Black Iron Crown

Chapter 412: Duke of the North

There are only a few people, because there are a lot of troops left on the battlefield, which makes them daunting, so they have to expand their territory.

The remaining royal lords suffered a great loss due to head-on attacks when they were chasing the rebels, and their right to speak also declined. Most of them were perfunctory when rewarding them.

"Baron Ahrens, because Count Tumora’s family died under the rebels’ aggression, that piece of land has no owner. In order to commend your bravery on the battlefield, I decided to give you that piece of land. I hope you will Can continue to be loyal to the royal family and fight for the royal family!"

The queen called the name of Baron Aarens and said, this Baron Aarens is an emerging aristocrat of the Count Redmara family. His performance on the battlefield cannot be called dazzling, but he has gotten it. Real territory.

The territories were sealed off one by one, and only a few unowned lands fell into the hands of the royal lords.

In fact, even if these territories have no masters, according to the law of inheritance, all the unowned territories should fall into the hands of the royal lords.

After all, most of the territories that lost their master belonged to the royal lords, even if their close relatives are gone, there are distant relatives of the royal family.

This arrangement of the queen immediately caused an uproar among the royal lords.

"Damn it!" Earl Jolar sat next to Rainer, gritted his teeth and looked at the queen, his eyes full of red blood because of anger.

At this time, the anger in his heart could no longer be increased. Although most of the royal lords were arrogant and lacked foresight, no one was a fool.

The Queen's favoritism towards the emerging aristocrats is seen by everyone.

"Your Majesty Queen!" A royal lord stood up angrily.

Reiner followed his reputation, and he was the Baron Moricardo who had presided over the wedding of Reiner before.

Although he was extremely angry, he still maintained the finality of the queen, and tried to suppress the anger and said, "Is this arrangement like yours a little ill-considered?"

"Those who died on the battlefield resisting the invasion of the rebels but mostly belonged to our Morland family. As usual, shouldn't their territories be inherited by our Morland family members?"

Looking at Baron Moricardo, whose entire face was red from anger, the queen slowly said: "That said, they also make a huge contribution on the battlefield. Shouldn't they be rewarded?"

Hearing this, Earl Jolar almost couldn't help it, and wanted to stand up and denounce the queen's injustice as he did last time.

Rainer grabbed his sleeve and pressed him hard against the chair.

"What are you doing!" Count Jolar looked around, and whispered at Rainer when he saw that no one had noticed.

"What can you change by standing up now?" Lena said, looking into his eyes.

"Now the power of our royal family has been lost too much!" Rainer leaned into earl of Count Choral and said, "Are you not clear about the matter between the Queen, Earl Demara? Most of the emerging nobles They are all from Count Redmara! Think about what she wants to do!"

After hearing what Rainer said, Count Jolar, who was almost dazzled by anger, gradually calmed down. After thinking about it carefully, he understood what Rainer meant.

"You mean? They want to completely suppress the royal family?"

"No!" Reiner shook his head and said, "The matter about the identity of the little emperor is too important. If you hide it from the past, they will naturally not take any other actions, but if you can't help it, you guess the emerging nobles will support it. Who?"

Count Jolar's eyes widened instantly when he heard this, and he looked at Rainer with incredible gaze, with a hint of horror in it.

"The most important thing now is to preserve the strength of our royal family! After the situation has completely stabilized, the rebels in the Quartet have been completely suppressed, and it is time for us to restore the Morand family's orthodoxy!"

"Now, let's not have a head-on conflict with them. After this counterinsurgency war, our royal family has suffered huge losses. Without strength, no one will pay attention to us. Everything is empty talk!"

After hearing Rainer's words, Earl Jolar closed his eyes in pain, nodded and stopped talking.

Baron Moricardo was even more annoyed when he heard the queen's words, but still exercised restraint: "What you say means that the descendants of Morande did not contribute in the war to protect the empire. Are they greedy for life and fear of death?"

As soon as his words fell, an emerging nobleman stood up and sneered: "It's hard to say that I am afraid of death. It is true that I am embarrassed and beaten by the enemy without saying that you are dragged down. Do you want to get territory?"

Baron Moricardo's face flushed with what he said, because what he said was indeed the truth, and Baron Moricardo couldn't even refute it.

This sentence completely ignited the anger of the royal lords, and they yelled at them, making the whole discussion hall a mess.

Count Redmara frowned slightly, glanced at the direction where Lena was, and found that he was closing his eyes to rest, so he stood up with confidence.

"Silence! Keep silent for everyone! Tska Palace will not allow you to make a loud noise!" Count Redmara shouted loudly.

"I strongly disagree with what I said just now. Although the royal family suffered heavy losses from being beaten by the rebels, after all, they have also made contributions. Is it because you have done more to speak satirically? I will never allow anyone. Take this to mock Morand's descendants!"

Although his words seem to be biased towards the royal family, they actually settled the matter and completely blocked the royal family's claim for important points.

"Grand Duke Mabra is here..." the royal lords gritted their teeth and said: "How dare they be so arrogant!"

"Earl Rainer! Earl Jolar! Earl Pushtown! You are saying something!"

"Earl Antal! Earl Meryl! Can't you see?" At this moment, these people closed their eyes in unison.

They knew that at this time, without strength, they would have no right to speak. Although Count Melier and Count Antare were angry, they also knew this.

After the royal lords accepted all this and calmed down, the queen finally spoke again.

"Then, the next step is the reward of Earl Rainer, who has contributed the most in this war!"

Reiner opened his eyes and walked to the empress without expression, and walked to the emperor's throne that symbolized the 1200 years of the Merland family's glory and the 800-year state of Zuo.

"Liner Moreland, Earl of the North, you reversed the situation on the battlefield and directly defeated the rebels. The rebels did not dare to be presumptuous in front of you~lightnovelpub.net~ and for the sake of the royal family's stability. Married the daughter of the rebel army, the sacrifices you made for the royal family, the emperor and I will never forget!"

"Now, I decided to canonize you as the Great Duke of the North. Only a certain Duke's crown can be worthy of such a feat. Starting today, you can call yourself the Duke of the North!"

There is a difference between a grand duke and a duke. Under normal circumstances, a duke is just a title, while the grand duke is a person who sits on the country, can be divided into earl titles, has autonomous jurisdiction and does not need to pay annuities to the royal family as a vassal but exists.

Although the Grand Duke of Mabula is called the Grand Duke, the actual title is the Duke, and the title of earl cannot be canonized.

The Earl of Antar and the Earl of Meriel were both titles conferred by the old emperor.

The princes of the entire empire, apart from Reiner, were the only Grand Duke Levin who followed the old emperor in the Southern and Northern Wars and made great achievements, but his title was taken back by the royal family because of extinction.

In other words, as long as Rainer accepts the canonization, then he is the only Grand Duke of the largest Redka Empire and has his own country.