"Art, you are powerful enough, you have killed several of them before the army has completed its assembly, you can just kill me too." The angry Viscount Pierre scolded Art in the military tent.

In the afternoon "martial arts training", although both sides used sticks, but after the red eye, there was no weight in the hands, six of the ten soldiers under Dean were beaten down on the spot, the head of the little leader was broken, the right hand was discounted, and his face was swollen into a pig's head, and it was estimated that he would never be able to hold a weapon again, and several other soldiers were also injured; Several soldiers on the Yate Patrol were also wounded......

"My lord, this matter was provoked by those guys, I didn't go against your military orders to fight, we were training in martial arts, and my soldiers were also injured." Art was not convinced by Viscount Pierre's partiality in words.

Pierre didn't want to continue to investigate Art's faults, it was impossible to stop the soldiers in the army from fighting, and he had also asked someone to interrogate him afterwards, it was indeed Dean's soldiers who took the initiative to make trouble in the camp of the patrol team, and the soldiers who made trouble were already lying in the camp at the moment.

The matter had to be left at that.

After a "competition training", Yate's harvest was huge, he not only received a month's military salary, but also really deterred those who pointed at the patrol team, and since then no one has dared to provoke the provocation of the "black robe army"~

Back at the camp of the patrol team, the dinner was held as usual, and the atmosphere of the banquet was even stronger because of the wonderful martial arts training in the afternoon, which was a feast for the victors.

At the banquet, Art gave special praise to the baggage officer Spencer, because this guy who had been expelled from the ranks of the soldiers not only did his achievements in cooking and miscellaneous work, but also could fight bravely today, and knew the truth of destroying the enemy leader and destroying the enemy's command first, of course, he didn't know that Spencer didn't understand this truth at all, he just wanted to beat the little leader.

However, Spencer, who was the instigator of the martial arts training, did not join in the happy atmosphere of the dinner, because the guy was lying in the military tent and sleeping soundly. In the "martial arts training" during the day, Spencer led the charge alone, then suffered a lot of sticks, and finally led people to beat the little leader, Rao was very bloody or suffered a lot of injuries, after the battle he drained his strength and the pain struck, and when he returned to the camp, he collapsed and fell asleep.

Art doesn't put too much energy into these trivial matters, he is more concerned about the trade situation of the caravan with the army.

"Cooper, how are you looking at the various trading houses in the city today?" Art asked the old butler who had returned from Lucesinn.

Old Cooper gently put down the wooden bowl in his hand, wiped a handful of soup from his beard, and replied to Art: "Sir, today Salter and I have inquired about all the shops of Lucesen, large and small, salt, cloth, olive oil, wine, dried fruits, and other goods are relatively high prices here, and it is best to bring valuable goods such as raw silk and satin, tea, spices, and porcelain to Besançon to sell, after all, there are many dignitaries there. ”

After hearing this, Art asked Salter, "What do you mean, Salt?" ”

Salter had wandered around the city all day, and had not bothered to eat lunch, and was now sitting around the campfire eating a large piece, and when he listened to Arte's questioning, Salter rolled his eyes and swallowed the bacon in his mouth, and replied to Arte with the food residue: "My lord, I have the same meaning as the old butler, and I also keep the valuable goods for sale in Besançon; Moreover, the vehicles vacated after the sale of goods in Lucesin can be parked in Lucesin to continue to buy some barley, pig iron, furs, velvets, wool and other goods that are abundant in the north and transport them to the southern counties, and on the way back, we can buy goods from the southern counties and transport them to the north. Anyway, after the army is assembled, it still needs to be trained for a period of time, during this time, instead of letting the caravan sit idle and wait for the army to start, it is better to pull it out and do some trade, in addition to solving the supply of food and materials for you, the caravan also has to make money~"

Art secretly admired the shrewdness of the merchants, "Salter, what you said is very reasonable, the first priority of our caravan is to raise food and materials for the army during the expedition, and the second is to make money to support the army, our army needs two thousand fennigs per month only for wartime salaries, and one thousand fennigs per month for grain and grass, and the money in my hands can only support less than eight months of expenses at present, if we need to replenish weapons and armor after the war, it will be a greater consumption." The outcome of the war is unpredictable, and if we cannot capture it on the battlefield, we can only rely on the caravan to support us. ”

Salter swallowed another mouthful of bread and puffed out his cheeks and said: "My lord, most of the goods we brought were purchased from Provence at half price last time, and cost less than six thousand pfennigs, since the north-south trade route was blocked, most of the southern goods from the north have flowed from the east and west of the mainland, and the price has risen a lot, I have estimated that goods such as linen, salt, and olive oil can be sold for three times the purchase price, and valuable goods such as raw silk and satin and tea and spices can be sold at least four times the high price. This shipment can sell for nearly 20,000 pfennigs, and I suggest that this money be put into the caravan for the time being. But the trade will not be so profitable, because we will not be able to cross the border to Provence in the south to buy goods, and the prices of goods in the south of Burgundy are now very high, and the prices cannot be three times the price......"

Art held the cup and listened carefully to Salter's analysis, thought about it for a while, and said to the two stewards of the caravan: "Cooper, Salter, you can discuss the specific affairs of the caravan, in short, keep in mind the two main tasks of the caravan. In addition, this time in Lusesin you can order a few carriages to expand the size of the caravan, and if the price does not go up, let the number go up, and at present the caravan has five carriages, and you can buy four more carriages and mules and horses to pull the carts. ”

Then Art turned to Lawrence, who had been temporarily incorporated into the caravan, and ordered: "Cooper and Salter are in charge of the trade, and you are mainly responsible for the management of the two peasant soldiers and the five prisoners of war laborers, as well as the mules, horses, and cattle pulling the carts, and I will temporarily send the second squad of Kazak to the caravan as a guard." The peasants of the two fort guards are temporarily paid ten pfennigs per week, and the prisoners of war are not paid, but the food must be full~"

"You first go to various places to explore the way, and if you think that commerce and trade are smooth, I will take some money from the military budget to buy goods for you......"

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

On the morning of the second day, the conscripted army to the north set out again, this time on a larger scale, for the conscripts of the province of Lucesson and a large number of servants of the army also assembled one after another to Besançon, and by the time the procession reached less than fifteen miles from Besançon, the number had reached more than five hundred, and in addition to more than two hundred of them were requisitioned from the counties of Lucesinn, there were also more than a hundred laborers and servants, except for one Viscount of Lucesson. Most of the rest were led by barons or knights from all over the place.

The army from Tignets entered Besançon with several other groups of men and horses, and was led to the city square by several palace guards.

Surrounded by the Cathedral of Besançon and the court of the Marquis of the Count of Burgundy, this one-acre square has been occupied by dozens of military tents of all sizes, and troops wearing various uniforms and armor and carrying various coats of arms and flags shuttle between them, and Arte estimates that at least thousands of troops and men have been assembled here. The space around the barracks has been crowded with all kinds of vendors, some selling grain and vegetables, some selling dried fruits, some selling bacon and salted fish, some selling firewood, grass and cooking utensils, and even slave traders and "skin and meat dealers" have begun to spontaneously assemble here from all directions, and the palace has to send more guards to patrol around to maintain law and order.

After the court guards had led the army from Tignets to the designated garrison in the square, they took Viscount Pierre and five midshipmen to the court, because Tignets was a fiefdom of the marquis, and unlike other armies, they would be directly under the command of the marquis's personal officers.

As the core of the rule of the entire kingdom, the court of Besançon was somewhat majestic, with high walls built of huge stones, towering towers, heavy iron gates, and well-armoured and majestic court guards at the gates......

When they came to the city walls, they unloaded their weapons, and through the long gate hole, they saw a neat and bright white palace, delicate sculptures, long cloisters, and officials, guards, and servants......

"It's magnificent!"

A trainee knight finally couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Passing through the palace garden and turning the cloister, the group came to a small hall on the west side of the palace.

The captain of the palace guard squad said to a few people: "Your Excellency is waiting here, the chief of the guard is discussing matters with the Marquis, and he will come to meet you in a while."

The team leader pointed to the wooden table in the small hall and said, "These are some meals prepared by the palace for you, please enjoy." With that, he turned and walked out of the hall.

They sat down and ate some fruit, bread, and beer, and in a short time the chief of the palace guard, dressed in armor, came to the small hall with a knight-like figure.

"Brother Pierre, I haven't seen you for many days, but I'm even more emaciated, and I've tortured you by guarding the southern border, right?" As soon as the chief of the palace guard entered the door, he gave Viscount Pierre a warm hug.

Viscount Pierre and the chief guard exchanged pleasantries for a while, then led the chief guard to the table and introduced the Arts, "This is Viscount Geoffrey de Charles, the marquis's chief of the palace guard."

"Jeffrey, they are the newly canonized apprentice knights of Tiniez, they are Yat, Dean ......" Viscount Pierre introduced several apprentice knights one by one.

The chief of the guard had no enthusiasm and smile for Viscount Pierre in the face of Yater, he saluted a few people seriously, and then said with a smile: "I know all the things of your knights, since I can be canonized by Lord Pierre, I must be wise and brave." This palace conscription is to give you an opportunity to establish meritorious deeds, you must cherish it, according to the arrangement of the palace, the army from Tignets is under the direct leadership of the court deputy minister of the court, Lord Earl Balwin, this is Charles Barber, the knight of the inner palace of Count Balwin, and you are temporarily led by Charles Knight. ”

The thick-eyed, big-eyed, unsmiling Charles Knight stepped forward and nodded to everyone......

"You can go with Knight Charles. Brother Pierre, your task is also accomplished, and after you will go to the clerk's to hand over the papers, go to the inner court, and the marquis wants to see you. The chief guard waited less than a bowl of porridge before leaving.

So the Artsians followed the Knight Charles out of the court.

Knight Charles beckoned the attendants waiting outside the palace gate, turned to a few people and ordered: "Everyone, I will come to the barracks to inspect your army in place of Lord Count during dinner, and there will be several groups of conscripts going here in a few days, and then we will arrange your army numbers and determine your tasks, and you must strictly guard your respective armies in the past two days, and do not cause chaos to Lord Earl......

"That's it?" Dean, who originally planned to have a friendship with Charles Knight, looked at the disappearing back, and his disappointment was overflowing.

"Brothers, it's still early, why don't we go find a tavern and drink some ale? I've heard that Besançon's ale can be really strong~" One of the apprentice knights suggested.

"Okay, let's go, Brother Dean, let's find a place to drink and have fun~" Another midshipman tugged at Dean's cuff and took the weapon, and then walked towards the most flowery place in the city.

Of course, the invited "brothers" ruled out Art, since the last time in Lucesin and Dean had a stalemate, Art and the other four have formed two camps, they dare not provoke Art easily, but they will definitely not get close to Art.

Art didn't want to deal with these noble young masters more, but he was happy to have them do so.

Art hung up his knight's sword and went straight back to the camp in the square of the city, for he still needed to take Otto and ten soldiers to the Selective Service Register in the square to register Baron Galvin for his military service in the county.