After successfully killing Drancy, Richard once again made a remarkable achievement.
Now his meritorious service is enough to be granted two baronies, plus Richard's original territory.
According to Grant's law, if you have three baronies, you can be promoted to viscount.
Compared with barons, viscounts have more voting rights in the Parliament of Nobles.
A baron has only one vote in the House of Lords, while a viscount has five votes.
If Richard's title is elevated to Viscount, the Harland family will have one viscount and two barons, holding seven votes in the Noble Council.
The total number of hereditary nobles in the province of Geda only has forty-six votes. The status of the Haaland family will become extremely important in the province of Geda.
There is no legal threshold for promotion from Baron to Viscount. As long as you have three territories, you can be promoted.
However, after being promoted to Viscount, you will have to bear responsibilities after enjoying the obligations.
If they are recruited by the royal family, they must provide a large group of troops, even if they are serf soldiers, the responsibility increases tenfold.
The Harland family is strong and strong, and Richard is not afraid of taking responsibility.
After obtaining Drancy's head, Richard did not send it to Heihe County Mayor Spencer.
Who knows if Spencer is a close associate of Jeram and an official of Prince Felix's faction. If Spencer embezzles military exploits, he will have to file a lawsuit with the Parliament of Nobles. It will also be very troublesome to find someone to smooth the relationship.
Richard directly handed over Drancy's head to William and asked for credit through his connections with the Northern Army.
Although this was somewhat against the rules, it almost directly demonstrated the nobles' distrust of local bureaucrats.
But Richard would rather expose this contradiction to his superiors than ask for trouble, and asked for credit through Heihe County and Geda Province.
The last time he was deprived of credit, Richard no longer trusted the bureaucrats in Heihe County and Geda Province.
If the king doesn't give him a satisfactory answer this time, don't blame Richard for not paying attention in future battles.
Nowadays, the army of Harland Territory is a very important force in Geda Province and the backbone of the noble coalition.
The reason why the Northern Army fought well this time was that the soldiers under Richard's command played a very key role.
If he chooses to paddle in this battle, Maruland will capture Platos Castle and join the main force of Drenci, and the orcs will increase the strength of three brigades in Black River Castle.
With an additional six thousand main force, Marulande's troops will cooperate with Gunderson to defeat Viscount Romon and clean up the outskirts of Black River Castle. The orcs may conquer Black River Castle, completely annihilate the Northern Army, rush into the Dragon Canyon, and destroy the province of Gerda.
Richard didn't believe it either. There was no one in the capital who understood.
If the meritorious nobles on the border are arbitrarily suppressed just because of a little personal grudge, the Grant Kingdom will not be able to defend the northern border.
The pillar of the royal family, Duke Brenner, is still alive. He was the commander of the army more than a hundred years ago. He understands the military morale on the battlefield very well. He is a truly understanding person.
This time Richard deliberately went against the rules in order to tell the capital that there was no possibility of cooperation with local bureaucrats.
If the king ignores him, Richard will keep it in mind and focus on guarding the territory from now on. Once outside the territory, he will just paddle around and fool around.
Richard is just a small nobleman. If the overall situation of Northern Xinjiang is corrupted, who will feel sad in the end?
There is no shortage of capable nobles with wise masters. If Grant Kingdom can no longer survive, you can go to other kingdoms or start over again. Anyway, Richard is still young.
Richard's attitude gave William a headache.
William wrote several letters to Richard, and his opinion was to compromise with the Holland family, send some gifts, say a few good words, bow his head and win the forgiveness of the Holland family.
There is no need for Richard to come forward for specific communication. William will communicate with the new provincial commander.
But Richard insisted on his opinion. If William did not cooperate, he would directly take Drancy's head to the meeting of nobles to register his military exploits.
In desperation, William had no choice but to agree to Richard's request and communicate with the upper echelons of the Grant Kingdom through the regiment commander Zachary.
As expected, Richard made his uncooperative attitude clear and alerted the senior officials of the Grant Kingdom.
When King Charles saw a young baron, he disobeyed the management. He originally planned to give Richard a good look, but Duke Brenner came to the king's palace in person.
After meeting King Charles, Duke Brenner showed no respect for the king and asked unceremoniously: "Richard, the nobleman of Black River County, who decided to suppress his meritorious deeds?"
Seeing that King Charles was a little confused, Duke Brenner raised his marshal's scepter, banged the floor hard, and asked sternly.
"Who is it? Tell the truth!"
Duke Brener is the real patron saint of the Grant royal family. Only with him in the royal family can he suppress the great nobles and achieve more than a hundred years of prosperity.
Even without the legendary strength and aura of famous generals, the descendants of Marshal Brener are still powerful in the Grant royal family.
Pansy Grant, president of the Grant Kingdom Magic Association, is his descendant, and the Duke of York is also his descendant.
The old Duke has sixty-three sons, more than 300 grandsons, 1,600 great-grandchildren, plus thousands of great-great-grandchildren in the next generation.
There are thousands of his direct descendants, almost all of whom are professionals, and many of them are officers of the Royal Guards. They are the foundation of the royal family and the core of ruling the country.
If King Charles disobeys, Marshal Brenner has enough strength to replace him.
"It was Beret Holland, the consul of the province of Gedda, who suppressed the achievements of Baron Richard."
Seeing Marshal Brenner's anger, King Charles did not dare to tell lies due to his former prestige, and immediately told the truth.
"Why did you agree?"
"Belet Horan is my appointed provincial commander, and I need to trust his judgment."
"Do you understand the military exploits achieved by Baron Richard?"
"He annihilated four thousand orcs, of course I know?"
When Marshal Brenner heard these words, he was immediately furious. His brain was hit hard and stars appeared in his eyes. He raised his scepter fiercely and knocked King Charles to the ground.
Although King Charlie is a sixth-level knight, his strength is far inferior to that of the third-level legendary Marshal Brener, even though the marshal has aged and his physical condition is declining. The powerful strength makes King Charlie unable to compete at all.
Brenner broke King Charles' arm with a scepter and cursed fiercely: "You have been the king for thirty years, but you don't understand anything. I don't know why you supported this waste back then? It's better to
You kill him and let Roger come back to be the king. At least he understands military affairs and won't let the people below him fool him."
After breaking King Charles' arm, Marshal Brenner was still upset and kept cursing.
"If I had known that Louis' grandson was so useless, I might as well have been the king.
In the Dawn Continent, the king can know nothing, he can be cruel, and he can play with women. But he must master the power, understand military affairs, and be able to capture the morale of the army.
A king's authority relies on violence, and the greatest violence is the army. To control the army well, one of the most important tasks is fairness in rewards and punishments.
We cannot blatantly suppress those who have made military exploits. Doing so will hurt morale and the morale of the army. After a few times, you will lose prestige in the army.
It is very dangerous to lose military morale and be unable to suppress the army.
Officers who emerge from the war are very dangerous people. Once you lose your military morale, someone will replace you. At that time, the country will change its master. Do you understand this?
The reason why the battle in Geda Province was fought well was because two people played a key role. The first one was Baron Richard, and the second one was Commander Zachary. As your appointed confidant, you should
Trust Zachary's judgment, not local bureaucrats. How come you have been so useless after sitting on the throne for thirty years?"