"Your Majesty! The Duke of Somerset of London has sent a letter! ”

In autumn, last year's barley and rye have already been harvested, and now is a good time for planting. So Edward was busy directing the serfs on how to implement the three-garden system and how to water it with the accumulated farm manure.

At this moment, the voice of the little maid Luna was heard from a distance.

Edward couldn't help but look for the source of the sound, and turned his head to see Luna staring at the ground, jumping from time to time, looking cautious.

It looked very close, but in fact, Edward waited for about five minutes before Luna came to Edward, panting, cute little crisp breasts, very eye-catching.

"Luna! If you have something to say slowly, take a breath first! Seeing that Luna was out of breath, Edward, as her master, expressed distress.

"Your Majesty! The Duke of Somerset of London has sent you a letter. ”

Luna slowed her breath, collected her breath, and spoke calmly, looking at Edward with her own watery eyes.

"Oh? I don't know what's going on with that uncle of mine! ”

Edward opened the letter speechlessly, his face full of indifference.

Halfway through it, Edward realized that he was the protagonist of a war, a war to be waged in his own name was about to begin, and he was the last to know.

And most importantly, he has a Lori fiancée, a historically glamorous queen - Mary I, a wife five years younger than himself.

As a king, one's own marriage cannot be made by one's own nature. It's a pity that it's a Lori who is younger than herself.,By the time she's sixteen years old.,I'm afraid I'm already an uncle.。

But it's also good to have a Lori to cultivate.,Change her completely.。 What a tempting idea for a queen who is full of lewdness, ambition, and low political ability to transform into a well-behaved, beautiful, bird-like Lori.

Edward thought about it, and immediately turned the disadvantage of his marriage into an advantage, and sure enough, everything was much better.

Luna, who was on the side, stayed next to Edward, looking at her master in a daze with a well-behaved face, which made Edward feel embarrassed when he had just reacted.

"That's it! Luna! I'll go back with you! ”

Edward remembered an important thing, as if his uncle had not caught the little Lori hiding in the Moholm Monastery, and returned with hatred again. Although it is just an excuse to recover his wife for himself, this excuse must also come true! Otherwise, it's a joke.

So, Edward hurried back to his study and wrote a friendly reminder to the Duke in London, otherwise his loli cultivation plan would be in vain, and his plan to unify the British Isles would be difficult.

At this time, our Duke of Edward was in the process of issuing decrees in the Privy Council to issue collective edicts to magistrates throughout England.

Speaking of which, we have to talk about the army of England at that time, except for the navy, England did not have a standing army.

Well, where does the army come from? England at that time inherited the weapons training from 1181 onwards.

Just like military service in China, the British were forced to do military service by the king and prepared weapons for themselves according to their economic strength (sometimes you visit their wives' wardrobes------ There was only a silk petticoat, but a set of light cavalry equipment! For example, if you have a horse, then you are a cavalryman, and if you have a bow, you are an archer.

In the 16th century, however, this system was still not obsolete, and the effects of this system can still be seen.

At certain times, all eligible Englishmen were forcibly summoned for inspection and deployment (which could rise to twice a year in times of crisis), a system that was carried out on a county-by-county basis, with the sheriff under the responsibility of the sheriff. Normally, the sheriff would have some standing militia in his hands to fight riots or something. Priests, nobles, and their privately owned soldiers had a similar system of forced convocation, which was carried out separately from the common militia.

At this time, the number of militias should have at least theoretically reached a million people in total.

Initially, these militias would return home after the call-up was over, unless there was a threat of invasion to keep them mobilized------ Henry VIII had maintained the mobilization of 120,000 soldiers on foot throughout the summer.

In the last quarter of the 16th century, overseas affairs occupied a considerable place, and the soldiers who accomplished such tasks were undoubtedly paid for, but these soldiers recruited from the county militias were often required to prepare all their own weapons and armor (often those who did not want to do it ended up being sent overseas!). ）。

In the 17th century, the militia system began to decline, but it was not until the beginning of the English Civil War that Cromwell and Charles I wanted to co-opt militias everywhere for their own use.

Cromwell's victory also had a lot to do with the fact that he had co-opted a large number of local militias.

The Duke took the trouble to sign the decrees that were sent to all places, and he was both a minister of the Regent and a minister of the Privy Council, so that he was both happy and miserable.

"My dear steward, give these edicts to the people of the Privy Council, and let them be swiftly transmitted to the sheriffs everywhere!"

Duke Edward said without raising his head, and the butler who was waiting by the side quickly accepted it, walked out of the door, and ordered the manservant standing on the left and right of the door.

Then he came back and whispered to the Duke.

"Sir! His Majesty the King, who is far away in Berkshire, has written to you and says that it must be delivered to you! You see? ”

"Take it! Let me see what instructions your dear King has given me! ”

With that, the butler took the letter to Duke Edward, and the Duke took it.

The whole letter was not very much, that is, a few hundred Latin, but the Duke read it very carefully, and his brow could not help frowning.

Although he was not impressed by the information Edward obtained, the Duke still remembered it, after all, he did not fully understand the power of the royal family, maybe it was true.

At this time, in the northern border area of England, since the outbreak of the 'Solicitation Rebellion', Henry VIII set up the Northern Council directly under London in the border area, which had full power to rule the northern counties and completely eliminate the secession of the northern nobility.

York, the northern powerhouse, was not only the home of the Northern Council, but also the base of the English invasion of Scotland.

At this time, the normally empty barracks welcomed an important person, the minister of the Northern Council, Vitelli. Lord Olissard, accompanied by several Yorkshire magistrates and judges, was inspecting the maintenance of the barracks, after all, news of a war between London and Scotland had spread throughout England.

"Your Excellency! I listen to you, I have been asking my officers to keep the whole barracks safe, and everyone knows that the Scots have always provoked us. ”