Early the next morning, the civil affairs officials came with a few assistants to check the newly recruited group of displaced people yesterday.

According to the regulations, the young and strong people were to be sent to the south of the valley and incorporated into the Ministry of Construction, and a trade road from the valley to the south was built. Others, who were older but still able to work, went to other parts of Tignets County to clear the wasteland.

The valley is the core area of Yate, and all outsiders must pass through three checkpoints before they can finally enter the valley.

The first checkpoint is the border outpost. Its main task is to carry out a preliminary screening of displaced people, and those who are able to work are left behind, registered, and then sent to Boulder Town. For those craftsmen with a skill, the age requirement is much relaxed, and under 50 years old.

The second level is located in Boulder and is the most crucial link. Personnel left behind by border outposts will be led by civil officials to Boulder for further observation and scrutiny. At the same time, classify these people.

If these people pass the pass of Boulder Town, they will then go to the Beiguan Military Fort. Beiguan Military Fort is the gate of the valley defense, and outsiders generally cannot easily enter, and those inside generally cannot go out. Entering and exiting the Beiguan Military Fort requires the double seal of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs to take effect. Therefore, to go to the valley, it is necessary for the people of the civil administration to enter with the stamps and supporting documents of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Administration. Going to the military fort of Beiguan without supporting documents will be punished as the crime of invading the county of Wales.

Not far from the temporary shacks of the displaced people in the south of Jushi Town, the voices of civil affairs officials come out from time to time~

"Name~"

"Sir, my name is Feynman. Tula. ”

"Age~"

"Thirty, sir~"

"Where did it come from?"

"Master, my family is in the camp camp outside Tignats~"

"Who else is in the family?"

"My mother, my child, ......"

"Next~"

After a small half day of registration, except for seven or eight people who did not meet the requirements, they were driven out of Boulder Town, and the rest were divided into two groups. After the rest of the screening over the next few days, a group of slightly inferior people went to various parts of the county, while another group of young and vigorous people entered the Wells Valley region.

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In a tent in a shack makeshift camp, four able-bodied young men from Provence were unsurprisingly assigned to the Nabo who were heading to the valley area.

"My lord, what do we do now? Listening to what the official just said, we still have to stay in this place for three or four days! ”

The guy in the shabby padded jacket complained.

"Shut up! Remember to me, don't call me Lord in the future, either openly or secretly. If someone finds out, no one wants to go back alive! The bridge of the nose roared in a low voice.

After saying that, he hurriedly ran to the door and looked out of the tent a few times. Nothing unusual was noted, and he sat back down in his original position.

"Yes!"

"Good~"

"No problem~"

"Looks like you've got a bit of a memory, and you haven't forgotten what I said."

"Big~"

As soon as the guy in the shabby padded jacket spoke, he immediately covered his mouth with his hand.

The bridge of the nose glared at him and said, "In this way, we will each take a nickname, which is convenient to call and not easy to expose." ”

"That's a good way!" Another guy with a big face, a round waist, and a small head responded.

"Then you will call me Norman the Farmer. You guys get one for yourselves~"

"My name is Fat Aref!"

As soon as the fat man spoke, several people almost laughed out loud.

"That's it! He can call it whatever he likes. ”

"Then my name is Skinny Joel~"

This guy who calls himself Joel is Wade. One of Burley's healers, who often poisoned his business and political rivals at the behest of the bandit-turned-count, was repeatedly successful and highly valued. This time, he followed a few people to the province of Wales, and the mission was to take the opportunity to poison Art.

"Then my name is Hunter Hunter~"

The guy in the shabby padded jacket finally said. There was a hint of murder in his dark eyes

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Several of Arter's enemies have been secretly watching during their time in Boulder Town, looking for opportunities. He had no choice but to be confined to a shack in the south along with the other homeless people, and he was not allowed to go out to investigate, and he did not even see Arte's face.

A few days later, the opportunity finally came~

The displaced people who passed the observation this time will go to the valley under the arrangement of the civil administration. At the same time, Yate also finished the field training of the inspection army and planned to return with the civil affairs personnel.

On that day, the group immediately set off and headed towards the valley. Art and several high-ranking officers were escorted by the Earl's Guard, while the new entrants followed the group with the help of the civil administration.

Looking at the newly recruited people behind him, Art was deeply grateful. At the current rate, it will soon be able to make up for the shortage of personnel in the construction department. Once the manpower is replenished, the construction progress of the business road will also be greatly improved.

On this occasion, taking the opportunity to inspect the army's field training, Yate also made a special trip to the 30 miles west of Fort Andermatt to investigate.

Although the land is not fertile, Tignets can even be described as barren. But in the direction of Fort Andermatt there is a large grassy pasture. A small stream flows out of a mountain valley to a slightly gentler terrain, which makes the area rich in water and grass. This is one of the few places in the county that can be used for grazing.

Earlier, Art had instructed the people of the civil administration to go to various parts of the county to count the lands of other lords, and this meadow happened to be the territory of one of the lords who had secretly opposed Art. Last time, Ron was ordered by Art to clean up the lord who had colluded with foreign enemies to attack the valley last time, and this unlucky guy was among them. Now that only a pair of bones remained in the dung pits on the outskirts of County Tignats.

Today, the lands of the cleared lords are in the name of Ath. And of course, this wide meadow.

Art, who became a count, certainly did not forget the construction of the army while building his territory and developing commerce.

"Sergeant Major," Art turned his head to look at Angus beside him, "I took people to that meadow a few days ago to check it out, and it is indeed a good place to train cavalry, as you said. ”

"My lord, what do you mean~"

Angus's eyes lit up.

"I agree with you, build a cavalry camp there, specialize in training cavalry."

"Great, sir!" Angus was extremely excited.

A few days earlier, Angus and a group of officers had suggested to Art that a strong cavalry force should be built on the original basis to increase the military strength of the Wells legion.

The idea stemmed from a previous memorable battle with Angus.

A few months earlier, Angus had led more than a hundred men to fight against the southern army of Kodor, and he had a good understanding of the combat effectiveness of the enemy's cavalry. It has to be said that although Kodor's infantry has little combat effectiveness, the cavalry is quite effective. If it weren't for the chariot formation as protection, I'm afraid Angus and the others would have been killed by all the Kodor cavalry in that blocking battle.

It was on the basis of this lesson that Angus proposed to expand the size of the cavalry corps and upgrade it to a cavalry regiment. Let the cavalry be the core force in the hands of the Welsh Legion.

"It's just~" Art frowned slightly. "With the current economic strength of the province of Wales, it will inevitably cost a huge amount of money to train a cavalry regiment of 500 men. You also know that cavalry is different from infantry, and a good war horse alone costs six or seven thousand pfennigs. Coupled with the weapons and armor equipped with cavalry, it costs at least 10,000 pfennigh to train a fully equipped cavalry. ”

Angus's face darkened suddenly.

"But," Art continued, "we can add a hundred cavalry to the original base, and gradually increase the investment as Wales develops in the future, and gradually form this cavalry regiment." ”

"Your Excellency is right. Count Kodor has been running the province of Kodor for more than ten years, and he has only a few hundred cavalry. We do have a long way to go. ”

Art patted Angus on the shoulder and said, "Who do you think is the best person to train this cavalry team?" ”

Angus thought for a moment and blurted out, "Of course it's that guy from Lusignan." He himself was born in cavalry and knew the method of cavalry training. ”

Art smiled lightly and nodded in agreement with Angus. "That's him. In addition, Jafar was the deputy governor and was responsible for assisting Lusignan. ”

"Yes, sir."

Seeing that the matter of forming a cavalry regiment was finally settled, Angus smiled heartily~

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At the back of the team, several pairs of eyes were staring at Yate and the others who were walking in front of them on horseback and talking.

"Norman, I think I heard the earl call the man next to him a sergeant."

The guy codenamed "Hunter" leaned into his nose and whispered.

"Let's be clear~"

"I have heard that some of the crusaders of the Crusades were able to become sergeants because of their prowess. Could it be that this man also participated in the Crusades? ”

"You mean both were Knights Templar?"

"That's right! Lord Count Walder had previously said that Art and his father were members of the Knights Templar. I can't be wrong, this person is the person we want to get rid of~"

The ragged guy glanced at Art after speaking.

"Very good~"

All the way from Boulder Town, a few people who followed behind Art kept an eye on everything along the way. In addition to the terrain along the valley and the layout and defense of the Beiguan military fort, the approximate number of defenders. The officers and guards around Art were also under their watch.

In addition to Angus, who followed Art on horseback, Ron, who never left Art, also came into their sight. The scars on Ron's face told them that this man must have been on the battlefield for a long time and should not be underestimated.

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In the afternoon, after half a day's journey, the group finally came to the valley wooden fort.

Little George, who was waiting outside the door, couldn't wait to run over the moment Art dismounted.

"Father!"

"Come, my sweet child."

Art lifted little George over his head and slung it on his shoulders. All the way to the oncoming Lottie.

"My dear! You're back~"

Unable to resist the excitement, Lotien stepped forward and kissed Art on the cheek.

"Lottie, are you all right?"

Art asked with concern.

"You are a little half moon when you go, do you remember our mother and son~"

Lottie said coquettishly, patting the dust off Art's body.

"Alright, let's get inside, it's cold outside, don't freeze."

With that, Lottie took Art's arm and walked towards the house.

"The people behind keep up, there is still half a day to reach the destination, hurry up~"

Outside the house, the voice of a civil affairs officer was heard.

In the crowd, several pairs of eyes looked at the departing Yate family, looking behind them from time to time.

"Isn't it that the Earl now has a wife and children. If I can tie the countess and that little bastard together, I'm afraid that Art won't be obedient~"

The bridge of the nose flashed such a thought.

The group did not stop, and passed through the residential areas around the wooden fort in the valley, and then headed south. And the layout around the wooden fort was kept in mind by several people~

In the evening, the group finally arrived at the southernmost village and lived in a tent temporarily arranged for these newcomers by the Ministry of Construction.

In the tent near the southernmost point, four people gathered around and whispered, as if they were brewing something big enough to subvert the entire province of Wales~

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The next day, in the capital of the Duchy of Lombardy, a caravan of more than forty people slowly left the city with five wagons of southern goods, all the way to the north.

The leading merchant was a baron of the Inner House under the Duke of Lombardy, and most of the caravan guards were drawn from the army.

After the last Great Council, the Duke of Lombardy began to send people to the north to inquire about the situation of the Princedom of Burgundy and to find out the details of the Count of Arte in the south.

After much deliberation, it was decided to send one of his inner barons to disguise himself as the leader of the caravan and go all the way north to find out the news along the way in the name of a merchant.

At this time, the princely state of Burgundy was newly established, and it was in urgent need of southern goods abundant in Lombardy and Provence. Go in the name of a caravan so as not to arouse suspicion.

According to the meaning of the Duke of Lombardy, the caravan entered the territory of the Princedom of Burgundy and divided into two parts.

One of them, led by the Baron of the Inner House, went to the province of Wales. On the grounds of looking for a business partner, he joined with Atté, and the market in the Duchy of Narumbardy was used as a bait to test Ath's position. If it can be used for its own use, it will use it as a breakthrough to gradually control the economic lifeline of the Princedom of Burgundy. The reason for the importance of Art is largely due to the fact that the European Continental Merchant House under his name has already taken control of the economic lifeline of the Hou State through the battle of the successors. As long as he controlled Yate, he controlled the European trading houses; After taking control of the European trading houses, the princely state of Burgundy came into the hands of the Duke of Lombardy. When the time comes, the Marquis of Burgundy will be just a piece of meat in the mouth of the Duke of Lombardy, and he can eat it whenever he wants.

The other part continued north, gathering news favorable to the Duchy of Lombard along the way. At the same time, he used the southern goods in the Duchy of Lombard as bait to get acquainted with those powerful merchants and nobles in the princely state, so that they would be willingly used by the Duke of Lombard.

Once Art could no longer be used by him, the Duke of Lombardy could use the power of other big merchants to weaken the influence of the European merchant houses, and indirectly influence and control the economic lifeline of the Princedom of Burgundy.

As long as you firmly hold the throat of this newborn marquis, it will be a matter of time before you swallow this piece of fat~

The Duke of Lombard, who was based on business, knew this well.