"What gave you the courage to provoke your predecessors like this?"

"The outcome of the battle is obvious, isn't it? Do you think that after completing the training, you will be like a veteran? Do you think you are like veterans when you go to war? Naive! Immature! Each of you, over the next two months, double your training! ”

William angrily blamed the recruits, and the recruits bowed their heads with blue noses and swollen faces, and were silent, and the results spoke for themselves.

And the recruits who heard William's reprimand were ashamed, and at the same time with a hint of shock and reluctance, the training intensity doubled, what kind of concept is that, just they need to run five kilometers, and now it becomes ten kilometers, isn't this killing them.

"Look at what? Do you want to rebel against me? Or are you unwilling to follow my commands? William looked at the group of recruits and shouted.

The soldiers listened to William say such things, of course, they did not dare to refute it, this is a matter of principle.

"The veterans fought with me, and they were treated the same as you recruits, this is my negligence, so I want to re-designate the salary standard of the soldiers!"

"Now I declare that every veteran who has been in the army for more than two years and has participated in more than five battles will receive a salary of one silver coin per month, and the officer in charge of the command will receive one silver coin plus five copper coins!"

William said as he looked at the tanned, taciturn, and scarred veteran below.

"As for you!" William pointed at the recruits, how much is still how much, if you want a high salary, let's wait for you to grow into veterans first.

"What are you waiting for? Keep training for me and double the intensity! William looked at the soldier standing in place and reprimanded loudly.

"Let's continue training, veterans, but watch out for the wounds on your body!" William turned his head again and said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Lord Baron!"

"Thank you, Lord Baron, for your kindness!"

"May the Holy Father bless the Baron!"

"We will serve the merciful, just and generous Baron for the rest of our lives until you no longer need us!"

The loyalty of the veterans has risen to another level, and they all know that their own merits and hard work are seen by the Baron.

Leaving the barracks, William returned to the main fort and began to take care of some of the remaining chores.

The construction of the manor is in full swing, and the brick factory is working overtime to burn bricks, sitting and preparing for the construction of the city in the spring.

The blacksmiths of the blacksmith shop also quickly repaired and crafted armor and long swords, as well as spearheads, horse armor and arrowheads, and in nearly twenty days, they only completed one-fifth of it, which shows how much work they have to do.

As for timber, the manor's storehouse has long been full, and now the cut timber is placed in the open space outside the village.

"Oh, damn beast, when I get to Mendes Manor and see Baron William, I must have a good meal!" An armed man on a thin horse, dressed in iron armor and holding a spear on a light horse, appeared in the forest on the outskirts of Comos Manor.

From the words, it can be heard that his target is Mendes Manor, and his target is none other than William.

In the evening, the armed man walked into a village where there were spies, but there were no guards or patrols.

So the villagers were a little cautious about his arrival: "This is a village under the jurisdiction of the rightful ruler of the Mandes and Comos Manors, the champion of the kingdom, I wonder what the purpose of this lord with a long sword came to our village?" The village elder asked vigilantly.

"Ah, don't worry, I'm just here to ask for directions!" The armed man did not show malicious intent, and although looting was a common occurrence in this era, he did not make any unfriendly gestures in order to see William so as not to be rude.

"I see!" When the village chief heard that this person was just here to ask for directions, his vigilance relaxed a little, but it was not completely dispelled.

"So, my lord, where do you want to find out? If it's too far, beyond the Manders area, we don't know! ”

"Ah, it's okay, I'm going to ask about Menders Manor, I don't know where I forgot to go to get to Mendes Manor?"

As soon as the village chief heard that this person was going to Mendes Manor, and he was armed with him, he subconsciously thought that he was a friend of a certain knight master.

After adjusting his attitude, the village chief became obviously much friendlier, and said: "We are not far from the Mandes Manor here, and along the path at the entrance of the village, walk about three kilometers east to reach the Mandes Manor!" ”

The size of William's territory is also a township in the Celestial Empire, even if you add Comos Manor, the size is not very large, his territory is slightly narrow and long, but even if measured from south to north, the length of his territory is only more than seventy public offices, and the widest width is only forty kilometers.

It was much larger than the township-level units in his previous life, and even compared to some viscountdoms, it was not small, as was the case with most territories in this era.

The longest point of the entire Denglenburg area is only more than 400 kilometers, and the width is only more than 200 kilometers, although this is already much larger than those Western European kingdoms in his previous life, but as a county, Denglenburg can only belong to the middle and upper, you can imagine how powerful the largest county is.

After learning that he was not far from his destination, he turned over his old and thin war horse and began to follow the path indicated by the village chief.

Finally, after nearly an hour, he finally arrived at the village where Mandes Manor belonged.

The village had not yet finished its day's work, so there were still many people busy with mobile phone work, and more than 7,000 people and nearly 8,000 villagers gathered in and around the village.

The plundered population and the immigrants from the Bradkerman Manor were gathered here, and William planned to move the center of gravity to the castle after it was built, and these civilians were the first inhabitants of the castle.

Shocked by the size of the population, the armed man rode on a horse and walked towards the gate of the manor.

The more he looked at him, the more surprised he became, his impression of this place was very straightforward, prosperous, rich, powerful, large and clean, originally he had passed through several villages when he entered the Mendes area, and those villages were in the same state, he thought that the knight who ruled the village had a habit of cleanliness and specially asked for it.

However, it seems that this is not the case, and it should have been the hand of the ruler of the two estates, Baron William.

Walking to the gate of the manor, two guards spotted him: "Please stop, this is the residence of the knight of the kingdom, the fox of Denlenburg, the rightful ruler of the Mandes and Comos manor, and Baron William!" ”

Another guard also said: "You have also seen the strength of our territory, and you have heard of the prestige of the Baron, if you do not show enough kindness, then you are not allowed to appear at the gate of the manor, if you break the law in the manor and all the villages ruled by the Baron, then you will face the capture of the Baron's army, and you will be convicted!" ”