Zhang Zhongjun indifferently let the three of them kneel on the ground, as for His Majesty who they chanted, Zhang Zhongjun didn't care about this.

Because after Zhang Zhongjun conquered Jiade Island, I don't know how many people instigated the establishment of a country and became king, and this action was very supported by his own subordinates, and even many of his subordinates suggested it.

At first, Zhang Zhongjun was unimpressed, what a joke, such a little territory, such a small population, just run to claim the king? Arrogance is not so arrogant!

Zhang Zhongjun didn't particularly desire or dislike the matter of being king, anyway, when he used to be a king in the small world, he was also a king, an emperor.

It's just that he thinks that the king and the emperor must at least have a bigger foundation, and now there are tens of millions of people under his command, and the land is only hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, what qualifications do he have to call the king and the emperor!

Zhang Zhongjun's idea made his subordinates stunned for a while, isn't it, can't the foundation of four or five hundred thousand square kilometers of land and three or forty million people still be kings?

Just think about the northern area of Jiade Island in the past, in such a place, there were three kingdoms, so it is not a problem for Zhang Zhongjun to be the king!

In particular, Zhang Zhongjun has hundreds of diamond knights, thousands of golden knights, dozens of silver knights, thousands of bronze knights, and six or seven thousand black iron knights, such a huge and terrifying knightly force, he actually doesn't want to be the king?

You must know that on the Holy Grace Continent, those beings called emperors do not necessarily have such terrifying power under their command! Could it be that Zhang Zhongjun would be willing to show off his might as a lord behind his back?

However, when these subordinates saw that Zhang Zhongjun really resisted the idea of becoming king with this bit of strength, everyone couldn't help but be speechless for a while, and then suggested that Zhang Zhongjun establish the country as a public prince again with some hesitation.

Zhang Zhongjun, who was advised twice in a row by his subordinates, only reacted that he had to establish a country even if he was not a king.

In this way, not only does the people below have a representative of cohesion, but also allows them to govern the land and population under their command in a legitimate manner.

What's more, if you are still a lord, damn it, the people below can only be a knight with a huge territory, and they don't dare to work towards a higher title at all.

After understanding this, Zhang Zhongjun naturally nodded in agreement without saying a word, and discussed with his cronies that the country established was the Black Eagle Country, the flag was also a Black Eagle pattern, and his own title was the Grand Duke of Black Eagle.

After determining this most important foundation, someone will naturally handle other things, and Zhang Zhongjun also sensitively found that the spiritual qi of all his subordinates has become sufficient.

In this regard, Zhang Zhongjun could only laugh at himself helplessly, it seems that he has been on top for too long and has forgotten the wishes of the people at the bottom.

The will of the people at the bottom is very simple, that is, there is a platform for them to display their abilities, and there is a platform where they can pay to get the corresponding status and power. I used to be careless, thinking that the name and position were not important, and I definitely didn't consider the thoughts of the people at the bottom.

And the news that Zhang Zhongjun was preparing to build a country and proclaimed himself the Grand Duke of Black Eagle had already spread all over the local area and around, and the three of West, even if they were prisoners, knew about it, so when they saw Zhang Zhongjun, they knelt down and shouted Your Majesty, which was also the right thing.

Zhang Zhongjun looked at the three fearful former neighbors, and couldn't help but smile and say that he would not deprive them of their baronial status, but it was unlikely that the territory would remain.

For this, the three barons are mentally prepared, because Zhang Zhongjun is staying in Oak Harbor now, so Oak Harbor has a vague identity as the royal capital, and the territory of the three of them is all around Oak Harbor, so it is impossible for anyone to give their territory back to them.

What a joke, the territory surrounding the royal capital is all the land of other nobles? What does this make the owner of the royal capital think? And the nobles who own this land are still captives!

In the face of Zhang Zhongjun, a figure who brutally destroyed everyone and then dominated the whole island, these captured nobles did not dare to imagine that they could bargain for a certain amount of land to gain freedom and regain most of their own territory like the previous aristocratic civil war.

But it is unlikely that they will be deprived of all their territories and let them be civilians, after all, the two sides are not mortal enemies, and they are not the kind of relationship that must be exterminated by your entire clan to live comfortably. Since there is no such relationship in which one party can let go only if he dies, then the victor has to do something to maintain the dignity of the other party's nobles.

So Zhang Zhongjun retained their baronial status, then cut the realm by two-thirds, and transferred it to the direct domain of the Grand Duke of Barron.

Well, when the head of the nobility is sad about this, for example, now, the nobles under the Grand Duke of Barron, as long as they don't usually act too disgusting, can retain their noble status and a little territory. But Grand Duke Barron has no choice, this kind of aristocratic leader is an unlucky person who needs to be exterminated bloodline and take away all the territory.

In the past, there was no such habit, even if the emperor was defeated, it would only deprive others of their emperor status, give a duke status, and leave a territory that was at least a barony as a place to live.

I don't know when it started, anyway, it is said that there is such an emperor who failed before, and his descendants succeeded in resurrection, and then brutally exterminated the original victors. In the future, all the victors will completely exterminate the heads of the hostile forces, and even some of the cruel ones will destroy the nobles of the opponents.

Therefore, the captured nobles, after carefully studying Zhang Zhongjun's temperament, knew that they would not be destroyed, so they would be so relieved to be captives for so long.

Therefore, according to the rules, all the nobles who fled or died in battle, such as those three kings and five dukes, the territory was confiscated and returned to Zhang Zhongjun's direct subordinates, and the captured nobles depended on Zhang Zhongjun's wishes.

Hearing Zhang Zhongjun's disposal of himself, the three barons of West, although they were a little disappointed, after all, their territory was two-thirds gone, but they still thanked them gratefully.

Zhang Zhongjun didn't need them to thank him, but he needed them to work hard, so he made it clear that although some of the territories were confiscated by you nobles who surrendered captively, as long as you establish meritorious deeds, it will not be difficult for you to regain the land that matches your status.

This is also the way it should be, West doesn't think that they can still have a title and a territory, and they can still be independent nobles, they definitely have to work hard in this new Black Eagle Duchy to ensure real security. This is the difference between the nobles who surrendered after being captured and the local nobles.

Therefore, West and the others immediately expressed their willingness to serve Zhang Zhongjun and work hard to build this new Black Eagle Principality.

(End of chapter)