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Dylan. Matt doesn't think of Arold as a money-hungry lord, but many of Arold's recent practices have led many to think that he is greedy, and although the territorial toll tax is still exempt, he forces merchants to pay transaction taxes and extract profits from merchants' transactions, and even the local merchants' guilds have begun to stir up.

"I beg your pardon for taking the liberty of taking the liberty of merchants, as far as I know, it is different from what you have done before." Dylan. Matt was keenly aware of the change in Arold's policy, and Arold did not refute this statement, when Baron Wendell's head was hung outside the camp by Count Lauzitz, he changed his strategy, the country with the army is weak, only the army with the country is in line with this dark age, he will never be a lamb to the slaughter again.

"I exempted them from the toll tax and turned Mecklenburg into a trading center, but I am still a lord, and without money how can I arm my army against the infidels?" Arrold vs. Dylan. Matt said that although Kang Tuoyi was fighting with his brother, there was no guarantee that he would not lead a large army to the west to regain lost territory after victory.

"You're right, Lord Earl, do you need me to go on to other realms to find the outcasts?" Dylan. Matt thought for a moment and nodded, as a former courtier in Mason, of course he hoped that Arold's rule would be long-lasting.

"Not for the time being, I don't have many people under me, stay and help me now, come with me. I'll show you something. Arold ran his hand over the beard on his chin, then stood up and led Dylan. Matt walked out of the Hall of Lords, Dylan. Matt was slow to move because of his health, but Arold walked patiently and walked slowly, and they walked out of the tower and asked the boy in the Earl's stables to lead the two horses.

"Drive it~~~." Arold mounted his horse and waved his whip, and his mount carried Arold out. Dylan. Matt followed behind Arrod, followed by five followers on Dylan. Behind Matt.

"This is it, the newly built training camp in this open space outside the castle, which is enough to accommodate a thousand people." Not far from the castle, to the southwest outside the castle town, a cleared forest opened up in front of them, and the felled trees were stacked in the corners of the clearing, but there was not nothing in the clearing, but on the contrary, a building was built with stones. Dylan. Matt remembered that this was the house that Arold had been building for a long time what was known as the headquarters of the Teutonic Knights, with one part of the roof of a plain triangle and the other part of the house with battlements and flat roofs that seemed to allow archers to kick on if necessary.

"Lord Count." Seeing Arrod appear here, a group of men in the clearing gathered around, led by Baron Ron, the lord of the Angry Lion Castle, who seemed to be conducting military training on these people.

"Leave us alone, keep training yours." Arold rode on his horse and looked at the hundred soldiers who were training. Satisfied beckoned to them, since the implementation of the new military merit system. Many of the sons of the nobility volunteered to join Arold's army, and Arold placed them in the Teutonic Knights' headquarters, and although not everyone trained in the building was knights, everyone who arrived was given publicity about the honor of the place.

"Lord Earl, these are the sons of nobles." Dylan. Matt glanced at the topless, energetic young men. He knew some of them, after all, many of the noble families that Arjod brought to Mecklenburg were from the Duchy of Mason.

"Yes, you know that my new military merit system is divided into upper and lower parts, nobles are nobles after all, and once they join my army, they will become grassroots officers. So the Teutonic headquarters was a place to train qualified junior officers, who would receive more rigorous military training, as opposed to family training, and they would also learn how to command soldiers in battle. "Arrold to Dylan. Matt explained.

"I see." Dylan. Matt's eyes lit up, the military structure of this era is in accordance with the feudal system, that is, the feudal lord gives the feudal nobles land, and then the vassals are loyal to the feudal monarch and provide military and other obligations, the advantage is that the feudal monarch does not bear too much military expenses, and the disadvantage is that this is maintained by the relationship between people, once the relationship between the vassal and the feudal lord is not harmonious, then it will happen that the vassal refuses to fight for the lord.

"I've figured out that Mecklenburg doesn't need too many troops, just eight hundred to a thousand elites, and of course if our land is bigger, the army can be gradually expanded, Dylan. I admire your talent, Mr. Matt, how is it? I would like to appoint you as the Grand Treasurer of the Teutonic Knights, responsible for the logistics and financial management of the entire Teutonic Order. Arold turned to Dylan. Matt said.

"Grand Treasurer, is it so heavy on your responsibilities?" Dylan. Matt looked at Arold in amazement, his deformed body shape had been ridiculed by the people since he was a child, and people had neglected his intelligence and talents because of his ugly appearance, and the sudden appointment that the lord would appreciate his talent one day, made his head feel a little cloudy.

"Yes, Dylan. Master Matt and I will create a mighty legion, and the heretics of the Baltic will tremble. Arold reached out his strong hand and pressed Dylan. Matt's shoulder, but in the end, only pressed against his bulging back, but Arold's words infected Dylan. Matt, brought tears to the eyes of the hunchbacked nobleman.

"Thank God, thank you, Lord Count."

"Haha, so you agreed, come and let's go in and have a look, I spent a lot of money to build this headquarters, how can those businessmen complain?" Arrold hears Dylan. Matt agreed, and he happily jumped off his horse and took Dylan with him. Matt walked towards the headquarters house, which had to be accessed by two narrow stairs, meaning that the door to the house was on the second floor, which seemed to make the house stand out from a defensive point of view, but it could also be from a defensive point of view.

"Squeak." The wooden door was pushed open, and inside the second floor was a large hall supported by eight columns, between which rows of wooden tables and benches were placed, where the Teutonic Knights dined and prayed together, and which was built by the members of the Masons' Guild invited by Arrod.

"This is the first floor below, which is usually used as a storage room and armory." Arold with Dylan. Matt walked to a small door on the right-hand side, and when he pushed it open, he could see a stone staircase leading down to the lower level, which looked dark because there were no torches lit underneath during the day.

"Is there another layer on top of this?" Dylan. Matt looked up at the ceiling above and asked Arold curiously.

"That's right, in fact, there are two floors, the upper floor is the members' lounge, the attic is the Grand Master, that is, my office and bedroom, and the two small rooms next to the office are the Flag Keeper and the Grand Treasurer, which are your bedrooms." Arrold smiled and took Dylan. Matt walked to the left archway at the end of the hall, where a staircase was built up, and they leaned sideways upwards.

"Flag Commander?"

"That's right, it's my brother, Count Yve, and I have appointed him as the commander of the flag, and he has agreed." Arrold vs. Dylan. Matt said.

"Grand Treasurer, I understand what the duties are? But what does the flag bearer do? "Dylan. Matt thought he was hearing something new, and asked like a curious student.

"The Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights is in charge of the affairs of the entire Order, and under the Grand Master is divided into the Flag Commander in charge of military affairs and the Grand Treasurer in charge of military logistics." Arjod walked towards Dylan. Matt explained that they had reached the third floor, which was also a large hall, but with a lower ceiling, clean on the wooden floor, and neat rolls of coarse linen and wool blankets on either side near the walls, which attracted Dylan again. Matt's attention.

"What is this?"

"Oh, that's the military bedding that the members rest, and everyone will be distributed on the first day they pour here, along with a copper bowl with a wooden handle and an iron spoon from the Mecklenburg smelting base, which are used for eating and boiling water and drinking." Arjod pointed to the blankets rolled up to Dylan. Matt explained patiently and meticulously.

"In this way, we not only pay for the weapons and equipment of the soldiers, but also pay for their food and sleep." Dylan. Matt said funny, you must know that the other lords are eager to let the soldiers prepare everything when they are fighting, but Arold is a figure who has to arrange everything for the soldiers, no wonder Mecklenburg is already a rich territory, but Arold's funds are always stretched.

"Yes, not only the members of the Teutonic Knights, I plan to use this as a standard accessory for the Mecklenburg Legion in the future, but unfortunately our productivity is too weak to satisfy everyone at once, but I will solve it." Arold shrugged his shoulders, the soldiers of the Qin State unearthed in the Celestial Empire in later generations already have the standard configuration of national distribution, which is a symbol of strength and productivity, and it is good for them to give them the best things to make the soldiers desperate, which is good for improving morale and combat ability, so Arold does not feel that there is anything wrong with this, and the other lords either do not think of this, or are purely lazy.

"God, I can't even imagine what it would be like for such an army to go on battle?" Dylan. Matt shuddered, an army with every soldier carrying a sophisticated weapon, and even the same tools for eating and sleeping, would be tightly clasped together like the gears of a water mill, and as long as Arrod toggled the crankshaft, this war machine would run meticulously. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)