Freedom and Glory
What level of title is used as the basis for dividing the states?
Of course it's an earldom, so that Elena can naturally become an independent lord.
Although she really wanted to say so, Elena rationally restrained her impulse. The earldom was still too small. If it was divided into earls, how many sub-states would the new kingdom be divided into?
The dean raised his finger and pointed lightly, and a huge map suddenly appeared in the air and slowly unfolded.
The Caropetto Empire is not that big. Of course, it is considered big among the continents of this world, but in Elena's original world, it is only the size of a province in her homeland, and it is not even one of the top three provinces in terms of area.
After the last demigod war, the Caropetto Empire was effectively split into two.
The dean tapped his finger again.
Several areas lit up on the map; these were the territories of the nobles on the Dean's side.
"We now have 2 dukes, 6 marquises, and 18 earls." The dean looked at the map with a serious look.
Following the dean's words, the blocks on the map were divided into new areas and displayed in different colors, intuitively showing the location and rank of each territory.
Beautiful colors were reflected in Elena's eyes.
It becomes very clear when the map is divided like this.
"I think it's more appropriate to use marquisates as the basis for the division of states," Elena said decisively. "If we divide it by duchies, there will only be two sub-states. No one will submit to the other when things go wrong, and voting will be useless. If we use marquises, eight marquises plus two dukes' direct territories will make up ten sub-states. This way, we will have enough lords for the sub-states, and voting will be easier to determine."
Elena turned to the dean, a hint of cunning in her expression: "Besides, this can actually dilute the Duke's territory and power, making it easier for them to manage."
The marquises under the Duke have all become lords of separate states with greater autonomy. Who would be willing to obey their former superiors?
Moreover, after the Marquis became independent with his territories, the Duke only had direct territories, and the area of the territory was greatly reduced. Apart from the duke title which was not very useful, there was actually not much difference between him and the Marquis.
The dean laughed: "You, after just a few days of meetings with them and studying politics, have already become corrupted."
After laughing, the dean asked Elena a new question: "Don't you want to be a lord of a divided state?"
Elena nodded: "I do."
She raised her hand and pointed to a spot: "So I want to take this place and expand the area of my territory."
The dean looked at the location and frowned: "Alysha? Why did you choose this place?"
"Because I have two enclaves here." Elena pointed out the locations of the two enclaves. "Look, as long as we take down the one in the middle, I can connect my enclaves."
The dean asked, "You want to start a war? Aren't you afraid of a counterattack from the Church of the Lord of Light?"
Elena smiled and shook her head: "No."
She knew very well that with her current strength, it would be like an egg hitting a rock when facing the Church of the Lord of Light. Although the Church of the Lord of Light only had one demigod, it had several archbishops, each of whom was equivalent to a great wizard.
"What do you want to do?" the dean was curious.
Elena raised her little chin proudly: "Buy it."
"Buy?" The dean thought he had misheard. Seeing that Elena still looked confident, he couldn't help but ask again, "Are you sure you want to buy? Are they willing to sell?"
Elena smiled confidently. "I can buy it with grain. The land in the middle is barren. As far as I know, there are not many products there, and there are few people. They just rely on raising sheep to survive. I believe that for the lord, exchanging this land for grain that has increased dozens of times in price is a good deal."
That being said, there are not many products and resources, and there are few people, so it is a waste for the lord.
"But now the relationship between our two sides is so tense, is he willing to sell it?" the dean asked again.
Elena still nodded: "I believe he is willing to sell it. In fact, he approached me before. At that time, the war had not yet started. He wanted to sell the land for money, but I donated a large sum of money at that time. I really had no money left, so I didn't buy it."
That was before the first border contact war. Elena donated a large sum of money to support the dean and accidentally won the title of earl. Because of this donation, many nobles who wanted to sell land and manors saw her, and many intermediaries and brokers came, but because Elena had no money, she had to reluctantly reject many good lands.
At that time, the lord also sent people to look for her. Because the land was barren, the lord offered a very low price. However, Elena didn't even buy good land, so how could she buy such poor land? Naturally, she refused.
Now that Elena wanted it, she was sure that the lord would sell it because prices had risen a lot compared to before and he must be even more short of money.
The dean stroked his white beard and thought for a while: "Since you are so sure, then go and give it a try."
So Elena went to try it, and then she successfully exchanged several tons of food for the land, connecting the two enclaves at both ends and making them one.
The transaction went very smoothly because Elena had built a teleportation array on each enclave to facilitate the management of the enclave. Now, through the teleportation array, within a day, the food was delivered, the land deeds were obtained, and the population was handed over. The owner of the land was changed smoothly without any news leaking out.
Inspired by this transaction, Elena went to the various enclaves under her name and told her subordinates to keep an eye out and tell them to come to her if any land nearby was for sale.
In this way, Elena quietly bought several pieces of land through these enclaves, greatly expanding the area of the enclave.
All of this was done in secret. Thanks to the current territory system, the lords did not need to go through the central government to manage their territories. They were all in a semi-autonomous state. As long as the lord gave instructions, the staff below could immediately stamp and exchange the deed. By the way, they also considerately changed the transaction date on the contract to before the war, so that there would be no disputes in the transaction process.
With a larger, connected enclave, and an enclave within the opposing camp, Elena quickly started operating the "smuggling economy" without any delay.
Each territory has a different economic focus, some focus on agriculture, some focus on commerce. Even if they are all agricultural, there are different types of crops grown. Even if they are all commercial, there are manufacturing and service industries. No matter what industry, if you look at it in detail, they are all different. No territory can be self-sufficient without communicating with the outside world.
Elena took advantage of this and used the enclave as an intermediate station to transport grain between different territories, circulate it across regions, sell grain to territories that were short of grain, make large purchases in territories where goods were unsold, and send orders to territories with developed manufacturing industries.
The initial results were encouraging, and Elena started to make some money.
While Elena was busy "smuggling", the dean also vigorously promoted the establishment of the Federal Kingdom.
This form of federal kingdom was welcomed by the great nobles. Who would want to have an incompetent king over their heads? Who wouldn't want to have greater autonomy? As soon as the dean proposed it, they passed it.
It was a bit difficult to divide the pork in the central government, that is, the cabinet and the parliament. The great nobles quarreled several times before they finally divided the pork.
The name of the new federal kingdom is "Freedom and Glory Federal Kingdom", abbreviated as "Freedom and Glory Federation", and its capital is Doriland.
Dolilan is an ancient capital, an ancient royal capital that has experienced the succession of six principalities. After the founding of the Caropettu Empire, a new capital was established, and this ancient capital gradually lost its former prosperity. Now, it has become the royal capital again and has regained the glory of hope.
Everyone was in high spirits.
The Federal Kingdom of Freedom and Glory was established, the royal capital was determined, the cabinet and parliament were built, the autonomy of the states was improved, everything was moving in a positive direction, and there was new hope and direction for the future.
News from Ronglian continued to spread to the Caropetto Empire. After hearing the news, the people there were in a bad mood.
The Zirong League not only has no king, but also gives lords more autonomy. However, in the Caropetto Empire, the power of the lords has been reduced.
Moreover, the Church of the Lord of Light openly interfered with the appointment of important officials in the empire, and asked the Caropetto Empire to pay "believer donations" to the Holy City, implicitly intending to place the Holy City above the empire.
Especially at the re-coronation ceremony of Grand Duke Febas, Grand Duke Febas bowed his head to salute Archbishop Colin, who crowned him. Many nobles regarded this scene as the royal family's submission to the church.
The nobles of Caropetto: I feel a little depressed and a little sour.
Since the name of Ronglian was established and Grand Duke Feipas ascended the throne again, the Carlopetto Empire was officially divided into two countries from political power to territory.
Division will inevitably lead to war.
The Caropetto Empire declared that this war was a war of unification, to defeat the traitors, reclaim the territory, and restore glory.
The Honorary League declared that this war was a war of resistance, to resist the oppression of theocracy on secular monarchy, to expel the Church of the Lord of Light, and to drive out the traitor Grand Duke Febas.
War is imminent.
The army of the Caropetto Empire, the Paladins of the Lord of Light, and the armies of countries that believe in the Lord of Light, the three major armed forces gathered at the border between the two countries.
Since the Ronglian also received foreign aid and was no longer weak, the actions of the Church of the Lord of Light this time touched the bottom line of many countries. Faraway countries sent money, food and weapons, while nearby countries directly sent troops to help.
The Mage Association also sent a team of mages to help.
Although the level sequence is divided into two major systems, one is the mage system and the other is the knight system, the mage system is also divided into two major systems, one is the priest system and the other is the law system.
Needless to say, the priest system refers to the priest sequence of the three major churches.
The Law Department is represented by the Dean, who are mages who consider the pursuit of magical laws as the highest honor. They have their own master-disciple inheritance and their own common organization, the Mage Association.
The Mage Association is a relatively loose association. Although it has its own rules and regulations and management team, it is not as strict as the three major churches. It has a complete set of rules and regulations for priests, from faith to tasks to study to life.
Moreover, the Mage Association will not take the initiative to participate in the political affairs of various countries. Unlike the three major churches that are keen on dealing with the royal family and influencing the royal family to choose a faith, the Mage Association has always tended to study magic, upgrade levels, focus on its own improvement, and be semi-detached from the secular world.
But this time, the Church of the Lord of Light went too far in interfering with secular royal power. Pope List and Dean Patrick faced off and had a fierce battle, and Dean Patrick was clearly at a disadvantage.
Now that the two sides have officially gone to war, the Mage Association can no longer sit still. Their position is already inclined towards Dean Patrick, just like the other two churches tend to favor the Church of the Lord of Light. The Mage Association has decided to help Dean Patrick and the newly born Federal Kingdom of Freedom and Glory.
The war broke out.
The sky was filled with flames and smoke.
Elena sent all her knights to the front line. She was now a high-level mage, so it didn't matter whether she had the protection of the knights or not. It would be better to send them to the front line to hone their skills and make some contributions.
As for Leonard, the strongest fighter, he did not go to the front line, but to Padres Prairie.
In addition to Leonard, Lord Glenn also went to Pads Prairie, and the two stood on the cordon together to guard against the invasion of monsters.
This is also the most appropriate arrangement.
Originally, it was a multinational coalition force that patrolled the Pades grassland. Now that the Caropetto Empire and the Zirong League are fighting, both sides have supporting countries behind them. These countries have withdrawn a lot of their troops, causing the patrol line of the Pades grassland to shrink.
The arrival of the two demigods, Leonard and Lord Glenn, just filled the gap in combat power in Paddes Prairie.
The reason why Leonard and Lord Glenn came to Pads Prairie and did not participate in the war between the Caropetto Empire and the Zirong League was because they both had their concerns.
Leonard was concerned about the orcs in the Forest Village. If he participated in the war, it was very likely that he would be fighting in the front while the Forest Village behind him would be retaliated by the Church of the Lord of Light. He could not afford to gamble, let alone lose.
Lord Glenn's country, the Obili Kingdom, whose royal family originally believed in the Church of the Radiant Life, remained neutral in the war. Although he wanted to help Dean Patrick, it was impossible for him to go there in person to help, so he simply turned a blind eye and came to the defensive cordon of Pads Grassland.
The two met at Padres Prairie, and both of them revealed confusion and helplessness in their eyes.
Human beings will never learn to let go of their selfishness and live in peace.
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