Lord of War

After hearing this news, almost all the aristocratic factions in the entire capital fell into a dumbfounded degree of sluggishness. Although many members of the old Darby expensive family who have been classified as the aristocratic faction outside the Great Wall were equally incredulous and even astonished, what these people were really surprised by was the honorable status of the "one-vote seat" that Xiao En had obtained, because Now all the nobles outside the Great Wall are very clear that there are only twelve people who can hold this seat.

And Sean Connery is already one of these twelve people.

It's just different from the representative status of the "one-vote seat" that the nobles outside the Great Wall value. All the noble factions inside the Great Wall care more about the meaning that Xiao En's canonization symbolizes.

Sean Connery is the first duke officially conferred and recognized by the Kingdom of Ryan!

Moreover, the title of nobility he obtained is not just a lifelong false title, but a hereditary duke with the most valuable and powerful status, which is quite different from the "marquis" that everyone knew. difference!

The title of lifetime title is just an honor in name, in fact, it doesn't have any great value and status at all, because all this will end with the death of the conferee. Of course, if one had to talk about something valuable, it would probably be that one could receive a decent salary from the royal family every month.

But the hereditary title has a completely different symbolic meaning.

Not to mention that this title can be passed on to future generations forever, just one item that can be reported to the royal family for the canonization of titles for its followers is enough to make many life-long nobles feel extremely envious. Of course, if it's just titles like Baron and Viscount. So the so-called canonization of titles for followers is just a concept that is better than nothing. But if it rises to the earl, marquis, or even the duke. Then the meaning is completely different.

Especially the gap between the Marquis and the Duke.

In Ryan, the Marquis can only obtain the canonization quota of five Viscounts at most, and even the Earl is not allowed to be canonized by the Marquis.

But the duke was quite different.

Nobles with this duke title can not only confer earls, but also have two hereditary marquis titles and one lifelong marquis eligibility, but the territories owned by nobles conferred by the duke must naturally be assumed by the duke. The kingdom will only recognize the legitimacy of the marquis, and will not reward the territory as a fief. But even so, this is still a manifestation of power in a supreme position.

And it's even more shocking than that.

The Lane royal family not only canonized Sean as Duke. At the same time, it also announced the recognition of the territorial division submitted by Sean Connery before,

And officially changed its name to Void Territory. This also means that a total of seven old territories including Panda Land, Yedeby Land, Berbice Land, Chirav Land, Dayi Land, Soan Land, and Ting Qi Yin Land, etc., will all belong to the Under the name of Sean Connery, it officially became his fief - the Void Territory.

According to the extent of the area, these seven territories have far exceeded the size of a normal duchy. Although under normal circumstances, the size of the territory owned by a real noble with a territory is usually proportional to his ability, but under normal circumstances, this unspoken rule-style approach would not be so blatant. Generally, even if you occupy a larger territory, you will use the nominal method, and will not really merge into your own territory.

You know, the Void Territory that Sean currently owns is actually composed of one earldom, three viscounty territories, and three baronies. Among them, the Earl of Tinchin, the Viscount of Berbice, the Viscount of Yedby, and the Baron of Panda are all unconventional duchies. The area of ​​the territory owned. It can basically be equivalent to the size of two duchies.

Today, in the entire Kingdom of Ryan, Sean currently owns the third largest territory after the Royal Family of Ryan and Asuna G. Evans.

Generally speaking, such a vast territory requires a huge amount of military power. So usually if there is not enough strength, no lord will take over such a large area of ​​territory. This is another benefit of the nominal territory-in name, this territory belongs to another lord, so if someone has an idea about this territory. Then for the sake of face, the nominal lord of this territory must fight back.

Therefore, if any noble is so overconfident, then other nobles like jackals will teach each other how to behave every minute. At least, the coercion of force is enough to force the opponent to submit. After all, as long as the interests are sufficient, the nobles don't mind joining forces.

However, when the nobles heard that Sean had such a vast territory, no one tried to coerce Sean by force.

The reason is simple.

In terms of war attitude, the incident at the Evergreen Suspension Bridge this morning let them know that Xiao En is definitely a man who will take revenge, and he will not let go of even a child. So if you want to force Sean to submit through coercion, then you must prepare for an endless war with Sean.

Once entering a state of war, there are four key factors that determine the outcome of a war.

The first is high-end force.

After the tragic situation of the Dovigo family, people already knew that Sean had a real powerhouse who could face the Sanctuary level head-on. Basically, except for those big families with deep enough foundations and strong sanctuary powers, few families can compete with Xiao En in terms of high-end military power.

Since there is no way to compete with high-end force, these nobles can only think about whether they can suppress Sean from other aspects.

The second key factor that determines the outcome of a war is military power.

It's just that the moment this idea emerged from the minds of the nobles, they immediately killed it.

Just kidding, can anyone compare to Sean when it comes to military power?

In the war against Darbion, the three major armies under Sean's command, the Thunder Lion, Iron Wings, and Cecilia's Guards, had already achieved a brilliant enough reputation. Not only the many nobles in Darbion know the horror of these three legions, even the nobles of Ryan know it. Especially Thunder Lion and Iron Wings. These two legions have a brilliant record of defeating the Mountain Lion Legion and the 2nd Darbion Cavalry Regiment on the frontal battlefield; and the Cecilia Guards, because they directly received the soldiers of the 4th Darbion Army. fame.

Although the war has just ended, Sean's territorial army is definitely still in the process of reorganization. If a war is launched, it may not be able to deal with it. But this is the same for other nobles, especially those nobles who participated in the Northwest War Zone at the beginning. Their losses are so heavy that they cannot be added. . It is estimated that the army under Sean's command has also been reorganized.

At this time, who would dare to continue to compete with Xiao En in military power?

Neither the first nor the second factor can suppress Xiao En. As the third factor that determines the most critical and important war situation, it is enough to silence more people.

Because the third element is the question of generals.

Before the annexation of the Principality of Ryan, there were only three generals recognized as the strongest in the country.

Devin Sodel Shabb, known as the "Sword of Lane", and Roald G. Evans, known as the "Shield of Lane", shined brilliantly in the first war against Dabiang Asuna G. Evans. As for the powerful generals of other military command departments or the private generals supported by various nobles, there is still a huge gap compared with these three.

And after annexing Dabiang. Today's Ryan can be regarded as a few new players.

For example, the old Duke Hatch Boulder of the former Duke of Darbion, the Duke of Coss Hopson, the former Marquis of Darbion Lonnis Holder, and the pioneering knight Florence who belonged to the former Asuna A follower of Wiles - Menso Helian. Of course, there is also William Yale, the military commander under Sean Connery, whom many nobles in Ryan do not want to admit at all.

Among the many newly added fierce generals, almost every one has something to do with Sean, so how could these people deal with Sean? What's more, Asuna G. Evans is also undoubtedly on Xiao En's side; and Roald G. Evans must also sit in Fort Saint-Drones, and he is not allowed unless ordered by the royal family Leaving this fortress without permission; as for Dawin Soder Shabo, who is known as the "Sword of Ryan". He is still maintaining a neutral attitude, at least until he makes a clear statement, he will definitely not have any conflicts with Sean.

Therefore, in the competition of famous generals, the nobles also had to admit it. They are still not Sean's opponents.

The last remaining determining factor is resources.

The Void Territory is located east of Fort Tonis. It is the land of the original Darbion Kingdom, which is called the place beyond the Great Wall by the old-school nobles of Lane. Here, the influence of these former Lane nobles can be said to be negligible. Even if they want to implement so-called economic control and trade blockade, it is impossible. And even if they join forces to deal with Xiao En like this, will the other party be afraid?

This person even dared to provoke and declare war on the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and even directly ransacked all the resources of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. What Xiao En did in the gray shadow black market, although there were some secrecy and blockade by the Chamber of Commerce Alliance afterwards, It was no secret to some high-ranking nobles, so not only did they know about Sean's actions, they even had a list of some of the items Sean looted.

Just this partially incomplete list of items is enough to make many nobles feel greedy.

Moreover, after owning the three territories of Tinchin, Yedby, and Berbice, Sean basically has no shortage of resources, and besides, he also controls a passage to the wild land. Therefore, it is almost conceivable that, as long as he is given enough time, Sean Connery will become the most powerful duke in Ryan—but this is exactly what all the nobles are helpless about.

Under the current circumstances, all the nobles of Lane do not have a good way to restrain Sean's development.

Unless they want to start a civil unrest.

However, launching a civil strife without a suitable excuse is already beyond the tolerance limit of the royal family, so they don't know whether the civil strife will succeed at that time, but they will definitely become the first victims of this civil strife. It is impossible for any nobleman to do this kind of business that is close to losing money, unless it really reaches the stage of revenge by blood relatives, then other noblemen may find an excuse to intervene.

In this way, the problem returns to the original point: the Dovigo family.

At present, only the Dovigo family has enough excuses to declare war on Sean. After all, Sean cut off the right hand of Setins Dovigo's younger brother, and then sent the right hand back in an extremely humiliating way. So if the Dovigo family uses this as an excuse, then they can initiate a round of censure against Sean, but no one can guarantee what the final result will be.

After all, none of them knew what Sean was thinking.

Therefore, the nobles of Senai, these nobles, are waiting for the decision made by their leader at this time.

But for the high-ranking nobles, their thoughts were no longer on Xiao En at this moment.

They have already felt the imminence of this aristocratic reshuffle.

Because at the same time as the national celebration was held this time, there was also the canonization of new nobles. After all, Ryan was upgraded from the principality to the kingdom, which meant that many nobles had the opportunity to stand up. Like those marquises, it is possible to be promoted to duke. This is already the highest honor and title in a kingdom. If they can go one step further, then of course they can obtain complete self-reliance. At that time, it will be the highest honor and title. country, also known as the prototype of the Principality.

However, for a kingdom, the entrustment of the duke must not be too many people, because it is not just an honor and privilege.

At the same time, the so-called vanity and face of the nobles must be taken into account.

If there are too many dukes in a kingdom, the title is worthless.

Therefore, according to the secret investigation of these nobles, there will be seven titles of dukes after Ryan is promoted to the kingdom.

In order to appease Dabion's capitulation nobles, this time there will be three dukes for Dabion's nobles, and these three are Hatch Boulder, Coss Hobson and a A man named Roja Karchi. Among the remaining four duke titles, there is no doubt that Asuna G. Evans, Roald G. Evans, and Devin Sordel Sappor will share three of them.

So the remaining ten or so marquises all set their sights on the last duke.

But no one thought that the last one would be taken away by Sean Connery!

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At this moment, a luxurious mansion located on Seventh Avenue of Ryan is in full swing.

Not far away, several carriages were slowly driving towards the mansion. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian () to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)