The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 1057 - 1054 The First Flame Pavilion

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1054: The First Flame Pavilion

Chapter 1057 -1054: The First Flame Pavilion

The issue of enfeoffment was the first major problem in the establishment of the Flame Kingdom, but with the Development Committee handling it, Liszt didn’t have much to worry about.

He only needed to recognize the ranks of Duke, Marquis, and Earl, while the Development Committee took care of the statistics for wars and appointed Viscounts, Barons, and Honored Lords.

Now, another matter worthy of deep consideration lay before Liszt—the formation of the Inner and Outer Cabinets.

The knight system in this world was a feudal serfdom system, where every Noble Landlord was a feudal slave owner. The Landlord’s domain, aside from paying taxes to their superior Landlord, essentially held all other powers in their hands, including judiciary, finance, military, trade, agriculture, and so on.

Of course, the judiciary of the domain was still overall subject to the laws of the Kingdom.

Therefore, in governing the Flame Kingdom, Liszt primarily needed to consider the governance of Flame Island and other unenfeoffed lands, as well as effectively restraining the Landlords at all levels within the Kingdom. This involved the cabinet officer system for Flame Island and the outer cabinet officer system for the Flame Kingdom.

In other Kingdoms, general state affairs are usually discussed by the King in conjunction with the major Landlords, while the Nobles needed to enter the palace to hold office, managing the Royal Family for the King.

But it was different for Liszt.

He planned to strengthen centralization, hence he divided the officers into the Inner and Outer Cabinets.

The Outer Cabinet was easy to deal with; simply patching up the Development Committee was enough to put together an Outer Cabinet. So, as the year-end approached, he directly issued dozens of appointment documents in the name of the King of the Flame Kingdom, announcing to the entire country.

He appointed Li Weiliam Tulip Duke as the Prime Minister of the Outer Cabinet.

He appointed Emily Flame Marquis as the First Defense Minister, Marcus Wheel Earl as the Second Defense Minister, Sasumit Saint Marquis as the Third Defense Minister—the First Minister is the leader of the department, while the Second and Third Ministers are assistants.

He appointed Dimaria Yu Huashi Marquis as the First Foreign Minister, Yevich Water Peanut Marquis as the Second Foreign Minister…

He appointed Geoffrey Hibiscus Marquis as the First Minister of Internal Affairs, Durt Red Apricot Marquis as the Second Minister of Internal Affairs…

He appointed Paris Flame Marquis as the First Finance Minister, Goltai Mast Earl as the Second Finance Minister…

He appointed Piero Grey Iron Duke as the First Justice Minister…

He appointed Chris Truth as the First Arcane Minister, Kenley Truth as the Second Arcane Minister…

He appointed Bluposi Marquis as the First Ocean Minister…

He also appointed other Marquises and Earls as Ministers of Agriculture, Trade, Education, Craftsmanship, Health, Transportation, and so on.

The appointment of the Outer Cabinet didn’t cause much of a stir; in fact, many Nobles were unwilling to serve as ministers of the Outer Cabinet. Now that the nation had been established, the Nobles had all become Lords of their domains, preferring to build their own lands, at most awaiting the King’s dispatch during wartime.

But the Outer Cabinet was Liszt’s command, and the Nobles who served as ministers must take time to exercise their responsibilities and powers.

As opposed to the widespread announcement of the Outer Cabinet,

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The formation of the Inner Cabinet was much more low-key, for a simple reason: Liszt didn’t want the Noble Landlords to participate in the management of his own Flame Island. He directly selected full-time managers from various academies and appropriate Knights from the Burning Legion to form an Inner Cabinet under his control.

While forming the Outer and Inner Cabinets, he also established the Inner Court of the Sun Moon Star Palace—put simply, the exclusive servants of the family.

The aged Butler Carter took on the role of chief steward of the Inner Court.

Mrs. Morson, exceptional at brewing tea, became the chief maid.

The increasingly plump Mrs. Abbie took on the role of chief of food services.

Thomas, who was originally a personal servant and later became the Butler of Thorn Castle, took charge as the chief male servant.

In addition to these, there were also the Master of Wine, Master of Drama, Master of Horses, Master of Etiquette, and so on. Only a few of these officials were people from Fresh Flower Town who had followed Liszt from the beginning; the majority were servants captured from the Eagle Kingdom in recent years—those Noble Landlords’ Castles had a great number of servants.

Skilled servants were more expensive than craftsmen in the serf market.

Currently, the Sun Moon Star Palace had over eighteen hundred servants, responsible for maintaining the operations of this immense palace.

It was true that only Liszt was officially residing in the palace now, with Ach, Emily, Paris, and others not often living at the castle, and Lady Penelope also stayed with Li Weiliam. But even alone, Liszt was unwilling to treat himself poorly.

His palace had to be as luxurious as those in other kingdoms, not only for his own enjoyment but also to reflect the glory of the Flame Family.

How could a king destined to be legendary not have a grand palace and hordes of servants to accentuate his status?

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“Is this the Sun Moon Star Palace? Truly majestic and beyond belief, it’s unimaginably grand and vast,” remarked the leader of an envoy group from a certain principality, coming to participate in the founding celebration of the Flame Kingdom. He stood on the balcony of the Flame King City’s diplomatic lodge and couldn’t help but admire the far-off Sun Moon Star Palace.

The envoy’s deputy immediately continued, “My lord, this is a palace built with the participation of archmages. Look at those two mountains—they were forcibly joined together by powerful magic to form what we see now.”

Another deputy chimed in, “It’s said that many more miraculous construction projects have yet to begin. The Flame Kingdom now has two archmages; for them, no architectural feat is too great.”

“Yes, time changes so fast. Who had heard of Liszt a few years ago? Yet now, in the northeastern corner of the Legendary Continent, he is an immense legend that no one dares ignore,” mused the envoy group leader with admiration.

“After all, the Flame Kingdom is acknowledged as the Son of Glory.”

“Hey, I would willingly give up ten years of my life to ride a dragon just once.”

“You’d trade ten years? I’d give twenty.”

“Heh, then wouldn’t you be dead the moment you got on the dragon?”

“What’s that supposed to mean? Do I look old to you? I’m only thirty!” The two deputies began to quarrel over the topic of dragon riding and life span.

The envoy group leader waited until their faces turned red with argument before interrupting, “Enough, both of you, don’t make fools of ourselves in front of the Flame People… The glory of knighthood isn’t for you; you haven’t even touched a dragon, let alone ride one. You should turn your attention to magical beasts. Look at the Flame Kingdom, how many knights you see riding birds.”

Following the direction he pointed.

One could see many knights flying on large birds above Flame King City. Some were part of the Royal Knight Squad – Red Sparrow Team patrolling the city, while others were noble landlords who had arrived in the king city to take part in the feudal ceremony. The Flame Kingdom, with numerous beast taming contracts, had an increasing number of knights riding flying birds.

However, not every knight could obtain a beast taming contract; one must contribute to the kingdom and sign a confidentiality agreement before getting one.

Of course, no matter how strict the confidentiality measures were, they couldn’t really be secret.

The Flame Kingdom’s huge advantage was Liszt’s Hundred Birds Toward The Phoenix ability. He could drive away the birdlike magical beasts and quickly form beast taming contracts with knights. Otherwise, magical beasts with their wild nature were seldom patient enough to be trained by humans, let alone recognize a knight and form a contract.

As the three members of the envoy group pointed and murmured about Flame King City.

Suddenly, a huge silhouette leaped up from the distant horizon. The figure grew closer and closer, and in the shocked eyes of the trio, the massive figure slowly approached Flame King City—it was a majestic giant lion with dense fur, sharp eyes, and a vibrant spirit surveying the entire Flame King City.

“Is that…”

“That’s Nimia the Giant Lion, the receptionist from the Flame Kingdom mentioned that Flame King City has Nimia the Giant Lion as its protector beast!”

“My goodness, was Nimia the Giant Lion always this huge!”

“Unicorns, Nimia the Giant Lion, and then there are the Phoenix (Flame Dragon Birds), right, there’s also that enormous Lightning Dragon Turtle. His Majesty the King of the Flame Kingdom is not only good at dragon riding but also has a great attraction to sub-dragons!” exclaimed the envoy group leader, his voice brimming with admiration.

He paused,

then added, “To be favored by the glory of knighthood, to live in the same era as such a great knight, and to personally meet His Majesty Liszt, is a tremendous honor!”