As the fifth place in the Imperial Warrior Competition, Sean has never had the opportunity to express himself alone before, this time the princess gave him a perfect opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and with his gratitude to the imperial princess, he led the army south to the Sangdi, directly approaching the rebellious army of Sandi nobles.

On the grassland north of Sandu, the nobles led 10,000 rebels to meet Sean's army who came to quell the rebellion.

The rebels were mostly made up of temporary herdsmen, and only a small number of noble guards were combat-ready, and the rebels were nothing more than a rabble.

Sean naturally didn't take this rebel army seriously, he knew that the real strong enemy was in the city of Sandu, and this was just a fake main force of the rebels.

In the battle on the first day, Sean turned the knights into four knight brigades, divided the troops into four directions to attack the rebels, and killed the rebels one after another. Although Sean led the new army of Imperial Knights, he didn't know how much stronger his combat power was than the rebels, and the battle was decided on the spot.

Four days later, the rebels fled and surrendered, and the rebel army of 10,000 people was evaporated in an instant, leaving only a few hundred guards to withdraw to Sandu City.

After coming to Sandu City, Sean was not in a hurry to attack the city immediately, because for Sean, the other party had a city wall as a barrier, and the iron bucket-like Sandu City was indestructible. The city was home to all the rebels, from the rebellious noble private guards and well-trained knights.

There are as many as 4,000 rebel knights in the city, and the rebels are obviously superior to Sean's army in terms of strength and strength.

However, the psychology of the rebels is not as strong as Sean's, and they are afraid that more troops from the empire will come to support, so this group of rebels hides in the city and does not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

Sean grasped the psychology of the rebels and sent a detachment of knights south to the territory of Sandu, recovering the rebellious towns one by one, and completely cutting off all supplies for the rebels in the city. This siege method of warfare, Bill had carried out in Visa, and Sean could see it clearly, and this time he concocted it in Sandu, and once again used it handy.

After perceiving Sean's siege intentions, he learned that the nobles who had been fooled began to change their strategies, and then he thought of actively going out of the city to attack. But at this time, it was a little too late to think of attacking the city, because Sean had already ordered the fortifications to be built around the city, and the deep trenches and wooden fences were all ready to be put in place. And after Sean recovered those towns, he also brought a temporary army of herdsmen, formed a team of infantry and bows, and assisted the knights to come to house the siege.

The battle soon began to be fought on a small scale, and the noble rebels made numerous attempts in front of the trenches, but they were never able to break through the defenses of Sean's army, and lost a large number of guards in front of the trenches. Every day, people fled Sandu, and then the nobles began to secretly go out of the city and surrender, and the rebel banditry began to decline.

After besieging Sandu for nearly half a month, on a sunny morning, the desperate nobles finally opened the city gates and surrendered to Sean's army stationed outside the city. The rebellious nobleleaders were escorted by Sean and sent to Visha to be dealt with by Bill.

The remaining rebel guards were reorganized by Sean and turned into the new garrison of Santo City, and participated in the resettlement of the people and the maintenance of order in Sandu City. Soon a piece of paper was sent from Visa to Sean, and because of Sean's excellent performance in the judgment, Sean was given the title of Earl of the Empire, and at the same time, he also received the territory of Nuoda Sandu, becoming the new lord of this fertile land.

During the period of counterinsurgency, under the arrangement of Erin's desolation, the surrounding areas of the empire were deployed very carefully, and no changes occurred, which was especially important for stabilizing the new empire of Tubis.

After spending his honeymoon, Bill began to return to the court to formulate a new national policy and use the method of fine governance to transform the empire. Byron was the first minister of the empire, and he played an important role in this change, helping Bill to implement the new system thoroughly.

Under the court, Byron summoned the civil officials of the empire under his command and explained the essentials of the empire's transformation to everyone: "In the past, all the grasslands of our empire were owned by the nobles, and our herdsmen never had a meadow that really belonged to them. In terms of land distribution, the old system of our empire was exactly the same as that of the knights, but now this method can no longer meet the needs of the empire. ”

After speaking, Byron looked around at the civil officials and continued to explain: "Our empire looks very powerful on the surface, but due to the belligerence of Waqass, our empire has suffered heavy losses. Over the years, our empire has been weak for a long time, and the herdsmen on the steppes are living in misery, and the heavy taxes have oppressed the herdsmen to the bitter end. In the face of the rise of the Nate Carter power, our empire can no longer follow the old path, change is imperative, without the support of strong national power, we are likely to be conquered by the Nate in the future. ”

An Imperial civil official asked puzzledly, "Lord Duke, the Empire does have to change, but what can we do to make the Empire stronger?" Can you tell us about it? ”

Byron nodded and replied, "It's very simple, looking at our Knight continent, the system of our empire is the most backward. Whether it is the Knight or the Nila, including the Beijon people, there are no slaves in their territory for a long time, and the liberation of slaves to increase the labor force of the empire is the first step we have to take. Second, in terms of land distribution, we need to start implementing the herdsmen's land division system, so that the herders can gradually have their own grasslands, so that the herders' livelihoods can be improved, and at the same time, the output of the grasslands can be increased. Thirdly, we must open trade routes with the Knights, and we must no longer close the country and hinder the development of our empire. ”

Another civil official said: "But Lord Duke, wouldn't this land being given to the herdsmen affect the interests of our nobles, and if it is not done well, it will lead to more riots like Sandu, so you have to think twice, and you must not be reckless." ”

Byron nodded and said, "What I said is that there is indeed such a huge hidden danger. But then again, there will always be some old forces to obstruct the change that will go smoothly to the end. His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine made a lot of determination this time, either not to do it, or to do it thoroughly. Our armies are ready to go across the empire to suppress rebellions. In order for the herders to get the land, our empire will do whatever it takes to carry out the reform to the end. Anyone who dares to stand in the way of the land revolution will be punished in accordance with the laws of the Empire. ”

Then another civil officer asked, "I have another question, if we open the trade line with the Knights, let those horses flow into the Knights." Isn't this to help the Knight and give them a chance to raise more knights? ”

Byron shook his head and smiled, "That's not the case. Alto's Carter has its own port in the south, and a large number of horses are sold from the sea every month, and even if we don't sell the horses to Knight, the Knight people still have enough horses to form a knighthood. The confrontation between the two countries is a competition for the comprehensive national strength of the entire country, and the Knights are only the final product. Why did the Knight people quickly assemble an army of tens of thousands of knights in such a short period of time after losing so many territories. Can any of you tell me. ”

Someone replied, "That's because each of the Net's territories is very fertile, plus their Knight people are numerous, and each territory is rich in products, so they have enough strength to support a large army." ”

"That's right." Byron then chimed in: "That's a very good point. The greatest advantage of the Knight is that they occupy the most fertile plains, and their large population, which is the greatest advantage of their Knight people. We had no way to compete with the Knight people in the past, because we only had patches of grassland, and we basically lacked other materials except for war horses and leather. But now it's different, we have the fat Luo Khan territory in our hands, and we can make up for what we lacked in the Luo Khan territory. How to improve the national strength, first of all, we must improve the livelihood of the herdsmen, and the key is to increase the production of food, so that our herdsmen cannot go hungry for many years. ”

Then another civil magistrate added: "I very much agree with Lord Byron. Opening up the trade lanes for traders is essential for our empire, as all the goods we lack can be replenished through trade routes. Our empire has the most vast grasslands on the continent, and our greatest resources are horses, cattle, sheep, and leather, which we can sell to the Knight at a high price, and then sell cheap food, cloth, and iron from Knight to buy cheap food. After all, we have to have a trade war with the Knight to get huge profits and materials from trade to increase the level of our empire's national power. ”

Byron was stunned after hearing this, obviously he hadn't thought of how much benefit this layer could bring to the empire to trade, and Byron was still unsure about it. But he still spoke: "No matter what, as long as it is beneficial to our empire, we cannot miss a single one. In addition, His Majesty strongly stated that he would completely suppress the trend of favoritism and corruption among the nobles within the empire. The Knights were defeated by the corruption and greed of their nobles, and did not really enforce their own Naite Code, and this chaos could easily lead to the complete destruction of a kingdom, and the Kingdom of the Knights is the most striking example. With this lesson from the past, our Tubis Empire must not follow in their footsteps, and all bad habits must be broken. ”

Byron said that the crowd was passionate, and these civil officials who were determined to be loyal to the empire were gearing up one by one and decided to follow the new king Bill to show their strength and do a good job.

Byron's political theories were completely contrary to Whakas's political views, which prevented Byron from having the opportunity to carry out his political ambitions for the past two decades, which is why he fully supported Bill, who was in tune with him in this regard.

Byron regarded the new system of imperial change as more important than his own life. In order to implement this change, Byron did not hesitate to sacrifice the aristocratic interests of his Alexandrian family and led the implementation of all the changes.

As Byron said, every new change is always blocked by conservative forces. The nobles of the empire were very resistant to the new imperial system, and various riots broke out in various places, and the nobles took risks to raise the banner of resistance for their own interests.

However, before embarking on this new policy, Bill had already pacified several of the major noble clans within the empire. The aristocracy that resisted the new law was not very strong, and they were scattered throughout the empire, unable to form a strong unified camp because of their own selfish intentions, which made their resistance invincible.

Rebellions of the nobility in the empire continued to emerge with the enactment of new laws, but each rebellion was quickly suppressed by an army of knights, and then exchanged for the enthusiastic shouts of the herdsmen in the rebellious fields. Bill and Erin are extraordinary leaders, they firmly grasp the hearts of the herdsmen, regard the herdsmen as the foundation of the empire, break the old social system of the aristocratic class ruling the people on the continent for hundreds of years, and take the lead in entering the new civilization era of people-oriented.

In the palace, Bill explained to Princess Erin: "More than 300 years ago, we were completely defeated by the Knights, and since then we have begun to learn the kingdom system of the Knights, and after countless efforts, we have finally established the huge Tubis Empire. However, we did not learn thoroughly enough, and we still retained the backward slavery system, which caused a labor shortage in various parts of our empire. Now we need to change all of this, not just by abolishing slavery, because then we will become at best like the Knights, and we will not have any advantages. Therefore, we must either not do it, or we must do it thoroughly, and we must establish a more advanced civilization system in our empire, so that we can reflect greater advantages, and in the future we will be able to complete the great mission of unifying the Nete continent. ”

After more than half a year of reform, the Knights quelled the noble rebellions in various places, and the Tubis Empire reappeared in front of the world under the leadership of Bill. After the herdsmen obtained the land, they paid taxes directly to the imperial treasury, which greatly reduced the deprivation of the nobles, and the industrious herdsmen cultivated more pastures, which multiplied the taxes of the empire and the production of various places.

After a complete reshuffle, the Tubis Empire has re-emerged after many turmoils and declines, and has staged a new legend of statecraft in the western steppes of the continent with rapid momentum.