Chapter 291: A Royal Banquet
The summer heat is very uncomfortable, and even if there is some breeze, it is a boiling heat wave from the pavement, and the ploughing cattle in the fields keep wagging their tails, hoping to get some shade and repel mosquitoes.
The caravans of caravans on the solid and spacious stone road of Denlenburg were full of pedestrians and travelers, who greeted each other and led their men slowly along the main stone road that was eight meters wide in Denlenburg.
At this time, Denglenburg was already full of cattle and sheep, and basically every village would have several full granaries piled up in the center of the village.
Also in the centre of the village, there is a large number of meat racks drying meat, as well as a large sheepfold and cattle pen, and as for the horses, it is on the other side of the village.
Four years have passed since Denlenburg, and the children who were teenagers have grown up to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
Under full nutrition, they have all become tall and big boys, and basically everyone's basic height has reached about 1.7 meters.
This is a qualitative improvement compared to their parents, who were malnourished when they were teenagers.
At this time, it can be said that everyone in Denlenburg has no worries about food and clothing, and the business is extremely prosperous, and the whole month alone can provide William with more than 10,000 silver coins, which is already more than the combined income of William's vodka and honey business.
The Zaremu pasture was divided into two pieces by William, one of which was given to the Urimu, and two thousand Chekers were divided among his so-called lords.
He also gave the castle to Urimu, allowing him to lead the Cheker people in defending the area, and emigrate the inhabitants of the territory to part of the Zalemu Pasture to strengthen his control over the place.
It is worth mentioning that after four years of operation, the purchase of slaves, the influx of displaced people, and the settlement of foreigners, the population of William's domain finally reached the huge number of 300,000.
You must know that even the royal family of the Tskema Kingdom has only about 11.2 million civilians at their disposal, and William is already about to catch up with a quarter of the royal family.
Now the life of his people is extremely rich, and most of them can go to the tavern with a few friends to have a drink or two in their spare time, which also greatly promotes the economic development of his territory.
Under the four-year rule, William successfully trained the second son of the knights of the Inner Palace, who was already a young trainee, and more than a dozen of them have become qualified officials, while nearly 100 of the others have completed their studies and devoted themselves to grassroots work.
And in the past four years, the things that should be built in the territory have basically been thought of by William.
The inspectorate, the courthouse, the hospital, the baths, and the handout food distribution point, although most of the time it was not visited because of the abundance, there were some recreational buildings, and in four years, the entire territory had been reclaimed by William for 4.2 million acres of arable land, and basically every village had more than 6,000 acres of arable land.
The caravans were walking on the stone road, all of them cursing from the heat, and none of them were alert to their surroundings.
Because the patrols composed of the Denlenburg infantry passing by from time to time on the stone road brought them an incomparable sense of security, and the excellent armor and fierce atmosphere all showed that the soldiers in front of them were the elite of a hundred battles.
And so it was, they were still in small teams, thirteen men each, and fifteen squads patrolled the main roads of Denlenburg every day.
The lesser village roads and the roads leading to the manors were patrolled by militiamen.
Now, William's men had twenty columns, one hundred and twenty men each, and the Denlenburg infantry evolved from the Manders infantry now numbered more than two thousand four hundred, and the three hundred heavy cavalry had completed all their training in the past four years and became a qualified heavy cavalry.
Their equipment is similar to that of the knights, and even better than the vassal knights, at least in addition to a layer of strong and tight chain mail, they also have a layer of standard armor, and the gauntlets and leg armor are also fully equipped, and they seem to be quite powerful.
Not only them, but William's light cavalry unit was also formed in the past four years, with more than 400 people, all of them light cavalry composed of Chekels, and after disciplinary training and tactical training, they quickly became qualified light cavalry.
They carried William's special recurve riding bow, which was shorter than the rifle, carried a saber specially designed for them by William at their waists, and held a three-meter-long riding spear in their hands, and wore a slightly encrypted chain mail, and a half-face helmet, so that they could get good protection while maintaining their speed.
At this time, William's army was already quite large, 2,400 Denlenburg infantry, plus an expanded total of 800 archers, 200 heavy infantry and 50 Golden Lion Guards, as well as 400 light infantry, 400 momentum, 300 heavy cavalry, 400 light cavalry, a total of 3,650 infantry and 1,100 cavalry.
There are a total of 4,750 elite full-time professional soldiers, you know, even if the strength of the Cikma royal family has been thriving in the past four years, and the direct troops that can be mobilized have exceeded 8,000, the growth rate is definitely not as fast as William's.
Although. Now William does not have any qualifications comparable to the royal family, but he is already one of the best among all the king's vassals, even the Duke of Bunkerson, the strength is only a little stronger than him.
Moreover, although William's army was inferior to the other side in numbers, its combat effectiveness far exceeded that of the other side, so it was not certain who would win in a real fight between the two sides.
William was in the room, surrounded by Wella, who was already twenty years old, and the immaturity in her body had faded and was replaced by the intellectual beauty of a mature woman.
William hugged Wella's body and looked at the three children playing in the room, little Charlemagne is five years old this year, it is the age of lively and active, he is playing with a wooden sword that has no blade and no tip.
And the extra child was born to William and Lingsi, although Wella was very dissatisfied at the time, but after a long time, she still accepted this child, after all, as an illegitimate child, he did not have any qualifications to compete with Charlemagne Jr. for inheritance.
And this child, who was only three years old, was named Richard by William. Wallace has the same name as the famous King Lionheart, of course, of course, the others don't know William's bad taste and hope for children, and only think it's a nice name.
The territory of the general of Hurim is also very well governed, and the army is quite capable of fighting well, and it is basically trained according to William's method, which is quite powerful.
At the same time, a messenger sent by King Brolin arrived in Denlenburg, saying that he had been invited to a very great banquet and that he must be present.