The Defeated Dragon

It takes four days to sail from Ironshoe Island to Coral Island, and these four days are enough for the knights on Coral Island to finish their battle exploits.

Liszt is also distributing his Knights' exploits.

According to the principle of more work, more pay, he was the one who made the most contributions in this battle. Even the earl thought that Liszt’s contribution was about to catch up with his own. Position, not only because of strength, but also as a bonus to the status of the lord.

The grand duke presides over the military exploits conference. In principle, the distribution of materials is the main thing, and the entrustment of titles should be minimized. Because the eldest prince spoke for you, you can be entrusted with the title of viscount and become the only noble who was promoted to viscount in this battle.

Liszt was a little surprised: Am I the only one?

It feels a bit too high-profile, but what I enjoy is the pleasure of being the leader.

The sky knights have surpassed you in many meritorious deeds, but they are either marquises, earls, or viscounts... If you want to rely on the achievements of this battle, it is absolutely impossible to be promoted from viscount to earl... Among the titles of baron, you have the greatest military exploits , the promotion to Viscount is a matter of course.

So, father, what price will I have to pay?

After you obtain the title of Viscount, you hardly have your share in the distribution of supplies, so you need additional subsidies for the knights who follow you to fight.

I understand. Liszt nodded, which was a matter of course. The title of viscount already belongs to the rank of middle-level nobles, a status that cannot be exchanged for no amount of gold coins. An island or city completely belonging to oneself is definitely a family heritage that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

It is equivalent to saying that he has to post money himself to compensate the knights who have done meritorious service.

And the battle merit compensation he calculated later made him breathe a sigh of relief, because no matter how he judged it, he himself accounted for most of the battle merit. Without Dou Sen, the Black Knights would definitely have made brilliant military exploits, so the compensation standard is not high.

It adds up to about 6,000 gold coins. Excluding the spoils that have been privately distributed, I have to add about 4,000 gold coins.

Four thousand gold coins is within the acceptable range, which is just half a year's profit sharing from flowers.

In fact, the Swift Shadow Bow he got was probably worth three to four thousand gold coins. All in all, although he didn't get the right to plunder the spoils in this battle, he was satisfied enough to get the title of Viscount.

Then he thought again: I am promoted to Viscount,

My followers, is there anyone who can be promoted?

Think about it.

It seems that no one has made outstanding achievements in battle, and this is only the first time to participate in the battle, so it is not appropriate to be promoted too quickly. At most, Marcus Wheel and Charles Trap are listed as the objects of investigation, waiting for the performance of the next battle.

However, when he thinks that the followers will make meritorious service, the land must be divided, and he always has a knot in his heart: The system of enfeoffment... I feel very happy when I get the land ownership, but it is very uncomfortable to distribute it to others. Do I want to be small? Small changes to the structure of the enfeoffment system?

Given the size of Heima Island, under normal circumstances, it would be more realistic to entrust two or three barons and a dozen or so knights.

But he didn't want any land to be entrusted: Perhaps, I can refer to the ancient Chinese enfeoffment system, virtual enfeoffment and remote leadership?

False titles are similar to lifelong jazz in this world, but lifelong jazz cannot be hereditary, and vacant titles can be hereditary inheritance. There is no food town (fiefdom), and only enjoys the salary paid by the imperial court.

Yaoling, the imperial court designates an area as a food town or a certain official position as an identity, but I don't manage the food town, nor do I really perform official duties, it's just a name.

Regardless of whether it is a virtual entrustment or a remote entrustment, it is full of honor, but in essence there is no real enfeoffment, and all land is still owned by the imperial court. This system cannot be said to be advanced, but in the feudal era, it had a very good effect on strengthening the centralization of power and was conducive to national unity.

Europe has always been divided, but China has always been able to unify. There may be institutional reasons.

Soon he calmed down again: Now is not the time to solve the enfeoffment system. I am just a small nobleman. Low-key development is the kingly way. I will adapt to the enfeoffment system first... Maybe my followers will take the initiative when they see that the development of the territory is not satisfactory. Want to change the status quo?

Liszt has the vision and mind of a modern person, and with the help of the smog mission, the land can definitely explode the greatest value in his hands.

In the hands of his followers, I am afraid that they will still return to the simple farming method of ordinary nobles. Once they are attacked by natural disasters, they may go bankrupt in an instant. If it is replaced by other lords and followers, this kind of enfeoffment is no problem, and everyone lives like this.

But in Huahua Town and Heima Island, when the followers see that Liszt's land is getting more and more prosperous, they will definitely have a lot of thoughts.

At that time, I will give a little guidance. I am afraid I don't need to mention it. The followers will take the initiative to integrate into the new system.

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Calculating military exploits makes sailing no longer boring. Liszt discusses military exploits with his followers and knights almost every day to ensure that everyone's appeals are satisfactorily resolved.

At the same time, he will gather with his father and brother for a drink and discuss the direction of the family.

The grand duke didn't say what happened between him and the sapphire dragon, but the sapphire dragon has definitely changed, and the grand duke has also changed a lot... I don't know if he became a dragon knight, or a dragon domain lord, or something else... The anger is far from subsided .”

Li William briefly explained the meeting in Juniperburg for the reference of his two sons.

He continued: The Grand Duke's campaign against Iron Hoof Island has a very clear purpose. He wants to take Iron Hoof Island into his hands. Then he will use Iron Hoof Island as a reward, and then divide up three marquises. Iron Hoof Island can barely accommodate three marquises to coexist.

The Iron Hoof Island owned by the Bull Marquis is the second largest island after the Blue Dragon Island, almost three times the size of the Red Crab Island of the Changyu family.

Red Crab Island can accommodate one Marquis, and Iron Hoof Island can naturally accommodate three Marquises.

So, father, you have a chance to fight for the title of Marquis? Levi's eyes were blazing with excitement, There are three candidates for Marquis, the probability is very high! By then, our Tulip family will be the Marquis family!

It's not three candidates, it's five candidates. Li William was also very excited, but reserved and didn't show it, Blue Dragon Island will also designate two big cities, entrust two marquises, and join the Blue Blood Alliance.

The Marquis of the Blue Blood Alliance is definitely not as comfortable as the Marquis of the fiefdom, but the Marquis is the Marquis, and the benefits are far more powerful than the Earl.

Liszt was not tempted by the title of Marquis, he frowned: So, the Grand Duke is ready to launch a more ferocious war?

That's right, as long as the Iron Ridge Kingdom and the Eagle Kingdom go to war, the Grand Duke will immediately issue a development order to actively expand resources and fill the gap that the Bull Marquis has brought to the country.

Warrior... Can the national power of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire support such frequent wars? Liszt said calmly, In the Battle of Ironshoe Island, the Coral Island Knights have already lost a lot, exceeding the losses of previous development orders. We need time to recover.

William Li smiled slightly, not caring about Liszt's worries: The Grand Duke is going to open up the recruitment of prisoners. In the future, we can recruit prisoners from the Eagle Kingdom and incorporate them into the Knights.