Chapter 310

Chapter 310.

The assembly to distribute the fruits of victory lasted for two whole weeks.

After this War of the Troglodytes, the original ruling order of the Northwest Bay with Ferdinand Kent as the axis was broken, and the five powerful counts, Alda of the Greiman Family, Baldin of the Garnard Family, Larnaca of the Parker Family, Botterill of the Heller Family, and Steinlaw of the Malcolm Family, have become the new center of gravity of the Northwest Bay.

Especially Alda, is simply salty, well-informed people know, the allied forces can win Maltz Kent, Alda’s contribution to account for more than half, as for the other lords, they seem to play a role in holding back Jaaius.

Therefore, this meeting Paul Gleiman speak the most weight, not to mention the Alda army every day outside the training, one, three, five discharge guns, two, four, six artillery, never stop.

The first topic is the ownership of the dukedom, according to customary law, by Henry Ferdinand Viscount Ferdinand the old Ferdinand’s own brother to inherit the title is a natural thing, but there are people who jumped out to oppose it, Morley Malcolm gathered a group of nobles to push for the old duke’s cousin to succeed the title, this cousin in Maltz after the arrogation of the position of the cousin also ran out to go in the territories of all walks for the allied forces to pull in quite a lot of support. The Duke’s son was a member of the Duke’s family.

Unfortunately, this cousin of the duke’s own brother was thrown into the prison by Paul, because he was the guest of Maltz during the war.

“Two brothers on one side, there is suspicion of speculation!” The others, led by Parker and Paul, firmly objected.

The matter about the succession to the dukedom took three days, and in the end, those in favor of Henry’s faction prevailed. Thus, after a simple ceremony, Henry Ferdinand officially became the new Duke of the Northwest.

After settling the matter of the dukedom, Alda and Baildin jointly made a claim on the Kent family’s territory, Emden, not to obtain the title of Earl of Emden, but rather to never have an Earl of Emden again, and to place the lands under the title under the administration of Alda’s Council of State.

As for the various vassal lords of Emden, their lords could retain their own territories after paying an indemnity, but the territories’ internal affairs and diplomacy were to be [guided] by the Council of State to a certain extent. In fact, this is vassalage in disguise, but unfortunately, the Greiman family does not have the power to enthrone vassals.

Other than that.

Alda’s claim was supported by some and opposed by others.

Those who supported it sensed the rise of this new and powerful force and wanted to hold on to their thighs, and now that Emden would have been under the occupation of Alda’s army, Paul’s claim had been a fait accompli for a long time, and now it was just a matter of wanting a name.

Those who are against it want to curb Alda’s continued strength, Emden and its various subsidiary territories are the second best land in the Northwest Bay after the dukes, and the strength of Gleiman will be multiplied after he obtains this land.

In the end, Paul gave in and promised to share half of the wealth of the Kent family that remained in Emden as well as the reparations of the vassal lords with the people.

This concession allowed him to gain most of the support, for those who were not so firm opponents of the occupation of Emden by the armies of Alda, they certainly did not have a share, and it is better to get the material benefits of money.

And then Paul asked for nothing more, the result of much deliberation with the crowd in the Council of State. Emden (including its subsidiary territories) area, population than Alda and Baldin combined are more, with the current capacity of the Council of State, already enough to the Council of State to digest a period of time.

And asking for too much is easy to be isolated by the other lords, the substantial benefits Alda has gained are already the biggest among the victors. Kent family as the culprit of the war, was stripped of titles and territories is not wrong, but those in the war to support Maltz’s other lords is not the same, they stood on the side of Maltz or because as an ally to fulfill the duty of alliance, or as a vassal to fulfill the duty of loyalty. Due to the various rules and regulations of the aristocracy in this era, the punishment for these losers would not be too merciless, and the titles would usually be retained and the territories would not be taken away completely. However, it is absolutely unavoidable for the victor to ask for an exorbitant compensation.

The rest of the meeting centered around the two areas of reparations and cession. Paul in the acquisition of a whole count Emden territory and Henry secretly promised half of the Ferdinand family’s treasury has no desire, quietly sitting in his seat to see all parties quarrel, in the victor’s camp, he and the Parker family and the Heller family relationship is good, and in due course to voice for the two families to help help voice.

When the Northwest Duke Henry Ferdinand was very grateful to him, although he gave up half of the treasury’s wealth to make him very painful, but Paul supported him to obtain the knighthood, but also retained many intangible wealth, such as the hearts of the people.

After Alda’s army entered the dukedom, it could be said that there was no offense along the way, there was not a single massacre, not a single robbery, and money was given according to the market price when food and other daily necessities were replenished.

After the occupation of Sentry City, a number of ruffians and gangsters tried to take advantage of what they perceived to be [a period of chaos], and it was Alda’s army that took the initiative to take on the task of restoring and maintaining order.

This army quickly stabilized the city with thunderous means, and the method they used was extremely shocking – criminals were tied up in front of the cannon’s muzzle, and half of their bodies were gone after the blast.

From then on, the history of punishment appeared a big name, let people talk about the term – cannon execution.

Alda army in each execution will organize a large number of people to watch, public announcement of the crime, evidence, and the results of the punishment, so-called [public trial].

Although the execution process was extremely challenging to the human nerves, seeing these criminal bastards die such a horrible death, the onlookers all applauded and applauded, and also deterred those who were sneaking around in the shadows.

This is really a different kind of army, the performance of Arda’s army refreshed Henry’s perception.

The other lords’ armies, on the other hand, are more in line with Henry’s old impression of armies, since the eastward march from Biddle Castle, there are few hostile lords who robbed and blackmailed the common people or surrendered along the way.

After entering the dukedom, if they want to do something according to the usual practice, Henry Ferdinand, who is not yet a duke or even if he is a duke but his seat is not yet secure, is absolutely unable to prevent it, this is the power of the victor.

It is because of the Alda army has taken the task of maintaining order, this group of army in fact is a bandit guys do not dare to act recklessly.

The title of Count Gleiman was gradually sung among the populace of the ducal territory of Manda.

And such a good army was invited by Lord Henry Ferdinand, so along with Henry’s reputation also rose in the hearts of the people, which undoubtedly increased the legitimacy of his succession to the dukedom.

(End of chapter)