The once magnificent Jinyu Palace inevitably has a heavy tone today.
Whether it was the guards standing guard, the knights patrolling on war horses, or the nobles' carriages passing by, all were wrapped in black ribbons. This was a tradition at funerals.
In the royal cemetery, royal family members led by Bruno and nobles of all sizes gathered here to hold a funeral ceremony for Jesus and his family.
Speaking of which, the last time there was such a grand ceremony was when Klinsmann IV passed away, which was more than ten years ago.
As far as Ronin knew, Klinsmann IV's death did not seem to be very glorious. It seemed that after his wife died in his middle-aged and old age, he became addicted to women and eventually died in a woman's belly.
"The one next to Blanche is His Majesty's eldest daughter, Princess Sharon."
Lulans was with Roning, introducing some unfamiliar faces to him.
Princess Sharon looks like a graceful and elegant lady, making Blanche look rather immature.
"I heard Blanche mention her. I know that she married Ibn Trancy, the kingdom's top general. I didn't expect that Ibn would not come back for such a royal gathering."
Roning still wanted to see the Earl of Twin Peaks. Like Garrett, he had extremely high qualifications.
Moreover, because he became famous early and was old, it was heard many years ago that his strength had reached the peak of the Silver Moon level. For this reason, His Majesty the King bestowed him with the title of "The Kingdom's No. 1 General."
"Although the Kingdom of Tricia is in civil strife, the situation does not seem to be clear. The enemy forces in the City of Mist have not retreated, but have increased. Under such circumstances, the front line naturally needs a strong person to take charge."
Since Roning was preparing to establish military merit on the battlefield, he had been specially learning about the news of the enemy country in the past few days.
It seems that after the initial six months of turmoil in the Kingdom of Tricia, the situation has stabilized.
Luo Ning didn't expect that they could actually fight against the alien organization from the Crescent Continent.
You know, Mephisto can reach the ninth level, and the remaining two gods should have similar levels of strength.
Although they do not have the difficult and hard-to-target abilities of the Wuhun Clan, it is not easy to deal with them.
From this, it can be seen that the royal family still has a good foundation. If one wants to rely on personal strength to dominate the world, at least the Jiaoyang level is not enough.
The funeral process was rather lengthy, lasting for three hours before it gradually came to an end.
When everyone returned to the Hall of Alduin, a grand enthronement ceremony officially began.
His Majesty the King bestowed upon him the title of Guardian Knight of the Kingdom of Ronin with the title of "unprecedented genius, the kingdom's first sun knight, the defender of the glory of Alduin, the terminator of the evil aliens, the conqueror of the legendary dragon". He also appointed him as the marquis of the kingdom and granted him the Moonlight Valley as his fiefdom.
When the king's sword was placed on Ronin's neck for the formal enthronement ceremony, and when the medal and scepter symbolizing the Marquis of Moonlight Valley were handed over to Ronin, familiar words finally appeared before his eyes:
"【Famous All Over the World】achievement completed, attribute points +1500, energy essence +3000."
At the same time, the multiplier on the sign-in interface has changed to four times the previous value. You can get 4 attribute points every day, and you will get 80, 100, 120, and 160 attribute points and energy essence every seventh day.
After the canonization, Bruno announced that Ronin and Blanche's wedding would be held in three months, and he hoped that the nobles would be able to attend.
With the double blessing of good news, all royal nobles knew that Ronin was the rising star of the Kingdom of Alduin.
In addition to the symbolic congratulations from several great nobles such as Ferens, many barons, viscounts, and earls from the kingdom came forward to send greetings and blessings, and many of them even requested to visit Moonlight Castle.
These nobles are basically distributed around Moonlight Valley, and most of them are dependent on Moonlight Valley's metal mines, food, etc.
In the past, they had always cooperated with Jesus. Although he was no longer around and Moonlight Valley had a new owner, they still wanted to continue the cooperation, so naturally they needed to have a good relationship with Roning.
After the dinner at the palace, Roning and Rulans discussed the wedding with Bruno, and it was already midnight when they returned.
"Luo Ning, how are you going to run Moonlight Valley?"
On the carriage, Lu Lans was somewhat worried about the development of this territory.
"Mephisto has completely destroyed Moonlight Valley. If we want to develop this territory, the remaining manpower is insufficient."
Roning couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If I had known that the entire Moonlight Valley would become my territory, I wouldn't have let Joffrey take more than 20,000 people away from here."
At first, they all thought that the king would take back the land, but they didn't expect that he would give it to Roning.
"Plans can't keep up with changes."
Lu Lans said: "It's a pity that I can't allocate more people to you."
He has already provided nearly 100,000 people to Wubei Territory. If a large number of people are withdrawn, it will obviously affect the operation of dozens of towns under it.
"You've helped me enough. I'll figure out the rest."
Luo Ning pondered and said, "His Majesty has just said that the 100,000 people he planned to relocate to me have been basically confirmed and can be transferred in batches. I plan to send 40% to Wubei City and the remaining 60% to Moonlight Valley, so that the territory can be recultivated and the mining of several mines can be maintained at the same time."
Moonlight Valley has large tracts of uncultivated land and many uninhabited houses. The problem of the influx of population can be perfectly solved by simply providing food.
The reason why he sent 40% to Wubei City was mainly to make it more convenient to build a new city with a population of 100,000.
By the time Wubei City, Moonlight City and Zilei City, three cities with a population of 100,000, are built, a new level of [Siege] achievement will be completed.
"In addition to the 100,000 people Your Majesty has, I am also planning to invite their subjects to come to Moonlight Valley to work for me with a relatively high salary."
It is somewhat unrealistic to ask other lords to sell their subjects to Ronin. After all, most of the subjects are not serfs or slaves and still have some rights.
However, this is entirely feasible if we attract outsiders to work by offering high wages and allowing them to take the money they earn back home.
Because in this process, the economy of these lords' territories will be improved to a certain extent.
In addition, all the nobles around Moonlight Valley hope to cooperate with Ronin to obtain sufficient iron and copper mines. In such a trading relationship, in addition to measuring the value with gold coins, the other party can also send laborers to Ronin and obtain a certain amount of mineral resources through such cooperation.
In short, so much land in Moonlight Valley needs to be reclaimed as soon as possible, and the less waste the better.
“That’s a good idea.”
Lu Lan Si nodded in agreement. "If you are short of manpower, you can tell me. I can send you some officials. In addition, the three knight groups of Redar and Sophia can follow you to Moonlight City."
Although the threat to Shore City is no longer there, these knightly orders were established with the support of Wushan Castle after all. Lulans lent them to Ronin free of charge, which is also a form of support.
"Thank you, Grandpa!"
"Why are you being polite to me?"
Lu Lansi smiled and said, "I am still hoping that one day you can become a duke, and even establish a kingdom belonging to the Wushan family on this continent!"
Luo Ning showed a determined look, "Don't worry, I will!" (End of this chapter)