Discussion of the Enfeoffment of Territories

"Your Highness, this time, forty-eight meritorious soldiers have been promoted to barons, twenty-six barons have been promoted to viscounts, and two viscounts have been promoted to earls. The promotion roster has been checked and finalized, with no errors or omissions. However, this round of territorial enfeoffments has assigned all the available territories in Draemke Province and Winston Province. There will be no surplus territories left for future enfeoffments. I was wondering whether we should transfer some of the enfeoffed territories to Yungshandra Province and Muye Province. Those places are basically still blank slates..."

There was a saying: The people above move their mouths, while those below run their legs off. Although Lorist always felt incredibly busy, with countless matters waiting for him to make decisions on, piles of documents awaiting his review, and family officials constantly coming to report to him, the truth was that no matter what the matter was, Lorist only needed to set the general direction with a few words. After that, the family officials would naturally work themselves to death handling it. Once it was completed, they would report back to Lorist, and a simple "Well done" or "Very good, I'm satisfied" would leave them feeling overwhelmed by his favor.

Just like the highlight of the New Year Celebration at the end of the year—the enfeoffment of new territorial nobles and the promotion of titles—Lorist had entrusted the entire matter to Fatty Shi, then busied himself playing with his wives and children. Fatty Shi had gathered a group of family officials and worked themselves ragged. They finally achieved results twenty days later. Enfeoffments and title promotions were major matters. The division of new territories and the expansion of territories after title promotions both required meticulous calculations, followed by coordination and planning. Fatty Shi had practically risked