On the road to the Silver Wing Territory, a team was slowly moving forward.
The team consisted of guards, knights, and multiple carriages. There were two guards at the front and rear holding pennants, and the pennants were embroidered with the coat of arms of the Pompeii family.
On one of the carriages, Luther was sitting at the back of the carriage. Rebeca, Knight Gentlen and another official were sitting opposite Luther.
This official is about forty years old and is in the golden years of his life. He has a handsome face and the two-stroke beard that is very popular among officials. He is well-dressed and energetic.
His name is Oreo Williams.
In the official system of Pompeii, he served as Lelouch's deputy and helped Lelouch govern Pompeii.
And this time Luther takes him to the Silver Wing Territory, where he will become the actual ruler of the Silver Wing Territory.
Rebekah and Kintlen will become the knight captains in the territory.
Just like the system established by Luther in Pompeii, he only controlled everything as the master, but did not do secular affairs.
Just now, Luther listened to the information collected by Oreo and learned about the main members of the Silver Wing Rebellion.
"Don't pay too much attention to these rebels. I have been thinking about how to rule the Silver Wing Territory in the past few days, and I have some mature ideas. I want to explain to you."
Luther did not express any opinion after listening, but changed the topic.
Seems a little careless towards the enemy.
But Knight Rebecca and Mr. Oreo have no objection to this, because as long as they see the Eagle King on Luther's right shoulder, they will feel confident.
Although this King of Eagles has turned into a little eagle, he is squatting down on his feet, putting his head in the wings and taking a nap, which looks very cute.
Mr. Oreo and Knight Rebeca glanced at each other and quickly withdrew their gaze and looked at Luther.
"First of all, I am the governor, Mr. Oreo, you are the mayor of Silver Wing City and are responsible for governing, and Knight Rebecca, you are the knight commander, responsible for commanding the knights and guards."
Luther said, paused and then said, "After we arrive at Silver Wing City, we will first expel those bastards of the Smith family from the country, then deprive Bi Xing, Alton and other lords and nobles of their territories, and remove the other five within the Silver Wing Territory."
All towns and villages will be brought under the jurisdiction of the city hall. Towns will have town mayors, and villages will have village chiefs."
Theoretically speaking, the nobles with actual title are the vassals of the king, and the knight lords are the vassals of the great nobles, and they all have the legitimacy of appointment by the king.
But now that the Silver Wing Viscount no longer exists, and the Silver Wing Territory has entered the era of governors, it seems that the existence of the Knight Lord is no longer necessary.
At least Luther wants to bring all the Silver Wing Territory under his rule, and does not want any lords and knights to have a country like China.
Even if Luther becomes a great noble in the future, he will not establish a knight lord.
Having a territory means having the power to resist. When the territory becomes vast and the power of the vassals increases, ambition will breed.
Therefore, the principle is the same: abolish local warlords and strengthen centralization.
The current administrative method of the territory directly under the king is implemented. The king appoints palace nobles as governors and city lords, which are not hereditary.
"Then the vassals will definitely resist." Mr. Oreo and Knight Rebeca were immediately shocked. This step was too big.
"They dare not resist." Luther said with a faint smile.
The two of them glanced at the little eagle sleeping on Luther's shoulder, and then thought of the consul Earl of Libya who was far away in the Golden City, as well as all the twenty-seven nobles who supported Luther, and they fell silent.
Compared to Pompeii's power, this group of people is too weak.
"However, it would inevitably cause fierce resistance from them, so I decided to make some compensation. For powerful vassals like Bixun and Alton, I am willing to pay 30,000 gold coins at a time to obtain the territory that they have inherited for generations. For ordinary vassals,
There are only three thousand gold coins. And after they lose their territory, they will have no livelihood. I will provide them with guard work, join me, and become my knights."
Luther went further.
I want to seize your territory and make you serve me.
It sounds like a fantasy. But Luther still feels that this matter is very feasible. On the one hand, Luther has the Eagle King, who can suppress all the abnormal movements of this group of knights.
On the other hand, now that the new party is rebelling, the vassals who have lost their land may become cannon fodder if they go to other people's territories. It is better to stay in the familiar Silver Wing Territory and gather under the banner of Pompeii in order to survive.
All in all, Luther is cheating now and can do whatever he wants.
Go for it boldly.
Of course, you must not play with big nobles like the Earl of Libya and Duke Ferg, otherwise you will be in trouble.
Knight Rebeca and Mr. Oreo looked at each other, and then fell silent. They had to admit that Luther was now the king.
"After we control the entire Silver Wing Territory, our first priority is to recruit back the residents who escaped from the Silver Wing Territory during the last Silver Wing Chaos and resume production and commercial activities. The second step is to strengthen the training of the guards and strengthen the security in the city. At night
A curfew was imposed. The third step was to train those noble knights who had strength but had never fought before. Finally, we cooperated with the General of the Mountains, my father, the Knight of Pompeii, to set up checkpoints and defenses across the entire six territories."
Luther said all his thoughts during this period in one breath.
In fact, it is very simple to put it bluntly.
Strengthen iron-fist rule internally and strengthen centralization of power.
Externally, we work closely with Dad to defend the six territories to deal with the increasingly serious New Party problems.
As long as you hold on, your future is limitless.
"We understand." Mr. Oreo and Knight Rebeca were speechless. They looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Okay." Luther nodded with a smile, then closed his eyes and said, "Silver Wing City is coming soon, let's take a rest first, and when we get to Silver Wing City, we will drive those clowns out of the Silver Wing Territory."
As the conversation ended, the carriage became quiet.
The team quietly headed towards Silver Wing City.
Inside Silver Wing City.
Members of the Silver Wing family and the vassals launched a rebellion. They ordered the guards to close the Silver Wing city gate and tighten control inside.
Externally, a group of knights were dispatched to spy on the Pompeii family's actions.
And Luther arrogantly summoned knights and officials to come to Silver Wing City, which naturally did not escape the eyes and ears of this group of rebels.
After learning the news, the rebels held a small military meeting in the hall of the castle.
Attending the meeting were Hansa Smith, Oren Smith, Darren Smith, Bixing, Alton, and two other important officials of the Smith family.