There was a new group of villagers in the village of Selde, and the surrounding villagers all looked envious when they saw them, but they were a little scared when they saw their bodies.

It is no surprise that these new villagers are missing arms and legs, so to speak, they have lost their ability to work, but they are not worried about the lower half of their bodies, and there are some slave-looking people around them who are in front of the saddle and behind the horse, and they are in fact slaves.

After Karl counted everyone's exploits, he distributed the captured enemies according to the merits of the soldiers, and of course not all of them had enough merit to receive slaves.

In this war, they captured a lot of slaves, most of them were serfs who served as levies, and now they became slaves of the Selde Manor, of which twenty or thirty were singled out and distributed to the soldiers who had retired from service, and the rest were used as labor to devote themselves to the construction of the manor.

The retired soldiers and slaves looked in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry to get somewhere, and in fact it was not only them, but some of the villagers were probably the same, and the crowd rushed in the direction of the church.

Later, there will be a grand ceremony that will attract the attention of the entire village of Sylde, and make the villagers want to see the excitement, although they may not see anything.

……

"Master Karl, with this funding, it won't be long before we can complete the manor according to your plan." Berg was smiling, and as the treasurer, a large sum of silver natas was enough to make him smile.

"yes, that couldn't be better." Karl nodded, the huge compensation allowed him to solve the financial crisis, but he was happy, some people couldn't sleep at night, I heard that Baron Sharva closed the door almost every day, locked himself in it and was depressed, and Baron Thor was often angry......

"Are the bards done their jobs?" Carl asked lightly.

"Of course, I've bought them all as you said." Berg nodded, he was a little stunned when Karl proposed the work, but after learning about it, he felt admiration for Karl.

Honor is extremely important to a nobleman, Karl has to admit this, the Dias family is too "nameless", and even many nobles sneer at the Dias family, for example, this time Baron Samu's invasion of Baron Dias's territory and serfs led to the outbreak of war, and none of the nobles on the side of the Count of Lens were willing to help, although there was a shadow of Baron Tors, but it was enough to explain some problems.

And war is an important way to increase prestige, and since the war is won, it is natural for Karl to spread this honor throughout the duchy.

And the best way to do this is undoubtedly with the help of the bards, whose clever mouths and catchy ballads can let the distant aristocracy know that there is a glorious Dias family here.

Prestige is an intangible resource that you can't see or touch, but sometimes you find it so important.

"The population of our territory is still too small, and I need more peasants, more people, what do the slave traders in the town of Havel say." Karl banged on the table, population is always the most important resource in this era, and the slave traders can solve this problem well.

"I talked to them that if we needed a large number of slaves, they could sell them to us for five silver natas per slave." Berg said.

"Five silver natas? Berg, it's just too expensive. Carl shook his head.

"No way, Lord Karl, we don't have many slaves here, and those slave traders also need to make a lot of money, maybe I can talk to them and reduce the price to four silver natas." Berg was also a little helpless.

"Okay, you can do it, this matter must be put first." Karl admonished.

"As you wish, my lord." Berg nodded.

"Master Karl, maybe you should move to church." That's when Juliana came over.

"It's already this point, time flies so fast." Carl nodded, in fact he was very reluctant to go to a church like that, he was not a devout believer.

Even after coming to Sylde Manor, he hadn't been to the church a few times, so there were always people who criticized him, but after all, he had been there a few times and pretended not to cause any major problems.

And this time because he is going to hold a knight's canonization ceremony, he is a knight of the Earl of Lens, and naturally he also has the right to canonize other knights, and theoretically any knight can canonize other knights.

It's just that the canonization of the big lords and nobles is more meaningful and the ceremony is stronger.

When the knight is canonized, he needs to bathe one night in advance, change into white shirts and red robes, and then go to the church to place his weapons and armor on the altar, worship and pray all night, and finally listen to the mass of the priests, and then the priests pray for weapons, and finally accept the presiding sword ceremony.

After understanding the complete process, Karl sighed more than once, fortunately, when he was canonized, the Earl of Lens was in the middle of the war, everything was simple, otherwise he would have fallen asleep after such a process, and at that time, he would have been embarrassed and embarrassed.

But this time it was different, this time it was Kevin and Sylvia who received the knighthood, and in recognition of them, Karl decided to give them the title of knight, of course, this does not include the fief, and he has no extra territory to give them as a fief.

If he doesn't sit down completely, or cancel the cumbersome religious process, it will offend the church, and it is very likely to leave a bad impression on Sylvia and Kevin, after all, this is an extremely important thing for people in this era, which means that they have officially obtained the ticket to become nobles, and it would be disrespectful to them to be lazy in the process, even if the other party is Carl.

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When he came to the church, Carl was stunned by Kevin and Sylvia's spirit, and they couldn't see any fatigue in their eyes after a busy night, only excitement, indescribable excitement, Carl's eyes suspected that if it wasn't for the solemn church, they could jump up directly.

"Lord Sir." Brother Brando, the priest of the church, nodded when he saw Karl's arrival, even if he was only a priest here, he did not need to grovel to Karl.

"Brother Brando." Carl also nodded in response.

"Let's get started, then."

The tedious ritual continued, and the two of them on their knees on the knight's bench tensed, and it would not be long before Lord Karl, whom they respected so much, would personally canonize them as knights.

Soon it was the turn of the oath, and Carl's own somewhat lazy look became serious at this moment.

He knew that people valued oaths, and the oaths here included not only the duties and guidelines of being a knight, but also the loyalty that Karl valued!

Kevin and Sylvia solemnly recited their oath under Karl's gaze, swearing allegiance to Karl, and it was not until this moment that they officially established a vassal relationship with each other.

Karl smiled, the two of them would be the only real knights under his command, and they were his own strength, and he couldn't help but feel the change of identity.

Once upon a time he was the one who swore allegiance below, and now he is accepting the oath of others.

After they had taken the oath, Karl picked up their blessing weapons and solemnly patted them on the shoulder, which was the most important step, feeling the weight of the sword on their backs, Kevin and Sylvia couldn't help but want to cry, it was the ultimate touch, it was a cry of joy, but they held back, any more sound on this occasion is superfluous.

On the holy church, the cross of the church shines brightly, and there seems to be a faint flow of holy light, which makes people feel respectful, and the oil painting of the Holy Son above the church, makes the pious people put their hands together.

The arched windows, the slightest ray of light shines through the strange colors, a hazy sense of sacredness arises spontaneously, and the heavy bells echo, combined with the unique music of the church, make people feel solemn and solemn.

Under this solemnity, the canonized half-kneeled in front of them, and the canonized person struck their shoulders and backs with their swords, forming a harmonious picture.

……

"The regimental commander has really become a knight, God, he is now an honorary nobleman."

"Hey, you didn't see the head of the regiment's expression, you couldn't close your mouth with joy."

"If you can be knighted, you will laugh more than the regimental commander!"

After the ceremony, many of the people who could see Kevin and Sylvia were chatting with each other about what they saw.

Among them, the most enjoyable to talk about are those veterans under Sylvia, they used to be soldiers of the Hagrid mercenary regiment, and now they are soldiers of the Hagrid regiment, or some retired soldiers, and they don't have to gossip too much when they see their leaders become nobles.

"Hah, I don't know what the Bruce guys will do if they find out about this."

Naturally, they chatted about Bruce, who had left with half of the mercenaries.

"Those guys are short-sighted, time has proven that Lord Sylvia is doing the right thing, you see that our treatment now is not much better than when we were mercenaries? I also went to the Kairol area, where I heard that there was chaos. ”

"In the future, you can't just call Lord Sylvia, you have to call Lord Sir!"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, what a noble knight!"

Sylvia is easy-going and has been with them for a long time, which makes them dare to make jokes about each other, after all, the aristocracy is usually afraid to do it.

"All this is thanks to the lord......" Suddenly, someone let out such an emotion, which made everyone stunned.

"Yes, salute to our great lord, cheers!"

"Cheers!"