King’s Kingdom - Chapter 266

Not to mention how frustrated the remaining Rine Knights are, the next thing to do is the selection of the remaining foreign knights.

More than 500 high-strength personnel from all over the Lanyin Kingdom took the lead in the competition. As for the content of the competition, the competition was the same as the competition of the Lanyin knights just now.

There are more of them than the Knights of the Rhine, so it will take more time to select enough people.

The selection went on until the evening, and it didn’t end until it was dark. Finally, a hundred people with the strongest force were initially selected. Among them, there were very few people with the title of knight, but as long as they could join the army through the selection, they could get one. A true knighthood title.

As for the more than 200 members of the Orteban family, they are per capita knight titles. After all, even if their family is in a difficult situation, they are still descendants of the Holy King Ender, the sacred bloodline, not to mention the excellent genes and excellent traits in the bloodline. It is with this surname that you can get the title of knight, not to mention that there are many people who have the qualification to be a knight in their families.

Therefore, the quality of these people is much better than those of the local knights who came to participate in the election just now. Apart from their excellent bloodline and the Hercules brought by the Ortban family, it is only their The training received is not comparable to local people.

This can be seen from the composition of Theodosius’ current army. All the Knights of the Lane are composed of members of the local Ortban family, and even some other families have their own bloodlines.

If it weren’t for the fact that there were too few members of the local family, Theodosius would not let these people participate in the selection of knights. The first point is that these people’s combat effectiveness and bloodline quality are worrying. A family member who really has a high bloodline.

The second point is that Theodosius really didn’t trust them very much. His trust level decreased in order from close relatives, distant relatives of the local Orteban family, members of the Orteban family in other countries and regions, and local armed personnel.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust his own people. It’s true that this kind of person has proven countless times in history. Even if he pays you taxes for ten years, and his family lives in your territory for a hundred years, his loyalty is not as good as a newcomer. A distant relative for several years.

In the world of nobles, blood relatives are your natural allies, no matter how close or distant the blood is, even if the relationship between you is not good, but when someone framed you, at least he would not participate in it for some interests, With a little more conscience, he’ll even let go of their grudges to help you.

This is one of the important factors that the nobles of the entire Dragon Continent have maintained their high status and actual power for thousands of years.

As for the common people, they may worship you, respect you, and support you because of your excellent policies and reputation.

But the class of civilians has always been very fickle, and their political vision is very poor. It only takes a simple trick to make them change their political inclinations, and even just one or a few rumors, misinterpretation of behavior, or even For a little petty profit, you can turn a commoner’s support for you into hatred and opposition.

Such a class, how could Theodosius take them as the basic plate.

For the time being, all he can trust is the commoners in the North Seven counties, who have lived under the rule of the royal family for a long time, and have knowledge and brains, and have received some basic education.

And the benefits they get are quite large. They know who brings benefits to them, and they need to pay more to buy them, so they can be relied on as the basic plate.

The commoners of the Southern Twelve may be able to do this in the future, but not now, at least for five or six years, Theodosius does not see this possibility.

Of course, compared to the rulers and kings of other places, his base plate is still quite thick and credible.

The rest of the kings can only rely on their own families, loyal to their knights and old retainers, how many people can they have together?

In addition to the family, retainers, and knights, Theodosius also had 200,000 people in the seven northern counties. They have served military service, paid taxes, paid and received a lot since their ancestors. The two sides have long been integrated. It is the firm cornerstone of the Lanyin royal family.

As for Theodosius, a man from the twelve southern counties, he also put a lot of effort into it. He hoped to turn the more than 1.5 million people into the same basic plan as the seven northern counties.

But this process is not simple, nor is it fast.

Instead, it’s an extremely slow process.

Six or seven years are just optimistic estimates.

In fact, if Theodosius hadn’t distributed the land, defeated the exploiters who were crushing on them, reduced taxes, implemented benevolent governance, educated literacy and wisdom, and let the people of the twelve southern counties join the army, it would have been more than ten years. Twenty years, or even hundreds of years, cannot become his basic plate.

After the sky darkened, the competition could not be held.

That’s too dangerous, especially for a horse-drawn competition. It’s not very safe to ride a horse at night. For the safety of these people, the competition has been dragged to tomorrow.

Early the next morning, that is, on February 3, 869, in the Hircatic calendar, Theodosius appeared in the arena with Queen Critidos of the Rhine.

I saw that he was wearing a gorgeous corset and looked very heroic. Kong Wu’s powerful figure and the black beard on his lips gave him the majesty of a mature monarch and eliminated the immaturity of a young monarch.

“It’s time to start!” Theodosius took Kritidos’s hand, sat at the table in the training ground, and smiled at Sir Ledwin.

“As you order~www.mtlnovel.com~ Your Majesty!” Sir Ledwin saluted his chest, turned around, and came to the front of the knights.

These people were very excited after seeing Theodosius. Most of the local people did not even have a knighthood. It was a blessing for them to see such a respected king.

The members of the Ortban family are not the same. Although Theodosius has a noble status, they are not serious enough.

They respected this distant relative who did not forget the family after becoming rich and noble, and at the same time highly appreciated his achievements. Some even admired him very much. They were very happy to see this distant relative with their own eyes.

“Announce now! The game starts!” Raidwin shouted in the field. Although he didn’t have a system bonus like Theodosius, his voice was quite loud. With the communication of the rest, all the people receive the information.

Theodosius sat at the table, discussing with Critidos in a low voice.

“The quality of the people in the Southern Twelve Counties is indeed not high, but some elites can always be selected. I think some of these people are reasonable!” Kritidosi said quite impressively while watching the competition on the field.