Chapter 248: On Meritorious Deeds
The nobles gathered in the hall of Dellenburg, and the spacious hall included the knights of various nobles, plus the former knights of the Count of Loire, and the families of the nobles and knights, the number was about 180 in total. us
They sat in their assigned seats, quietly waiting for the event to come, so much so that some of the caution on the table was left unattended.
And the six barons, as well as the head of Merlin, who had already agreed with William, were also sitting on the chairs below William and talking to the nobles around them, although they were chatting with their companions, but their eyes were invariably the same, always glancing at the place where William should have appeared.
Originally, there were twenty-four barons in the area of Denlenburg, and without exception, they all had at least one manor of their own, and after subtracting the territories of the six barons present, there were eighteen manors that could be distributed.
And that's not counting the one castle, two towns, and twelve manors of the Earl's domain.
In addition to this, there are Viscount Curvin's Inzesburg, Viscount Raul's Fort Dunley, and Viscount Winston's Winston Fort can be divided.
Even if William starts to be stingy and takes these three castles into his pocket, it will be a very good reward for giving them a manor!
Not only that, but Tuth, Vidal, and Norvein, who were sitting on the other side, were already in the woods, and they were all very excited about the upcoming canonization.
For a while, these main characters in the hall could be said to be eager to see through, even Baron Bayer, who was very much looking forward to William's arrival.
I think that the two people who were still the same title and fought side by side at the beginning, in less than a year, the identities and status of the two have changed dramatically.
He was still an ordinary baron, and William, a nobleman like him a year ago, was now a noble earl.
It is still a nobleman with a large territory, you know, Denlenburg as a county, it is quite large, and other counties can have half the area of Dellenburg, from this, you can see the area of Denlenburg.
Young and promising, he became a high-ranking nobleman at a young age, the earl, and the twenty-two-year-old earl has been canonized by virtue of his ability in addition to inheritance, which can be said to be very few.
At least in the records of the Kingdom of Tskema, the last time a young nobleman was made a count by the king was a hundred and twenty years ago.
At that time, the kingdom of Tskema was facing a protracted rebellion, and the rebellious nobles led their armies to the outside of the royal capital of Brijek.
At that time, there were only more than 2,000 defenders in the royal capital, and in the face of more than 20,000 rebels, they could not resist their offensive at all.
Just as the rebels were about to storm the royal capital and successfully breach the walls, a baron with his knights and more than 800 cavalry he had hired with his money launched a surprise attack on the rear of the enemy camp.
Directly broke through the enemy's formation, causing the enemy who was besieging the city to be unknown, and the confusion in the rear made them think that the battle had been lost.
In the midst of the chaos, the commander of the royal capital successfully seized the opportunity to join forces with the baron, and finally stabilized the line.
It was even possible to launch a counteroffensive.
Under such a double blow, the enemy finally could not bear it anymore and began to disperse, and in the midst of the attack of the strong internal and external armies, they were finally annihilated under the royal capital of Brijek.
And the bankrupt baron was canonized by the king at the time as an earl with actual territory in the post-war awards.
And now, the second nobleman who was canonized as an earl at a young age has finally appeared a second one, and that is William.
In the midst of the longing gaze of the nobles, William finally wore a rich noble robe, holding the scepter given by King Brolin in his hand.
At this time, the high-pitched voice of the squire resounded throughout the hall: "The rightful ruler of Dülenburgshire, the holder of the title of Earl of Dülenburgshire, the fox of Dülenburg, the champion knight of the kingdom of Tskema, William. The Earl of Wallace has arrived! Everyone stands up to greet you! ”
After listening to the squire's briefing, the nobles and knights stood up one after another and bowed respectfully to William.
He walked slowly into the hall with Wei Na, who was holding her stomach and wearing a luxurious woman's dress, and sat down on the highest chair with Wei Na following the shouts of the servants beside her.
"You may be seated, everybody!"
William gently pressed his hand and asked everyone to sit down.
"We have succeeded in unifying Dellenburg! Today's success is inseparable from your efforts, I don't want to say much, now, I start to talk about meritorious deeds! ”
William was different from before, he didn't say many other high-sounding words, and said directly to them.
"Now, let me give you all you deserve!" William said, getting up from his chair.
"The Bolshevik baron stepped forward to listen to the seal!"
The Bolshevi baron had been following William on the battlefield, so William had a very good sense of him, and he drew his saber from his waist.
Placed on the shoulder of the Bolshevik baron, who was kneeling on one knee, he said: "Bolshevi baron, you have made a contribution on the battlefield, so I must let your efforts be rewarded!" ”
"I'm going to grant you Ennis Manor, where you can do whatever you want without violating the minimum of Mandesfa, all the resources in your territory belong to you, but these things will have to pay 20% as taxes every year!"
"Also, as my vassals, you need to stay by my side for four out of seven days, and your knights will also be with my knights for collective training!"
"You can't open a tax card in your territory, I can only build these road fees, and if I want to build anything on your territory, you can't refuse, of course, I'll pay you, understand?"
"In addition to that, you can get my aid of two thousand silver coins every year, which is my subsidy for you!"
William read out at length some of his previous assumptions and demanded that the nobles comply with them.
It has to be said that these policies of William were very harsh and even very unreasonable for the nobles.
After all, other nobles have no obligations to their feudal lords other than military obligations, and may also have a tax or annuity.
But it's not this number, William directly asked them to hand over one-fifth of their income, which means that no matter what they do, whether they are farming or doing business, one-fifth of all their income must be given to William.
And they have to be here for four out of seven days a week, and the rest of the week before they can return to the territory.
And the judicial power, the tax power, many rights that originally belonged to them were outlawed by William, which made many people stunned.
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