Nobles are generally divided into two types.
One is the kingdom nobles with territories.
One is the honorary aristocracy without territory.
The former, as the name suggests, is the territory granted by the kingdom. It is a nobleman who takes the territory as a base, occupies the land as the king, becomes the lord, and takes the development of the territory as its own duty.
This kind of nobleman has the right to form a private knight order, can own an army, and has extremely high rights. Basically all matters in the territory are controlled by one hand. Unless they commit a serious crime or cannot contribute to the development of the territory all the year round, then The territory will be reclaimed and demoted to the altar. Otherwise, in addition to the need to hand over 20% of the income in the territory to the kingdom each year, the rights of this nobleman are the highest and greatest in the territory, and even the royal family has no right to intervene casually.
The latter will not get territory, but has the same rights as the former. Not only can they gradually private knights and individual armies, but they can also receive enshrinement from the kingdom every year. Depending on the rank of the title, the enshrinement they receive is also different.
Some of them will serve in the kingdom and become relevant powers in all aspects of the kingdom and other territories, while others choose to be freelancers, travel everywhere, and even become adventurers. There are many honorary nobles.
For example, the Razahad family where Megis and Lely are located is the honorary nobleman. The knighthood class is the marquis. It is responsible for all matters of the Adventurer's Guild. The family has managed the Adventurer's Guild for generations. Erbe, where Alidia is located. The same is true for the Yin family. The unit that serves is the Knight Order, which is also an honorary nobleman, and the knighthood class is also a Marquis.
Of course, the relationship between the nobles of the kingdom and the kingdom will be deeper.
After all, there are territorial connections, even if you don't want to be involved, that's impossible.
Honorary aristocrats have a higher degree of freedom. Unless they choose to serve in the kingdom’s power organs, unless they do something that harms the kingdom, the kingdom will not exercise control no matter what they want to do.
The honorary aristocracy who does not serve in the power organs of the kingdom has only one obligation.
That is, when the kingdom is in danger, it must come to help.
In view of this, it is undoubtedly a relatively high degree of freedom for people like Sean to become an honorary nobleman.
Rosie said that Sean could choose between becoming a nobleman in the territory and an honorary nobleman.
"Then I will be an honorary noble!"
Sheehan made such a decision without hesitation.
Therefore, Rosie immediately promised Sean on behalf of the royal family.
"Since you decide to become an honorary nobleman, the kingdom will not grant you territory, but you still have the right to form a knight order and a private army, but the size of the knight order and the size of the army will be affected by the title."
"For example, the lowest baron among the nobles, they only have the right to form a hundred-man knights and a thousand-man army, and the size of the knights and private armies cannot exceed this limit."
"The Viscount can form a thousand-man knights and an army of ten thousand people."
"The earl can form a knights of 10,000 people and an army of 100,000 people."
"The Marquis can form a knights of 100,000 people and an army of one million people."
"The Duke can form a knights of a million people and an army of tens of thousands of people."
"This is a rule on the bright side and cannot be violated."
As long as it is within this prescribed scale, the nobles can freely decide how they want to form a knight order and a private army.
Sheehan wanted to complain.
"Never mind the front, is it possible that there will be millions in the back?"
Take the knights alone, even the kingdom knights have fewer than 100,000 people. A marquis, even if he has the right to form a knights of 100,000 people, what about it
Does he have a way to get to the head
Not to mention the Duke, the idea of forming a knights of one million people and an army of ten million people is not a joke, right
Sheehan was slanderous.
However, Sheen also understands that this is just to set a limit. As long as it is used to restrict the small nobles and prevent them from having too many private soldiers, the big nobles give them a good-looking right. As for Whether it can get a knight order and an army of this size depends on their ability.
And Sean's words...
"In view of your two achievements, the kingdom has decided to give you the title of Viscount directly."
Rosie said this to Sheehan.
"The Viscount can form a knights of a thousand people and an army of ten thousand people, and enjoy 10,000 gold coins per year, which means that you can receive 10,000 gold coins from the kingdom every year. In addition, you can get a house in the noble district. The house is chosen for you by the kingdom. If you are not satisfied, you can also choose to ask for a thousand gold coins from the kingdom and go to the noble district to buy it yourself."
With these words of Rosie, Sean only cared about the sacrifice of the ten thousand gold coins and the ownership of a house.
Because this represents a meaning.
"Lao Tzu is not only a ten-thousand-dollar household... No, it is a ten-thousand-a-kind household, but he also has a house directly?"
Is this the rhythm of the poor becoming rich
I don't know what Rosie was thinking in Sean's heart and went on to explain.
"After becoming an honorary viscount, if you want to serve in the kingdom, you can apply directly to the palace. After the verification is completed, the kingdom will assign you a certain position."
"The higher the title, the better the position. If you can become an honorary earl, you will directly hold a high-power position and be eligible to attend the Kingdom Council."
"Of course, you probably wouldn't want to hold a post."
Rosie introduced to Sheehan the various rights and even the various privileges of being a nobleman.
This made Sean suddenly feel that becoming a nobleman doesn't seem to be such a bad thing.
Even if he is not interested in holding a position, Sheen still thinks that he can have some rights and privileges.
If this is not the case, why do so many people want to be nobles
especially...
"The kingdom has a clear stipulation that civilians are not allowed to marry a side room, and there can only be one wife, and only merchants who have contributed to the kingdom can marry one more concubine."
"Nobles have the right to polygamy, but it also depends on the rank."
"The baron can have one wife and one concubine."
"The viscount can have one wife and two concubines."
"The earl can have two wives and three concubines."
"Marquis can have three wives and four concubines."
"The duke can have four wives and five concubines."
"Only the royal family, there is no limit. How big the harem is, then how many side rooms can be taken, but the children of the side rooms do not have the right to inherit the throne. When the king of the same generation is determined in the future, their children will not be given the title of duke, only the children of the main family. If there is an heir to the throne, if you fail to ascend to the throne in the end, you can get the title of the duke, so the number of main houses will not be too many, at most five."
When Rosie said this, she was staring at Sheehan.
And Sheehan
When he heard that the Viscount could take a wife and two concubines, he had already stood up.
"My loyalty to the kingdom can be learned from the sun and the moon, and everyone can see it. Therefore, this nobleman, I deserve it!"
Sean's serious and serious words made Rosie's mouth twitch, and she wanted to bite him twice.
Wasn't it pretty tough before
You continue to be hard-hearted! Soul is pale!