December 30, 1379, Medland Glory Calendar.

In the afternoon, 3:05.

This is the first time Joe has entered the court hall of Hydra Palace.

This is a hall with a very Delun Empire style. The square hall is nearly a thousand feet long and wide, enough to accommodate thousands of people easily. The single-story hall is more than 150 feet high, and everyone standing in the hall will inexplicably feel their "smallness".

The decorations in the main hall are mostly iron gray.

Only on the nine-story small platform in the front, near the Hydra Throne made of black iron, there are two blood-like red curtains, which become the only dazzling bright color in the hall.

The throne was empty, and Margaret III obviously did not intend to attend today's celebration.

Mata XIII stood beside the throne, looking at the crowd qualified to enter the hall with a smile on his face.

The imperial capital also has top dukes, marquises, officials from various places from nearby provinces, important officials from various ministries in the imperial capital, such as Hessen, Gorkin, and Qiao, who are about to be canonized, as well as guests they invited.

Oh, and ambassadors from more than a hundred countries who serve as guests.

In the square outside, there were more than 10,000 guests participating in the New Year celebration, but there were less than 1,000 people qualified to enter the hall.

Under the guidance of the court etiquette officials, everyone stood in their own position and stood in a solemn manner.

Even though they had a gap with the Delun Empire, they were mobilizing their troops to form a coalition to give the Delun Empire a little color, their ambassadors at this moment adhered to the etiquette of the noble circle, stood aside with a smile, and looked as if nothing had happened.

"So, let's start." The laughter of Mata XIII came: "Don't waste everyone's time. Many young people are already eager to attend the next banquet and dance."

Merlin, the chief minister of the Hedra Palace, smiled, nodded slowly, and made a gesture to a ceremonial officer standing beside him.

The etiquette officer turned around.

Behind him, two court officials walked up with a huge silver plate. On the silver plate was a scroll as thick as a fist.

The etiquette officer held up the scroll in both hands and walked slowly to Mata Thirteenth.

Mata XIII nodded.

The etiquette officer unfolded the scroll and recited it loudly.

The hall was extremely exquisitely arranged, and his voice echoed in the huge hall, and everyone could hear his voice clearly. Then, his voice floated out of the hall, and half of the people from the Hydra Palace could clearly hear what he was saying.

This is a commendation order for frontline officers and soldiers who have made contributions to the Lanyin Corridor.

Because these officers and soldiers fought bravely in the Lanyin Corridor and made enough contributions in the war against the plateau kingdom, they were awarded the title of Imperial Knight.

The war to retake the Lanyin Corridor was the most important foreign war in the empire in the past decade.

As long as the Lanyin Corridor can be reclaimed, it means the influence of the empire and will re-enter the hinterland of the Medland continent. The dozens of big and small kingdoms and principalities near the Lanyin Corridor will be shrouded in the shadow of Hydra again.

Therefore, this regaining war is of great significance to the empire.

The etiquette officials read out the names of one front line officer after another. The knight class of the Delun Empire was divided into nine layers from top to bottom according to the number of snake heads of the Hydra. One end is the lowest and the nine ends are the highest.

This time, nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers who received the Knights' rank on the front line of the Lanyin Corridor were awarded.

Among them, the lowest knight rank they received was above the three heads.

After receiving the title of Knight, they gradually transcended the civilian class and became privileged nobles of the empire, and from then on they were able to enjoy generous treatment that was very different from that of the civilians.

Even if they are just the lowest-ranking level among the aristocratic class, these frontline officers and soldiers who have received the Knights will not only enjoy generous special allowances, but their families will also receive tax exemptions. In the future, even if they retire from the army, they will be able to enjoy a generous amount of money every year, even a lot more than their current military pay.

More importantly, their direct descendants can receive additional preferential treatment and subsidies when they enter university in the future.

From then on, each of their eldest sons was qualified to participate in the assessment of the Royal Knights. Once their strength and character were recognized, they could join the Royal Knights and become true close ministers of the royal family.

Under the guidance of the court etiquette officials, ninety-nine young men wearing army uniforms and filled with a strong and evil spirit walked out of the crowd with great strides and formed a neat small square array in front of Mata Thirteenth World.

This time, nearly three thousand people were awarded the Knights, and of course they could not all arrive from the front line of the Lanyin Corridor to Fort Heidra.

In the military, the ninety-nine people with the most outstanding achievements and the highest awards were selected, and they were asked to act as representatives to rush to the Hydra Palace to attend the celebration and were enthroned in public.

As for other meritorious people who were awarded the title of knight, there were naturally special palace nobles who rushed to the front line and awarded them in public at the front line military camp.

Ninety-nine officers and soldiers had a flushed face, their bodies were shaking slightly as if they were drunk, they tightened their bodies, raised their heads slightly, and stood in the middle of the hall under the eyes of everyone.

The etiquette officer holding the scroll in his hand pronounced a name loudly - 'Haynes Bigg'!

A young officer with a strong body, firm eyes and a captain rank on his epaulette walked forward with great strides. The soles of his hard boots hit the radiant iron-gray marble floor, making a crisp sound of "slap".

Haines Bigg walked to Mata Thirteen, saluted him solemnly, and then knelt down on one knee.

Mata XIII took a colorful knight sword from the ritual officer behind him, and gently placed the sword on Haynes Bigg's shoulder.

"Haynes von Bigech, I hope you will establish Zhuoxun again for the Empire."

Haines Bigg... Oh, no, now it was Haines von Bigg's face that turned red. He lowered his head deeply and said solemnly: "I wish to die for the Empire... Long live the Empire, Long live Hydera!"

Two etiquette officials came up. They skillfully and calmly hung an iron-gray ribbon for Haines von Bigg, and then latched a Hydra Knight's medal the size of a palm on the neckline of Haines von Bigg.

The freshly baked Knight Haines von Bigg stood up in a daze, saluted again to Mata XIII, then turned around cleanly and returned to the queue in a straight step.

One knight after another was enthroned.

There were loud applause in the hall.

The enthronement ceremony of each knight took less than a minute. However, the enthronement process of the ninety-nine knights lasted nearly two hours.

The etiquette officer put away the unfolded ones in his hand, pulled out a long scroll on the ground, placed it on the silver plates held by the two officials behind him, and then picked up another scroll.

Also because of the war on the front line of Lanyin Corridor, dozens of officers and soldiers performed far beyond their peers.

They fought bravely and repeatedly established Zhuoxun, so they were given the title of Lord of the Empire.

Compared to the Knight, the treatment the Lord enjoys is undoubtedly much higher.

Thirty-two heroes who were awarded the title of lord were present. The etiquette officials reported their names and also loudly pronounced their hometowns, with the name of a small village attached to it.

Yes, compared with the knights, these lords will get a village of the same size as their fiefdom in their hometown.

The fiefs that the Lord can obtain are not large, usually only villages with a population of about a thousand people, with a radius of several miles.

But this is the foundation of a family.

On the fiefdom, the Lords were qualified to recruit knights, form private troops, and build fortresses.

Hundreds of years ago, during the most chaotic period of the Medland continent, every Lord was a small warlord who could rely on his private army to launch wars around and annex the fiefs and industries of his neighbors.

In short, as long as you are not unlucky, encountering a prodigal son who is unlucky and a fief of a small village is enough to allow a lord family to live a peaceful life without worries about food and clothing.

In the Delun Empire, there were many viscounts, earls, and even marquis families. Their original family background was a small lord village.

Thirty-two Lords followed, twelve Barons.

Each of them received a town with a population of nearly 10,000 as a fiefdom.

After the twelve barons, there are five viscounts.

In addition to a town of ten thousand people in the core area, their fiefdom also includes villages of more than twenty thousand people.

The above is all the people who received medals from the imperial officers and soldiers from the civilian class in this Lanyin Corridor War.

In the huge Lanyin Corridor War, of course, it was not just these people who made contributions.

But more officers who made greater contributions were from noble families.

The contributions they made were mostly transferred to promotions in military ranks.

As a nobleman, it is obviously much more difficult to achieve a title by relying on military merits than his colleagues who are civilians.

For example, an officer from the Duke family, he and a colleague of the same level and from civilians made the same merits as an annihilation of 10,000 enemies. An officer from the civilians may be awarded the title of lord or even baron based on this merit.

As an officer from the Duke family, he may only be awarded a commendation order, and will be given priority when upgrading his rank in the future.

Regarding military merits and meritorious achievements, whether it is the Delun Empire or other countries in the Medlands continent, they have their own set of mature institutional templates.

Time passes by little by little.

Outside the Chaigong Hall, it was already dark.

Gas lights lit up, and the blue-white light made the square outside lights brightly.

Finally, the etiquette officer standing next to Mata Thirteenth Emperor picked up the last scroll on the silver plate and loudly recited the names of Hessen and his son.

"Hesen Rong Weitu!"

"Gorkin Rong Weitu!"

"Joe Rong Weitu!"

Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, Hesen and his son walked to the middle of the hall in a solemn manner.

Thousands of eyes quickly focused on them.
Chapter completed!