The 528th chapter canonization (3)
"The father and son are awarded the title at the same time?"
George narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at the father and son of the Vitu family.
In the main hall, the envoys from various countries who were watching the ceremony were also surprised or coldly looking at Hesen and his son.
It is obviously unreasonable for the father and son to be awarded titles at the same time.
Especially, it is even more unusual that it was granted title by Mata XIII in the Court Hall - Gorkin and Joe, both officers of the Derren Empire, and they were given title by Mata XIII in person, which makes it a little more reasonable.
But Hessen...
Because Qiao had brought people to arrest so many "spy" a few days ago, embassies from various countries have checked the Vitu family. This is Junker who relied on "special tax payment" to get the title of nobles.
All countries in Medland knew that only the Deren Empire had a difficult national destiny for a period of time that Margaret III was happy to create the gimmick of "Junke Noble".
To put it bluntly, it is to let a group of nouveau riche and wealthy men use their money to buy the privileged treatment of a nobleman.
The Junker nobles should not be awarded the medal by Mata XIII.
They should go to the Delun Empire Noble House, and from the committee that specializes in managing the Junker nobles, they should pay the money and get their ribbons, medals and certificates of titles with the other!
Look at the court hall in front of you.
The Teutonic military nobles who could enter the main hall.
Those Junkers...even the Super Junkers with a net worth of billions and the Super Junkers who enjoy the treatment of the Duke, they could only obediently line up in a neat square, standing outside in the square, looking at the open door of the hall with great envy.
Hesen is a Junker, why should he enter the court hall?
Why did he walk out of the train, stand in the middle of the hall, and prepare to accept the title of Mata XIII?
The etiquette officer slowly unfolded the golden shaft and the silk-faced scroll.
After a stormy official article, everyone inside and outside the hall heard the enthronement of the father and son by the Delun Empire.
——Hessen von Weitu, awarded the title of Duke, fief of Claude Province.
——Gorkin von Weitu, awarded the title of Marquis and his fief is Shangluxen County, Storm Province.
——Joe von Weitu, awarded the title of Marquis, and his fief was the county of Storm's province.
"Hahaha!" In the crowd, the old lady Mary, who was standing beside Tifa and Weima, smiled happily and applauded gently.
In the court hall, there was only the heartless old lady Mary smiling and applauding. The other people in the hall, even though they had received some news in advance, knew that the Dukes, Marquis and ministers of various departments, were all shocked to each other and could not believe their ears!
Such a reward is too generous... But why is this?
A family, three males, one duke, and two marquises.
The Southern Special Zone of the Empire, one port and three provinces.
One port is Tulun Port, Hessen is the leader of the seven-member committee of Tulun Port and the uncrowned king of Tulun Port. The overseas trade of the entire Tulun Port was almost decided by him.
To the north of Tulum Port are the three provinces of Claude, Winders and Storm.
The terrain of the southern special zone of the Empire is strange, in the shape of an open folding fan. Tulun Port is the pearl embedded at the bottom of the fan handle, and the three provinces of Claude, Winders and Storm are the fan opening to the north.
The narrowest part in the south is only more than 200 miles wide, extending from south to north along the Lawrence Mountains for nearly a thousand miles to the northernmost point of the province. The width of the northern line of the province is nearly 800 miles.
The entire province has a territory of nearly 500,000 square miles, and the fixed population can be found to be nearly 50 million. In the west, the mountainous area near the Lawrence Mountains is rich in various metal ores, crystals and gems; in the east, the Storm Province has large areas of plains, lakes, and rich water systems, which can be called a land of fish and rice.
The upper and lower Lockson County is located directly north of Tulun Port, which is the main channel between Tulun Port and the hinterland of the empire.
The railway from Tulum Port to the imperial capital is directly passed through the central area of the upper and lower Lockson County.
Because it is close to Tulum Port, although the upper and lower Lockson County is not large in area, and the total area is less than 50,000 square miles, it is extremely developed in business. It can be found that the fixed population is more than 50 million, and the permanent population of the two counties has exceeded the entire Claude Province.
If the Claude Province, which has a large area and a permanent population of nearly 40 million, is a rich and prosperous land in the south.
Then, above and below Lockson County are the real fertile land.
Not to mention the other things, just talking about the taxes paid by these two counties every year is a lot more than the seventeen or eighteen provinces in the northwest of the empire.
The three father and son of the Weitu family were awarded high titles, and their fiefs were perfectly connected into one area, with a fiefs of one province and two counties, and the total population steadily reached 100 million.
Relying on the output and population of the fief, as long as the Vitu family is willing, they can form a powerful family private army army army army unit with millions of elite troops.
As the governor of the Southern Special Zone and Duke of Ross, who owns the fief of Kasica Island, how many private army corps do her family own?
The origin of the Duke of Jiasica was that the old Duke of Jiasica led a large army to expand its territory, conquering land for the empire in more than a dozen provinces in the south, and conquering the empire's only seaport in the south, the empire, the only seaport in the south, the treasure land of Tulun Port, was promoted from a marquis to a duke and obtained the island of Jiasica as its fief.
And Jiaxijia Island...although it is vast in area, it is comparable to two or three ordinary provinces.
However, the mountain people on Jiasica are extremely rebellious, and they are completely unstable factors that think about rebellion all day long.
The annual tax output of the huge Jiasica Island is simply pitiful.
Oh, by the way, don't forget that the power that the Vitu family itself has in Tulum Port... With the fiefs of Claude Province and two counties, the huge private army army that can be expected in the future, plus the influence of the Vitu family in Tulum Port now.
In the future, Tulun Port will completely become the private place of the Vitu family?
Other families, big and small chambers of commerce, can only rely on the Vitu family's breath, otherwise it would be impossible for them to stay together in Tulun Port.
With one province and two counties as support, even the nominal Governor of the Southern Special Administrative Region, Duke Ross, could not do anything to the Vitu family.
Not to mention, it is said that Duke Ross and the Vitu family have a little vague friendship. The Vitu family can cover up the sky with one hand in Tulun Port because Duke Ross supports behind him.
Duke Xifeng, who is the representative of the top nobles of the Delun Empire, couldn't help but ask Salian standing beside him: "Your Highness, we know the rise of the Vitu family...but such a reward is too much..."
The Duke of West Wind did receive the news in advance, and Hesse would become a great nobleman of equal status as theirs.
However, the status of the family does not mean that the strength and influence of the family are of the same level.
A newly-rise wealthy family, without a century of accumulation, cannot be compared with an elderly noble like Duke of Xifeng.
However, with such a province and two counties, plus Tulun Port, perhaps in less than ten years, the Weitu family will grow into a truly top wealthy family that is comparable to their Xifeng family.
Duke Xifeng racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out how much contribution the father and son of the Weitu family had made to the empire to receive such a rich and even a bit excessive reward.
With his channels and connections, he could not have imagined that what major happened in the empire recently was worthy of such a reward.
"What they get is what they deserve." Salian also lowered his voice: "Maybe, it won't take long to see what's the real reason here."
"Part of the real reason?" Duke Xifeng, as well as the Duke of Beihai around him, all opened their eyes widened in horror.
In their identities, they can only know "part of the real reasons"?
What did the three fathers and sons of the Vitu family do?
The Duke of West Wind and the others seriously, carefully, and even extremely harshly examined the three Hessen father and son who had already kneeled in front of Mata Thirteen.
Their eyes quickly moved away from the round Joe.
Well, a little major, still in such a shape... I think he would not make any too dazzling contributions.
And Hessen... Hessen, who had just arrived in the imperial capital, was a typical, purely rural Junker, who obviously would not have made too amazing achievements.
Then, only Gorkin?
Major General of the Imperial Army in his twenties, and he had just returned from the front line of the Lanyin Corridor.
What did he do?
What a shocking contribution that made the entire Weitu family rise to the top and become the top tyrant of the empire?
The same whispers kept ringing among the crowd inside and outside the hall.
George's eyes were even more stern, extremely serious, and swept over Hessen, Gorkin and Joe's glowing faces coldly.
"A thorough investigation, dispatch all our men in the Derren Empire... to awaken all the hidden threads that have accumulated over the years... I must know what they did."
George's heart was inexplicably uneasy.
The style of the Delun Empire is extremely rigid, conservative, mechanical, and rigid, and is like this in all aspects of the empire.
Without enough merit, no one can reach the high position for no reason.
One duke, two marquises.
This means that the Weitu family has indeed made a huge contribution to the Delun Empire.
What they did made great contributions to the Delun Empire, and there was no doubt that what they did pose a huge threat to other countries.
Especially, there is no news at all.
There is no clue at all.
Why are they... awarded such a reward?
Gorkin slaughtered all the wolf cubs on the plateau?
joke!
impossible!
So, what exactly did they do?
George was uneasy.
His body even started to tremble.
Like George, all the ambassadors present thought of going together.
Even Babalia, who had thick lines, stared at the three Hesen and his son wearing ribbons and badges in horror.
"No, they have dug out... that treasure, right?"
"But, it's impossible to be so fast... and even if... it's just rewarding this fat man, why... why, the family of three, all... all..."
Mata Thirteen himself cast an extraordinary iron-gray metal with a hideous Hydra embossed on it. The snake's eyes were inlaid with rubies, and the three-foot scepter that was constantly flashing with blood to Hessen.
Chapter completed!