Volume 7: Mortals and Gods Chapter 800 and 4: The Kingdom of God (Part 2)
The double lion flag symbolizing the Charles Gross family and the ducal heraldic flag symbolizing the major principalities appeared on the horizon one after another.
Seeing Nielas Ellan greeting them outside the city, Fiona and Ilos got off their horses.
"Welcome back, Your Excellency the Grand Duke, and our great hero, Iros."
There was deafening applause and cheers all around.
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"Master Elan, your plan is great, we made a lot of money selling medals this time!
Even if we throw away the cost and blessing fee, we will at least make an improvement of several million gold galleons in this area!"
After returning from the expedition, in addition to the grand triumphal ceremony and the sacrificial ceremony at the Holy Grail Cathedral, the distribution of pensions also continued in an orderly manner.
In this defensive operation and the Great Expedition, the Shire sent a total of about 150,000 troops, and in the end, about 110,000 people successfully returned to their hometown.
Among them, nearly 40,000 people were killed and missing, plus about thousands of seriously injured and disabled people. Their families or themselves can receive a large pension.
Fiona handed over the pension to the Fairy of the Lake Church for distribution. Under the supervision of the goddess, there would be no corruption in the distribution of the pension, and part of the money was also collected from the church tithes.
It comes from inside.
Then comes the retirement ceremony.
After the war ends this time, some soldiers will retire, and it is Fiona's decision to retire them.
Because of the rapid rise of the citizen class and free peasants, the Shire has no shortage of soldiers at all. Therefore, there are some veterans who are too old or disabled. Fiona arranges for some of the outstanding ones to be promoted to junior officers, and arranges for the rest.
Retired.
For normal people, the body usually begins to grow at the age of 16, physical fitness begins to decline slightly at the age of 26, and begins to decline rapidly at the age of 30.
Therefore, Fiona sets the retirement age for ordinary soldiers who have not been promoted at 27-28 years old, and the total service time is based on 6 years. In principle, it should not exceed 8 years. At this age, if the strength has not broken through or is promoted to
Officers must retire.
Some members of the Guards are forced to retire. For this elite army, all soldiers of the Guards start at least at the elite level. Their physical fitness lasts longer, and they have better nutrition, more systematic training and more
Strong strength, so the peak period will last longer.
Fiona decided that if she did not advance to the Sanctuary level or become an officer, the retirement age would be 38-40 years old.
There are two types of retirement. The first is the so-called "buyout of military service", which means you get a large amount of retirement pay in one lump sum based on your service years, service level and the number of major battles you participated in.
The second type is "job placement", which means that officers who have reached the level of company commander or above will be provided with an optional job if they retire, but the retirement pay they can receive will be greatly reduced.
In this way, on the afternoon of this day, the coalition forces were officially disbanded. Most of the soldiers who participated in this war and returned alive returned home with bulging luggage and heavy bags of gold coins on their backs.
They would sit on the ridges of the fields, sit in the tavern, sit under the big tree at the entrance of the village, and tell people the legendary epic of the expedition led by Archduke Fiona.
Countless young people were fascinated by what they heard. They all dreamed of following Fiona on the Great Expedition, serving as soldiers and making great achievements, digging for the first pot of gold, and even getting a knighthood.
However, the ordinary soldiers have gone back, but most of the knights and nobles, especially the great nobles, are still staying in the Storm Fortress.
They are preparing to attend the investiture ceremony for Kalad. The Lady of the Lake will appear in person on the Day of the Lady of the Lake in late October, and formally award Kalad the highest Order of the Lady of the Lake at the Holy Grail Cathedral.
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At the same time, according to rumors, Grand Duke Fiona will also officially confer the title of Ten Marshals of the Shire at this grand event!
Top ten marshals!
Who will it be?
All the great aristocrats took notice of the news and started to stir up trouble. A storm about the list of marshals caused huge waves in the aristocratic political circle!
The news of the ten marshals really makes all the Shire nobles feel itchy. Most of them are still discussing who will be crowned by the Parliament and receive the title of marshal. This title undoubtedly represents the highest military rank and the trust of the Grand Duke.
and possess the power to take charge of one's own affairs.
The title of marshal comes from the past Toril Empire. During the time of Emperor Toril, marshal meant "the person in charge of the royal stables" and was responsible for managing the emperor's war horses.
During the period of Charlemagne the Conqueror, in order to cope with the empire's conquests on all sides, the position of marshal began to appear to ensure the independent command power when the emperor's attention could not be focused on one aspect.
Later, this position was fixed and symbolized the highest military rank. The Albrex Empire, the Siril Empire, the Batorian Empire and even the Steppe Khanate all had the position of marshal:
Such as Marshal Wadendorf, Marshal Middenheim, and a lot of marshals granted by the Steppe Khanate, etc.
Charles also has the title of marshal, but it is not a permanent position.
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For example, in the history of the Shire, Henry, a famous general, once defeated the army sent by Settra, the King of Kings, the Eternal Emperor, and the Immortal King of Khemri in the Nicohara Desert at the famous Barbarian Point.
, and killed the opponent's general, Amen Mkhtum the Great, and was named marshal.
By the way, this defeat prompted Settra to launch a two-hundred-year-long revenge attack. It was not until the grave of Henry, the Charles Marshal who had completely passed away, was dug up and the ashes were scattered cleanly by Settra himself.
a paragraph.
Now there is only one marshal in the Shire, and that is Gonzalez.
However, after the deceased Grand Duke Gros took over as Grand Duke of Charles, he made a major breakthrough in diplomacy with the Albrex Empire. The two sides decided in principle to peacefully coexist and prosper together, re-demarcated the boundaries and signed documents, and since then they have
No war was ever fought.
While everyone was excited about the titles of the Ten Marshals, a few nobles had already very keenly noticed that this was most likely the time when the political situation and power in the entire Shire was being reshuffled again.
According to the information that can be disclosed at present, those who will definitely be canonized as marshals are: Goodwin, Bertrand, Lawn, and Rokossovsky.
There are already four people. There is not much controversy among these four people, including Rokossovsky. Everyone admires this marshal for guarding Erengrad and leading the Winter Ang operation, destroying and crushing like a storm.
Crushed the orc army.
Now Rokossovsky has been naturalized and joined the Shire, and is also preparing to marry the local aristocrat of the Shire. The noble woman is Eva Green, a close branch of the Rio Cornish family, which symbolizes that she has obtained the knights and nobles.
recognition.
He will be the first person in history to be awarded the title of Marshal by two countries at the same time.
Now there are only six places left, so in addition to these people, there are many people who are competitive...
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The dinner party began, and the nobles gathered together to eat and drink. They were very happy.
Many people may despise this kind of seemingly meaningless banquet. For example, the original Kalad was very speechless about this kind of banquet. In his early years, Kalad used to follow his late grand master and mentor Jules of the Holy Grail Knights.
He and his sister Anala traveled across the continent and were deeply dissatisfied with the current situation of the old empires across the continent.
But after contacting Ryan later, Iros told him a very simple truth.
First of all, a place like a banquet is mainly to provide a place for everyone to communicate, such as some business, such as exchanging some opinions, such as the negotiation between big businessmen and big nobles about the next tariff, or the ruler letting out a little word.
, can determine the next trend of the entire country.
Everyone needs such a relatively relaxed and less formal environment, and the banquet has become a favorite occasion for everyone.
Second, Iros told Kalad very clearly that the serfs actually don't care how much meat the knight eats and how much wine he drinks. What the serfs care about is whether they can eat meat and drink wine, or at least be able to.
Having enough food and clothing is the most important thing.
Instead of worrying about how many banquets to hold, it is better to focus on the treatment of serfs.
So, are the serfs well fed and clothed now?
The answer is obviously yes. Kalad secretly traveled to many places while he was recuperating. Most of the situations were satisfactory. As long as the serfs worked hard, food and clothing would definitely not be a problem, and most of them would have a little money left.
Of course, most serfs are no longer satisfied with this. They want to participate in wars, want to be promoted, want to become freemen, want to join the Guards, and even want to obtain the title of knight and become a knight!
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There are even people who have dreamed that after joining the Guards, they would be favored by a lady and become a Holy Grail Guard like Davout!
Reach the sky in one step!
The principality is falling into a strange kind of frenzy. The serfs want to fight, the free people want to fight, and the knights want to fight too!