To put it simply, when Lin officially inherited Ian's fiefdom, his title was also raised from a first-class hereditary earl to a third-class hereditary marquis. In terms of the level and value of the title, Lin officially entered the category of upper-class nobility after being conferred the title.
Chapter 132: Title and Arrangement - Part
Qin Bin, Sophia and Leah were all directly awarded the title of first-class earl, but only Qin Bin was given a fiefdom.
As for Xiaobai and Lilina, due to their special status, Emperor Kana could not confer rewards on them without authorization, so he questioned Xiaobai and Lilina in court.
Xiaobai and Lilina both made it clear that they did not want any rewards, as they looked down upon and never cared about those things.
Emperor Kana did not force it, but gave Qin Bin an additional reward of "hereditary title".
This can be regarded as transferring the credit of Xiaobai and Lilina to Qin Bin.
Xiaobai and Lilina were of course very satisfied with this.
Of course, Emperor Kana also saw Xiaobai and Lilina's satisfaction.
I have to say that Emperor Kana played this move beautifully. He deliberately did not give Qin Bin the hereditary rights directly, and only made up for it now.
Most of the old foxes in the court could understand this point. Qin Bin also vaguely understood it, but he didn't care much about it.
Then, it was time for Qin Bin to choose his fiefdom.
In fact, these things did not need to be carried out at the grand court meeting, but because this temporary grand court meeting was held for Qin Bin and others, these things were solved at the same time.
Emperor Kana granted three fiefs. One was a prosperous county with an area of 2 square kilometers and a population of over three million in a province adjacent to the imperial capital to the north. The other was a county in a province in the northeastern border with an area of square kilometers and a population of over three million.
Finally, there is the crescent-shaped uninhabited wasteland of about 50,000 square kilometers to the east of Ian Territory, which was purified and recovered by Qin Bin and others.
Qin Bin chose the land next to Ian's territory without thinking, and after confirming the territory, he took the initiative to offer a [Undead Energy Conversion Pearl] and a Sanctuary-level [Magic Power Storage Pearl].
Naturally, this choice and initiative also made the grand award ceremony presided over by Emperor Kana himself seem to be a happy occasion for everyone.
The emperor even generously exempted the "Qin Ling" from all taxes, military service, and corvee labor for twenty years, and doubled the financial rewards. The generosity was so great that not only Qin Bin, but also important civil and military officials such as Minister of the Interior Amaru Hall and General Arndt Clark were all surprised, always feeling that this was a bit too much. However, when the civil and military officials thought of the various forces behind Qin Bin, and the fact that Qin Bin and his group were currently suspected to be from the Holy Domain, they could not help but feel relieved.
After the grand court meeting to award prizes was over, the emperor ordered an official decree to be issued to the world, allowing the whole country to celebrate, and then there was a palace celebration banquet hosted by the emperor.
As the new nobles of the empire, Qin Bin and others naturally had to face various social events at the celebration banquet, or the celebration dance, especially those hypocritical princes and ministers, which was even more tiring.
Although Qin Bin didn't like this kind of social interaction, he could only put on a standard social smile and try his best to respond appropriately.
After a busy social event, it was almost dawn when Qin Bin and others returned to the Imperial Capital Xianglily Villa.
As soon as Qin Bin entered the main hall, he felt exhausted and slumped down on the sofa without any manners.
As for Lin, Leah and Sophia, they were used to this kind of socializing and didn't feel anything.
Xiaobai and Lilina kept a "keep away from strangers" attitude throughout the whole process. Apart from feeling bored, they didn't feel much.
So except for Qin Bin who looked a little lethargic, everyone else looked normal.
However, seeing Qin Bin like this, everyone laughed. Lin even walked around behind Qin Bin, stretched out her hand to gently rub Qin Bin's temple, and said with a smile, "This is your first time attending a noble gathering, and it's a court ball. I feel very tired, but you'll get used to it."
Qin Bin closed his eyes and enjoyed Lin's massage, saying, "Getting used to it... I really don't want to get used to this kind of thing."
"However, this kind of social gathering is inevitable." Sophia, who was pouring water for Qin Bin, took over the conversation, "But, we have no intention of developing in the imperial capital, and we are not interested in power, so we can reduce a lot of meaningless social gatherings."
"really."
After Qin Bin responded, he gently patted Lin's hand to indicate that it was enough, then he sat up straight and took the water that Sophia handed over.
After taking a small sip to dilute the smell of alcohol in his mouth, Qin Bin spoke to the women who were sitting around him.
"Tomorrow will be the long holiday for the founding of the country. I plan to visit the teacher first, and then return to the fiefdom tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow morning to do field research and subsequent construction planning - we must act together, right?"
"Sure."
The women responded almost in unison.
Being surrounded by so many beauties, Qin Bin was definitely in high spirits, so he said cheerfully, "It's settled then. Well, but you still have to do something tomorrow. Liya, go to the eldest prince and do as I said before."
"No problem." Leah nodded in response.
Qin Bin added, “Lin and Sophia will go to the Mysterious House tomorrow and ask Yan Mond, under the pretext of building a 160,000 square kilometer autonomous territory, whether she is interested in being our supplier of labor, raw materials, etc.
In addition, take two low-quality original purification spirit beads that only have the function of purifying the aura of the dead to estimate the price. If Yan Monde is interested, then we can use the small supply of these very cheap purification spirit beads as an excuse to talk to her about offsetting some of the labor, raw materials and other expenses. "
As he spoke, Qin Bin handed Sophia two [Low-grade Purifying Spirit Pearls] that he had spent thousands of wishes to materialize.
After Sophia took it, she couldn't help but said with a smile, "Abin, you caught Yan Mond and took her away, hehe..."
Lin said playfully, "Could it be that Yan Monde really likes our little Binbin, so she's deliberately looking for an excuse to get closer to him?"
As soon as Lin finished speaking, Leah and Sophia couldn't help but look at Qin Bin.
Qin Bin rolled his eyes and said, "Although Yan Monde is indeed very much my type, didn't we agree on this? If I really want to make a move, I need your unanimous consent. Also, I deliberately increased my interactions with Yan Monde mainly for the conveniences brought by the Mysterious House's business network."
"He didn't even deny it... Oh, my Abin is becoming more and more 'unbelievable'..." Sofia said weakly.
"Yeah..." Leah nodded in agreement.
Qin Bin was too lazy to pay attention to them. Instead, he turned around to look at Xiaobai who was playing the handheld game console again, and Lilina who was standing beside Xiaobai and acting as a qualified maid.
"Xiaobai and Lilina will come with me to visit the teacher tomorrow - by the way, do the dragon tribe and the life elf tribe have any contact?"
Qin Bin suddenly mentioned the life elves, which attracted everyone's attention. Even Xiaobai turned his eyes away from the handheld screen and looked at Qin Bin's eyes with interest.
Qin Bin continued, "According to what Lin said before, the Queen of Life Elf also has memories of the future. In this case, I also want to meet her as soon as possible so that the relationship between the two sides can be clarified as soon as possible. Well, she is the queen of a clan after all, and it is hard to say whether she will commit herself to me. Even in my current situation, it is very likely that she will not be willing. But no matter what, it is better to clarify this matter as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future."
After hearing what Qin Bin said, everyone nodded in understanding.
Xiao Bai even said, "Your idea is correct. We dragons do have contacts with the life elves. It's a simple matter to bring you a message. But..."
"Just what?" Qin Bin was puzzled.
Xiao Bai suddenly said with a smile, "As far as I know, the Queen of Life Elf is a veteran in the God Realm, and she is also a qualified queen. Tell me, if she loves you very much, will she kidnap you away from us?"
"?!" Leah and the others' pupils shrank.
Qin Bin smiled helplessly, "That's obviously a very bad development. If it goes wrong, it can cause a conflict between the Dragon Clan and the Life Elves. Don't smile with expectation on your face."
"Hehe~ Isn't this very interesting~ Okay, it's my fault." Xiaobai smiled and shrugged, then said, "But you can't deny the possibility I mentioned, right?"
"That's right..." Qin Bin folded his arms and tilted his head, "Well... forget it, I'll wait until I accumulate enough willpower and advance to the God Realm, then I'll take the initiative to contact the Queen of Life Elves... I hope she's still busy and doesn't come over suddenly - forget it, let's not talk about this, Xiaobai and Lilina will go with me to visit the teacher tomorrow, well, that's all for now, it's getting late now, let's all go to bed."
"Oh~~~"
Seeing that Qin Bin didn't want to continue talking about the Elf Queen, the girls didn't say much, and after responding, they went to take a bath or something...
Chapter 133: Not a Wooden Head
August 2699, 8 in the Eternal Era, was the 28th anniversary of the founding of the Kana Empire.
Early in the morning, Qin Bin and others in the Xianglily Villa could feel the noise and bustle outside.
You have to know that Xiang Lily Villa is a very large manor. You don't need to activate the silent barrier to hear the hustle and bustle of the imperial capital on weekdays.
This shows how lively the imperial capital is today.
Therefore, Qin Bin realized how unsuitable it was to do serious work today, so he said to Xiao Bai and others who had all gotten up, "Don't worry about other things today. I'll go to the teacher first, and then I'll go shopping with you guys after I come back."
After hearing what Qin Bin said, Xiaobai and others couldn't help but brighten their eyes.
"You guys wait at home, I'll be back soon."
After Qin Bin finished speaking, he sank into the shadow and disappeared.
Leah and the others immediately went to wash and dress up excitedly, getting ready to attend the celebration.
If this is Galgame, then the favorability of Leah and the others must have increased greatly.
In just a moment, when Qin Bin emerged from the shadow, he had arrived at the foot of the mountain where the old dean's residence was.
Qin Bin stepped onto the stairs and soon reached the top of the mountain, where he saw the old dean watering vegetables in the yard.
"teacher!"
After Qin Bin called out, he stepped forward to greet him.
The old dean looked back at Qin Bin with a look of surprise, and walked closer to Qin Bin. While circling around Qin Bin, he looked critical.
"Although it is not a perfect sanctuary, the foundation is still solid and there are no hidden dangers. It can be slowly honed to perfection over time. This is very good... very good..."
"Yeah, not bad, not bad..."
"As expected of my disciple..."
"Okay, okay...haha..."
After walking around for a while, the old dean laughed with satisfaction.
"Teacher, my situation is a little special, I..."
Qin Bin was about to say something when the old dean interrupted him with a wave of his hand.
"Okay, I don't want to know about those things. Well, your current strength is pretty good. As long as you don't provoke those old monsters, you can basically walk sideways in the Eternal Continent.
However, you also need to work hard to expand and deepen your magical knowledge. How deep your understanding of magical knowledge is basically determines how powerful your application of your own magic is.
Please don't make a fool of yourself by saying that you have extremely powerful magic but don't know how to use it. I can't afford to lose face like that."
"Teacher, rest assured. I will definitely work hard to acquire magical knowledge."
"That's good." The old dean nodded and said, "Today is a big celebration. Why are you coming to me instead of joining in the fun with your women?"
"Teacher, yesterday's schedule was too tight. It was already early in the morning when I came out of the palace. I didn't want to disturb your rest, so I didn't come to report to you right away. That's why I came here so early in the morning."
The old dean smiled with satisfaction, "Not bad, you are thoughtful."
"Hehe~" Qin Bin smiled shyly.
The old dean continued, "You have obtained the title and fiefdom now, right?"
"Yes, teacher. The title is hereditary first-class earl, and the fiefdom is next to Ian's territory, about 50,000 square kilometers of wasteland."
"He's just a hereditary first-class earl. Old Andre is really stingy."
Qin Bin could only smile in response to his teacher's inappropriate words.
The old dean thought for a moment and then said, "Since you have got what you wanted, do you still want to stay in school?"
"Of course. I also want to take this opportunity to learn as much magic knowledge as possible. As for the construction of the fiefdom, I can just go there occasionally. Anyway, my little Bai can fly fast enough, and it only takes more than an hour to go back and forth."
"You are the only one who dares to use the Dragon Princess as a mount..." The old dean muttered, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Qin Bin smiled and shook his head, "It's not a mount. Xiaobai is my wife. It's not a shame for her to fly with me, her husband."
"It's true what you said..." The old dean nodded in agreement and said, "Since you want to stay in the academy, then stay. You are here to gild yourself anyway. But don't make too much noise. After all, there are not many Saints in the academy who can withstand your noise."
"Teacher, you should understand my personality..."
The old dean blinked and said, "You don't have any youthful energy at all."
"......" Qin Bin could only smile helplessly and asked, "By the way, teacher, do you have any long-distance teleportation arrays or portals?"
"Yes, but there are not many people in the entire Eternal Continent who can afford it - what are you doing here?"
"If possible, I would like to build a teleportation array from the fiefdom to the outskirts of the imperial capital. Well, it is mainly for the convenience of traveling back and forth."
"Don't even think about it. You can't afford it."
"What do you mean?"
"Let me put it this way. A small teleportation array that can provide three to five people with a distance of about 100 kilometers would cost almost as much as the annual revenue of the Kana Empire in the past two years."
"...So expensive!?"
"You think so." The old dean said slowly, "If the consumption was not so outrageous, there would be no shortage of space mages in the continent, and teleportation arrays would have flooded every city long ago. You still need to consider this kind of thing.
By the way, I am still talking about the situation where the 'Void Breaking Stone', which is indispensable for constructing the teleportation array, is available for purchase. 'Void Breaking Stone' is notoriously rare, and is basically a luxury item with a price but no market.
Even if they got a lot of 'Void-Breaking Stones', no mage would be willing to waste them on the teleportation array - the reason why the [Book of Kend Horend] I gave you is a divine weapon is because a small amount of 'Void-Breaking Stones' was added to it.
In other words, that thing is a precious material for making artifacts, so you can imagine its value. "
Hearing the old dean's words, Qin Bin's eyes lit up, "Teacher, do you have the 'Void Breaking Stone'?"
"Me? It seems..." The old dean thought for a while, and then rummaged through his storage ring for a long time before taking out a gray stone the size of a baby's fist and handing it to Qin Bin, "This is it. Just this piece can be sold for at least 200 to 300 million Saint Lang."
"I remember that Kana's annual income is only about 1.3 million Saint Lang...tsk tsk..." Qin Bin smacked his lips and took the 'Breaking Void Stone'.
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