The meeting in Fort Juniper lasted for two days.
During these two days, the Knight of each fief left one after another. The Knight of Coral Island also left Fort Juniper on July 12, following the count's orders.
"Levis, lead the Orders of Chivalry back to Oxhorn City first and rendezvous with the family's fleet. Once the meeting is over, I will directly head for Oxhorn City."
"Yes, Sir Father."
After the count left the Orders of Chivalry and returned to Fort Juniper, Liszt chased after him and asked: "Father, it shouldn't be a problem for me to search for a few craftsmen in the cities along the way and take them away, right?"
"The Grand Duke's Orders of Chivalry have already taken over the major cities. Therefore, don't do that … Now that we are discussing military exploits, it is best to abide by the rules. It is not worth it to destroy the glory that should belong to you because of some trivial matters." The count said, "Your title of Viscount can be determined in this battle. This is the most important thing."
In theory, Leewilliam had the status of a fief count and could enfeoff anyone as a viscount.
But in fact, he only had the right to divide his own fief, as well as the right to propose and trade with new fiefs. According to the official definition, if he divided a piece of land on Coral Island for his followers to be enfeoffed, the court would not interfere in the slightest. Even if it was ten viscounts, as long as there was land to divide.
However, Coral Island was only so big. A lot of land had already been divided to accommodate two viscounts. If another city was divided, it would shake the finances of Tulip Castle.
At this time, it was necessary to trade new fiefs from the Grand Duchy to enfeoff followers.
The reward required for the trade was military exploits.
The court had the right to inspect and review the enfeoffed Knight. If the enfeoffed Knight did not meet the enfeoffment conditions determined by the court, then the court had the right to refuse the trade of the new fief. The military exploits of the followers would be stored in the form of material rewards or accumulated military exploits.
Then, the military exploits would be redeemed in a suitable way.
Leewilliam had not increased the size of his fief for many years and had redeemed his military exploits in the form of material rewards because the trade requirements for new fiefs were very high.
Unless he could accumulate enough military exploits to be promoted to Marquis and obtain a larger island as a fief, exchanging military exploits for a new island was not only not worthwhile, but also meaningless.
"Do I have enough battle credits?"
"That's enough. The First Prince is very satisfied with the performance of the Taro family and the Tulip family. He said a lot of good things and mentioned you. If you are willing, you can even become the eldest prince's follower. However, I know that you are developing a new island? "Leewilliam revealed.
He already knew about Liszt's development of Black Horse Island.
Liszt nodded and did not deny it. "I want Black Horse Island as a fief. The island covers an area of about two thousand square kilometers, about the size of a small city."
"Black Horse Island, it will be realized soon."
"By the way, Sir Father, can I keep the Flower Town for a long time? It is just a small town. I can pay the family a bit more as a long-term lease."
William Lee thought for a while and said, "Sure, we can talk about this later. I have to go to the meeting now."
Waiting for the Count to leave.
Liszt was still thinking about his own enfeoffment.
He has studied the Knight enfeoffment system. In this world dominated by the Knight, the enfeoffment system of various countries is essentially similar. In academic terms, it is inherited from the enfeoffment system of the Moon Empire. The Lord has independent ownership of the territory.
But there are many differences in form.
The enfeoffment system of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire and the suzerain of the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom is different — the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom is a feudal form of superimposed fiefs, while the Grand Duchy of Sapphire is a feudal form of island replacement.
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Superimposed fiefs.
This refers to the fact that territories can be obtained continuously and superimposed together.
For example, a Knight, after becoming a Lord Knight, gets a small village fief, and then makes military contributions, is promoted to Baron, and gets a small town fief. Then his title is "Baron of a town" and "Lord Knight of a village", with two independent territories.
In this way, his eldest son can inherit the title of Baron of a town, and his second son may inherit the title of Lord Knight of a village.
Of course, most of the time, the eldest son gets all the titles, and the second son goes to war, writes novels, plays the piano, and fawns over aristocratic ladies — the tragedy of the second son is probably the reason why the aristocratic monogamy system can be implemented. Too many wives means more second sons, and the imbalance of enfeoffment will exacerbate the contradiction, leading to the collapse of the Knight system.
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Island replacement.
This is a special feudal system of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, which means that the aristocracy can only own one island or one city, and the territory can not be superimposed.
For example, a Knight, after becoming a Lord Knight, gets a small village fief, and then makes military contributions, is promoted to Baron, and gets a small town fief. Then he can only choose a small town as the fief, give up the original small village fief, and retain the highest title of "Baron of a town".
However, there is a considerate strategy to ensure that the interests of the territory will not be harmed – the original territory can be reserved for three to five years of harvesting, which is used to transfer the elves, population, and other wealth of the territory.
When the Tulip family was still surnamed Tile, Liszt's grandfather Gregg Tile was a viscount of Tahiti City on an island near the Blue Dragon Island.
After Leewilliam inherited the viscount title, he made a meritorious deed and became count. He chose the Coral Island, and by paying taxes, reserved the Tahiti City for three years of harvesting.
After the family's property was transferred, the Tahiti City was taken back by the court three years later.
The reason why this system is adopted is that the Grand Duchy of Sapphire belongs to an archipelago state. There are many islands, few land, and shipping is difficult. If the aristocracy wants to communicate with the two fiefs in the north and south of the country, they would have to spend a lot of resources on the voyage. Therefore, they might as well focus on one island.
Thus, the island replacement system was born.
However, the system is dead, while people are alive.
Liszt wants to rent the Flower Town for a long time. As long as he pays the money, he believes that Leewilliam and Levis have no reason to disagree. After all, they are a family.
"The Flower Town is the start of my career. Most of the rewards of the smoke missions also originate from the Flower Town. It might have a special meaning, so I am reluctant to give it up."
The Flower Town is the land of prosperity for him.
Although this world does not pay particular attention to the land of prosperity for dragons, but Liszt is still more or less influenced by geomancy and has a bit of a liking for the land of prosperity for dragons. Even without the land of prosperity for dragons, the Flower Town still has most of the fruits of his hard work, so it is difficult to immediately give it up.
Most importantly, the invisible dragon has visited the town.
This is one of the clues to the dragon. Perhaps one day, the invisible dragon will visit the town again. Then, Liszt will be able to get in touch with it, strive to ride it one day and become a Dragon Knight.
Isn't that wonderful!
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On June 11th, he landed on the Iron Hoof Island's Oxhorn City, and on July 14th, he returned to the Oxhorn City. The month-long campaign on the Iron Hoof Island was finally over.
Liszt can relax on his bed and enjoy the peace after the war.
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