Lord Harland

Chapter 33 Hereditary Nobility
After the war, the promotion of new hereditary nobles became the top priority of the Grant Kingdom.

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

The Duke of Fox suffered the most losses, and the Duke's vassals suffered the most casualties. More than half of the territory was harmed by the orcs. Eight barons died in battle, and 10,000+ people were taken away by the orcs. The property loss was also very serious.

The remaining three barons who died in battle were directly under the royal family.Including Baron Stopa, whom Richard is familiar with, are all vassals directly under the king.

The hereditary nobles who died in the fief, the Grant Kingdom will not deprive them of their titles or reduce their territories.

Generally speaking, the title will be handed over to the heir in line.

At the level of hereditary barons, there will be multiple heirs.These heirs are scattered in different legions, in different provinces.Even different kingdoms, so as not to be taken over by accident.

Even professionals like William who struggled for noble status would arrange for their sons to enter different legions.Not to mention the nobles with higher status.

Years of conflicts and wars have given everyone a strong sense of crisis.It is almost their survival instinct to diversify investments, reduce risks, and not put all eggs in one basket.

The battle on the Eastern Front was the best. Duke Jonathan did not lose an inch of ground. During the war, the Duke personally took action and killed the commander of the orcs on the Eastern Front, the ninth-rank wolf king Dantren.

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

Through gossip, Richard knew that the fourth and sixth sons of Duke Jonathan would be awarded the title.

The battle on the western front was not good. Although the orc attack was repelled in the end, many orc professionals were killed, and 10,000+ people were looted by the orcs.The royal family has severely reprimanded the Duke of Fox, and there will be no hereditary noble promotion this time.

The royal family is directly under the middle line of the territory, and this war was fought quite well, and a total of two baronies were conferred.

One of them is Leon, the eldest son of Baron Harden. Leon's territory is located in the north of Baron Harden and west of the Platos fortress group.With the addition of this barony, Baron Harden can already merge his territories and be promoted to a viscounty.

But Baron Harden did not do this, probably because he loved his children too much. He planned to hand over the territory to his three sons to inherit.

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

Before the start of the war, William had accumulated four major meritorious service and six medium meritorious service.

In this war, he obtained the authority to lead an army alone, commanded two brigades to fight, and stood firm at Graveson Castle at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range.

Although the battle was very difficult, William still persisted to the end and made a great contribution.During the war, William killed one orc of the fifth rank, one of the orc of the fourth rank, four of the orc of the third rank, three of the orc of the second rank, two of the orcs of the first rank, and the professional orcs who killed orcs accumulated six medium skills.

Now under the name of William, he has accumulated six major achievements and two medium achievements.

Before his second uncle Powell retired from active service, he was an excellent scouting squadron leader of the Northern Army Corps. After more than ten years of fighting, he also made a lot of meritorious service. He accumulated one major meritorious service, three medium meritorious deeds, and two minor meritorious deeds.

These credits were not used by Powell when he retired, in order to accumulate merits and make the Harland family a hereditary baron.

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

Uncle Bernie also gained something in this war, and now he has accumulated one major merit, four medium merits, and six minor merits.

In addition, Li Cha has one major achievement and three minor achievements.

The combined military achievements of the four of them are enough to make the Harland family a hereditary baron.

In addition, other members of the family also made some meritorious deeds. Although Barron died in battle, he still had three minor meritorious deeds.After Ron became a professional, he also made two minor achievements.

These meritorious deeds can be used to promote hereditary nobles.

Having accumulated enough military exploits, the Harland family has become a hereditary baron, which is a certainty.

However, the division of the territory is still uncertain.

Relatively speaking, the northern region is still relatively barbaric, with a very small population, and the division of territories is much easier.In other areas of the Grant Kingdom, there have been no hereditary nobles promoted for many years.

The situation in Chenxi Continent has not been very stable, and wars often break out. Due to the persecution of the environment, most countries are very good at fighting.

Several countries in the north that were invaded by orcs all had a rule that no military merits would not grant a knighthood.

It is rumored that Duke Jonathan wants to seal his favorite four sons in the wealthy southern region, and he is still in communication with King Charles.

The Harland family did not have such a high network of contacts. Although his father William had some friendship with some nobles, he also made friends with lower-level nobles.

With William's network of contacts, it is impossible to seal the Harland family in a wealthy area.

The fief must be on the front line of the northern border, and the specific location can probably be determined.

There are only a few lands directly under the royal family in the north, such as no man's land.

The rich and prosperous basin inside the Dragon Canyon is also out of reach of a weak new family like the Harland family.

As early as 100 years ago, the division was clean.

Richard estimates that there is a high probability that it is in the northern mountainous area of ​​Gerda Province, and four baronies have been sealed in this area.

The remaining area is still large, and several baronies can be rewarded.

Generally speaking, the baron's territory is more than [-] square kilometers and less than [-] square kilometers.

In the affluent southern regions, many baronies are even less than [-] square kilometers.

But in the sparsely populated northern border where wars are frequent.The area of ​​many baronies greatly exceeds the standard, and there are quite a few that exceed [-] square kilometers.

The area of ​​the largest baronies is even comparable to that of the southern viscounty.

The size and terrain of the Northern Territory are crucial factors.

In order to facilitate defense and guard important passages, the king will combine some fertile land with dangerous valleys and award them to the border nobles.

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

The five northern duchies together accounted for almost half of Grant Kingdom's territory.

The area of ​​the frontier baronies is generally between [-] square kilometers and [-] square kilometers.

Entering November, the rewards were finally settled.

The territory of the Harland family was sealed [-] kilometers east of the Platos fortress group.

The area of ​​the territory is not small, [-] kilometers from east to west, [-] kilometers from north to south, with a total area of ​​[-] square kilometers. Most of the land is mountainous and hilly.

The territory borders the two baronies of Stopa and Dirham.

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

Although Baron Dirham defended the castle, seven or eight hundred people were taken away by the orcs.

The reason why the territory entrusted to the Harland family was so large, the king required that the baron's castle must be placed in the northernmost valley of the territory.

This valley can be interspersed into the middle of the Eagle Mountain Range.

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

In addition, after the completion of Fort William, it can also support each other with Fort Harden and Fort Vic to strengthen the strength of this area and form a complete line of defense.

The royal family also knew that the Harland family had a shallow background. If they were only allowed to gnaw hard bones and the territory did not produce much, I am afraid that the Harland family would not do their best to manage the territory.

If the enfeoffed territory is quickly lost, it will lose the meaning of enfeoffing hereditary nobles.Therefore, the rewards in the territory are more generous, and the area given is almost equal to a viscount territory.

There are two rivers in the rewarded territory, and a lot of farmland can be opened up on both sides of the river. This territory has both flesh and bones, so it is not a bad result.

After obtaining the hereditary fiefdom, how to develop and manage the fiefdom will become the top priority of the Harland family.

William has gone to Nolan, the capital of the kingdom, to attend the knighting ceremony, and Richard, Powell, and Bernie have written letters to communicate.After William came back, Richard decided to resign from the military and take charge of the management of the territory with Uncle Powell.The rest of the family continued to manage contacts in the military.

(End of this chapter)