Warlord: King of All Clans

All five knight territories of the Hobart family joined the United Knight Territory and handed over the military conscription rights, territorial legislative power and administrative power of the territories.

However, the Hobart family's mineral properties and self-owned land were retained, and they still had the power to form a family private army.

The difference is that before this, the knight lord could unconditionally recruit his subjects to become his own private army.

But after that, they lost the right to recruit soldiers and could only hire them with money.

The object of loyalty of the people of the Knight Territory changed from the Knight Lord to the great ruler Leo.

In return, the inherent territory income of the Hobart family knights would be converted into money and food and distributed to them after the autumn harvest every year.

The added value after unified development will be distributed as dividends according to the proportion of shares.

Excluding the part of the industry still controlled by the Hobart family, there are only some land and population income such as agricultural taxes and civil service from the subjects left.

Five knight lords only translate to a profit of over a hundred gold coins per year.

With a stroke of his pen, Leo directly gave the Hobert family two hundred gold coins every year as rent, and would make additional dividends after the development generated profits.

After discussing the main content, his subordinates will handle the remaining details.

Rigolav watched Ulian and Rudolf, two gray-haired brothers, chatting, and whispered to Leo, "Rudolf was quick and got there before me."

Leo smiled and said, "So what is Godfather going to do?"

Rigolav revealed his feelings before Leo left for the battle.

The Petukhov family has begun liquidating their property this winter, and the territory will be handed over to Hewan for unified management next year. However, due to secular influence, it has not been announced to the corner flags of Isenpol City in advance.

Within the family, his second brother and nephew were very opposed, but Roman and Solovy were very supportive, and in the end the family decision was passed with three votes.

Under the influence of Rigolav, the corner flags in the southwest of Isenpol also expressed their agreement to join.

They were all small lords living in remote mountain areas, with very limited arable land and pastures, and the output was only enough to maintain the minimum knightly armaments and corner flag troops.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to go to Hewan, hand over the military power, get the money directly, and no longer have to worry about the management of the territory.

Hearing Leo's question, Rigolav just smiled and said, "Whatever you want to do, as long as the conditions are no worse than Rudolf's."

In other words, starting next year, the three major regions of the northwest, southwest, and southeast of the river bay will all be incorporated into Rio's name, transforming from a traditional feudal territory into a centralized territory.

Sixty percent of Isenbol's knights with actual fiefs became nominal knights.

Only Arnold, the flag bearer of the northeast, remained silent.

Rigolav was a little confused. "Arnold followed you north this time. He knows more about the new army in the river bank and your ambitions than anyone else. You brainwashed him a lot. Why did he become so stubborn?"

Leo understood very well. "It doesn't matter if your family is poor. The Hobert family mainly relies on business and mining to maintain their family business. The handing over of the territory will have little impact on them. But the Isenkulov family is different. They are the largest landowner in Isenbor. Thousands of people in the family rely on farmland for food. If the land is handed over, they will lose their support. Of course, they are worried."

"A century-old foundation and aristocratic power are not so easy to give up."

These few words of his suddenly enlightened Rigolav, "This is what you call the bourgeoisie and the landlord class."

“That’s about the same.”

Rigolav looked at his adopted son and said hesitantly, "You...did Master Bobak teach you all this?"

Leo nodded vigorously, "This is a must!"

"So what are you going to do?"

Leo said without hesitation: "Just wait. Our three regions are developing vigorously together. If he just keeps farming in the Northeast, he will not be able to survive sooner or later."

Rigolav hesitated to speak. According to his thinking, if they didn't obey, they would fight. This was the style of the people in the North.

But both Arnold and Arnold's Isenkulov family have performed impeccably in the past.

Isenkulov is the largest family name in Isenpor, with many close relatives and corner flags. The northeastern region is the most fertile area in Isenpor and has the most densely populated area.

If we rashly start a war, Isenbol will be in chaos for several more years and it will hurt people's hearts.

After seeing Rudolph off and enduring a heavy snowfall, Hewan County began to decorate the place with lights and colors in preparation for the wedding.

Solovy, the extraordinary knight and wind knight of the Petukhov family, is about to come to Hewan to marry Agatha, the mayor of Linhai Town and the best friend of the mistress of Hewan!

In order to give Agata a good identity, Uliyan temporarily recognized Agata as his adopted daughter, so now she is also a noble lady of the Fangqi family, not just a village girl.

Everyone was satisfied with this arrangement, except Rigolav, who was extremely angry.

My younger brother married the adopted daughter of an old subordinate, so his generation status was suddenly lowered by one generation.

In addition to welcoming the wedding party of Knight Solovy, Hewan also has to see off the wedding party of Knight Vichy of Gravel Castle.

He accepted the marriage proposal from Rudolf and was going to take his relatives to the Hobart family to marry the noble lady of Fangqi.

In addition to these two marriages, five or six important members of the younger generation in Hewan also got married this winter.

Leo and Ivan suffered a lot for these marriages.

Riding side by side on the snow, a carriage passed by, the window opened, and a young girl's face popped out, her eyes full of stars, "Ivan! Ivan! Would you like to have dinner at my house tonight?"

Ivan nodded and said, "Okay."

After receiving the promise from the handsome blond boy, the girl smiled happily and hid in the carriage to laugh secretly.

Leo recognized her at a glance. She was the daughter of a wealthy family in Hewan Town.

Leo thought of Ivan's noble daughter, the daughter of a knight of the corner banner who was loyal to Rigolav.

Being able to catch the eye of Rigolav, this Corner Flag Knight is also a reliable person. His daughter has a passionate and unrestrained personality, but she also keeps herself clean.

"Ivan, where is your girlfriend? Why aren't you married yet?"

Ivan smiled bitterly, "What old story? We broke up a long time ago."

Leo didn't expect this at all. He thought the lovers finally got married. "Ah? What happened?"

Ivan stammered, "It's probably just a clash of personalities."

Although he didn't want to say it, Leo could understand it to some extent.

A commoner boy and a noble lady, after a period of passionate love, their curiosity faded and all that was left was all kinds of incompatibility.

Ivan has been with Leo for a long time and is also a pragmatic young man. Although the noble lady has good qualities, she only talks about love and romance, recites poems and composes couplets, and has a blank slate when it comes to real life.

The longer you are together, the greater the gap becomes.

Leo could only comfort her, "It's over now. You're the most handsome blond guy in our River Bay. What wife can't you find?"

Ivan looked up at the sky with a look of disappointment. "You all got married and had children, but I am the only one left, alone."

Just as they were feeling melancholy, Weir, the vice-captain of the Pegasus Knights, was standing at the intersection. She saw the two of them and waved quickly.

Leo thought there was something urgent, but Weier just saluted him, "My Lord!"

Then she looked at Ivan with stars in her eyes, "Ivan! Ivan! My father hunted a deer in the mountains yesterday. Would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"

Ivan nodded and said, "Okay."

Leo was furious, "You just promised someone else!"

Ivan deadpanned, "I usually eat two dinners."