Chapter 825: Frontier Fiefdom
Ever since Princess Night Moon left the Twilight City, Ye Ling's mood had been a little depressed, and now he finally showed a rare smile: "Oh, did I skip the baron directly and get the title of viscount?"
Elizabeth nodded: "That's right, your performance is really good, but the baron's words are of course unreasonable." Moreover, you are not as simple as being made a viscount, you are still a prepared earl!"
Ye Lingqi said: "Prepare the earl, what do you say?"
"That means it won't be long before you'll be an earl!" Elizabeth said with a smile. Your situation is a bit special, although you are a newcomer, but you have successively defeated Yan Lun and Phantom, who have become earls, which shows that your strength is already above many counts, and your performance at the new blood party is too perfect, many big nobles have a very good impression of you, such as Grand Duke Ximai, who highly respects you in the review, he is a very harsh judge, usually disdains juniors, and is used to picking bones in eggs, and because of this, his recognition of you also makes others think that you are extraordinary. However, in addition to Grand Duke Ximai, there is also a very special judge, who also gave you extraordinary praise, you must not think of who that person is!"
Ye Ling hurriedly asked, "Who?"
Elizabeth said word by word: "Hardwick Ghost King!"
Ye Ling was taken aback, he didn't expect the Hardwick Ghost King to speak for him.
"You're really a super lucky one!" Elizabeth sighed, "The Ghost King is not such a strict person as the Grand Duke of Ximai, he almost never gives anyone bad comments during the judging, but he almost never gives anyone a good review, to put it mildly, he actually doesn't care about the results of the judging at all many times, he just walks through the motions, at least since I became the Grand Duke, I have never seen him express any opinions." However, when it was your turn to judge your title, the Ghost King of Hader made a rare opening of the golden mouth, and at that time he said a few simple words: 'This young man is very good. At that time, many judges, including me, were so surprised that they couldn't do it, you know, if the ghost king said 'okay' when evaluating a person, it was already very amazing, and he thought you were very good, which is a super high evaluation! I can't believe that you can get his praise, even me, I feel that my face is very bright!"
Ye Ling understood the reason a little, and said that Hardwick was really broad-minded and a little too confident, not only did he not ask what his purpose was in sneaking into the Grand Duke of Zhaohua's mansion, but he also helped him along the way.
Elizabeth was very excited: "Originally, Archduke Brad had already pulled a lot of judges, and planned to give you only one viscount at most, but after the Hardwick Ghost King said this, Zuihou was still promoted to a reserve earl, this is because you have been a citizen of Twilight for a short time, and your qualifications are too shallow, otherwise you can even be directly promoted to an earl, but don't worry, as long as I arrange for you to do a few practical things and contribute, you don't need to be reviewed again and get the title of earl." And when you become an official earl, you can also be regarded as having a bit of identity and face, and you can participate in a lot of activities. ”
Ye Ling said happily: "Oh, that's really great, but what do I have to do, and how long will it take for seniority and contribution to be enough?"
Elizabeth said, "Well, it depends on how well you perform in governing your own fiefdom!"
Ye Ling was surprised: "Wait, Grand Duke Elizabeth, you said fiefdom?
Elizabeth smiled: "Hehe, that's of course, every adult nobleman with a certain ability can have his own fief, you know, our vampire dynasty has a dozen counties, hundreds of large and small cities, and the number of vampires is too small, where can it be managed, so every noble, including the nobles who have been promoted from the status of demons, will get at least one fief, you can collect taxes from the fief, except for the part handed over to the vampire dynasty, the rest is your own." As the owner of the fief, you still enjoy many rights, even life and death, but you also shoulder the obligation to make the fief stable and prosperous, if you make a mess of your fief, it may be taken back by the dynasty!"
In fact, vampires are not just the guards of vampires, if they can become nobles, the biggest role is to seek a fief for the master, so as to make the master's shili more powerful, instead of being tied to the side, there are several demons in the history of the vampire dynasty, and even climbed to the position of a big nobleman and obtained the management of a large area of fiefdom, which is equivalent to giving the master an extra super alliance, so the vampires will pay so much attention to the cultivation of demons.
Two days later, Elizabeth found Ye Ling again: "Yi Lin (the demon under the great nobles, even if he obtains the title, but the title is lower than his own, he is usually used to directly referring to his name, without adding a suffix to show his cordiality), your fief also came out today, because it is a relationship between the preparatory earl, there is one more choice than the viscount who can usually only designate a certain fief, there are two fiefs to choose from, both are small towns, one of which is the town of Camarilla in Parmere County, and the other is Orr Town in Arizona County. ”
Ye Ling asked, "Grand Duke Elizabeth, is there any difference between these two small towns for my future development?"
"Yes, a big difference!" Elizabeth explained, "Parmere is located in the middle of the dynasty, the environment is very stable, and the previous lord, an old viscount who has just retired because of his old age, is also well managed, and if you go there, take over his previous job, and you will soon be able to take up the regular work without any problems." As for Orr......"
Speaking of this, the Grand Duke's tone changed: "But it's not so easy, you must know that Arizona County is located in the westernmost part of the Imperial Dynasty, and in Orr Town, it is the location where the frontier and the wilderness meet, do you know that this fief will be vacant?"
Ye Ling had never heard of this small place at all, and naturally he didn't understand the situation there, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know!"
"It was killed!" Elizabeth's tone was much more solemn: "Because of its location on the frontier, Orr Town is very unstable, in addition to the frequent invasion of powerful demonic beasts, there will even be some evil demons with bad intentions, the previous lord of Orr Town died at the hands of demons, so it is a dangerous place!" However, there are always opportunities and challenges, and whoever can manage this turbulent town well will prove that his management skills are also very good, and the contribution value will definitely be high, and the time it will take to become an official earl will undoubtedly be shorter. Of course, if you stay in the more stable town of Kamarilla, even if it doesn't work, as long as you don't pass, after a year or two, your title can still be upgraded! Think about it, give an answer within three days, and report which fief you accept!"
A year or two?
Ye Ling's brows furrowed, for others, the rise of this title is already fast, but Ye Ling definitely can't be satisfied, he can't wait to see Wei Wei, bring her back to the human Shijie, you can't stay in the demon land for that long, now whether it is Jiuyang County or the Dark Holy See, it is already a very long time.
So Ye Ling didn't think about it and said: "Grand Duke Elizabeth, don't think about it, if you can, I'm willing to go to Orr Town!"
"Are you sure?"
"Sure, surely, surely!"
"Hehe, okay then, it's Orr Town!" Elizabeth was not surprised, Ye Ling's choice was very much in line with the "radical" style he showed in the Gothic Holy War, if he would be willing to stay in Camarilla Town peacefully for so long, it would be too surprising.
The female eldest duke bowed her head and said: "Okay, no problem, write an application, I will submit it to the official as soon as possible, if there is no accident, it will be approved within three days, oh, by the way, before that, you need to do another job." ”
Ye Ling asked, "What kind of work?"
"Recruitment of the Knights!" Elizabeth said, "Although Orr Town also has its own armed Liliang, it is far from enough for that place, and a reliable direct Liliang is indispensable, so you have to organize your own Knights." According to your current title, I can only assign you a team of fifty people at most, and their abilities are still limited, they can't be too strong demons, you can only recruit helpers from the people. Fortunately, you have seen the Gothic Holy War in Twilight, and there are many demons who have been impressed by you, and you are now the new idol of many civilian demons, and there should be some people who are willing to follow you to Orr, if you can get one or several powerful helpers from it, then your work will not be so troublesome. So, before you go, recruit your own knights!Of course, I'll cooperate with you to advertise in the twilight zone, and I'm sure there won't be too few people willing to follow our Earl Reserve, hehe. ”
[The knights here are different from the knights of the martial arts profession, and they refer to the armed liliang directly under the nobles]
Are you recruiting?
An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Ye Ling's mouth, and at the same time that Elizabeth mentioned the Knights, he immediately thought of the most suitable candidate.
She hadn't had a chance to contact her in Twilight for so long, and she should be bored in Twilight, and she would be happy to help her!