Even if it was just the reading of everyone's name and a sentence, the ceremony of conferring viscounts still lasted for a full two hours.
In addition to the previous Knight parade, the dragon exhibition ceremony, and the king's speech, it was already ten o'clock in the morning. The process of the Founding Ceremony in the palace square had been completed, and it began to move to the Palace of the Sun, Moon, and Stars to begin the conferring of counts and marquises.
It was not much different from the process of conferring viscounts, Baron, and Lord.
It was just that each count and marquis was more long-winded. In this way, 21 marquises and 64 counts rushed to successfully complete the conferring ceremony before noon.
"The Fire Kingdom is newly established. The founding nobles are not only lords, Baron, viscounts, counts, and marquises, but also three dukes. Lee William Tulip, Duke of Tulip Island, Piero Grayiron, Duke of Sycamore Island, and Bruce Bossi, Duke of the Saltwater Sea, who was unable to participate in the ceremony. "
Liszt presided over the conferring ceremony for the whole morning. His mouth was dry and his mind was in a mess. His earlier excitement and agitation had been worn away.
But he still forced himself to finish the last part of the ceremony. "We will hold a separate conferring ceremony for the three dukes, and now it's time for the luncheon. Everyone, please join me and enjoy it."
The luncheon was held in the palace hall.
All the nobles participated in the banquet together. Only the high-ranking nobles and envoys from various countries gathered together, the middle-ranking nobles gathered together, and the low-ranking nobles gathered together. There was no such thing as equality for everyone. The hierarchy under the Knight system was so strict, but no one would complain.
On the contrary, the low-ranking nobles would only be extremely envious and eager to squeeze into the circle of the high-ranking nobles.
The Knight class had always been synonymous with forging ahead. At least in the new Fire Kingdom, the Knight had not yet decayed and kept forging ahead.
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The grand Founding Ceremony came to a perfect end with the end of the luncheon. However, the impact of the ceremony quickly spread from within.
The nobles of the fief had already left Flame Island with the serfs and followers that had been assigned long ago, and returned to their own fief.
In particular, a group of high-ranking nobles took away a large number of serfs, reducing the population of Flame Island from five million to three million. Among them, two million were direct subjects of Liszt, and the remaining one million were subjects of the feudal nobles. The feudal nobles did not have the right to enfeoffment, but they could provide for the Knight.
The nobles of the city, the Knight of the Burning Legion, had taken over the management of many cities.
However, there were still many more cities that were still under Liszt's name. After losing a large number of people, these cities needed a large number of people to replenish their various industries.
In the era of automation and industrialization, population was the most important labor force.
Liszt had just been excited for a day, but he was already tied down by a large number of kingdom affairs. Even though he had established the Outer Cabinet and the Inner Cabinet, there were still many decisions that he had to make.
"Your Majesty …"
"Father, just call me Liszt. There's no need to consider the title of king between us." After all, Liszt's soul was that of an Earthling, and he could not adapt to the relationship of a father becoming a follower of his son, even though he knew that such a situation also happened in ancient China.
He vaguely remembered that the Qing Dynasty was still the Ming Dynasty.
There was an emperor who did not have a son, so he adopted a child from the royal family as his heir.
After this child inherited the throne, because he could not deal with his biological father, he started a mighty battle with the ministers.
Fortunately, the Fire Kingdom was created by Liszt, and he could set the rules however he wanted.
Leewilliam showed a gratified smile, although he did not mind bowing down to his son. Under the Knight system, this was not a problem.
However, Liszt's attitude made him quite satisfied and proud. "Liszt, now that the feudal nobles have moved out, Fire Island will soon fall into a problem of population shortage."
"What is the Outer Cabinet's solution?"
"The Outer Cabinet has discussed it several times, but no decision has been made. But in conclusion, there are two solutions. The first one is to stop the new city plan and stabilize the developed cities. When the population has increased, then we can consider the new city construction. The second one is to immediately launch a war to plunder the population. "
Liszt thought for a moment and did not respond directly. Instead, he asked, "How far is the joint plan with the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom going?"
Leewilliam shook his head and replied somewhat helplessly, "Although the Iron and Steel Ridge royal family has decided to cooperate with our country and divide up the Eagle Kingdom, the specific details and the distribution of interests cannot be finalized in a short period of time."
"Contact King Osborne directly and let him urge the nobles under him. The war should be started as soon as possible. We cannot give the Eagle Kingdom a chance to react."
"Osborne has a false appearance. On the surface, he appears to be a bold and ambitious king, but in fact, he is also an overcautious and conservative person. According to the information sent by the Blood Servant from the City of Steel, Osborne held several meetings to discuss it. The ministers quarreled, but there was still no concrete result. "
"What a waste. Rotten wood cannot be carved …" Liszt could not help but curse. "I am in charge of the dragon-slaying battle, he is in charge of the Knight Charge, and the Eagle Kingdom is divided in half. No matter how simple the arithmetic problem is, it still takes so long to consider … The whole plan has been going on for more than a year, hasn't it?"
"It has been a year and a half. I personally went to the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom to finalize the plan," Leewilliam said.
"What a procrastinator. If it were not for the fact that I did not have enough Knight to annex the entire Eagle Kingdom, I would have taken my dragon and directly attacked them." This sentence was not a boast. At the level of the Dragon Knight, he was already invincible. It was just that the strength of his subordinates was too weak.
It was too risky for the Fire Kingdom to annex the Eagle Kingdom alone.
It was possible that they would not only face the Eagle Kingdom, but also the Iron and Steel Ridge, the Blast Furnace Castle, and even several other neighboring kingdoms. It was hard to say whether the Eagle Kingdom would ask for help. After all, the Eagle royal family had once revealed the news of the Holy Dragon to the Noble Frost Empire. Anything could happen if they were pushed too hard.
Only by involving the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom and giving out some benefits to appease the neighboring kingdoms, could they successfully annex the Eagle Kingdom.
Leewilliam suddenly said, "Liszt, there is one point worth discussing. The appearance of the Eight-Headed Dragon at the Founding Ceremony … I am worried that as your deterrence further increases, the Iron and Steel Ridge Royal Family may very likely give up the cooperation."
"Father, do you mean that Osborne might be frightened by the speed of my dragon?"
"That's right. You rode the Holy Dragon, the Fire Dragon, the Magical Metal Dragon, and now you're riding the Water Dragon. It's only been a few years … Every time you ride a dragon, the three kingdoms will be more wary of you. What I'm more worried about is that the three kingdoms may have secretly begun to ally with each other.
"Is there any sign?"
"Not yet, but I dare not rule out this possibility."
Liszt frowned. This possibility was indeed not impossible. If he was the king of the three kingdoms, he would also be extremely afraid of himself. The royal families of the three kingdoms had accumulated for hundreds and thousands of years to gather a few dozen dragons, but he himself had only spent a few years.
Thinking of this, he slightly reflected and sighed, "It seems that I have indeed been too high-profile. The next time I ride a dragon, I should raise it on an uninhabited island. It is not advisable to expose it too much."
The Duke of Tulip Island, who was beside him, pretended not to care and picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.
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