The lively large square has long been covered with bright red blankets, and the Paladins of the Guards are distributed in every corner of the square.
The soldiers of the Qingfeng Legion walked calmly towards the main square with their heads held high and their swords in hand amidst the cheers of the common people.
In the central square, a super large reviewing stand was temporarily built.
Sitting in the top position is Xu Lai, who has not been seen for a long time.
Originally Su Ya also built a pure gold throne for Xu Lai. There was not much else in the warehouse of Qingfeng City, and there was so much gold that there was not enough time and manpower to refine it.
However, Xu Lai didn't like luxury, so he just asked him to find two more exquisite chairs.
On the two chairs, one was sitting with Xu Lai, and the other was sitting with Su Ya, who was holding Xu Lai's arm but could not sit still.
Behind them, on one side stood the archangel Elvi with her wings folded, and on the other side stood the ranger Giselle.
On the right side of the stairs below Xu Lai, stood the commander of the Guards, Holy Light Knight Roland.
Below Su Ya, standing is the kingdom’s chief magic advisor Nofa.
Under the stairs where the two of them were standing, there were rows of seats neatly arranged on both sides of the aisle.
Sitting on one side were city lords and nobles from various cities.
Sitting on the other side were the guests specially invited to watch the ceremony, including the Crimson Archbishop of Wright from the temple, Princess Naga from the deep sea, and so on.
As the host, Qingfeng City officials are responsible for presiding over the ceremony and maintaining the order of the venue, so as not to get a chance to sit down.
The entire venue, facing the towering statue of the God of War, countless believers and priests were praying loudly on both sides of the square.
On an occasion like today, people are destined to be indispensable.
Xu Lai also means to celebrate with the country. Not to mention the national holiday today, every resident of the Eagle Kingdom can receive a gift from the local government.
Gifts are distributed according to the reserves of each city, either one piece of bread and a glass of beer per person, or a bag of rice noodles, a knife of meat, etc.
Basically, it’s all about food. Today is National Day, so there’s no reason why people should go hungry while resting.
The crowds were so crowded that even if all the nearby security guards were mobilized, they could barely maintain a relatively spacious road.
After several expansions, the Qingfeng Legion now numbers at least 100,000 people. If the logistics troops are included, the number will exceed 150,000.
With so many people, it is certainly impossible to bring them all over for review, so only those who have made meritorious deeds can enter the review team.
The first step in the founding ceremony of the nation is to reward those who have made meritorious deeds. No one should hold their head high and hold their chest high for this opportunity to show their face in front of the whole city.
Of course, even so, there are many of them.
Those who have only one or two beheadings can only ask for an extra glass of wine in the military camp after receiving their bounty.
Only after killing three or five orc soldiers could he stand in the square and receive bags of heavy gold coins from the hands of Speaker Lacy and others.
Boxes after boxes of golden coins were flowing like water, and hundreds of boxes were gone in less than half an hour.
The bounties earned by ordinary soldiers are far incomparable to those of mercenaries, and many people would rather be promoted than make a fortune.
But even so, the one who took the least amount had hundreds of gold coins in his bag.
Such a naked and eye-catching way would never happen to any lord.
However, as long as Xu Lai promised, he has never broken his promise so far.
The people in the audience were cheering and envious.
Due to the war, there were many women in the audience. Their eyes were shining with golden light, and they wished they could remember all the soldiers standing on the stage in their minds.
It is conceivable that after today, the doors of these sergeants’ homes will be broken down.
In the magical world, women can also control power. Women are not very reserved when pursuing men.
After the bounty was distributed and the meritorious deeds were recited, these warriors who had gained glory today left the scene.
They left, but did not end up. Instead, they arranged their armor and weapons and defended them on both sides of the square.
Courageous women have long brought all kinds of flowers to these warriors, and also branded them with various marks.
The departure of ordinary soldiers does not mean the end of the reward ceremony.
The next ones to appear were outstanding officers selected from various armies led by Joseph.
The main body is from the Qingfeng Legion, and a few are from the Knight Wind, as well as the city guards and escorts from each city.
The wolf riders were wreaking havoc in the rear for a while. During this period, many troops in the rear also fought against these wolf riders.
Although the overall performance is not good, there are some that deserve to be regarded as models.
The most important thing is that this ceremony is also a kind of cake sharing, and Xu Lai also needs to take care of the emotions of some people.
For these officers, the reward cannot be something as tacky as gold coins.
Gold coins are a great temptation for ordinary people. However, Xu Laike has to entrust these people with important responsibilities. They are the direct descendants he cultivated.
If they also regard gold coins as their biggest pursuit, then Xu Lai will be very disappointed.
The number of people receiving the reward this time is not large, but the key point is that it is particularly important.
Therefore, he no longer relied on others, but walked down from the high platform step by step.
Su Ya, who was sitting next to Xu Lai, also followed closely behind Xu Lai and walked slowly down the high platform.
Today, it was obviously not because of her status as the city lord that she sat next to Xu Lai.
No city lord, no matter how great his contribution, is qualified to sit with the king.
The only person qualified to sit next to the king is the king's queen.
However, Su Ya did not wear the gorgeous dress that an ordinary queen should wear, but an extremely slim military uniform, just like Xu Lai.
After walking down the steps, the fearless knight Tahan personally led 99 knights onto the stage, holding a long sword in his hand.
Xu Lai took out the long sword directly from Tahan's hand.
The upright sword blade on the dragon-shaped guard is silver-white and translucent, with a cold light shining.
“This is a sword that more than a hundred craftsmen and a dozen enchantment masters spent more than a week using dragon teeth, fine steel and Behemoth claws to create.
Today, I, Xu Lai, give these swords to you as the king of the Eagle Kingdom.
I hope you can use these swords to quell evil spirits and protect our country.”
After saying that, Xu Lai used the sword in his hand and put it directly on the head of Joseph who was kneeling on one knee and said:
"Joseph, I will give you the title of Baron of the Eagle Kingdom, and at the same time appoint you as Midhai Mu's garrison commander, in charge of all city guards and public security affairs in Midheim."
"Meido, I give you the status of a knight of the Eagle Kingdom and appoint you as the defense officer of Midheim and the commander-in-chief of Midheim. Dehem City Defense Force."
"Roach, I grant you the status of a knight of the Eagle Kingdom and appoint you as the Sheriff of Midheim, in charge of the Midheim Security Force."
< br>"Naru, I will grant you the title of Baron of the Eagle Kingdom, and at the same time appoint the garrison commander of Bretonia to take charge of all city guards and public security affairs in Bretonia."
... One hundred officers, most of them were assigned by Xu Lai except for a few who were not familiar with Xu Lai and were transferred to the Qingfeng Legion to lead the new soldiers.
Of course, since they are all military officers, the appointments assigned to them by Xu Lai are all military positions.
They will control most of the armed forces of the entire Eagle Kingdom, all 83 base camps and above cities.
According to the level and size of each city, the number of city guards will not be too large, with a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 3,000.
The number of security teams is smaller, usually between 20 and 200 people.
However, members of the security team have higher personal ability requirements and better salaries.
In addition, the Eagle Kingdom also has two standing legions, as well as Xu Lai's Guards.
After spreading all these confidants, Xu Lai doesn’t need to worry much about the major cities on the grassland.
The appointment of administrative officials has basically not changed much except for some adjustments in rewards and punishments based on previous intelligence collection.
These one hundred officers can help these subordinate officials better control the entire city.
At the same time, as long as they exist, no one can even think about talking about it.
These are all brought out by Xu Lai. Not only can everyone directly contact Xu Lai, but at least they can contact Tahan, Joseph, Nalu and others.
However, the canonization of more than a hundred officers still made the original nobles and city lords feel a little more resentful.
Next step, Xu Lai naturally needs to appease these people.
His next order was to announce that all the titles originally conferred by the Lion Empire would be retained.
In addition to reservations, Xu Lai will also provide them with corresponding treatment according to the previously agreed food estate, regardless of rain or shine every year.
And, this is provided without any additional cost to them as a reward for their contribution.
In addition, they can also receive a salary for all the positions they hold as officials.
Finally, Xu Lai gave them certain privileges.
One is to grant them various priorities.
For example, people in the same position will be given priority for employment, college admission will be given priority, church prayer will be given priority, death will be given priority for purification, etc.
In addition to the right of priority, Xu Lai also gave them the right to recommend. Nobles of each level are qualified to recommend talents to the kingdom at regular intervals.
Of course, all the reservations here refer to those who have all pledged their allegiance to Xu Lai.
The rest of the nobles should have their homes confiscated, those who should be imprisoned, and those who should be distributed to the people, let them start all over again.
In addition, some who performed well received additional rewards.
Especially Jimmy Martell.
Except for Joseph and Naru, who Xu Lai wants to devolve, Jimmy is the only person who was awarded a new title during today's award ceremony.
Jimmy, who was previously a viscount, was canonized as the only earl in the entire Eagle Kingdom.
Xu Lai had promised Jimmy before that he would become the nobleman second only to him in the grassland.
Now, Xu Lai has fulfilled this promise.
For this reason, he has not sealed any of Tahan, Yan Feng and others, not even Reina.
After all, the population base of the grassland is there, and Aini is just a count.
With this background, even if Xu Lai wants to make Jimmy a marquis, it will only make him a laughing stock.
Xu Lai has always been nostalgic.
Su Ya, who started from scratch with him, was canonized as queen directly at the founding ceremony of the country.
As for Tahan and others, Xu Lai would at least give them the title of earl according to his true feelings.
But there are one or two earls in the prairie who can still say that. After all, millions of new people have been added and the country has been opened.
But if seven or eight earls come out, Xu Lai can afford it, but he is afraid of being ridiculed by outsiders.
And Xu Lai doesn't intend to stay in a corner forever, not to mention that the grassland is still a place where there is no danger to defend.
Therefore, except for those who want to be released, he simply does not seal any of his real people and leaves them for later.
In the future, when Tahan and the others win more battles with him and make more achievements, even if they are granted the title of Marquis, Duke, Jimmy and others outside, they will have nothing to say.
The exception is Reina. This female elf does not care about her title in the human empire. She is an elf after all.
Xu Lai did not force this, but only allowed her semi-autonomy in Stone City.
The elf warriors recruited from the elf buildings in Stone City will be completely controlled by Rena herself.
No matter what she does with these elven warriors, even if they are sent to the barrier to support the elves, Xu Lai promises that she will not interfere.
After the awarding ceremony, Xu Lai announced that the Eagle Kingdom was officially established.
But it was not over yet after the formal establishment. Xu Lai returned to the top position and began to handle major diplomatic matters in front of everyone in the city.
Establishing a country is not just about playing house. In addition to the internal affairs of the country, you also have to do something diplomatically.
Lina and Elvi brought Xu Lai the most appropriate gift.
Lina led Pierce, and under the cover of Elvie's air, the troops were divided into several groups to harass and destroy the stronghold outdoors.
The resources of the stronghold are not rich to begin with, and the battle with the grassland was a huge defeat.
That is to say, Lina does not want to attack the city. Otherwise, except for a few large cities that have a lot of left behind, there will be almost nothing that cannot be taken.
The stronghold that urgently needs to recuperate and quell the civil strife cannot withstand such a torment.
Just at this time, news came that Xu Lai wanted to found a country. Under the coercion of Lina, Sachs and others had no choice but to humiliately send envoys to surrender.
Since you are surrendering to Xu Lai, you still have to show some sincerity after all.
Xu Lai didn't say much. It happened that the dungeon messenger he called was also there and took out the agreement signed by the dungeon.
At first the stronghold messenger was unwilling. After all, the stronghold was not as wealthy as the dungeon.
However, Xu Lai told the orcs at the stronghold that the orcs had bullied their home.
If he refuses to sign such an agreement, he will directly send troops to the stronghold after the founding of the country, and will completely wipe out the stronghold camp from this world.
The envoy had no choice but to discuss it with several clan leaders in the stronghold and had no choice but to agree.
Therefore, at the end of today's founding ceremony, Xu Lai arranged for the two camps, the stronghold and the underground city, to publicly surrender to Xu Lai and pay tribute.
Regardless of the amount of tribute, just having the envoys of the two camps kneel in front of Xu Lai in public is enough to inspire people and boost morale.
At this time, the faces of other visiting missionaries were full of surprise.
Under the influence of magic, after hearing the words of surrender from the two camps, the entire Qingfeng City fell into terrifying cheers. (End of chapter)