Chapter 13: Rudyard's Merits



Whenever a country conquered a piece of land, the king would grant it to a vassal and let the vassal manage the land.

Or the ruler may be happy to give the land to himself, but this may make some people unhappy. If some vassals think that they have made the greatest contribution in this war and are qualified to obtain a piece of territory, this will cause conflicts between the lord and the ruler.

As for how to mediate such conflicts, it depends on what the rulers do.

Now King Ragnar wants to conquer the entire Swadia Kingdom in one fell swoop, but it is completely impossible for him to do it alone. He has to rely on the help of his vassals. After all, war is not a problem of one person, but a problem of a group of people, which involves the issue of interest distribution.

If he could gain enough benefits from this war, then naturally there would be a group of people willing to fight with King Ragnar. After all, those who are not fighting for their own interests are a minority. If King Ragnar wants to annex the entire Swadia Kingdom, he cannot rely on these few people.

"Who do you think has made the greatest contribution in this battle?" King Ragnar suddenly said at this time. This is a key question. All the lords present want to get this castle. Who doesn't want to be stronger? Of course, there is also a group of people who will swear allegiance to Ragnar even if they don't have a fiefdom, but it is better to have something than nothing.

Everyone wants their life to be better, right?

"Everyone, I think Fanyar has made the greatest contribution in this war." Idenyar suddenly stood up and said.

He knew what was happening. King Ragnar wanted to award the castle to the person who had made the greatest contribution here.

If anyone can capture this castle alone, then he will definitely get it, after all, he captured this castle by himself. If he is not given it, it is not acceptable, unless this person is hated by many people. He does not have the support of the majority of people, the lords do not like him, and the king will naturally not reward such a person. If the king does this, then he is equivalent to being at odds with his lord.

"That's not right. I think Gundyar deserves the greatest credit." Yiayar stood up and expressed a different opinion from Yidenyar.

"This is a bit difficult," said King Ragnar.

He turned around and looked at Peters beside him and said, "Sir, who do you think made the greatest contribution in this war?" Peters knew that Ragnar was just pretending to be confused. In fact, neither Gundjar nor Fanjar was the best candidate for King Ragnar.

However, if the king just directly stated his best candidate, it would still not be enough to intimidate his vassals.

But Peters obviously didn't want to help King Ragnar anymore.

"Let His Majesty the King make the final decision on this matter. My eyes are dim and I cannot see the situation on the battlefield clearly."

In this battle, it doesn’t matter whose troops are the strongest. What matters is whether King Ragnar can allow the right person to obtain the fiefdom.

After all, only those who are loyal to him can get the fiefdom, so his strengthening of strength is equivalent to strengthening his own strength.

However, if you want to let the right person get the fief, you also have to make your subordinates convinced, after all, not everyone in the world is loyal to you.

Ragnar understood this, and he just wanted Peters to name this person, but now he said nothing and left this to himself.

He did not blame Peters. If Peters was directly used by him, then Peters' words would not be so effective. Peters would save him in his critical moment. King Ragnar was convinced of this.

King Ragnar then turned to his captain of the guards and asked, "Farrington, you are on the battlefield, tell me, which of my vassals has made the greatest contribution."

King Ragnar's words about which vassal had the greatest contribution clearly indicate that a minister like Hewitt has no chance. It seems that only by becoming a lord can one have such an opportunity.

Hewitt felt that he had no such opportunity. He could only get some other rewards, but such rewards were far from being as generous as the reward of a castle.

"I think Rudjaar's army made the greatest contribution." Farrington then named King Ragnar's favorite candidate.

Everyone turned their eyes to Rudyaar.

Rudjaar is already over fifty years old. He is the lord of Rudburg, which happens to be located on the border of the Kingdom of Nord. Obtaining Repolet Castle is a good choice in terms of geographical location.

"No, my king, my contribution is nothing." Rudyaar was an upright man and he knew how to be humble.

This will greatly increase the favorability of some people, but it will greatly reduce the favorability of some others.

After all, there will always be a group of people who think that upright people are disgusting.

What can you get from doing this? Just some false reputation.

Some of the lords present seemed very unhappy with Rudyaar.

But this could not change King Ragnar's decision to give the title to Rudjaar. As for the other lords, he decided to reward them after invading the heartland of the Kingdom of Swadia.

"Rudyaar, there is no need for you to be modest. Cooperate with my royal guards to capture this castle." Farrington said. King Ragnar had already made such an arrangement.

He wanted Rudyar's troops to attack the castle together with his own army, so that Rudyar would get the castle.

No, it should be said that there is enough reason to get this castle.

"I just fulfilled my duty." Rudyaar looked quite humble, which made some people very unhappy.

It's really disgusting that he clearly wants this piece of land but he's still pretending to be so.

Some lords thought in their hearts.

King Ragnar also took action at this time, he felt that he should say something.

"Rudyaer, I know your contribution. My subordinates have told me about it. After your troops joined the battlefield, they quickly turned the situation around. This is what you deserve. I think you deserve this castle." King Ragnar's words were so touching that even stones could be penetrated by them.

After all, Rudyaar's army made a great contribution.


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