As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Free Business Alliance, Zhou Ming began to consider the military defense of the Grand Territory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And with the increasing number of various business and trade activities led by the Grand Collar, once the business plans in Zhou Ming's heart are gradually realized, in the next few years, the Grand Collar, which will only become more and more prosperous, will definitely become a place of wealth and "gold rush" that countless traveling merchants, mercenaries, anonymous thieves and other floating populations yearn for.

In addition, in the future, the Gran Territory will also have to respond to the war call initiated by the upper earl or king, participate in the war or national war against other realms, and also need to pull out a team of men and horses who respond to the call, and ensure that after the war, they can return with fewer losses.

Therefore, establish a territory army with elite soldiers and sufficient personnel to protect the security of the territory, maintain the security of the territory, respond to the call of the upper echelons, and expand the war abroad...... It has become a matter of urgency in front of Zhou Ming, not to mention the fire.

It's just that......

The situation in the previous life was completely different from that of the previous life, which was to follow the path of developing farming and warfare in which the peasants and soldiers were combined and all the people were soldiers, and the advantages were that there were many soldiers and generals, extensive mobilization, and huge war potential! The disadvantage was that the consumption of resources was huge, and he could not withstand continuous conquests for years (this problem is common to any army, but the duration is different).

But in this life, as a nobleman, Zhou Ming's military construction of his territory could only rely on the aristocratic class with knights as the core to complete, and it was impossible for him to ignore the interests of these knights and recruit full-time farmers for training and establish a standing military force.

Once he did so, the knightly class, which had lost its meaning of existence, even if Zhou Ming did not harm their interests and did not take back their estates and lords, they would feel that they had been abandoned by their lords, and would rather choose a group of weak farmers to fulfill their rights and obligations than choose to trust them...... This is an insult to them and a betrayal to them!

It's like controlling the general manager of a listed company, who was originally doing a good job, but one day the president suddenly made a paper order and parachuted in a new manager who was originally under him to take over all the work in his hands.

Therefore, in order not to offend the interests of the knight class as much as possible, and in order to enhance the military strength of the Grand Domain, Zhou Ming could only take a roundabout route, which not only ensured the interests of the knight class, but also enhanced the defense ability of the territory.

That is, below the knight class, add a "leader" class.

Soon, Baron Connor summoned the ten knights in the territory to the Grand Castle, and discussed the plan and proposal for the creation of the "Leader" class in the council hall.

In fact, the knights who are mainly responsible for the function of war are not very good at the planning and management of the mining estate, a knight, managing a village of more than a dozen households and hundreds of people is okay, but if he is allowed to manage a large village with hundreds of households and thousands of people, as a village chief, squire, judge, police and other positions, he can't handle so many things at all, and now the lord allows them to recruit 10 "helpers" each, assist in wartime, assist in managing the village in peacetime, and can also solve the future problems of the second son of the family and some relatives and friends ( The 'Leader' is not as good as a knight, but he is much better than an ordinary farmer), so why not?

Of course, there are also a few knights who still have a little concern, such as the Maurice knight asked: There is no problem in recruiting 'collars', but a knight with 10 collar has to solve the equipment purchase costs and daily maintenance costs of so many people at once, and the large amount of expenses generated, who will bear it?

"The lord helps with the purchase of equipment, and the knight bears the daily expenses...... In recent years, the agricultural output of each mining area has been very good, so it shouldn't be difficult to solve the food rations and salary expenses of 10 people, right?"

The cost of equipment procurement is the big one, and the rest of the rations and salary expenses are all small heads, Zhou Ming doesn't believe that the knights, who have been so rich all these years, have recently made a lot of money, can't take out this little money.

Hearing this, all the knights nodded, they fully accepted this plan, and promised that within a month, they would recruit a group of suitable "collars" to enhance the defense ability of the Grand Collar.

"Don't rush to recruit for the time being, the wild people from the north are about to attack, you go back to the mining first, gather all the farmers who can use weapons, come to the castle to gather, I will spend a week to train them, and then take them to the north of the territory to build traps and fortifications to resist the invasion of the wild people...... This will be a real battle, a real battle to screen out qualified 'collars'!"

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As soon as the conscription order was issued, the Gran Ling entered a state of emergency, and the farmers stopped their farm work and came to the castle to gather for a week of "military training".

Combined with the training experience of the previous life, within a week, for the more than 1,100 farmers on the training ground, Zhou Ming mainly trained them in standing in a queue, turning backwards and forwards, left and right, and obeying military orders, so that they knew how to act according to orders after they went to the battlefield, instead of scurrying around like headless flies.

At the end of the week's "military training", Zhou Ming selected 110 farmers with high understanding, strong obedience and good comprehensive ability to serve as the ten captains of the farmer team, and each of them assigned 10 ordinary farmers to form 110 farmer teams.

In this way, a "ten-ten" military mobilization system consisting of one lord, ten knights under the command, 100 "collars" and 100 subordinates, and 1,000 peasants under the command was initially established.

How much combat power this military mobilization system can burst out depends on how powerful it can be in this defensive operation against the invasion of savages.

However, there is a small episode: among the 110 farmers and ten masters, Zhou Ming saw a familiar figure - in the previous life, I don't know whether he was five or six years old, his father Derek, who died early, not only did he not suffer bad luck in this life, but after often being "taken care of" by him intentionally or unintentionally, the family conditions have been greatly improved, and the well-nourished Derek now has three children under the age of 6 in addition to a 10-year-old eldest son and an 8-year-old second daughter.

Derek, who had many children and was under great pressure, heard that the lord was going to recruit "collars", and that after being elected as "collars", he could get 30 acres of land with a low tax of rent and a certain monthly salary.

Seeing Derek, who wanted to be elected as a "leader" through positive performance, Zhou Ming pulled him aside and said to him in private: "Derek, the battlefield is still dangerous, I don't really recommend you to engage in the profession of 'leader', I heard that you have five children at home?" In this way, in a year or two, let your eldest son and second daughter go to the castle to be servants and maids, and I will send someone to train them, and now, the wild man has entered the county of Merlin, and will soon reach the Grand Territory, the sword has no eyes, remember to be careful. ”

"Thank you, Master Edward, thank you, Master Edward!"

Seeing that Young Master Edward, who was as kind as a father, took such good care of his family, he was moved to tears, and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him a few times, but he was supported by a pair of strong arms, so he could only bow again and again to express his gratitude.

Another week later.

As Zhou Ming expected, although the Northland knights of the Northern Merlin Earl's Territory made every effort to resist, there was still a knight sent by Baron Romon to report to the Gran Territory, saying that there was a wave of savage tribes with about a thousand people, and after robbing and eating all the things in the Paton Territory, they were about to enter the Gran Territory to burn and loot.

After thanking the knights of the Paton Collar who had come to ventilate the news, Zhou Ming had already made all the preparations to deal with those ordinary savages who were neither warriors nor young and strong people who were hungry and faint, and with the strength he had in his hands, it was enough to deal with this small threat.

Sure enough, this wave of savage tribes with more than 1,000 people, after entering the Gran Territory, was immediately stunned by the "wealth" of this territory, and after the ghost screamed and rushed into a village where the villagers had run away, they saw that in the messy houses, after discarding countless bread, jerky and dried fruits that they had not had time to take, they were surprised and carnivaled, and then picked up the food without thinking and devoured it.

Poof!

A tall, sturdy savage foamed at the mouth and fell, followed by two, three, a small patch, a large patch......

The more than 1,000 savages who flocked into the village were poisoned.

"The wildlings are almost dead!"

"Catch the wildling!"

"Try not to kill the savages, catch a live reward of 100 silver coins, everyone go up together!"

"Cast the net, let's put this wild man together!"

"Where's the big stick? This wild man is still moving, knock him out with the big stick!"

“……”

More than 800 of the more than 1,000 savages who entered the Grand Territory were poisoned, and most of the more than 200 savages were captured alive by the peasant team, except for a few who were killed due to fierce resistance.