This is a kingdom composed of three large islands located in the northwest of the West Sea Empire.
Its land consists of most forests and a small amount of plains. The civilians are therefore keen on hunting, so the troops recruited by the lords are mainly shooters. At the same time, "green forest bandits" who hide in the forest and claim to be "robbing the rich and giving to the poor" also replace
The common robbers and bandits in mainland China have become troubles that ordinary people need to deal with.
In addition, since Arnor's ancestors are branches of Gondor and Rohan, the nobles and lords still retain some of the traditions of the nomads, so those expensive mounted archers will occasionally appear on the battlefield as noble soldiers.
Unlike those non-imperial camps that still remain on the mainland, these countries with the ocean as a natural barrier do not have to deal with the four major empires and are in a state of war with them almost all year round.
Since it takes a whole day for each unit to board the ship and land ashore, during which there is almost no ability to counterattack, commanders without strength will not want to carry out landing operations at all. This has also led to the major empires to treat these troops from overseas.
Almost all of the enemy countries were in a state of letting things go - they did not dare to land and occupy the imperial cities anyway.
"The topic of this noble meeting is whether to adopt the [noble retinue] system, that is [for families above level five, each team can add an additional 40 people, but their daily influence is reduced by 1]. Who is in favor and who is against?"
At the noble meeting in the Kingdom of Arno, the most influential leader of the Stark family, the blonde, blue-eyed, short but powerful "Artoria Luna Stark" was banging on the round table.
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"..." The other nobles looked at each other. Even though they were somewhat dissatisfied with this female lord who held a high position at a young age, this policy had real benefits for them, so they all raised their hands and voted in favor.
"Well..." The current king of Arno Kingdom, the black-haired, black-eyed and unshaven "Yin Hildur" put his hand on the table with no intention of raising it: "Can I vote against it?"
"Of course, my dear king," Luna nodded, then glanced at the nobles sitting around the table: "Then, the current voting result on the [noble retainers] proposal is, 12 votes in favor and 1 vote against,
What’s your final decision?”
"..." Yin Hildur was silent for two seconds: "In the name of King Arno, I declare that from today onwards, the [Noble Retinue] will officially take effect."
"——"
"——"
Although the voting nobles remained reserved and silent, many other noble members present in the audience immediately began to whisper to each other, discussing this proposal with each other, no, what benefits the policy would bring to their families, and judging from their expressions, they seemed
They were all surprised that the king did not directly veto this proposal, which would lead to a relative decrease in his strength.
"Does anyone else have any proposals?" Yin Sildu looked around for a moment, and when no one responded, he said: "Then this is the end of this meeting of nobles. Lords, please continue to work hard to make contributions to the Kingdom of Arno.
contribute."
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The athletic competition held in Arno City ended successfully. King Yinsildu won the championship and won the prize "Arno Hot-blooded Horse", which was then given to the nobleman who only came in second place.
After a regular banquet, the lords who came to participate in the athletic competition and noble meeting each led their own troops and left the royal city.
Among those teams where the nobles were mainly shooters, the Stark family's troops attracted almost everyone's attention with their full cavalry lineup. Some young and energetic nobles saw this and secretly made up their minds to fight.
I came up with such a set of formations, but gave up the idea after calculating the cost and effort required.
"It's unbelievable. All the proposals I have made so far have limited the king's power and influence, but he has never exercised his veto power. Does he trust us too much, or does he have some trump card? What do you think, 'brother'?"
Luna asked the person next to her while riding on a royal racing horse.
"No, my dear 'sister,' didn't he once force a proposal through without even waiting for a vote?"
The person who responded to Luna was a young man wearing a slightly complicated black noble robe, carrying two swords, one black and one white, with fluffy silver hair, always smiling, and looking very friendly.
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"Huh? Which one?" Luna tried to remember, but failed.
"[Fief Recycling], [For each fief owned, the family's influence increases by 0.5 per day, and the influence spent by the king to reclaim these fiefs is halved]," the young man raised his eyebrows: "Guess based on this, he
Why don't you reject your various proposals to restrict him?"
"If you can't bear it anymore, just confiscate all my fiefdoms and drive me out?!" Luna glared: "No one can take away Stark's things!"
"It's very impressive, but of course our king will not use such a simple method," the young man replied: "To give you another hint, have you noticed that except for my 'brother', there are no male nobles and
Are you more connected than 10?"
"...Huh?" Luna was in a daze.
"If this 'powerful master' was a male lord, the grass on his grave would be about two meters high, but you..." The young man spread his hands: "This is a background in the Middle Ages. Although women can become nobles
Or lord, but her relatives have no inheritance rights, even if they are illegitimate——"
"I'm only three years old! Bastard [Merlin]!" Luna hit him on the head with the staff in her hand.
"Yes, yes, I am two years old." Merlin Stark raised his hand to parry: "Our 'one-year-old sister' is coming soon. Are you going to let her see her sister beating her brother first?"
"She won't arrive until tomorrow. I have to beat you all over your head first to save you from talking nonsense!"
"Oh my, this is really..."
Even though the family leader and her brother were chasing and fighting in the team on horseback, the surrounding heavy armored cavalry all maintained their original formation and marching speed without any disorder, until——
Buzz——
A golden light flashed, and a knight riding a heavily armored mount, wearing a silver full-body armor, a face-covering helmet, and holding a spear appeared in front of the team.
The cavalrymen reined in their horses uniformly and stopped, looking at the uninvited guests in front of them.
"I am Stark, [Morgan Stark]," the knight opened his visor, revealing a resolute and serious young female face that was quite similar to Luna. She glared at Gang with an angry look.
Luna hit Merlin on the head with her cane: "If you plan to continue to mess around in this important game, why not give me the position of family leader and let me lead you to victory."
