"Dun Jonwen pledges his loyalty to you, the new ruler of Frost Moon."
More people knelt down one after another. In addition to the lords and nobles, their knights also chose to kneel down. Only the women stood in the distance and watched this allegiance ceremony.
"Kevin Sudin pledges his loyalty to you..."
"Hul Paro pledges his allegiance to you..."
"Merovingian Watson pledges his allegiance to you..."
“…”
Xia Lan asked them to walk past him one by one, stood on the table, and placed the Wind's Call on their shoulders to accept their allegiance.
"From today on, the Frost Moon Knights are established.
Everyone, what is a knight?
No one in the audience spoke, all looking thoughtful. Each knight order had its own motto. The Storm Knights' motto was simple and crude: "Wind".
"No regrets when the sword is struck."
Mickey Gowen came out and said calmly.
Seeing that no one else had any objections, Xia Lan didn't say anything else. After the allegiance ceremony was completed, Xia Lan sheathed the Wind's Call and said:
"From today on, the Thorn Merchants Guild of Hanyue Island is established. You can use your serfs to invest in it.
As for the land, whoever cultivates it owns it, but they have to pay taxes."
The new knights in the audience showed surprise. As the new owner of Hanyue Island, Xia Lan naturally owned all the land there. Of course, this was Zi Xi's dowry, so she also had a share.
At first, Xia Lan hired these wandering nobles to farm for him, but seeing that these guys were not very motivated and were thinking about this and that, he decided to recruit them as his subordinates and let them farm.
There is a difference between temporary workers and contract workers. If they are given some shares, wouldn’t their motivation increase?
Xia Lan waved her hand and said, "The price of spices has increased twenty times this year!"
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