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Medland Glory Calendar December 30th, 1379.

In the afternoon, 3:05.

It was the first time that Joe walked into the Court Hall of Hydra Palace.

This is a hall with the style of the Durham Empire. The square hall is nearly a thousand feet long and wide, enough to easily accommodate thousands of people for gatherings. The height of the single-story hall is more than one hundred and fifty feet. Everyone standing in the hall will feel inexplicably small.

The decorations in the hall are mostly iron gray.

Only on the small high platform with nine steps in the front, near the Hydra Throne made of black iron, there were two blood-red curtains, which became the only dazzling bright color in this hall.

The throne was empty, and Margaret III obviously did not intend to attend today's celebration.

Mata XIII stood beside the throne, smiling at the people who were eligible to enter the hall.

The imperial capital, as well as the top dukes and marquis of more than a dozen provinces nearby, the chief officials in various regions, the important ministers of the imperial capital, the heroes who are about to be canonized like Hessen, Gorkin, and Joe, and the guests they invite.

Oh, and ambassadors from more than 100 countries who have been guests of the ceremony.

In the square outside, the number of guests participating in the New Year celebrations exceeded 10,000, but the number of people who were eligible to enter the hall was less than 1,000.

Under the guidance of the court ceremonial officer, everyone stood still in their place.

Even if there is a gap with the Durham Empire, they are intensively mobilizing troops and preparing to form a coalition to give the Durham Empire a little bit of color. Their ambassadors abide by the etiquette of the noble circle at this moment, standing aside with smiles, posing. It looked like nothing had happened.

"So, let's start." Mata XIII laughed: "Don't waste everyone's time. Many young people can't wait to participate in the next banquet and dance."

The Chancellor of the Palace of Hydra, Merlin, smiled. He slowly nodded and made a gesture to a ceremonial officer standing aside.

The ceremonial officer turned around.

Behind him, two court officials came up with a huge silver plate on which was placed a fist-sized scroll.

The ceremonial officer held the scroll with both hands, and then walked slowly to Mata XIII's side.

Mata XIII nodded.

The ceremonial officer unrolled the scroll and chanted loudly.

There is an extremely delicate arrangement in the hall, and his voice echoes in the huge hall, and everyone can hear his voice clearly. Then, his voice floated out of the main hall, and half of the people in Hydra Palace could clearly hear what he was saying.

This is a commendation order for the frontline officers and soldiers who made meritorious service in the Lanyin Corridor.

These officers and soldiers, because they fought bravely in the Lanyin Corridor and made enough merits in the war against the Highland Kingdom, so they were awarded the rank of Imperial Knight.

The war to recover the Lanyin Corridor was the most important foreign expedition of the empire in the last ten years.

As long as the Lanyin Corridor can be recovered, it represents the influence of the empire. It will re-enter the hinterland of Medland. The dozens of large and small kingdoms and principalities close to the Lanyin Corridor will once again be shrouded in the shadow of Hydra.

Therefore, this time the regaining war is of great significance to the empire.

The ceremonial officer read out the names of frontline officers and soldiers one after another. The knight class of the Durham Empire is divided into nine layers from top to bottom according to the number of heads of the Hydra. One head is the lowest and nine is the highest.

This time, the number of officers and soldiers who received the rank of knight on the front line of the Lanyin Corridor was nearly 3,000.

Among them, the lowest rank of knight was also above the three.

By obtaining the rank of knight, they surpassed the civilian class and became the privileges of the empire. From then on, they were able to enjoy the privileged treatment that is very different from that of the civilians.

Even if it is only the lowest rank among the aristocratic class, these frontline officers and soldiers who have received knighthood will not only enjoy generous special allowances, but their families will also receive tax deductions. In the future, even if they retire from the military, they will be able to enjoy a generous annuity each year, even more than their current military salary.

More importantly, their direct descendants will receive additional preferential treatment and subsidies when they enter university in the future.

In the future, the eldest sons of each generation of them are eligible to participate in the Royal Knights' assessment. Once their strength and character are recognized, they can join the Royal Knights and become true royal ministers.

Under the guidance of the court ceremonial officer, ninety-nine youths wearing army uniforms and full of fierce and fierce anger, strode out of the crowd and formed a neat small square in front of Mata XIII.

This time, nearly 3,000 people received knighthood awards. Of course, it is impossible for them all to rush to Hyderabad from the front line of the Lan Yin Corridor.

In the military department, the ninety-nine people with the most outstanding merits and the highest awards were selected, and they were asked to act as representatives to attend the celebration in Hydra Palace, and they were awarded in public.

As for the other meritors who were awarded the knighthood, it is natural that a special court nobleman rushed to the front line to give them honors in public at the frontline barracks.

The ninety-nine officers and soldiers had red faces, their bodies swayed slightly as if they were drunk, their bodies were tensed, their heads held up slightly, and they stood in the middle of the hall in full view.

The ceremonial officer holding the scroll read aloud a name-‘Haines Bigg’!

A burly young officer with firm eyes and a captain's rank on his epaulettes stepped forward. The hard soles of the boots hit the iron gray marble floor of Guanghua, making a crisp sound.

Haines Bigg walked up to Matta XIII, gave him a military salute, and then knelt down on one knee.

King Mata XIII took an antique knight's sword from the ceremonial officer behind him, and gently placed the sword on Haines Bigg's shoulder.

"Haines von Biggqing, I hope you will make another honor for the empire."

Haines Bigg...oh, no, now it's Haines von Bigg's face flushed all over, he bowed his head deeply, and said in awe: "May I serve the empire... Long live the empire, Hydra Long live!"

Two ceremonial officers came up. They skillfully and calmly hung an iron-gray ribbon for Haines von Bige, and then buckled a palm-sized Hydra Knight medal in Haines. · Von Bige's neckline.

The freshly baked Haines von Bige knight stood up faintly, gave a military salute to Mata XIII again, then turned around neatly and stepped back into the queue.

One knight after another got the canonization.

Loud applause continued to sound in the hall.

The canonization ceremony of each knight took less than a minute. But the canonization process of the ninety-nine knights lasted nearly two hours.

The ceremonial officer put away the unfolded in his hand, pulled out a long scroll on the ground, placed it on the silver plate held by the two officials behind him, and then picked up another scroll.

Also because of the battle on the front line of the Lanyin Corridor, dozens of officers and soldiers far surpassed their peers.

They fought bravely and repeatedly made Lord Zhuo, so they got the title of lord of the empire.

Compared with the knight, the treatment enjoyed by the lord is undoubtedly much higher.

Thirty-two heroes who were awarded the title of lord were all present, and the ceremonial officer reported their names, and at the same time read out their hometown aloud, followed by the name of a small village.

Yes, compared with the knights, these lords will get a village of comparable size as a fief in their hometown.

The fiefs that the lord can get are not big, usually villages of about a thousand people, just a few miles in radius.

But this is the foundation of a family.

In the fief, the lords were qualified to recruit knights, form private armies, and build fortresses.

Hundreds of years ago, during the most chaotic period of the mainland of Medland, every lord was a small warlord, who could relied on his private army to start wars around him and annex neighbors’ fiefs and properties.

In short, as long as it is not a hapless prodigal, the fief of a small village is enough to allow a lord’s family to live in peace.

In the Durham Empire, there were many viscounts, earls, and even marquis families. The original family background was a small lord village.

After the thirty-two lords, there are twelve barons.

Each of them got a town with a population of nearly 10,000 as a fief.

After the twelve barons, there are five viscounts.

Their fief, in addition to a 10,000-person town in the core area, also included twenty villages with a population of more than 1,000.

The above is all the officers and soldiers of the imperial army who came from the civilian class who received honors in the Lanyin Corridor War.

Of course, the officers and soldiers who made merits in the huge Lanyin Corridor war were not only these people.

But there are more officers who have made greater contributions ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ they are from aristocratic families themselves.

Most of the credit they made was converted into promotion in military rank.

As an aristocrat, it is obviously much more difficult for him to rely on his military merits to get the promotion of his title compared to his colleagues from civilian origin.

For example, a certain military officer who came from the family of the duke, and a colleague of the same level who came from civilians, made the same feat of annihilating the enemy by 10,000. Military officers from civilians may rely on this time to be awarded the title of Lord or even Baron.

As for the officer from the Duke family, he may have only been awarded a commendation order, and will be given priority consideration when raising his military rank in the future.

Regarding the awarding of military merits, whether it is the Durham Empire or other countries in the Medland continent, they have their own set of mature system templates.

Time passed bit by bit.

Outside the Chao Yee Hall, the sky was already dark.

A gas lamp was lit, and the bluish-white light illuminates the square outside.

Finally, the ceremonial officer standing next to Mata XIII picked up the last scroll on the silver plate and read the names of the three Hessians aloud.

"Hesse Jung Witto!"

"Gorkin Rong Witto!"

"Joe Rong Witto!"

Under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, the three of Hessen and his son walked to the center of the hall with awe.

Thousands of eyes quickly focused on them.

Many of them have sharp eyes like knives, and fierce like snake fangs. Among them, the people of the Ice Sea Kingdom, and Barbaria of the Lucia Empire, have the most fierce and vicious eyes.

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