Closer, the figure shrouded in light walked up to Ryan, who was on one knee, and placed his broad sword on Ryan's shoulder.

I heard a majestic voice say, "Ryan. Thunder. Blake, in the name of King Tistan, I canonize you as a baron, bestow the Pioneer Sword with the Pioneer Domain, and open up new territories for the kingdom in the south. ”

"I, Ryan. Thunder. Black swears allegiance to you, and I will become a barrier to the kingdom, guarding the borders and herding the people. I will become the blade of the kingdom and expand the territory......

The Black family will be committed to it for generations to come! ”

Although this passage has been rehearsed countless times in Ryan's mind, there is a strange sense of responsibility and mission when he reads it on such an occasion.

Constantine II gently patted him on the shoulder three times with the blade of his sword, indicating that the canonization was complete.

Ryan saluted back and stood up, and the king had already stepped over to the next man and began to do the same.

At this moment, he is shining brightly and has attracted thousands of attention.

And Ryan was just his foil, his gaze swept across the crowd, and finally locked on Karinman and the others who came to watch the ceremony.

Alan and Delai were full of envy and reverence, and Kaylin Man had a smile on her face, tears already glinting in the sun......

In their eyes, Ryan is the center of gravity at the moment.

Ryan squinted his eyes and engraved that figure deeply in his mind, one day, he will no longer be a dispensable little transparent, he can only be a foil!

A pretty palace maid stepped forward and handed the tray in her hand to Ryan.

He fixed his eyes on it, and at the bottom of the tray was a neatly stacked banner with a piece of vellum paper and an ornately decorated one-handed sword.

Stretched out his hand to take the tray, and soon a palace maid stepped forward to guide Ryan to leave, and the promotion ceremony was about to take place later......

Sitting in the carriage back, Ryan looked at the vellum paper in his hand with a happy expression, which detailed the privileges and obligations that Ryan enjoyed as a pioneer.

It is written that Ryan has the right to freely declare war on the outside world, and to put it simply, it is to fight whoever he wants to fight abroad, even the king cannot interfere, and the territory that has been beaten down belongs to Ryan, and it is hereditary!

This is actually nothing special, after all, the surrounding circle is full of enemies, and you can't go wrong with your eyes closed, other nobles have the same right, but their fiefdom has been fixed, and they are surrounded by their own people, and if you want to open up, you have to have a direction.

What was more appealing to Ryan was that he only had to pay half of the tax/tax of his title, because according to the laws of the Kingdom of Tistan, every nobleman in the kingdom had to pay a certain amount of food or finance every year according to his title to support the Frontier Legion.

Although it is not a lot of money, it is a huge amount of money accumulated over the years, and it is also a considerable amount of property saved by paying only half of it.

Then there's the right to recruit, which Ryan has already used in advance, and then there's the free construction aid.

The specific amount is not written, but this aid includes craftsmen, serfs, money and food, weapons and equipment, etc., which makes Ryan look forward to it.

That's all for the attractive privileges, and the rest won't be listed one by one.

But the obligation is much simpler, just two points: first, you can't abandon the land and run away. 2. The need to accept a Kingdom calling.

The obligation is very simple, and the degree of freedom is also very high, which is no different from a state within a state, except that he cannot be arrogantly claimed to be king, and his rights are no different from those of the king in the fief.

Ryan leaned back on the cushion behind him and breathed a sigh of relief, from now on he was a real nobleman, and he could live a life of evil nobility in his own territory.

Calculating the time, it is already November, and according to the information obtained, it will not be long before the orcs in the Urgan steppe will start plundering.

Although the grasslands where the orcs live are vast, they are extremely desolate and barren, and they cannot grow any crops, so they can only live on the livestock they raise.

However, the extremely cold winters on the steppes kill most of the plants and starve many of the livestock, and the orcs, who lack food, will start to plunder frantically when they run out of food.

Thinking of this, he took out the map of the territory obtained from Viscount Ambushi, and from the map, the territory of Kanna was narrow from north to south, but long from east to west.

To the east of Chelt Peak is the Orc Invasion Point, and some of the Orcs enter the Kanna Territory every winter to raid.

The current Kana Territory is the time when the dragons are leaderless, and if the orc invasion fails to stop it, then the consequences are very serious.

Judging from the annotations on the map, Kanna has a small city, several small towns and a dozen villages, with a total population of nearly 20,000.

This is the most valuable treasure in the territory, and if it is ravaged by those brutal orcs, their fate can be imagined.

After all, the Terrans are just two-legged sheep in their eyes.

"We can't delay, it's really too late to go." A trace of worry flashed in Ryan's eyes, everything else is acceptable, if the population is lost, then what does he rely on to live a luxurious aristocratic life?

After returning to the hotel, Ryan told Kailinman about his concerns, and then said, "Mother, I have agreed with my men to meet in three days, and I plan to go straight to the south after meeting them. ”

"However, the matter of the sale of the general's territory that you said has not been negotiated yet......" Karinman hesitated.

"I can't wait that long, I'll take Alan and them first, and you and Susan will wait for my news to come back to us next spring after dealing with the follow-up and the aid promised by the king."

If these things are dealt with, Ryan may only be left with white land.

Kaelin Man was a little speechless, but she was not stupid, she could hear the priority of the matter, and she didn't say anything after all.

Early the next morning, Ryan and the others set off to return and began to prepare for the south, and the entire manor was busy with porridge.

Steward Deman went around buying horses, Anna, the head maid, led the maids in preparing dry rations for the troops, and Ryan worked out the fastest route overnight.

If they travel lightly and with the horses, they will only need to travel thousands of miles to reach Kana in about ten days!

"I hope you can hold on." Ryan sighed softly, after all, there are too many time variables in ten days.

A few days passed in a hurry, and the soldiers who had agreed with Ryan arrived one after another to meet Ryan, and to Ryan's relief, even the ten disabled veterans did not miss the appointment and came to Blake Manor on time.

When they stood in front of Ryan with a strong cloak, he suddenly felt confident and strong, even if he couldn't make firearms, with such an army, what was he afraid of.

Ryan did have a brief moment of confusion when he knew that the firearms program was on hold, but now, he had a new answer!

"Soldiers!" Ryan raised his arms and shouted.

"In!"

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