"Father and son, knighted at the same time?"

George squinted, and the three fathers and sons of the Vetu family looked up and down in the dark light.

In the main hall, the envoys of various countries who watched the ceremony were also surprised or looked at Hesse and his son coldly.

The three fathers and sons were knighted at the same time, which is obviously unreasonable.

In particular, in the Imperial Hall, it was knighted by Mata XIII himself, which is even more unusual - Gorkin and Joe, both officers of the Delenn Empire, were personally knighted by Mata XIII, and there is a little reason for this.

But Hesse ......

Because Joe led people to arrest so many 'spies' a few days ago, the embassies of various countries have already investigated the Weitu family, which is a Junker who relies on 'special taxes' and mixes up with the title of nobility.

The countries of Metland knew that only because of the difficult fortunes of the Delenn Empire for a certain period of time, Margrethe III was not happy to cut and came up with the gimmick of 'Junker nobility'.

To put it bluntly, it is to let a group of nouveau riche and big bigwigs use money to buy the privileged treatment of a nobleman.

The Junkers were noble, and they should not have been awarded by Mata XIII.

They should go to the House of Lords of the Delenn Empire and get the money from the committee that specializes in the management of the Junker aristocracy, and get back the ribbons, medals and knighthoods that belong to them with the other!

Let's take a look at the main hall of the court in front of you.

Those who can enter the main hall are the Teutonic military nobles of the water.

Those Junkers...... Even the Super Junkers, who are worth hundreds of millions, and the Super Junkers who enjoy the treatment of dukes, they can only obediently line up in a neat phalanx, standing in the square outside, looking at the open door of the main hall with great envy.

Hesse was a Juncker, so why did he enter the Imperial Palace?

Why did he step out of the train and stand in the middle of the main hall, ready to receive the knighthood of Mata XIII?

The ceremonial officer slowly unfolded the gold scroll and the silk scroll.

After a subdued and frustrated official article, everyone inside and outside the hall heard the canonization of the father and son by the Delun Empire at the same time.

—Hesse von Witu, Duke of Claude, fief of Claude Province.

Gorkin von Wittus, marquis, fief of Upper Loxon in the province of Storm.

Joe von Wittu, marquis, fief of Lower Lockson in the province of Storm.

"Hehehe!" In the crowd, Old Lady Mary, who was standing beside Tifa and Weima, smiled happily and applauded softly.

In the court hall, only the heartless old lady Mary was smiling and applauding. And the other people in the main hall, even if they had received some rumors in advance, and knew that the dukes, marquises, and ministers of the Weitu family were about to rise, they were all shocked one by one, and they couldn't believe their ears!

Such a reward is too generous...... But why?

One family, three males, one duke, two marquises.

The southern special region of the empire, one port and three provinces.

One port is the port of Tulun, Hesse is the head of the Council of Seven of Tulun, the uncrowned king of Tulun, and the overseas trade of the entire port of Tulun is decided by him almost in a word.

To the north of the port of Tulum are the provinces of Claude, Wenders and Storm.

The southern region of the empire has a peculiar topography in the form of an open folding fan, and the port of Tulun is the pearl inlaid at the bottom of the fan handle, and the three provinces of Claude, Wenders, and Storm are the fans that open to the north.

The narrowest part of the southern part of the province is only more than 200 miles wide, from south to north, along the Lawrence Mountains all the way to nearly 1,000 miles, to the northernmost part of the province, the width of the northern line of the province, has been nearly 800 miles.

The whole province, with an area of nearly 500,000 square miles, can be found to have a permanent population of nearly 50 million, and the mountainous area close to the Lawrence Mountains in the west is rich in various metal ores, crystals, and precious stones; In the east, it is adjacent to the province of Stone, with large plains, lakes and abundant water systems, which can be called the land of fish and rice.

The Upper and Lower Rocksen counties, located directly north of the port of Tulum, were the main passage in and out of the hinterland of the empire.

The railway from the port of Tulum to the imperial capital runs directly through the central area of the Upper and Lower Loxon counties.

Because of its close proximity to the port of Tulum, although the area of the Upper and Lower Loxon counties is not large, and the combined area is less than 50,000 square miles, but the business is extremely developed, and the permanent population of the two counties exceeds that of the entire province of Claude.

If we say that the province of Claude is a vast province with a permanent population of nearly 40 million, it is a rich and happy land in the south.

Then the upper and lower Rockson counties are the real places of anointing.

Not to mention anything else, the annual taxes paid by these two counties alone are much higher than the seventeen or eighteen most remote provinces in the northwestern part of the empire combined.

The three fathers and sons of the Weitu family were awarded the title of high lord, and their fiefs were perfectly connected, a province and two county fiefs, with a total population of 100 million people.

Relying on the output and population of the fiefdom, as long as the Vetu family wants, they can form a powerful family private army with millions of elites.

As the Governor of the Southern Region and the Duke of Ross, who owns the island of Garsica as a fief, how many private army corps does her family have?

The origin of the Duke of Casica, but the old Duke of Casica led the army to expand the territory all the way, laid down the land of more than a dozen provinces in the south for the empire, and laid the treasure land of the empire's only outlet to the sea in the south, Tulun Port, which was promoted from the marquis to the duke, and got the island of Cassica as a fief.

And Casica...... Although the area is vast, it is comparable to two or three ordinary provinces.

However, the unruly nature of the mountain people of Garsica is nothing more than a group of unstable factors who think about rebellion all day long.

The annual tax output of the huge island of Casica is simply pitiful.

Oh, by the way, and don't forget the power that the Vetots themselves have in the port of Tulum...... With the fiefdom of the province of Claude and two counties, the large private army corps that could be expected in the future, and the influence of the Vetots in the port of Tulum today.

In the future, the port of Tulum will be completely reduced to the private reserve of the Rittal family, right?

Other large and small families, large and small chambers of commerce, can really only rely on the breath of the Wittu family, otherwise it is completely impossible to get mixed up in Tulun Port.

With the support of one province and two counties, even the nominal governor of the Southern Special Region, Duke Ross, could not help the Wittu family.

Not to mention, it is said that Duke Ross and the Vetol family have a very unclear friendship, and the Wittu family can cover the sky in Tulun Harbor with one hand, also because Duke Ross is behind his back.

Duke Zephyr, who can be called the representative of the top nobles of the Delun Empire, couldn't help but ask Salian who was standing beside him: "Your Highness, we know the rise of the Weitu family...... But such a reward is too ......"

The Duke of Favonius did receive the news in advance that Hesse would become a great nobleman of equal status to them.

However, the status is equal, which does not mean that the strength and influence of the family are equal.

A newly rising wealthy family, without a hundred years of accumulation, is impossible to compare with an old nobleman like the Duke of Zephyr.

But with such a province and two counties, plus the port of Tulun, perhaps in less than ten years, the Rittal family will grow into a top wealthy family in the true sense of the word comparable to their Zephyr family.

The Duke of Zephyr racked his brains, and he couldn't figure out how much the father and son of the Vetu family had contributed to the empire to get such a rich, even a little excessive.

With his channels and connections, he couldn't imagine what had happened in the empire recently, which deserved such a reward.

"What they get, they deserve." Salian also lowered his voice: "Perhaps, it won't be long before you understand that part of this is really the reason. ”

"Part of the real reason?" The Duke of Zephyr, as well as several top nobles such as the Duke of Beihai beside him, all widened their eyes in shock.

In their capacity, they can only know 'part of the real reason'?

What did the three fathers and sons of the Rittal family do?

The Duke of Zephyr looked up and down seriously, carefully, even extremely harshly, at the three Hessian fathers and sons, who had fallen on one knee in front of Mata XIII.

Their gaze quickly moved away from the round Joe.

Well, a little major, still so much size...... Come to think of it, he won't make any too dazzling achievements.

And Hesse ...... A Hesse who had just arrived at the Imperial Palace, and who had been a typical, pure hillbilly Junker until then, would obviously not have made too many astonishing feats.

So, it's only Gorkin?

Major General of the Imperial Army in his twenties, moreover, he has just returned from the front line of the Lanyin Corridor.

What did he do?

What kind of earth-shattering merit will make the entire Rittal family rise to prominence and become the top power of the empire?

The same whispers kept resounding in the crowd inside and outside the main hall.

George was even more staring, and swept the radiant faces of Hesse, Gorkin, and Joe with great seriousness and coldness.

"Investigate thoroughly, and dispatch all our men in the Deren Empire...... Wake me up all the dark lines that have accumulated over the years...... I have to know what they did. ”

A trace of uneasiness appeared in George's heart.

The style of the Delenian Empire is incomparably rigid, conservative, mechanical, and rigid, in all aspects of the empire.

Without enough merit, it is impossible for anyone to ascend to a high position for no reason.

One duke, two marquises.

This means that the Vetologists have indeed made a valuable contribution to the Delenn Empire.

And what they did contributed greatly to the Delen Empire, and there is no doubt that what they did was a great threat to other countries.

In particular, there was no wind at all.

There is no clue at all.

Why are they...... To be rewarded like this?

Gorkin slaughtered all those wolf cubs on the plateau?

Joke!

No way!

So, what exactly did they do?

George's heart was uneasy.

His body even trembled a little.

Like George, the ambassadors of all the countries present thought of going together.

Even the thick Barbaria stared at the three Hessian father and son who were wearing ribbons and badges in shock, and looked at them at a loss.

"No, they've dug it up...... Dig out ...... That treasure, right? ”

"But it can't be so fast...... And, even if it's ...... It's just a reward for this dead fat man, why...... Why, a family of three, all ...... It's all ......."

Mata XIII personally handed Hesse a three-foot scepter, cast in iron-gray transcendent metal with a hideous relief of hydra with its eyes inlaid with rubies and a blood-glittering three-foot scepter.

"Duke of Hesse, according to the Imperial Code of Nobility, you can canonize a certain number of direct nobles as retainers in your own territory......" Mata XIII's voice resounded throughout the entire hall and resounded through most of the Hydra Palace.