Chapter 344 The Day of Allegiance

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Under legal circumstances, when a noble lineage belonging to the royal family is delisted, the royal family has the right to take back the property of the noble lineage and transfer it to others, while the subordinate vassals who previously served the noble family should deal with the new lord under normal circumstances. Oath of allegiance - but this is not mandatory, but a "moral" and "custom" requirement, the king has no right to interfere with the vassals of the vassals, so whether the followers of the old lord will swear allegiance to the new master, often See how the new lord's wrist is. In fact, whether or not the vassals of the previous lords can swear allegiance to him is an important criterion for measuring whether a noble has sufficient strength and prestige, at least, in Ansu.

The prestige of the name Gawain Cecil in the knight group is unquestionable, and its legendary personal strength and the current development prospects of the new Cecil Land are enough to convince the old knights of the Kant Land, but in front of them There is one final test -

That is whether they are willing to give up their old land privileges and submit to the new order of Cecil Land.

The knights of the Kant collar are no strangers to Cecil's order. Although the traditional aristocracy is a somewhat dull group, the Cecil family has actually ruled the Kant collar for half a year. No matter how dull people are, they will notice those who infiltrated. changes, and those who are a little more attentive will go to inquire about the "legal basis" behind these changes - after all, they have already guessed that the Cecil family will become the new masters of Kant sooner or later, and no one will not care about their future needs. what to face.

After learning about the current state of the system in Cecil Land, the knights of Kant were already nervous, but no matter how nervous they were, they had to face it - the canonization of the king became a fact, and the man who had always been in charge of Kant's affairs had to face it. Knight Philip brought an order to be summoned by the lord.

The Kant knights responded to the summons in anxiety, and on the seventh day of the month of recovery, the Kant "old knights" headed by Wald Perich (the former chief knight of Viscount Kant) arrived at the residence of Duke Cecil.

Everyone knew the purpose of everyone's gathering here today, so they put on bright scrubbed armor and burqas over the armor. These mighty knights gathered in the hall of the lord's mansion with a little uneasiness. Communicate in a low voice from time to time.

The main content of their discussion was the unbearable "new order" in Cecil's territory, and how to win the new lord for the privileges he should have and deserve.

"I heard that everything in Cecil's territory revolves around the 'government hall', even including tax collection and taxation," a young knight said to his companions, "The land is only nominally owned by Nobles, but in fact the landholders have no rights at all...and even have to listen to the arrangements of the Council of Ministers."

Another knight seemed more worried: "They may take back all their fiefs - that Philip knight said,

He has no fief. "

"It is said that the fief will become a 'territory'. From now on, we can only receive annuities according to the size of the territorial territory. Apart from that, we have no power - even if people in the village want to go to work in the city, or to open up wasteland for hunting, they only need to Go to the government office to report without the lord's permission..."

A tall and thin knight frowned: "We don't even have the power to restrain those civilians from running around, how can we maintain order on the land? Over time, those mud legs may not even bend over to us. Salute!"

The knights were worried, and someone whispered: "We should express our attitude - Duke Cecil is a great man, but his decree is simply nonsense, leaving the order of the land to a group of people busy in the government office. The busy clerk will take care of it, and sooner or later it will be messed up!"

The others nodded in agreement, and most of them focused on the old knight sitting in the center: "Mr. Wald, what do you think?"

The old knight who was watched was silent for a long time, frowning and shaking his head slightly: "...depending on the situation, take one step at a time."

This answer was obviously not reassuring, so the knights gradually began to discuss again, and the whispers continued.

All this until that tall and sturdy man wearing a noble trench coat with a majestic face walked into the hall.

Their whispered discussion stopped immediately, and everyone involuntarily looked away.

Walking into the hall, Gawain glanced at the kant knights in front of him: there are not many people, the number of extraordinary people loyal to a viscount is very small, and the people who have been appointed are even fewer. There are only a dozen people in the "Standard Knights", and judging from the extraordinary aura they exude, only one of them is a middle-class person, and that is the gray-haired gentleman standing in the middle of the knights: the former chief military officer of Fort Conde , Wald Perich.

Gawain and Wald Perich met. After the nightmare of Fort Conde, this middle-aged knight was one of the first people who rushed to the main hall of the castle and stabilized the order. In Gawain's impression Among them, Wald is a person who is loyal to the lord, but not very showy, but he has been loyal to the Kant family for the longest time, and has the strength of a middle-level knight, so he has the highest prestige and voice among Kant knights.

While Gawain observed these knights, the knights headed by Wald also stood up and saluted, and the sound of metal friction and collision on the armor rang out. Gawain accepted everyone's courtesy this time, and waited until everyone did it. After the ceremony, he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are on time."

There are not only men among the knights, there are three women among them - in this world where there is extraordinary power, as long as women awaken the relevant power, they also have the same power as men.

It's one of the few "fairs" in a world full of injustices.

"Salute to you, the great pioneer, the knight of knights, the founder of Anzu, the sword and shield of the kingdom..." Walder opened his mouth and threw out a series of titles, obviously he had memorized a lot of these words before he came. Over and over, "It is my honor to be able to step into your castle - we are delighted to have you as the new protector and ruler of Kant, a land that will be safe and prosperous by your presence."

After Walder finished speaking this routine, Gawain raised a hand and said straight to the point: "I'm a person who doesn't like to talk nonsense, so let's get to the point - we all know that today I'm calling everyone here. the goal of.

"I have become the legitimate ruler of Kant's territory. Following the custom, you should swear allegiance to me. I believe that your punctual arrival is to show your attitude towards this matter, but before that, I should explain that you are loyal to Saiyan. The new 'rules' that Searle has to adapt to afterwards."

Such a straightforward way of speaking is not like the ordinary aristocrats of this era-the ordinary aristocrats can't talk about the main topic without a few cadence arias after speaking, but Gawain Cecil is obviously not this style of painting.

The knights looked at each other for a while, and then the atmosphere at the scene became tense and subtle.

But Gawain didn't seem to notice this, he beckoned, and then several attendants came out and handed each knight a piece of paper full of words.

"I'm used to making everything into clauses, and the agreement in black and white is more reassuring," Gao Wen smiled. "Everyone can take a closer look."

When Wald Perich saw the stipulations on paper, a mix of unexpected but contradictory emotions immediately emerged.

Abolish the fief, change it to a territorial land, abolish the tax revenue, change it to the government affairs office to investigate and calculate the annuity, abolish the governance power, and change it to the government affairs department or subordinate units. And the "official" position is not inheritable...

Almost all land-based privileges were wiped out on a sheet of paper.

This is only for knights who are only equivalent to "half lords", and are knights with limited privileges. If a viscount or even an earl is to be merged into the Cecil family, how much power will he lose belonging to the nobles?

The old knight noticed that the people around him were quiet, and he hardly had to look up, he knew that several pairs of eyes were focused on him, but what could he say?

What can he say to a duke?

But he had to speak, at least not silently, so after thinking hard for more than ten seconds, the knight Walder raised his head: "Lord Duke, please allow me..."

"Don't worry," Gawain interrupted Walder with a smile, "These things on paper are just to let everyone know what Cecil's 'order' is, but taking an oath of allegiance is a very serious matter. It's not enough to know some of the laws - I invite you to take a tour of my city and give you an overview of the land so you can better judge whether the Cecils are worthy of allegiance, don't you?"

The knights looked at each other, some looked thoughtful, and Waldeperich quickly nodded in agreement: "What you said is very true."

The new lord may want to show off the economic and military strength of the territory, in order to increase the weight of loyalty, everyone wants to understand this, and this is the most commonly used method for new lords to attract followers.

So since Gawain was going to go through this "traditional process", the kant knights didn't mind cooperating, but cooperating, the power that should be fought still had to be fought for.

Everyone made their own calculations, and followed Gawain to leave the lord's mansion, and started a tour in this city that was still somewhat unfamiliar to them.

Neat and orderly urban area, wide and straight, streets paved with unknown materials, bustling commercial streets and neatly dressed civilians everywhere, Wald riding on a horse, silently watching everything in front of him, but a little absent-minded .

These are indeed the manifestations of the prosperity of the territory, and it is a strong proof of Gawain Cecil's governance ability and wealth. In all fairness, a place built in less than a year can develop into such a situation that it has even surpassed the concept of "rapid development". Incomprehensible to describe, however, the current attention of the Kant knights does not seem to be on this.

Gawain always smiled and silently observed the reaction of these old knights, but he didn't say anything, instead he signaled the team to speed up and walk towards the exit in the northeast direction of the city.

A female knight noticed the speeding up of the team, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lord Duke, where are we going?"

Gao Wen said casually, "I don't think you have much interest in the commercial streets and residential buildings on the territory, so why don't you go and see what you might be interested in first."

"What are we interested in?" The female knight became more curious, "You mean..."

"It's something you will definitely deal with in the future."