With the full liberation of the North, Castel's rebellion ended with the demise of the Gris family.
The official statement is that the Leglis family colluded with the Blood Demon Cult, intending to summon the evil god to descend from the ruins underground in the North, but in the end it backfired and led to the destruction of the entire family.
All these legends became more real as the Viscountry of Legris was taken over by the Castel family.
Especially the "Season of the Heart" that almost all the residents of the North felt some time ago, and it was rumored to be related to the failed descent of God by the Blood Demon Cult, which increased the authenticity of the matter.
In the taverns on the streets and in the salons of nobles and merchants, people talked about it with great relish, and it became an additional topic of conversation after dinner.
The Blood Demon Cult found an ancient lost artifact and prepared to perform a divine descent, but was eventually stopped by the Castel family; at the end of the Blood Demon Cult's divine descent ceremony, the traitorous Legris family realized their mistake and turned against them, causing them to fail, etc...
There is falsehood in truth, and truth in falsehood.
In short... under Charlotte's deliberate promotion, all the blame was put on the Blood Demon Cult and the Legris Family.
Of course, in a sense, it cannot be said that everything is wrong. After all, the Laiglis family really did collude with the Blood Demon Cult, after all, the Blood Demon Cult really tried to stage a divine descent, and after all, not all members of the Laiglis family are truly corrupt.
The only core difference is probably that the rhythm of Charlotte's fusion statue is also thrown on the Blood Demon Cult.
As for whether the future investigation team of the Holy Royal Court believed it... Regardless of whether they believed it or not, the people of the North believed it, the nobles believed it, and Charlotte... well, believed it more than ever.
At the same time, because Castel's official statement was that the Blood Demon Cult's conspiracy had been prevented, the people's concern about the "coming of the evil god" quickly passed.
Instead, there is another thing that makes many people curious -
Regarding what to do with the territory that was taken back from the Legris family.
The subjects were very curious about this, and the nobles were even more curious.
Not only are they curious, but recently there have been many more nobles from the North coming to Northport to meet Charlotte, bringing their families with them, expressing their loyalty, showing off their achievements, and telling their troubles...
In short, the meaning expressed explicitly or implicitly is the same, that is, they hope Charlotte can take care of their family and grant them some territory.
As a lord, Charlotte patiently met them one by one.
Apart from those excessive requests, Charlotte also met some relatively reasonable ones.
This was also a territorial demand she had promised in advance in order to gain the full support of the nobles.
Viscount Laiglis's territory is vast and sparsely populated, so it is not a problem to divide up some unimportant territories. Now is not the time to strengthen centralization, and Charlotte does need to exchange some interests for the support of the nobles.
No... Actually, if you think about it from another angle, if Charlotte really intends to embark on the path of deification, whether or not to strengthen centralization does not seem to be a big deal for her.
She should adapt to the development of the times and take one step at a time. Now all she wants is to eventually gain the loyalty of everyone and establish her own belief system.
Of course, when dividing the territory of the Glis family, Charlotte retained the most critical territories.
For example, the Gliss family's direct territory, Gliss Port, several fortress castles on the border, and the richest baronies in the Gliss Viscount's territory...
Charlotte brought all of these under the direct jurisdiction of the Castel family.
In addition to this, there is the Legris family’s share of the Castel mine.
Because the Leglis family's territory is closest to the mine and they have contributed the most to the mine's development, they have had the highest share of income among the three viscount families since ancient times, almost equal to the total share of other noble families.
The Legris family was able to adopt 1,500 fully armored hussars with just the status of a viscount, all thanks to the income from the mines!
The title was stripped, the territory was taken back, and the Legglis family's share of the Castel mine was naturally taken over by Charlotte and returned to the Earl's Mansion, and there was no plan to divide it up again.
Combined with the dividend rights Charlotte had taken back from other rebellious noble families, Castel had already increased the dividends from the silver mine to nearly half overall.
And if the remaining share of the Castel family is added, Charlotte's current share of the dividends from the Castel Silver Mine has exceeded 70%.
In addition, the Castel family has become independent from Boerder and no longer needs to abide by past contracts or pay corresponding contract taxes to the Principality of Boerder. Even if the taxes on the kingdom's direct vassals that need to be redefined in the future are added, the Castel family's income will probably increase greatly.
Charlotte simply asked the tax officer of the Earl's Palace to do a preliminary calculation, and came to a conclusion that made her feel a little shocked.
After this war with external and internal troubles, the Castel family's income will probably increase by at least four or five times, and the monthly income will probably exceed two million quintanas, which is more than when her father was in power ten years ago!
All I can say is that the North is truly rich, and the nobles in the North are truly rich as well.
After a civil war, the lord Charlotte made a fortune from the war...
After seeing the numbers, Charlotte suddenly became interested in centralization again.
There is no way, it is really fragrant. This means taking back a viscountship and the territories of some small nobles, and gaining independence from the Bold family.
Even if we exclude the increased income from the recovery of the Castel silver mine, the income that the recovered noble territories can provide to Charlotte is enough to reach 500,000 quintana per month.
This is the tax that is recorded on the surface.
In fact, all kinds of resources produced in the territory, especially some scattered extraordinary resources and strategic resources, are even more priceless.
Take the Glis family as an example. The Glis family owns a pasture specifically for raising war horses.
Although the quality of these war horses was only adequate and far inferior to the dragon-scale horses of the Grand Duchy of the North, they were still much better than Caster's own ordinary horses.
At the same time, this is also the main source of cavalry horses for the Legris family.
Naturally, Charlotte also took over the pasture.
However, although Charlotte's income will increase, her expenses will also increase.
The Territory of Castel has become independent and is no longer protected by Bold. Charlotte will definitely build her own extraordinary army next.
In addition to this, she also plans to invest money to further plan the development of the territory.
Of course, this is a later story.
Charlotte first ordered the Earldom's cabinet to discuss these matters and come up with feasible plans, intending to finalize the specific plans after she returned from the meeting in the royal capital.
After the official transfer of control over the Legris territory, Sebastian and Nice also returned.
Returning with them were the Blood Count Yurst, who had disguised his identity, and the Black Dragon Eudocia, whose magic power was sealed by Sebastian and who was still sleeping.
However, in addition to these few people, there was also a group of uninvited guests with different clothes -
A delegation of envoys from the Grand Duchy of the North.