Section 235: A New Day (2nd Watch)

In the early morning, the cuckoo's cry passed in front of the window, and the sunlight poured through the window inside the castle, and the wooden lattice windows were carved with the artistic style of the Slavs, after all, this castle was once owned by the Slavs, but it was later taken away by mercenaries led by Arold, even after being occupied by Arold, Brother Elvet ordered the servants to add a lot of Catholic style, but in the casual corners of the castle there will still be Lomwa art carvings, such as four-leaf clover or wisteria carvings, This gives Mecklenburg Castle a certain style in terms of Cheng dΓΉ.

Princess Josie in the maid's service, put on her dress, today is her official first day as the mistress of Mecklenburg Castle, she must give everyone a sense of solemnity and majesty, so Princess Josie chose a sky blue dress, the young and beautiful hostess with a white turban to set off her snow-white skin, wearing a gold thread embroidered coat outside the sky blue dress, under the service of the maid, Princess Josie dressed up in front of the many dowries she brought from Mason Castle, a precious Milanese mirror, When this precious mirror was first placed in the room, it also startled the maid in Mecklenburg Castle, who had never seen the world, and she saw the appearance of a man who looked exactly like herself, and shouted loudly that there was a devil in existence, and the whole castle was disturbed, and finally Arold came forward to explain it clearly, but then she became accustomed to this mirror, which reflected the reflection of people, and the wives of the courtiers of the Mecklenburg court often borrowed it.

"Your Highness the Princess." As the mistress of Mecklenburg Castle, Princess Josie appeared in the hall of the lords. The servants hurriedly saluted her, and even the courtiers who were already sitting at the wooden table stood up, and Arold and the Duke of Able left the castle of Mecklenburg, where Princess Josie was the supreme chief according to the law of nobility, and the administrative and judicial powers were in her hands, but could the young princess be able to do the job?

As a lord, she had to dine with her courtiers, which Princess Josie was not surprised or uncomfortable about, because as the princess of the Herman family, her education and subtle influence since childhood made Josie very comfortable coping, and she chatted with Arrod's courtiers from time to time while eating. This clever princess could call the courtiers by name without any hindrance. However, Arrod's court did not have many people, the main ones were Brother Elvet and several supervisors.

"Brother Elvet, why are there so few knights in my husband's court?" Princess Josie asked Brother Elvet curiously, in Princess Josie's opinion, no matter which lord attaches great importance to knights. Knights in heavy armor and riding tall horses are synonymous with strength. It was the backbone of the feudal lords. However, in the course of these few days of observation, Princess Josie found that Arold's army was more focused on the training and equipment of the civilians, especially the strange armor protection system. It's more like the conscription system in the barbarian era, and the nondescript German mercenary regiment, as a noble count of a county, he actually served as the head of the mercenary corps, for any arrogant nobleman, it is simply a humiliation for any arrogant nobleman to equate himself with a mercenary, is it because the courtiers around Arold did not advise, so Arold didn't know about this at all, Princess Josie thought of it and thought it was possible, after all, the Wendell family was just a country gentry.

"Your Royal Highness, we have a Church Order, which is the Order of the Brothers of St. Jom, they usually stay in their own parish, so it is not common, our own Knights are still being formed, and the Earl has his own opinion on this." Brother Elvet hurriedly explained to Princess Josie.

"Knights? Instead of a miner? Princess Josie felt even more confused, because the knights of the Duchy of Mason had their own fiefs, so when they were no longer serving the monarch, they would buy weapons in their fiefs with the economic income of the fiefs, or train their own squires and sergeants, but the knights of Arold did not seem to have this at all, and were building a strange building in the castle of Mecklenburg, which was said to be used by the future members of the Knights.

"The Earl thinks that the fiefdom is too loose, and if it cannot be hereditary, it will have to be reviewed every few years, and if it is hereditary for a long time, the land will fall into the hands of others, and the lord cannot take it back, so the Earl will give the knights a food eup." Brother Elvet explained to Princess Josie.

"Euppy?" It was the first time that Princess Josie had heard such a term, and she couldn't help but stop her meal and look at Brother Elvet curiously.

"Yes, even if the Earl will use the income of a village or several villages as a salary for the knights, the more contributing knights will be able to obtain more villages, which is also a measure to separate the administrative power." Brother Elvet said.

"But will the knights agree?" Princess Josie was very worried that the knights were fighting in the sand for nothing but land, and if there was no land, they would be dissatisfied.

"I don't know about this, although I have also talked to Lord Earl about the pros and cons, but it seems that Lord Earl is very confident in this, and we are still looking forward to this master's ability." Brother Elvet shrugged his shoulders, Arrod's mind was always different, all he could do was chase after him.

When Princess Josie finished eating, the servants immediately put away the tableware and other things, some of these tableware are silverware, some are ironware, which are very precious items in this era, and they will be put into a special storage cupboard, and there is a tableware manager who counts and manages it every day, which can be said to be very orderly.

"I thought there would be some chaos in the palace run by men, but I didn't expect Arrod's court to be so orderly?" Princess Josie looked at the servants who had been clearly divided, and couldn't help but say to Brother Elvet with emotion.

"Oh, it's all thanks to Miss Shirley, who trained these servants single-handedly." Brother Elvet smiled at Princess Josie.

"Miss Shirley? But why didn't I see her? Princess Josie asked in surprise.

"Well, because Miss Shirley refuses to be baptized, everyone is reluctant to dine with the same heathen, for fear that the soul will not be able to ascend to heaven after being defiled, and Miss Shirley usually eats in her own room." Brother Elvet explained to Princess Josie.

"Really?" Princess Josie listened and nodded, it is true that in the aristocratic court where religion is higher than a qiΔ“, it is already a very rare thing to be able to accommodate heresy, and it is also a very common event to be excluded in other aspects, after all, this is a territory that was full of pagans not long ago, after finishing the meal, Princess Josie strolled through this sturdy stone castle, at this time the church bell where the remains of the Virgin Mary was stored, she remembered that it seemed that the church was once also a Lomwa altar, but it was converted into a church, It's not really a Catholic model at all, and the qiΔ“ here is so novel that it's completely different from Princess Josie's family castle.

β€œ@#οΏ₯%%。” At this moment, a gardener, who was weeding, took off his hat and said something to Princess Josie, who was walking in a distracted manner.

"Hmm, what?" Princess Josie came back to her senses and looked at the Slavic-looking gardener, who did not understand what he meant, and then she realized that she had no maid with her, and that there was no one else with her.

β€œβ€¦β€¦&*οΌˆγ€‚β€ The gardener seemed anxious to say something more, and gestured with his hands from time to time, but Princess Josie became even more flustered, and for the first time she felt at a loss.

"Your Royal Highness, it doesn't matter, this gardener says that your beauty is as good as the flowers he planted in the garden." At that moment, a voice rang out like a silver bell, and Princess Josie turned to see Miss Shirley approaching, and said to her with a smile.

"Oh, thank God, thank him for me." Princess Josie breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face, after all, it was always a good thing to be complimented.

β€œ%……&*。” Shirley immediately translated to the gardener, and after hearing Shirley's words, the gardener's face showed a relieved smile, bowed to Princess Josie, and turned to continue working.

"What a strange castle." Princess Josie tilted her head to look at the Slavs and the Germanic people working together, the castle of her husband Arrod. (To be continued......)