After hearing this news, almost all the Sene aristocratic factions in the entire royal capital fell into a dumbfounded state. Although many people in the old Darby expensive clan, which has been divided into the faction of the Cypriot nobility, are also incredulous and even shocked, the real surprise of these people is the noble status of the "one-vote seat" that Sean has obtained, because now all the Cypriot nobles know very well that there are only twelve people who can have this seat.

And Sean. Connery was already one of the twelve.

It's just that unlike the representative identity of this "one-vote seat" that the nobles outside the Sennes attach importance to, all the Sennese aristocratic factions are more concerned about the meaning symbolized by Sean's canonization.

Sean. Connery is the first duke to be officially canonized and recognized by the Kingdom of Lane!

Moreover, the title of nobility he obtained is not just a lifelong system with a fictitious title, but a hereditary duke with the most valuable and powerful position, which is very different from the "marquis" that everyone originally knows!

The title of knighthood for life is just a kind of honor, and in fact it does not have much value and status at all, because all this will end with the death of the canonist. Of course, if I have to say something valuable, it is probably that I can receive a decent salary from the royal family every month.

But in the hereditary system, the symbolism is completely different.

Not to mention that this title can be passed on to future generations forever, just a title that can be reported to the royal family for the canonization of its followers is enough to make many lifelong nobles feel extremely envious. Of course, if it's just a title like a baron, a viscount. Then the so-called knighthood of followers is just a concept that is better than nothing. But if you rise to the level of an earl, a marquis, or even a duke, then the meaning is completely different.

Especially the gap between the marquis and the duke.

In Lane. The Marquis can only be canonized by a maximum of five viscounts, and even the Earl is not allowed to be canonized by the Marquis.

But the Duke was a different story.

The nobles who hold this duke title can not only be canonized as earls, but even have two hereditary marquis titles and one lifetime marquis, but the territories owned by the nobles canonized by the duke must naturally also be borne by the duke, and the kingdom will only recognize the legitimacy of the marquis, and will not reward the territory as a fiefdom. But even so, this is still a manifestation of supreme power.

And it's even more shocking.

The Ryan royal family not only canonized Sean as a duke. At the same time, it was also announced that Sean was recognized. Connery's previously submitted territory division was officially renamed and confirmed as the Void Realm. This means that a total of seven old territories, including Panda Territory, Yedby Territory, Berbis Territory, Kiraf Territory, Dayi Territory, Soan Territory, Tinchiin Territory, etc., will all belong to Sean. Connery's name. Officially became his fiefdom - the Void Realm.

The seven realms were far larger than a normal duke in terms of size. Although under normal circumstances, the size of the territory owned by a local nobleman with a territory is usually proportional to his ability, under normal circumstances, such an unspoken rule would not be so blatant. Generally, even if you occupy a larger territory, you will use a nominal method. It will not be truly incorporated into its own territory.

You must know that the Void Realm that Sean now has is actually composed of one county, three viscounts, and three baronies. Among them, the county of Tinchiin, the viscounty of Berbis, the viscounty of Yederby, and the barony of Panda are all unconventional and other dukedoms, and the scale of these four territories alone is already beyond the scale of a dukedom, so the territory area that Sean now has can basically be equal to the size of two dukedoms.

Now in the entire Ryan Kingdom, Sean currently has a territory that is second only to the Ryan royal family and Asuna. The third person after G. Evans.

Generally speaking, such a vast territorial area. Naturally, the amount of military power that needs to be invested is also enormous. So usually if you don't have enough strength, no lord will take such a large area of territory. This is another benefit of the nominal territory - nominally this territory belongs to another lord, so if someone fights the idea of this territory, then the nominal lord of this territory will definitely fight back for the sake of face.

Therefore, if any nobleman is so self-conscious, then the other nobles who are like jackals will teach each other how to behave every minute. At the very least, coercion by force is enough to force the other side to comply, after all, as long as the interests are sufficient, the nobles do not mind uniting.

However, when the various nobles heard that Sean had such a vast territory, none of them tried to coerce Sean by force.

The reason is simple.

In terms of war attitude, the incident at the Evergreen Suspension Bridge this morning made them know that Sean is definitely a person who will be revenged, and even children will not let go, which shows that the other party does not care about the war of blood revenge at all. Therefore, if you want to force Sean to submit through force and coercion, then you must prepare for a situation of endless war with Sean.

And once it enters a state of war, then there are four key factors that determine the outcome of the war.

The first is high-end force.

After the tragic situation of the Dovigo family, it has become known that Shaun has a true powerhouse who can fight the Sanctuary level head-on. Basically, except for those big families with deep enough background and also strong people in the Holy Domain, there are few families that can compete with Sean in terms of high-end force.

Since there is no way to compete with high-end force, these nobles can naturally only think about whether they can suppress Sean from other aspects.

The second key factor in determining the outcome of a war is military strength.

It's just that the moment this idea just came out of the minds of the nobles, they directly snuffed out this thought.

Just kidding, when it comes to military power, can anyone compare to Sean?

In the war against Dabion, the three legions of Sean's Thunder Lion, Iron Wings, and Cecilia's Guards have made a name for themselves. Not only the nobles of Dabion knew the horror of these three legions, but even the nobles of Ryan knew about it. In particular, the Thunder Lion and the Iron Wings, these two legions have a brilliant record of defeating the Mountain Lion Legion and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Dabion on frontal battles; And the Cecilia Guard. He became famous for directly receiving the soldiers of Dabiang's Fourth Legion.

Although the war has just ended, Sean's territorial army is definitely still being reorganized, and if a war is launched, it may not be able to deal with it. But this is also the same for other nobles, especially those nobles who participated in the Northwest Theater at the beginning, their losses have reached an uncomprehensible level, compared to Sean, it is only heavy, and when they are reorganized. It is estimated that Sean's army has also been reorganized.

At this time, who would dare to continue to compete with Sean for military strength?

Neither the first nor the second factor can suppress Sean as the most critical and important third factor in determining the situation of the war. That would be enough to silence more people.

Because the third element is the question of the generals.

Before the annexation of Dabiang, the Duchy of Lane was recognized as the strongest general in the whole country by only three generals.

Known as the "Sword of Lane". Söder. Sabo and Roald Round, who was honored as the "Shield of Lane". G. Evans, and Asuna G. Evans, who shone in the first war against Dabion. As for the powerful generals of other military command departments or the private generals raised by various nobles, there is obviously still a huge gap between them and these three.

And after the annexation of Dabiang. Today's Ryan can be regarded as a new general.

For example, the old Hatch, the former Duke of Dabiang. Duke of Boulder, Coos. Duke Hopson. and Lonnes, former Marquis of Dabiang. Holder and the pioneer knight Florence under the command of Asuna. Wiles's follower – Menso. Helion. Of course, there is also Sean, who many nobles of Lane do not want to admit at all. Connery's military commander - William. Yale.

Among these many new fierce generals, almost every one of them is involved with Sean, how can these people come to deal with Sean? What's more, Asuna. G. Evans is also undoubtedly on Sean's side, and Roald G. Evans must also sit in the fortress of St. Droyens, and he is not allowed to leave the fortress without royal orders; Söder. Shabo, he is still neutral, at least until he makes a clear statement, he will definitely not have any conflict with Sean.

Therefore. In the competition of famous generals, the nobles also have to admit it. They are still no match for Sean.

The last decisive factor is resources.

The location of the Void Realm is east of the fortress of Tonys, which is the territory of the former kingdom of Dabion, which is called the place outside the fortress by the nobles of the old school of Lane. Here, the influence of these former Lane nobles can be said to be very small, even if they want to implement the so-called economic cultivation, trade blockade and other behaviors, it is impossible. And even if they join forces to deal with Sean like this, will the other party be afraid?

This person even dared to provoke and declare war on the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and even directly ransacked the resources of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance - Sean's actions in the Gray Shadow Black Market, although it was also blocked by some secrecy and the Chamber of Commerce Alliance afterwards, but it was not a secret to some high-level nobles, so they not only knew about Sean's behavior, but even had a list of some of the items that Sean looted.

This partial list of items alone was enough to make many nobles greedy.

Moreover, after owning the three territories of Tinchiin Territory, Yederby Territory, and Burbis Territory, Sean basically has no shortage of resources, and he also controls a passage to the Wild Lands. So it's almost conceivable that if you give him enough time, Sean. Connery would be the most powerful duke in all of Ryan - but this was also where all the nobles were helpless.

In the current situation, none of the Ryan nobles had a good way to restrain Sean's development.

Unless they want to start civil strife.

However, if there is no suitable excuse to start a civil strife, this is beyond the limits of the royal family's tolerance, so they do not know whether the civil strife will be successful or not, but they will definitely become the first victims of this civil strife. This kind of business, which can almost be said to be a loss, is impossible for any nobleman to do, unless it really reaches the stage of blood revenge, then other nobles may be able to find an excuse to intervene.

In this way, the problem is back to square one: the Dovigo family.

At present, only the Dovigo family has enough excuse to declare war on Sean, after all, Sean is the one who has put Setins . Dovigo's own brother cut off one of his right hands, and then sent it back in a humiliating manner. So if the Dovigo family uses this as an excuse, then they can launch a round of criticism against Sean, but no one can guarantee what the final result will be.

After all, none of them knew what Sean was thinking.

Therefore, the nobles of Sene, these nobles, are waiting for the decision made by their leaders at this time.

But for the nobles, their minds are no longer on Sean at this moment.

They have already felt the imminent reshuffle of the aristocracy.

Because at the same time as this national celebration, there is also the canonization of new nobles, after all, Ryan has been promoted from a principality to a kingdom, which means that many nobles have the opportunity to turn over. For example, those marquis may be promoted to dukes, which is already the highest honor and title in a kingdom, and if they can go one step further, then of course they can obtain complete self-reliance, and then it will be the domestic state, which is the so-called duchy rudiment.

However, for a kingdom, the division of the duke must not have too many people, because it is not just an honor and privilege.

At the same time, the so-called vanity and face of the aristocracy had to be taken care of.

If there are too many dukes in a kingdom, then the title is not worth much.

Therefore, according to the secret investigation of these nobles, there will be seven dukes after Ryan is promoted to the kingdom this time.

And in order to appease Dabiang's capitulation nobles, this time there will be three dukes for Dabiang's nobles, and these three are Hatch. Boulder, Coos. Hopson and a man named Roha. Karchi's people. Of the remaining four dukedoms, there is no doubt that Asuna. G. Evans, Roald. G. Evans and Dawyn Söder-Schaber will split three of the titles.

Therefore, the remaining dozen or so marquis all set their eyes on the last duke.

But no one thought that this last one would be Shaun. Connery took it!

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At this moment, a luxurious mansion on Lane Seventh Avenue is in full swing.

Not far away, several horse-drawn carriages were slowly moving towards the mansion. (To be continued......)