Chapter 78 Territory Development Bonds

After killing the orc legend, the intensity of the battle decreased a lot.

Perhaps the orcs were completely hurt, or perhaps the orcs were not ready yet, and several orc armies chose to retreat.

Before August, the orcs retreated to the north of the Eagle Mountains, ending the war two months ahead of schedule.

Although the Grant Kingdom suffered considerable losses in this orc invasion war, the Harland family ushered in greater development, not only swallowing more than 9,000 people, but also scooping up a batch of orc slaves.

After many battles, Richard accumulated nearly seven great merits.

William also undertook key battles and won three great merits and eight medium merits.

William has been a sixth-level professional for many years. He used to accumulate merits to become a hereditary noble, and he didn't even exchange for advanced breathing methods. This time he exchanged for the seventh-level professional breathing method.

After several months of hard fighting, the Northern Legion suffered considerable losses. Two battalions were wiped out by the orcs, and three battalions were severely damaged. Counting scattered casualties, the loss of more than 8,000 people.

Except for the Northern Legion, the Flying Eagle Legion was almost annihilated. The two legions of the Grizzlies and the Wild Lions suffered a total of 6,000 casualties.

It may take two or three years to replenish the losses.

After the war, King Charles had issued an edict requiring hereditary nobles in other parts of the Grant Kingdom to fulfill their obligations and draw troops to replenish the losses.

Each barony was required to draw 30 soldiers and a noble man to serve in the army to replenish the central legion of the three northern provinces.

As for the great nobles such as the Four Dukes of the North, they could only rely on themselves to replenish the losses.

After this war, the political situation in the northern border area also changed, and two hereditary nobles appeared on the stage of the Grant Kingdom.

The brave and warlike Prince Roger was sealed in the northern border and became a hereditary earl. His territory was located near the Duke of Jonathan's territory.

The area of ​​Roger's earldom is 27,000 square kilometers, most of which is directly under the royal family, and a small part is the unowned land in the north of the Eagle Mountains.

If Roger can gain a foothold in the new territory, he can complement the Duke of Jonathan's territory, and the eastern defense line will become more stable.

Donny Martins, who was extremely lucky, was awarded the title of hereditary earl for killing the orc legend.

In fact, there were many mid- and high-level professionals who took action in the battle that day, and even William participated in the battle that day.

It's just that Martins was the strongest and made the greatest contribution. He also grabbed the head and completed the final blow to kill the legendary wild boar man.

Martins is the commander of the Northern Legion. His background is relatively ordinary. His grandfather was promoted to hereditary baron, and his father was not the first heir. Martins's succession order was very late. After he became an adult, he has been developing in the army and is a veteran with 46 years of military service.

In his early years, Martins was a grassroots officer in the Nolan Guards and became a guard of Prince Charlie.

After Charlie became king, he continued to promote him. Martins lived up to expectations and showed his ability in the war and controlled the Northern Legion.

After fighting in the Northern Legion for many years, Martins accumulated enough military exploits and became a hereditary baron more than ten years ago.

I thought my life would pass like this, but I didn't expect that I could go one step further when I was old and become a great noble of the Grant Kingdom, realizing another class leap.

This time, the difficulty of this leap is greater than becoming a hereditary baron.

This life experience is enough to be praised for many years.

After this battle, Donny Martins can be called a famous general of the Kingdom of Grant.

The growth of a famous general is a long-term accumulation process.

Only those who have fought a battle with great influence can be called a famous general.

Although there are many generals in the Kingdom of Grant who can win battles, there are only three who can be called famous generals.

The first one is Duke Jonathan of the North. He won a key victory 20 years ago, annihilated two legions of orcs, and beheaded 60,000 orcs. That battle was also his legendary battle.

The second famous general is a member of the Grant royal family, Grand Duke Brener.

Grand Duke Brener is also a legendary knight. He is the brother of King Ron, the great-grandfather of King Charles. He is now over 160 years old and commanded the pioneering war a hundred years ago.

This old duke is the biggest pillar of the royal family and the first generation of the Duke of York.

Today, Duke Brener has settled in Norland, and his eldest grandson is the contemporary Duke of York. Although the Duke is old, he is still strong and often attends noble meetings to coordinate conflicts between nobles. Even King Charles has to look at his face.

Compared with the above two famous generals, the title of Count Martins is a little less.

But the few battles he commanded this year were also very beautiful. First, he severely damaged the main force of the orcs under the Black River Castle, and killed the leader of the orcs, the ninth-level werewolf Vader, in the pursuit battle.

Then he led his troops into the Orc Empire, attacked a large number of orc tribes, and captured tens of thousands of orc slaves.

During the retreat, he also set up traps and killed the legendary wild boar.

This battle was quite beautiful, and it was the battle in which Count Martins was promoted to a famous general.

The Earldom of Martins is located in the Gascoigne Province, bordering the Duke of Edward's territory. The area is as high as 60,000 square kilometers, but there are not many people.

This territory is almost undeveloped. Most of it is the barren and idle territory of the Gascoigne Province, and a small part is located in the north of the Eagle Mountains, which is considered a buffer zone between the Grant Kingdom and the orcs.

Count Martins has served as the commander of the Northern Army for many years and is considered to be in a high position of power.

He has been stationed in the prosperous Black River Castle for many years and has accumulated a large amount of funds.

However, developing an earldom requires millions of gold coins, and the gold coins in Count Martins' hands are far from enough.

In order to raise funds for the development of the territory, Count Martins issued territory development bonds in Black River Castle, mainly sold to soldiers of the Northern Legion.

Unfortunately, no one is optimistic about the prospects of the earldom of Martins. Even though the interest on the bonds is high, not many have been sold.

Tens of thousands of gold coins can be considered a huge sum of money for a baronial territory, but for an earldom, it is a drop in the bucket.

Even Richard's father, William, bought 2,000 gold coin bonds for the sake of his old superiors and old superiors.

As for whether the bonds can be exchanged for interest, William actually doesn't care.

These two thousand gold coins are actually to make friends and please the old superiors. Today, Count Martins has a much stronger voice in the noble parliament. If he says a word to the Harland family, the division of the territory will be slightly better.

With William's remaining military exploits and Richard's accumulated military exploits, the Harland family is not far from being granted a second territory.

If there are upper-level connections to help speak a few words, the division of the territory will be a little more advantageous.

In order to develop the territory as quickly as possible, Count Martins also invested in the purchase of 30,000 orc slaves. In his territory, the number of orcs exceeds that of humans, which is also a great wonder of the Grant Kingdom.