To officially become a knight Andrew. Dalton stood up, and William took a bag of dirt from an estate from his waist and handed it to Andrew Knight, saying, "I give you an eight-hundred-acre manor as your knight's fief, and I hope you will do your duty." ”

Andrew Knight bowed to William, respectfully accepted the bag of dirt with both hands, and said excitedly: "I will do my best to dedicate my loyalty to you!" ”

William nodded, told the Andrew knights to step back, and said to the squire knights behind him, "Faller. Osborne stepped forward! ”

......

Although it took nearly an hour to hold the canonization ceremony for as many as 18 people, William did not feel tired and still looked energetic.

As the canonization ceremony of the last knight was completed, William breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head to look at Sir Hubert, raised his right hand and said, "Sir Hubert of Normandy, please come forward!" ”

"Yes, His Highness William!" Sir Hubert hurriedly stepped forward, he knelt down on one knee and looked up at William in front of him.

Everyone present was a little surprised, and did not know anything about His Royal Highness William's intention to canonize Sir Hubert, and they all showed curiosity, and a pair of eyelids projected towards Sir Hubert.

Wilhelm held the Norman sword in his right hand, touched it lightly three times on Sir Hubert's shoulders, and said solemnly: "Sir Hubert of Rouen, Normandy, in recognition of your heroic performance in the conquest of the city of Alençon and the annihilation of the rebels in Vernon, I will make you the vice-baron of the Barony of Vernon, and the title will include that of Fort Marcel (north of Fort Vernon, Jansen. Sir Bernard's castle) and the ten surrounding estates, a total of nine thousand acres of land, are granted to you, and you, Lord Hubert, will henceforth be my governor, and will be in charge of the military and political affairs of the domain in my absence from the Barony of Vernon!

Henceforth you will be my vassal, under my protection, and anyone who dares to attack you against God's decrees will be punished by me. ”

Saying that, William walked over, holding a fine saber in both hands, bent down and handed it to Sir Hubert, and said, "With this sword, you can conquer all my enemies and those of the Normandy family, and defend the Barony of Vernon!" ”

"I will defend your glory with my life and serve you with all my might. I will use this sword to destroy all your enemies and keep your territory safe. Sir Hubert took William's sword from his hand with both hands, raised his head and said solemnly.

"Get up, my lieutenant Baron Hubert!" William put his arm on Sir Hubert and said.

"Thank you, His Highness William!" Sir Hubert stood up with William's support and said respectfully.

William's move this time was also generous, in order to canonize the eighteen knights and the title of deputy barony of Sir Hubert, William divided a total of 28 manor estates, a total of 22,000 acres of land.

At this time, William still had 100,000 acres of arable land in Barony Vernon, and hundreds of estates.

Including William's other 100,000 acres of land in the Barony of Alençon and thousands of acres of land in the county of Evreux, William had more than 200,000 acres of arable land, accounting for nearly three-quarters of the total arable land of the two baronies.

In this way, William was indeed a large landowner who used a large tract of land!

Of course, if it weren't for the rebellion of the nobles and merchants of the Baronies of Alençon and Vernon, William would not have been able to take so much land.

Even William's tens of thousands of acres and fifty or sixty estates were divided among his close generals, warriors, and nobles who favored William among the Counts of Evreux, and William's arable land was nearly three-quarters of the total arable land of the two baronies.

William's generosity not only won the allegiance of dozens of knights from the county of Evre, but also planted his cronies in the Baronshire of Alençon, the Barony of Vernon, and parts of the county of Evreux, thus firmly holding local power.

With the canonization ceremony over, William and the eighteen newly canonized knights came to the school grounds of the castle, where a grand jousting ceremony would be held.

This 100-meter-long and 30-meter-wide school field was carefully prepared and repaired by William for the celebration after the knight's canonization.

In order to show the Normandy family, William even spent 5,000 gold Triss coins to buy countless dyed silk and puppets to decorate the school grounds.

"Oh!"

With the deafening cheers, William and Sir Hubert, the knights of Rodrigo, and many knightly generals took their seats in the stands, while the eighteen newly canonized knights wore chainmail robes and were protected by iron plates on their shoulders and other joints, and rode into the school yard on tall horses.

William in the stands raised his right hand in a gesture, and one of his companion cavalrymen rode up to the knights and said in a loud voice: "First game, Faller. Osborne vs. Ferdinand. Grylls, get ready on the track! ”

Faller. Osborne and Ferdinand. Grylls and the two looked at each other as if sparks were shining in their eyes.

Faller and Ferdinand rode their horses on either side of the track, with the help of their respective cavalrymen, donning their helmets and taking their spears, and waiting outside the white line.

The track is 100 meters long and six meters wide, with a one-meter-high wooden partition in the middle. Osborne and Ferdinand. Grylls separated the two, and the straight and narrow track made it impossible for both sides to sprint each other with spears and horses.

The two men stood opposite each other, accelerating each other on both sides of the track partition, aiming their right practice spears at each other, preparing to stab each other under their horses with their high-speed hedged riding spears.

"Oh oh oh!"

As the two of them rode faster and faster, the figure pulled out was like a meteor, and everyone present cheered, converging into a huge wave like a mountain and a sea.

Syllable...

Ferdinand. The spear in Gryll's hand snapped and hit Faller's chest accurately, sending him to the ground, but the spear was inaccurate and unfortunately passed Ferdinand.

Faller. Osborne and Ferdinand. Grylls was not one to give up, and the two men returned to each end of the track, picked up a new spear and flipped over and charged at the other.

"Smack..."

Faller. Osborne failed without any suspense and was defeated by Ferdinand. The cavalry spear in the hand of the Knight of Grylls fell to the ground, and Ferdinand, who had won the victory, cheered enthusiastically with his hands raised in the air.