According to the habits of many nobles in Swadia, they usually build the castle where they live on a relatively high slope on the plain, and then the people under their rule will build houses centered on the castle and on the surrounding areas.
Pieces of fields have been cultivated in the wilderness, and there are orchards on the mountains, among which vineyards are the most common, and there are also supporting wineries.
In this way, a human settlement is basically completed, and it also has good protection capabilities.
It would be better if there was a river. The nobles of Swadia also mastered the technology of utilizing river water, and knew how to open canals to irrigate crops, and even build ports on the rivers to breed fish.
Before stabbing his brother to death, Fatis, as a noble young man, only held the position of cavalry captain. At that time, his father was still alive and had not passed on the family title to him, but this did not prevent Fatis from becoming a cavalry captain at a young age.
Received relevant education.
This also allowed him, who was no longer young, to use his knowledge to open up an already prosperous land to the north of the rushing river. This place was named after his hometown, which was Lulens, although Fatis was in
He works in the city, but his family's fiefdom is in the surrounding areas.
On a morning when the wind was howling but the sun was still bright, Alan, Hermione and two young spies came to the village under the castle, sniffing the acrid smoke from the blacksmith shop and walking on the surface.
On the frozen but still muddy country road, prepare to meet up with other Twilight Knights and stay in Fatis for a while, because the things to be done here still need some time to brew.
In this wilderness north of the Running River, there are almost no traces of mountains. There are only a few low hills. Half of them have been hollowed out, and half of them were built with the stones taken out for protection.
The city walls of the surrounding residents, while the other half of the city wall is made of bricks. This is due to the fact that Feslite's brick factory opened a branch here, and there is no lack of suitable soil in the surrounding area.
Under such conditions, don't expect to find a stone road. This is really a waste of effort.
Most of the materials in the castle where Fatis lives are still made of wood, which makes him a little uncomfortable because only Nord nobles live like this in Calradia. But given the current situation, this is already very good.
This was built specifically for him by Artiman, and it was spent on the cabinet. There is really nothing to be picky about.
At the top of the castle, a green flag fluttered in the wind, with a knight charging with a gun printed on it. Above the knight was a crown with three stars. The crown represented Allen's rule, and the knight was
Represents Fatis' family.
"Your Majesty, sir, this is the condition Barr proposed." Young Brendan looked a little excited, but his performance was very calm. He repeated Barr's words word for word, and then stood quietly aside.
Waiting for the next instructions.
But he would occasionally glance at Hermione standing next to him, hoping to see something on his mentor's face, such as encouragement, approval or dissatisfaction.
It's just that Hermione's handsome face always had a calm look, which rarely changed. However, Allen, who was holding a bowl of hot soup, nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you for your hard work on this trip. Have a bowl of hot soup and go down and rest. I believe you will have to go to Baal again before long."
Although Brendan left Barr's camp first, and Allen was delayed a little bit because of Laval's incident, he and Hermione returned to Lawrence Lu first. This was because of the two of them.
The other two young children need to be taken care of, otherwise they will come back overnight in the early morning.
This place is less than two hundred kilometers away from Baal's territory. According to the speed of the elf horse, it doesn't take too long.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Seeing Fatis nodding silently, Brendon left the restaurant. He has been working here for two years, and these small things do not require arrangements from others.
"Your Majesty, if Baal takes care of everything by himself, do we really have to pay double the price to redeem those dwarves?"
Fatis, who was speaking, had uncontrollable anger on his face. If according to the count's idea, since Allen has come here, then let his Majesty the King lead all the troops to rush to the other side of the river and put all the troops to the other side of the river.
The right thing to do is for the dwarves to snatch it back.
By the way, it can also teach those Dongyi people who are prone to robbery.
At this time, Fatis did not want to compromise with any Dongyi people, not even Baal, because ever since he enfeoffed Lulens, the Dongyi people on the other side of the river had never been at peace.
Baal may have done something outrageous, but there were still other Dongyi tribes who forcibly crossed the Red Water River to hunt in Rovanian, and even looked for opportunities to plunder surrounding manors.
For this reason, Fatis led the cavalry troops to repel waves of harassment, but the Dongyi people seemed to be not afraid of death and kept sending small groups of troops to infiltrate.
This situation lasted until the warships in Changhu Town were completed and began to appear on the Hongshui River in an organized manner.
Because since then, the Dongyi people have been unable to cross the river most of the time. When building bridges or boats, they would be missed by arrows flying like a rain from the warships, or their crossbows would be missed and nailed to death by the river.
Since then, no Dongyi people are willing to take risks, because in their view, it is completely suicide. Even though the land there is rumored to be very fertile, with endless wheat ears and endless wild animals to hunt, but
Now that we can't even cross the river, there's no need to try.
It's just that the Dongyi people who came to harass before still caused great casualties and losses to Fatis' territory. Even though the Earl of Lulens was not that kind of militant nobleman, in order to save his face, he also gave
The knights and civilians in the territory confessed that a cross-river revenge war was inevitable.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, this requires Allen's consent. Whether it is Fatis or Alleyn, although they are lords of one party, they have their own fiefdom and
It is a private army, but it does not have the right to initiate war with other forces.
This is Middle-earth after all, and Allen will never give this kind of power to his subordinates, otherwise he will be left with an endless mess. Even if he is fine when he is in office, it will be difficult in the future.
Solve the consequences.
It is easy to give out rights, but it is extremely difficult to take them back.
"Of course not. I just need Barr, the greedy hyena, to guide us in the direction. If he accepted my conditions from the beginning, I might not be willing to do anything. After all, war is also a waste of time and money.
Things also require sacrifice, so why should we choose that dangerous way?"
"But now, I have heard a lot of things in the surrounding villages, and some people who think they are respectable have come to me to complain, saying that you are a cowardly ruler. It has been really hard for you for a while. However, the law
Tis, I think you can now issue the order for war mobilization."
From the beginning, Allen's order to Fatis was to cooperate with the warships and guard Rovanian in the Red Water River area. He must not forcefully cross the river to actively provoke the Dongyi people.
There is certainly a reason for such a decision. Although Allen doesn't know much about the Dongyi people, he also knows that during the Holy War of the Lord of the Rings, Sauron ordered the assembled Dongyi people to attack Rovanian. They had the numerical advantage.
It directly defeated the human army in the River Valley State, and finally even surrounded the dwarf Gushan Kingdom, and killed the two kings of humans and dwarves.
This kind of strength is not weak. Rovanian currently does not have the capital to fight against this strength, so Allen has to order Fatis to act cautiously.
However, as time went by, a large number of Dongyi prisoners of war were willing to accept Allen's rule and gained free status through active labor, which could be regarded as a relatively stable life for themselves.
And through communicating with these people, Allen gained a deeper understanding of the chaos in the Rune area.
Just like the Haradh people are just a collective name for all the ethnic groups living in the south, the same is true for the Dongyi people.
Just like the Baltras ruled by Ashur, the Chariot People who once invaded the old Rovanian Kingdom, and the Balkos who are related to them but more ferocious, they are also Dongyi people.
However, there is actually no relationship between them that belongs to each other, and sometimes there will even be conflicts. The stronger tribes will drive the weaker tribes out of the richer areas of the Rune region, leaving these weak tribes to fend for themselves.
Even a nation does not necessarily have only one tribe. When rights are not distributed properly, divisions are common. This happened even to the kingdom of the Númenóreans, let alone those with more backward cultures.
They are barbarians.
And the Dongyi people who have been invading Rovanian in the past few years are just a small group of poor people living in the eastern part of the Rune region. And those powerful tribes living in the core area of Rune would not be able to survive without Sauron.
If ordered, they will basically not travel long distances to attack Rovanian.
It is no joke to travel thousands of kilometers with your tribe, not to mention that after you leave, the vacated territory will be occupied by others immediately, so there is basically no way out.
Ashur, who was defeated and fled back to the Rune region, still managed to gain the right to talk to other Dongyi commanders because of Sauron's care.
Allen, who gradually understood all this, also believed that he no longer needed to be as cautious as before and use passive defense to deal with the Dongyi people who invaded him.
Since Fatis' rule here needs a war to prove itself, then based on the known intelligence, Allen will naturally support his friends, vassals and marshals, so that the Dongyi who invaded him can experience the taste of counterattack.
However, it takes a right time to start all this.
Under the order of Fatis, a large number of messengers carrying summons orders began to run on the plains north of the River Run. The knights who received the order began to prepare for the battle. They often left a squire with an armed guard.
Several militiamen rose up and managed the manor for themselves in the following days.
The management of the territory cannot be abandoned just because of the war. There are still some shackled prisoners of war here.
The knight himself will report to Lulens with another attendant and two or three auxiliary soldiers who can also fight on horseback. The ability to come up with such a configuration is naturally thanks to Allen's policy.
Because the weapons and equipment of these knights and squires are directly borne by the cabinet, which also includes maintenance after the battle. At the beginning, this work was not easy to complete until the transport ships in Changhu Town began to be put into use.
After that, transporting various supplies and components will be much easier.
If it doesn't work, you can just report it and replace it with a new one. After all, Allen ordered a thousand sets of heavy cavalry armor from the dwarves, and currently only 400 sets are in use.
Since there is no burden of weapons and armor, the estates managed by the knights, after reasonable cultivation, can still get some rich harvests in addition to feeding everyone. Now in an environment where enemies often invade, these knights naturally tend to
In order to cultivate more combat effectiveness, Fatis can summon more troops.
As the weather gets colder, more and more cavalry troops gather in Lulens. After completing their reports, the knights often choose to go to the castle to meet Fatis and ask for a glass of wine.
Their relationship with the earl here is that of old superiors and old subordinates.
But Allen, who was also here, made them feel a little bit nervous despite being shocked. After all, they had become knights, and their responsibilities were not only to follow Allen into battle, but also to manage the estate well.
It was an assessment given by the king to them. If they did not do well, they would be summoned to Feslaite at any time to be scolded, and they would also be punished by having their titles revoked.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Due to the inconvenience of communication, Allen borrowed many more appropriate policies without any other options, such as the knight manor system, which enfeoffed large tracts of land east of the Black Forest.
To the soldiers who have made meritorious service on the battlefield, while giving them rights and status, it can also be regarded as rebuilding this once prosperous and fertile land.
But unlike the serious hereditary fiefs, the manors owned by these knights are half-life tenure, and come with corresponding responsibilities and obligations. In addition to managing the manor well, they also need to wait until they are no longer capable of fighting.
, to train a heavy cavalryman to inherit his own responsibilities and territory.
Whether it is management or combat, these all need to be assessed. It does not mean that after the land is entrusted, it has nothing to do with Allen.
The obligations and responsibilities in this are the charm of rights. However, as the founding monarch, Allen has very powerful monarchy. The rules are formulated by himself, and the final interpretation power belongs to the royal family. After paying compensation, he can at any time
All can be changed.
These are all written in the contract. As long as there is strong strength as the backing, when a minister is deprived of his title because of a mistake, no other vassal will think it is tyranny. This is what Allen decided after implementing the enfeoffment system.
Insurance down.
However, now before the war, Allen is quite satisfied with the cavalry troops gathered in Lurens. This is hundreds more cavalry than he originally imagined, although the combat effectiveness is compared to those who have received the
The fully trained attendants are still lacking, but they are more than enough as auxiliary soldiers.
Therefore, Allen does not intend to assess the political performance of these knights this time.