Lord of War

  The territory that Sean wanted for naming was not small, and it was even comparable to a baronial. Of course, this is the result of counting the black schwanstein castle and the surrounding land together. If not counting the black schwanstein castle and the surrounding area, it is just about the size of a jazz collar.

It’s just that this territory belongs to Asuna in name, but in fact, even Asuna herself has not confirmed it, and even the delivery ceremony with the Kingdom of Darbion hasn’t been completed—it’s not her. Lazy, and with such a pitted territory, Asuna naturally couldn't ask for it. But the Kingdom of Darbion didn't seem to mind Asuna's attitude. They didn't even pay attention to it, and immediately evacuated the team. As a result, this territory became a land of no ownership.

There are a total of three small towns in the entire territory. After losing the protection of the lord, the three small towns need to face the alien races that may be attacked by the wild land. This has made these three territories in the past year Become a bit bitter. In order to get rid of this ubiquitous shadow, the three small towns have also figured out some way, that is, to start hiring mercenaries to assist the garrison, and because the tax on the territory no longer has to be turned over to the lord, so they Naturally, there will be extra money. Over time, these three small towns have now become a lawless zone.

  As for the Black Swan Castle, it was the castle of a viscount in the Kingdom of Darbion. His original territory happened to occupy the other third of the Angroda Mountains. It was also that he refused Asuna’s right to swear, which led to the subsequent war between the two countries, and this Viscount was the first in the war. After dying under Asuna's army, and later annexing this territory, Black Swan Castle became Asuna's possession.

  The reason why Black Swan Castle is famous is that there is an artificial lake in this old castle that does not cover a large area, but it leads out of an underground spring. At that time, a large group of black swans were resting here, and they were not afraid of people. Naturally, they added a beautiful view to this castle, so people called this castle the Black Swan Castle. Only with the death of that lord, after experiencing a war, there was no black swan in Black Swan Castle.

At first, Asuna even came here to live for a short time, just to see these so-called black swans, but unfortunately a black swan did not show up, and Asuna went back to Tonis in despair. The fortress is out. From then on, this castle was completely abandoned due to lack of repair and maintenance. After that, somehow haunted stories spread out, and this castle became a ghost castle.

  At this time, if it hadn't been for Sean to mention this castle, Asuna would almost forget that there was such a castle on the edge of her territory.

   "Black Swan Castle is okay for you." Asuna said, "But there is some trouble in the territory you named."

   "Trouble?" This time it was Sean's turn to not understand.

  Although he knew that this realm belonged to Asuna, how could he know that Asuna did not conduct the delivery ceremony with the Kingdom of Darbion for some reason? So when Asuna said that it was troublesome, Sean still couldn't react, but looked at Asuna with a puzzled look.

"Although this territory belongs to me in name, I actually didn't get the contract document from the Kingdom of Darbion." Asuna was also unambiguous, and simply explained the situation to Sean. "Although the Kingdom of Darbion retains the contract documents, in fact they did not protect this territory anymore, so this territory has now become a dominion...a piece between the Kingdom of Darbion and the Principality of Ryan The dominion that survives in the middle."

   Xiao En's brows frowned slightly, and the subtext of Asuna's words was very clear, that is, he wanted this territory to be okay, but the legal rights of the territory were not in her body, and the law and order in this territory might be very bad. It is even possible that because of the laissez-faire and autonomy in the past year, even if there are lords in the past, they will not buy it. After all, once they are used to freedom, it is difficult to accept any restrictions.

   "It's okay, if I don't even control this territory, I won't be qualified to say those things to you." Sean smiled, seeming not to care much.

"Since you don't think there is any problem, then I will arrange the related procedures." Asuna nodded when Sean was so persistent, and said nothing, "By the way, I don't know your last name yet. ?"

   "Connery." Sean thought for a moment, then said, "Sean Connery."

   "Okay, I see." Asuna nodded.

   Immediately, Sean also said goodbye to Asuna and left. Anyway, the matter has been settled, so naturally there is no need to stay here. Only this time, it was not Elizabeth who sent Sean out of the house, but a soldier of the Thunder's Front who led the way. This made Sean relax a bit. After all, following Elizabeth's back, Sean really felt a little bit Not very comfortable.

  After she was sure that Sean had left, Elizabeth suddenly closed the door, then pulled a chair away and sat down, looking at Asuna curiously.

   "What's the matter?" Asuna saw Elizabeth just sitting here, but she didn't speak, so she couldn't help asking curiously.

  In her impression, Elizabeth rarely showed such behavior.

"You want to give him a territory?" Elizabeth's voice was a little surprised. "From the territory he divided, there should be a baronial as big as that. But although you are a marquis, you don't have one. The power to be a baron, and now the Principality of Lane has some big opinions on you, and the aristocratic circle is also unprecedentedly united with each other. It is absolutely impossible for you to insert another noble in."

   "I just gave him a title of jazz." Asuna said lightly.

  On the Continent of Miracles, the canonization of titles is not something that can be solved with a single word of mouth.

The lord of any territory, no matter how big the title is, can only confer the titles of knight and knight, and the territory given to them is divided from their own fiefdom. It is not hereditary, but only for life. However, commoners call these knight and jazz fiefs the knight collar and the jazz collar-the area is usually very small, like half of the knight collar only has a small manor, and if the jazz collar is better, there may be a village. And all the income of these territories is naturally attributed to the knights and knights of the territories, which can be regarded as a disguised wage payment.

  And to confer titles above baron, only the true leader of a country can have this qualification, such as grand dukes, kings, emperors, and so on. However, the Grand Duke only has the qualification to be a marquis or below. Only the king of the kingdom and the emperor of the empire are qualified to be the duke. The only thing that the empire is stronger than the kingdom is that the empire is qualified to have a vassal state, but the kingdom does not. ——The reason for this is the power gap between the countries. How can two countries be willing to become vassals if they have similar national strengths?

  The empire was never made out only by superficial strength, but made out. If you can make an empire into a kingdom, then you can naturally call yourself an empire.

  The worst, you have to get the recognition of half of the empires before you can become a new empire.

  On the Marvel Continent, there are only seven empires since ancient times. Except for the five old empires of Zenus, Maggie, St. Joles, Millennium Covenant, and Emelia, the other two "empires" are not stable in position, and they are consciously powerful every few decades. The kingdom of the Kingdom hits the door, so the rotation of this position is also fast. On the contrary, the road of "recognition through half of the empires" has never been passed. After all, the interests and focus of each other in the seven empires are also complicated. It is very likely that when you get the nod of one family, you have already offended the other two. .

  It’s not easy to get the four empires to nod and recognize your new empire identity.

  So Asuna’s phrase "I'm just giving him a jazz title" is not a self-effacement, but she can only do this. If she wants to go further, she can recommend it, but in the end it depends on the meaning of the royal family of the principality, rather than the decision made by her alone. This is why Asuna told Sean that now the principality of Ryan will not Feel free to allow new nobles to join the circle.

  Sean will know these things sooner or later, so Asuna might as well talk to Sean first to avoid any misunderstandings later. However, the boldness and courage that Sean showed made Asuna look a little different.

"But I'm very curious, what on earth did you talk to him, how could you suddenly make him a jazz?" Elizabeth suddenly smiled narrowly, "Could it be that he is the secret lover you have always kept in your collection? …Hey, I’m just saying how can you look down on that guy Dach, in the Principality of Lane, he is the only young man closest to you."

   "It used to be, but it won't be anymore." Asuna shook her head, denying Elizabeth's words.

  Dach Zoff, the lord of Danawi, an earl of real power.

  He has ambition and strength. Danaville is indeed developing at an astonishing speed under his governance. I'm afraid it won't be long before this lord can also pull out a powerful private army. Even if there is no way to become a marquis of strength at that time, the title of an earl of strength will definitely not run away.

  In the entire Principality of Ryan, Dach is hailed as the closest person to Asuna, but for a man to be the second to Asuna, this is definitely not a compliment. So it's no wonder that Daqi tried so desperately to prove himself, but it's a pity that the more he rushed to show himself, the more people would regard him as Asuna's second.

   "I can't tell, you are quite confident in this handsome guy." Elizabeth and Asuna are already very familiar with each other, so it doesn't hurt to make a little joke.

  It’s just that Asuna didn’t answer Elizabeth’s ridicule. Instead, she slid the piece of paper on the table to Elizabeth: "He wrote it."

   Elizabeth picked it up curiously, her eyes changed: "This guy, what a big tone!... You believe it?"

"Letter." Asuna nodded, "But the surname of Connery, I haven't really heard of any great aristocrat of the Zenus Empire with this surname. Go and check if it is the hidden names of the Zenus Empire. The surnames of the escaped ancient wealthy family, those guys like to engage in such mysterious things."

  After reading the content on the note, Elizabeth also narrowed her smile, nodded to express her understanding, and then left the living room and started investigating.

  And Asuna, of course, there are many things to deal with, and the top priority is to prove Sean's pioneering knighthood and jazz.