Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

While Earl Langton was enjoying his tea, another viscount stood up.

"I think Earl Langton's proposal is not unreasonable. Baron Monterey has been in danger many times while serving his country. Since such a person has achieved enough military exploits, of course he should be awarded the title he deserves.

Just now, Viscount Zorn had objections to Baron Monterey's military exploits. I think this is nonsense. Baron Monterey has probably handed over more orc heads each time than Viscount Zorn has ever seen in his life.

Furthermore, since Baron Monterey raided the orcs' food routes, the orcs' food shortage has become more serious day by day. The civilian rations have been reduced by one-third, and the rations of the second-line troops have been reduced by 20%. These are real data. .

Our Kingdom of Fontaine originally needed to mobilize grain from thousands of miles from the rear, but with the help of Roja's Potion, a powerful tool to accelerate ripening and increase production, the Kingdom directly saved millions of gold coins in waste.

Baron Monterey’s various contributions cannot be erased!

As for the placement of new counts in border counties that are not vacant, I think this can be easily solved.

The newly expanded five counties are vast and sparsely populated, especially the two northernmost counties of Aidil and Palin, which are almost equivalent to four or five hinterland counties. I think it is completely possible to re-split the administrative divisions and divide Aidil and Palin into The second county of Ke was split into three counties.

Moreover, the two counties of Edir and Palink were lost in this war. Although they later regained their land, I think that Earl Foster and Earl Rosen who commanded these two counties should be punished somewhat. Of course, this makes the punishment stronger, so as compensation, the kingdom can move some landless refugees from the hinterland.

And I think that Baron Monterey is brave and good at fighting. With him sharing the front-line pressure for Earl Foster and Earl Rosen, the north will be more calm when it encounters the orcs' invasion from the south again. "

The entire parliament hall immediately boiled after remaining silent for five seconds.

This kind of splitting of administrative divisions in the kingdom usually involves splitting up hinterland counties that have been operating for a long time, are already quite densely populated, and have completely developed soil.

For example, the two border counties that were transformed into hinterland counties after the last round of development war, if there are no accidents, will be split into three or four smaller counties in more than a hundred years of development to facilitate management.

Almost everyone thinks there must be some ulterior secret. A Monterey Baron with no background must have been favored by a big shot.

And this operation should have nothing to do with the Marquis of Ashan. Everyone knows that Earl Foster and Earl Robertson are die-hard loyalists of the Marquis of Ashan.

And forcibly splitting the two counties that have owners into three counties is completely offending people to death. Marquis Ashan is not that stupid, turning against his old team for a newcomer.

Of course, things are not so absolute. What if Earl Robertson and Earl Foster had already left the Ashan family's camp? If that's the case, it seems to make sense.

It's human nature to gossip, not to mention this incident is simply amazing. Countless eyes fell on Marquis Ashan's face, and everyone wanted to see something from this big man's expression.

Is there someone who wants to drive a nail into the newly expanded five counties, or is it that the Marquis of Ashan wants to use the hands of Baron Monterey to knock down Earl Rosen and Earl Foster who are respectful on the surface but are actually very dishonest in secret?

It is a pity that the Marquis of Ashan still looks like he is doing well. However, his eyes still vaguely swept over the Marquis of Burgundy and King Clovis I.

Finally, the representatives of the Rosen family and the Foster family couldn't help but look at Marquis Ashan. Marquis Ashan just shook his head slightly, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Absurd! Never in the history of the kingdom has the border counties been split up.

What's more, the newly expanded five counties have only been established for more than 20 years. They have a sparse population and very limited land development. If they are split again, the military strength of individual counties will be further weakened, which is not conducive to resisting foreign enemies!

I don’t know what the intention of Viscount Bacher who just spoke was to put forward such a vicious proposal! "

Viscount Bacher didn't care about the intimidation of representatives of the Rosen family. The rising earls in the north could not control the viscounts in the south, not to mention that he was still a branch of the royal family.

Yes, the Rosen family and the Foster family are both emerging aristocrats who followed Marquis Ashan to eat meat during the pioneering war more than 20 years ago. The background of their two families is far worse than that of the other twenty major aristocrats. .

At this moment, Master Li Wei really wanted to quibble. He really didn't want to force such a count.

Steal meat from the mouths of other counts? You're crazy to choose to do this. Do you really think that the two earls are soft persimmons?

Master Li Wei felt that this was just someone digging a hole to seduce him.

In this way, Li Wei will definitely stand on the opposite side of the great nobles of the newly expanded five counties. Will he want to live in the future?

Moreover, Li Wei believed that the other great nobles would not agree to this kind of thing. If the border counties under the jurisdiction of Earl Rosen and Earl Foster were demolished today, the border counties under the jurisdiction of the other great nobles would be demolished tomorrow.

The royal family and the small and medium-sized nobles would probably be happy to see it. The power of a single big noble has been weakened, so the small and medium-sized nobles below can be more assertive. More importantly, there are more opportunities to be promoted to earls. The individual size of the big nobles has become smaller, and the number of big noble groups has increased. This It is more convenient for the royal family to win over, divide and suppress.

Although the royal family and the small and medium-sized nobles are probably happy to see this situation, in general, the combined power of the twenty-two large noble families in the kingdom is too strong. If the large nobles do not relent, this matter will not be accomplished.

Finally, Marquis Ashan spoke.

"I think the splitting of border counties must not be open-minded. The division of each border county ensures that military command can be unified based on the county as a unit, and it is convenient to coordinate and dispatch against possible invasions or attacks.

Take Idyll County and Palinque County as an example. The several lines of defense built in the two counties according to their geographical location are relatively independent and complete.

If Idyll County or Palinque County is divided, the defense line will be fragmented and effective coordination of command will be impossible.

Moreover, the fall of Edir County and Parlink County was not caused by the cowardice and incompetence of the nobles of the two counties. Resistance, temptation, and lengthening the orc supply line were established strategies from the beginning.

Moreover, the army of more than 200,000 orcs, not to mention the two earls, even if the entire northern border cannot handle it alone, if all of you here had not come in time, my Snow Dragon Fortress might have fallen. "

Marquis Ashan's reasoning does have some truth, but it is just a show of words. His core purpose is to protect the rights and interests of the great nobles.

So the rest of the great nobles agreed one after another, and some of them did not refute it even if they did not explicitly express their agreement.

"Haha, I think what Marquis Ashan said is indeed very reasonable."

All eyes were directed at Clovis I, who had been sitting on the main seat without saying a word from the beginning.