After hearing Commandant Zhuo read the edict, which spoke of his meritorious service in killing roving bandits at the border, Gu Chenfeng knew that the Fourth Prince must have pulled strings to have that credit assigned to him.
What he truly cared about was the title he would receive.
"City Lord of Black Iron City, with the rank of viscount."
Gu Chenfeng had been in the Eternal Heaven Realm for a month, and his understanding of the Central Earth Continent had grown steadily deeper.
He knew that Central Earth, under the Human Emperor's rule, had a unified administrative structure.
The Human Emperor was the supreme ruler of Central Earth and held its heartland, the "Human Emperor Domain," exclusively.
Beneath him were the Twelve Kingdoms, and beneath the Twelve Kingdoms were the various marquisates.
Beneath the marquisates were commanderies, cities, and towns.
A marquisate usually contained more than ten commanderies, each overseen by a governor.
A commandery ranged from a dozen or so cities to dozens, or nearly a hundred, each directly administered by a city lord.
A city's territory encompassed numerous counties and towns, with lofty mountains and broad rivers, and was by no means small.
Moreover, the chief officials at every level enjoyed considerable autonomy, holding the power of life and death within their jurisdictions. Calling them local emperors of their own territories would not have been an exaggeration.
Usually, only a Saint Warrior cultivator could serve as a city lord.
There were also True Saint experts who became city lords through outstanding merits or sufficiently powerful backing.
The Fourth Prince had actually kept his word, giving him a city lord's position, granting him the additional title of viscount, and bestowing considerable rewards. This rather surprised Gu Chenfeng.
Yet upon hearing the rewards Gu Chenfeng had received, Taiching Daoist,