For each of them, William personally accepted his allegiance, slapped him on the shoulder with a sword, and gave them a bag of clay symbolizing the estate's fiefdoms and an oath of allegiance, while William also prepared bronze and iron crosses for them as a symbol of their bravery.

Receiving William's blessing and encouragement, the newly canonized knights and knights were grateful and eager to die for William.

Most of these newly canonized knights are from William's Guards and Praetorian Guards, as for the knights from other backgrounds, there are really not many, in William's opinion, only the army directly under him can be trusted, of course, they are also worthy of their name, and they are also the ones who have made the most contributions on the battlefield, and William naturally has to favor them more when he canonizes the knights.

After William canonized the meritorious soldiers as knights and knights, William looked at Hubert and the others who were standing at the front again and said, "Baron Hubert, Sir Ronald, Andrew Knight, Phaler Knight, please come forward." ”

As soon as William's words fell, everyone looked at them sideways and looked at them with envy on their faces.

When Hubert and the others stood in front of William, William nodded and said: "Baron Hubert, as the commander of the Praetorian Guard and my horse keeper, you are the person who has contributed the most in this battle, and the title of Deputy Baron Vernon is no longer worthy of you, so I have decided to canonize you as Baron Afranche." ”

Sir Hubert's previous title was indeed a vice-baron, which was a title created by William before, which was higher than the knight but lower than the baron, and was a reward for William's lack of merit but William's favor, and now the title of the vice-baron of Hubert was not enough to reward him for his merits, so William canonized Hubert as a baron.

The Barony of Afranche, a barony southwest of Mortain, near the county of Enman in the Duchy of Anjou and the county of Laugine in the Duchy of Brittany, was a strategic location to which William had canonized in the hope that Baron Hubert would serve as William's gateway to the west.

Of course, the more than ten estates that Baron Hubert had previously owned in Barony Vernon would not be recovered, and they still belonged to Hubert.

Although Baron Hubert was sealed in the Barony of Afriche by William, not all of the lands in the Barony of Alfranche belonged to Hubert, and after William's New Deal, a baron generally owned thirty estates, while the rest of the lands were William's direct estates, knights' estates, and ecclesiastical monastery estates.

In the Barony of Afrache, the knights were already directly loyal to William, but they would still be under the command and leadership of Baron Hubert, and William generally mobilized the knights into battle through the barons and knights in various places.

"As the Baron of Afranche, Hubert will also serve as the Governor and Commander of the Afranche Region, leading the knights and soldiers to guard the western gateway of Normandy for me!" William solemnly entrusted.

"I will live up to your trust, His Highness William." Baron Hubert took the sword given by William and solemnly promised.

"Sir Ronald, Sir Andrew, Knight Faller, Knight Geoffrey, the four of you are second only to Baron Hubert in your achievements on the battlefield, and then I will canonize you as Vice-Baron of Codontin, Vice-Baron of Besse, Vice-Baron of Tierry, and Vice-Baron of Plessis, and each of them will be granted ten manor estates as fiefs, and I will guard these newly conquered baronys for me, and lead the knights of the barony where I am located to crusade against disobedience and suppress rebellions." William looked at the crowd and said.

"I would die for you, Your Highness William." After receiving William's canonization, everyone responded loudly.

On the contrary, Baron Tierry Lanuf Tayson, who was standing in the audience, did not look very good, and in Baron Tayson's opinion, it was William guarding against him, although he did have some caution, but no one liked to feel watched.

However, his arms could not reach his thighs, and as a new nobleman under William's command, Baron Tyson had to temporarily bow his head and accept William's arrangement.

"Don't let me get my chance, my Lord William." Baron Taisong gritted his teeth in his heart.

In the county of Mortan, not all knights participated in the rebellion, and there were also some knights who were forgiven by William after the battlefield anyway, with the addition of more than 150 knights and knights newly canonized by William, the five baronies of Cotentan, Besin, Tierry, Afranche and Plessis had an average of more than 100 knights, in addition to the knights canonized by William, those local knights had different thoughts, and they really needed a high-ranking nobleman to guard the territory.

In the Barony of Tiri, although there was already a Baron Tyson, William did not trust him, so William canonized his most trusted Knight of Phale to monitor Baron Tyson's every move and hoped that he could win over the local knights for William, and William also gave Phalle more than a dozen manor estates confiscated from the local rebel knights of the Barony of Tiri as his fiefs.

After deducting the nearly 300 manor estates that William canonized, William also held more than a dozen towns, including the capital of Caen, more than 300 manors, countless minerals and a large area of empty wilderness and forests, these properties were scattered throughout the county of Mortan, if there were no credible people to guard the territory, William would not know if the local daring nobles would encroach on William's estate estate, which William had encountered in the county of Rouen before.

"Baron Richard, for your merits, I will canonize one of your sons as a vice-baron as a reward, and you can always ask me to honor the manor territory and title." William looked at Baron Richard and promised.

"Thank you for your generosity, His Highness William." Baron Richard bowed and thanked him.

This is exactly what Baron Richard needs, and in the past few years Baron Richard has had a son named Ladolph in addition to Agnes and Robert.

These days, he is worried about his son's future, although the second son can make up for the official position, he still can't inherit the title, how to look at it in the eyes of Baron Richard.

Fortunately, William's reward and promise solved a problem in his heart.

At the end of the canonization ceremony, William and the soldiers enjoyed a sumptuous celebration banquet, which, although prepared in a hurry, was made to be a sumptuous and sincere meal under the preparation of Faller.

On the second day, William ordered Baron Hubert, Lieutenant Baron Ronald and Vice-Baron Geoffrey, Baron Tyson, and Vice-Baron Falle to sweep away the county of Mortan along the west, south, and north directions in three armies, while William himself defended the important town of Caen with Lieutenant Baron Andrew.