Chapter 400: Conferred Earl
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While Dalaran was cleaning up the rebels and recovering the lost land in North County, Prince Andrew, the head of the rebellion who had been escorted back to the capital, was undergoing public trial by the royal court and all members of the noble parliament.*.**/*
Prince Andrew was suspected of violating the ancestral teachings and betraying the kingdom, but because of the foreign forces behind him, he was resigned from his resignation and was only abolished from the throne. He was given a court earl and a manor, and was sent to the East County of the Kingdom to be a stable and idle local squire and noble.
Many subjects in the kingdom felt that this punishment plan was a bit incredible. This was a serious crime of treason. It would be a little bit lighter than just abolishing the status of heir to the throne and then exiling it to the capital.
But all the members participating in the trial said that the result was absolutely fair, and most of them agreed with the judgment!
Immediately afterwards, the rebellion in the North County was also eliminated, and Donald personally led his men to take the chief culprit to the capital.
In the end, the rebel nobles led by the Macbeth family, Lord Gerry and others were sentenced to deprive the noble status and the family's hereditary territory. The leader was in the end of hanging other accomplices and exile.
The ending of these three families who were anxious and chose to rebel only when they were stunned. Many nobles didn't care. They were concerned about the space of the three territories left after the three families lost power.
These three territories are Giant Rock City, Yuanshan Town and Lord Grey. Even the most recent Lord Grey is a big piece of fat, not to mention big cakes like Giant Rock City and Yuanshan Town!
Donald ignored these entanglements of interest. On the day he reached the capital, he went to the forbidden ground of the palace to meet the two royal holy spirits.
I learned the truth about the disposal of Andrew from the two Holy Spirits. Because of the rarefied members of the royal family and in order to leave enough pure blood, Andrew's life was preserved even though he committed a treason.
Celt VII took action secretly to abolish Andrew's family secret techniques and clear his memories after he was ten years old. Now Andrew has become a fool with only ten years old IQ, just a breeding machine that adds blood to the royal family.
His Majesty Celtic VII, who had been decisive in his life, could not tolerate such betrayal of the kingdom and betrayal of the family, but because of the physical harm caused by their Selt family secret techniques, the royal bloodline became thinner. In this generation, there were only two descendants of Andrew and Durui, and other sub-branches were not worth mentioning...
That's why Andrew's life is left behind. But living like this naively, maybe it's happier for Andrew. It's better to live in ambition and hatred, right?
Donald sighed about this. In life, you will inevitably be troubled by the complex external troubles. Being able to be healthy, have no worries about food and clothing, and live happily every day is the greatest pursuit of most people in their lives. This is true whether in this world or in the original past life!
With the support of two royal Holy Spirits, His Majesty the 15th Emperor and the military, Duret established the identity of the next king's successor and is scheduled to begin succession in March
During the celebration dinner held in the palace that night, Du Rui happily talked with the important ministers and nobles of the kingdom in the hall as the host of the banquet.
When Donald stepped into the banquet hall, the future king immediately accused the people around him and came to greet him in person.
"Durui, you guy, have been overwhelmed!"
Du Rui answered with a helpful answer in the face of Donald's joke.
"I still can't compare to you! I have such a good territory and a group of loyal and capable helpers. Even His Majesty the King will envy you!"
Even if it is a foregone conclusion to become the king, Du Rui still won't put himself in a high position. He cherishes his friendship with Donald very much!
What's more, he had already vaguely learned from his father and the royal worshipper Master Collin that the future of the young mage in front of him was not restricted by the kingdom of Celte, so maintaining pure friendship with the other party has uncalculable benefits for him and this kingdom!
"Don't forget that you are also a great hero today. I believe the reward for you has been given. Although I know that you don't care much about your current situation, this is also the thank you of our royal family!"
Donald nodded. These worldly rewards were not taken into consideration in his eyes, but he was not completely detached from the ordinary, so he also had to consider the people around him and future descendants.
Speaking of descendants, this is a problem that Donald has been worried about recently.
His current situation is mainly to attack the body of the demigod. The legend has almost strengthened the divine bloodline to the perfect level of the entire body. Now he has reached the realm of a perfect divine body, and his step is to ignite the divine fire.
At this time, no matter whether he is his soul or his strength, he is no less than a purely blooded legendary supernatural dragon. Correspondingly, the chance of reproduction of offspring is becoming increasingly pitiful, and it may take ten or even decades to successfully have a child.
Once he ignites the divine fire and becomes a demigod, it will become an immortal existence in essence, making it even more difficult to leave behind descendants!
Therefore, in addition to handling territorial affairs and accumulating strength in the House of Time during this period, the biggest research topic at hand is to promote the improvement of reproduction rate and probability of conception by powerful long-term species.
In addition to Donald himself, the members of this topic also include the senior Lich Chicofield, the senior master, as well as the old wizards Messel, Chris and Xintiya. These four have some unique achievements in this field, especially Chicofield, who has conducted many relevant biological experiments to restore human identity.
Of course, the test subject was the unlucky bronze dragon king Nozdom. Who made him a powerful dragon and a divine bloodline? These two conditions are the best test subjects for this research topic.
Fortunately, with the novel method of artificial insemination program proposed by Donald, all Nozdom needs to do is to provide some of his blood and semen from time to time, and he does not need to mating with various female test targets in embarrassment!
The environment of the advanced alchemy laboratory in the newly built alchemy factory is suitable for this kind of experiment. After Donald left, several experiments left in the territory have made some progress.
After talking to Du Rui for a while, Donald let him go to socialize with others. After all, today, His Royal Highness, the prince, is the protagonist.
Soon, with the old king who had been going out for activities due to physical discomfort, he came to the venue with the help of the waiter, and the celebration banquet officially began.
First of all, before the banquet began, the reward for the heroes who quelled the rebellion.
Most of the outstanding military personnel and the children of some local aristocrats who were listed first, most of these young people received knight titles or material rewards.
Although the rewards for real nobles are not generous, it has been a step further for these young people!
Next was the reward from several senior coalition leaders, including the commander-in-chief of Earl Dawson. Among them, Earl Dawson had almost no title because of his reputation and status as the highest general of the kingdom, so he granted him the vast viscount territory of Yuanshan Town as a family territory.
Because Lord Gerry was much larger than ordinary Lord Gerry, he was split into three knights by Wang Shi, and together with the few knights who had no master after the rebellion, he was granted to several other heroes.
The people who received the reward were basically satisfied, but many of the nobles present were thinking about the biggest piece of cake and the result of the handling of the Beijun capital Giant Rock City.
At this time, it was the final highlight, and Prince Durui, who was the host of the banquet, stood up.
"Seeing that Baron Melina has repeatedly saved the kingdom crisis and made several great achievements. After His Majesty 15th generation, he will be granted the title of Earl of the Kingdom of Melina, and will be granted the Stone City as its sacred and inviolable territory to commend his achievements in the devil's disaster, the fight against orcs, and the quelling of the rebellion of the Kingdom."
From a baron to an earl, this was a huge step. You should know that in ancient times, human beings were still in a city-state society and had no royal power established. As a lord of the region, the Count was equivalent to the current king, so the title of a nobleman changed qualitatively from the earl.
No matter how rich and powerful the Earl is, he is all small local nobles. According to Donald's understanding, the Earl is a prince. In addition to being restricted by the royal family in the general direction, the others are completely dominated by the local lords themselves, and autonomy is implemented in the territory, which is like a small kingdom of his own.
Take the Viscount Macbeth family as an example. Although the Macbeth family controls cities like a county capital and has large areas of family territories, even similar to those of some counts, without a single hereditary count, their family will never become a great noble.
That is why the Macbeth family valued the opportunity to unify the North and became a great noble, and even took the risk of launching a rebellion.
Donald didn't expect the royal family to hand over the Rock City to him. In fact, Dalaran had long had the conditions to build a city, but because Donald, the lord, did not like the noisy and dirty city atmosphere, he never thought about it.
However, with a ready-made city, Donald is confident that he will transform the Rock City into the usual Dalaran style, making it a beautiful city with a quiet environment, comfortable, tidy and excellent living conditions.
Chapter completed!