In this era, a city is the political and economic center of a region. Controlling the city means controlling the economic lifeline of the region. Occupying a point will brighten the map.
While Weisen led everyone to gather in front of the radio and wait for the broadcast to be broadcast, two hundred city defense troops from Weisenburg and Lingen arrived in Rothburg in carriages and began to take over the city's defense.
In the city center square, the former city defense troops were queuing up to receive their severance pay, and under the witness of the local Bishop of the Church of Light, they swore to the God of Light that they would not be enemies of Baron Wesson in the future.
Frederick did not embarrass the prisoners. The city defense army paid the entire year's wages in advance, and new jobs were immediately available to those who were interested. The farmers who were recruited were also given a bunch of sausages, and each person who died was given a gold coin as a pension.
All were captured military rations and money from the castle treasury.
Luo Teling had to digest and absorb it, and he didn't want to cause anger and resentment, and Lindeng Wan would appear every three days.
Those officials who were captured did not receive such preferential treatment and needed to pay a ransom to redeem their freedom.
We have been neighbors for so many years. Who has money and property?
Someone complained to Frederick that he was poor, so he tied a rope around his waist and the other on Mingming's saddle. As a result, it was less than three meters from the ground. Not only his personal money, but also the money that others put in his lover's house
All the money was shaken out.
Frederick said to these people, you are the ones who are able to govern the place, and you are short of people. As long as you perform well, you will not be reinstated. Now you must stabilize the city.
As planned, the territory occupied by six times the original territory in a short period of time would inevitably lead to a shortage of management personnel in Frederick's hands, so he planned to disperse all these people and relocate them.
In the military camp outside the city, two thousand mountain mercenaries eventually captured seven or eight hundred.
Frederick was planning to build a railway network centered on the city of Weissenburg and Oak City on the future canal. Even if the train would not be available for a while, the horse-drawn railway would still be very good.
Now these captured mercenaries are a good labor force, and the retired city defense troops can be arranged to serve as overseers. Now there are many who come to work as part-time workers and watch the prisoners clean the battlefield.
Frederick did not expect that it would be so troublesome to manage a city after conquering it. This morning, the officers and soldiers who had fought in the battle last night were catching up on their sleep. He was wearing a small silver scale breastplate with Psyche hanging around his waist.
The Sword of Remit and the Paladin Saber issued by the Church of Light were given to me, and they were running around with a bit of pretense.
At noon, Frederick, little Franz and others were waiting for the sauerkraut stew mixed with noodles to be soaked, and the news was playing on the radio next to them.
The news reported the fact and content of the letter of challenge sent by Baron Christian, followed by Frick's refutation of the enemy's shameless speech.
Frederick said: "Ansbach should have received the news now, and maybe we will start taking action tomorrow."
Little Franz said with some worry: "I'm worried that Count Roth will ask Count Ansbach to attack here first."
Frederick shook his head and said: "Ansbach didn't dare. He was worried that the time it took to get back and forth would be enough for us to break down his nest."
"Even if he comes, we will evacuate the warehouse, then the Eichstadt Territory and the Rees Territory. Let me see what he does."
There are a lot of gold coins and gold and silver jewelry in the castle. I can earn enough from these alone, not to mention that the castle's defensive magic circle has not had time to activate, and those high-quality magic crystals can be moved back.
Frederick then said: "The army will set off after they are full. I will go back later and ask Bishop Clement to send some priests to the station. The Golden Angels will serve as a reserve team for the next battle."
"Jurgen, you are responsible for escorting Mrs. Roth to the Eichstadt family's castle. Take action as soon as you enter the castle."
They overestimated the psychological quality of the soldiers. After the soldiers who attacked the military camp came to their senses after the war, the corpses in that area and the smell of blood that filled the air caused many people to have psychological fluctuations.
So the plan for the early morning transfer was to rest here until noon and then seek psychological counseling from a priest.
There is nothing the old mercenaries in the army can do about this. They all resist hard. If they can't resist, they will go back to their hometowns to farm.
Frederick himself was not much better, he was just holding on.
There were marriages between several surrounding territories for generations. Mrs. Roth was the aunt of the current Count Eichstadt, and her mother was the sister of Frederick's grandfather. Everyone was related.
Therefore, Frederick decided to send Mrs. Roth back to her parents' home after she surrendered, and took the opportunity of entering the castle to occupy Eichstatt Castle.
After they finished lunch, Royce came to see Frederick and said that Mrs. Lot wanted to leave now and wanted to see Frederick.
Frederick met Mrs. Lot in the castle. The noble lady who was as round as dough a few years ago was still in high spirits, unlike her son who had just died, holding her daughter who was less than three years old in her arms.
We don't talk about family relations in front of big right and wrong, but we can talk about it now that the fight is over.
Frederick thought she was going to curse him for why she killed her son, and was thinking about how to say comforting words.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Roth said straight to the point: "I will take away all my dowry, and I will help you take over the Eichstadt family's castle."
"You ask your people to follow me, and let them take action when we enter the castle!"
Frederick blinked and said calmly: "I can't think of a reason for you to do this, and your son was killed by me not long ago."
In his memory, Mrs. Lot had always been an ordinary lady. She only held tea parties every day and managed the internal affairs of the territory. She didn't look like a ruthless character.
Mrs. Lott smiled bitterly, shook her head, and whispered: "You don't understand things about our generation, and I don't want to talk about it. You can ask old Franz and the others when you go back, and you should understand as soon as they tell you."
"As for the one you killed, he was Count Lot's son, not my son."
Frederick frowned and said, "I want to confirm this first, and I'll come back later."
Mrs. Lott replied calmly: "Yes."
Frederick left immediately, contacted old Franz and Alfred who were in charge of Hausen City through the communicator, and then had a big meal.
To put it simply, when Mrs. Roth was still Miss Eichstadt, she and the current Count Ansbach were in love.
It was just that for the sake of their own interests, the old counts of the Eichstadt family and the Ansbach family broke them up. Miss Eichstadt became Mrs. Roth, and Mr. Ansbach passed away from the Fürth family.
He chose a daughter who was as round as Miss Eichstadt as a marriage partner.
This is a tragedy caused by a feudal arranged marriage, but the matter is not over yet. The two people later met privately with the help of others all year round. The place where they met...
Frederick frowned when he heard about that place. That place was the lakeside villa of the Wesson family, which is now the location of Wesson University.
This is not the point. The point is that the little girl Mrs. Roth was holding just now belongs to Count Ansbach. The time when the two met there was not long before the expedition, and the news had already come.
Old Franz was sure of this, because at that time he was helping guard the villa, and the time was right.
Frederick understood that Mrs. Roth wanted to take revenge on the Eichstadt family.
He returned to the castle and said straight to the point: "I cannot guarantee Count Ansbach's safety on the battlefield."
Mrs. Lott nodded silently and said: "I can understand, but if you catch him, I can pay a ransom."
Frederick immediately agreed and said: "If you want to invest in some properties in the future, you can come to me. I can't guarantee how much money you can make, but it will be enough to save a decent dowry for the lady."
Mrs. Lott immediately said: "Thank you for your generosity. If that man dies, please notify me in time and I will restore my old name."
Frederick also agreed.
"Let's set off later." He added, "We will arrive at Eichstatt Castle when it gets dark."