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Chapter 280 Received the Baronship
Uxhall city.

After several days of cautious marching, the troops of Zhang Qiang and Viscount Rogerson finally arrived.

The head of the city of Uxhall is covered with the flag of the standing black bear of the Kingdom of Swadia, and the flag of Earl Starmar is planted on the tip of the tallest watchtower. The aristocratic heraldry flag, Zhang Qiang was deeply moved.

It was in this fortress that he met Count Starmar for the first time and became knight of Count Plais.

I also saw the greedy but powerful aristocratic councilor Hanon civilian officer.

I don't know if Dewey, the timid and fearful president of the Iron Blood Guild, is still here.

The city is full of guard soldiers of various lords, as well as their knights, merchants from the mainland come and go, and farmers from nearby villages have not gathered here because the Swadia Kingdom is fighting the Kugits. They dare not come to the city to trade their agricultural products and handicrafts, which seem to be very prosperous.

It is also possible that the arrival of these soldiers has actually promoted the business of Uxhall City. In addition to the existing weapons shops, equipment shops, horse trading, and grocery shops, there are also various independent bakeries, blacksmiths, and medicines. Shops, and various vendors.

Farmers and artisans who set up stalls, stalls of various caravans who came to play in the mainland, hawking one after another, woodcutters carrying firewood, hunters carrying wild goods, and various low-quality malt liquor traders...

Of course, there are slave traders, some small slave caravans, they choose an open space, and start selling the slaves in their hands.

Whether it is slaves on the mainland or slaves in the outer world, there is a trade here.

Zhang Qiang and the others found an inn at random, and stayed there. Of course, not all of them. Those with large groups of troops, their soldiers and accompanying merchants were not allowed to enter the city. Even the lords could only take them with them. The number of knights and bodyguards entering the city is limited to 20.

The rest of the people are camping outside the city. Unless the enemy army comes to attack, other teams are not allowed to enter the city. There are too many people, it is not easy to manage, it is easy to cause various frictions, and it is not good for the public security of the city. NPCs know it too, so the restrictions are many.

Zhang Qiang was considered a quasi-lord, and he could only bring his heroes and servants into the city. The other soldiers camped on a high ground outside the city.

All large cities are generally divided into an inner city and an outer city. The outer city is the place where commoners and ordinary knights live, as everyone imagines.

The inner city is where noble councilors, nobles, rich people, some relatives of the lord, and elite guards live.

This place is like a small military castle. Breaking the outer city is only the first step for the invaders. You need to capture the inner city to completely occupy the city.

Because the city is too big, there are all kinds of perfect functions.

At dusk, Zhang Qiang saw the king of the Kingdom of Swadia, Harlaus, and his marshal, Earl Glenward, in the hall of the inner city castle.

After a long journey, the Marshal finally arrived at the city of Uxhall from his territory Twarinburg, and met with the various lords who had been waiting for him here for more than a month. Of course, some lords did not sell him. Because of his account, he did not come to join his expedition.

The castle hall must be much larger than that of Earl Plais, because Earl Starmar is a senior earl, an old fox who has both sides, and his inclination is mainly towards Earl Crags.

But in front of King Harlaus, he could only smile at Earl Glenward, and it seemed that he was inclined to support Earl Glenward.

"Aha, Knight Zhang Qiang, I really regret that I didn't accept you as my knight back then. I still remember the demeanor of that robber in Desaiwei when you captured it. Please forgive me. I really drank too much and lost my head. , Such a promising and capable knight, a knight who has to be admired, I missed it."

Earl Starmar sat tall on one side of the platform one step higher in the hall, facing King Harlaus who was sitting on the main seat, and Earl Glenward who sat closer to King Harlaus than him A self-deprecating expression.

Amidst the praise and envy, Zhang Qiang stood up, cleaned himself up, straightened his back, and accepted the canonization of King Halaus with a smile.

After listening to the compliments and compliments from the Earl and Marshal of Glenward, who didn't know him well, he encouraged him and welcomed him to join his expeditionary force.

"The new Baron Zhang Qiang, I hope you can gather 60 soldiers to join my expedition in the next four days. Can you do it?" Marshal Earl Glenward asked.

Zhang Qiang saluted respectfully: "As you wish, my marshal, I have assembled 60 soldiers, ready to join your expedition at any time, to fight for the territorial integrity of the kingdom, to expand the territory of the kingdom, Fight for the glory of the nobles, for you, for His Majesty King Harolds, may my king live forever!"

"Hahaha, okay, okay, Baron Zhang Qiang, I accept your allegiance on behalf of His Majesty the King, for His Majesty the King."

he shouted.

Everyone in the hall stood up and shouted together: "For His Majesty the King, for the Kingdom of Swadia, may His Majesty the King live forever!"

King Harlaus stood up from his seat with a smile, waved his hand in satisfaction, and said to Zhang Qiang with a smile: "Baron Zhang Qiang, in return for your allegiance to me, I decided to knock you down from the attached village of Malagburg Castle. The village of Tusculum is given to you as a reward for your allegiance to me, in the hope that he will provide a steady stream of taxes for your army, and your army can fight to defend my throne."

Zhang Qiang bowed and saluted, "As you wish, my king."

Harlaus sat down again, leaning on the arm of the chair, "You are the knight of Earl Plais, and you will be controlled by him in the future. When the marshal needs to call you to fight for the Kingdom of Swadia, you can After leading your army to report to Count Plais, follow his army to report to the marshal. If he does not want to participate in the marshal's expedition, then the marshal can directly issue orders to you. You must, within the time specified by him, Arrive at the assembly point, if you are unable to participate in the Marshal's expedition due to other things, you can also explain to the Marshal, but if this is the case, we will have to doubt your loyalty to the Kingdom of Swadia and to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will be there whenever you are called and serve you loyally." Zhang Qiang stood up respectfully and replied.

"Well, good, come." King Harlaus called.

Two heavy armored cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Swadia came over, holding two silver plates in their hands.

"This is the kingdom's aristocratic coat of arms flag that I bestowed on you. You can print your family crest on it as your aristocratic identification mark." He pointed to a silver plate.

"This is the knighthood ring I bestowed on you to represent your noble status. There are 12 space grids of wooden treasure rings. It shows that you are a baron. It has the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Swadia on it, and there is a blank space. After you choose your own badge, you can ask the craftsmen of the kingdom to carve it for you." He pointed to another silver plate and said seriously.

Zhang Qiang suppressed the excitement in his heart, with a serious face, he took the two silver plates respectfully.

From then on, he could have his own family coat of arms, representing his own kingdom's coat of arms, and become a real baron nobleman of the Kingdom of Swadia.

After King Harlaus finished speaking, he pointed to a pale, gloomy old man in a big red robe next to Earl Starmar, and said, "This is the cardinal of the kingdom, Your Excellency Passare, After you come down, you can take the family badge you designed to him for the record. From then on, there will be another nobleman in the entire Calradia continent. Only when you are recognized by the bishop, you are the real one. noble."

After some ceremony and busy work, Zhang Qiang sat down again.

Marshal Earl Glenward nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Zhang Qiang: "Tomorrow the army will go out, follow me closely until I send cavalry to give you orders."

"Yes." Zhang Qiang nodded.

Lewis and Tianci sat in the corner at the entrance of the castle hall, with Viscount Rogerson in front of them.

Rogerson's expression didn't look depressed or in a bad mood because he was left out in the corner.

Instead, he was very excited, extremely active, and shouted from time to time.

Amidst the sound of drums, everyone drank happily and happily, without any worries and fears before they were about to start a big showdown with the enemy. Perhaps, people on the Calradia continent have long been used to this kind of life.

The next day, Zhang Qiang went to the cardinal. After receiving some teachings in front of the old man, he paid [-] gold coins and recorded his family crest with them.

He chose the former family crest of the Earl of Columbia, a blue background with a white unicorn badge.

As a result, the Columbia family, which once had glory in history, completely withdrew from the stage, and he replaced them and became the new owner of the unicorn badge.

At noon, outside the city of Uxhall, banners fluttered and drums sounded together. Pairs of armored warriors lined up neatly and passed in front of King Harlaus and Marshal Earl Glenwald and drove to Deheri Mu area, ready to launch a strike against the invaders Kujit.

Since the supporters of the Earl Crags family, those lords who tended to the Harengos family who were inclined to Earl Crags, did not participate in the expedition, so the entire army was not very large. There were a few earl lords, a dozen viscount lords, More than 30 baron lords, plus King Harlaus's army, totaled about 8000 people.

What this means is that the army of King Harlaus alone has 2000 people, which accounts for a quarter of the army at once.

While letting everyone lament the king's strength, it also made many people dare not have any slander against King Harlaus. With such a powerful army, any lord who is against it is unbearable.

Looking at the elite cavalry around King Harlaus, Zhang Qiang felt deeply powerless.

All it takes is a small group, and his army of mercenaries will fall apart.

The road to self-reliance is a long way to go.

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(End of this chapter)