The court of Besançon quickly agreed to the canonization of his subordinates by the baron of the frontier of the court, which of course was indispensable to the good offices of the Earl of Balwin, because the court only granted Yat four new knights, and the apprentice knights appointed by Yat were not authorized, and now although the Marquis of Ifrera was critically ill, the court's control over the entire country was still very strict, at least the court could not recognize these unauthorized canonizations.

However, in the final analysis, it was only a few nominal probationary knights, and the court did not pay attention to it, and with the support of Earl Balwin, everyone was too lazy to quarrel over such a trivial matter.

As for the knightly squires, that one is not a lord at all, they are essentially just ordinary civilians with a promotion ladder.

The efficiency of the court was rare to be so fast, and in less than half a month after the documents were delivered, three knightly canonization books and four cadet knight conferral books were delivered to this valley in the southern border of the Earl of Balwyn.

"The court has agreed to the canonization list I have submitted, and I have asked the civil administration to prepare the canonization ceremony for several of your knights and probationary knights, and Viscount Pierre, Baron Galvin, and Baron Antayas will attend your canonization ceremony in person or send cronies to the valley."

In the official chamber of the Lord's Mansion in the Wooden Fort of the Valley, Otto and Angus were sitting on their knees, listening to Art's words.

"I called you two here today mainly to give you instructions on how to deal with the three petty officers sent by Earl Balwin."

"I have already met the three of them, acquaintances, all soldiers of Baron Challis (formerly Earl Balwyn's Knight of the Inner Palace} in the First Company of the Eastern Legion, one of whom had been a squad leader, and the other two were also elite soldiers. Earl Balwyn meant to give them several suitable military positions after the expansion of the army. What do you guys think? Art asked the two army commanders in front of him.

Angus had already guessed their identity and purpose, and said bluntly: "My lord, it is obvious that they were sent by Earl Balwyn to spy on your eyes."

"My lord, this is not difficult to understand, after all, Count Balwyn asked you to raise an army of more than five hundred, which is not a small army in the Count of Burgundy, even if you send a few people to monitor you, it is understandable. If we want to continue to have Earl Balwin's support, we must accept Earl Balwin's kindness......" Otto thinks that Earl Balwin's actions are justified.

"If you are worried about the ill intentions of these people, we can also arrange people to monitor and control them, make them more kind on weekdays, and give them a few small military positions after the expansion of the army, I don't think they will do too much." Angus made a suggestion.

"That's a good suggestion, but who should be sent to spy on them? It's not good if it's too conspicuous. Art fell into deep thought, thinking about the officers and soldiers around him, there are really few who are up to this task.

Otto thought for a moment, then stopped.

"Otto, do you have a good candidate? Say it. ”

"My lord, I think Spenser can do this."

"Why?"

"Spencer is a baggage officer, not a soldier, there are many soldiers and officers on weekdays, and there are close contacts, it should not be surprising that he is close to anyone, and this guy is an apprentice trader, and making friends is his forte."

"Moreover, he is also very familiar with those petty officers."

"How do they get acquainted?" Angus asked.

"That~ one of those guys used to bet beans with Spencer, but was won by Spencer and left with open pants. In the end, I ordered Spencer to return some of the guy's money. That guy turned out to be Spencer's friend afterwards......"

"Alright, let Spencer approach them."

............

At the beginning of July, a heat wave hits, and the atmosphere in the valley is extremely lively.

A wooden cross was erected at the entrance of the church in the wooden castle of the valley, and people gathered around the cross to watch a grand knightly canonization ceremony.

Under the cross, the court frontier baron Art? Wood? Wells, dressed in polished plate chain mail and carrying the steel knight's sword that had accompanied him for three years at his waist, stood upright, his eyes fixed on the seven new knights {Trainee Knights} who had been ordained for the canonization ceremony.

The six army commanders, led by Otto and Angus, were all dressed in standard chain mail with black heraldic burqa capes, and all carried a tailor-made knight's sword at their waists;

Cooper, the "Honorary Knight" civil officer, was dressed differently from the commander of the army, wearing a light raw silk lining, a cotton shurco jacket, a hood, and a pair of pointed leather shoes, which did not suit the old man's temperament, but cost him several months' salary.

Of course, in order to meet the situation, Yat also ordered someone to make a light knight's sword for Cooper, but obviously the old man was not suitable for a killing weapon.

When the spectators had arrived, the parish priest Hamish straightened his sacrificial garments, bowed his head to the cross and lightly drew a holy cross on his chest, muttered a few words in his mouth, and then turned to all the people around the cross and said aloud: "Today, in the presence of God and you, two knights and four probationary knights are about to be born. This is the divine will of the common lord of the world, and it is also the grace of the lord. ”

"Now, let's begin the canonization ceremony! Please take a step forward and kneel before God and the Lord. ”

Otto, Angus, and Cooper were in front, and Buzz and Ron were half a step behind, and they knelt on the cushions they had prepared in advance.

Originally, at this time, everyone should be given a Bible, and the would-be knights put their hands on the Bible and began to take the oath, but due to the large number of people who were ordained, Hamish had to stand facing each other, holding the Bible with both hands, symbolically letting the would-be knights swear to the Bible.

"Now, in the name of God, I ask you to swear an oath to your lord."

The knight's oath, which has been practiced countless times, is resounding:

Swear to the heavens to make my will clear;

Do not bully the weak, but spend time modestly;

The sword is not afraid of strong enemies;

Whatever is wrong, I will cut it down!

Women and children are long, and they are done by war;

Seek each other in prison and help them;

Women are weak and delicate, and they should never commit crimes;

Colleagues work together and do their best to work together;

Loyal to the monarch and the lord until death!

............

Who wrote this oath? Sounds really uplifting! The "commissioner" officer named Walter asked Spencer beside him.

Spencer is also a knight squire now, and he belongs to the adjutant Odo in the army, so he is nominally Odo's knight squire.

"Of course, this brilliant oath was written by the adults of my family himself." Spencer's face was full of pride, and his nostrils were almost upturned......

Under the cross, the canonization ceremony is still going on.

After taking the oath, Art looked solemn and solemn, slowly pulled out the steel knight's sword at his waist, held the hilt of the sword with his right hand, supported the sword body with his left hand, walked to the kneeling quasi-knight, and gently patted the shoulders and the top of the head of the recipient with the sword body, "In the name of God, I, the Baron of the Frontier of the Court of the Count of Burgundy and the Knight of the Court Guard of the Count of Burgundy?" Wood? Wells accepts your vows, and from now on I will have your seat under me, and I will live and die with you, and share your glory and disgrace; I accept your allegiance and promise to grant you asylum. ”

"From now on, I allow you to have your own coat of arms, banners, and family mottos, and reserve your right to fiefdoms of fiefdoms."

"In God's name, Amen!"

"Amen~" A pious voice rang out in the crowd.

Then there was a mountain of laughter, as a special canonization feast had been prepared for several days......

............

The lively atmosphere after the canonization ceremony lasted for a day or two, because after the banquet, there were brothers and friends from the army or civil affairs to celebrate, so the tavern of Emma's family in the wooden castle was full every day.

On the second Wednesday of July, the valley returns to its former tranquility and busyness.

In the hall of the Lord's Mansion of Wooden Castle, while everyone was busy before they were gone, Art was holding a meeting with the civil officials, and Simon, the commander of the border outpost, was also in attendance, because he was not only an officer of the army, but also in charge of the civil affairs of the border town.

“...... Salter and Lawrence, the recruitment of displaced people has slowed down for the time being, and your task is to assist the army in recruiting young soldiers, in addition to the main business of business and trade and the acquisition of small workshops in Provence. ”

"In addition to arranging specific tasks, I would like to explain an important task to you."

And all the people pricked up their ears.

Art said solemnly: "Write the code!" ”

"That's right, it's to write the code."

"The code of law for the army is relatively simple, and I have ordered the whole officer academy to discuss and formulate it. The Civil Code involves a lot of affairs and needs to be discussed together. ”

Art picked up a piece of birch bark on the table and said to everyone: "This is a list of the codes I have drawn up, and I have listed all the matters in the barony that may need to be regulated by the code, mainly involving ten major items such as land distribution, tax collection, military service, law and order maintenance, criminal punishment, and business management."

"At the moment the most important things are land allocation, taxes, servitude, military service, and law and order. When I was a border inspector, I promised the people of the time that the land would be owned by the cultivators after five years. Although this was never promised again when the displaced people were recruited, we also need to fundamentally clarify the distribution and ownership of land in the valley. My idea is that all the land in the barony of the valley, except for a small amount of land that has been given to the soldiers killed and wounded in battle, will be returned to the lord, and the lords will enjoy the status of free people, but they can only rent land from me. ”

"Sir, some of the first few lords are the richest in the entire valley, and many of them have relatives in the military or civil affairs, as long as they are done properly, I believe they can support your decision." Cooper said.

Art nodded, handed the list of codes in his hand to Cooper, and instructed: "It is best to do this, you will start compiling it as soon as you go down, and I have asked the two priests, Hamish and Robert, and the parish school to participate in the preparation of the code." At present, the scale of our territorial people is not large, and the code strives to be simple and practical, and those graceful and luxurious words are exempted, this code is for the people, not for the nobles to read......"