The Duke of Windsor nodded again:
"He saved my daughter. The Rose family will not be stingy with such a favor. But I wasn't sure beforehand whether he would have a 'friend' who would be more willing to take care of him, so I didn't express my opinion. But now, I think it's time for me to come forward."
In response to this, the Count asked:
"That 'friend' you mentioned doesn't know?"
The Duke shook his head regretfully and said:
"I have no idea."
The Earl stopped asking questions immediately. Regardless of whether the Duke of Windsor really didn't know or was pretending not to know, he shouldn't have asked any more questions after saying this.
The count turned to look at the platform and suddenly said:
"I heard that the three majesties were not feeling well yesterday, so only the daytime majesty appeared that day. Are all three of them going to attend the House of Representatives today? This is quite rare."
As soon as he finished speaking, the nobles around him saw that on the high platform, several court maids hung iris wreaths on the three thrones, symbolizing the Queen's rule.
Suddenly, a new round of discussion broke out in the whole audience.
The throne on the platform was decorated with a wreath of irises, which indicated which emperor would be present today. The situation where all three thrones were decorated with wreaths had not appeared in the House of Representatives for nearly a hundred years.
Everyone keenly felt that today's knighthood council would be quite exciting.
After seeing this scene, the Grand Duke of Windsor frowned slightly, and the Earl beside him asked hurriedly:
"Did you know something?"
The Grand Duke shook his head and said:
"Not sure yet. Let's wait and see."
The Count nodded and said no more.
Soon after, the royal knights raised their horns and blew the signal for the Kingdom of Loran.
As the national title sounded, many nobles present also stood up and sang loudly the hymn that belonged to the Queen:
"God bless the Queen, always victorious and glorious. Live up to the people's expectations and be happy. Rule the country and the fortune will last forever..."
This is a hymn that has been circulating since the Queen actually began her reign. It is very appropriate and catchy. The only pity is that no one knows who the author of this hymn is. Perhaps this is for the better.
Because this can be said to be a gift from the people to the Queen.
Is it just that this is really the case
Then no one knows.
Amid the hymns, the three queens, holding scepters and wearing crowns, walked one by one to the three thrones on the high platform under the gaze of countless nobles who stood up to salute.
After the Queen scanned the area during the day, she said loudly:
"I declare the parliament open!"
After that, she sat down with Yongye and Liming. After the three queens sat down, the female officer next to Liming stood up, took out a scroll, opened it, and read aloud:
"I have called you all together today to discuss the issue of Mozo Klein's knighthood. The reasons have been sent to you all. Please read them and immediately decide on Mozo Klein's knighthood!"
After finishing the reading, the female official folded the scroll and returned to her seat.
At this point, all the nobles sat down and took the detailed report of the incident from the servants behind them and read it carefully.
Of course, there are also quite a few people who have no intention of watching it at all, as they are people who have known about this matter for a long time.
Mozo also got a copy of this report. He took a quick look at it and found it was the same as what the Count said.
Her Majesty the Queen hid his identity as the Faceless Courtyard, and the matter of defeating the Green Angel was turned into delaying the Green Angel until the Queen of Dawn came to help. As for how a small Sequence Ten like Mozo was able to delay the Green Angel, it was explained that Mozo had obtained a spare crown that did not actually exist from the Elf Godsmith because of the last unknown attack.
That's why he was able to use the Golden Legion to fight against the powerful Green Angel.
Of course, the report also emphasized that he just activated the Golden Legion like the Elf Godsmith, but he couldn't control it. The other party completely relied on his own logic to find the most threatening Green Angel.
In this way, Mozo's "true identity" was concealed and the elves were prevented from overdoing their work. At the same time, Mozo's achievements were not completely erased.
Although in this way Mozo's apparent achievements are certainly not as good as his actual achievements, there is nothing he can do about it. He can't just lay out the whole truth in front of others.
If that's the case, what's the position of Wuxiang Courtyard? ! How can Mozo hide in peace? !
After reading it, Mozo closed the report with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with this explanation.
This explanation is in line with his principle of low-key development. If further progress is made, Mozo would still prefer to arrange his fiefdom in the north.
After all, the North was his "hometown". If he were in the North, Mozo thought it would be much easier.
Moreover, this point is also quite promising. Although the empire now has a large amount of 'vacant' territory, except for the northern border, the rest of the territory has more or less factional problems among the local nobles.
The North was different. After Cromwell's fall, the North became a direct territory of the royal family. If nothing unexpected happened, the royal family's control over that place was almost absolute.
Therefore, the territory given to Mozo would most likely be the northern border. Mozo was even happier when he thought of this, and he was even thinking about whether he could ask for his territory to be placed on the border between the empire and the elves.
It doesn't matter if you are poor or broke, as long as you can rely on the elves.
In this way, if there was any irresistible danger, Mozo could lead his few subjects into the forest of elves to seek the protection of the Two Sacred Trees.
65 Unexpected Situation
Who could have imagined that the nobles of the empire would seek the protection of the Twin Sacred Trees
The more he thought about it, the more promising the future seemed to Mozo.
At the same time, after a brief discussion among the nobles on the stage, one of them spoke first.
"Mozo Klein has made great contributions and deserves to be rewarded, but he is still young. He may not be able to handle the important task. However, if I don't give him a generous reward, it will be difficult to show my tolerance and kindness."
As he spoke, he looked at the nobles beside him, raised his hand and said:
"Why don't we temporarily confer him the title of Imperial Knight and grant him a manor on the border of our valley, then wait and observe for three years, and then select his merits to be promoted to a noble? What do you think?"
These words were obviously the result of a discussion among his group of people. When he said this, the nobles around him all nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, the man smiled proudly, bowed to the audience, and then sat back.
However, these seemingly reasonable words caused quite a stir and uproar among the rest of the aristocratic circles.
Many of them just wanted to make Mozo a lord and give him a superior manor near their home, but these valley nobles were actually reduced to knights and given border territories.
As for the three-year term, it was just for show. Everyone knew that once the award was made, based on the Empire's attitude towards titles, Mozo would be nothing more than a poor little knight on the border for the rest of his life.
Unless a war breaks out on the border, he might just happen to have made a great contribution.
But is this a good idea? Actually, for the other nobles, this is a good idea. They don't like outsiders to get involved in their noble circle. But it's obviously not possible to do this. First, Mozo's achievements are indeed not small. After all, putting aside the ceremony, he saved the people of an entire city.
This is all very shabby and not only embarrassing, but if anyone among them achieves the same feat in the future, wouldn't it be equally difficult to reward them generously
Secondly, the idea of conferring knighthood was proposed by Her Majesty the Queen. We thought that conferring a knighthood on someone was a bit too much, and you even wanted to make him a knight.
This, this you completely disregard the Queen's reputation, right
These valley nobles are really short-sighted and short-sighted!
Immediately, a new noble stood up and said:
"No, this is absolutely inappropriate! Lord Mozo Klein has made great contributions, how can he only be granted a small knighthood?"
The person who spoke this time was a representative of the Haitian nobility. Haiti is famous for its wealth. After all, with the support of maritime transportation, it is difficult to be poor.
So their plan is this:
"We think he should be granted the title of baron! However, Sir Mozo Klein is indeed too young. It would be difficult for him to properly manage his subjects. How about this? We, the Haitian nobles, are willing to select a small coastal castle as Sir Mozo Klein's fiefdom. But we will not grant him the fiefdom corresponding to the title."
"At the same time, as compensation, we are willing to give 3% of the shares of a medium-sized port as compensation to Mo Zuoqing!"
The title was conferred, but not the land, and to save the queen's face, a considerable share was given to the other party. This was the perfect answer that the Haitian nobles came up with. Although 3% sounds like a small amount, it is a share of a medium-sized port!
The annual gross profit is normally equivalent to the total tax revenue of two baronies.
Moreover, the Haitian nobles were even willing to turn this three into five! Anyway, the Haitian nobles had plenty of money, so it was painful to cede land, but it was easy to share the money!
But the bottom line must not be revealed first. It must be hidden.
Many of the other nobles immediately thought the Haitian nobles' speech was feasible, but they also knew that they could not stop there.
Because today's parliament was convened by Her Majesty the Queen to confer a knighthood on Mozo. In this case, there is a subtext:
I am very optimistic about this child. You should quickly come up with your own rules so that I can choose a good one.
Yes, Mozo thought that the title was a cession of land from the ownerless royal territory, but in fact, after 'his' fall, the title was a cession of land from the nobles.
And everyone thought this was normal. Because thanks to Mozo, the Queen's say in Loran was surprisingly high.
That was why the Earl and his men were so sad that Mozo's title was going to be in trouble. After all, this was cutting into the nobles' own flesh.
Following the speech of the Haitian nobles, the mountain nobles stood up again:
"It's still inappropriate. How can a title be granted without actual territory? If we do this, wouldn't it make our Luolan Empire look poor and stingy?! But we also deeply believe that Mo Zuoqing is too young. Let's do this."
"We propose to confer the title of Lord to Mo Zuoqing! At the same time, we will invite Mo Zuoqing to our mountain area. We will select a piece of land equivalent to the barony and give it to Mo Zuoqing as a territory! Of course, if Mo Zuoqing has any ideas, we can also add a suitable territory!"
The mountains are not short of land, but they are short of money. You can go for the territory as you like, but don't go too far.
Regarding the speeches of these noble circles, the Count was more in favor of the proposal of the Haitian nobles. They had no fiefdom, but they had money. And if you really want to say it, didn't they also have a small castle as a fiefdom
But for Mozo, it was a bit surprising.
Damn it, why are you all taking me to your own territory? ! Don’t you know that you are cutting your own flesh? ?
Shouldn't we cede the royal territory in this situation? Send me to the north! Don't you want to see Cromwell's territory being occupied by newcomers? !
Because of the "time gap" problem that should not exist, Mozo was not aware that the normal way of conferring titles in the empire was to divide the nobles' own land after consultation among the major aristocratic circles.
Cessing the royal territory? Huh? Are you going to rebel?!
There must be something wrong with their brains! The other nobles would definitely not be like this!
After thinking about this, Mozo looked at the remaining noble circles with confidence.
Under Mozo's expectant gaze, the representatives of the forest nobles stood up:
"The inequality between the title and the territory is really against the national system! And the so-called knighthood is even more absurd. This is completely contrary to our country's intention to favor meritorious officials!"
"We believe that Lord Mozo Klein should be granted the title of Lord. We will also select a superior manor in the forest as Mozo's fief. Of course, this does not reflect our preferential treatment of Lord Mozo."
"So we are willing to give Mo Zuoqing an additional 800 mu of economic forest as additional compensation!"
After saying this, the representative of the forest nobles sat down with satisfaction. They were not very willing to cede land, but the Queen's wishes could not be violated, so this was the best solution they could come up with.
Give a manor as a territory, and at the same time give a large economic forest as economic compensation.
The territory was given, and the money was also given. That's quite nice!
And Mozo looked at this group of nobles in increasing bewilderment.
Didn't the Count say that you hate outsiders joining you? Then why are you trying so hard to bring me to your place
66 The awakened Mozo and the dissatisfied queen
Suddenly, Mozo reacted with a flash of inspiration.
'Wait, will the current title be given to the nobility instead of the royal family? ! '
As soon as this thought came to him, Mozo understood everything instantly.
Now it's clear. The reason they keep bringing me into their circle is because I'm taking away their land!
It turns out that the current way of conferring titles is to directly fill a circle of aristocrats!
I was wondering why the Earl said that these nobles would try to reduce my reward because of the Special Zone. Obviously, shouldn't the nobles be happy to see the cession of royal territory
Are they all loyal to the royal family so much that they cannot bear to see the royal interests suffer any loss
Now I understand. The land that was given to the nobles is not the royal family's. No wonder they resisted me.
After all, the interests that are damaged are your own.
Wait, if that's the case, then no matter where I go in the future, won't the local nobles be unhappy? !
Mozo was stunned by his discovery.
On the other side, the Highland nobles also began to speak:
"We also believe that Lord Mozo Klein should be rewarded. At the same time, we are willing to give Lord Mozo a small horse farm as compensation, just like our colleagues before us."
It can be seen that the nobles are basically unwilling to cede land, and most of them hope to use local specialties to offset the territory and even the title that should be given to Mozo.