At this moment, in the royal palace of Yulong City in the Western Continent, Martin was discussing the people's livelihood construction and noble-related matters in the Western Continent with the ministers, Yoder, and Malcador.
"Your Majesty, people's livelihood issues are relatively easy to solve, but the aristocratic system has existed for thousands of years. How can it be changed so easily?" A minister said with difficulty.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The other ministers echoed.
Martin listened to his ministers' pleas, but he had his own plans.
He knew that he had to put shackles on these unruly nobles to let them know who had the final say in this empire.
However, looking at the people begging for mercy below, he also understood that they had some concerns in their hearts.
"Are you forcing me? You should be aware of the seriousness of the issue I mentioned. I am not discussing it with you." Martin said seriously.
Seeing that His Majesty was really angry, everyone knelt down and saluted, and expressed that they had no such intention.
Martin immediately issued an imperial decree: "From this day forward, any Imperial noble who raises knights, mages, or other individuals with extraordinary combat abilities will no longer enjoy special privileges, and the aristocratic privileges will no longer apply to them. Furthermore, nobles may freely form their own knightly orders, and the Empire will no longer impose any restrictions on this."
Malcador was the first to understand His Majesty's intention. Martin had previously discussed the matter of the plane channel with them.
This move, on the one hand, gradually reclaimed the privileges of the nobility, and on the other hand, gave them a "sweet date" that seemed tempting but contained hidden secrets.
Soon after, Yoder and several other ministers also understood.
Martin then communicated with them in detail about the order and asked them to carry it out.
Martin looked at the backs of everyone leaving, slowly withdrew his gaze, and then looked at the panel.
It only showed that one dragon knight was killed and nearly ten thousand people died.
Such a huge number of casualties is almost impossible to occur in the Dragon Spine Empire, so the only place where it could happen is the small plane.
Now that the number of contracts has reached more than 900,000, Martin secretly encouraged himself and looked forward to seeing what new features would appear after the system was updated.
[Host: Martin]
【System Level: Level 4】
[Current Level: Demigod]
[Sworn Guards: 938,653 people]
[Contracted Dragon: 46, Dragonman: 31]
Energy Reserve: 1.375 billion 599 million
[Plane Core: 2]
Martin looked at the numbers on the panel and couldn't help frowning.
After putting away the panel, he tapped the table subconsciously with his fingers, his mind racing with thoughts on how to support the dragon knights and legions in the small plane.
At this moment, he realized that he was indeed a little too optimistic. He originally thought that ten dragon knights and ten legion commanders and deputy legion commanders would be enough to deal with the situation in the small plane, but the reality was far beyond his expectations.
According to common sense, the strength of a small dimension should not be so strong.
Could it be that the Great Elder deceived him?
But when I think about it carefully, it seems unlikely.
After all, the evil god only appeared after that meeting. If the Great Elder really wanted to harm me, how could he stop me from entering the small plane?
You know, Martin was full of expectations at the beginning. With his demigod strength, he would lead the dragon knights and the legion to conquer the planes. Just thinking about that scene was exciting.
But now, what kind of situation did the small plane encounter that caused the legion led by ten dragon knights to suffer such heavy losses.
It seems that the most urgent task is to increase the number of contract members to one million first. There is no point in worrying about it here.
While Martin was thinking, the order he issued had already spread rapidly throughout the empire with the help of communication crystals.
In an instant, an uproar broke out throughout the empire.
For thousands of years, no king had ever dared to easily touch the interests of the nobles, but when everyone saw the second half of the order, they felt that it was not completely unacceptable.
Some landless nobles were the first to come forward to support His Majesty's resolution.
In their eyes, this might be a signal that the empire is preparing to use military force against the northern continent, and this is undoubtedly the most direct way to obtain fiefdom.
After all, most of the fiefdoms in the empire are now controlled by the royal family. His Majesty has always adopted a management system, treating the territory as his own private property, and has no intention of distributing it to the nobles.
Because of this, the majority of nobles in the empire did not have fiefs, and there were only a few nobles who owned fiefs.
If it weren't for the dragon knights stationed in various places, these landless nobles would have probably had rebellious thoughts long ago.
For a time, as the nobles were preparing to form knightly orders, the demand for weapons, armor and other supplies increased dramatically, and the prices skyrocketed several times.
Fortunately, the empire secretly regulated the market from behind the scenes, thus preventing it from getting completely out of control. Otherwise, prices would have been driven up to an outrageous level long ago.
Roland seized this opportunity and sold off all the retired equipment from various legions in exchange for a large amount of gold coins.
Then, he invested the funds in people's livelihood construction, thus forming a short but effective economic closed loop.
This series of measures soon produced positive effects. Ordinary people in the empire clearly felt that it had become easier to make money and their quality of life had improved significantly compared to before.
The people expressed their gratitude for His Majesty's kindness, and their loyalty to the royal family increased significantly. As a result, the Loyalty Academy became bustling again, with a constant stream of students seeking to learn.
During this period, Martin successfully contracted one million people, and the system began to upgrade.
Before the system upgrade, Martin checked the panel specifically and was pleased to find that the number of dragon knights was no longer decreasing, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Afterwards, he devoted himself to government affairs.
Managing an empire is no easy task, even if government processes have been streamlined.
Martin still needs to spend two or three hours every day carefully reviewing the intelligence uploaded from all over the place, or carefully checking the relevant information, striving to always grasp the actual situation of the empire, so as to prevent the empire's development from deviating from the right track unknowingly.
At this moment, in the small crystal plane, after two months of careful care, the seriously injured dragon beast knights have gradually recovered.
However, the treatment process consumed a huge amount of supplies. When it came to treating the wounded, the legion commanders were never stingy with the medical supplies they had, which meant that half of the supplies that were originally estimated to be sufficient for a year were consumed in just two months.
Fortunately, the results were significant, and almost no seriously injured dragon beast riders died from their injuries.
Just when everyone felt a little relieved, something unexpected happened.
In the sky, more than a hundred makers suddenly appeared. The man in the tower who was leading them had a playful expression on his face, looking down at the people below from a high position.
Then, he waved his hand and led the makers to swoop down with great momentum.
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