Section 10: Brotherhood (2nd Watch)

Although Arold's Mecklenburg was a newly conquered land, with the continuous immigration of Catholics, the culture and laws brought by it would gradually be the same as those of other territories, for example, the nobles were subject to feudal law, and towns and villages were subject to ecclesiastical law and lord law. Therefore, the only way to reform the army that has the most power in his hands and control the most tightly controlled army is to use the guò military merit system to inspire soldiers to fight and change their social status.

"If the Elvet monks have no objections, then write this system of military merit into a lord's decree and spread it to the whole of Mecklenburg, so that every village and town can know about it." Arold handed the parchment he had written to Brother Elvet, the minister of the palace, and asked him to publicize the decree, and Brother Elvet quickly caught the parchment, which would later be known as the Mecklenburg Military Order.

"Lord Earl has one more thing that I think must be brought up before that." Sir Ron held up his hand, as the captain of Arold's Inner House Knight and a close retainer of Arrod, he felt obliged to sue Arold for his wrongs in his administration.

"Well, Sir Ron, you say." Arold had convened the meeting to listen to the courtiers, and he nodded to Sir Ron.

"What about the separation? The merits of the generals before this should be recalculated, and please have a clear attitude, otherwise the generals who followed you in the southern and northern wars may complain. "Sir Ron proposed to Arold the idea of dividing the feud, and indeed in Arold's conquest of Mecklenburg, resistance to the invasion of Viking warriors, participation in the Mason Civil War, etc., the German mercenary regiment and the knights of the Inner House have made contributions. Needless to say, the mercenaries are looking at Arold with blank eyes, hoping to get the knight's due fief from Arold, and now Arold has suddenly thrown out such a military merit system, I am afraid that the nobles and knights will think that their merits are erased for no reason and will cause trouble.

"Well, you have a point." Arold glanced at Sir Ron. He knew in his heart that Sir Ron's mention was actually selfish, except for Julian, Sir Ron had followed Arold the longest, if the military merit system was established now, then Sir Ron's previous merits would probably be nullified, which would of course be resisted by him, Arold lowered his head and gently knocked on the wooden table with his fist, the conference hall was silent, and the courtiers were waiting for Arold's reply.

"Doh." Suddenly, Arold slammed on the wooden table and looked up at the courtiers present. That is, the core team of their own rights.

"I think that before the release of the military system, I will first divide the feudal feuds to the knights and nobles who have worked hard before, and I can't chill these generals who follow me to fight, of course, since I want to divide the reward, then I have to make it bigger, Brother Elvet will prepare a ceremony of dividing the feud within a week, not only the noble knights will be rewarded, but the other soldiers should also be rewarded in response." Arrod stood up, propped up the wooden table with his hands, and spoke loudly to his courtiers.

"A wise move, Lord Earl." Listened to Arrod's words. The eyes of the courtiers here lit up, is all that serving the monarch is to obtain a land that can be passed on? Arold used to be like a rich old man who kept money. Holding the land in his hands, except for the town of Wisma and the parish of the Friars of St. Jom, basically no one was divided, and in private there were already knights complaining about this, and they had plans to leave Mecklenburg, in fact, Arold had at least one angry lion castle in his hands to divide it. There are countless other uncultivated or small villages.

"Well, I hope we can continue to work together to make Mecklenburg stronger and more land from the infidels." Arold nodded in satisfaction, and he looked at the courtiers who were in ecstasy. If I know that if I don't give them a little sweetness, I'm afraid that my military merit system will not be able to push it down.

When the courtiers left the council hall satisfied, Arold sat back on his wooden chair, he looked at the empty council hall and his heart was mixed, even if it was a close minister like Sir Ron, what he thought was his own selfish interests, but it was normal to think about it, and Arrod's own military merit system was just taking advantage of the weakness of people's selfish desires.

"Ping-pong." Just then the wooden door was pushed open, and Arold woke up from his contemplation, and he looked up to see Yves staggering in, still looking sloppy, and his remaining hand still holding a flask, although the wounds of his body had healed, the wounds of his soul were getting deeper and deeper.

"Yve, oh no, Lord Count Lauzitz." Arold hurriedly walked over and helped Yves to sit down next to him, he had specially asked Yf to find him from his stinking bedroom, and when he got closer, Arold could still smell the sour smell of Yves.

"Well, I'm Sir Yves, what, what Earl Lausitz, where is that bastard?" Eves muttered drunkenly, the stump of his right hand waving wildly.

"I have asked the Duke of Mason to give you the fiefdom of the Earl of Lautz, and although you still have to vassal the Duke of Mason, isn't it your dream to own a county?" Arold looked at the tormented big brother and comforted him with his hand on the shoulder.

"Dreams? In exchange for the blood of my father and mother, and the life of my wife, then I would rather not. Yves sighed and tossed aside the empty flask, which made a tinkling sound.

"Well, of course I didn't mean that, but can you avenge them if you do this?" Arrod's brows furrowed, and his heart was even more blocked by Ive's question, he tried hard to keep these things in his heart on weekdays, believing that he could do the right thing, but seeing Ive, who was covered in scars, really decided that love was swaying his mind.

"Is it okay for you to stay in this warm castle and the women of the Herman family?" Yves suddenly squinted at Arrod, his messy hair made his expression even more gloomy, and he couldn't see the heroic Sir Yves at all.

"I, I, don't you think I'm angry that my father was beheaded off and my mother was killed in Fort Lida? But you say, you say, what should I do? Now take all the troops of Mecklenburg to crusade against the Duke of Bavaria? Provoked by Yve's words, Arrod's love finally exploded, his chest rising and falling violently and roaring.

"That's right, we should go, even if it's a big death." Yves also stood up not to be outdone, he was already very tall, but when he stood up, because of alcohol poisoning, he overturned the wooden chair he was sitting on, and the wooden chair fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the startled guards outside the council hall hurriedly rushed in with a halberd in their hands, but they were driven out by Arrod waving his hand.

"Isn't it easy to want to die? But I think you're just a broken hand on your feet, and you'll die at the hands of robbers and bandits before you reach the territory of the Duke of Bavaria. Arold yelled at Yve.

"Oh wow, bastard, I slaughtered you." Enraged by Arold's words, Yves lunged at Arrod, trying to grab Arrod's clothes and beat him as hard as he did when he was a child, but his nerves paralyzed by alcohol made him slow to move, and Arold dodged his movements lightly, followed by a punch that hit Yves in the jaw.

"Ping~~~." After Yves was hit in the jaw, his body fell to the ground, and after losing his dominant right hand, he lost his balance and couldn't stand up several times in a row.

"Arise, arise coward, you are not only a coward, but a reckless coward like a wild boar." Arold pulled down his collar, and in his annoyance, he felt the heat of his whole body like a volcanic eruption, and his anger was out of control.

"Woo, woo, woo~~~~." Suddenly Yves gave up and got up, and he lay on the ground and began to cry like a child, snot and tears all over his face, and he cried so sadly, like a child who could not find his way home.

"Yve, big, big brother, are you okay?" Arold was stunned when he heard Yve's cry, he thought he had beaten him too hard, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Yve, but Yf took advantage of the situation to hold Arrod's shoulder with his only remaining hand, and lay on Arold's shoulder and cried.

"Arrod, I, I'm afraid, my father is dead, my mother is dead, even Josephine is gone, what are we going to do, what are we going to do?" Yves said as he choked up with tears.

"Big brother, don't worry, we must take revenge, the blood of the Wendell family cannot be shed in vain, those people will pay the price, I promise, swear to God." Arrod's eyes showed a resolute gaze, the endurance of the people of the Celestial Empire is the highest among the nations on the Blue Star, and if it is for revenge, it can be even more courageous.

"Really, can we win? That's the Duke of Bavaria, and even the king can ignore it. Yves certainly knew how powerful and powerful the Duke of Bavaria was, which was why he was desperate when he heard the news.

"As long as we keep this hatred in mind and do the right thing, we still have the power of the county in our hands, and with the power of this county, I can make the Wendell family strong quickly, and the Duke of Bavaria will definitely pay the price when the time comes." Arold said as he took Yve's shoulders with both hands and looked him in the eye seriously.

"Yes, you are a wise person, there is always a way to solve problems, I can't be so depressed anymore, you can do whatever I want." Yves wiped his face with his sleeve, and he swore that he would never be able to see it again, that he would not be a drag on Arold.

"Well, actually, I called you here to give you a gift, come here, come and see what was sent from the smelting base." Arold looked at Eve, who had regained his morale, and finally the stone in his heart fell, and he helped Eve to his feet and walked to the corner of the chamber, where a wooden box was placed. (To be continued......)