Chapter 151 Duke Leopold
When the king wants to do something, he will succeed.
Otherwise, it means that the authority of the royal family is shaky.
So Louis II rarely takes action. Every time he takes action, he must consider all aspects to ensure that there will be no accidents.
In the inheritance of the title, the king has the right to decide, but the Senate of Nobles can also block the procedures and drag you into the grave.
This is a compromise between the royal power and the power of the nobility. The Kingdom of Locke has never been privately owned by any family.
Therefore, the inheritance of Duke Leopold's title requires the nod of both parties to pass.
And the Senate of Nobles also has different opinions, so the king can easily delay this matter.
Now that Louis II has changed his mind, he can naturally promote the inheritance of the title in turn.
"Let Derek come to the capital, I will personally grant him the scepter." Louis II withheld the inheritance document and sent someone to inform Derek.
He believed that the title of a duke was enough for Derek to come to the capital.
As long as he declared his allegiance to himself, there would be an extra shackle to restrict the other party.
Of course, this was a helpless move. If Derek had not actually occupied a large area of land, he would never agree to the other party inheriting the title of Duke.
An empty title is fine for ordinary nobles, and there is no threat at all.
Giving it to a powerful noble like Derek can easily lead to a situation where the tail is too big to be removed.
The Duke already has some independent legal power, which greatly increases the attraction to talents.
This is just the first chess piece taken by Louis II.
Then, he started the matter of the loss of the old Count Jeffreys, which had been held for a long time.
Relocation, transfer, the whole process is so fast that people can't react.
The fiefdom of the Jeffreys family moved westward from the place where they had been operating for several generations, stuck at the junction of the northern province, the Saint Mile province and the Melgen province.
The area is larger, but the population is small.
If that's all, it will weaken the strength of the Jeffreys family.
But it doesn't matter. He acquiesced to the Jeffreys family to migrate with the original people, and gave them three years of migration time.
During these three years, the Jeffreys family had double the territory and a large population to use.
Three years later, the newly reclaimed land was barely usable.
In the end, the Perez family remained intact, and Louis II even gave the descendants of the old earl some positions in nearby cities as compensation.
Louis II acted very quickly, completing several very complicated things in less than a week, and the process of doing things was shortened to the extreme.
As the news gradually spread to the North, the already chaotic situation suddenly became more vague.
No one knew whether the nobles of the North would be able to work together after being tossed around like this.
But for Derek, what he needed to consider was whether to go to the capital.
The title of Duke Leopold was important but not that important.
On the contrary, if Louis II was ruthless, he could really detain a noble in the capital.
After several rounds of emergency discussions, Derek decided to go, and if there was enough time, he could come back before the child was born.
It was not that he wanted to get the title of duke, this was at most half of the reason.
He also wanted to see the capital of the kingdom of this era.
The three southern kingdoms are almost the essence of the southern part of the continent.
The Holy Cross Kingdom with a strong religious atmosphere, the fierce and unruly Griffin Kingdom, and the Locke Kingdom ruled by feudal nobles.
The Locke Kingdom is in the middle, and the capital is also a rare big city in this era.
Not only the three southern kingdoms, but also merchants and scholars from all over the world can be encountered.
Moreover, the southern nobles have already had some shadows of discovering the New World.
Derek has investigated the shipbuilding industry of the Locke Kingdom, which is in a period of vigorous development.
Everything shows that perhaps a new era is coming.
He... wants to see it.
Quickly deal with the affairs of the territory, take away some noble knights, and the remaining knights will be stationed in various regions.
There will be no problems in the short term.
In addition, the repaired Melgen Knights delayed the time to return to the North.
From the Monta Province to the capital, it takes at most twenty days for the knights to rush forward.
If something really happens, it is also a way out.
He even sent some knights to temporarily join the monastery knights. If Louis II was really not sober, I believe the knight's sword could calm him down.
Going to the capital is certainly not a simple trip.
This is a huge team, including servants and maids of the Earl's Mansion, escorting knights and soldiers, accompanying caravans and specialties, and supplies.
There are many things to bring, and Derek wants to take this opportunity to show the strength and style from the North.
Sometimes, politics also needs to be shown.
If you don't show your strong side, how can you make others in awe?
For the same reason, excellent products also need opportunities to be displayed.
And Count Augusta, a knight of the North, a knight of the church, the new Duke Leopold, the initiator of free trade, one of the three powers in the North.
Derek, who has many titles and legendary experiences, is a living advertisement in itself.
His every move will attract great attention.
Eyeball economy, no exaggeration in any era.
Such preparations took a month, and the entourage exceeded 5,000 people.
When the huge team went south, more scattered merchants followed the earl's team.
With such a large team and Count Augusta in charge, they felt safe.
Not to mention the blind thieves who came to rob, even if the nobles on the road wanted to collect taxes, they had to consider whether their castles could withstand the impact.
The team was not moving fast, and the first stop was the northern province.
The Jefferys family, which had already started the migration work, naturally could not avoid it.
Derek saw a new city being built from a distance, and a team of cavalrymen holding square flags were coming towards this huge team.
"Count Augusta!"
The man was one of the heirs of the Jefferys family. He dismounted in front of Derek very humbly, bowed his head respectfully, and said: "I'm very sorry, my father is in Tiebi City and cannot receive you for the time being.
But I have prepared food and drinks, I hope you will be satisfied."
No matter how the relationship between the two families is in private, at least it seems to be acceptable on the surface.
Even because of the matter of old Earl Jeffreys, it is not wrong to say that there is a favor involved.
The Jeffreys family will certainly not be laughed at by others, and the hospitality is very good.
Derek rested for a night and started the road to return home with glory.
Last time, he rushed back and forth, and the nobles on the road couldn't catch him.
This time, the large army couldn't pass quickly, and the nobles along the way visited one after another.
