The founding date of the Duchy of Beifeng had been set. It would be two months later. It was the beginning of summer in the Northern Wastelands. The preparations for the Duchy of Beifeng had begun.
This world was ignorant and backward. Transportation was inconvenient, communication was backward, and the flow of population was small. It was not suitable for too advanced political systems such as republicanism, democracy, presidential system, and constitutional monarchy. These systems could not be popularized in this world.
The systems used in different countries were slightly different. The most widely used system was the feudal feudal lord system. There were three obvious characteristics of this system: the lord (lord), the vassal (vassal), and the fief (fief). The structure of the feudal system was made up of these three elements. The lord was a noble who owned land and treated the land as his own private property. In this feudal society, these lords often held real power.
The advantage of this system was that they could quickly expand their territory with little investment. The disadvantage was that it was easy to form strong local forces. At the same time, the development of the country was relatively slow, and the power of the king was greatly limited.
The Kingdom of Florence, the Kingdom of Yahn, the Kingdom of Lorenza, and so on all used this system. There were also the Kingdom of Light, the City-State Alliance, and the Kingdom of Aristocracy. However, these systems were not suitable for the Duchy of Beifeng.
The Duchy of Beifeng was very small now, and there were only three cities. Suhlen naturally would not give it to others. He planned to modify the feudal system. Nobles could have their own fief, but the ruling right of the fief belonged to the kingdom. Nobles could have their own army, and part of the taxes of the fief would be paid to the kingdom. There would not be a situation where one's vassal was not one's vassal.
It was not that he did not want to use the county system and a monarchy to rule, but the nobles would definitely not support it. In this supernatural world, individual strength was tyrannical, and a monarchy was not suitable.
Suhlen invited many people to the founding ceremony of the Duchy of Beifeng. The royal family of Florence, the nobles of the Northern Provinces, the Kingdom of Lorenza, the Desert Kingdom, and the Southern Alliance had cooperated with the Northern Wastelands. There were twenty to thirty nobles in total. There was no need to worry about the ceremony being empty.
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Just as Suhlen was busy preparing for the founding of the Duchy, the great priest of the Temple of Wisdom suddenly came to him. "My Lord, Great Priest Vena wants to see you!"
"What is she doing here?" Suhlen was a little puzzled. "Take her to the living room. I'll be there soon."
Although Suhlen didn't know what this great priest wanted, he still decided to meet him. After signing the document in his hand and handing it to the attendant beside him, Suhlen got up and walked to the reception hall.
Suhlen soon arrived at the reception hall. High Priestess Vena was waiting for him in the room. This Priestess of the Wisdom Shrine was wearing a very luxurious priestess robe today. She seemed to have dressed up and looked very solemn and formal.
"Long time no see, Your Excellency!"
Reverend Vena said with a smile when she saw Suhlen walking in from outside the door.
"Reverend Reverend Wei Na, it's nice to see you again."
Suhlen said gently. Even though he wasn't interested in the so-called etiquette, Suhlen still learned these lessons seriously. At this moment, although Suhlen's actions seemed a little casual, they weren't impolite at all.
Vena nodded to herself when she saw Suhlen's appearance. This Lord didn't look like a nouveau riche. Instead, he looked like an elegant noble. He wore well-trimmed clothes, had a strong and straight body, and a handsome and delicate face. His eyes were sharp but not overbearing. At a glance, he looked like one of those heroic figures in epics and legends. He made people's eyes light up.
Vena couldn't help but sigh in her heart. He really was a natural-born king. Just his appearance and temperament made people feel like they were willing to submit to him.
He was powerful, handsome, elegant, and wealthy. He would definitely be the most dazzling star if he appeared in the noble banquets of other kingdoms.
Vena quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Your Excellency Suhlen is even more elegant than before."
The two of them exchanged some pleasantries before taking their seats. The servants served tea. After the door was closed, Suhlen began to ask, "Your Excellency, is there anything I can help you with today?"
"There are some things." Vena put down the tea and said with a smile, "I heard that Your Excellency Suhlen is preparing to officially establish the Northwind Dukedom in two months?"
"Yes, the Northguard City is currently preparing for the establishment ceremony." This wasn't a secret. Although Suhlen hadn't officially invited the church, it wasn't difficult for them to find out.
"Then I'll congratulate Your Excellency in advance on becoming a Grand Duke," Vena said with a smile.
"Thank you. I'll need your church to attend the establishment ceremony when the time comes." Suhlen nodded.
"We will." Vena nodded.
"Your Excellency Suhlen, have you thought about who you'd like to crown you during the establishment ceremony?"
"I haven't thought about that yet." Suhlen shook his head.
Vena's eyes lit up, and then she continued, "Your Excellency Suhlen, I have a suggestion, but I'm not sure if you'd be willing to accept it."
"Of course I'd be willing to accept a good suggestion," Suhlen said with a smile.
Vena smiled. "I suggest that you invite the pope of the Wisdom Church to crown you. If you're willing, the pope will personally come to crown you on the day of the ceremony."
The Wisdom Church will personally come to crown me? Suhlen's heartbeat suddenly sped up. As one of the most powerful churches on the continent, the Wisdom Church's status was unquestionable. Many small dukedoms didn't even have the chance to see him. After all, this pope was the spokesperson of the Wisdom God in the main material plane. If the Wisdom Church supported the Northwind Dukedom, its status on the continent would instantly rise. It would no longer be a small, transparent country. The Northwind Dukedom would also be recognized by all the kingdoms on the continent.
However, this would bring about a problem. If Suhlen accepted the Wisdom Church's coronation, then the Northwind Dukedom would become a force of the Wisdom Church. In this way, the Wisdom Church's strength would definitely increase greatly in the northern city. This wasn't in Suhlen's interest, so the Wisdom Church should just focus on their studies.
Su Lun thought for a moment and refused, "I'm sorry, Reverend Vena. I'm very happy that His Holiness is willing to come to this remote and desolate northern wilderness to crown me, but I think it's better not to bother His Holiness."
Vena looked at Suhlen seriously, then nodded and didn't continue the topic. Since Suhlen rejected the Wisdom Church's olive branch, the Wisdom Church wouldn't force him to accept it.
The two continued to chat in the parlor for a while, then Suhlen personally sent Vena out of the castle. The Wisdom Church wasn't an underground church like the Dark Lady. As long as one rejected it, they would be an enemy, so there was no need to worry about the Wisdom Church's revenge.
In fact, most churches were like this. Only those in the evil camp would be like this, but Suhlen wasn't worried.
After Suhlen sent the Wisdom Church's Priest away, in the next few days, the War Church, the Wealth Church, the Justice Church, and several other churches came one after another. Their goal was the same as the Wisdom Church's, which was to invite Suhlen to their Pope for the coronation.
Of course, Suhlen rejected.
Unlike the other royal families, Suhlen was able to establish a kingdom by relying on his own strength. He knew that his power came from himself, and it wasn't the so-called God's power. There was no need to find himself a mother-in-law. He also had the power to protect his territory.
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Spring had arrived, and the northern city became very busy.
A large number of serfs and refugees were organized to come for spring ploughing. Spring ploughing was very important to any country. There were now 100,000 acres of land outside the northern city. Other than a portion that had already been planted, the rest needed to be planted in half a month.
At the same time, other places in the northern city were also very busy. Many of the rules in the northern city needed to be reorganized into laws. At the same time, the promotion of the army also needed to be fully explained. Taxes, trade, and so on also needed to be made official.
The invitations sent out by the northern city received responses in a month. Almost all the nobles who received the invitations said that they would come. Some who couldn't come for various reasons sent their sons to participate in their place.
As long as the nobles in their right mind wanted to continue working with the northern city, they wouldn't refuse this kind of founding ceremony. The Florentine royal family said that they would send Prince Grant to celebrate in person. The Marquis of Savoy also said that he would send his son and daughter to participate in the founding ceremony.
The northern city had sent a large number of troops to the northern city to clean up the outsiders. The trade route to the northern city was especially important. Suhlen found the little mare Mishion and asked for more centaurs. He then asked the cavalry to clean up all the bandits around the road.
During this period of time, Suhlen didn't want to see any merchant caravans being robbed by bandits.
The roads and all kinds of infrastructure in the northern city had been completed, but there were still many details to be completed. For example, the flower beds on both sides of the road weren't planted with flowers and plants, the facilities in the city park weren't complete, and the statues used as decorations still needed to be improved.
Suhlen found Grace and asked the gnomes to do the work of greening the city. They were proficient in nature magic, so it was easy for them to speed up the growth of plants. At the same time, they were also good at art. It was very suitable for them to decorate the city.
In addition to these things, Suhlen also needed to select a group of people to reward. After all, the northern city was about to be founded. These people would definitely be rewarded with a title. Suhlen was going to arrange these people according to their contributions.
The highest title in the Northwind Duchy was the Duke of Suhlen. The others were Counts, Viscounts, Barons, Lords, and Knights. The title of Marquis was prepared for the crown prince. The others were only Counts at most.
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