Chapter 161: The Chicken and the Egg

There was no inspiration in the evening, and the basic content of this chapter was written, but the words were made...... I can't bear to read it myself.,I hope the book friend can forgive me once.,I'll revise it again in two days when I have free time.怂 Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

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After only three days on Meng Island, the Duke of Tang was ready to lead his loyal men away.

After all, he is still the Grand Duke, and there is no secretary around him who can do and can do it, not to mention that the Grand Duke can be regarded as an elite this time, and none of the leaders of the civil and military generals have been left behind, and now they have a good time, and when they return to Benrati Castle, there are times when they cry.

Compared with when he came, there was only one more person in the group when he left, and that was Doctor Ina, as a freshly baked court physician, it was normal for him to leave with the Duke of Xiao Tang.

As for the slaves who are still waiting for their fate in Douglas City, they will have to wait a long time before they can take ships to Desmond in batches - it's not that there are not enough ships, it's just that the port of Cork City is too small in comparison, and it still has to accommodate many merchants every day.

Then what else does he want slaves for, just say that he bought a bunch of uncles back.

It has to be mentioned that in the final result of yesterday's court discussion, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang still chose to support Count Olcoba and gave him 2,000 young slaves, expanding the army of the Grand Duke to 3,500 in one fell swoop.

To make this decision, the little Tang Grand Duke himself is quite contradictory, and the dispute between Klein and Count Olcoba is, to put it bluntly, a question of chicken and egg, chicken or egg first. The same is true of the economy and the military, the economy can feed the military, and the military can feed the economy, both of which complement each other and are indispensable.

However, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang chose to focus on military affairs first.

This decision naturally made Count Alcobar complacent, and he didn't even care about the mockery and provocation in Klein's words, anyway, this time I ate the big head, what can you do as a loser except howl two sentences?

I hope that when Klein makes a reasonable reason to withhold your military pay, you will still be as arrogant as you are now......

Looking at the triumphant Count of Olcoba at the moment, the little Grand Duke Tang could only bless him so much in his heart. He has seen Klein's ability to peel the skin, it is simply three feet high, and the reason for the means is absolutely legal, he can't find a little pain, but he can still distinguish the importance and don't delay a little business. In case Count Alcobar is caught by any means, even the little Grand Duke Tang will not be able to save him.

However, these are all afterthoughts, and although the discord between the two humerus ministers is indeed a headache for him, it can also make him sleep well - if Klein and Count Olcoba really wear a pair of pants and have a military and a fortune, then the little Grand Duke Tang will really have to worry about the throne under his ass.

Eh, in this way, in fact, the feud between Klein and Count Alcoba is still pretended?

cough, this kind of problem is all seen through and not explained, everyone maintains each other's lies one by one, and life can go on. Moreover, the feud between Klein and Count Olcoba, whether true or not, at least conveys a message: 'We are still loyal to you, so don't hesitate to use us.' ’

In a sense, this kind of discord can be said to be a vote.

Without further ado, no matter what the relationship between Klein and Count Alcoba is, Grand Duke Don only needs their attitude, and for now, let's talk about the problem of chickens and eggs.

The reason why he chose to support Count Alcoba is definitely not because of the glory he said, that is, the problem of face, in fact, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang has never felt that his face can be valuable enough to delay, or even delay the development of the Grand Duke for a few years, that is a lot of money, and there is only one reason for choosing to support Count Alcoba, to protect himself.

"We are eaten dry, wiped out, swallowed into our stomachs, and then completely digested, and the rest of the excrement is thrown at our graves, and the enemy points to our graves and says: 'Look! This is what happens to the cowardly! ā€™ā€

Count Olcoba is worthy of being an old man, don't look at his words, it's still ugly, but he just grasped the psychology of the little Tang Duke, and it only took a few words to make the little Tang Dagong empathize.

Because he has experienced it firsthand.

Didn't the Archduke of Murchid, who had both hatred and kindness to him, and who was once ambitious, but now only a drunkard, have fought with both of them and won the victory, which allowed Desmond to soar? There is also King William across the sea, and the little Tang Archduke believes that if it weren't for the fact that England's internal and external troubles have not subsided and he can't spare enough energy, King William would be the first to fight.

King William's coveting of Desmond's wealth inadvertently revealed at the beginning is still fresh in the memory of the little Grand Duke - when he was just an earl, the wolves outside were already so ferocious, and now this piece of fat has become more and more fat, not only a piece of fat meat, but has almost become a gold mine, and there is no commensurate escort, so the fate of the little Tang Grand Duke is almost the same as described by Count Alcoba.

"That's it, is there anyone else who disagrees?"

At that time, in front of everyone, the Grand Duke of Little Tang expressed his support for the opinion of Count Alcoba and asked, although Klein said that he was angry, but in the end he did not say a word, and acquiesced in the assignment of Grand Duke Xiao Tang, so the matter was decided.

A total of 2,000 recruits are filled into the army, and it takes nearly half a year just to train, because now the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang not only requires the army to completely obey orders, but also requires the army to be able to understand the command -- this command contains a whole set of flags and slogans. The army, at least a commander above the rank of squad leader, should be able to distinguish from the wave of the flag and the frequency of the trumpet of the charge, which is to charge, retreat, or hold on.

This is not a simple requirement, to know the flag and the trumpet, you must first be able to count, but there are only a few of these slaves who can be counted, and everything must be taught from scratch; In addition, the slaves and the little Tang Grand Duke do not understand the language yet, the first thing to solve is this communication problem, Count Alcoba took over such a mess, and there will be something for him to worry about in the future!

However, once this army is successfully trained, its loyalty and combat effectiveness are absolutely first-class.

Why?

Because foreign slaves are always more loyal than local serfs. In this land thousands of miles away from home, in a foreign land, this group of slaves doesn't know anything, they don't know anything, if they don't want to starve to death, the only thing they rely on is their master, that is, the little Tang Duke, who else can they work for if they don't work for him? What's more, this group of slaves themselves does not have the right to freedom, and the Duke of Xiao Tang only needs to be able to feed them, and he doesn't have to worry about the bastard words of five years of retirement and the loss of veterans.

It's no wonder that even other lords in the Middle Ages like to use slaves as soldiers, and the little Tang Grand Duke himself is going to be tempted!