Lord of War

The territory Sean called for was not small in size, and could even be compared to a barony. Of course, this is the result of counting Black Swan Castle and the surrounding land together. If Black Swan Castle and the surrounding area are not included, it is just about the size of a jazz collar.

It's just that this territory belongs to Asuna in name, but in fact, even Asuna has not confirmed it herself, and even the delivery ceremony with the Dabion Kingdom has not been completed-it is not her Lazy, but such a territory that is clearly a trap, it is naturally impossible for Asuna to want it. The Dabion Kingdom didn't seem to mind Asuna's attitude. They didn't even pay attention to it, and immediately withdrew all the teams. As a result, this territory became a land without an owner.

There are a total of three small towns in the entire territory. After losing the protection of the lord, the three small towns need to face the alien races that may attack the barren land. This has made the three territories in the past year It became a bit bitter. In order to get rid of this ubiquitous shadow, the three small towns also came up with some solutions, that is, they began to hire mercenary groups to assist in the garrison, and because the taxes of the territory no longer need to be turned over to the lord, so they Naturally, there will be extra money. After a long time, these three small towns have become a lawless area.

As for the Black Swan Castle, it was the castle of a viscount of the Darbion Kingdom. His original territory happened to occupy the other third of the Angoroda Mountains, and it was he who rejected Asuna's right to take the oath, which triggered the subsequent war between the two countries. During the war, the Viscount was the first One died under Asuna's army, and after annexing this territory, Black Swan Castle became Asuna's property.

The reason why Black Swan Castle is famous is that there is an artificial lake in this castle that does not occupy a large area, but it leads to underground springs. At that time, a large group of black swans rested here, and they were not afraid of people, which naturally added a beautiful scenery to the castle, so people called this castle the Black Swan Castle. It's just that with the death of the lord, after a war, no black swan ever came to Black Swan Castle.

At the beginning, Asuna even came here to live here for a short period of time, just to see these so-called black swans, but unfortunately no black swans appeared, and Asuna lost her interest and returned to Tonys. Fortified. Since then, the castle has been completely abandoned due to lack of repairs and maintenance. Afterwards, stories of haunting came out somehow, and the castle became a haunted castle.

At this time, if Sean hadn't mentioned the castle, Asuna would almost have forgotten that there was such a castle on the edge of her territory.

"Black Swan Castle is fine for you." Asuna said, "But there is some trouble with the territory you named."

"Trouble?" This time it was Sean's turn to not understand.

Although he knew that this territory belonged to Asuna, how could he know that Asuna did not perform the handover ceremony with the Darbion Kingdom for some reason? So at this time, when Asuna said trouble, Sean still couldn't react, and just looked at Asuna with a puzzled expression.

"Although this territory belongs to me in name, I have not actually obtained the contract document from the Kingdom of Dabion." Asuna was not ambiguous, and she simply explained the current situation to Sean. , "Although the Kingdom of Dabion kept the contract documents, they actually did not protect this territory any more, so this territory has now become an autonomous dominion... a piece between the Kingdom of Dabion and the Principality of Ryan living dominion."

Sean frowned slightly,

The subtext of Asuna's words is very clear, that is, it is no problem for him to want this territory, but the legal right to the territory does not belong to her, and the law and order of this territory may be very bad. It is even possible that because of the laissez-faire and autonomy of the past year, even if there is a lord in the past, they will not buy it. After all, once they are used to freedom, it will be difficult to accept any constraints.

"It's okay, if I can't even control this territory, I'm not qualified to say those things to you." Xiao En smiled, as if he didn't seem to care much.

"Since you think there is nothing wrong with it, then I will arrange the relevant procedures." Seeing Xiao En's insistence, Asuna nodded and said nothing more, "By the way, I don't know your surname yet." ?”

"Connery." Sean pondered for a moment, then said, "Sean Connery."

"Okay, I understand." Asuna nodded.

Immediately, Sean bid farewell to Asuna and left. Anyway, everything has been settled, so naturally there is no need to stay here. But this time, it wasn't Elizabeth who sent Sean out of the house, but a soldier from Thunderbolt leading the way. This made Sean relax a bit. After all, Sean really felt a little uncomfortable following Elizabeth. Not very comfortable.

After confirming that Sean had left, Elizabeth closed the door suddenly, then pulled out a chair and sat down, looking at Asuna curiously.

"What's the matter?" Asuna saw Elizabeth sitting here without speaking, so she couldn't help asking curiously.

In her impression, Elizabeth rarely showed such behavior.

"You want to give him a territory?" Elizabeth's voice was a little surprised, "From the territory he divided, it should be as big as a baronet. But although you are a marquis, you don't The power to confer a baron, and now the Principality of Ryan has a lot of opinions on you, and the aristocratic circle is also unprecedentedly united with each other, it is absolutely impossible for you to insert another noble into it."

"I just gave him a knight title." Asuna said lightly.

On the Miracle Continent, the canonization of titles cannot be resolved with just a word of mouth.

The lords of any territory, no matter how big their titles are, can only confer the titles of knight and knight, and the territories given to them are all divided from their own fiefs. It is not hereditary, but only lifelong. That's all, commoners call these knights' and jazz's fiefdoms knight lands and jazz lands-the area is usually very small, like half of a knight land has only a small manor, while a knight land is better, there may be a village. And all income from these territories naturally belonged to the knights and jazz of the territory, which was regarded as a disguised form of salary payment.

And to confer the title of baron or above, only the real leader of a country has this qualification, such as the grand duke, king, emperor and so on. However, the Grand Duke is only eligible to confer titles of Marquis and below. Only the king of the kingdom and the emperor of the empire are eligible to confer the title of duke. However, the empire is stronger than the kingdom, that is, the empire is eligible to have vassal states, but the kingdom is not. ——The reason for this is the difference in national strength. If two countries are so similar in national strength, how can they be willing to become vassals?

And the empire has never been established only by superficial strength, but by fighting. If you can turn an empire into a kingdom, then you can call yourself an empire.

Worst of all, it needs to be recognized by half of the empires to become a new empire.

On the Miracle Continent, there have been only seven empires since ancient times. Except for the five old empires including Chinas, Maggie, St. Joels, Millennium Covenant, and Amelia, the other two "empires" are not very stable. Every few decades, they feel that they are strong. The kingdom of the country is going to hit the door, so this position is also rotated quickly. On the contrary, the road of "recognition by half of the empires" has never been done before. After all, the interests and directions of focus among the seven empires are also intricate. It is very likely that when you get the nod of one family, you have already offended the other two. Family.

It is not an easy task to make the four empires nod to recognize your new empire status.

So Asuna's sentence "I just gave him a knight title" is not a self-effacing statement, but that she can only do this one step. If she wants to go further, she can recommend it, but in the end it still depends on the meaning of the royal family of the principality, not the decision made by her alone, which is why Asuna told Sean that now the Principality of Ryan will not Feel free to allow new nobles to join the circle for a reason.

Sean will know these things sooner or later, so Asuna might as well talk to Sean first to avoid any misunderstandings in the future. However, the heroism and courage shown by Sean made Asuna look a little differently.

"But I'm curious, what exactly did you chat with him, and how did you suddenly make him a knight?" Elizabeth suddenly smiled narrowly, "Could it be that he is the secret lover you have been keeping for a long time? ?...Hey, let me tell you why you can't look down on Dach, he is the only young man closest to you in the Principality of Ryan."

"It used to be, but it won't be anymore." Asuna shook her head, denying Elizabeth's words.

Dach Zoff, the lord of Danaviland, a powerful earl.

He has ambitions and strength, and the Danavelland is indeed developing at an astonishingly fast rate under his governance. I'm afraid it won't be long before this lord can pull out a powerful private army. Even if he can't become a powerful marquis by then, he will definitely not be able to escape the title of a powerful earl.

In the entire Principality of Ryan, Dach is known as the person closest to Asuna, but it is definitely not a compliment to make a man second to Asuna. So it's no wonder Daqi is so desperate to prove himself, but the more he is so eager to express himself, the more everyone will regard him as Asuna's second.

"I can't tell, but you have a lot of confidence in this handsome guy." Elizabeth and Asuna are already very familiar, so it doesn't hurt to make a small joke.

It's just that Asuna didn't answer Elizabeth's ridicule, but slipped the note on the table to Elizabeth: "He wrote it."

Elizabeth picked it up curiously and looked at it, her eyes suddenly changed: "This guy has such a big breath!...Do you believe it?"

"I believe." Asuna nodded, "But the surname Connery, I really haven't heard of any great nobleman from the Chinas Empire with this surname, you go check it out, is it someone from the Chinas Empire? The surname of the ancient wealthy family who escaped, those guys like to engage in such mysterious things the most."

After reading the contents of the note, Elizabeth also suppressed her smile, nodded to express her understanding, and then left the living room to start investigating.

As for Asuna, of course, there are many things to deal with, and the most urgent task is to prove Sean's pioneering knight status and jazz status. [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @土外桃花三两枝]