At the end of February, it was not easy for Yat to return to the valley territory, and as the news of Yat's entry into Tinets spread everywhere as the five county soldiers patrolling the county border spread the news that Yat had become the lord of Tinets, the lords, squires and officials and elders of all levels in the county came to the valley to visit the lord with congratulatory gifts.

By this time, Art was already the master of Tignaz, and he could not have treated his subjects as before, especially these enlightened gentlemen who had come to show their gestures.

Yate held a banquet for these visiting guests at Beiguan Military Fort, which was not large, but it was enough to reassure those guests.

Art hinted to the guests about his ruling philosophy—warm as spring for friends and harsh as winter for enemies.

At the end of the day, Art gave a small task to the lords, squires, officials and elders who came to visit, and asked them to report to the new lord the cultivated land, wasteland, forests, lakes, rivers, population, grain reserves, number of farm implements, mules, horses, cattle, livestock, and poultry of the villages and estates under his command and management.

Art has read the county love book brought back from the hall of the lord of Tignats, Pierre's control over Tignets is only situational, and the things recorded in the county love book can be basically ignored, and Art must at least understand this county if he wants to govern a county.

Of course, there are many local lords who conceal their mouths, lie about arable land, and underreport grain production in order to evade taxes, so Art has already ordered the civil administration to start preparations, and the civil affairs officials will verify the situation in various parts of the county one by one, which will not be mentioned for the time being.

In addition to receiving visitors from all over the county, Art also led his guards to inspect the various territories that were already under his control, from the three workshops in the Workshop District and the construction site of Welsburg on the hill next to the Workshop District, to the four organized villages and the four villages to be built.

And then beyond the valley, from the border posts on the southern border (now more appropriately called the Frontier Military Town) along the north-south trade route north to the garrison barracks of Boulder, Lane Manor, Wincheston Manor, and Southwestern Farm, where Art would bring gifts with him, sometimes a copper coin for each of his lords, sometimes a few wheat loaves of bread for each farmer, or a small amount of salt and cloth seized from the Swabians in the east. Such a reward would not cost Yat too much money and materials, but it would be a great gift to the people under his rule, many of whom had lived in this world for decades and had never seen a lord who offered to give money and food gifts to the lowly lords.

For a while, Art's reputation for being able to fight well was even more climax......

At the end of the final leg of the tour, the group rode slowly down the road leading to Wincheston Manor.

“...... Ron, for ordinary people, what they believe in the most is God, and in addition to God, they are those who can give them sustenance in their hearts, and this sustenance in their hearts is actually very simple, and there is hope. ”

"Hope? Sir, what is hope? ”

"Well, the wheat in the wheat field is enough for the whole family to eat and drink this year, and next year's grain can still be stored after paying taxes, which is the hope of ordinary farmers; This battle can be held, and the next battle is still sure of victory, which is the hope of ordinary soldiers; Fleeing on the road today, and finding a place to stay tomorrow and having a sip of warm porridge is the hope of the refugees......"

Ron straddled the horse and saddled it, letting the war horse under him walk freely, touching the scar on his face and savoring the "hope" in Art's mouth, "Master, I understand a little bit about this "hope" you said. Sir, don't say it, the serfs and peasants on the farm have absolutely sincere expressions when they kneel down to you, and the difference between kneeling and surrendering to those bullies and squires, I know that feeling. ”

After hearing Ron's words, Art's heart didn't feel hot, and he looked up at the front, where a group of newly recruited people were coming towards the southwest farm under the leadership of a few officers and soldiers......

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At the beginning of March, the eastern and western armies of the northern part of Burgundy were still in a stalemate on the border of the Saône, but after half a year of fierce fighting, both sides could no longer afford to bear the huge losses and attrition, and the tense confrontation could not be extinguished for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, all forces have moved, seeking allies everywhere to strengthen themselves, and doing everything possible to isolate their opponents, but the political impact brought about by Besançon's defeat is still revealed, and more and more surrounding forces began to support the new monarch Flender who lived in Besançon's court, either explicitly or implicitly, and the Liberation Army was also supported by more and more weapons, armor, and food and supplies......

At the end of February, the Liberation Army for the first time in the Besançon court large-scale meritorious awards, this reward a total of five viscounts, eight barons and more than 30 knights, except for a few henchmen and strong background of meritorious fiefdoms, the rest of the meritorious fiefs are in the enemy territory of Thorne and Kodor Province, that means obviously, after breaking through the enemy territory can obtain fiefdoms.

This military merit canonization is really not authentic, but it uses the enemy's land wealth to inspire the fighting spirit of the Liberation Army.

Compared with the simple military merit canonization of the Besançon court, the military merit accounting system of the Welsh Legion was really cumbersome.

On March 5, the heavy affairs of the territory were basically straightened out, and the commander of the valley garrison, Bass, was ordered to lead the militia of the 30th garrison corps into the county town of Tiniez, and all the soldiers under the command of Yat returned to the north of the valley to assemble and repair.

After everything was taken care of, Yate finally began to lead the command camp of the Chinese army and several high-ranking officers to plan and calculate the merits, and think about promotion and awards, which is also the thing that everyone in the entire legion is looking forward to the most.

According to the graded military merit accounting system set forth in the "Legion Decree", the military merit accounting of the combat corps is divided into four levels: miscellaneous soldiers mainly assess and repair construction, collect and transport, and make equipment, taking into account the assistance of killing the enemy and making meritorious service; Ordinary soldiers are assessed to kill the enemy, taking into account assistance, rescue, and defense; The low-level officers mainly killed the enemy in the squadron, taking into account the situation of leading the charge and commanding the battle; The flag captain assesses the number of enemies killed by the flag team under his command, the ability to command and fight, the implementation of military law, and takes into account morale, military discipline, logistics support, etc., and the flag team and below are assessed by officers at all levels by the command camp of the Chinese army, and the flag team and above are personally assessed by Yate. Each rank is internally calculated, and the results of the assessment are recorded as the basis for military awards and promotions to military ranks.

During the Northern Expedition of the Wells Legion, the Valley Garrison Legion and the garrisons and patrol teams in various places also made many military achievements, so Art also determined the accounting method for the non-combat soldier officer according to the military merit accounting system of the Wells Legion soldiers.

As the foundation of Yate's forces, civil affairs will play a pivotal role in this and even future battles, so in order to motivate civil officials and subordinates at all levels, Yate also evaluates and commends civil affairs. The assessment of civil affairs is also carried out in sections, which are carried out by civil affairs officials, and are recorded in the register as the basis for the promotion and reward of civil affairs officials.

This is a heavy task; since it set out in July last year, the army has gone through more than 10 large and small battles, and each battle may be divided into several stages and battlefields, and the accounting of military merits is very complicated, and the Chinese army's command camp and commanders have been busy for a week without getting the final accounting results......

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According to the regulations of the Wells Regiment, all officers and soldiers will not be paid in full during the war, and usually only one-fifth of the military pay will be paid, or even stop paying military pay when the battle is fierce.

However, Art would not be stupid enough to be short of the army's salaries, so all the salaries would be paid in full after the conquest.

Suddenly, half a year's salary was made up, and the money bags around the waists of those soldiers and officers were all bulging, and Art ordered all the soldiers to rest for three days in three batches, so that these officers and soldiers had time to send their salaries home or find a place to spend their money.

There were not many people in the Welsh Legion who had families in the valley, and the few who had plans in mind would save up their salaries and rewards to build a few huts in the wooden fort, and in the future they would marry and have children, and settle down, but most of the soldiers and officers would find a tavern to get drunk or sneak into the secret doors to find a few plump women to work on......

Outside the walls of the Beiguan Military Fort, a tavern specially opened by the civil administration for the garrison of the military fort was bustling with people, except for two bartenders and a man, the tavern was full of Welsh regiment officers wearing heraldic burqas.

The tavern was only on the first floor, and the stewards divided the spacious living room with straw mats into two rooms that housed a wooden table and rows of benches, which were luxurious wings, and outside the two wings were densely placed eight tables, each of which could squeeze six or seven people.

Rig, Hans, Barry, and the other two soldiers had just received their salaries from the baggage officer, and because of the slow payment of salaries, it was already crowded with people by the time they had arrived at the tavern.

"Sir, fellow soldiers, it's already full, I'm really sorry, can you invite a few of you to sit outside? We'll set up a table right away. The weather is nice today and it's not cold outside, how's that? ”

After the announcement of the disbandment of the Jonah Border Garrison Regiment, the military position of flag captain of the 2nd Rif Infantry Regiment was revoked, and he now has no actual military position, but the Chinese army command tent gave him the treatment of squadron leader.

The Welsh Legion did not have special uniforms for officers, and the main thing that distinguished officers from soldiers on the battlefield was the quality of armor and the length of the sword, so Rig admired the tavern steward's eyes.

"Okay, it doesn't matter where you sit, hurry up and let someone come up with bacon fruits and vegetables, remember to carry the barrel of wine, I want the beer produced by the Valley Workshop, two barrels, no, three barrels!"

"Guys, you haven't tasted our own beer from the Valley Workshop, it tastes ......"

Rig instructed the stewards to serve the wine as he introduced the new soldiers to the valley's special beers.

In a short time, the bartender prepared the apple stew and two twenty-pound barrels of beer, which were only available for a few people because there were too many customers in the tavern and the beer stock was insufficient.

Several people didn't dare to argue, grabbed the stew, picked up the wooden cup and began to gobble it up.

Obviously, the tavern was a little busy, the stew in Hans's mouth was not very cooked, he chewed for a long time and couldn't chew it, so he had to roll his eyes and swallow the large piece of stew, "Rig~ Sir, you fell to the ground ~ how much did you get ~ military salary?" As soon as a piece of stew was served, Hans had half a piece of rye bread stuffed in his mouth.

Rig took a sip of the bubbling beer from the conical wooden cup, and burped in satisfaction, "Hans, can you eat slowly, this is the Wells Valley, you don't have to worry about not having enough to eat here." And a few of you too, you didn't die on the battlefield, don't choke to death. ”

There was a burst of laughter on the wooden table.

Rig then answered Hans's question, "I have advanced the Legion once before and built a log cabin in the wooden fort, so this time I only received three hundred pfennigs, and I could only receive one hundred and ninety pfennigs, because I was the flag captain of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in the East, and during that time my salary was paid according to the rank of flag captain, so there were more than one hundred pfennigs. I estimate that after the military merit is calculated, I will have a thousand military rewards for Finney. ”

Rig said it plainly, and in fact it was a common thing for veterans of the Wells Legion, but Hans and Barry and the few freed prisoners who had just followed the army south from the East were shocking enough.

"I thought I could get a reward of one hundred and twenty pfennigs, but I didn't expect you, Sir Rig~" Hans sighed wryly.

Because Hans joined the Deadpool team later and also made military exploits, so when the military salary was issued this time, the Chinese army specially issued military rewards of different amounts to this group of people, and Hans had outstanding military achievements, so he received a military reward of 120 pfennig, which had already made the prisoner soldiers who had just gone south envious.

Rig raised his glass and encouraged a few guys, "Work hard, everyone will have full salaries and rewards in the future, if you really make a great contribution one day, it is not a dream to be promoted to a knight~ Think about it, maybe in three or five years, you can also cross the horse and hold the sword, and return to your hometown with the identity of a knight......"

A grass wall separated them, and in a side room on the side of the tavern, the "red-headed ghost" Kazak and several of his subordinate officers and veterans were already slightly drunk.

An officer who looked like a squadron leader picked up a rickety wine glass and touched Kazak, and said vaguely: "Ka~ Commander Zack, I heard that this time~ the command camp of the Chinese army~ has been lined up for flag team-level officers~ ranking, your position~ actually ranked fourth in the flag captain's military merits~ The group of mongrels in the Chinese army is really unfair!" You were the first to follow the adults, and now Lord Otto and Lord Bass have become the deputy commanders of the legion, and only you~ are still a flag captain. This time, it ranks low in the flag-team-level military merits, I'm afraid it ......"

The drunken officer saw that Kazak's face was getting worse and worse, and did not dare to continue speaking.

Kazak glared at the officer, then grabbed the barrel and poured himself half a glass of wine, the barrel was empty, and he yelled at the bartender outside the door: "Someone! Why don't you send wine to the master......"