After the shock, Huggins gestured to the guards around him, telling them to quickly summon more troops.
Todd stretched out his hand to stop his movement, waved to Brünnhilde and said, "Come inside."
Hanging the spear on her back again, the big Valkyrie raised her legs to step over the knight on the ground and walked towards the door of the meeting hall.
Huggins took a diagonal step and stopped in front of her. He stared at the spear and gritted his teeth and said, "Before entering, you must first take off your weapon!"
Brünnhilde looked at the king disappearing into the depths of the hall, and inserted the spear deeply into the soil without caring.
Todd, who returned to the throne, ordered his attendants to bring some simple snacks and found the Valkyrie standing among the crowd, standing out from the crowd.
The somewhat hunched monk Joe looked at Brünnhilde's 175cm tall figure next to him and subconsciously stepped aside.
Todd looked at the people sitting down and said, "Has Muxi Kingdom neglected you?"
Brünnhilde shook her head.
"That means you miss your hometown and want to say goodbye?"
The Valkyrie, who was not familiar with the world, spoke directly from her heart: "We left originally to seek the glory of the gods, how could we go back and continue guarding the tomb?"
Todd smiled and asked, "What is your purpose?"
"Fight!" Brynhildr waved her arms vigorously: "We are the war maids of the gods, the Valkyries who charge into battle! We can prove with our strength that the battlefield is the final destination!"
Todd didn't speak, and he didn't show any affirmative or negative expression.
Huggins, who was always paying attention to the king's expression, discussed quietly with Cumberland beside him for a while, and then said to Brünnhilde: "Do the Valkyries want to become mercenaries of the kingdom?"
"Mercenary? The kind of scum that fights for money?! No, my sisters and I, by the way, and the Beidao warriors, hope to join the Muxi Knights!"
After Huggins heard this, he stayed for a while, exchanged an incredulous look with Alfonso, and then hesitantly said to the woman: "Are you... planning to convert to Heavenly Father?"
A look of disgust appeared on Brünnhilde's face: "Of course it's impossible! We are believers of the gods of the North Island, and the Hall of Valor is the eternal destination!"
Huggins angrily took out the cross on his chest and said loudly: "The Knights of Muxi are the sword and shield of Heavenly Father, how could they agree to accept heretics..."
Cumberland slapped Huggins' thigh hard with the back of his hand under the table, silencing the latter's words.
The old knight turned his face to Todd and asked slowly: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
Todd looked around at the people in the hall. Rachel and Gemro believed in the three gods of Gutero; the Valkyrie Brynhildr served Odin, the king of the gods in the North Island; the southern scholar
Kendi believes in God; the rest are followers of the Father.
The belief system of the Muxi Kingdom can now be said to be a mixed bag. As the territory expands and the army grows, the religious beliefs will surely become more complex in the future.
Although Todd himself gave a speech on the founding day of the kingdom, emphasizing that the Kingdom of Muxi is a religiously tolerant country and that heretics will not be tried or expelled, the crushing and discrimination between religions has always been explicit or covert.
existence, let alone an important field like the military.
"Brünnhilde, I'm sorry. The Knights of Duxi are the army of Heavenly Father, and I cannot agree to let you join."
The king's decision disappointed the Valkyrie, while Huggins and Alfonso let out a long sigh.
Todd paused for a moment and then said: "Although the Muxi Knights cannot accept you, the Muxi Kingdom can."
Everyone in the hall held their breath, as they were baffled by the king's sudden words.
Todd smiled and continued: "Muxi Kingdom has always been an open and tolerant world. It provides shelter to all those who have encountered injustice and are deeply persecuted. There will be no favoritism or discrimination because of your beliefs, origins or even race.
Excluded.”
Brünnhilde cast a grateful look at Todd, while other pagans in the hall showed expressions of reverence.
"I plan to establish the second army of the Muxi Kingdom, which will be composed entirely of Valkyries and Beijians. You will gain the power to gallop on the battlefield, for the sake of glory and for the kingdom." Todd looked at Brunhil.
Eyes of Germany: "The commander of the army will be borne by you, and the equipment and supplies will be borne by the kingdom."
Looking at everything in front of him, unlike Huggins and Alfonso who were stunned, Cumberland, the commander of the Muxi Knights, looked at Todd with a little approval and relief in his eyes, and the only words he spoke were his own
Can hear.
"Really looking more and more like a qualified king..."
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The Valkyries and the North Island warriors declared their allegiance to King Tod and established the kingdom's second army, the "North Island Knights", marking the beginning of the diversification of Muxi Kingdom's military strength.
But compared to this matter, the residents of Muxi City are more concerned about the latest way to get rich in the kingdom.
First of all, the advancement of shipbuilding and navigation technology in Muxi City, coupled with the prosperity of maritime trade, has resulted in a large number of fleets traveling on the sea in pursuit of wealth.
Secondly, the "Patent Law" that protects inventions, the continuous growth of the team of scholars, and the strong support of the wealthy people have resulted in the emergence of a variety of new products in the kingdom.
Finally, the Muxi Kingdom's ever-expanding population and increasing demand for goods created a virtuous cycle of wealth and rapid business growth.
The above three points, maritime trade, product technology, and increased domestic demand have created a force with economics as the driving force - capitalists, which has gradually stepped onto the stage of history.
This force includes scholars with patents, businessmen who have accumulated wealth, and maritime trade fleets. They have created a complete business chain from product research, starting farms, setting up workshops, setting up shops, and finally going to ocean trade.
This power prospered by commerce gradually penetrated into every corner of Muxi Kingdom and began to influence this emerging kingdom in many aspects.
The first point is to help Muxi Kingdom deal with refugees. Whether it is product research and development or production and processing, free labor is an indispensable factor. Due to the special nature of Muxi Kingdom, serfs attached to nobles and landowners are almost non-existent.
The labor costs for Muxi residents were too high, so in order to obtain qualified labor, capitalists turned their attention to the cheap refugees in the outer cities.
They provide education to the refugees to ensure that they master basic work skills; they also provide the refugees with food and accommodation, ensuring that these people are permanently tied to a contract. Although these actions are motivated by profit, they also accelerate the urbanization process and
Education penetration rate.
The second point is the emergence of the land enclosure movement. The production and processing of products require a large amount of land. Take Mu Xicheng's popular product - "Tuberose Essential Oil" as an example. The "raw material processing plant" for the product alone requires two hundred acres.
With land, if drying, purification, bottling and other sites are added, a perfume industry alone can develop the size of a small town.
However, the land in and around Muxi City has basically been planned in detail and cannot be occupied. What should we do? The capitalists have set their sights on the "noble fiefs" that the Muxi Knights once plundered but gave up occupying.
.These lands were originally owned by the Yinhuan nobles, but the outbreak of the war made them all
Originally, people were worried that King Todd would ban the development, but after some investigation, they found that the king not only did not object, but actually supported the reuse of "public wasteland". Capitalists only need to pay a pitiful rent.
, you can obtain land use rights from the royal family for 20 to 40 years.
The third point is the development of agricultural productivity. Unlike the small peasant economy in the Middle Ages, the rise of capital power has promoted the development of agriculture and rural productivity. Due to the long-term cheap lease of land, most capitalists are more willing to invest in new crops and add good quality crops.
Fertilizer, use better tools, reform drainage systems, and adopt advanced farming methods to increase yields.