After the end of the war, the promotion of new hereditary nobles became a top priority for the Grant Kingdom.

This orc invasion war was divided into three major war zones, and a total of eleven barons of the Grant Kingdom died in battle on hereditary territory.

The Dukedom of Fox suffered the most serious losses, the duke's vassals suffered the most casualties, more than half of the territory was plagued by the orcs, eight barons were killed in battle, hundreds of thousands of people were taken away by the orcs, and the property damage was also very serious.

The remaining three barons were killed in battle, from the direct domain of the royal family. Including Baron Stopa, who was familiar to Richard, were all vassals directly under the king.

For hereditary nobles who die in their fiefdoms, the Kingdom of Grant will not deprive them of their titles and reduce their territories.

Generally, the title is given to the heir in line to the throne.

When it comes to the hereditary baronial class, there will be multiple heirs. These heirs were scattered in different legions, in different provinces. and even different kingdoms, so as not to be accidentally served in a pot.

Even William, a professional who struggled for his aristocratic status, would arrange for his son to join different legions. Not to mention the nobles of higher status.

The long-term conflict and war have made everyone have a strong sense of crisis. Diversifying their investments, reducing risk, and not putting their eggs in one basket are almost their survival instincts.

The Eastern Front fought the best battlefield, Duke Jonathan did not lose an inch of land, and in the war, the Duke personally shot and killed the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front orcs, the ninth-order wolf king Dantren.

This battle is very tough, and with the merits accumulated in the past, the Duke Jonathan's family will receive two hereditary baronies.

Through the grapevine, Richard knew that Duke Jonathan's fourth son, the sixth son, would receive the title.

The battlefield on the Western Front was not fought well, although it finally repelled the orc attack, killed many orc professionals, and was also plundered by the orcs of hundreds of thousands of people. The royal family severely reprimanded Duke Fox that there would be no hereditary nobility promotion this time.

The middle line of the territory directly under the royal family, this war was fought in a decent manner, and a total of two baronies were awarded.

One of them is Leon, the eldest son of Baron Harden, whose domain is located in the northern part of Barony Harden, west of the Platos fortress complex. With the addition of this barony, Baron Harden can already merge the territories and be promoted to a viscount.

But Baron Harden did not do this, probably because he loved his children too much, and he was ready to give the domain to his three sons to inherit.

Two generations of the Haaland family have worked hard for more than 20 years, and after this battle, they finally made enough feats to be knighted.

Before the start of the war, William had accumulated four major merits and six intermediate merits.

In this war, he was given the authority to lead a single army, commanding two brigades to fight and hold on to Graveson Castle at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains.

Despite the very hard fighting, William persevered to the end and was awarded a great achievement. In the war, William killed one fifth-order orc, one fourth-order orc, four third-order orcs, three second-order orcs, and two first-order orcs, and the orc professional accumulated six intermediate skills.

Now under William's name, he has accumulated six major merits and two medium merits.

Before the second uncle Powell retired from active service, he was a very good reconnaissance squadron leader of the Northern Territory Army, and he also made a lot of meritorious contributions after more than ten years of fighting, accumulating one major merit, three medium merits, and two minor merits.

These credits were not used by Powell when he retired, in order to accumulate merit and make the Haaland family hereditary barons.

As long as the Haaland family became hereditary nobles, Powell's children also had aristocratic status.

The third uncle, Bernie, also gained in this war, and now he has accumulated one big merit, four medium merits, and six minor merits.

Plus Richard has one big merit and three small merits.

The combined exploits of the four of them were enough to make the Haaland family hereditary barons.

In addition, other members of the family have also made some meritorious achievements, and although Barron has died in battle, he still has three small merits. After Ron advanced to the profession, he also made two small achievements.

These feats can be used to promote hereditary nobility.

Having accumulated enough military exploits, the Haaland family has become hereditary barons, and it is already a certainty.

However, the division of the territory is still uncertain.

Relatively speaking, the northern region is still relatively barbaric, the population is very small, and the division of territory is much easier. In other parts of the Grant Kingdom, there had been many years since a hereditary nobility had been promoted.

The situation in the Dawn Continent has not been very stable, and wars often break out, because of the persecution of the environment, most countries are very good at war.

Several countries in the north that were invaded by orcs had rules that no military merits would be awarded.

It is rumored that Duke Jonathan wants to seal his favorite four sons in the rich south, and is still communicating with King Charles.

The Haaland family does not have such a high connection, although his father William has some friendships with some nobles, and his friends are also low-class nobles.

With William's network of connections, it is impossible to seal the Haaland family in a rich area.

The fiefdom must be on the northern front, and the specific location can probably be determined.

The royal family's direct territories in the North, and the Borderlands are just a few.

The rich basin inside the Dragon Canyon is not the turn of a weak new family like the Haaland family.

As early as a hundred years ago, it was clearly divided.

Richard estimated that it was most likely in the mountainous region of the northern province of Geda, an area where four baronies had already been sealed.

The remaining area is still very large, and a few baronies can be rewarded.

Generally speaking, the barony is more than 300 square kilometers and less than 1,000 square kilometers.

In the rich areas of the south, many baronies are less than 300 square kilometers.

However, in the sparsely populated and war-torn north. Many baronies are greatly oversized, and many are more than 1,000 square kilometers.

The largest baronies have territories that can even rival those of the Southern Viscounties.

The size of the Northern Territory and the topography are the most important factors.

In order to facilitate the defense and hold the important passages, the king would tie up a portion of the fertile land with the treacherous valley and give it to the frontier nobles.

Such a policy has caused the border aristocratic territory to generally exceed the standard.

Combined, the five dukedoms in the north account for almost half of the territory of the Kingdom of Grant.

The area of the border baronys is generally between 1,000 and 3,000 square kilometers.

Entering November, the dust has finally settled.

The Haaland family territory was sealed eighty kilometers east of the Platos fortress complex.

The territory area is not small, 30 kilometers from east to west, 40 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 1,400 square kilometers, and the vast majority of the land is mountains and hilly terrain.

The territory is bordered by two baronies, Stopa and Dirham.

This time the orcs invaded, and the two baronies of Stopa and Dirham suffered heavy losses, and the population of Stoppa's territory was swallowed up by Baron Harden. There are now only a few empty castles in the realm, waiting to be inherited by the remaining members of Stoppa's family.

Although the Baron Dirham defended the castle, he was also taken captive by the orcs, seven or eight hundred people.

The reason why the territory granted to the Haraland family was so large was that the king demanded that the baron's castle must be placed in a valley in the northernmost part of the territory.

This valley can be interspersed with the middle of the Eagle Mountains.

As long as this pass is held, the flanks of the Platos fortress group will also have stable support.

In addition, after Fort William is completed, it can also support each other with Hardenberg and Fort Wick, strengthen the strength of this area, and form a complete line of defense.

The royal family also knows that the Haaland family has a shallow background, if they are only allowed to gnaw hard bones and the territory has no output, I am afraid that the Haaland family will not do their best to manage the territory.

If the rewarded territory is quickly lost, it will lose the meaning of dividing the hereditary nobility. Therefore, the reward in the territory is more generous, and the area given is almost equal to the size of a viscounty.

There are two rivers in the rewarded territory, and a lot of farmland can be carved out on both sides of the river, and this territory has both flesh and bones, which is not a bad result.

Having obtained a hereditary fief, how to develop and govern the fief will become the top priority of the Haaland family.

William had already gone to the royal capital Nolan to attend the knighthood ceremony, and Richard had written letters to communicate with Powell and Bernie. When William returned, Richard decided to resign from the military and take charge of the domain with Uncle Powell. The rest of the family continued to run their personal network in the military.