The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

The bustling square was already covered with bright red carpets, and the paladins of the Guards were scattered in every corner of the square.

The soldiers of the Qingfeng Legion, with their heads held high and sharp blades in hand, walked calmly towards the square amid the cheers of the people.

A super-large reviewing stand was temporarily built in the central square.

Sitting at the top seat was Xu Lai, who had not been seen for a long time.

Originally, Su Ya had made a pure gold throne for Xu Lai. There wasn't much else in the Qingfeng City warehouse, and there were so many gold mines that there wasn't enough time or manpower to refine them.

However, Xu Lai did not like luxury, so he just asked someone to find two more exquisite chairs.

Sitting on one of the two chairs was Xu Lai, and sitting on the other was Su Ya, who was holding Xu Lai's arm but was feeling uneasy.

Behind them, on one side stood the Archangel Elvy with her wings folded, and on the other side stood the Ranger Giselle.

On the right side of the stairs below Xu Lai stood the commander of the Guards, the Holy Light Knight Roland.

Standing below Suya was the kingdom’s chief magic advisor, Nofa.

The two of them were standing at the bottom of the stairs, with rows of seats neatly arranged on both sides of the aisle.

Sitting on one side were the mayors and nobles from various cities.

Sitting on the other side were the guests who were specially invited to watch the ceremony, including Crimson Archbishop Light from the temple, Princess Naga from the deep sea, and so on.

The officials of Qingfeng City, who served as the host, were responsible for presiding over the ceremony and maintaining order in the venue, and had no chance to take a seat.

The entire venue, facing the towering statue of the god of war, countless believers and priests were praying loudly on both sides of the square.

People are bound to be indispensable on occasions like today.

Xu Lai also wanted to celebrate with the country. Not only is the whole country on holiday today, but every registered resident of the Eagle Kingdom can receive a gift from the local government.

Gifts were distributed according to the reserves of each city, either a loaf of bread and a glass of beer per person, or a bag of rice or flour, a piece of meat, etc.

It's basically all food. Today is National Day, there is no reason for people to rest and go hungry.

The crowd was so crowded that even if all the security guards nearby were mobilized, they could only barely maintain a relatively spacious road.

After several expansions, the Qingfeng Legion now has at least 15 people. If the logistics troops are included, the number will exceed .

It is certainly impossible to bring so many people together for review, so only those who have made meritorious contributions can enter the review team.

The first step of the founding ceremony is to reward meritorious people. Who wouldn't hold his head high when having the opportunity to show up in front of the whole city?

Of course, even so, there are still a lot of them.

Those who had only one or two beheadings could only ask for an extra glass of wine in the military camp after collecting their bounty.

Only after killing three or five orc soldiers could one stand in the square and receive bags of heavy gold coins from Speaker Lazi and others.

Box after box of golden coins flowed out like water, and in less than half an hour, hundreds of boxes were gone.

The bounties of ordinary soldiers are far from comparable to those of mercenaries, and many people would rather get promoted than get rich.

But even so, the one who had the least had hundreds of gold coins in his bag.

Such a naked and eye-catching method would never happen to any other lord.

However, as long as Xu Lai has promised, he has never broken his word so far.

The people in the audience cheered and expressed envy.

Because of the war, there were many women in the audience. Their eyes were shining with gold, and they wished they could engrave all the soldiers standing on the stage in their minds.

It can be imagined that after today, the homes of these soldiers will be broken into by people.

In the magical world, women can also hold power, and they are not very reserved when pursuing men.

After paying out the bounties and reading out their merits, these warriors who had gained glory today left.

They left the field but did not leave. Instead, they arranged their armor and weapons and guarded both sides of the square.

There were brave women who brought various flowers to these soldiers and also branded them with various marks.

The departure of ordinary soldiers does not mean the end of the reward ceremony.

The next to come on stage were the outstanding officers selected from various troops led by Joseph.

The majority are from the Qingfeng Legion, with a few from the Knight's Wind, as well as the city guards and escort teams from each city.

The wolf riders wreaked havoc in the rear for a while, and during this period, many troops in the rear also fought against these wolf riders.

Although the overall performance is not good, there are also some that are worthy of being regarded as typical.

Most importantly, this ceremony can be regarded as a kind of cake-dividing, and Xu Lai also needs to take care of the emotions of some people.

For these officers, the reward cannot be something as tacky as gold coins.

Gold coins are extremely tempting to ordinary people, but Xu Lai will entrust important tasks to these people, as they are his direct descendants.

If they also regard gold coins as the greatest pursuit, Xu Lai will be very disappointed.

The number of people being rewarded this time is not large, but the key is that it is particularly important.

Therefore, he did not ask anyone else to do it, but walked down from the platform step by step himself.

Su Ya, who was sitting next to Xu Lai, also followed closely behind Xu Lai and slowly walked down from the platform.

Today, it was obviously not because of her identity as the city lord that she sat next to Xu Lai.

No matter how great the contribution of a city lord is, he has no right to sit with the king.

The only person who is qualified to sit next to the king is the king's queen.

However, Su Ya was not wearing the gorgeous long dress that an ordinary queen should wear, but a very slim military uniform, the same as Xu Lai.

After walking down the steps, the fearless knight Tahan, personally led 99 knights onto the stage, swords in hand.

Xu Lai directly pulled the long sword out of Tahan's hand.

The sword blade standing upright on the dragon-shaped guard is translucent silver and flashing with cold light.

"This is a sword that was forged by more than a hundred craftsmen and a dozen enchanting masters using dragon teeth, fine steel, and Behemoth claws over a week.

Today, I, Xu Lai, as the King of the Eagle Kingdom, will bestow these swords upon you.

I hope you will take this sword, wipe out the evil spirits, and protect this place."

After that, Xu Lai used the sword in his hand to directly point it at Joseph's head who was kneeling on one knee and said:

"Joseph, I grant you the title of Baron of the Eagle Kingdom, and appoint you as the garrison commander of Midheim, in charge of all city defense and public security affairs of Midheim."

"Medo, I grant you the status of a knight of the Eagle Nation and appoint you as the defense officer of Midheim City, commanding the Midheim City Defense Force."

"Roche, I grant you the status of a knight of the Eagle Nation and appoint you as the Sheriff of Midheim, in charge of the Midheim Security Team."

"Naru, I grant you the title of Baron of the Eagle Nation, and appoint you as the Chief of the Garrison of Bretonnia, in charge of all the city guards and public security affairs of Bretonnia."

...Of the one hundred officers, except for a few that Xu Lai was not familiar with and were transferred to the Qingfeng Corps to lead new recruits, most were assigned by Xu Lai.

Of course, since they were all military officers, the appointments Xu Lai assigned to them were all military positions.

They will control most of the military forces in the entire Eagle Kingdom, including all 83 bases and cities above them.

The number of city guards will not be too large, depending on the level and size of each city, with a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 3000 people.

The number of security teams is smaller, usually ranging from 20 to 200 people.

However, the personal ability requirements for security team members are higher and the salary and benefits are better.

In addition, the Eagle Kingdom has two standing legions and Xu Lai’s guards.

After deploying all these trusted men, Xu Lai no longer has to worry about the major cities on the grassland.

The appointments of administrative officials remained largely unchanged, except for some rewards and punishments based on previous intelligence summaries.

These one hundred officers can help these dispatched officials to better control the entire city.

At the same time, with their presence, no one can have the final say.

These were all brought up by Xu Lai. Not to mention that each of them can directly contact Xu Lai, at least they can contact Tahan, Joseph, Naru and others.

However, the appointment of more than one hundred officers eventually caused some resentment among the original nobles and city lords.

The next step is naturally for Xu Lai to appease these people.

His next order was to announce that all the titles originally conferred by the Lion Empire would be retained.

In addition to retaining the fief, Xu Lai will also provide them with corresponding treatment every year according to the previously agreed fief.

And this is provided at no additional cost to them as a reward for their contribution.

In addition, they can receive a salary for all the positions they hold in government.

Finally, Xu Lai also gave them certain privileges.

One is to grant them various priority rights.

For example, people with the same job will be given priority in getting a job, people with the same job will be given priority in getting admitted to a college, people with the same job will be given priority in praying in a church, people with the same job will be given priority in being purified after they die, and so on.

In addition to priority, Xu Lai also gave them the right of recommendation. Nobles of every level are eligible to recommend talents to the kingdom every once in a while.

Of course, the full retention here refers to all those who have pledged loyalty to Xu Lai.

As for the rest of the nobles, those who should be punished should have their property confiscated, those who should be punished should be imprisoned, and those who should be punished should be exiled to become common people, so that they can start over again.

In addition, some people who performed better received additional rewards.

Especially Jimmy Martell.

Apart from Joseph and Naru who Xu Lai was going to demote, Jimmy was the only person who was awarded a new title in today's awarding ceremony.

Jimmy, who was a viscount before, was crowned the only earl in the entire Eagle Kingdom.

Xu Lai had promised Jimmy before that he would become the second most powerful noble in the grassland.

Now, Xu Lai has fulfilled this promise.

For this reason, he did not ban any of Tahan, Yan Feng and others, not even Lena.

After all, the grassland has a large population base, and Aini is just an earl.

With such a foundation, even if Xu Lai wanted to make Jimmy a marquis, it would only make him a laughing stock.

Xu Lai is a nostalgic person.

Su Ya, who had started her business with him from scratch, was directly crowned as queen at the founding ceremony.

As for Tahan and others, Xu Lai, according to his heart, should at least give them the title of earl.

But it is understandable that the grassland has one or two earls. After all, there are millions of new people and a country has been established.

But if he could create seven or eight earls, Xu Lai could afford to support them, but he was afraid of being laughed at by outsiders.

Moreover, Xu Lai did not intend to stay in a corner forever, not to mention that the grassland was an undefensible place.

Therefore, apart from those who were to be sent out, he simply did not seal any of his own people and left them for later.

In the future, when Tahan and his men win more battles with him and achieve more meritorious deeds, even if he is conferred the title of marquis or duke, Jimmy and others will be speechless.

The exception is Lena. This female elf does not care about the title in the human empire. After all, she is an elf.

Xu Lai did not force her, but only granted her semi-autonomy of Wanshi City.

The elven warriors recruited from the elven buildings in Stone City will be completely controlled by Lena herself.

No matter what she did with these elven warriors, even if she sent them to the fortress to support the elves, Xu Lai promised that he would not interfere.

After the awarding ceremony, Xu Lai announced that the Eagle Kingdom was officially established.

But it was not over after the official establishment. Xu Lai returned to the top and began to deal with diplomatic affairs in front of everyone in the city.

Establishing a country is not just a game. In addition to domestic affairs, you also have to do something in diplomacy.

Lina and Elvy brought the most suitable gifts for Xu Lai.

Lina took Pierce and, under Elvy's air cover, divided their troops into several groups to carry out large-scale harassment and destruction of the stronghold in the wild.

The resources in the stronghold were not abundant to begin with, and a great battle with the grassland resulted in a great defeat.

It was only Lina who didn't want to attack the city, otherwise, except for a few large cities with a large number of defenders left, there would be almost nothing that could not be taken.

The stronghold, which was in urgent need of recuperation and quelling civil unrest, could not withstand such turmoil.

Just at this time, news came that Xu Lai was going to establish a country. Under the coercion of Lina, Sachs and others had no choice but to send envoys of surrender in humiliation.

Since we are surrendering to Xu Lai, we still have to show some sincerity.

Xu Lai didn't say much. The underground city messenger he called over happened to be there and took out the agreement signed by the underground city.

At first, the stronghold envoy was reluctant, after all, the stronghold was not as wealthy as the dungeon.

However, Xu Lai told the orcs in the stronghold that the orcs had bullied their family.

If they are unwilling to sign such an agreement, he will send troops directly to the stronghold after founding the country and completely wipe out the stronghold camp from this world.

The messenger had no choice but to agree after discussing with several clan leaders in the stronghold.

Therefore, at the end of today's founding ceremony, Xu Lai arranged for the two camps, the stronghold and the dungeon, to openly submit to Xu Lai and pay tribute.

Regardless of the amount of tribute, the mere fact that the envoys from these two major camps knelt in public before Xu Lai was enough to inspire people and boost morale.

At this time, the faces of the other visiting delegations were full of surprise.

Under the influence of magic, the entire Qingfeng City was filled with terrifying cheers when they heard the words of surrender from the two camps. (End of this chapter)