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Fortunately, there was no need for the Earl to worry about such a trivial matter, and the civil servants under his command, although of little use, could always do such a 'small thing' as writing war letters—in most, nay, most, in the eyes of the vast majority of European lords, their civil servants had only this role.

If possible, how Magnus would have liked him to be the final boss of his restoration, King William, was such a fool.

It's a pity he's not.

According to the information of some merchants from England, King William's wanton division of his Norman generals has caused great dissatisfaction among the original English nobility, especially in the north, which was not affected by the war, where the nobility is even more connected with each other...... However, King William did not deal with these 'rebels and thieves', on the contrary, he did something that others could not understand and could not imagine.

He sent a large number of civil servants, or petty officials, or clergy, whatever you want to call them, in short, he sent people to conduct a census.

When he heard the news, Magnus only felt chills all over his body.

If it weren't for the fact that in his previous life, he knew that there was a 'Doomsday Judgment Book' in Britain, then he would even have to wonder if this William was also a traverser!

What does the census do?

It is said that the census can grasp the specific population size and gender ratio of the country, and provide data for the formulation of national policies; But the wise people don't talk in secret, let us tell the truth, know the specific number of people, know how much tax the state can collect every year, know the gender ratio of men and women, and know how many soldiers the state can recruit from men of appropriate age every year.

This is a prerequisite for the prosperity of a country.

Not to mention, in an authoritarian, sufficiently centralized state, the census is a powerful first step.

Originally, Magnus still thought of carrying out the census before King William's 'Last Judgment', and then relying on the highly collectivized and militarized Brittany, he could swallow the whole of England in one bite with a small amount of money, but ......

Didn't the history books say that William wrote the Last Judgment in 1080? It should be thirteen years away!

This is something that Magnus thinks about crookedly. You must know that even in modern society, with the grassroots control of a total of 80 million party members, coupled with the assistance of various advanced instruments, it will take a whole year to conduct a complete census; In medieval England, although there was not so much population, William's control of the country was far less exaggerated than that of the CCP, not to mention the serious feudal division of the European continent, and the territory of each duke and earl was like China, and it took thirteen years to complete the census, which was already the result of William's best efforts.

And now, William's long march is only the first step, and it is far from worrying, Magnus is indeed overhearted.

Back to the point, no matter how powerful the big boss is, that's what is said at the end, among all kinds of fairy tales, how can there be a brave man who fights the boss as soon as he goes out, he must first fight equipment to make friends, jump off the cliff to find the old man, and wait until he is sure to go on?

The Earl of Brest, on the other hand, is the gatekeeper of the novice village in game terms, which is not too difficult, but it is also quite challenging.

But Magnus, he cheated.

The head of his advisors, Kot, was the rightful heir to the county of Brest, and had secretly received the support of most of the civil officials, and the old civil officials who had come to read the war book wept bitterly at the first sight of Kurt.

Previously, Magnus and Kurt had teamed up to kill the local bishop, and Kurt had taken the opportunity to hide behind the scenes, and no news had been heard for a long time, and these civil officials who were still loyal to him thought he was dead; This will see that Kurt is still alive and well, and it is normal to be unable to control his emotions.

In this case, the next thing is quite simple, after learning that his master has taken refuge in Magnus, the old civil official did not hesitate to tell all the information of the army of the Count of Brest, not a single one, so far, the gap between the two sides has finally reached the point of no return.

To fight a war is to fight intelligence!

Just imagine, the two armies are ready to fight, but before the battle, one army has already known the enemy's complete army composition and military deployment through spies, and even passed false information through spies, so that the enemy is arrogant and takes it lightly.

Of course, in real life, how can a spy do this, can do this, there is no doubt that a spy has climbed to the high position of the enemy, money, power, and sex are lacking in anything, how can he still risk his life to do such a headless thing?

But because of Kurt, Magnus had an easy time getting there.

- In terms of status, Kurt was the heir to the orthodox county, and in the Middle Ages, no, even in modern society, the theory of descent was still in great demand; In terms of status, Kurt was originally inferior to the Count of Brest, but he had a natural advantage: Kurt was born in a monastery, and he could also be regarded as a civil official, and civil officials, under the Count of Brest, have always been not valued.

Not to mention, Kurt now hugs a thick and strong thigh, compared to this thigh, what kind of earl, it is like a grasshopper after the autumn does not grow long, and the person who knows the times is Junjie, with such a background, how can he not let the old civil official immediately surrender to the enemy?

Oh, I'm sorry to say wrong, I should use Toucheng here.

With such a background, how can you not make the old civil official surrender immediately?

As for the war book, there was no need for the old civil official to read it again, Magnus took it and looked at the time and place, nodded and said that he knew.

And when the old civil servant returned to the camp of the Count of Brest's army, the Count looked him up and down twice, and almost didn't see him bloom.

Why isn't this person missing one or two ears?

Although the war itself has an unspoken rule, the two armies do not fight each other, but this is just not to behead, so that they can live one more day or two to go back to reply to the letter, injury and disability are not counted.

Like Magnus's unlucky father, when Harold and William were at war, Harold cut off the two ears of the messenger in a fit of rage, of course, William did something even less authentic, he directly gouged out the messenger's eyes!

In the Middle Ages, such an injury could basically sentence a person to death - even if he did not die on the spot, the wound would suppurate and tetanus in the future, it would be enough to kill him for half his life.

Therefore, when the messenger was sent, the lords already roughly regarded the messenger as a dead man.

But now that the old civil servant has returned unscathed, if he is more suspicious, he should wonder if there is a connection between the old civil official and the enemy...... But the Count of Brest, as mentioned above, has a suspicious nature, but he does not have the ability to be a hero.

Although there are some doubts, but the big war is imminent, these 'little things' are easily put aside.

Defeat is also a matter of course.

The sun rose and set, the time of one day and two nights passed in a flash, and in the midst of many fearful, excited, calm, or restless heartbeats, the day of the decisive battle finally began.