Duke, who was still in the northern fortress, naturally did not know that his chancellor of the exchequer had overfulfilled his task, and had finalized a long-term deal with the church, hugging the thigh of a gold lord.

At the same time, they don't know that the competitors they see as most likely to interfere with their business are not actually interested in them, and they are even willing to give up some market share and let others deal with the troubled church.

He only knew that he had been in a very happy mood recently, because a certain unlucky saint who he regarded as the most annoying had been gone for more than a month.

In the more than a month that has finally calmed down, he feels comfortable and comfortable from the inside out.

I didn't know the preciousness of this kind of life before, but now after I returned, I was moved to tears.

Now he took only two or three guards with him, and rode his own horses along the country roads, experiencing the high-class idyllic scenery that he had been dreaming about before.

Looking at the layers of golden wheat waves in front of him, and the endless greetings and praises around him, Duke felt that his whole person was about to fall into the corrupt life of this feudal lord.

It was originally a desolate suburb outside the city, and when he first arrived, it was an uncultivated wasteland.

At the time of his promulgation of the abolition of serfs and untouchables and the decree of reclamation, emancipated serfs and untouchables, as well as later reformed slaves, began to settle here.

After half a year of hard work, it is finally time to usher in the harvest.

And Duke promised that he would not collect taxes from them for three years, and that the income from this time, including land, money, and food, would be their own.

Therefore, this may be said to be the most loyal area of the whole territory to him, as long as he appears, he has not heard the sound of greetings and praises, and there will always be people on the road who will stop to greet him.

Of course, as a good young man with a good modern education, Duke still knew his goal clearly, and just indulged in it for a while and hurriedly beat his horse away.

After all, it's really cool to be praised there, and I guess I really have to sink if I accidentally fall.

After running aimlessly for a while, he found a building at the end of his vision that was out of step with his surroundings.

At the end of the surrounding antique windmills, wheat waves, and waterwheels, a magnificent concrete building rises from the ground, and the angular corners reveal a fierce murderous atmosphere.

It was in accordance with Duke's request that the newly built school grounds and barracks not long ago were replaced with cement in the previous wooden buildings, which improved both the defense and the comfort.

Seeing that the school field was not far away, Duke simply led people to rush over there, he had always been curious about Lenia's training methods, and he just took advantage of today's whim to check her work progress.

Before they reached the gate of the school camp, the sentry on the watchtower had already seen the smoke and dust of the horses running from a distance, and when they got closer, they realized that it was their lord who was bringing people to patrol, and immediately informed Lenia, who was arranging the training mission.

So when Duke arrived at the door, the chief knight was already waiting there solemnly.

"Your Excellency, welcome to inspect your army. "Since she was in the barracks, Lenia performed a very formal knightly etiquette, and her whole face was tense.

Duke touched his nose a little embarrassed, in fact, he was more interested in coming to visit, but he couldn't brush Lenya's wishes, so he could only say helplessly: "Lenia, you don't have to be so formal, I'm just coming over casually." ”

"Lord, it's supposed to be different in the barracks, and besides, this is almost your first time inspecting the barracks, so it should be more formal. Lenia didn't pay attention to Duke's words, but said with some sincerity.

Duke handed his horse to the soldiers who met him, shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, and acquiesced to Lenia's meaning.

Lenia smiled, then quickly pulled away, leading the way for Duke without saying a word.

As soon as he entered the school grounds, his ears were filled with the shouts of soldiers training, the footsteps of the marching teams, and the roar of orders, just as the army began its regular training.

"I'll call the army over and review it for you. Lenia guided Duke to the Dianjuntai in the center of the school grounds, where he could overlook the training situation of the entire school field, and it was also a viewing platform for ordinary military parades.

"No, no, no, I just wanted to come over today to see what the army's training is like in peacetime, not to come here for a military parade. ”

"Why are you interested in the army's peacetime training? Military parades can better test the results of peacetime training. Lenia asked, a little confused, wondering why her lord had come to see ordinary soldier training on a whim.

Duke smiled and didn't answer her question directly. I can't tell Lenia in plain sight, and I'm also puzzled why she has been training for so long and hasn't achieved any results.

Doubts are doubts, but since it is the lord's request, Lenia will not refuse, so she takes Duke on a detour to the largest practice ground on the west side of the school grounds.

"Lord, please see, this is a combat training going on here. Lenia said, pointing to the hundreds of people below who were fighting with wooden swords and shields.

Casually, she said with a little pride: "I used the way our Gard family used to train the guards this time, although it will take a little longer, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers cultivated will be very amazing!"

Duke looked at it with great difficulty, and in fact, he didn't quite understand the drill scene of these hundreds of people.

In his opinion, it was a group of people fighting on a simulated battlefield, but the rules and special features were not visible to him, a person who did not understand military affairs.

It's just that this training method is very different from the military training method he envisioned.

After creating the Magic Energy Rifle, he originally thought that his soldier training should be based on queue and discipline, but he didn't expect that in the end, it would be this kind of feudal lord's practice of fighting with cold weapons.

"I heard that the anvil has sent two or three hundred original models of magic energy rifles to you to try out, why haven't you seen anyone use them?"

The original model of the Magic Rifle was the original style of the Magic Rifle similar to the flint form, which has been basically eliminated, but there are still several hundred finished products that were first sent to the barracks by anvils for the soldiers to be familiar with.

Lenia was slightly stunned, and then said with some embarrassment: "Those weapons are being played with as toys by the veterans in the back camp......"