After Edward's enthronement ceremony was completed, it was naturally time to reward the heroes. Among them, the biggest hero is naturally Marin. Now, taking advantage of Edward's enthronement ceremony, Marin's canonization ceremony is just happening.

"Marin. Feng. Hoffman! "Edward is colorful.

"The minister is here!" Marlin stood squarely in front of Edward. He knew that the canonization ceremony had begun. And he has also reached the moment of harvest.

"In view of your great contribution to England's war to purge the rebels, I have decided to make you the Earl of Northumberland, and the whole of Northumberland, and the Isle of Wight! At the same time, appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the defenders of England's northern border, responsible for guarding the northern border of England! ”

"Yes, my majesty!" Marin gets down on one knee in front of Edward. At the same time, he caressed the Bible and swore allegiance to Edward......

But when it came time to swear, Marin felt a little empty in his heart. Because, he was planning to get rid of Edward in a few years. If you swear to God now, will you be punished in the future? Although Marin was an atheist before, he had even experienced this time, and now he is not sure if God really exists......

Of course, as a ten-year-old aristocrat, the most important thing is to be thick-skinned. Therefore, although Marin was weak in his heart, he still completed the oath without changing his face.

Finally, Edward took out the King's Sword and placed it on Marin's shoulder, completing the oath of allegiance.

However, Marin and Edward had another agreement before. Mainly when Edward asked Marin to go north to attack the Scottish army, he promised an Irish county. So, before Marin could stand up, he was canonized for the second time......

"Given Marin. Feng. Hoffman was so meritorious in his fight against the invasion of the Scottish army and the capture of King James IV of Scotland that I made him the Earl of Wicklow, Ireland, south of Dublin, and Cork Harbour at the southern tip of the island of Ireland and the vicinity......"

So Marin continued to kneel, touched the Bible again, and took a second oath......

By the time the two oaths were taken, Marin's knees were a little numb. However, the process still has to be followed, and only after these processes can Marin legally get these two counties......

To tell the truth, Marin knelt on the ground and felt that his knees were numb, but the people on the side were envious to death—that was the fiefdom of two counties!

Generally speaking, only older counties will own an entire county as a fief. For example, the great nobles at the time of the Norman invasion were basically divided into enough territory.

But later, except for the king's son, who could have the power to seal a county, the other big nobles were basically fictitious. For example, the Duke of Norfolk, just listening to his reputation, thought that the whole of Norfolk County was his fiefdom. But in reality, the Duke of Norfolk's fief was near Arundel Castle in Sussex, far less than the size of a county. This is still a duke! If it is replaced by an earl, the territory may be smaller.

For example, Edward's own sister, Lord Margaret, was named Countess of Salisbury as a close relative of the royal family. However, the only territory in the territory is the small town of Salisbury and the surrounding countryside. No matter how big it is, there will be none. Only the king's own son could own an entire county. In recent years, all the nobles who have been canonized are fictitious, and the actual fiefs are not large. The county is generally a small town and a nearby manor, and the dukedom is larger, but it is only a few small towns. Only the old dukes and counts, who had been hereditary from hundreds of years ago, had a full county.

However, after decades of brutal "Wars of the Red and White Roses", coupled with the war led by Edward and Marin, the traditional nobles in England were wiped out by Henry VII and Edward. As a result, Marin is now the only nobleman who can obtain an entire county fief. Moreover, it is also a real seal of two counties, which makes people jealous.

Of course, seriously speaking, Marin's exploits for Edward are fully worthy of his gains. You know, without Marin's help, Edward would not have been able to beat Henry VII at all. What's more, while Marin cleaned up Henry VII, he also wiped out the 10,000 Scottish army led by the King of Scotland and captured James IV...... This is basically equivalent to Marin alone, with an army, destroying two countries on the island of Great Britain......

Such an amazing feat, it is not a big deal to give the two counties. Moreover, Edward was not stupid, not to give two counties of England, but also to one county of Ireland. In fact, County Wicklow is the continuation of the Kingdom of Grunst, which was founded by the former Irish natives, the MacMorow dynasty. It's not a good thing to get this county. Because, this place has not yet been completely centered, and if you want to control it, you have to suppress several waves of resistance......

However, fortunately, the population of County Wicklow is not large, and the fighting power of the Irish natives is very scummy. With the combat effectiveness of Marin's army, it should not be difficult to control there......

After Marin's "big head" is canonized, all that remains is the small head. The French knight François also dared to come to London, participated in the enthronement ceremony, and was canonized by Edward as the Count of Calais, with the territory of Calais Fortress, and "trusteeship" of the Channel Islands. In fact, this amounted to the cession of the Calais fortress and the Channel Islands to the French in disguise. After all, the Knight of François was a Frenchman in the thick of his life, loyal to Louis XII. But at least superficially, England did not lose these two regions......

Next, there was another wave of canonization rewards for their exploits. But what made Edward depressed was that these canonized people were all Marin's subordinates, and none of them belonged to his own henchmen......

However, Edward also knew very well that this was inevitable - he was subject to France before, and he mainly relied on Marin in the later period, where did he have time to cultivate his own people? The only credible sister, Margaret, actually died in front of the city slope, which made him so depressed that he was dying......

Therefore, Edward does not have a confidant of his own now...... Fortunately, Marin is not an Englishman, and sooner or later he will have to return to Germany. Otherwise, he might really be overshadowed by Marin. But with the current posture, Edward had to rely on Marlin for a long time after he ascended the throne, and only Marin. Otherwise, just by cutting off the blood debt owed by thousands of nobles the day before yesterday, it would be enough for the remnants of those slain nobles to fight back and kill him.

In view of this, Edward could only pinch his nose and give a wave of rewards to Marin's men. For example, Marin's deputy, Schwartz, was canonized as a Baron of Southampton. The Port of Southampton, and the nearby estate, were both fiefdoms of Schwarz......

The reason why Schwartz was sealed here was also strongly requested by Marin. Previously, Marin had asked for the Isle of Wight as the home port for the convoy in the English Channel. However, the Isle of Wight is surrounded by oceans or straits, and there is no good freshwater port. In these days, in order to prevent the bottom of the ship from being eaten by sea maggots, sea vessels generally dock at ports near the mouth of the Tamsui River. Once the ship enters the freshwater port, the sea maggots will break off from the bottom of the ship and run away because they cannot adapt to the freshwater environment.

Therefore, Southampton Bay, south of the port of Southampton, is a more suitable harbor in this era.

It's just that Marin has already chosen the Isle of Wight before, so it's not good to choose more. And Schwartz and others also happened to have made war exploits for Edward and needed to be rewarded. As a result, Marin simply asked Edward to seal off the port of Southampton to Schwartz.

The reason for the port of Southampton is that the port of Southampton is not only an excellent freshwater bay, but also a city on the main island of England, which is easy to obtain all kinds of supplies from the mainland. Unlike the Isle of Wight, it hangs alone. Even the most mundane goods had to be transported by sea from mainland England to the island. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain the port of Southampton.

In addition, Karn was also canonized as a baron for his many acts as a vanguard, breaking through enemy lines, and making great achievements. Kahn's fiefdom was also chosen in Portsmouth, near Southampton. It is also a good harbour, but the freshwater port is smaller and in the days of wooden boats, it was not as good as Southampton Bay. It's just that it's closer to the sea and has a better location.

Seeing that Marin liked to be close to the sea so much, Edward simply canonized all the fiefs that Marin's soldiers should have been rewarded to the opposite land of the Isle of Wight. In addition to Southampton and Portsmouth, Poole Harbour and Bournemouth, not far west of the Isle of Wight, were also canonized to Saqqara and Sivag respectively. They were known as Baron Poole and Baron Bournemouth, respectively. As for Marich, who captured James IV, he was also named after Tom. Hanks, alias, was canonized as Baron Totton. And Toton, right next to Southampton......

As a result, Marin and his men controlled almost a large area of land on the island of England opposite the Isle of Wight, and were fully equipped to build a large integrated port here that would affect the English Channel.

Of course, Southampton was not far from London, and for the safety of London, Edward demanded that Marin's men should not have more than 500 regular troops in their fiefdoms on the island of England...... In this way, Edward can also feel at ease......

Marin agreed, and anyway, he didn't think of violently seizing Edward's power. Why not take advantage of the marriage between his son and Margaret the Younger, and gently control England?

In any case, he wanted the Isle of Wight, and had his men ask for Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole, and Bournemouth, in order to establish a solid naval base in the English Channel to protect his own fleet in the English Channel. So, it doesn't matter if you don't have a large army on land......