Soros was already standing in the council chamber for half a sound, he was called to the castle by Arold's attendants from the port in the early morning, and instead of waiting for the summons in the lord's hall, he directly entered the core secret council hall in the court of Mecklenburg, he looked at the empty seat in front of him with some nervousness, Arold had not yet arrived, and the chair where the lord was sitting was empty.

"Soros, you're here." Just as Soros racked his brains to figure out why Arold had summoned him from the port, footsteps sounded from the doorway, as well as Arold's voice, Soros quickly grabbed the end of his robe, took a few steps back and bowed to Arold.

"Lord Earl, I came as soon as I received the order, I wonder what you have ordered me to summon?" When Soros straightened up, he saw Dylan, who was in charge of diplomacy. Matt was also behind Arrode, Dylan. Matt looked up and smiled at Soros with a friendly smile.

"Please sit down, you two, I came to you today for two things to do." Arold walked to his seat and sat down, and then let the two courtiers sit on his right side, and he looked at the two courtiers in front of him and said.

"Tell the Earl." Soros and Dylan. Matt hurriedly expressed his willingness to die for Arrod, Soros was a Jew, he and his people were accepted by Arrod, established a Jewish community in Mecklenburg, and lived in Arod, for whom Arrod was very respectful and grateful, and Dylan. Matt, a former courtier in the Duchy of Mason, was reused by Arrod, and of course he was loyal to him.

"Okay, how is Soros Mecklenburg's trade now?" Arold nodded slightly, he pointed at the Jew Soros and asked him.

"Although the number of caravans on land has decreased, trade by sea has become more active, with three or four caravans per month, and merchant ships coming and going. Merchants even signed a petition to expand the quota for brandy. Soros said to Arold.

"That means we've been making a lot of money lately." The port of Arold received a lot of money from the trade tax, not to mention that Mecklenburg had its own special goods, one of which was brandy, which was appreciated by the Pomeranian chieftains, and this distilled high-purity spirit became a luxury item sought after by the nobility of the western territories, after all, there was nothing more attractive in the wet and cold continent of Europa than spirits.

"Your territory is well-funded, so to speak." Even Soros, a Jew, has to admire Arold's management and money-making methods. Arold was the most lucrative aristocrat he had ever met, and certainly not a glorious thing in the eyes of devout Christians.

"Very good, Soros wants you, in addition to the money handed over to Mecklenburg for military expenses and expenses, use the remaining money as borrowing capital, and borrow from those businessmen with good credit, of course, the interest must not be less." Arold said to Soros.

"Borrowing?" Soros was taken aback, in fact, lending is nothing new, and one of the ways Jews make money is to lend. It's just that he didn't expect Arold to be familiar with this.

"What? Any questions, you Jews should be familiar with this process. Of course, Arold knew the skills of the Jews, and it was precisely because of this skill of the Jews that they were repeatedly ostracized in Europa, and that all religious and ethnic hatred was nonsense, and the fundamental reason was that the Christians in Europa were jealous of the wealth of the Jews.

"But Lord Earl, the Church is against such an act of borrowing, and if it is known, I am afraid it will not be easy to do." Dylan. Matt immediately said to Arjord, after all, the priest from Rome was still nominally a court priest. If a complaint is handed over to Rome, I am afraid that things will not be easy.

"So. I asked Soros to do this, you remember that this is your private name of the loan, I don't know about this, of course, if there is any trouble in Mecklenburg, you have to report it to me in time. Arold said to Soros.

"Yes, Lord Count." The clever Soros immediately understood that it was normal for a Jew to run a loan house, but the real owner was indeed in front of the earl. And he is just an agent.

"Any questions? Any questions can be asked. Arold was very satisfied with Soros's readily agreed, so he asked him, in fact, he said that he could fulfill one of Soros's requests.

"Yes, Lord Earl, my eldest son, Moses, wishes to join your army." Soros stood up and pleaded to Arold. Since the release of Arold's military merit system, the clever Soros immediately realized that this was a good opportunity for civilians to advance, breaking the system of civilians not being able to own land and social status, while Jews have been discriminated against and persecuted by Catholics, they are not allowed to own land and hold important positions, and even if they have more money, they may be confiscated by the ruler at will.

"Hiss~~~." Dylan on the side. Matt couldn't help frowning, he took a breath, this request is too much, the Jews stubbornly adhere to their religion and traditions, which is really strange for the Catholics of Europa, so they don't trust the Jews, let alone use them in the army, in case these Jews rebel like a time bomb.

"Okay, let your son train in the Mecklenburg Legion, but although you are my important courtier, your son will have to accumulate merit from the small soldiers after joining the army, and obey the discipline of the army, if you can do it, there will be no problem." Arold unexpectedly agreed to Soros's request, which made Soros grateful.

"Thank you, Lord Earl."

"Dylan. Lord Matt, as a lord, I should have to accept the lawsuits of the lords every month, but the war with the Slavs will gradually heat up, and I may even lead troops to the battle, so I think you should take the lead in setting up a circuit court and go to my territory every month to receive lawsuits from the people, hear cases for them, and calm the people's minds. Arold then turned to Dylan. Amit said, don't underestimate what Arold said, this is a big matter related to the lord's judicial power, not to mention that in the Middle Ages, judicial power has always been a major source of finance for the lords, not only the peasants have to pay the lord's litigation fees when they file a lawsuit, but the lord can also take the opportunity to get gray income during the trial process.

"What? Do you want to entrust me with jurisdiction? "Dylan. Matt looked at Arrod in surprise, judicial power is one of the important rights of the lord, I didn't expect Arold to hand it over to him.

"Yes, you will handle the litigation on my behalf, but I will send little Pyne as your clerk, and I will also send a toll collector, and you will only be able to handle the case, and this is the system of the circuit court sent by Mecklenburg from now on." Of course, Arold knew how much money he was making in the process of adjudicating cases, and he sent his little attendants as clerks to keep a record of all the cases, and the toll collectors could put an end to corruption.

"Understood, but what if people don't obey my verdict, Lord Earl?" Dylan. Matt thought for a moment and asked.

"Then you can go to Mecklenburg and wait for the lord's referee." Arold replied that setting up a court before the lord could screen many trivial cases, which could be regarded as saving the lord a lot of time.

"So what is the basis for my case?" If it was an ordinary courtier, he would have carried it out after receiving Arrod's order, but Dylan. Matt quickly thought of a question, that is, what should he rely on, but even if he didn't say that Arold was ready, although Arold's soul came from the afterlife, and he had seen some legal provisions, but if it was really unrealistic to move those to the Middle Ages, not to mention that it would conflict with canon law, even the people would not recognize the kind of legal common sense that they had never seen, and they would follow traditional law.

"Here's what I've done in the past, if you can judge by tradition, if you can't judge by tradition, if you can't judge by traditional customs, then use case law to solve it." Arold stood up and walked to a corner desk in the council room, picked up a thick stack of parchment, on which were recorded by the monks every time Arold judged, Arjod established a legal system for Mecklenburg that was a combination of traditional law and case law, of course, his soul came from later generations, of course, he knew that there was another major force, and the merchant class actually needed another kind of law to adapt, so he personally drafted a contract statute and gave it to Dylan. Matt.

"I understand this, but what is it?" Dylan. Matt took the thick precedent, looked at another contract statute, and looked up at Arrode.

"The precedents are used by the general public, and this contract regulation is for merchants to use in the course of doing business, which can reduce disputes between merchants, but this is not perfect, although the basic principle is based on the principle of fair trade in Roman law, but it is still very rough, and I am going to collect the merchants' lawsuits every year for research and improvement, so you have to put the merchants' claims separately." Arrod pointed at Dylan. Matt faced two different laws to Dylan. Matt explained.

"Oh, can you show me?" It's not just Dylan at this time. Matt, even Soros on the sidelines was interested, and was very sensitive to Jews who were gifted in business, and Soros realized that the weight of Arold's rudimentary contract regulations was a cross-generational product for businessmen. (To be continued......)