It took four days to sail from Iron Hoof Island to Coral Island, which was enough time for the Knights of Coral Island to distribute the merits.
Liszt was also distributing his Orders of Chivalry's merits.
According to the principle of more work, more pay, he was the one who made the most contributions in this battle. Even the Count thought that Liszt's merits were about to catch up with his. Unsurprisingly, the Count was the one who made the most contributions every time Coral Island participated in the battle. It was not only because of his strength, but also because of his status as a Lord.
"The Grand Duke presides over the merit conference. In principle, the distribution of supplies is the main focus and the title of nobility is minimized. Because the First Prince spoke up for you, you were able to get the title of Viscount and become the only noble to be promoted to Viscount in this battle. "
Liszt was a little surprised. "Am I the only one?"
It felt a little too high profile, but he enjoyed the thrill of being the most outstanding person in the world.
"Many of the sky knights have performed more meritorious deeds than you, but they are already marquises, earls, or viscounts … It's impossible for you to be promoted from viscount to earl with your military achievements in this battle … Among the barons, you have performed the most meritorious deeds, so it's natural for you to be promoted to viscount."
"So, father, what price do I have to pay?"
"After you get the title of Viscount, you have almost no share in the distribution of supplies, so you need to subsidize the Knights who fought with you."
"I understand." Liszt nodded. It was a matter of course. The title of Viscount belonged to the middle aristocratic sequence, which was an identity that could not be exchanged for any number of gold coins. An island or city that belonged entirely to him was definitely the foundation of his family for hundreds of years.
In other words, he had to compensate the Knights for their meritorious deeds.
The subsequent calculation of the merit compensation made him breathe a sigh of relief, because no matter how he looked at it, he accounted for most of the merit. Without Dosen, the Black Orders of Chivalry would never have made brilliant contributions, so the compensation standard was not high.
"It adds up to about 6,000 gold coins. Excluding the spoils that have been privately distributed, I will probably have to add 4,000 gold coins."
Four thousand gold coins are within the acceptable range, which is only half a year's revenue share of the flower brew.
In reality, the Swift Shadow Bow he had obtained was already worth around three to four thousand gold coins. In short, although he had not obtained the right to plunder the spoils of war, he had obtained the title of Viscount, which was enough to satisfy him.
Then, he thought, "If I become a viscount, will any of my followers be promoted?"
He thought about it.
It seemed that no one had made outstanding achievements, and this was only the first time they participated in a battle, so it was not advisable for them to advance too quickly. At most, he would list Markus Wheel and Charles Pitfall as targets for observation, waiting for their next performance in battle.
However, when he thought of the fact that his followers would be given land for meritorious deeds, there was always a knot in his heart. Enfeoffment system … I feel very good when I obtain the ownership of land, but I feel very unhappy when I have to give it to others. Should I change the structure of the enfeoffment system a little? "
With the size of Black Horse Island, under normal circumstances, it is more realistic to enfeoff two or three Baron and a dozen Lord Knight.
But he did not want to enfeoff any land at all. "Perhaps, I can refer to the ancient enfeoffment system of China, empty title and remote territory?"
Empty title, similar to the life knight of this world, but life knight cannot be hereditary. Empty title can be hereditary inheritance, no land (fief), and only enjoy the salary paid by the court.
Remote territory, the court designates an area as a fief or designates a certain official position as an identity, but the person does not govern the fief, nor does he really perform the official position, but only in name.
Whether it is empty title or remote territory, it gives enough honor, but in essence, there is no real enfeoffment, and all the land still belongs to the court. This system can not be said to be very advanced, but in the feudal era, it had a very good effect on strengthening centralization and was conducive to national unity.
Europe has always been fragmented, but China has always been unified, and it is not without institutional reasons.
Soon he calmed down, "Now is not the time to solve the enfeoffment system. I am just a small noble, low-key development is the way to go. I will first adapt to the enfeoffment system … Maybe my followers will take the initiative to change the status quo when they see that the development of the territory is not satisfactory?"
Liszt has the vision and mind of modern people, and with the help of the smoke mission, the land in his hands will definitely be of maximum value.
In the hands of his followers, I am afraid that they will still return to the simple farming method of ordinary nobles. Once they are attacked by natural disasters, they may go bankrupt in an instant. If it were other lords and followers, this kind of enfeoffment would not be a problem, and everyone would live like this.
But in Flower Town, on Black Horse Island, when the followers see that Liszt's land is becoming more and more prosperous, they will certainly have a lot of ideas.
"When the time comes, I will guide them a little. I am afraid that without me mentioning it, the followers will take the initiative to integrate into the new system."
… …
Calculating the merits made sailing no longer boring. Liszt discussed the merits with his Knight followers almost every day to ensure that everyone's demands were satisfactorily addressed.
At the same time, he would also get together with his father and brother, have a drink, and then discuss the direction of the family.
"The Grand Duke did not say what happened between him and the Sapphire Dragon, but the Sapphire Dragon has definitely changed, and the Grand Duke has also changed greatly … I don't know if he has become a Dragon Knight, or a Dragon Field Lord, or something else … His anger is far from subsiding."
Leewilliam briefly explained the meeting in Juniper Castle for his two sons' reference.
He continued: "The Grand Duke's purpose of clearing out Iron Hoof Island is very clear. He wants to take Iron Hoof Island into his hands. Then, with Iron Hoof Island as a reward, he will confer three marquises. Iron Hoof Island can barely accommodate three marquises. "
Iron Hoof Island owned by Marquis Bull was the second largest island after Blue Dragon Island. It was almost three times the size of the Taro family's Red Crab Island.
If Red Crab Island could accommodate one marquis, then Iron Hoof Island could naturally accommodate three marquises.
"So, Father, you have a chance to fight for the title of marquis?" Levis's eyes were burning with excitement, "Three marquis candidates, the probability is very high! When the time comes, our Tulip family will be a marquis family! "
"Not three candidates, but five candidates." Leewilliam was also very excited, but he didn't show it, "Blue Dragon Island will also allocate two large cities and confer two marquises to join the Blueblood Alliance."
The marquises of the Blueblood Alliance certainly didn't live as comfortably as the marquises of fiefs, but a marquis was a marquis, and the benefits they could obtain were far greater than that of a count.
Liszt wasn't tempted by the title of marquis. He frowned: "So, the Grand Duke is preparing to launch an even more ferocious war?"
"That's right. As long as the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom goes to war with the Eagle Kingdom, the Grand Duke will immediately issue an expansion order to actively expand resources and make up for the deficit brought by Marquis Bull."
"Militaristic … Can the Grand Duchy of Sapphire support such frequent wars with its national strength?" Liszt said calmly, "In the battle of Iron Hoof Island, the losses of the Coral Island Orders of Chivalry are not small, exceeding the losses of previous expansion orders. We need time to recover."
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