Warlord: King of All Clans

Leo did what he said and gathered people the next day to establish the "River Bay Knights Joint Management Company" in Isenbol and held a grand and solemn listing ceremony.

A group of square and corner flags were urgently sent a message by Rigolav, thinking that Leo wanted to declare himself king, so they rode to Isenpol overnight to respond.

It turned out that Leo just wanted to start a company, and everyone was speechless.

However, seeing Hewan's gradual rise, these local tycoons who lived off their past successes became extremely envious and could not help but want to get involved.

What's more, there were fireworks at the opening ceremony, which was like a magic effect, and even the knowledgeable square flag knights were dazzled.

When asked, they all fell silent.

The Knight of Arnold's Banner even secretly approached Rigolav and said, "If we do this, there will be trouble!"

Although he had not read as many books as Rigolav, he was the head of the Fangqi family after all, so he had some idea of ​​how powerful one was.

Rigolav could only appease him with kind words, "Don't worry, he's just playing around in his own territory. You know this kid has a confused mind, and even the Duke of the North can't stop him."

Arnold agreed with this and said nothing more.

Those who can become Fangqi family have some minerals or other lucrative pillar industries in their territories, so they don’t lack this little money at all. Of course, they are unwilling to hand over their territories to Hewan for management.

Although those impoverished corner flags were jealous of the generous guaranteed dividends, they were used to being bandit leaders, and they were a little uncomfortable being suddenly asked to become proper knights.

Even the dumbest Jiaoqi understood one thing: handing over the territory and people to Hewan for management was getting rid of a burden, but it was also tantamount to losing the right to recruit soldiers, not to mention the power to act tyrannically in the territory.

Therefore, the "Knight Territory Joint Management Company" established by Leo was just for his own entertainment.

A grand opening ceremony turned into a fireworks sales conference, and wealthy lords and nobles in the city came to inquire about the purchase price.

Leo was not in a hurry at all. He took advantage of the fact that the lords gathered in the city and convened the lords' meeting of the month in advance.

The first thing to do was to read out Count Hermann's decree.

"Sir Tariq's rebellion failed, and Leo Mondo has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion. We hereby announce that Leo Mondo is officially crowned as the Grand Lord of Isenbor, and is granted the power to crown the corner flag on his own."

At the Lords' Assembly, the knights were in an uproar. The Grand Lord of Isenpol has always been Count Fruilov's closest relative.

Moreover, the enthronement of the corner flag needs to be reported to the Earl's Palace and approved by the Earl, otherwise it will be regarded as treason.

Count Hermann's decree was tantamount to acknowledging the fact of Rio Mundo's separatist rule.

Leo is only one official title away from becoming Earl of the North.

Leo only published the decree he had asked Hermann to write, but did not reveal all the details of the alliance with Hermann.

To prevent the news from getting out and being noticed by the neighbors in advance.

Now the outside world still regards Isenpol as a city under the jurisdiction of Count Fruilov, and the military strength of the two northern cities must still be taken into consideration before the invasion.

But when the news of self-reliance spread, neighbors who liked to help each other had many more ways to do things.

After reading out Count Hermann's decree, Leo's right to confer titles had a legal basis, and he began to confer titles on his twenty extraordinary knights.

In addition to the fifteen knight territories left to him by Rigolav, Leo also divided out five knight territories around Linhai Town and conferred them all on his twenty extraordinary knights.

This was something the lords had anticipated long ago, so no one objected.

There were not so many knights with military merit in their clan, nor so many propertyless knight families to recommend.

In the North, not everyone can become an official corner flag holder just by passing the knight assessment. Under the corner flags, there are also proletarian knights, family knights, and manor knights.

These knights had no formal fiefdoms, which meant they had no legion organization. Even if they joined the army to fight, they could only be called armored cavalry.

If you want to become a corner flag, you must first have a certain reputation, such as being the knight squire of so-and-so, being the champion of a certain arena, having served on the battlefield for someone and made meritorious contributions, being the captain of someone's guard, and having many lives on your hands.

Secondly, you need to have some connections and be recommended and nominated by the lord of the corner flag or square flag of the lords' assembly.

Finally, one must pass the vote of the Lords' Assembly, the recognition of the Grand Lord, and the canonization of the Earl's Mansion before becoming an official corner flag, owning an official knight territory with a population of more than 100 households, and becoming a legal feudal lord.

After all these processes, Isenbol did not have a knight who could compare to the Wind Knight and Rose Knight in Leo's hands.

Moreover, the knight lords left by Rigolav were all loyal corner flag lords of the Adonis and Gladstone families who were killed in battle or demoted, and they originally belonged to Leo's spoils of war.

As for the corner flags controlled by other flags, Rigolav had already appeased them and did not allow anyone to gossip.

After conferring the title of knight, Leo stared at a familiar-looking corner flagger, "Is this Knight Freeman?"

A thin layer of sweat immediately broke out on Knight Freeman's face. "Sir, it is me."

"I remember your territory is just east of Gladstone, opposite Linhai Town?"

"Yes..., it's just across the World Tree Avenue."

"Are you interested in joining my company? In addition to a guaranteed salary, there are also dividends!"

"Okay, okay."

Seeing Freeman nod, the corner flag on the side quickly pulled his sleeve and whispered: "Are you crazy? Hand over your land?"

Knight Freeman said helplessly: "But, but I don't want to hang my head on the flagpole."

This Freeman knight is also one of the corner flags of the Isenbol Legion heading north to participate in the war!

These corner flags who participated in the racial war were deeply impressed by Leo's command ability and brutal performance.

Those who follow Leo will win the battle, and those who oppose Leo will be hung on the flagpole!

Seeing that Knight Freeman agreed, Leo looked at the other corner flag, "Knight Angus, is your father okay?"

The fierce general Angus Gladstone had been hiding behind the crowd, but he had to show up after hearing this. "Sir, my father is just old and is resting at home."

Edward Gladstone, the former knight of the Northwest Banner, suffered a defeat at Stonebreak, and his family declined, his vassals scattered, and Tariq deprived him of two knighthoods, which were divided between Riverbend and another emerging corner banner.

Edward now hides in his family's ancestral land and never goes out. Even the Lords' Conference is attended by his eldest son on his behalf.

Being demoted from a square flag to a corner flag was equivalent to being demoted from a baron to a knight in the south. Edward had no face to face anyone after suffering such a great humiliation.

Leo had no intention of letting them go. He sat in the main seat of the Lords' Assembly and asked Angus amiably, "Knight Angus, are you willing to join our company?"

After all, Knight Angus was both wise and brave, so he nodded immediately, "Yes, yes!"

The "voluntary joining" of the two corner flag lords made the other corner flags feel uncomfortable, and the barbarians in the north had never known what scheming was, and they immediately whispered to each other and began to plot openly.

Seeing that the corner flag lords were starting to make a commotion, Rigolav gave Leo a look, signaling him to stop.

With a wave of his hand, Leo announced that the tax would be reduced by 30% next year, and ended the lords' meeting amid the compliments of the corner flags.

He did not touch the three major square flags' allied corner flags, but only pulled a few cats and dogs, beat up the rest of the people, and then stopped.

After being in the North for so long, Leo gradually became familiar with the political environment in the North. He knew that the lower-level lords were afraid of power but not morality, so he had to teach them a lesson, otherwise they would immediately become more aggressive.

Even the most law-abiding Rigolav used force more often than he used reason during his time in power.

The fifteen ownerless knighthoods that Rigolav left him were all located in the suburbs and north of Isenpol.

The territories of Freeman and Angus were mixed among the fifteen knight territories, cutting off the connected land, which made Leo, who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, very unhappy.

Moreover, one of them is an enemy of Hewan, and the other is a new corner flag with no background or connections, so they are targets that Leo can control.

As for the areas surrounding the fifteen knights' territories, there are also many corner flags interlaced, but these corner flags are all close subordinates of Arnold Isenkulov, the leader of the northeastern flag, and they are places that cannot be moved for the time being.

The five knight territories carved out from the vicinity of Linhai Town, together with the original fifteen knight territories, the Freeman Knight Territory, and the Gladstone Knight Territory, formed the basic foundation of the "River Bay Knight Territory Joint Management Company".

Then Pegasus will be dispatched for sky reconnaissance!

Leo is out, mapping!

Grassroots management mobilizes for population census!

Kobold sniffers are out to survey for minerals!

The Hewan craftsman team is out to plan infrastructure!