In the quiet tent, William buried his dark thoughts deep in his heart, collected his mood, and smiled again on his originally gloomy face.

Lifting the door of the tent and going out, William turned on his horse, whipped the horse with a wave of his right hand, clamped the horse's belly with both feet, and rode towards the baggage camp.

Driving... Manage...

As soon as William rode his horse to the baggage camp, he saw the busy figure of Osborne's butler.

I saw that Osborne's steward was busy directing a group of assembled levies to cut down trees, make wooden platoons, and carry grain, grass and ordnance, and he was very busy.

William hit his horse and came to the Osborne steward, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Osborne steward, thank you for your hard work." ”

"His Royal Highness William, I don't work hard at all, this is what I should do." Osborne's butler touched his chest with his right hand and bowed.

"Is there anything I can help me with? Osborne butler. William was a little distressed that Osborne's butler was so tired, and asked in a concerned tone.

"Your Highness William, there is plenty of food, grass and ordnance here, but there is a lack of many craftsmen, doctors, veterinarians and grooms, without them, weapons and equipment will not be repaired, injuries will not be treated, horses and livestock will not be cared for and treated, so there will be no war." Steward Osborne couldn't help but sigh.

"Well, leave this matter to me to figure it out, although I am not the lord of Evler now, and I can't forcibly recruit artisan doctors here, but I think Uncle Adolf can help us." William pondered for a moment and said.

"That's really a great help, if you want me to say, the army that Count Evreve has allocated to us is still good, but the preparations are in a hurry, and many things are not fully equipped." Steward Osborne breathed a sigh of relief and said in a relaxed tone.

"Oh? There's less of that, let's talk about it together, we'll only have a day or two to prepare, and I'll go to Uncle Adolf for help later. William looked at Steward Osborne and said with a smile.

"Yes, we don't have much time, in addition to the lack of craftsmen and doctors, we also lack heavy carriages, and we don't have siege equipment, you must know that we can't capture Alençon City on this trip, we can't do it without siege equipment, at least we must recruit enough carpenters to build on the spot." Steward Osborne pointed to the dozens of four-wheeled carriages with his right hand, sighed slightly, and said.

"Well, that's really important, don't worry, I'll take care of it. By the way, Uncle Osborne, how about the combat effectiveness of these levies allocated to you? William nodded and said.

"Hey, it's far worse than the one I brought out of the Rouen Manor before, and it's completely useless. I'm afraid they can only be used as baggage soldiers, not even to guard the camp. Steward Osborne shook his head slightly and sighed.

"Well, Steward Osborne, my side is also short of manpower, so it is better to select more than three hundred strong and brave men from the conscripts, arm them into a team of overseers, give them better treatment and status, let them supervise the work of the conscripts in peacetime, and act as a team of superintendents in wartime, so that they are not afraid that these conscripts will not be able to work." William pondered for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration reminded him of the practice of the southern plantation owner in the movie he had seen before, and looked at Osborne's butler and said.

"Well, this is a good method, Your Highness William, you are really clever, this method can definitely control those lazy levies." Osborne's butler slapped his thigh with his right hand and exclaimed loudly.

"Alright, alright, I won't say more, Steward Osborne, you get busy first." As he spoke, William turned his face a little ashamed, turned around, turned on his horse, and rode towards Uncle Adolf's tent.

Uncle Adolf and his soldiers' tents were not far away, and in a short time William came to the small tent in the camp.

"Uncle Adolf, Uncle Adolf, are you there?" William rode his horse to Adolf's tent and shouted.

"Oh, it's William, come in and sit down." So saying, Uncle Adolphus pulled William, who had turned over and dismounted, into his tent.

Walking into Uncle Adolf's tent, I saw two rows of bookshelves in the huge tent, which were filled with parchment books bound in volumes, and the desk in front of him was also full of quill pens, papyrus, parchment and other stationery.

"Whew!" William couldn't help but exclaim, these hundreds of big heads are not cheap, and even William's own Duke's study room does not have so many books, which shows how much his Uncle Adolphus loves to read.

It's just a pity that in the Middle Ages, an era of military force and military exploits, erudite scholars were not recognized, especially in noble lords' families, which was likely to be considered weak, but William the Conqueror, who was widely praised in history, was an illiterate fellow.

"Uncle Adolf, you must be a learned man with so many books." William turned his head, looked at Adolf, and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, of course, I spent most of the income in the territory to collect these books, and I feel happy to be with them every day when I read these wonderful books in Latin, Italian, and French." Uncle Adolf smiled and stroked the books on the shelves with his hand, turned around, and said with a smile: "William, if you want my help, I know you can't be interested in these books." ”

"Ahh ”

"William, you've got a problem for me, it's not so easy to recruit these in such a short time, and in the past two days I can help you recruit at most a dozen carpenters, a few blacksmiths, two or three doctors, and seven or eight veterinarians and grooms." Uncle Adolf paced from side to side, holding his chin in his right hand and pondering: "As for the baggage carriages, I will get you a maximum of ten, and if you want to have two siege weapons, you can see the two torsion ballistas on the head of the city of Evre, and I will have someone remove them for you later." ”

"Really, thank you, Uncle Adolf." When William heard the powerful torsion ballista, he jumped up excitedly and said, "Uncle Adolf, can you give me a few more carpenters, I think I can use it whether it is to operate the torsion ballista or to build siege equipment on the spot." ”

"Well, okay then, Uncle promised you." Uncle Adolf shrugged helplessly and said.

Leaving Uncle Adolf's tent, William turned on his horse and headed for the Osborne steward's baggage camp.

Although there weren't enough wagons, William had already come up with a solution, which was to build wheelbarrows and have the conscripts push wheelbarrows to transport the baggage.