After Edward's ascension ceremony was completed, it was naturally time to reward the meritorious officials. Among them, the biggest meritorious officials were naturally Marin. Now, taking advantage of Edward's ascension ceremony, Marin's enthronement ceremony was held together.

"Marin von Hoffman!" Edward said seriously.

"I'm here!" Marin stood in front of Edward with a serious expression. He knew that the enthronement ceremony had begun. And he had reached the moment of harvest.

"In view of your great contribution to England's war to clear the rebellion, I decided to enthrone you as the Earl of Northumberland, the fief of the entire Northumberland County, and the Isle of Wight! At the same time, you will be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Frontier of England, responsible for guarding the northern border of England!"

"As for the order, my majesty!" Marin knelt on one knee in front of Edward. At the same time, he stroked the Bible and sweared allegiance to Edward...

But when he swore, Marin felt a little guilty. Because he planned to get rid of Edward in a few years. Now he swears to God, will he be retribution in the future? Although Marin was an atheist in the past, he even experienced the time travel, and now he is not sure whether God really exists...

Of course, as a ten-year-old nobleman, the most important thing is to have a thick skin. Therefore, although Marin felt weak, she still completed the oath without changing her face.

Finally, Edward took out the King's Sword and clicked on Marin's shoulder, which was considered to have completed the ceremony of oath of allegiance.

However, Marin and Edward had another agreement before. The main reason was that when Edward asked Marin to attack the Scottish army north, he promised an Irish county. So, before Marin could stand up, he was to be enthroned for the second time...

"In view of the great contributions of Marin von Hoffmann in the fight against the invasion of Scottish troops and the capture of King James IV of Scotland, I specially conferred him the Earl of Wicklow in Ireland, with fiefs including the county of Wicklow south of Dublin, and the Port of Cork at the southern end of Ireland and nearby areas..."

So Marin continued to kneel down, stroked the Bible again, and took the second oath...

After the two oaths were completed, Marin's knees were numb. However, the process still had to be done. Only after these processes could Marin legally obtain these two earl leaders...

To be honest, Malin knelt on the ground and felt that his knees were numb, but everyone next to him was envious of it - that was the fiefdoms of the two counties!

Generally speaking, only the older Counts would have a whole county as a fief. For example, the great nobles during the Norman invasion were basically divided into enough territory.

But later, except for the king's son who could have the power to actually enthrone a county, other great nobles were basically granted false titles. For example, the Duke of Norfolk, who only heard of his reputation, thought that the entire Norfolk was his fiefdom. But in fact, the Duke of Norfolk's fiefdom was far less than a county near Arundel Castle in Sussex. This was still a duke! If it were an earl, the territory would probably be smaller.

For example, Edward's elder sister, Princess Margaret, was named the Earl of Salisbury, as a close relative of the royal family. However, the territory was only a small town in Salisbury and the surrounding countryside. No matter how big it was, it would be gone. Only the king's son could own an entire county. In recent years, all the nobles enthroned in voids, but the actual fiefs were not large. The Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's Count's 100 years ago were only a few small towns.

However, after decades of cruel "Red and White Roses War" and the war led by Edward and Marin, the traditional nobles in England were killed by two generations of kings Henry VII and Edward. Therefore, Marin is now the only noble who can obtain the fiefs of the entire county. Moreover, it is the real title of the two counties, which is jealous.

Of course, seriously, Marin's military achievements for Edward are also worthy of his gains. You must know that without Marin's help, Edward would not have beaten Henry VII. What's more, while Marin took away Henry VII, he also destroyed the 10,000 Scottish army led by the King of Scotland and caught James IV... This is basically equivalent to Marin alone, leading the army to destroy two countries on the Isle of Britain...

Such amazing military achievements are not a big deal. Moreover, Edward is not stupid either. He was not stupid. He was given two counties of England and also included one counties of Ireland. In fact, County Wicklow was the McMurrow Dynasty established by the natives of Ireland before, and belonged to the continuation of the Kingdom of Gulenster. It is not a good thing to obtain this county. Because this place has not yet been fully restored, and if you want to control it, you have to suppress a few waves of resistance first...

Fortunately, the population of Wicklow County is not large, and the combat effectiveness of the Irish natives is very bad. With the combat effectiveness of Marin's army, it should not be difficult to control it...

After Marin's "big head" was enthroned, the only one left was a small head. French knight François also dared to come to London and participated in the throne ceremony. He was enthroned by Edward as the Earl of Calais, his territory was the Fortress of Calais, and his "entrusted" the Channel Islands. In fact, this is equivalent to ceding the Fortress of Calais and the Channel Islands to the French in disguise. After all, the Knight François was a serious Frenchman and loyal to Louis XII. But at least on the surface, England did not lose these two regions...

Next, there was another wave of canonization rewards received for military achievements. But what made Edward depressed was that all the canonized people were Marin's subordinates, and none of them belonged to him...

However, Edward also knew very well that this was inevitable - he was previously controlled by France and later relied mainly on Marin, so where did he have time to cultivate his own people? His only trustworthy sister, Margaret, died in front of the slope of the city, which made him so depressed that he was almost dying...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, Edward does not have a confidant general of his own... Fortunately, Marin is not an Englishman, and he will sooner or later return to Germany. Otherwise, he may be undermined by Marin. But with the current situation, Edward had to rely on Marin for a long time after he ascended the throne, and could only rely on Marin. Otherwise, just by cutting off the blood debts owed by thousands of nobles the day before yesterday, it would be enough to make the remnants of the killed nobles counterattack and kill him.

In view of this, Edward could only pinch his nose and give a wave of rewards to Marin's subordinates. For example, Marin's deputy Schwartz was crowned as Baron Southampton. Southampton Port and nearby manors are both Schwartz's fiefs...

The reason why Schwartz was sealed here was also strongly requested by Marin. Previously, Marin asked the Isle of Wight as the home port of the escort fleet on the English Channel. However, the Isle of Wight is surrounded by oceans or straits, and there is no excellent freshwater port. In the past, in order to prevent the bottom of the ship from being eroded by sea maggots, sea ships generally docked at ports near the mouth of the Tamsui River. Once the sea ship entered the freshwater port, the maggots would fall off from the bottom of the ship because they could not adapt to the freshwater environment.

Therefore, Southampton Bay, south of Southampton Port, is a more suitable harbor in this era.

However, Marin had already chosen the Isle of Wight before, so there were many choices. Schwartz and others happened to make military achievements for Edward and needed rewards. So Marin simply asked Edward to seal the Port of Southampton to Schwartz.

The reason why Southampton Port is needed is that the port of Southampton is not only an excellent freshwater harbor, but also a city on the main island of England, which is very convenient to obtain various supplies from the local area. Unlike the Isle of Wight, it is lonely overseas. Even the most common goods need to be transported to the island from England to the island by sea. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain Southampton Port.

In addition, Kahn was also named Baron because he acted as a pioneer many times, broke through the enemy's formation, and made great achievements. Kahn's fief was also chosen in Portsmouth near Southampton. This is also an excellent harbor, but the area of ​​Tamsui Port is small and in the era of wooden boats, it was not as good as Southampton Bay. However, it is closer to the sea and has better location advantages.

Seeing that Marin liked to get close to the sea so much, Edward simply enthroned all the fiefs that Marin's soldiers should reward to the land opposite the Isle of Wight. In addition to Southampton and Portsmouth, Poole Port and Bournemouth not far west of the Isle of Wight were also enthroned to Sakara and Sivag, who made great contributions. They were called Baron Poole and Baron Bournemouth respectively. As for Marich, who captured James IV, he was also enthroned as Baron Tom Hanks under the pseudonym of Tom Hanks. And Totton happened to be on the side of Southampton...

In this way, Marin and his men almost controlled a large area of ​​land on the main island of England opposite the Isle of Wight, and had the conditions to build a large comprehensive port here, affecting the English Channel.

Of course, Southampton is not far from London. For the sake of London's security, Edward asked Marin's subordinates, on the fiefs on the island of England, that the number of regular troops shall not exceed 500. If civilian riots occur in the territory, London can send troops to assist in the suppression... In this way, Edward can feel at ease...

Marin agreed to the copper plot. Anyway, he had never thought about violently seizing Edward's regime. Why not use his son and little Margaret to gently control England?
Chapter completed!