Chapter 589: The Meaning of Diplomacy
What William hopes is that the colony can give a large amount of blood to the mainland, such as the population that William has been longing for, can be transported to the Kingdom of Lorik through plunder.
There are also local resources and everything, which should be fed back to the local area, so that the local area can develop rapidly.
However, in the end, William did not think about who to send to the Principality of Mainek to preside over the overall situation.
In short, the most important thing for William now is to hold the ceremony of canonizing the vassals, all the vassals are looking forward to it, and those former vassals of the Tskema Kingdom have no idea, because they really did not contribute much in the unification war.
But the vassals who have been following William are different, they have followed William for so many years, and they deserve to be rewarded.
Of course, William will not canonize too many territories, and the most powerful of the king depends on how large the territory is.
A landless man has almost no rights, because he has no land in his hands and no army, and no one will respect such a king.
When William became king, he still intended to take most of the territory into his own hands, so that he could not only form an effective control and deterrent to his vassals, but also allow the land to reach its maximum potential.
Therefore, William would only give up a large number of domains to some very useful vassals, and for the rest, one or two estates could be discarded.
The ceremony of canonization was to be held in the vast halls of the palace, and William was receiving two men in his study.
They were the Savar Knights, who had previously made a name for themselves in the athletic conventions, and the Carnoun, whom William had asked for from the Marquess of Cloton.
William's first meeting was Savar, who was interested in his prowess at the athletics, so he kept him.
Savar bowed his head very nervously, not daring to look at the venerable king in front of him.
William stared at him for a while, then said, "Savar, I was very surprised by your performance in the athletic tournament before, can you tell me why you are so skilled?" ”
Seeing William ask himself, Savar looked up into William's eyes, but was quickly looked away by William's sharp and majestic eyes.
He said respectfully: "Report to Your Majesty, I was originally the second son of a baron, but because I did not have the inheritance of the family territory, I was kicked out by my father!" ”
"Then when I was wandering, I accidentally became acquainted with a knight mentor in Balebvine, and he took me to study in Balebvine!"
"Where I received eight years of training, it is this kind of training that has made me a good player!"
He also slapped a little sycophant: "Of course, just when I was complacent, the honorable Crown Prince Charlemagne gave me an impressive lesson!" ”
William nodded and said, "Ah, I see, no wonder you have such strength!" ”
"So, where did you learn more than swordsmanship?"
"Report to Your Majesty!" Savar bowed his head and said, "During my eight years in Balebvien, I learned swordsmanship, horsemanship, horseback spears, the elements of marching, the essence of warfare, and the art of command!" ”
William had heard of what he said, and the disciplines of the knightly capital of Balebween were named like this, and it seems that this Savar was also very discerning at the beginning, and did not only learn martial arts, but learned a lot of knowledge about battlefield command.
Later, William also conducted some tests on him, that is, some random questions, asking him what he would do if he encountered certain situations on the battlefield.
His answer was quite decent, and even in William's opinion, there was nothing wrong with his answer.
William was also quite satisfied with the talent he had recruited, and it happened that he lacked the command talent of this kind of legion under his command.
So William said, "Very well, many of your opinions are very original, will you be loyal to me?" I'll put you in the army as a commander! “
Savar couldn't help but be very happy when he heard this, a lot of what he did was about commanding battles, on the contrary, his force was not very strong.
If William took a fancy to his force and placed him in the Knights, it would be a reversal of the cart.
Therefore, it is not only William who thinks so, even if he chooses for himself, he will enter the ordinary army as a commander, not an ordinary knight of the Knights.
William said approvingly: "You should first go to the infantry of the Lorik Kingdom to be a brigade leader!" In the future, if you do well, I will give you a promotion! ”
William didn't give him a very high position at the beginning, after all, he was just a newcomer, and although William would make William think that he valued talent if he made him a senior officer, it would also make his current subordinates feel dissatisfied.
After all, I have been born and died for you for so many years, and I have not received anything, and this person has just come here, and because he has received the favor of His Majesty, he has such a high position, and anyone will feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, William only gave him a mid-level officer position, and if he really did a good job in the future, he could continue to promote him.
Savar's emotional intelligence is also good, he seems to understand William's intentions, and he is also very happy, and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your appreciation, I will definitely do my best to serve you!" The direction of your sword is where I fought bloodily! ”
William listened to his loyalty, nodded and smiled: "Go, you go to the second division of Viscount Lolitsa to report, just say that I asked him to give you a position of brigade leader, do a good job!" ”
Savar nodded heavily and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, then I will go first!" ”
After Savar left, Canonon walked into William's study.
William looked at Kanon standing in front of him and said, "Hehe, there are a lot of things to do during this time, so I didn't settle you!" ”
"It's okay Your Majesty, I have no complaints!" Kanon said quickly.
"Well, that's good!" William laughed, "You know what I'm going to do when I got you from the Marquis of Cloton!" Our country has just been established, so I need a diplomat, and I invite you to be in charge of forming our diplomatic department, and it is up to you to build good relations with other countries! ”
Immediately afterwards, William asked: "Let me ask you, what do you think is the main test in diplomacy?" ”
Kanoen was silent for a moment when he heard this, he knew that William was testing his true talents, and if he couldn't show enough ability, I was afraid that William would also see himself clearly and would not entrust him with important tasks.
So Canonone almost held his breath, waiting for William's inquiry.
William looked at the nervous Karnon and couldn't help but smile, and then asked, "What do you think is the essence of diplomacy?" ”
"That is, diplomacy, by what and for what purpose? Just talk about your understanding, don't be nervous! William said lightly.