for high elves.

Dragon blood descendants have a long lifespan, so it is not impossible that any ancestor of the Stewart family obtained such a set of armor. By extension, this may also be a treasure of the elves, and maybe it was lent to Baron Stewart for use.

After all, the two major conventions only stipulate that foreign races cannot participate in human noble wars, and they do not say that you cannot borrow treasures, as long as you are not afraid of the risk of becoming someone else's trophy.

As for the "angel war gear" that can form magic wings, the Mage Guild knows it all too well. It is something from the ancient Netheril Magic Empire. It is also found in the Mage Guild. It is most likely from the same origin as the armor.

After synthesizing all kinds of intelligence, they came to the conclusion that Baron Stewart should have recovered his ancestors who had ventured abroad, and also borrowed treasures from dragon blood descendants or elves, and won the battle with a two-pronged approach.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, in short, the master mage also died in the hands of the spell caster. This conclusion is enough.