Chapter 36 Retreat
It has been nearly half a year since the crusade between the Temple of Light and the Frost and Snow Empire ended.
During this time, the people in Locke Territory also accepted the fact that they and others returned to the embrace of the Frost and Snow Empire.
Those who did not accept it all moved their families to the sphere of influence of the Temple of Light.
Locke did not stop these people.
The war is over, everything is in ruins, and Locke Territory needs more people to participate in the construction.
However, Locke will never think that he can make choices for others.
In Locke's view, for the people at the bottom, there is no difference between the Temple of Light and the Frost and Snow Empire.
The fate of the people at the bottom is only related to the nobles in their territory.
If the nobles are less oppressive, the people's lives will be better.
The more oppressive the nobles are, the harder the lives of the people will be.
Whether it is the Temple of Light or the Frost and Snow Empire, there are some arrogant and domineering nobles who do not treat the people at the bottom as human beings, making the lives of the people in their territories miserable.
Locke even felt that, to a certain extent, the Temple of Light was better than the Frost and Snow Empire.
In the Temple of Light, the search for women with pure souls is open to the public.
The senior officials of the Temple of Light preached in their own territory that people who can make beads shine and heat are angels under the Lord God of Light. However, they fell while fighting for the Lord God and were reborn in the world.
They will go through rituals to return these women with pure souls to the world of light.
As the couple who brought the Lord Angel down to earth, they would also receive very generous rewards from the Temple of Light.
In the Frost and Snow Empire, in order to conceal the fact that they collect women with pure souls, upon discovery, they usually destroy all of the woman's relatives and friends.
From Locke's point of view, neither the Temple of Light nor the high-level officials of the Frost and Snow Empire who hide in the dark to collect women with pure souls are not good people.
However, with Locke's current strength, he simply can't control such a thing.
What he can do is to ensure some rights and interests of the people in his territory wherever he can see.
……
Locke and Feodor slowly descended from the sky into the lord's mansion. Because Locke and Feodor both flew, their speed was much faster than the soldiers stationed in the original camp.
At this time, in the lord's mansion, in addition to some patrolling guards, there were also some servants cleaning the courtyard.
Locke and Feodor flew into the Lord's Mansion. Not only the people in the Lord's Mansion noticed it, but the other four captains also saw it.
Although they didn't see what the person looked like, they knew with their butts that the only person flying into the city at this time was the real master of Locke Territory, Grand Duke Locke.
Therefore, the four captains immediately gathered together and came to Locke's lord's mansion to meet him.
"Met the Grand Duke."
In the hall of the Lord's Mansion, the four captains bowed to Locke.
"Well, I have seen it before. You have done a good job in the construction of Rock City. I am very satisfied."
Locke, who was sitting at the top of the hall, nodded slightly and recognized the abilities of the five captains of the Tsunami Legion. "Grand Duke Locke is ridiculous, this is what we should do."
"Don't talk nonsense. Regardless of whether it is what you should do or not, I have said that if you complete this task, I will give you a title."
"Now that you have completed your mission well, I can grant the five of you the title of viscount in Locke Territory."
"Now that Jaske has not come back, you should discuss among yourselves whether you want to become a noble in Locke City or a noble in Locke Territory."
"Once it's determined, it can't be changed later."
There is a big difference between the nobles in Locke City and the nobles in Locke Territory.
This is like the nobles in the imperial capital and the nobles outside the imperial capital.
If the five Gascos choose to become nobles in Locke City, then they will have the opportunity to fight for the two vacant earl titles in Locke Territory and gain greater rights.
Many developments in Locke Territory need to be decided by the nobles in Locke City.
In other words, the nobles in Locke City have absolute rights in Locke Territory.
And if you choose to become a noble in Locke Territory, you will get a fief in Locke Territory. In this fiefdom, the noble is the king.
Of course, even the master of a fiefdom will be restrained by the Locke Territory. He needs to pay a large amount of tax to Locke City every year. Moreover, under the same title, the status of the nobles in the outer fiefdom is lower than that of the nobles in Locke City. .
Of course, these so-called "low" people are mainly nobles in Rock City, who are close to the lord and deeply trusted by the lord.
In this world where force is paramount, relying on the strong and using the power of the strong to fake the power can also be regarded as a kind of strength.
After all, if there was a conflict between the two, it was self-evident which side the lord would take.
If you offend a lord, he only needs to issue a few bans on your territory, and then he can use high taxes to drag a noble who owns a fief to death.
After the four captains left, Locke took Feodor into the training room in Fucheng and continued his training.
He has never forgotten that in this world, only strength is the foundation of his life.
The title of Grand Duke of Locke is Locke's compromise with Seres. At the same time, it also fulfills his parents' noble dream, allowing the two old people to spend their old age happily.
Three months later, Cole, who received the news from Locke, took his parents and the entire Lucci Chamber of Commerce to Locke City. With Locke's support, he became the real manager of Locke City.
As for the five captains, including Gasko, two of them chose to become Viscounts of Rock City to assist Cole in managing the entire Rock Territory.
The other three chose to become fiefdom viscounts, and the three chose contiguous locations in Locke Territory as their own territories.
In this way, the two viscounts who stay in Rock City will be supported by three viscounts who own fiefdoms, and the two viscounts who are supported will also use their rights to provide some conveniences to the three viscounts outside, allowing them to get more. Affordable.
This is almost the way of life for the nobles of Wakanda.
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For the strong men in the Holy Realm, time is almost meaningless.
Occasionally using the power of the soul to explore the status of his family, Cole can also manage Locke's territory well. Locke no longer comes out of the training room, only immersed in the understanding of the mysterious laws and the study of the soul.
(End of chapter)