Five days later, in the small village of Nisei, at the central mud house.
It was approaching noon, the sun was a little bright, and William stood alone in front of the earthen house, his face as sinking as water, looking forward motionless.
Old John led several villagers and walked over with heavy steps. The villagers all carried several rectangular rough wooden shields in their hands.
Arriving next to William, Old John asked the villagers to put down their wooden shields and waved them away.
Old John reported to William, "Lord Baron, the ten wooden shields you requested have been made! Each one weighs about five pounds!"
William casually glanced at the rough wooden shield that was delivered.
Maybe because of the pursuit of speed, there are still wooden thorns on the wooden shield that have not been cleaned up, but these are minor problems. As long as there are no problems with the general structure, there is no requirement to be very sophisticated!
William hummed slightly, indicating that it was no problem, then turned his head again and looked ahead.
Most of the villagers had gone out to look for the treasure William wanted, or went to work in the fields. There was nothing in front of William, and he didn't know what he was looking at!
Old John did not leave, but hesitated for a moment before reporting back, "Lord Baron, because you wanted it urgently and Charles couldn't make it in time by himself, so he asked Merton, the carpenter in the village, to help make it. He has enough wood there.
He was given 50 copper coins for each wooden shield. Merton was given 4 silver francs in total."
Military products are indeed hugely profitable!
Anyone with skills can find food anywhere!
These were two thoughts that flashed through William's mind instantly.
But that’s it! His focus is not on money now!
As long as money can buy what he wants, it's not a problem.
So he just said to Old John, "Okay, put it in the account."
Because there have been too many expenditures recently, William cannot rely solely on Old John's brain to check the accounts. This is not a trust issue, but a system issue in the future.
So William used a blank piece of parchment to create a new financial form.
It can't be said to be a financial form, it can only be said to be an accounting form, or a simplified version.
The horizontal row is time, and the vertical row is expenditure items and expenditure amounts.
William asked Old John to fill it in according to the date of the day as long as he had expenses. This way, it would be much simpler and clearer.
It will be convenient for William to reconcile his accounts in the future.
William doesn't care much about money, but he cares whether others treat him like a fool!
Although he felt that Old John would not do this, what about the others?
Take precautions before they catch fire!
"Yes, Lord Baron!" Old John responded, but did not leave. Instead, he stood silently next to William.
At this time, a chaotic sound of running and breathing came from the front.
Along with this voice, a crooked team appeared in front of William and Old John.
Seeing this scene, William frowned, but Old John was happy.
This crooked line is not long, and there are only ten people in total.
These ten people were the first group of escort members recruited by Old John.
The leader was a strong man with a beard. His breathing was relatively gentle and he looked relatively relaxed. Who else was Jacques Porter who was not the one who had offended William and was hanged at the entrance of the village by him?
After Jacques Porter was punished by William, his prestige in the village plummeted!
The villagers are not as afraid of him as before!
He didn't dare to extort food from other villagers as he did before!
But his appetite was too big, and there were several other boys in the Potter family who were unable to satisfy his appetite.
So Jacques Porter is hungry every day.
Until William's "recruitment notice" spread in the village.
When Jacques Porter heard about the "free meal" offer, he wanted to sign up.
His father and brothers all attacked him, saying that he had offended the Baron, and the Baron would not recruit him into the guard. They told him not to appear in front of the Baron, lest the Baron's anger would be brought to their home!
Because of the incident with Jacques Porter and the exchange of gold grass for money, Old John has never given their family a good look!
The Porter family was afraid that Jacques Porter would add fuel to the fire and get out of control, with disastrous consequences!
As a result, Jacques Porter became angry. He had a fight with Old Porter and his brothers, and yelled, "I would rather be beaten to death by the Baron than starve to death!"
Then I ran to Old John to sign up.
Many villagers were filled with hatred for Jacques Porter and were ready to see Jacques Porter's jokes.
Unexpectedly, Old John, who was in charge of registration, asked Jacques Porter his age (he was 20 years old), then thought for a long time, looked at Jacques Porter several times, and finally went to the earthen house to ask William for his opinion.
William was stunned for a moment, then nodded and asked Jacques Porter to come in to escort the team!
William is confident and capable, and is not afraid of Jacques Porter going to heaven!
The selection of Jacques Porter made the villagers of the small village of Nise shattered their glasses and inspired the villagers to sign up.
Some village households who had no intention originally asked their children to register with Old John and undergo screening!
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Running in the second position, not far away from Jacques Porter, is a boy with relatively clean and high-end clothes!
Little John!
Old John’s son, sweetheart!
Drake John!
15 years old this year!
His face was red and covered with sweat. He gritted his teeth and stared, running desperately, chasing the back of Jacques Porter.
He was also the reason why Old John didn't leave for the time being to do other things.
Seeing his son working so hard, Old John looked distressed.
He only had this child when he was older, and he has always doted on him!
He wanted to tell William to lower the training intensity, but seeing William's silent face, Old John shut his mouth again and could only encourage his son in his heart.
Not far behind Old John Drake were Little Grete, the younger son of Old Grete's family, Kyle Adams and Rick Adams, two sons of the miller Adams' family, and the eldest son of the swineherd's Hustedt family.
Jerry Hustedt, the boy from the cattle herder's family, Griffric, Jack Smith from the Smith family, a large farmer, Mike Kreese from the Collis family, and Klimak, who ran last and was the thinnest.
Except for Kerimak, the only child from a poor family, the others were basically the sons of wealthy families in the small village of Nisei.
Except for Jacques Porter, few other people's physiques could meet William's requirements.
But this is already the best source of soldiers in the village!
William had no choice but to start training from scratch.
In about a minute or two, Jacques Porter ran up to William and stood in a certain position, feeling a little proud that he was the fastest and best runner.
Jacques Porter panted slightly, looking at William, waiting for his instructions.
William had a sullen face and said nothing.
This made Jacques Porter feel a little disappointed.
After another minute or two, Drake John also ran up to William and stood next to Jacques Porter, panting like an ox, looking at William, feeling a little uneasy and ashamed!
Jacques Porter cast a disdainful glance at Drake John, wanting to compare with me, Jacques Porter, but you are still far behind!
After Drake John stood still, several other members of the escort team also ran to William one after another, each standing in a fixed position, breathing heavily.
Ten people stood in a straight horizontal line.
No one dares to speak, no one dares to queue up randomly!
This is the rule William set with them three days ago, when the escort was first formed.
This is an unquestionable and firmly enforced team rule!
Anyone who violates team rules will be punished!
From the most basic push-ups, the Baron calls this action of "putting your hands on the ground and raising and lowering the body" push-ups to caning. The most serious cases are directly expelled from the escort!
On the day the Guardians were formed, everyone except Drake John and Crimac were punished.