Why is it so difficult to increase a title compared to the expansion of a territory?

It stands to reason that there should be a good correspondence between the two.

Coincidentally, at this time, the winner had already been decided in the ring, and the knights on the side of the Watch Alliance unfortunately lost and were seriously injured, which made the other nobles friends again and again.

Norman clapped as well, seemingly encouraging the winner, before laughing and explaining to Claire.

The reason for this is that the nobles above the baron have a strong right to divide the fiefdom, which makes the gold content of the senior title increase all of a sudden.

Claire is not stupid, and Norman naturally understands everything when he points out this.

For a lord, his strength comes entirely from his domain. As the lowest-ranking nobles, knights often have no management rights over the estates, even if they can own the estates, and can only enjoy the tax benefits of the territory.

And once he has a title, even the lowest-ranking baron has complete control over the territory, and everything in the territory belongs to the baron himself, including but not limited to land and population.

All, the number of high-ranking nobles who can be divided into barons, if the royal family does not limit it, then the expansion speed of the big nobles is likely to exceed the expectations of the royal family.

Even if the nobility here is not quite like the Blue Star Middle Ages, with such a strict relationship between the upper and lower levels, the royal family still has influence on the barons, and the vassals who do not exist in my vassals are not my vassals, and the lords of my lords are not my lords, but in general, the expansion of the power of the subordinate vassals is often accompanied by the increase in the strength of the upper lords.

If during the kingdom's external development period, when fighting against enemy countries, the royal family will naturally not be stingy in rewarding high-ranking titles, as the highest lord of the kingdom, the expansion of the kingdom is generally improved by the strength of the royal family.

However, outside of the end of the foreign war, it will be difficult for the nobles who have won the internal struggle for power to gain the approval of the royal family.

The vast majority of the high-ranking nobles in the kingdom have either been inherited from the beginning of the establishment of the kingdom, or they have been awarded for their contributions in the kingdom's several foreign wars.

Claire also understands this, for example, the current Earl of Wright, who he is ostensibly loyal to, also comes from the war with the orcs.

At the same time as the expansion of his power, it also represents the expansion of the power of Earl of Rail, as long as Claire does not turn against Count Wright and obeys Count Wright's dispatch, Claire's expansion will eventually evolve into the improvement of Count Wright's strength in Trois-Rivières.

The reason why the royal family is the top lord of the kingdom, above all the nobles, is precisely because it has the authority to confer high titles. If you want to maintain this high position, you must naturally be cautious about the matter of awarding high-level titles.

After understanding this stubble, Claire suddenly felt a little helpless. According to this trend, then it is very likely that for a long time, he will be just a baron.

Although Claire doesn't value the level of the title, who wants to be a baron only if he can become a duke. Perhaps, when his strength becomes stronger in the future, he can also follow the example of the Habsburg past and create a "Grand Duchy of Clare"?

However, the day when the Grand Duchy of Claire can really be done, it is better to build an independent country and be a king. It is an eternal truth that the strong man should do what he does.

Since it is so slow to rise within the framework of the kingdom, it is better to break this framework directly.

Norman didn't know what he said, which strengthened Claire's idea of being a "rebel and thief", and if he knew, he would probably regret it.

There were several pairs of fighters in the ring one after another, but the Overwatch Alliance side only won one, and the other duels were won by the other side. There was even a knight on the side of the Watch Alliance, who was killed here in the ring, and his lord was so angry that his face turned blue on the spot, but he didn't dare to attack at all.

Claire glanced at the lord of the same camp with some distress, the strength of the knight he sent was not weak, and he also had a third-order level, but it was a pity that the professional sent by the other party had already reached the middle level.

The gap between middle-level professionals and low-level professionals is still quite huge, and not everyone can challenge like Claire. Therefore, it was normal for that third-order knight, without knowing the strength of the other party, to be caught off guard and be killed within a few rounds.

With several rings ending with the Overwatch Alliance losing the battle, Claire clearly sensed that something was not quite right in the atmosphere in the arena, and the local nobles smiled one by one, and their eyes flashed with contempt, and many people were a little nervous.

On the other hand, on the side of the Overwatch Alliance, their faces were solemn, as if they were feeling a huge pressure.

The current atmosphere made Claire suspect that the other party would tear off some aristocratic disguise in the next moment, and directly attack the nobles of the Overwatch Alliance at this banquet and serve them in one pot.

To be honest, it's no wonder that Claire thinks so, if he is the enemy, I'm afraid he has already made a move, after all, judging from the results of the current few ring matches, it is obvious that the nobles on the side of the Watch Alliance are inferior to each other in terms of strength accumulation.

If it weren't for Count Marcus recruiting them all to go north to fight, it is still unknown whether Claire and the others would have been able to take the territory in the middle reaches of the Tiling River so easily.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting stiffer and stiffer, fortunately, in the next two ring matches, the Overwatch Alliance side still won, although the knights who came down were also injured, but they still won.

I don't know how long it took, Claire felt a little unhappy from the very beginning, and finally someone wanted to trouble Claire.

Just at a glance, Claire knew that the other party was coming, and the knight standing on the field was obviously in the middle level.

With Claire's current cultivation, he naturally can't hide it.

As for the nobles behind the provocation, it is not the Hart family that Claire expected, but the close neighbors of the Hart family in the back, the Marshall family south of Tilling Town.

Middle-level professionals are not often seen in the ring, Claire didn't expect to be able to be so yin, but right now, unless she ends up by herself, where to find a subordinate who can compete with the other party.

Send Marlon up? Ma Long's strength has improved, but there is still a line between him and the third order, even if he is a magician, he is not an opponent when he goes up, and there is a risk of death.

No, let Claire go up by herself, she can win if she wins, but it's too ugly on her face.

Horizontal and vertical are about to lose face, Claire turned her heart sideways, pretended not to see, looked down at her toes, ignored the other party's provocative behavior by name, and pretended to be an ostrich.

Just then, a voice rang out beside Claire.

"A thousand dinars, I'll help you get rid of this man."