Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire

The Gemological Society founded by Noah held a gathering every time, although the number of dragons present at its peak was only fifty or sixty, and most of the time, there were only thirty or forty dragons.

However, since the establishment of this society, its membership has been close to two hundred. When the news of Noah's enfeoffment of the dragons spread, not to mention the surrounding areas of Elishim City, some dragons that had already traveled far away also ran back, wanting to accept Noah's enfeoffment and become his lord.

However, the ancestral golden dragon, which already had the shape of an ancient dragon in the adolescent stage, could completely serve as a lord to follow and be loyal to. Even if the dragon clan was arrogant, they were not really ungrateful.

Of course, the most important thing is that following Noah can really bring huge benefits. This is the most critical point. Noah's identity and bloodline, plus the temptation of enfeoffment, even the dragon clan can hardly resist.

Therefore, after the first round of enfeoffment, facing the dragons that returned one after another and found him, Noah had to go to Teddel again to ask for more territory, and then carry out the second and third rounds of enfeoffment.

Enfeoffment of Hundred Dragons

This is a real name, not an exaggerated and fictitious name. However, when the news spread widely, it caused a great shock in the East Territory and even the continent.

In Noah's eyes, perhaps he just took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the trend of Taidel's upcoming kingship to expand his influence in the dragon clan and strengthen his power.

But in the eyes of the kingdom and many external forces, the political significance of this move is too obvious.

The territories granted to the dragons are scattered all over the kingdom, and most of them are located in some very controversial key places. These lands with special significance are now controlled and ruled by the metal dragon clan.

In the eyes of many nobles and legendary families in the kingdom who are ready to obey Taidel's rule, this is clearly the royal family's way of strengthening its rule over various regions of the kingdom, making them look bad, and driving a nail into their core abdomen, just to make them have a hard time.

But this is an unsolvable conspiracy. Although the average strength of these enfeoffed dragon lords is not very strong, their identities are special. Who dares to have evil thoughts about them? Use some dirty tricks on them?

This means that even if there are nobles who are dissatisfied with the dragon lords around them, there is no way to solve it through violence and assassination. They can only use power and calculations and play some tricks that are not up to standard.

But the problem is that this also requires the dragon clan to be willing to play with you. If the dragon clan is unwilling, they just want to overturn the table, and even the legendary family can't stand it.

Therefore, although many nobles and local forces are extremely dissatisfied with this, there is no way but to hold it in.

For external forces, they are more cautious about this country that is about to rise in the east, because as many as a hundred powerful dragon lords are enough to show how close this kingdom is to the dragon clan. This is completely the country of metal dragons.

No one wants to provoke such a country, because they never know what they will face.

Whether inside or outside the kingdom, it is unanimously believed that the Augustus family has enfeoffed hundreds of dragons, which is ambitious and has ambitious goals. The new king Teddel wants to establish a real kingdom of kingship.

But in fact, neither the new king who provided the greatest support nor Noah who led the matter thought too much.

Teddel just felt that both he and the Augustus family were under too much pressure, so he had to find someone to share it.

The dragon clan was obviously a good choice. Even adolescent dragons who had not yet reached adulthood could be awarded titles. No one would criticize this. Even if there were, they could only hold it in.

As for Noah, he didn't think so much. It was just a simple and unpretentious way of borrowing chickens to lay eggs and taking advantage of more. The foundation of the Augustus family was so much.

The three legends were a lot, but compared to the East Territory Kingdom that was about to be unified, it was actually nothing. The area that the Augustus family could control and influence was less than one-tenth of the East Territory.

In this case, the land that was not within the control range was divided with the power of the king, which was equivalent to grabbing the benefits into his own plate.

This can be said to be killing two birds with one stone and a win-win for all parties.

The kingly authority of Teddel was strengthened, the reputation of Noah's dragon clan soared, the power was expanded, and many dragon clans also gained practical benefits.

The nobles who had disputes over territory no longer had reasons to fight each other or compete privately. It can be said that all forces have benefited.

It was simply a win.

"Noah! Don't you think you are going too far?"

"Where is it too far?"

Noah looked at the middle-aged and elderly people who showed their upper bodies on the opposite communication array, and responded lazily,

"Why are there young dragons on the fourth batch of lords list you submitted?"

"Is there any problem with this?"

"Let a young dragon who is only in his teens or twenties be a lord? Do you think there is no problem? Do you know how many quarrels your list has caused in my cabinet?"

"Why can't young dragons be lords? Look carefully, I marked their species behind them. They are bronze dragons. No matter what, they are better than your human nobles, right?"

Noah said confidently, not at all false.

He had seen how low the bottom line of human nobles could be.

Merchants who are superior to their peers in economics can treat their poor fellows as animals. Nobles who have extraordinary powers and are superior to ordinary humans in the essence of life treat the lower-class civilian population as grass.

It is not that as long as they are used to death, they will be used to death, but the nobles simply ignore any objective facts. Whether it is a natural disaster or a war, taxes are still collected. If it is a bumper year, it will be even better, doubled, in every sense of inhumanity.

A considerable number of human nobles believe that the lower-class civilians are like monsters in the wilderness, such as dog-headed men and goblins. Even if most of them die, as long as some survive, they will soon spread and multiply everywhere, and there is no need to pay attention to them.

Under such ideological cognition, it is really a miracle that civilians can live well. Refugees and rebellions are not uncommon. Of course, there will occasionally be righteous people who can't stand it and sanction the nobles, but the latter situation is rare, and the former is more common.

Noah divided hundreds of dragons. With his understanding of the nature of the dragons, Noah did not expect these guys to do well, and he never thought that they could use their own assets to maintain and operate the territory and promote the development of the territory.

As long as they are equal to the Augustus family in taxation and do not exploit civilians too much, Noah thinks it is good.

In this regard, Noah is very confident that no matter how greedy and tyrannical the metal dragons are, their moral bottom line must be higher than the average upper limit of human nobles. His kind is not a short-sighted short-lived species, and will not be obsessed with one or two years of profit.

"But they are young dragons. What merits have they made? Just because of their status as dragons, should they be given titles and fiefs? This is against the rules!"

Regarding the view that the metal dragons are better than human nobles, Teddel did not comment. He knew much more about this than Noah.

Noah had only come into contact with so many human nobles, and he himself was one of them. He knew to what extent those maggots could rot and stink.

"What rules are against the rules? Whose rules?"

Noah sneered when he heard that Teddle actually used the rules to refute.

"I provided you with my list just for you to read it once and then sign it for me to agree to, not for you to bring it back to me for discussion and refutation.

Look carefully, none of the fiefdoms above belong to the Augustus family. They are all fiefdoms of other nobles. No matter who opposes, it is equivalent to opposing you and the Augustus family."

"Noah, I am not refuting you, but there must be a legitimate reason. I did not object to the three lists you provided before.

These dragons have all made achievements in fighting against demons and on the battlefield of the abyss, but what about these three young dragons?

This will cause The nobles were discontented. Don't you know? Those guys' patience is almost at its limit. They will give in, but they can't give in without a bottom line. "

"Then give it a try. What will happen after crossing their bottom line?"

Noah still didn't care.

"Now the kingdom has not been officially established, and everything is not finalized. It's time to show your hands. When the kingdom is established, everything will be fixed. No matter what you want to do in the future, even if you pay ten times or a hundred times the price, you may not be able to change it. This will leave a lot of trouble for your descendants."

"Noah! I am very satisfied to be able to develop to this point. We can't be too greedy!"

Teddel said earnestly.

Compared to the golden dragon who has been living in the Mage City for a long time, he has been in the core of the political and power vortex for a long time. He is the most sensitive to all changes. Because of this, he is very cautious in every move.

"I'm really impressed by you. Since you want a reason, then continue to confer titles on me. Those before don't count. They are all the rewards that the dragon clan deserves.

You have to confer titles on me again, and I will confer titles on my subordinate lords in the name of the great lord. In this way, what can they object to?"

The Golden Dragon immediately gave a solution. As the saying goes, the vassal of my vassal is not your vassal.

This power structure is widely present in all parties of the continent because of the existence of extraordinary power, and it can be regarded as a tradition. Taidel cannot confer titles in the name of the king, so he will confer titles in the name of the Holy Dragon.

Although he did this before, all dragons were nominally directly surrendered to Noah, not Taidel, the new king. Of course, he still had to give up the land.

"Noah, someone has come to me and warned me."

"What warning?"

The Golden Dragon asked.

"He asked me if I wanted to hand over the human land to the dragons? If I wanted to turn the East into a dragon country?"

Teddel's expression did not change at all. Even Noah could hardly see his emotional fluctuations. This guy was in a high position and had developed the basic skill of not showing his emotions.

"I refuted him at the time. Although the kingdom has many dragon lords, there is no real legendary metal dragon. But he asked me, what about two hundred years, four hundred years, or even six hundred years later? At that time, will this country still belong to dragons or humans?"

"Hahaha, very far-sighted warning and advice."

Noah laughed when he heard it.

"Then how did you respond to him?"

"My answer is I don't know, because by then, I will probably be gone."

Infected by Noah's wild laughter, Tedder also had a smile on his face,

"But I believe that my descendants will follow the trend of the times and make the right choice."

"What an irresponsible answer!"

Noah couldn't help but shake his head.

"Dealing with the current things already makes me exhausted, and I still have to think about things hundreds of years from now. So please spare me. That's not something I should worry about. That's something you, and my descendants, should pay attention to." ?”

"I?"

"Noah, if one day you want to build a kingdom of dragons, just go ahead and try. As you said, if the metal dragons become lords, they will be better than the human nobles anyway."

Tedder said abruptly.

"Tedel, have you ignored your racial stance?"

Noah was not surprised, but said half-jokingly,

"If word of this gets out, your throne will be at an end."

"Do you think I'd care?"

The expressions of the middle-aged and elderly people opposite the communication circle have returned to calmness again, just like a pool of well water that has stopped flowing.

"I really want to rest now. No matter who can take my place, I will be very happy to give up my position. I just want to have a good sleep now."

"Your sense of responsibility is too strong and too heavy. Sometimes you need to learn to appoint officials. They will help you share many things."

Noah knew that Tedder's style of handling things was basically to take care of everything and go through every detail personally. If he did this for a long time, of course he would feel mentally exhausted.

"As for those stupid things you said, I pretend I didn't hear them. Now, in this land, the only person qualified to take over your position, besides Ur, is little Gwen, so please bear with it for the time being."

"Then what do you think about my appointment of you as Hand of the King?"

"Please allow me to refuse. I have a lot of things to do now. If you feel that there is a lack of trustworthy officials, I can assign a group of goblins under my command to you. They may be corrupt and bribery, but they are still very reliable in their work."

"Send more."

"By the way, what's the name of the official who warned you? I'd like to know him."

"I've already killed him, I'm afraid you don't have a chance."

Tedder shook his head.

"Kill him just like that? For what reason?"

"Betrayal of the family and disobedience to the head of the family!"

"A member of the Augustus family?!"