The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Time flies by like a white horse passing by. In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed quietly.

Today, the cold winter has officially come to an end, and Ganise County has entered the chilly early spring.

Although there are still patches of snow on the vast land in the wild, it is no longer like the past, no longer stretching for thousands of miles and stretching as far as the eye can see!

The temperature has risen back above zero degrees, the frozen streams have melted, and the gurgling water has begun to flow again!

Boom!

A deafening sound broke the sky!

Accompanied by a burst of earth-shaking spring thunder, the land that had been silent for a long time finally released its vigorous vitality!

In the sky, fine and long spring rain began to fall, floating and drizzling, as hazy as smoke!

Even those small and cute animals have ended their long hibernation and are running out happily, chirping and laughing!

Plants also began to wake up from their slumber. Containing a winter's worth of energy, they began to sprout new branches and buds. The dry and withered earth soon began to appear dotted with new green!

These elves of nature undoubtedly bring endless vitality and vigor to this land!

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Knight Continent Calendar May 4878, 3.

On this day, White Bear Territory welcomed an exciting event - the "Water Conservancy Facilities Construction Project". This project, which was suspended at the end of last year due to the arrival of a cold winter, has been restarted!

As soon as the news got out, the people called on their friends and signed up enthusiastically to participate in the construction of this infrastructure project that will benefit the people and benefit themselves and others!

After a long winter of hibernation, the people are now filled with endless passion and energy.

So at present, with the concerted efforts of many citizens, this irrigation ditch with a width of five meters and a depth of two meters is moving forward at a steady and firm pace!

According to the current progress, this irrigation ditch will be completed in about twenty days!

In the end, this irrigation ditch will run through the entire White Bear Territory from north to south!

It can be foreseen that the farmland in the entire White Bear Territory will benefit from this!

Of course, it is worth mentioning that when the construction of this largest irrigation ditch is completed, other small irrigation ditches that run through the farmland also need to be dug!

But then there would be no need for unified coordination and organization by the Government Affairs Office!

All we need is the village chiefs to lead the villagers to do it themselves!

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Last year, more than a thousand new residents came to White Bear Territory.

At the end of last year, more than 1,500 new residents came to White Bear Territory, which brought more vitality and vigor to the already bustling White Bear Territory.

And as the population increases, the demand for housing increases!

As a result, the infrastructure construction of the entire White Bear Territory once again entered a period of great development and construction.

Under the unified planning and strong support of the Territory Government Office, construction is now in full swing at each resettlement site!

Rows of unique wooden houses are lined up in an orderly manner, popping up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain!

Of course, the ownership of these warm and comfortable wooden houses still belongs to the territory.

But the right to live in and use the wooden house will be sold to the people at a suitable price!

Citizens can purchase through one-time payment, installment payment, loan, mortgage, etc.!

Eventually, these wooden houses will become warm and comfortable new homes for the new residents, allowing them to settle down and enjoy a good life in White Bear Territory.

At the same time, the development of arable land within the territory has once again ushered in a new round of climax.

With Barrett Avenue of Wealth as the center line, the one-kilometer-long wasteland plains on both sides have been fully developed.

The endless barren land of the past has now become an endless stretch of arable land.

And the area of ​​this part of cultivated land alone exceeds 30 square kilometers!

【Note: The area is roughly the same as the land area of ​​the Macao Special Administrative Region! 】

Every 1 square kilometer is equivalent to 1500 acres of land, and 30 square kilometers means a full acres!

Today, White Bear Territory is home to approximately 5000 people.

So if we calculate based on the average, each person can own up to 9 acres of arable land!

And this does not include the excess area and farmland developed by other villages.

So in fact, the average arable land area owned by each citizen is more than 10 acres!

Therefore, it is conceivable that if the climate remains pleasant and the weather is good this year, then White Bear Territory will surely usher in an unprecedented grain harvest!

By then, the fields will be filled with rolling wheat waves and fragrant wheat ears, and the warehouses will be full of grain and bountiful fruits!

The White Bear Territory will be a scene of prosperity and harvest.

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Knight Continent Calendar May 4878, 3.

The Noble Court of Ganise County accepted Viscount Molson's report on the illegality of White Bear Territory's policy of recruiting citizens, and the latest news came!

According to the latest announcement from the Garnese County Noble Court, Viscount Molson was accused of suspected improper conduct such as bribery and threats in the process of seeking the assistance of other nobles to testify because the evidence he provided was seriously insufficient!

Therefore, after a rigorous investigation, evidence collection and fair judgment by the Noble Court of Garnese County, it was finally determined that Viscount Molson's report was invalid!

However, after receiving the news, Viscount Molson expressed strong dissatisfaction with the judgment of the Noble Court of County Garnes, and resolutely continued to file a report and appeal!

The second judgment of the Noble Court of County of Ganise was to uphold the result of the first judgment.

Although Viscount Molson was still not convinced and said he would continue to appeal to the Kingdom’s Central Noble Garden!

But the nobles of Garnese County ignored him and were even more dismissive of his behavior, allowing Viscount Molson to jump around like a clown.

Even at the end, the Garnes County Noble Court issued a stern notice to Viscount Molson, "Stop at your own risk."

Finally, Viscount Molson faced the reality and gradually stopped!

An old viscount family was defeated by a new baron!

The Viscount Molson family has once again become a laughing stock in the aristocratic circle of Garnese County!

Similarly, after this incident, other nobles in Ganise County all realized the huge power that might exist behind Sauron!

Therefore, they were all a little wary of the White Bear Leader!

Of course, more and more nobles want to chat, make friends, cooperate in business, and form alliances to help White Bear Territory!

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White Bear Territory, Baron Soran’s residence.

When Soran heard Adam's report on the outcome of the Garnese County Noble Court's response to Viscount Molson's appeal that the White Bear Territory's policy of recruiting citizens was illegal, he was not surprised at all.

Because all this was within his expectations.

Of course, this does not mean that Soran himself possesses such powerful strength that even the nobles of Ganise County are afraid of him.

In fact, it was the two letters he asked Woolf to send that played a crucial role.

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First was the letter sent to the capital to His Royal Highness Prince Leo II.

Although His Royal Highness Prince Leo II has hired assassins to assassinate Soran, this matter has not been made public!

More importantly, His Royal Highness Prince Leo II did not know that his plan of hiring an assassin to kill Sauron had been discovered by Sauron and he had also been betrayed!

His Royal Highness Prince Leo II still thinks that his plan is perfect and flawless!

In the previous transaction cooperation, His Royal Highness Prince Leo II was actually the one who got the upper hand.

Therefore, based on previous cooperation, the current cooperative relationship between the two parties can be said to be in a "honeymoon period".

So in this case, His Royal Highness the Second Prince would definitely be very willing to speak a "fair word" for Sauron.

He only needed to say hello to the Noble Garden of Ganise County, telling them that Soran was his man and asking them not to act rashly.

Of course, it is also good for His Royal Highness Prince Leo II to do this!

The first is to prevent Sauron from becoming desperate.

After all, in the previous transaction, all the benefits went to His Royal Highness Prince Leo II!

Take money from others and help them eliminate disasters!

Now that something has happened and you don’t help, it won’t be that easy!

Once Soran was pushed into a corner, it was not impossible for him to just run away with the formula of the floral soap and look for other partners who were willing to provide shelter.

The second is to sever ties with Sauron.

However, this relationship refers to the severance of ties after Sauron was assassinated!

You see, I have helped Sauron and have made my position clear. Sauron is mine!

Then can I still kill my own people?

Therefore, in this way, no matter what happens to Sauron in the future, His Royal Highness the Second Prince will be able to stay out of it.

They even use this as a basis to throw dirty water on their opponents and make others take the blame.

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Then came the letter sent to Count Catis in the city of Ganise.

It can be said that in the entire County of Ganise, Earl of Katis can definitely be called the well-deserved "uncrowned king".

Because more than half of the land in the entire County of Ganise belongs to the fiefdom of Count Katis!

Not only that, among the many other hereditary nobles, more than half were vassals of Count Katis.

The power of the Count of Cattis family in the County of Ganise is so great that it is like a "country within a country".

Of course, the same is true for the great nobles in other parts of the Kingdom of Midburg.

This situation is mainly determined by the feudal hereditary system implemented by the Kingdom of Midburg!

Although the Noble Garden represents the interests of the royal court, it is an important means for the royal court to check and balance the hereditary nobles in various places!

But in fact, the current Noble Garden has declined!

The current Noble Garden can only deal with some minor nobles like barons or viscounts!

If it really faces a great noble of the earl level, it will be useless.

Because these hereditary nobles have a great deal of autonomy, even self-government!

So even the royal family had to be wary.

This can be seen from the historical changes of the Noble Garden.

Currently, Soran's White Bear Territory and Count Katis are partners and are also in a "honeymoon period".

Therefore, when Earl Katis received the request letter from Soran, he must have been helping Soran, his partner.

After all, for her, it was just a matter of words.

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The final reason is that the policy for recruiting citizens formulated by the White Bear Territory is actually not illegal.

After all, according to the laws of the kingdom, the lord has every right to formulate policies that are suitable for the development of the territory based on the actual conditions of the territory.

The reason why the lawsuit filed by Viscount Molson was able to gain the support of many hereditary nobles was simply because Soran touched their interests!

However, throughout the Kingdom of Midburg, there were so many hereditary fiefdoms in various places, and the policies formulated by each hereditary fiefdom were different.

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for conflicts of interest and frictions to arise between each other!

The real key to the conflict is nothing more than the different degrees of interest collision!

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[History of Knight Continent - Noble Garden]

The establishment of the Noble Garden in the Kingdom of Midburg is actually a product of a special historical period.

Moreover, this was the first initiative of the Kingdom of Midburg in the entire Knight Continent, and was followed by other "feudal" countries on the continent.

When the first King of Midburg founded the country, he felt deeply the difficult situation of Midburg, especially in terms of resource distribution!

This situation is even worse when compared with the Kingdom of Essex in the south!

Therefore, in order to eliminate internal friction and waste the country’s few precious resources.

Therefore, the first article written by this great King in the "Hereditary Nobility Chapter of the Kingdom's Constitution" was to prohibit the country's hereditary nobility from privately launching any form of war.

In addition, His Majesty the King also set up a special institution, the Nobles' Garden, outside the royal reserve.

The function of the Noble Garden is to deal with various aristocratic disputes or aristocratic illegal and criminal incidents!

If there are conflicts among the hereditary nobles in various places, they can go to the Noble Garden to apply for mediation!

If mediation is really impossible, then file a war application with the Noble Garden!

A formal and legal war can only be launched after the Nobles' Court reports to His Majesty the King and obtains His Majesty's consent.

But regardless of whether the war is won or lost, both parties involved in the battle must pay a huge amount of war reparations.

It is important to note that this war reparations was not paid to the losing party, but to the noble court, that is, the royal court.

In the original Noble Court, the highest official was a chief administrator directly appointed by His Majesty the King.

But with the changes of history, the declining central royal court and local nobles continued to compromise, so now there are three chief officials in the Noble Garden!

As for the two additional chief administrators, one was directly appointed by the most powerful hereditary nobleman in the local area; the other was also selected from other hereditary nobles in the local area.

Then the hereditary nobles will definitely side with the hereditary nobles!

With a probability of two to one, the central court's ability to control the local areas has been greatly reduced!

So most of the time, this aristocratic garden is just a decoration for the great nobles.

Of course, the setting up of the Noble Garden does not mean it is completely useless!

At the very least, it provided a platform for hereditary feudal nobles from all over the country to negotiate, communicate, resolve conflicts, and maintain social stability and order.

This will reduce the occurrence of civil wars and effectively prevent the internal consumption of resources among the nobles.