Of course, these nobles would not move their entire families to Ojibwa Island at this time. Even after the war ended, they most likely would not relocate there, instead remaining in prosperous Briton while drawing vast sums in annual taxes from their fiefs to fund their lavish lifestyles.
These Inglima nobles were not worried that Charlotte would refuse. After all, Duke Mecklen's Territory was on Goling Island, not Ojibwa Island.
Although Charlotte acted like the master of Ojibwa Island as well and had even built the Great Temple of the Serpent of Destiny there, every great noble needed subordinate nobles. No great noble could manage such a vast expanse of land alone. They needed subordinate nobles to administer portions of it, and those subordinate nobles also had to pay taxes upward. After all, managing land was far more laborious than collecting taxes.
This was not merely an Inglima tradition; the entire Old Continent worked this way. Every duke's and count's territory contained a host of lesser nobles. They exploited the residents below them while providing all sorts of services to those above, from taxes to military service. They even provided family attendants. For example, many ladies-in-waiting serving the wives of great nobles were daughters of lesser nobles. The daughters of ordinary commoners could never obtain such enviable positions.
Emperor Alfred Guillaume did not refuse. Instead, he forwarded every request to Charlotte and let him handle them himself.
Charlotte was equally straightforward. He gave every noble seeking a fief on Ojibwa Island one condition: they had to send people to assist in the war. Land would be allocated according to the number of people sent. He even thoughtfully explained that they did not necessarily have to be soldiers; any people would do.
When this news reached Briton, Duke Mecklen's reputation immediately