Black Iron Crown

There were only a few people, and because there were a lot of troops left on the battlefield, they were dreadful, so they had to expand their territory.

The rest of the royal lords lost a lot because they were hit head-on when chasing the rebels, and their right to speak was also reduced. Most of them were perfunctory when rewarding them.

"Baron Arens, because Earl Tumora's family died under the invasion of the rebels, the land has no owner. In recognition of your heroic performance on the battlefield, I decided to grant you that territory. I hope you will Can continue to be loyal to the royal family and fight for the royal family!"

The queen called the name of Baron Aarons and said, this Baron Aarons is a rising nobleman of the Earl of Redmara, his performance on the battlefield is not very impressive, but he has got A real territory.

Territories were canonized one by one, and only a few unclaimed lands fell into the hands of the royal lords.

In fact, even if these territories have lost their owners, according to the inheritance law, all unclaimed territories should fall into the hands of the royal lords.

After all, most of the territories that lost their owners belonged to the royal lords. Even if their close relatives are gone, there are still distant relatives of the royal family.

The queen's arrangement immediately caused an uproar among the royal lords.

"Damn it!" Earl Jollal sat beside Reiner and looked at the Queen with gritted teeth, his eyes were bloodshot with anger.

At this moment, the anger in his heart could not be increased. Although most of the royal lords were arrogant and lacked foresight, no one was a fool.

Everyone can see the queen's favoritism towards the emerging nobles.

"Your Majesty the Queen!" A royal lord stood up angrily.

Reiner followed the reputation, and it was Baron Moricado who presided over the wedding for Reiner before.

Although he was extremely angry, he still maintained his final attitude towards the queen, tried his best to suppress his anger and said, "Isn't your arrangement a bit ill-considered?"

"Those who died on the battlefield against the invasion of the rebels, but most of them were from our Moreland family, according to the usual practice, shouldn't their territory be inherited by members of our Moreland family?"

Looking at Baron Moricardo, whose face was flushed with anger, the queen said slowly: "That being said, they also made great contributions on the battlefield, shouldn't they be rewarded?"

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Earl Chollal could hardly bear it, he wanted to stand up and denounce the Queen's injustice like last time.

Lena grabbed his sleeve and pressed him hard against the chair.

"What are you doing!" Earl Jollal looked around and yelled at Reiner in a low voice after seeing that no one had noticed.

"What can you change by standing up now?" Reiner said, looking him in the eyes.

"Our royal family has lost too much power now!" Reiner leaned into Earl Jollal's ear and said, "Don't you know about the matter between Queen and Earl Redmara? Most of the emerging nobles They are all from Earl Redmara! Think carefully about what she wants to do!"

After hearing Reiner's words, Earl Jollal, who was almost dazzled by anger, gradually calmed down. After careful consideration, he finally understood what Reiner meant.

"You mean? They want to completely suppress the royal family?"

"No!" Reiner shook his head and said, "The matter of the little emperor's identity is too important. If it can be concealed, they will naturally not take any other actions, but once it cannot be concealed, you guess those emerging nobles will support it. who?"

Earl Jollal's eyes widened instantly when he heard the words, and he looked at Reiner with disbelief, which contained a trace of horror.

"The most important thing now is to preserve the power of our royal family! When the situation is completely stabilized and the rebels in all directions are completely suppressed, it is time for us to restore the orthodoxy of the Moland family!"

"Now, let's not have a direct conflict with them. After this counter-insurgency war, our royal family has suffered huge losses. Without strength, no one will pay attention to us. Everything is empty talk!"

After listening to Reiner's words, Earl Jollal closed his eyes in pain, nodded and stopped talking.

Baron Moricardo was even more annoyed when he heard the Queen's words, but he still maintained restraint: "What you say means that the descendants of Moreland did not contribute in the war to protect the empire, are they greedy for life and afraid of death?"

As soon as his words fell, a new nobleman stood up and sneered: "It's hard to say that you are greedy for life and afraid of death. It's true that you are beaten by the enemy without thinking. Want to get territory?"

Baron Moricado's face was flushed with words, because what he said was indeed true, and Baron Moricardo couldn't even refute it.

This sentence completely ignited the anger of the royal lords, they cursed loudly, making the entire conference hall chaotic.

Earl Redmara frowned slightly, glanced at the direction where Reiner was, and found that he was resting with his eyes closed, so he stood up with confidence.

"Silence! Everyone keep quiet! Tesca Palace does not allow you to make any noise!" Count Redmara shouted loudly.

"I strongly disapprove of what you said just now. Although the members of the royal family suffered heavy losses when they were beaten by the rebels, after all they also made contributions. Is it because you have made more contributions that you have to make sarcastic remarks? I will never allow anyone Use this matter to mock the descendants of Moreland!"

Although his words seemed to be biased towards the royal family members, they actually confirmed the whole story of the matter and completely blocked the way for the royal family members to ask for the territory.

"The Grand Duke Mabula is here..." the royal lords said through gritted teeth, "How dare they be so arrogant!"

"Count Rainer! Count Jollal! Earl Princeton! You guys have something to say!"

"Count Antal! Count Meryl! Can't you see it?" At this moment, these people closed their eyes in unison.

They knew that at this time, without strength, there would be no right to speak. Although Earl Merel and Earl Antal were angry, they were also aware of this.

After the royal lords accepted all this and calmed down, the queen finally spoke again.

"Then, what follows is the reward for Earl Rainer, who contributed the most and made the most contribution in this war!"

Reiner opened his eyes and walked in front of the queen expressionlessly, and walked in front of the emperor's throne that symbolized the 1,200-year glory of the Merland family and the 800-year-old state.

"Reiner Merland, Earl of the Northern Territory, you reversed the situation on the battlefield and directly defeated the rebels. The rebels did not dare to be presumptuous in front of you, and you married the daughter of the rebels for the sake of the stability of the royal family. , The emperor and I will never forget the sacrifice you made for the royal family!"

"Now, I have decided to confer you the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory. Only the crown of a certain duke is worthy of such great achievements. From today onwards, you can call yourself the Grand Duke of the Northern Kingdom!"

There is a difference between a grand duke and a duke. Under normal circumstances, a duke is just a title, while a grand duke is a person who owns the country, can entrust the title of earl, has independent judicial power, and does not need to pay an annuity to the royal family as a vassal but exists.

Although the Grand Duke of Mabula is called the Grand Duke, his actual title is a Duke, and he cannot be granted the title of Earl.

The Earl of Antares and the Earl of Merel were both titles bestowed by the old emperor.

Apart from Leiner, the only Grand Duke in the entire empire was the Grand Duke Lei Wen who followed the old emperor in the Southern and Northern Wars and made illustrious military exploits. However, his title was withdrawn by the royal family because of his extinction.

In other words, as long as Reiner accepted the canonization, he would be the only grand duke in the vast Ridka Empire, and he would have his own country.