The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

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

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

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

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

Originally, Su Ya had built a pure gold throne for Xu Lai. There was not much else in the warehouse of Qingfeng City, and there was not enough time and manpower to refine the gold mines.

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

On one of the two chairs, Xu Lai sat, and on the other was Su Ya, who was holding Xu Lai's arm but was always fidgeting.

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, Holy Light Knight Roland.

Below Su Ya stood Nofa, the chief magic advisor of the kingdom.

Below the stairs where the two of them stood, rows of chairs were neatly arranged on both sides of the aisle.

On one side sat the mayors and nobles from various cities.

On the other side sat the guests who were specially invited to watch the ceremony, including Archbishop Light Crimson from the Temple, Princess Naga from the Deep Sea, and so on.

As the host, the officials of Qingfeng City were responsible for presiding over the ceremony and maintaining order in the venue, and they had no chance to sit.

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.

For an occasion like today, people are bound to be indispensable.

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

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

They were basically all food. Today was National Day, and there was no reason to let people rest and go hungry.

The crowded crowd, even if all the nearby security guards were transferred over, could only barely maintain a relatively wide road.

After several expansions, the Qingfeng Corps now has at least 100,000 people. If the logistics troops are included, the number will exceed 150,000.

It is definitely impossible to pull all of these people over for review, so only those who have made contributions can enter the review team.

The first step of the founding ceremony is to reward meritorious people. This opportunity to show up in front of the whole city, who doesn't hold their heads high.

Of course, even so, there are not a few of them.

Those who only have one or two decapitations can only ask for an extra glass of wine in the barracks after receiving their bounties.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The people in the audience cheered and envied.

Because of the war, there were many women in the audience, and their eyes were shining with gold. They wished that all the soldiers standing on the stage at this time would be engraved in their minds.

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

In the magic world, women can also master power, and women are not very reserved when pursuing men.

After issuing the bounty and reading the merits, the warriors who won the honor today left the field.

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

The brave women brought various flowers to these warriors and branded them with various marks.

The departure of ordinary warriors did not mean the end of the award ceremony.

The next to appear were the outstanding officers selected from various troops by Joseph.

The main body came from the Qingfeng Corps, and a few came from the Knight's Wind, as well as the city guards and escorts of various cities.

The wolf riders had been wreaking 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 was not good, there were also some that were worthy of being regarded as typical.

The most important thing was that this ceremony was also a kind of cake-sharing, and Xu Lai also needed to take care of the emotions of some people.

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

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

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

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

Therefore, he did not let others do it, but walked down from the high platform step by step.

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

Today, it is obvious that she is not sitting next to Xu Lai because of her status as the city lord.

No city lord, no matter how great his contribution, is not qualified to sit with the king.

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

However, Su Ya was not wearing the gorgeous dress that an ordinary queen should wear, but an extremely slim military uniform, just like Xu Lai.

After walking down the steps, the fearless knight Tahan personally led 99 knights onto the stage, holding a long sword in his hand.

Xu Lai took out the long sword directly from Tahan's hand.

The upright sword blade on the dragon-shaped guard is silvery white and shining with cold light.

"This is a sword that more than a hundred craftsmen and a dozen enchantment masters spent more than a week using dragon teeth, fine steel and Behemoth claws to create.

Today, I am here to give these swords to you as the king of the Eagle Kingdom.

I hope you will hold this long sword to quell evil spirits and protect our country. "

After that, Xu Lai used the sword in his hand to directly touch the head of Joseph who was kneeling on one knee and said:

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

"Meado, I grant you the status of a knight of the Eagle Kingdom, appoint you as the Midheim City Defense Officer, and command the Midheim City Defense Team."

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

"Naru, I will grant you the title of Baron of the Eagle Kingdom, and at the same time appoint the garrison commander of Bretonia to take charge of all city guards and public security affairs in Bretonia."

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Most of the one hundred officers were assigned by Xu Lai, except for a few who were not familiar with Xu Lai and were transferred to the Qingfeng Corps to lead the new soldiers.

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

They will control most of the armed forces of the entire Eagle Kingdom, all 83 base camps and above cities.

Depending on the level and size of each city, the number of city guards will not be too large, with a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 3,000.

The number of security teams is smaller, usually between 20 and 200 people.

However, members of the security team have higher personal ability requirements and better salary packages.

In addition, the Eagle Kingdom also has two standing legions and Xu Lai's Guards.

After spreading all these confidants, Xu Lai doesn't need to worry much about the major cities on the grassland.

The appointments of administrative officials have basically not changed much except for some adjustments in rewards and punishments based on previous intelligence collection.

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

At the same time, as long as they exist, no one can even think about talking about it.

These are all brought out by Xu Lai. Not only can everyone directly contact Xu Lai, but at least they can contact Tahan, Joseph, Nalu and others.

However, the canonization of more than a hundred officers still made the original nobles and city lords feel a little more resentful.

Next, Xu Lai naturally needs 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 reservations, Xu Lai will also provide them with corresponding treatment according to the previously agreed upon food and accommodation, rain or shine, every year.

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

In addition, they can also receive a salary for all the positions they hold as officials.

Finally, Xu Lai gave them certain privileges.

One is to grant them various priorities.

For example, people in the same position will be given priority in joining, admission to colleges will be given priority, prayers will be given priority in churches, purification will be given priority in the event of death, etc.

In addition to priority, Xu Lai also gave them the right to recommend. Nobles of each level are qualified to recommend talents to the kingdom at regular intervals.

Of course, all the reservations here refer to those who have all pledged their allegiance to Xu Lai.

The rest of the nobles should have their homes raided, those who should be jailed, and those who should be distributed to the people, let them start all over again.

In addition, some who performed well received additional rewards.

Especially Jimmy Martell.

Except for Joseph and Naru, who Xu Lai is going to devolve, Jimmy is the only person who was awarded a new title during today's award ceremony.

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

Xu Lai had promised Jimmy before that he would become the nobleman second only to him in the grassland.

Now, Xu Lai has fulfilled this promise.

For this reason, he has not sealed any of Tahan, Yan Feng and others, not even Reina.

After all, the population base of the grassland is there, and Aini is just a count.

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

Xu Lai has always been nostalgic for the past.

Su Ya, who started from scratch with him, was canonized as queen directly at the founding ceremony of the country.

As for Tahan and others, Xu Lai would at least give them the title of count based on his true feelings.

But there are one or two earls in the prairie who can still make peace with it. After all, millions of new people have been added and the country has been opened.

But if seven or eight earls come out, Xu Lai can afford it, but he is afraid of being ridiculed by outsiders.

And Xu Lai didn't intend to stay in a corner forever, not to mention that the grassland was still a place where there was no danger to defend.

Therefore, except for those who were to be sent out, he simply did not confer titles on his true people, leaving them for later.

In the future, when Tahan and his men won more battles with him and made more achievements, even if they were conferred a title of Marquis or Duke, Jimmy and others would have nothing to say.

The exception was Reina, a female elf who did not care about the title in the human empire. After all, she was an elf.

Xu Lai did not force her, but only granted her semi-autonomy in the Stone City.

The elf warriors recruited from the elf buildings in the Stone City would be completely controlled by Reina herself.

No matter what she did with these elf warriors, even if they were sent to the fortress to support the elves, Xu Lai promised that he would not ask.

After the award 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 playing house. In addition to the internal affairs of the country, there is always something to do in diplomacy.

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

Lina took Pierce and, under Elvy's air cover, divided the troops into several groups to harass and destroy the wilderness of the stronghold.

The resources of the stronghold were not rich, and a big battle with the grassland was a big loss.

It was only because Lina did not want to attack the city, otherwise, except for a few large cities with more people left, there was almost nothing that could not be taken.

The stronghold, which was in urgent need of recuperation and quelling the civil strife, could not withstand such a toss.

At this time, the news that Xu Lai wanted to establish a country came. Under the coercion of Lina, Sachs and others could only humiliate and send envoys of surrender.

Since it was surrendering to Xu Lai, it was necessary to show some sincerity after all.

Xu Lai did not say much, and the underground city envoy he called was there, and took out the agreement signed by the underground city.

At first, the stronghold envoy was unwilling, after all, the stronghold was not as rich as the underground city.

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

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

The envoy 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 underground city, to publicly surrender to Xu Lai and pay tribute.

Regardless of the amount of tribute, the envoys of the two major camps kneeling in front of Xu Lai in public was enough to inspire people and boost morale.

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

And under the effect of magic, hearing the words of surrender from the two major camps in person, the entire Qingfeng City fell into a terrifying cheer. (End of this chapter)