Autumn goes to winter, and two months have passed in a blink of an eye.

At the beginning of December, the army of the Earldom of Meredith was fully re-equipped, and the firearms army was also fully equipped a full month earlier than expected, and the military strength of the entire territory had increased several times.

The total number of cavalry is more than 2,200, divided into two cavalry regiments and two cavalry battalions, and more than 3,300 infantry, divided into one infantry corps and one infantry regiment.

In addition, there were 2,100 musketeers and 900 artillerymen, and 3,000 people made up the firearms corps.

Seven hundred musketeers and three hundred artillerymen, a whole thousand men in a regiment, divided into three regiments, this is the only over-numbered army in the territory.

The militia regiments and reservists have been integrated into the firearms corps, which means that there will be no temporary workers in the territorial army in the future, and they will defend the territory in a new capacity.

The county of Meredith has taken a leap forward in the era, and from now on, the territory will be based on the regiment, the first cavalry regiment, the first infantry regiment, the first firearms regiment, and so on.

In addition to the regiment having an independent number, the regiment below will be called the first, second, and third battalions of a certain regiment.

In this way, the number and number of troops are clear, the management is more convenient, the military orders are more accessible, and the living space of the army moths is reduced.

However, the county of Meredith is developing, and the situation of the plague is gradually getting worse, which can be seen from the number of outcasts in the territory.

In just two months, tens of thousands of homeless people fled to the territory to seek refuge.

Moreover, there are more and more anomalies reported from various places, and several lords around the county of Meredith ask for help almost every week.

Heidi was very generous and sent troops to encircle and suppress it, but the effect was not satisfactory.

After a few times, she gave up on this stupidity: "Either you will be relegated to the county of Meredith, and I will protect you unconditionally, or if you do not agree, then fend for yourself." ”

After several weeks of stubborn struggle, several lords reluctantly chose to compromise.

As a result of this event, the area of the county of Meredith increased again, reaching 6,400 square kilometers, with three cities, fourteen small towns, and thirty villages.

On December 6, Heidi hurried into Lei Ye's office and threw two announcements on his desk.

Renard was a little stunned: "What is it?"

He opened it and looked at it, and then showed a sudden expression, the two proclamations were a war mobilization order and a wartime state order.

Both proclamations were issued by the king, and the kingdom of Arthur entered a state of war again from today.

In this case, the lord was not allowed to leave the fief without a special order from the king, otherwise it would be considered a voluntary renunciation of the fief.

Renard spread the two announcements on the table and asked with a smile, "Isn't that expected?"

Heidi's mood was a little low, and she sighed, "Does this mean that the real demon disaster has come?"

She looked out the window and added worriedly, "I mean, Count Meredith will be in for a flood of demons, right?"

Renard opened his mouth, and then sighed equally deeply: "Don't worry, it'll be fine, I guarantee with my life." ”

That being said, who can really rest assured.

Lei Ye got up and came to Heidi's side and held her hand: "Let's go out for a walk, this may make your mood better, after all, it's the harvest season." ”

It was a sunny noon, and the sun was shining on the earth, but it couldn't dispel the chill in the air.

On the outskirts, hundreds of infantry are undergoing physical training, and cavalry patrols around the territory, and now there are dozens of villages, towns and cities that need to be guarded, and they can't rest for a moment.

Three firearms regiments were stationed in three cities, and the saved infantry was distributed to villages and towns, strengthening the local garrison.

Heidi looked at the strong army belonging to the Meredith family, and her heart was really a lot calmer: "With them, the territory should be able to sit back and relax." ”

Renard smiled and nodded: "At least until the complete destruction of the Arthurian Kingdom, we are very safe, even if there are hundreds of thousands of demon armies, I still have the confidence to eat each other." ”

Of course, Lei Ye is talking about a legion composed of low-level demons, and among such a legion, the number of middle and high-level demons should not exceed three or five thousand, and with their current strength, it is not difficult to solve the other party.

Renard looked at Heidi and asked, "Would you like to go over and say a few words?"

Heidi shook her head with a wry smile when she heard this: "Forget it, they are in good shape now, and if I go, it will delay training." ”

Reynard showed an undeniable expression and said, "Then let's go and see how the crops are in the field." ”

Heidi did not refuse this time, and said with relief on her face: "The rise should be very good, I inspected it a few times a while ago and found that the corn is very full." ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Lei Ye and said in a slightly adoring tone: "Thanks to your attention, burying the demon's corpse in the soil really made the crops grow better." ”

Seeing this, Renard smiled wryly and just fertilized, this stupid girl didn't understand.

While the two were chatting, they were beating their horses and walking to the fields farther away.

Because they came to relax, the war horses were just trotting, and the harvest scenes along the way were in full view.

With lingering smiles on their faces, the farmers talk about how much more potatoes they have harvested this year.

The two came to a cornfield, where Reynard restrained his horse, then rolled over and went down to the ground to observe the rise of the corn.

The cold-resistant corn brought from the Empire of Constantinople was a good thing, and although the weather was cold, it was still very full and ready to be harvested.

At this moment, a cropper man hurriedly ran in the distance, his expression was very anxious, as if he was afraid that Renard would destroy the crop.

However, after seeing his face clearly, the man immediately shouted excitedly, "Your Excellency. ”

He ran this way while shouting, and was mixed up with the fallen corn stalk in the middle of the road, and he was disgraced, so he was not embarrassed.

Renard looked at the other party in some shock, and then smiled: "It turned out to be you." ”

The middle-aged man in front of him he knew, it was Hal who he had rescued from the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, and now he had replaced Jasper as the new village chief.

After the other party came closer, he looked very nervous, and even a little at a loss: "Your Excellency, I didn't expect you to come back, and I didn't prepare anything to entertain you." ”

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly swept to the corn next to him, and then he vigorously broke off a few big and thick ones, and said in a simple tone: "You take a few corns back to eat, this corn is big and sweet, but delicious." ”

Renard couldn't refuse, so he took the corn and stuffed it into the blanket next to the warhorse.

Then he smiled and said, "I'm not here to take bribes, but to find out if the crops are rising." ”

When Hal heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and praised: "Of course it's good, in the past, when I planted crops in Baron Grant's territory, the harvest of wheat per mu was only three or four hundred catties, and when I got here, the good guy was six or seven hundred catties." ”

He then added: "I used to grow only one crop of wheat or corn a year, or harvest potatoes twice a year, but now I can still grow corn after harvesting wheat, and my annual income has more than tripled." ”

Looking at the appearance of this simple man smiling from ear to ear, Heidi couldn't help but smile.

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