Baron Galvin, who had been busy running around, was suddenly summoned to discuss important matters, and Art, as his son-in-law, did not dare to slack off. After settling the valley a little, he left the valley with his guards and sentry and ran to Sapbourg.

Without stopping, the group reached Fort Sap in the evening of the next day.

Sapu Fort is still the same Sapu Fort back then, and Baron Galvin is no longer the Baron Galvin of the past.

The noble man was gone, his original poop belly was gone, his face was oily and smooth, and his eyes were less shrewd than a businessman, and a little more enthusiasm and perseverance or a little more fanatical in his eyes.

Galvin and the Baroness personally went to the gates of Fort Sapp to meet Art.

"Congratulations, Art, now I can call you Art-sama too." Baron Galvin made a little joke with Art.

"Good father-in-law, good mother-in-law!"

Art jumped off his horse and saluted the two elders, then took a wooden brocade box from Ron's hand, "This is a small gift from Lottie and I to you, this is a piece of stone wood incense that I bought from Nanlu for the two of you. Lottie is too pregnant to come back to visit you, so let me bring back greetings to my father-in-law. ”

The baroness took the brocade box and sniffed it, exclaiming, "This is a rare good thing!" It's rare that the two of you have this heart, so I'll do it. ”

"Where's Felix? He didn't come back with you? Galvin turned his head to look behind Art, but didn't notice Felix's shadow.

"Father-in-law, I have established an officer academy in the valley to train officers for the expansion of the army. Felix will train as an officer at the academy before returning to Sapp to form your army. Art explained.

"Academy? I've heard that you've built a parish school, and now you're building a college to teach writing to a group of civilians, isn't that too ostentatious? ”

Galvin immediately asked himself again: "But when is this time, and no one will come to pursue such a trivial matter." Your military academy ......"

"Okay, let the child go back to the mansion and rest for a while before discussing." Seeing that Galvin was still going to continue the discussion, the Baroness pulled Kiat towards the mansion of the lord of Sappburg......

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After supper, and settling his soldiers, Art followed Baron Galvin to the secret chamber of the lord's mansion.

Seeing that Galvin was mysterious, Art couldn't figure out what big things were hidden in this father-in-law's stomach, "Father-in-law, what is the big thing?" ”

"You sit down first." Galvin pointed to a chair in the chamber for Art to sit down.

Seeing Art sit down, Galvin lowered his voice, "Presumably you also know about the struggle for the rule of the country?" ”

Ark nodded, "Earl Balwyn has already told me these things. ”

"Then you should know where I stand?"

Art thought to himself that his father-in-law followed the Count of Longxia all day long, and it was difficult to know his position, "Yes, father-in-law, Count Flanders is Lottie's cousin, your choice is correct." ”

"I'm in my forties, and maybe one day I'll accept God's call to enter Heaven. If it had been the case, I would not have dragged myself into these disputes. ”

"But no one would have expected that the Marquis of Ivrea would suddenly become critically ill, and the so-called prince Robert was not the marquis's blood relative. Now the marquis also repented and intends to attribute the inheritance of the Earl to the Earl of Flender, and the woman in the inner court has controlled the western provinces and obstructed it everywhere, and tried her best to press the throne of the Earl to the head of the little wild seed. ”

"How can we tolerate this kind of absurdity? And that woman has been suppressing and persecuting the Ge clan all these years, if her wild seed is put on the iron throne, I must not be demoted to a pariah? ”

Art was deeply convinced of his father-in-law's words, if the Bernard faction controlled the Count of Burgundy, the little frontier baron Art might die overnight like Bazel, "Father-in-law, I have the same idea as you, I have stood opposite the people in the inner court from the beginning, I have really many enemies over the years, if one day the people behind us lose power, how can we die well." ”

Galvin rubbed his eyes and said, "So I've been out and about since late last fall, just to raise money for Flender."

"Raise money for the Count of Flanders?" Art was not surprised, after all, Galvin was known as a wealthy businessman.

"Yes, I've already raised one million two hundred thousand Fennigh for Flender!"

Hearing the number of 1.2 million, Art's eyeballs were about to be shocked, this astronomical amount of money can almost maintain the expenses of an ordinary professional infantry with a size of 3,000 people for a year, and if you add weapons and armor and other equipment, it is enough to recruit an army of 2,000 people.

"Where did you get this huge sum of money? Have you sold it~" Art asked in surprise.

Galvin nodded, "You guessed it right, I took out my life savings of 400,000 pfennigs, and sold almost all the shops, taverns, and warehouses under my name, and even my caravan sold three, and now I only have three southern goods shops and a caravan of thirty cars in the province of Kodor, near Sapbourg, and after selling my property, I raised another 500,000 pfennig, and then I borrowed 300,000 pfennigh from the treasury of the Knights of the Holy Order as a guarantee for the entire barony of Sapbourg." ”

After hearing this, Art paused for a long time, then raised his head and said: "I can understand that you sell the shops, taverns, and inns in the Western Realm, after all, once the storm rises, these properties of yours will be targeted by opponents sooner or later, rather than letting them take them, it is better to exchange them for gold cakes and silver coins in advance." However, it is too expensive to hand over 1.2 million Fenni to Flender at once, and to borrow it from the knights of the Holy Order~ This investment is too expensive. It's not like your style. ”

"Art, I know what you mean. But I'm paying 1.2 million fennigs now, maybe 2.1 million will come back into my purse in the future. As for the risks, if we can't win, sooner or later those things will end into the pockets of the enemy. ”

Art also nodded in agreement, "Then I'll go back and negotiate with Lottie to sell the shop you gave us." ”

Galvin agreed to Art's plan.

"Art, I have another thing to tell you about when I called you here today."

Art sat up straight and listened intently.

"Of the 1,200,000 pfennigs, 300,000 pfennighs belong to you!" Galvin had a serious expression, no joke.

"You~ are you the one Earl Balwin said he would fund my army expansion?" Art reacted instantly, he had wondered why Earl Balwyn would be so generous as to fund his own army of five hundred men, it turned out that the wool came from the body of a sheep.

"You guessed it, I'm the one who financed your military expansion. This is also a small condition for me to raise money for the Count of Flanders. ”

"I've lost my life in battle, Felix may be able to pick up the sword I threw back, but he's too young and still needs a lot of experience. And your performance over the years has proven that you are a swimming fish in the torrent of troubled times, and I believe in you. ”

"The 300,000 pfennigh will be divided into two ways for you, this time you take 150,000 pfennigh first, you use the money to recruit soldiers first, 150,000 is enough for 500 soldiers to consume for more than half a year, and we will find a way to find a way after half a year."

"I will use the remaining 150,000 to buy weapons and armor, I have already ordered a batch of weapons and armor in Paris and several surrounding cities, and I will ship them to your territory to assemble your army one after another."

Art was really happy in his heart, although 300,000 Fennigh was far from enough to support an elite army of 500 people, but it was enough for him to pull up an army framework......