Crown of Chaos

That night, I don’t know how many times I experienced tenderness and affection. In short, the Queen Mother Phil Farrell once thought that Aaron and Alice Sale had passed out from drinking in the room, and planned to come to see the situation, but he heard at the door After a while, he left contentedly and asked Queen's Blade not to disturb him.

The next day, while the celebration of the appointment of General Zhengyi continued, Aaron formally requested the establishment of the "Edict Knights" as General Zhengyi.

In just one day, Alice Serre's face was radiant, her face was as if it was coated with a layer of honey, and she was filled with joy and excitement from head to toe. Faced with Aaron's request, the regent princess just gave a hasty response. After opening the parchment scroll and taking a look at it, he immediately stamped it with the seal and officially began to recruit "Edict Knights" from nobles across the country.

The previous establishment of the Five-Color Flag Team was opposed by both the Kingdom Council and the Queen Regent. It was not that the nobles and Alice Serre disagreed, but that the setting of the Five-Color Flag Team made everyone feel strange and they always felt that it was inappropriate. East but not west, not like Cormyr and not like Karatu, so he ultimately rejected it.

Aaron didn't insist. He originally thought that the five-color flag team had more potential. When the team expanded in the future, he could also add red flags, yellow flags, blue flags, purple flags... Enter the customs, enter the customs, and promote Hainuo. The great unity and integration of the Oak Desert and Cormyr people.

Seeing that no one seemed to like it, Aaron decided to follow the tradition.

Among them, the knighthood composed of all the noble children of the Kingdom of Cormyr was changed to the "Knights of the Order". Any professional with noble background and intention to participate in the Northern Expedition can sign up, as long as he can prepare a set of armor, a squire, and a horse. War horses, whose strength is above the apprentice level, Aaron welcomes everyone in Cormyr to join the Order Knights with open arms.

And just as the incarnation of the sun god Amaunata said, the great nobles of Cormyr knew clearly after intimidation that if they were unwilling to support Aaron in this matter, then Aaron would have reason to turn against him. , so unless there was only one heir, every noble family took the initiative to buy a set of armor for their children who had no inheritance rights, bought a horse, provided two or three servants, and asked them to sign up for the Order of Knights.

Aaron and Alice Searle's threats did have side effects, but that was how they wanted to do things. If they just didn't want to offend anyone, then there would be no need to do anything.

Furthermore, many of Cormyr's great nobles are not really opposed to Aaron's edict of knighthood. They are actually coveting the newly developed land of Rivellon, and the noble heirs are all brothers and sisters, eager to Hurry and send your competitors on their way.

Suddenly, the horse market in Susar City was so crowded that there was no horse left to sell. All the blacksmith shops opened fire and could not keep up with the orders for equipment. The blacksmiths were batting money frantically while working overtime to build weapons and equipment. .

The whole of Cormyr was like boiling water. The idle nobles and the noble children without inheritance rights immediately rushed to the temporary residence of the Order Knights in a swarm. They were extremely excited and spitted everywhere.

"As expected of His Highness Aaron Salian! Like us, he was born in a family without inheritance rights, and he knows how to think about us! He is in charge, and he is much better than the one on the Dragon Throne... Ahem! "

On that day, more than 300 applicants gathered at the door of the Order of Knights. The leaders were none other than the three sons of Duke Kayneth, named Barnard, Brad and Wiseman. Not to mention how excited these three boys were. .

I originally thought that this would be it for the rest of my life, but I didn’t expect that I would have a chance to succeed!

Although we are theoretically the sons of a duke, we automatically receive the title of marquis, but this marquis has neither an army nor a real title, so what is the point of receiving a small fixed salary every year?

Well now, I finally have the opportunity to let go and have a big fight!

Beiyi, here we come!

There was a huddle at the gate of the Temporary Residence of the Imperial Order Knights. A group of noble nobles crowded together. The youngest was only eleven or twelve years old, and the oldest was almost fifty years old. As soon as the gate was opened, a series of questions came to them. .

When did the Northern Expedition start? How to calculate military exploits? How much is the salary?

The news came out quickly. The Regent Alice Serre serves as the Grand Master of the Honorary Knights of the Knights of the Order. Aaron serves as the Grand Master of the Knights. The actual acting head of the Knights of the Order is held by the Knight of the Guards Fiolena. Serve.

Fiolena? who is she?

Everyone was stunned for a while, and then they remembered that Fiolena was a guard knight sent by Alice Ser to Aaron to act as a bodyguard.

Because Aaron did not fully trust Alice Ser before, and he did not want to marry into a wife or give birth to a child with royal blood, so Aaron had never trusted Fiolena. This female guard knight was once attracted by Asia. Lun was abandoned for many years.

It was not until last night that Aaron and Alice Ser finally broke through the last layer of barriers, and Aaron decided to use this royal guard knight again.

Aren't these just fringe nobles like us?

The new recruits of the Order Knights who came to report came up with a lot of questions happily.

Fiolena also gave enough answers.

"The military expenses of the knights are paid by the land output of Green Vilon. How much of this land output will be known only after the land is collected after Green Vilon is completely pacified. As for your knight fiefs, when will the knight fiefs be cashed in? We have to wait for when the Northern Expedition will start."

The recruits of the Knights of the Order quickly understood. After all, although they did not have the right to inherit, each of them had received military and aristocratic education. The smart people quickly understood that Aaron was trying to trick the pie.

There is no clear answer as to when salaries will be paid, when the Northern Expedition will be launched, and when fiefdoms will be given.

But everyone quickly understood a few concepts.

The salary of the Knights of the Order comes from the output of the Principality of Green Vilon. When Green Vilon is completely pacified, there will be money.

The knights were ordered to find the land they longed for in the desert and exchange it for military exploits. As for how to grow things in the desert, Aaron had his own way.

Why, don’t you believe His Highness Yalun, the general who conquered the barbarians?

He even fucked six fingers and even saved Watkin!

Believe it, of course we believe it!

The new recruits of the Knights of the Order were anxious: Let's hurry up the Northern Expedition and conquer the desert quickly. Our lance knights and swords are already thirsty and thirsty!

Fiolena said that the matter was not urgent and would have to wait until spring.

Moreover, Aaron, who has officially become the Grand Duke of Rivellon, still has a few things to deal with.

A few days later, Aaron borrowed the royal palace of Obeschier and officially enthroned his team.

Eleanor was made Countess of Aquitaine, with a territory of 500 square kilometers, and was given an earl's scepter, earl's crown and earl's dress.

The priestess accepted Aaron's canonization calmly. Eleanor was not interested in being a lord, but since it was given by her boyfriend, she had no reason not to refuse it. It would also be good to increase Su Lun Mama's extra income.

The great dragon Egil was consecrated as Countess Agnes, with a territory of 500 square kilometers, and was given the earl's scepter, earl's crown and earl's dress.

The big dragon Egil complained and took the dress from Aaron. Egil thought that five hundred square kilometers is not a big place. It is just a nest. Of course I still want to live with the servants and give birth to a litter for him. Dragon eggs!

It is worth mentioning that Aaron's previous title of count for Egil, the dragon, was Countess "Presto", but the dragon seemed to feel the malice brought by this title, so he rejected it and used the title "Dragon" instead. The idiom describes her name, Countess Agnes.

The fairy princess Buyer was canonized as the "Little Auspicious Grass King", with an area of ​​350 square kilometers.

Buyer opened his big cute eyes and called "Mr. Knight" obediently. He looked at the tailor-made Little Lucky Grass King dress and found a pair of pure white matte pantyhose underneath the dress. His face turned red. He backed away shyly.

His cousin Maximian was granted the title of Baron Welf, with a territory of two hundred square kilometers.

"Cousin, you have suffered." Aaron noticed that Maximian was already expressionless after years of training as a warrior monk, but his shoulders were still shaking slightly after hearing the canonization, so he took the initiative to help him , hugging his shoulders: "From today on, you are a baron again."

The wind from Guangze finally blew towards Longhu.

"Your Highness, Tu Lai." The crow's feet at the corners of my cousin's eyes spread out, and he couldn't hold back tears: "I am where I am today, thanks to His Highness's cultivation!"

"Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. If my cousin hadn't given up training after arriving in Guangze and chose the way of a monk to practice diligently, we wouldn't have had the chance to meet again. On the contrary, I want to thank you, you You saved Anna, and even more, you saved yourself!" Aaron said warmly, holding his cousin's wrinkled and scarred hand: "The one you have to thank is yourself."

A surge of sour emotions came over him, and Maximian nodded heavily.

Then Aaron looked at his cousin Robert.

Robert's mood was completely different from Maximian's. He had an expression on his face that said, "It's finally my turn."

"Cousin, if there is no candidate, I don't want to be sealed." Aaron came to Robert with a smile: "There was a pregnant woman outside the banquet a few days ago, what's going on? "

"Um..." Robert lowered his head in embarrassment: "I don't know if it's my seed."

"Idiot, that's not your kind at all!" Aaron knocked Robert on the head and cursed in a low voice: "Take care of your private parts. Also, from today on, you are a real baron. As my My cousin, be more confident and don’t embarrass me!”

"Yes!" Robert responded excitedly and nervously.

"I will confer you the title of Baron Suplin, and you will receive two hundred square kilometers. As for the specific fiefdom, please choose the Wind Spear Mountain you want."

"Your Highness! I'm so grateful!" Robert hit his head heavily on the ground.

Later, Aaron consecrated the snow elf as a baron of the Miyuki Dominion. Since the snow elf patriarch Balder was ready to retire, the snow elf brother Relta Miyuki accepted the appointment.

Relta looked excited.

Consecrated the half-orc swordmaster and Khorne champion Doherty-Bloodsword as Baron of the Bloodsword Dominion.

Doherty's face was expressionless. The Khorne champion had already focused on the thrilling Northern Expedition.

Bored, I want to see rivers of blood!

After canonizing his subordinates one after another, Aaron can finally take time to meet his "Knights of the Order".

In late February of 1368 in the Valley Calendar, in front of the Royal Palace of Oberszil, the new recruits of the Order Knights from all over Cormyr gathered here, waiting together for the announcement of His Highness Aaron Salian, the General of the Conqueror.

As Aaron expected, the quality of the Knights of the Order varied greatly.

Excellent recruits of the Knights of the Order, such as the three sons of Duke Kayneth and several brothers of Duke Gordon, are all in their twenties. When they were in their prime, one man led six horses and twelve men. The attendant, wearing a full body of fine steel plate armor and a five-color kite helmet that towered into the sky, stood majestically in front of the square.

There were also poor aristocrats with only a lame bad horse, and an old servant with gray hair and bald head, whose face was full of wrinkles, wearing an extremely smelly cowhide nailed leather armor, and carrying a rusty sword. middle-aged man.

He's at least fifty years old, right?

Aaron glanced at the old man a few times, wondering whose family this was?

If he had no choice, Aaron would not recruit noble children, the so-called "good families", from all the great nobles of Cormyr to join the army.

There is no way, in a background like the country, who can quickly rule a territory and quickly build a grassroots team?

Of course they are noble knights who have received noble education and military education.

So the question comes again, there are not many such noble knights, so who can Aaron trust?

Of course, there is no doubt that they are the local nobles of Cormyr.

There are actually many outstanding talents among the adventurers of the kingdom. Some powerful adventurers can even immediately become lords or even kings of a place without any problem. However, they are not trustworthy, at least they have not experienced enough tests. Aaron is very It is difficult to entrust adventurers with heavy responsibilities.

Appointment of people based on merit is based on choice.

At present, Aaron's only choice is nepotism.

If you don’t treat others as relatives, how can you still treat others as alienated?

At least the thousand new recruits of the Order Knights in front of them are all bound together by blood, kinship, community interaction, and national relations. Some of them may indeed have other purposes, and some may choose to betray, but no matter what, they He is already the most trustworthy person.

Aaron was confident that he would completely transform them into his loyal subordinates.

Aaron walked through the queue with his hands behind his back.

"Suzal, Masemba, King's Forest, Guangze, Hurek Forest, Stormhorn Mountains, and the Cormyr warriors who came from Ilip and Pros across Dragon Lake."

"I, Aaron Salian, welcome you. Each and every one of you is so dazzling and makes me so proud. Even though we have been a nation for thousands of years, there is still no shortage of enterprising blood in the veins of us Cormyrs!"

"Now, you will form the Knights of the Order of Cormyr. Now, you have won an opportunity!"

"After a thousand years, since the fall of Netheril, we, the warriors of Cormyr, will set out again, heading north into the desert to conquer the cursed land and conquer our paradise!"

"Our name will be remembered forever by future generations, and our glory will forever be engraved on the chronology of history... Everyone, don't you think that Cormyr's country is too small? It's so small that you don't even have room to stand. Got it!"

Aaron's words caused a burst of laughter from the new recruits of the Order Knights, and at the same time, more than a thousand Order Knights could not help but feel indignant.

Yes, everyone came here because they had no land to inherit, and everyone came to join the Order of Knights because they had no land to inherit.

If you, Aaron Salian, weren't so awesome and strong, do you think everyone would come?

"Your Highness, General!" Sure enough, one of the recruits couldn't bear it any longer. He raised his hand and said, "I have a question!"

"Say!" Aaron nodded.

"We only have more than a thousand people, and the Aino Oak Desert is at least six times larger than Cormyr. How many troops have you prepared to conquer this paradise that belongs to us?" the recruit said loudly.

"Hahahaha~" bursts of laughter came from the queue.

Aaron seemed to have foreseen such a problem. He smiled and extended an index finger towards the more than a thousand Order Knights.

one.

The knights of the order all looked puzzled.

Ten thousand people? Impossible, the number of troops directly under Aaron already has this number.

"One hundred thousand people?" Someone asked tentatively: "Where did we get the one hundred thousand army?"

"What a hundred thousand people." Aaron smiled, he laughed loudly, and continued to point his finger upward: "Guess again!"

"One million people?" Some of the Knights of the Order also booed: "Your Highness, the population of Cormyr is only two million!"

"No." Aaron continued to point to his index finger.

"It can't possibly be 10 million people. Your Highness the General, I have also read books. During the heyday of the Nese Empire, including all the floating cities, the population was more than 10 million!" The new recruits of the Order Knights were already laughing. : "Isn't your Royal Highness the general entertaining us?"

"I mean, 100 million." Aaron continued to point his index finger, and he smiled so much that his teeth were exposed.

"I have prepared an army of 100 million, and I am going to bulldoze the desert!"

"Everyone, listen to the dragon's roar!"