Celebration Banquet and Heir

Time flew by, and more than two months had passed in the blink of an eye. Victor had long since returned to the territory under his rule, while more than a month had passed since the grand and exceedingly solemn Golden Sunflower Family celebration banquet came to an end.

Thinking back to that lively, brilliantly lit celebration banquet, Victor had not only once again bestowed baronial titles upon several people, but had also granted knighthoods to thirty or forty individuals in one stroke!

Including the viscounts and barons invested during the solemn promotion ceremony previously held in Silver Maple City, Victor had generously distributed over ten thousand square kilometers of vast land as fiefs.

As a result, those expansive territories were scattered across the eastern and western ends of the Two Rivers Territory like a dazzling pearl necklace, forming an ironclad barrier that would safeguard the territory's future peace and prosperity.

At the celebration banquet, Victor also solemnly announced, "Over the next three years, we will welcome a large number of new immigrants.

"I have decided to select one hundred thousand of them and assign them to each of you newly promoted nobles as your subjects." This news undoubtedly thrilled everyone present.

Not only that, Victor promised, "The Two Rivers Territory will fully support the development of your lands. Whether in manpower or material resources, you will receive ample guarantees.

"Furthermore, I will bear all the basic expenses required for developing your territories!" Such generous terms were truly difficult to refuse.

However, Victor also made demands—the industrial development of every territory had to be highly complementary to that of the Two Rivers Territory, and all territories had to adopt a unified legal system.

Furthermore, the diplomatic affairs and military command of every territory had to be placed under the unified