After returning to the square barracks, Art took Otto and the four soldiers of the third and fourth teams to a military tent in the corner of the square, where there was a clerk sent by the palace to register the roster of conscripts from all over the place.

The service soldiers sent by Baron Galwin were different from the army of the five probationary knights, and they were unified by the court together with the peasant labor conscripted by the county of Tinets, so the clerk of the Selective Service register, after receiving the two silver marks quietly handed over by Art, transferred the eleven conscripted soldiers originally sent to another leading viscount to the direct army of Earl Balwyn, and then managed by Yadai, anyway, now that the soldiers are in chaos, the leading Viscount may not know that there are eleven soldiers who should be allocated to him, Even if you know, when the time comes, the sentence "the meaning of the deputy minister of the court" will be dismissed.

After dealing with the assembly and preparation, Art returned to his camp and explained the encampment to several commanders, and then took Ron to visit Earl Balwyn, the deputy minister of the court, in the place that Bishop Orlof had instructed.

Walking through the bustling streets of merchanthouses and through the bustling taverns and inns, the two finally saw the Earl's mansion, Balwin, the vice-chancellor of the court.

The two of them had just turned the corner of the street and approached the Earl's mansion, and happened to see Dean coming out of the Earl's mansion who was supposed to be entertaining with the girls in the tavern inn, looking at Dean's smug smile, Art knew that the son of this rich merchant must have managed to get rid of the other three to visit the Earl alone, and it is estimated that he also made a friendship with the Earl~

Ron looked at the back of the swaying away, spat a mouthful, and said sourly: "It is worthy of being the son of a businessman, this kind of ability to climb power and attaching nobility is indeed good, looking at that proud appearance, it is estimated that he has already fulfilled his expectations." ”

Art didn't take Ron's words because Ron didn't notice that they themselves were clinging to the powerful.

Coming to the door of the high-walled Earl's Palace, after the two of them reported their identities and quietly handed over a "hard-earned money" to the guards guarding the door, the guards of the mansion went in to report, and after a while, a person who looked like a butler came out and brought the two Yat in.

The Earl of Balwyn had his own fiefdom and estate, so his mansion was very luxurious, and when he entered the gate, there was an elaborate garden with fountain sculptures, surrounded by carved domes, red tiles and white bricks, and seven or eight servants in fine linen shorts walked around the mansion...

The housekeeper led the two into a tall building opposite the main entrance, followed the purple shirt wooden ladder to the second floor, pushed open a carved wooden door, and an old man with a bald head and a big belly wearing a sleeveless loose "shurco" sat in front of the desk, on the wooden table there were a lot of fire paint letters, behind the wooden table was a large row of wall shelves full of parchment books.

The butler walked to the table lightly, leaned over and said, "Master, this is the palace southern security patrol officer and apprentice knight Yat. ”

"Sir Art, the one in front of you is Lord Balwin, Vice-Chancellor of the Court, Vice-Chancellor, Keeper of the Eastern Frontier of the Earl of Winterthur." The butler straightened up and introduced to Art.

Art stepped forward and knelt down in front of Balwin, bowed his head and stroked his chest, "Honorable Vice Minister, may God be with you."

Count Birwin looked Yat up and down and asked with a smile, "You are Arter, the son of Bishop Orlov's religious guardian in the Holy Land?"

"Yes, sir."

Balwin got up from his chair, walked over to Art, grabbed Art's right hand holding the sword, looked at it, and said to Arte's calloused hand that was full of swords: "It seems that the letters from Tignets City are true, you are a competent border patrolman. Do you know, young man, that when I was Minister of Peace of the Court, I appointed four Border Patrol Officers, but you were the only one who really made a difference, and Pierre once praised you in my presence, and that arrogant fellow seldom praised others. ”

"It's all the credit of the palace minister!" Yate omitted the word "vice".

As if he hadn't heard Art's "slip of the tongue", Balwin smiled and encouraged Art as usual: "Young man, this time the court has recruited you to participate in the war with Swabia is a rare opportunity for you knights to trainee, if you can make a contribution in this war, I will definitely help you cut off the swallowtail on the flag."

Balwyn was busy with affairs and didn't have the time or energy to talk to Artedo, so he asked directly: "Art, you came to my mansion to see me, is there anything important?"

Art turned his head and beckoned Ron, who was waiting at the door, and replied respectfully: "I have admired the palace minister for a long time, and when I was far away in the south, I thought that one day I could see your dignity, if it wasn't for the palace conscription, I wouldn't have had a chance to see you, this time I got you a set of oriental porcelain from southern Provence, to express my respect for you~" After that, Art took the open brocade box from Ron's hand and handed it to Balwin.

Balwyn glanced at the brocade box, and the smile on his face became more kind and bright, "Good! Good! Since this is the treasure you brought from the far south, then I will not refuse. Balwyn gave him a look, and the butler came up and took the brocade box from Art's hand very consciously.

"Art, your conscripted army is under my command, do you have any thoughts and plans?"

Yat brought up the idea that he wanted to be stationed in the border conflict zone of the southeastern front.

Balwin was surprised: "Art, I heard you right, right? I thought you would offer to stay with me and get a job away from the battlefield, just like the son of a rich merchant just now, but you actually offered to go to the border conflict zone, you must know that skirmishes break out in the border area at any time, and if Swabia attacks in a big way, the border will be the first to be attacked! To tell you the truth, with the relationship of Bishop Orlov, you can find a safe and oily grain transport officer with me, and if you do a good job, it will be easy to get military merit. Besides, the border is not bad for a few of you......" Balwin stopped and did not utter the word "send the dead ghost".

Art shook his head and said, "My lord, from the moment I begged Bishop Orlov to seek a temporary position as a border patrol officer for me, I gave up my stability and decided to hang my head on a sharp blade......"

Balwin gradually put away the smile on his face, found Art and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "You are a warrior of faith, and I will accomplish your great cause."

"Butler, go and call Charles to the study......"

After some struggle, Count Balwyn agreed to Yat's request to lead troops to the southeast border area to garrison, and agreed that Arte's army should be stationed in an abandoned military fort called Tarr in the southeast border area, of course, a few cavalry and one or twenty infantry of Yat were more than enough to hold a manor, but it was not enough to hold an abandoned military fort deep into the enemy's territory, so Earl Balwyn specially transferred thirty armed peasants and twenty laborers to Arter who came to Besançon from his fiefdom, in addition, The court ordered the nearest fortress to provide the necessary food and grass for Ath to garrison Talfort, and the Count gave Ath a crossbow, three bundles of crossbows, eight spears, and three hundred arrows in his own name.

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"Sir, do you really plan to go to the most dangerous areas of the border to fight for your life? The Earl has said that he can get military merit as well as by his side. Out of the Earl's Palace, Ron asked Art.

"Ron, you've been with me for almost a year, do you think I'm a person who is afraid of life and death?"

"Sir, you are a brave and fearless man."

Art walked away quickly, and said to Ron, who was following closely behind: "So I'm serious, only the most dangerous places have the greatest opportunities, there is no war, I don't know how many mountain bandits and rogues I have to kill to get the title of an official knight, without experiencing real battlefield battles, you will always be just a vigilante militia in the county to maintain law and order." ”

Ron knew that his master had more than just the title of Ranger and Cadet Knight, and he never spoke again, and the two fell silent.

After a few more steps, Art asked, "Are you worried that there are people in the army who are not willing to follow me to risk their lives?" ”

Ron hesitated and replied, "Yes, sir, there are some things that soldiers don't dare to say in front of you, but not everyone is willing to be ready to lose their heads at all times. ”

"Are there many people like that?"

"Not much, only two or three soldiers whining occasionally......"

Art stopped, stared at Ron and asked, "Ron, look me in the eye and tell me, are there any soldiers and officers above the group leader among the war-fearing people?" Don't shy away from me. ”

"That's not already, it's just a few soldiers who are a little afraid of war, especially those recruits and prisoners of war who have not experienced battle." Ron replied.

Art breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as the elite soldiers and officers above the group leader can calm down, I have nothing to worry about. Ron, I said: some people don't want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. If you want others to want to do things with their heads in their hands, you have to have a good reason. ”

Ron looked down for a moment and replied, "That's why you're going to raise everyone's salaries and implement wartime salaries?" So that everyone is willing to do things with your head up? ”

"Yes, that's just the most direct reason for the moment, I can give a higher salary than others, of course I need to do more dangerous work than others. But this is only the most basic, in addition, I have to continue to improve the status of the people around me, so that everyone knows that following me can run a bright future, so why do I want to build the valley, why do I want to fight for a knight title, that is because only by building the valley well, everyone can have a stable home, only when you get the official knight status, I can make you a knight squire, you can have the opportunity to get rid of the status of a commoner and become a noble glorious family for the benefit of future generations, for a commoner, That's what makes it really worth fighting for......."

The two of them said as they walked slowly in the direction of the barracks in the city square.