Although many nobles and officials died in the capital of the Tilan Kingdom, in fact, the important officials of the Tilan Kingdom were not all wiped out, and most of them were stranded in White Rock City because of the war with the Holy Gunt Kingdom.

Ebertson hadn't forgotten about this, so during the meal, he and David made a point of mentioning it.

In addition, he was also worried about the situation in White Rock City.

King Tiran was in ruins, and all the people of the city died. After the news reached White Rock City, what the reaction of those ministers and nobles would be, Eberson was not sure.

But no matter how you look at it, White Rock City seems to be unable to hold on, even if Earl Sutton-Stewart is still loyal to the Kingdom of Tiran, and can control the army of the Knights of Tiran, the Knights of the Guards, and the Infantry Regiment at hand, this kind of thing will also deal a devastating blow to the morale of the army.

Now that Ebertson no longer bothered about whether the border could be defended, whether the southern lands would be occupied by the Holy Kingdom of Gunter, he didn't even care about the ministers and nobles, his only concern was his daughter, and he was worried about the Earl of Sutton-Stewart.

"It's not a difficult task, I'll ask Gareth to take a team of Winter Knights to White Rock City to check on the situation, and if the situation is critical, bring them to Winter City as well."

So Gareth took on a temporary mission and headed south with a small team of Winter Knights.

Seeing that David had simply sent someone to protect his daughter, Ebelson took the opportunity to mention another matter: "How are you going to arrange the knights and soldiers who came to Winterfell together?" ”

"With the exception of the Knights of Tiran and the Knights of the Guard, I have ordered Gareth and Freud to reorganize the rest of the soldiers, and those who perform well will become soldiers of Winterfell."

Davy's answer was very direct, and now that Ebelson had made his attitude clear, David was not prepared to be polite to him: "As for the Knights of Tiran and the Knights of the Guards, ......"

Ebelson understood what David meant, and the other party respected himself enough when he came to ask himself, so he also expressed his attitude very happily: "Let's do the reorganization together!" ”

He saw the current situation very clearly, he was only a false name as a king, and the power and army were of no use to him now, and it was the best choice to hand them all over to David.

"In that case, why don't you keep the number of the Knights of Tiran, and all the Knights of the Guards will be integrated into the Knights of Tiran?" Eberson was so happy that David was a little embarrassed.

The population of the entire royal capital of Tiran was packed and collected, and the king also turned back together, and even the ace knights and guards of the family were incorporated.

Unconsciously, he seems to have done something similar to a certain prime minister, is it possible for him to do a lot of things in the name of the Kingdom of Tiran in the future?

Things are really going on like Davy thought.

Ebertson directly took out the pre-written letter of appointment, and named David Glamorgan as the Grand Duke of Winter, and his territory included the entire Northern Plains.

The territory of David-Glamorgan, Grand Duke of Winter, was a fully independent principality, nominally part of the Kingdom of Tiran.

With Ebelson handing over the letter of appointment to David, Grand Duke Winter is officially inaugurated, and an announcement will be issued to spread the news to the entire Kingdom of Tiran.

At the same time, another order and proclamation was issued: the capital of the king of Tiran had been severely damaged by a conspiracy to attack the temple, and His Majesty had to go to the north to 'take a temporary residence' in Winterfell, which was the temporary capital of the kingdom of Tiran.

Due to the Templar conspiracy, His Majesty was ill and unable to handle the military affairs, and the Grand Duke of Winter, David Glamorgan, handled all military affairs of the Kingdom of Tilland on behalf of His Majesty.

Several orders were announced, and Davy, in addition to not being crowned king, had become the de facto ruler of the kingdom of Tiran.

For this series of appointments to Eberson, David also accepted it neatly, and after a meal, his identity changed drastically, and even he himself was a little confused.

It wasn't until he returned to his office at Glamorganburg that he began to understand.

Ebelson knew that it was impossible for the Kingdom of Tiran to come back to life, and that it was impossible for him to take power in Winterfell, and take Winterfell's army back to the old site of the royal capital and build a new city.

What's more, he knew that his descendant army would not be able to defeat the Winter Knights, and even the knights of the Knights of Tiran and the Knights of the Guards would no longer be able to fight for themselves.

They've been killed once by the Winter Knights, and they know they're no match.

What's more, these nearly 100,000 people were resurrected by David, and these people have a better impression of David than he is a king, I don't know how many times.

Let these people choose, and they will definitely choose David over themselves.

In this case, it is better to take advantage of the fact that your false name is still a little useful, and directly arrange everything that can be arranged first. Eberson no longer even urged David and Sophia to get married early, he didn't think that a special being like David could be bound by a marriage.

So it doesn't matter whether he marries his daughter or not, even if David immediately wants the position of king today, Eberson can immediately write the Zen paperwork.

In fact, it is almost the same now, Winterfell has become the Duchy of Winter, which has gained absolute independence in legal theory, and will be recognized by all forces on the continent.

The Duchy of Winter can be changed to the Kingdom of Winter at any time in the future, depending on when David wants to wear the crown.

Quietly retire in Winterfell, for Sophia's sake, David should not treat himself badly, and maybe have the opportunity to see the day when the Holy Gaunt Kingdom and the Temple are completely wiped out by Winterfell.

"So, you're the Duke of Winter now?"

Listening to David's explanation, Laura was still looking at the appointment papers.

Although the appointments and announcements were made in the name of King Tiran, the specific sending and posting had to be done by the people of Winterfell themselves.

So although David was promoted to the Grand Duke and Winterfell became the Duchy of Winter, this thing always revealed a strange smell.

"It feels like you coerced the king and then forced the king to make an appointment."

"......" David was tempted to say that he felt the same way, but it was impossible for him to admit it, waving his hand and saying, "You think too much!" ”

"Anyway, congratulations!" Laura put the letter of appointment back on David's desk: "One step closer to your goal, and a crucial one. ”

Laura had expected that it would take David a few years to get to this point. Even so, it will not be easy to take this step in the end, and it may be accompanied by successive wars before it can be successful.

I didn't expect to take the most important step so easily by mistake.

O principality! The change of the duchy into a kingdom is a matter of David's thoughts, and in this situation, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Tiran to crusade against David's Winterfell.

Laura, though, felt that it would be better to keep Winterfell as a principality for a while.

Because of the excessive use of the Duchy of Winter, it can well receive the 'inheritance' of the Kingdom of Tiran, which is much more reliable than directly claiming to build a country.

After all, the signboard of the Kingdom of Tiran has been erected for hundreds of years, and the people living in this land recognize it, and when the entire Kingdom of Tiran is in a state of war, the people of Tiran will habitually flee to other territories of the Kingdom of Tiran, rather than directly to foreign countries.

In this case, the Duchy of Winter, which is still attached to the Kingdom of Tiran, can receive more people, and after receiving the population from all over the Kingdom of Tiran, it can expand the territory of the Duchy of Winter to other regions under the banner of reclaiming the land that originally belonged to them for the people.

Not only is it legally irrefutable, but this kind of expansion can also gain the absolute support of its own people, and when that time comes, it will be natural to change the name to the kingdom.

"That's right." Laura originally wanted to leave to do her own thing, because she knew that David must have a lot of things to deal with next, but before leaving, she suddenly remembered: "Your ability, is it going to improve again?" ”

"It should be!"

Directly promoted from the earl to the grand duke, and the territory has also changed from Winterfell to the Duchy of Winter, his golden finger will definitely usher in an upgrade, and I don't know what will change this time.

"I'll see and test it later."

Nothing else, the production of crystal ore and the energy contained in it may usher in another round of enhancement. Even if nothing else has changed, that alone is enough to satisfy Davy.

Watching Laura leave, David originally wanted to ask Eva to deal with the announcement, but he didn't expect Edwin Van Cleef to come to him, this person must have something important to do with himself, David had to put the announcement aside first.

"What's wrong?"

"About the confession of the Rains preacher."

"So fast?"

Upon his return to Winterfell, David ordered the intelligence service to apprehend the Rains missionaries and screen those who came into contact with the Rains missionaries for spies sent by the Temple.

The arrest went well, and this kind of thing didn't need to be too much concern for David, he just waited quietly for the results of the interrogation.

Unexpectedly, it was only the next day? He thought that the missionary from the temple could last ten days and half a month!

Speaking of this, Edwin Van Cleef also behaved strangely: "That missionary from the Temple, probably...... Probably...... He had turned his back on his original beliefs. ”

"What do you mean?"

"This Rains missionary seems to be ready to believe in the Light."

“……”

"So after we arrested him, we didn't use any punishment at all, and basically all the questions we asked, he would answer them happily."

Listening to Edwin Van Cleve's report, David didn't know what to say about the missionary, so he could only ask carefully: "Is it possible?" Did he do this on purpose, in order to really break into the interior of Winterfell? ”

"I don't rule it out."

(End of chapter)