Beiguan Military Fort, after Yate "performed" in the military fort training ground, he summoned Angus and other high-ranking officers to the stone house hall.

The previously purchased batch of war horses has been in place, and the corresponding cavalry training equipment has also been replenished half a month ago. Now, it's time to start the training of cavalry.

“…… Lunision, Jafar, the horses and weapons and armor needed for the cavalry are in place at the moment. The camp for the training of the cavalry was also fully handed over to the corps. It's time to start training the cavalry, I don't know how well you're prepared. After saying that, Art took a sip of the wine on the table, and was in good spirits.

Lunicion staggered to his feet, the sound of his armor rubbing against him was particularly loud. Said: "My lord, we can't wait for a long time!" There was excitement in his tone.

"Yes, my lord~" Jafar, who no longer stuttered, also chimed in.

Art put down his glass, "Good! Since the captains of your two cavalry companies are so confident, the training of the cavalry company will officially begin tomorrow. ”

"Yes, sir!" The two of them led in unison.

"Also, Sergeant Major. You also have to take some of the Wranglers and vets from the army to be placed in the cavalry company. These military horses are all the treasures of the legion, and they must be fed well, and they must not be neglected. ”

"Yes, don't worry, sir."

"In addition, I will also say hello to the government and ask them to provide high-quality forage for these horses. Only if they are fed carefully now will they be able to play their best on the battlefield in the future. Art has high hopes for these horses.

Before leaving, Art instructed Angus to gather the officers of the legion who were skilled in mounted archery. Arrange for them to serve as riding instructors in the cavalry company and guide the training. Then he took the guards and rode the newly conquered war horse back to the valley in a hurry.

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"Sir!"

Early the next morning, Ron hurried to Art's study.

"Master~"

"Why are you so flustered?" Art put down the quill in his hand and asked.

"Master, there's news from that Lombard caravan in the Northlands." He then handed a note to Art.

Art gave a quick glance. "Great," he said, "Stanley finally found the bastards before they entered the province of Thorne. Once they are allowed to enter the province of Saône, there are endless troubles. Go tell Bob at once, write to Odo, and ask him to send a joint task force to arrest the bastards for me, and then send them to Besançon, where they will be placed at the disposal of the Marquis. ”

"Yes, sir. I'll do it right away. Ron walked away quickly.

After Ron left, Art continued to lie down on the table, picking up the quill pen in his hand and writing on the Wells paper. However, this time it is not to build the framework of the province of Wales, but to consider how to make the people under his rule willingly carry out the regulations set by the military and government and absolutely obey their own will, so as to better manage the territory.

As a provincial earl, if he has no authority in the eyes of the lords and cannot gain their trust, this will undoubtedly provide the soil for some people who have different ideas to rebel against him in the future.

To rule a territory, you must first make your people absolutely subordinate to you. In other words, as long as they say a word, even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, they will not hesitate to implement it.

A few years ago, there were only about a dozen households with his followers, and it was relatively easy to manage. Just provide them with food and land, and don't go hungry, and those guys will be loyal to you. But now it is necessary to administer the vast lands of Tignets County and the Valley Territory, which number more than 30,000 people. Simply giving the land to those guys to cultivate and give them food would probably not be enough to make them swear allegiance to themselves. In order to truly control people's hearts, in addition to material rewards, spiritual transformation is also needed.

And to control people's spirits, we need to find answers in their primitive beliefs.

On the second day, Art summoned Bishop Robert, who was currently in charge of the affairs of the Diocese of Wales, to his study, intending to get a start on the bishop.

Robert has been following Art for a long time, and often goes with the army to give advice to Art, as if he has become Art's brainchild. In addition, Robert's bishopric status made him highly respected and respected among the people of Wales. This is so because of the influence of the church on secular life and the minds of believers. As long as the church is firmly controlled in his own hands, he also indirectly controls the minds of the people. In this way, Arte, as Earl of Wales, would combine secular and ecclesiastical power.

On the chair next to the study, Robert, dressed in bishop's attire, took a glass of wine from time to time and savored it, completely lacking the solemnity and seriousness that a bishop of a region should have.

Like Father Hamish, this man thinks that God is in his heart, not as the disagreeable clergy preach—that he is God's messenger to the world, that the Church is God's representative in the world, and that what the Church says is correct and cannot be doubted, otherwise it would be a betrayal of God.

This guy has his own understanding of the Bible and also believes that everyone has the right to interpret the Bible. Instead of being conformist and being toyed with by the church's inferior guys, he gave his life's savings to the vampires.

After a moment, Yat breathed a sigh of relief and put the quill pen down. Robert then put down his glass and stood up.

"Robert, don't be polite, sit down."

"Lord Earl Xie."

"I came to you today mainly to ask how the construction of Wells Cathedral is going." Art stood up and walked over to Robert with a glass container of wine and poured it for him himself.

"Lord Earl Xie."

Art then raised his glass.

Bite~

The two clinked glasses and drank together.

"Your Excellency is busy with official business, and you are so concerned about the construction of the church, you have to bother." Robert said sincerely.

"As an important place for the daily prayer and confession to God of the valley people, the church is closely related to the faithful, and I, as the Earl of Wales, should pay more attention to it. Otherwise, they should blame me~" Art squinted at Robert's reaction.

Robert, who was nimble-minded, certainly understood the meaning of Arte's last words. He smiled and said, "Your Excellency's words are meaningful, it seems that I have not fulfilled my duties as a bishop, which has made the people under the Earl's rule dissatisfied."

Hearing Robert's response, Art smiled slightly.

"I'm afraid my lord didn't call me here for the sake of building a church." Robert reacted immediately, envious of the secretive earl in front of him.

Seeing that Robert saw through his intentions, Art no longer concealed it. "Whoever knows me, so does Robert."

"What?" Robert was puzzled. "Could it be that this is another original rhetorical device of the Earl?"

"What this means is that you Robert know my mind best." Art explained.

Robert was also complacent and smiling.

"I won't hide it from you, the main purpose of calling you here today is to help me unify the minds of the people of Wales in the future. This is not only manageable, but also essential to the stability of Wales. ”

Robert suddenly sat upright, listening carefully to Art's thoughts.

"As you know, most of the people of Wales are recruited displaced people from all over the world, and their backgrounds are very different and their ideologies are not uniform. In this way, once the government and military government formulate and promulgate regulations that are not in line with their vital interests, it is easy to cause them to resent. Over time, once this emotion erupts, it is easy to cause civil unrest. At present, Wales is in ruins, and internal and external troubles are continuous. If we can't unify the consciousness of the people and let their energy work together, it will be difficult to make Wales really strong. Art said earnestly.

"My lord, what do you mean~" Robert asked.

"I mean it very clearly, to unify the minds of the Welsh Lords. In their eyes, the words of me, the Earl of Wales, were as valid as when they prayed, and God told them to do whatever they prayed. ”

Robert's eyes widened, startled by the words of the earl in front of him. In his eyes, although every believer has the right to interpret the Bible, he has never seen anyone so bold in serving God in all his years that he wants to compete with God.

"I think you misunderstood what I meant," Seeing Robert's surprise, Art immediately explained, "Although I am not the most devout believer, God and the Church are still the supreme and noble beings in my heart~"

Robert came back to his senses, and he understood the mind of the earl in front of him better than anyone else.

"It seems that this Lord Earl intends to use the Church to establish his position and authority in the hearts of the people, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the hearts of the people." Robert sighed to himself.

Looking at the young earl sitting in the large leather chair, Robert could not find any reason to refute it. Since he was appreciated by Art, and was single-handedly propped up, he rose from an unknown clergyman of an unrecognized church to a diocesan bishop of Wales, and he ought to obey the heart of the earl. What's more, compared to those high-ranking clergy who oppress and exploit believers in the name of God, this guy's qualities are not known to be much higher.

"In that case, what should I do for you, Lord Earl?"

Seeing that Robert was enlightened, Art nodded in satisfaction. Then he said what he thought.

"First, churches are to organize prayers for the valley and county leaders on a regular basis, and to proclaim to them that only hard work can be exchanged for bread and milk......

Second, loyalty to the lord is the greatest virtue in the eyes of God. Any act of betrayal is spiritually punished by God, and the soul will never ascend to heaven after death......"

“……”

"Finally, I want to be the Chosen One sent by God to administer the secular land in Wales......"

Art spoke out his thoughts one by one, and ordered Robert to use them as a basis for his return, and to gather all the clergy in Wales to understand the gist of it. Then he went around preaching these virtues in God's eyes to the people.

Once these words reach the ears of the people through the hands of the church, the effect is much better than restraining the people by promulgating a series of rules and regulations.

Now, the church is like an invisible hand, firmly in the hands of Art. Whatever the Earl thinks in his heart can be put into practice with this hand. To control people's hearts, you only need to find the weaknesses of human nature. For those people, their weakness is God, and our Lord is above all else.

And Art is the only two representatives of God in Wales.

…………

While the construction of the valley was in full swing, in the northern city of Kodor, the Welsh Legion contingent was battling the Lombard spies.

“…… What are we going to do if that bunch of mongrels leaves for Thorne before reinforcements from Beaune arrive, Sir Stanley? In a guest room on the second floor of a hotel in the city of Codor, a member of the Welsh Legion contingent, who was in charge of spying on Lombard spies, whispered to Stanley, who was on a stool.

Stanley poured all the peas from his plate into his mouth as he drank the beer handed by his man.

The situation raised by this team member may not have happened. Judging from the information that several people have learned in recent days, this group of Lombard spies has almost visited the noble merchants in the city of Codor who have a certain degree of influence and are secretly dissatisfied with Flender rule. It is possible to leave the city of Kodor at any time and head north. Of course, these people also went to the blacklist of the contingent. When will it be cleaned up, then we will have to wait for Art to speak.

Stanley put down his glass, frowning slightly. "There is some truth in your opinion, and this is what makes us difficult. If a few of us go and take the lives of those mongrels, it won't be too difficult. But it was a bit difficult to keep them alive and not let them go to the city of Thorne. ”

"Why don't we inform Viscount Leonde, the garrison officer of Kodor City, about this? Let him help us catch this bung of mongrels first. ”

Stanley's eyes widened suddenly, and he tapped the task force on the shoulder. "You kid, your brain is getting more and more flexible. I'll see it! Viscount Leonde has a good relationship with the Lord, and is a confidant of the Marquis. I asked him for help in this matter, and he would definitely do his best to help. ”

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In the hall of the original lord of Kodor City, Leonde, dressed in regular clothes, was as usual. In addition to dealing with the daily affairs of Kodor City, every day is to dance and play with swords in the lord's hall. As a mercenary, he never put down the sword in his hand. Even if he went from an officer to the acting lord of Kodor City, he still couldn't change his old habits.

A few months earlier, when Flanders had been made Marquis of Burgundy, he had given all the territories to the counts of the provinces, with the exception of the city of Codor and the province of Saône. The province of Saône was guarded by another high-ranking officer of the Midsummer Legion, while the city of Kodor was garrisoned and administered by Leonde.

As one of the high-ranking officers of the Midsummer Legion, Leonde was also rewarded by Flender and given a castle and five villages around the city of Kodor.

Just as Leonde used the sculptures on both sides of the gate as an imaginary enemy to raise his sword and slash over, the guards suddenly came to report.

"Report to Lord Viscount, there are a few people outside the door who claim to be the Welsh Legion who have asked to see you, saying that they have something important to discuss."

"The men of the Welsh Legion? Aren't they supposed to be in the valley to the south, how did they come to the city of Kodor? Leonde muttered to himself.

"Quick, invite them in immediately~"